Well here it is my friends, the resolution though I still have one more chapter planned for this story before I move on to my 10th story (big HAPPY plans for that story). I really hope that you all will be happy with how this turns out. I'm not sure how realistic some of the events in this chapter are…but it's a story so just let me have them!

Thanks so much for reading!

Will post the last chapter hopefully within the next week!

-J

Chapter 10

"What? What do you mean?" JJ asked, feeling her stomach immediately drop in dread.

"I mean she's not here," Emily repeated frantically, moving around the room searching for her cell phone. "Her bed is made, her bag is gone and so is that teddy bear she loves," she explained, finally finding her phone, hitting Alex's speed dial.

"Maybe she just snuck off to one of the girls' houses or something," JJ said, following as Emily left the room, practically running down the stairs.

"Alex it's me," Emily began when the teen's voicemail picked up. "Honey I need to know where you are. I know things didn't go well yesterday, but sweetie please call me back. I just need to know that you're okay," she said, hanging up as she searched through one of the kitchen drawers. "The emergency credit card is gone," she said, turning to JJ with tears in her eyes.

"Garcia," JJ said, Emily nodding as she quickly hit the technical analyst's speed dial. "She'll be able to track it."

"It's only 6 o'clock," Garcia whined as way of greeting, obviously still in bed, trying to sleep as late as she could.

"Garcia I need you to track my emergency credit card," Emily asked, ignoring the blonde's groan.

"Emily what are you…why…"

"Alex is missing," Emily told the blonde, immediately hearing Garcia getting up, obviously moving around so she could get to her computer.

"I'm on it," Garcia said, sounding very much awake. "I just need two seconds," she said, the sound of her typing coming over the phone. "Okay the last time it was used was a little over an hour ago at…oh…oh no…"

"Garcia?" Emily questioned, the panic in her voice causing JJ to move closer, trying to hear, her friend.

"It was used at the airport," Garcia revealed. "She bought a ticket for a flight to…."

"Chicago?" Emily guessed, Garcia humming her confirmation. "Has the flight left yet?"

"20 minutes ago," Garcia replied dejectedly.

"Pen I need you to get me on the next flight," Emily said, glad she was already ready to go for the day. "I don't care how soon it is, I just need to get there now," she said, doing her best to ignore the fear that was causing her stomach to feel like it was about to revolt. "Jen are you…"

"No, no you go," the blonde denied quickly, knowing the brunette needed to get out of the house fast, afraid that her pregnancy would only slow them down; while also feeling like she needed to let Emily handle Alex on her own. "I'll be here waiting. Text me as soon as you know anything."

"Okay…right," Emily nodded. "Garcia do you have something?"

"Your flight leaves in an hour," Garcia said. "Find our girl and keep us updated," she said. "And don't worry about Jayje, I've got her," she assured her, having heard about the incident from the day before from the blonde.

"Thanks Garcia, I owe you," Emily replied, before hanging up, quickly running down the hall to get her passport before going to the hall closet to grab her purse, not having time to grab anything else. "I have a pretty good idea where she'll be, but I'll call you as soon as I find her," she said, pulling on her shoes.

"Okay," JJ nodded, looking worried as she followed the brunette to the door. "Be safe. I love you."

"Love you too," Emily said, before rushing out the door, hoping with everything she had that she would find her daughter and fast.

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Emily wasn't sure how she was going to make it through the flight to Chicago, feeling sick to her stomach as she repeatedly called Alex's cell phone, hoping that the teen would pick up at some point. Her knee bounced up and down nervously through the entire flight; grateful that Garcia had thought to get her a first-class ticket so she wasn't disturbing anyone with her constant shaking.

When the flight landed, the brunette practically ran through the airport, making her way outside to find a cab, having only one guess as to where Alex would go in the large city. She wasn't really sure what she would do if she was wrong, figuring it was possible that Alex went to her old house or Rachel's, but feeling confident that her daughter wouldn't want to be around anyone right now.

As the cab pulled up to the cemetery Emily quickly threw some cash towards the driver, telling him to keep the change as she quickly exited the car, running to where she knew Meredith and Matthew Campbell were buried; her heart beating fast. It wasn't until the headstones came into view; when she could see a young girl with dark hair sitting in the grass that Emily finally felt like she could breathe; slowing down to a walk even though she wanted nothing more than to scoop her daughter up into her arms.

She could tell the teen was crying before she was even close enough to hear her; seeing her thin frame shaking, as she kept her face hidden in her arms. Though she was trying to be quiet as she approached, Emily could see it the moment the teen sensed her presence; the younger brunette's back straightening out as she lifted her head from her arms.

"Well that didn't take very long," Alex said without turning around, knowing it was her mother behind her. "I shouldn't really be surprised. You are a profiler after all."

"Being a profiler had nothing to do with it," Emily replied, now standing directly behind the teen. "I'm you're mother. I knew where you would go. I knew who you needed to talk to."

For a moment Alex simply nodded, her head moving up and down until a loud sob erupted from her throat, suddenly unable to hold back all the emotions she had been working so hard to hide; Emily immediately kicking into action as she dropped to the ground and wrapped her daughter in her arms. "Shhh it's okay," Emily soothed, kissing the teen's head as she pulled her close. "It's okay baby. It's okay."

"I messed everything up," Alex sobbed, turning her head to bury into her mother's shirt as Emily easily lifted the teen onto her lap. "I messed it all up."

"You made some mistakes," Emily said, running her hands through brown locks. "But all can be forgiven. All of it can be fixed honey," she soothed. "It's going to be okay. It's okay."

Releasing another sob, Alex hugged her mother tight, unable to stop the tears that were now cascading down her face; finally letting go of all of the emotions she had been holding back for the last few weeks. Knowing her daughter simply needed to cry, Emily held onto the teen, stroking her hair and offering words of comfort as she continued to sob, not caring how long it took.

"Talk to me," Emily whispered when the sobs finally subsided, Alex keeping her head resting against her mother's shoulder. "Please Alex. Talk to me."

"I…I was mad," Alex replied quietly, her voice shaky.

"At me?" Emily asked, rubbing her hand up and down the young girl's back.

"I had this dream," Alex said, not directly answering the question. "Well I had a lot of dreams…nightmares….Parrilla kidnapping you…me…JJ….Spencer….sometimes two of us at once," she explained. "But in one of the dreams Parrilla just had me. I kept saying that you were going to find me….that the team would come, but he said…he said that you weren't coming. He said that if you cared…that if you wanted to protect me than you wouldn't have left me in the first place," she said, a single tear slipping down her cheek.

"Oh honey…"

"I know it was just a dream but I just…I couldn't stop thinking about it," the teen continued sadly. "The more I thought about it, the worse the dreams got. And the less I slept the more angry I got so I just…I started doing stupid things because I just wanted to make you angry or…or see if you cared or something," she admitted, shrugging as tears continued to fall; attempting to hide her face against Emily's sweater.

"Hey look at me," Emily said taking the teen's chin in her hands and tipping her head so she was looking at her. "I care. I care more about you than anyone else," she said. "I told you I wouldn't let anything happen to you sweetie and I meant it. I wouldn't have left with the team without knowing you were safe honey," she continued. "Have you noticed the new guards at the gate to our neighbourhood?" She asked, Alex nodding her answer. "They both used to be Agents," she revealed. "Hotch asked them to do us a favour. They're there to make sure that Parrilla doesn't get anywhere near you. They circle the neighbourhood at regular intervals, watching our house and the Hastings' to make sure that nothing suspicious is going on. To be honest I'm not sure how you got past them this morning."

Shrugging Alex dropped her head in shame. "I didn't know any of this."

"I know," Emily nodded. "And that's my fault. I should have talked to you about all of this. I should have made sure that you were okay with everything," she said. "But honey I need you to trust me. I need you to believe that I will always do everything in my power to protect you. And I need you to talk to me. You should have told me you were scared. You should have told me you were angry," she continued. "If you wanted my attention all you had to do was ask. You didn't have to do all this."

"I know," Alex sniffed. "I did it all wrong."

"You're a teenager, you're allowed to make mistakes," Emily assured her, kissing her head. "But honey I don't want you to spend you're time afraid. We have no proof that Parrilla will even come after you…or me for that matter. There's a good chance that he'll start over somewhere far away from here. You don't have to be afraid," she said. "Everything's going to be okay. And if something happens I will always find you. You understand?"

"I understand," Alex nodded, once again letting her head fall against her mother's shoulder, breathing in the scent that she missed the last few weeks while she had been pushing her away. "I really hurt JJ yesterday."

"You did," Emily replied, not wanting to sugarcoat it since she knew the blonde was heartbroken by the teen's words.

"I didn't mean it."

"I know you didn't honey," Emily assured her, still feeling tears soaking her sweater. "JJ loves you so much though. It means so much to her when you refer to her as one of your mothers because I know she thinks of you as a daughter. She has done nothing but love you since the day she met you, so she's hurt. But you can fix that. You just need to talk to her."

Falling silent for a moment Alex nodded against the older brunette's shoulder, once again trying to get a hold on her emotions, feeling guilty about what she had said to JJ. "You know when I was on the plane I kept thinking that I was going home," she eventually whispered. "It wasn't till I got here that I realized that I wasn't home….I left home," she said. "Home is with you and JJ," she continued, feeling Emily pulling her tighter. "Mom?"

"Mmhmm?" Emily questioned, her own eyes now welling with tears.

"I want to go home."

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Emily and Alex had sat together on the ground in front of her parents' graves for a while before the elder brunette got up to call JJ; leaving Alex to talk to her parents. Once she had assured JJ that everything was okay, Emily called a cab to take her and Alex back to the airport, both brunettes ready to return home even though they had only been there a couple hours.

The flight home was spent talking, Emily asking about what had happened with Logan and Alex admitting that she had been too embarrassed about the whole thing to tell her or JJ. Now that she was sharing, Alex told Emily about the tension between her and Spencer, admitting that she was worried that she had pushed her friend too far away.

While the flight to Chicago had seemed to take a lifetime to Emily, the brunette was secretly wishing the flight home could go by just a little slower, glad to finally have her daughter talking to her again. But as things usually go it seemed like they had just taken off and they were landing again, finding Emily's car in the parking lot and heading home, pulling up to the driveway to find two cars parked there.

"Is that Garcia's car?" Alex asked, turning to Emily who nodded. "Shouldn't they still be at work?" She asked looking at the time.

"Yes they should," Emily replied, knowing she wasn't hiding her worry very well, Alex looking over anxiously as she parked the car, the teen grabbing her bag before they both got out of the car and made their way quickly towards the house. "Jen?" Emily called when they were standing in the foyer, Garcia coming around the corner. "Pen? What's going on? Is everything okay?"

"Oh uh well…" Garcia hesitated, glancing towards Alex nervously.

"What's wrong?" Alex asked right away, immediately worried. "Penelope?"

"Everything's fine, but Jayje called after you left," Garcia explained. "She wasn't feeling very well so Hotch told me to check on her," she continued. "Her blood pressure was a little high, so she was feeling a bit dizzy, but she's doing a lot better. She's just upstairs lying down now. I just didn't want to leave her alone though."

"This is all my fault," Alex said, her face falling and her eyes welling with tears.

"Oh no, no honey, it's not," Emily was quick to assure her. "Jen's going to be fine. These things happen during pregnancy. It'll be fine."

"Can I go see her?" The teen asked tearfully.

"Of course sweetie," Emily replied, stroking a hand over her head. "Do you want me to come with you?"

"No," Alex said shaking her head. "I'd like to talk to her alone if that's okay."

"Okay," Emily smiled. "I'll be up a little later then," she said, kissing the teen's head. "You go ahead."

Nodding Alex headed for the stairs, hearing Penelope asking her mother if she was okay on her way up, but not waiting to listen to the answer as she made it to the top, walking down the hallway towards the master bedroom. Approaching the door, the teen felt nervous, pushing it open with a shaky hand, tears already falling down her cheeks as she looked in to find the blonde curled up in bed, one hand resting on her stomach.

Sensing a presence in the room JJ opened her eyes, finding Alex practically frozen in the doorway, tears slowly falling from her eyes.

"Come here," JJ said, holding open the blankets, relieved to see the teen even though she still felt rather hurt about the previous day.

Though her legs felt heavy, Alex made her way slowly towards the bed, bursting into tears as soon as she lay down next to the blonde. "I'm sorry," she sobbed. "I'm so sorry."

"I know honey," JJ replied, kissing the brunette's forehead, feeling tears stinging her own eyes.

"I d-didn't mean it."

"I know that too," JJ nodded quietly, rubbing a hand up and down the teen's arm comfortingly, giving her some time to calm down. "Shh sweetie it's okay," she said. "I know you were just upset. I know you were hurting."

"I shouldn't have hurt you too though," Alex eventually replied, calming down slightly, only a few more tears escaping her eyes.

"No," JJ agreed, wiping the teen's cheek with the pad of her thumb. "But I understand. And I forgive you."

Though JJ's stomach prevented Alex from getting much closer, the teen wrapped her arm around the blonde anyways, both falling silent for a few minutes as they both basked in the moment.

"Do remember the first weekend I was here?" Alex eventually asked, tilting her head up to look at the blonde who simply nodded. "The team came over that night and I was really nervous about meeting everyone. You pulled me over and sat me down next to you and you didn't leave my side the whole night," she continued. "Do you remember what I told you that night?"

"You told me that I reminded you of your mother. Of Meredith," JJ replied, remembering the night easily.

"That was the first time I told you, but I thought it the day I met you," Alex continued, needing to tell the blonde exactly how she felt about her. "I was so scared that day, and I felt so alone but then you came," she explained. "You were the first person I talked to about everything that I really felt cared and you looked at me just like my mom used to look at me. And you didn't even know who I was then," she continued. "I was so happy when you and Mom got together because I love you and I want you in my life. Most of the time having you around…someone who reminds me so much of my mom makes me feel so much better. It's comforting," she said, her eyes watering. "But sometimes it can be really hard too. Sometimes it's just so hard because…I miss my parents so much."

"I know honey," JJ nodded, kissing her forehead, completely understanding what the teen was saying.

"Yesterday when I saw how disappointed you were it was just…I felt terrible," Alex continued sadly. "I felt like I had disappointed my mom…but not because you remind me of her," she said, meaning Meredith. "But because that is how I think of you. I told you before that I think of you as my mom too, and I meant it. I shouldn't have said that you weren't yesterday. You are my family JJ. You are my mom. And I love you."

"I love you too," JJ smiled, kissing the teen's head again, feeling her blood pressure lowering significantly now that the young brunette was back with her.

"And I love both of you," Emily called, coming into the room with a smile, leaning over Alex to give JJ a kiss. "You feeling okay?" She asked as she lay down on the other side of the teen.

"Much better now," JJ replied as she kept her arm wrapped around Alex, smiling as Emily's arm joined hers. "Did Garcia leave?"

"Yeah I sent her home with the promise that I would get you to the doctor as soon as possible," Emily explained. "You have an appointment tomorrow morning after we bring Alex to school."

Knowing not to argue JJ simply nodded, understanding that Emily needed to hear for herself that the baby was fine before she would be able to relax. "Sounds good," the blonde smiled. "And I think the rest of today should be spent just like this," she said referring to the three of them lying there together. "Though there are a few more things I'd like to hear about," she said pointedly, Alex looking up with a smile as she nodded her agreement.

"I'll tell you everything," Alex said. " There's something else I need to do first though," she continued. "I know that I'm grounded and all, but there's one more person I really need to apologize to."

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Alex felt nervous as she walked across the street, having been given 30 minutes from her mothers to go and talk to her friend; Alex knowing that she definitely owed Spencer an apology as she had treated her terribly the last few weeks. Knowing the taller brunette would be home alone, as she should have just gotten home from school, Alex knocked on the front door, only having to wait about a minute before Spencer opened up the door, clearly surprised to see Alex standing there.

"I ran away today," Alex said, skipping the greetings.

"You…What?" Spencer questioned in confusion.

"I stole my mom's credit card, called a cab and went to the airport," the teen explained. "I managed to get on a last minute flight to Chicago and just took off. I just had to get out of here," she continued. "I've been messing everything up and I just wanted to go home."

"How long did it take you to realize that you weren't going home?" Spencer asked, knowing her friend, and knowing how much she loved Emily and JJ despite everything that had been going on.

"Pretty much as soon as we landed," Alex replied not missing Spencer trying to hide her smile, clearly amused. "I realized that I didn't want to leave my moms even though we've been fighting. And I really didn't want to leave you either," she explained. "I've been such a jerk Spence. You've been trying to help me; to be here for me and all I've been doing is pushing you away and I am so sorry. You've been such a good friend and I've been terrible and you don't deserve that. Please tell me you'll forgive me."

"Of course I forgive you," Spencer sighed like it was the most obvious thing in the world, rolling her eyes. "I know you well enough to know that you can't be pushed to talk about things when you don't want to, but I've just been so worried about you. I didn't mean to be so pushy…you're just…you're my best friend and I don't want to see anything happen to you."

"I know," Alex replied. "And I should have been listening to you. I made quite the mess this weekend."

"I know, I talked to Olivia," Spencer laughed. "I take it that didn't go over well with Emily?"

"Not at all. I'm grounded for a month," Alex explained, taking a moment to glance at her watch. "I actually have to be back home soon, but I've talked to mom and JJ and things are better now. I'm going to be better now. Promise."

"I'm glad," Spencer smiled. "I've missed my best friend."

"I've missed you too," Alex replied, reaching out and pulling the taller brunette into a hug. "I love you Spence."

"I love you too Lex," Spencer laughed, glad to finally have her friend back. "You better get back before you get yourself into even more trouble though. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"You will definitely see me tomorrow," Alex smiled, pulling her friend back in for one last hug before turning back towards her house, finally feeling like she was getting back to herself.