A/N- Okay AJ is 14 (about to be a freshman in high school).

ENJOY…..

"Oh my god mom, guess what?" AJ yelled as she ran into the house one day after soccer practice. AJ was going to be a freshman in high school and she really wanted to play soccer, just like JJ had.

"What?" Emily asked as she came out of the kitchen.

"They posted the Varsity and JV soccer teams today and guess who made varsity?" AJ said with the biggest smile on her face.

"I don't know, your friend Kelly or maybe Lisa?" Emily teased.

"Very funny mom!" AJ said as she rolled her eyes. "I did. I made the varsity soccer team as a freshman. Can you believe it? Me, a freshman on the varsity team." AJ was so excited.

"I'm so proud of you honey." Emily smiled as she hugged her daughter.

"Coach even said that I might get to start some this year. How cool would that be?"

"Wow that is great." Emily beamed with pride. Wentworth had one of the best girl's soccer teams in the state and if AJ was good enough to make the varsity team and start as a freshman, then that was saying something. "Wait till your mom hears this. She's going to be so proud of you."

"I can't wait to tell her. Plus guess what number I picked?" AJ didn't wait for Emily to answer. "Mom's old number, how awesome is that?"

"Pretty awesome." Emily smiled.

"Well I'm going to go out side and practice some. How much longer to dinner is ready?"

"Well I think we should go out and celebrate. What do you think?"

"Oh that would be great. Can we invite Uncle Derek and Aunt Pen?"

"Of course." Emily smiled. "I will call your mom and find out what time she will be home and then I will call Morgan and Garcia."

"Mom you do know that her name isn't Garcia any more, right? I mean it hasn't been for a long time now."

"I know. Old habits die hard I guess."

"Just making sure." AJ smiled. "I'll be outside." AJ turned and left, while Emily picked up the phone and called JJ.

"Agent Jereau." JJ said as she answered her office phone.

"Hey sweetie." JJ instantly smiled at the sound of Emily's voice. "What time are you going to get off?"

"Actually I was just about to leave, why?"

"I thought we could go out to dinner tonight."

"Okay, any reason in particular?"

"I would love to tell you but I know that AJ would kill me. Let's just say she got some exciting news and I think we should celebrate."

"Okay. Well I'll be home in about an hour. Where ever she wants to go is fine by me."

"I think I will call and see if Morgan and Garcia want to go with us that okay?"

"Sure, I'll see you a little bit. Love you."

"Love you too." Emily hung up the phone and then dialed Garcia.

Several hours later…..

"Okay so what is this 'amazing' news that you learned today?" JJ asked after the waiter handed them there desert.

"Well, you'll never guess who made the varsity soccer team?" Of course AJ did not wait for her to answer. "ME!"

"Oh my god, honey that is great. I'm so proud of you." JJ beamed with pride.

"Varsity as a freshman, that's impressive." Morgan said as he took a bite of Alexa's ice cream.

"I know right, plus my coach said that I might even get to start some."
"Wow." Garcia added, proud of her goddaughter. "You might give JJ a run for her money as the family's best athlete." Garcia teased.

"Come on now, what about me?" Morgan asked pretending to be hurt.

"Please JJ can run circles around you. She played college soccer for crying out loud."

"That's right." JJ said defending herself. "But I have to admit that AJ exceeded my abilities a long time ago." JJ said smiling at her daughter.

"Yeah you should have seen it the first time AJ was able to steal the ball from JJ, it was priceless. JJ moped around for a week." Emily teased.

"I did not!" JJ said defending herself again.

"Oh come on mom, yes you did."

"Okay well maybe a little." JJ laughed.

"Oh, and guess what number I picked?" AJ said after the group stopped laughing.

"Which one?" JJ asked.

"Your old number, how neat is that?" AJ was so excited at the fact that she was going to be wearing the same number that JJ had worn all through high school and college. "And my coach said that I could put Jereau on the back of my jersey. Isn't that awesome?" JJ shot a look over at Emily as the table suddenly got very quite. Even two year old Alexa seemed to quite down. Morgan and Garcia looked nervously between JJ and Emily, as AJ began to panic at the new found tension. "That's okay right? I mean I know that technically Jereau is my middle name..." AJ never really thought about what Emily would think about the name on the jersey and suddenly she was afraid that she had made a mistake.

"Of course it's okay sweetie." Emily said with a smile, although JJ could tell that the smile was completely forced and Emily was not okay with it.

Nothing else was said and they all headed home. Later that night after AJ was in bed, JJ decided that they did in fact need to talk about the jersey.

"Honey, are you sure you're okay with AJ putting Jereau on the back of her jersey?" JJ asked as she sat down on the couch beside Emily.

"Of course, why would it bother me?" Emily replied a little too coldly for JJ's liking. "I mean just because my last name is not good enough all the sudden…" Emily jumped up and walked over to the window and stared out into the darkness.

"Emily stop it. That's not what this is about and you know it." JJ said as she got up and walked over to where Emily was standing. Placing her arms around Emily's waist and resting her chin on her shoulder.

"I know and I don't know why this is bothering me so much. It's just a name on the back of a jersey right?"

"Yeah but it's not your name." Emily just shrugged her shoulders.

"It's just that," Emily let out a long sigh, "the day she was born and you told me you wanted her to have my last name was one of the happiest days of my life. It made it feel so real. I had a daughter and, I don't know, I guess sometimes I forget that she's not really mine."

"Of course she's yours. We have the paper work to prove it and even if we didn't you know good and well AJ is your daughter. How can you even think like that?" JJ replied, rather shocked at Emily's confession.

"I know." Emily sighed. "But she looks so much look you and now with the soccer; without my last name, no one would even know we're related." Suddenly JJ understood what Emily was trying to say. AJ may be her daughter legally but JJ was her biological mother.

"If it bothers you that much, just talk to her."

"I know but you saw how excited she was."

"Emily, AJ loves you. You're her mother, whether it's biologically or legally, either way you're her mother and if you talk to her I'm sure she'll understand."

Upstairs AJ quickly made her way back to her bedroom, having heard the entire conversation.

Two months later, JJ and Emily were waiting for AJ's first high school soccer match to start. Much to AJ's surprise and delight, they had both gotten the afternoon off. AJ was going to start and she was so excited that both Emily and JJ were going to be there to see it.

There had been no more discussion about the name on AJ's jersey since that night. Emily did not have the heart to tell her daughter that it bothered her and JJ knew that no amount of talking was going to convince Emily to talk to AJ so she dropped it.

The announcer began introducing the starting line up and eventually made his way to AJ. He announced her name and she stood up. Before taking off her sweat shirt, she turned smiled at her mothers, who both beamed with pride. She took off her sweat shirt and almost immediately Emily could feel the tears forming in her eyes. There on the back of her jersey in big white letters was the name 'Prentiss.' AJ turned and smiled at her mother, winked and then ran out onto the field.

A/N- Okay, seriously, how much do you love this kid?? PLEASE REVIEW ; probably won't be able to update again until mid next week.