Emily smiled as JJ and Izzy ran around in the back yard playing some game. She loved them both so much she actually hurt. Izzy was becoming more and more attached to JJ everyday, and Emily was sure JJ was too. Emily didn't even hear the door open and shut as someone walked in.
"Emily?" Elizabeth Prentiss asked walking up behind her daughter, making Emily jump and turn.
"Jesus mother!" Emily said catching her breath, "Ever hear of knocking?"
"I did and you didn't answer." She smiled at her daughter. "I didn't mean to scare you so much."
"It's ok." Emily said sitting up on the counter. "How are you?"
"I'm doing well." Elizabeth said taking a seat next to her daughter. "How are you and Izzy?"
"We're doing amazingly perfect." Emily grinned, looking out the window again.
"Is that the Jennifer
you talk about so much?" Emily nodded. "She looks happy."
Elizabeth smiled at her daughter's choice.
"Oh mom you don't know the half of it." Emily smiled. "She's perfect in everyway possible."
"I bet. How's Izzy taking to her?" Emily turned and looked at her mom.
"Perfectly. She loves her just as much as I do." Emily smiled at her mother. "I've never been happier."
"You seem to have picked a perfect match." She smiled. "She seems happy."
"I hope she's happy." Emily looked back out at Izzy and JJ. "They're my life."
"I know Em, I know." Elizabeth looked out at her granddaughter and JJ. "And what a life you have made for yourself."
"I tried."
"When you came home and told me I was going to a grandma I never imagined all this for you."
"I never saw anything for me, I saw me with a kid and a low end job but I worked."
"And an amazing job you do when you work." JJ said walking in with Izzy.
"Hey." Emily smiled facing JJ.
"Hey yourself." JJ said walking over to the counter where Emily sat. "And ambassador always a pleasure."
"Jen I swear you've known me for years and have been dating my daughter for a long time now, call me Elizabth." JJ smiled and nodded.
"Sorry ma'am."
"It's no problem." She smiled back at JJ. "Izzy." She finally acknowledged her granddaughter.
"Grandma!" Izzy said running up and jumping up next to her on the counter top.
"Well look how big you've gotten." Elizabeth smiled.
"I haven't gotten that big." Izzy pouted.
"You will soon enough." She promised. Emily smiled and pulled JJ to sit in-between her legs on the counter.
"What do we owe this visit?" Emily finally asked.
"Cant I visit my daughter?"
"Hmm… a normal mother yes. You no."
"I wanted to see your new house and my only grandkids."
"Grandkids? I only had one!" Emily exclaimed.
"No, you have three." Elizabeth assured.
"Emily, honey, she means the dogs." JJ smiled.
"God mom that's messed up." Emily stated.
"So? Where are my boys?"
"Up stairs!" Izzy smiled. "I'll get em!" She said sliding off the counter and running down the hall.
"She's going to be a handful you know?"
"Sure is, but if we can raise two bears we can handle whatever she throws at us."
"Bears?"
"Yeah." Emily said and waited as she heard the two dogs make their way down stairs.
"Nico! Merlin!" Elizabeth exclaimed as the two dogs ran her way. She smiled petting the two animals. "My god, what are you feeding them?"
"Actually table scraps." JJ smiled.
"And melon!" Izzy shouted. "They love melon!"
"Melon?" Elizabeth asked confused.
"Yeah water melon and the yellow melon."
"Cantaloupe?"
"Yeah! That's it! They eat it whole!"
"Mom what Izzy means is, we give them both a melon and they'll play with it and attack it till they eat it."
"Whole." Elizabeth turned to her daughter. "We should talk."
"Izzy why don't you go on and find something to do." Izzy nodded and headed off toward the living room with the dogs in tow.
"Emily if those dogs can crush a melon what if they bite someone, like Isabel?"
"Mom, they're part of this family so they are staying."
"Aw my hero." JJ teased.
"No, Emily think about this."
"Mother do you honestly think either one of those dogs are capable of hurting a fly? For god sakes you had JJ over just to see Merlin."
"Emily they could really hurt someone and she wasn't dating you then!"
"Mom, that is my child in there she loves me and JJ and those dogs more than anything. She is still only 8 years old, she doesn't see or know of the bad in this would yet. She looks up to me, and Jennifer, she thinks we're heroes. You take something she loves as much as those dogs she'll never forget it or forgive you."
"Emily…"
"No, mom, I'm not done. I'm not some little kid you can boss around anymore this is my family I will do what I like with them."
"To a certain extent." JJ added both women stared at her.
"Believe it or not Izzy is a miracle she saved me mom. I'll be with her always as you are with me. I see who I could've been without her. I love her so much and she's the reason I go on everyday." Elizabeth nodded realizing she wasn't going to convince her daughter of anything.
"I understand." She said a slid off the counter walking over to Izzy.
"So…" JJ smiled resting her head on Emily's shoulder. "You love our dogs."
"Oh don't you even start!" Emily said rolling her eyes, JJ kissed her neck.
"You love our dogs." She repeated with a huge grin on her face.