Emily POV

I rushed into JJ's house. "Hi Will, where's JJ and Kaitlin?" I asked.

Will pointed upstairs. I kissed Henry, JJ's baby, on the forehead and ran upstairs.

Will called up stairs, "JJ, Emily's here!"

"Kaitlin!" She hugged me tightly.

"Emily, I'm so sorry," She said while still hugging me.

"It's my fault, Kaitlin, it wasn't you! Derek and I getting into an argument was really about us, not you. He loves you, and so do i," I told her.

"I love you, too, Emily, and I was so afraid to say that, because…I was afraid I'd forget my mom, and I don't want to forget her. But I do love you. So much," She told me.

"What if I adopted you? How does that sound to you? I love you like a daughter now, but if I adopt you then you'll be my daughter for real," I whispered in her ear.

"Only if you want to me my mom, for real," She whispered back.

"I do," I told her.

"I do, too," She told me.

"Good. I'll get the paper work," I said.

JJ just stood there smiling. She knew what had happened. Then Kaitlin went over and hugged JJ.

"Thank you, JJ," She said.

"Anytime," JJ said to her.

"Go to the car, and I'll be there in a second, okay?" I told Kaitlin.

"Ok," She said and went down stairs.

Then I hugged JJ. "Thank you, for being the best friend any one could ever ask for," I told her.

"Thank you for being the best friend I asked for," She laughed.

"Always," I said.

We walked down stairs. I said goodbye to Will, kissed Henry, and walked to the car where Kaitlin was sitting.

I looked at her. It was time for change. I was her mom, and all I had done with her so far was take her to the hospital, to the BAU, to my apartment, and to JJ's. "Kaitlin? You wanna go see a movie?" I asked her. She was sitting in the front seat. She turned and looked at me. "I'd like that," She said. I really wanted to spend some good quality time with her. To make up for the fourteen years I had never spent with her, or experienced with any child of my own because I didn't have any. I wanted to be more than her mom, but a best friend, too. Someone she could talk to, someone to go on double dates with, to the movies, to party with JJ and Garcia, and to be there for her always.

"Kaitlin, where do you go to school? Because I completely hadn't even thought about that…at all," I confessed.

"I haven't thought of school either," She told me, "I'm on Christmas break right now…Christmas…that's tomorrow, right?" She asked me.

I nodded, "The team has a special surprise for you," I told her.

"Really? I actually have something for you guys, too…" She told me smiling.

"Well we always have our annual Christmas party. Family comes, too. Oh you'll get to meet Hotch's little boy, Jack. He's five. And JJ's son, Henry, he's two!" I told her excitedly. She smiled.

"I'm looking forward to it," She told me.

"Me too," I said, "I'm also looking forward to being a new mom."

"I'm so lucky to have someone as amazing as you!" She told me, "And honestly, back to school for a sec, I don't want to go back to school. I'm…scared I think. I think that's the feeling. I haven't talked to anyone except for you and the team since the accident. I've ignored every call I've gotten from my friends, and from people I know. The church that I used to go, well the priest called me, and I ignored that. I don't know why, though. I don't know I'm afraid of what people will say, or… I don't even know," I tried to explain. It was complicated.

"Alright, well," Emily sighed, "Forget about all that for now, let's have fun tonight. We'll discuss this later."

We went to the movie theater. We ate popcorn, drank soda, and watched Little Fockers. It was really funny. After the movie was over we went home.