Emily dozed off with JJ in her arms and only woke to the sound of her phone ringing. She was grateful that the phone was located in the pocket she could reach so she wouldn't have to move JJ and wake her up. She saw that it was Morgan calling and realized she was going to have to move JJ anyway to have the conversation with Morgan. She hoped JJ wouldn't wake up and realize she was gone. She quietly slipped out of the room without JJ waking up and noticed how JJ immediately curled up into a ball. She silently wondered what had this strong agent so scared. Outside of the room she answered her phone quietly.
"Morgan what's up?" Emily answered.
"Hey Emily, we got her stuff and there was no sign of Will there at the time, it looks like his stuff is still there so he's still in the area. How's our girl?" Morgan asked explaining what they had found at JJ's apartment.
"She's sleeping. She's scared and I have no clue what he did to her Morgan. I have never seen that look in her eyes. It's worse than the look she got with the Hankel case and that look still haunts me," Emily expressed her worries about the state of JJ's well being.
"You'll pull her through this Princess, she needs you right now. We'll drop her stuff off, we're on our way now. Then we'll let you guys work things out. Garcia is going to try to trace Will and see what his activities have been and set up a surveillance around JJ's apartment just in case he shows up or she needs to grab something from the apartment but I don't recommend her going alone. She's strong Em, I know I criticize her a lot but she gives it right back and she'll get through this," Morgan reassured his friend that he considered a sister and ended the call.
Emily quickly went back to the room to check on JJ and saw she was beginning to stir. She heard her mumbling something and knew that JJ needed to know that she was right there beside her.
"Emily? Emily where are you?" JJ said before fully opening her eyes feeling around her knowing that the brunette was not next to her. Emily grabbed her hand and knelt down beside the bed.
"I'm right here sweetie. Morgan called and I didn't want to wake you up. They are on their way here with your stuff. Did you want to see them or did you want to stay in here?" Emily asked quietly.
"I should see Garcia, she got me to the hospital. It's ok. When they leave I want to talk to you Em, I can't getting scared and not telling you why. It's not fair to you," JJ said as she sat up and winced at the pain. No bones had been broken but the way JJ's ribs felt she felt like they were broken, but they are only bruised and being pregnant wasn't helping that with the morning sickness. JJ felt a wave of nausea and ran to the bathroom as fast as she could to empty the few contents of her stomach and Emily ran to be by her side and hold her hair out of her face. JJ whispered a thank you and Emily pulled her up to her feet.
"Hey, it's ok, I'm here through it all, morning sickness and hormones, everything," Emily said pulling JJ into a hug. "And I will listen to everything you have to say when they leave, I promise I'm here for you until the end Jennifer," Emily reassured JJ and kissed her temple before the door bell rang signifying that Morgan and Garcia were at the door.
"Garcia knows that my ribs are bruised right? Because I have a feeling I'm going to get ambushed with a hug," JJ asked laughing. It was the first smile even though it was a slight smile that Emily had seen out of JJ in the last few weeks and it gave her hope.
"Yes, she knows pretty much everything, but she won't tell anyone else," Emily admitted to telling Garcia about the pregnancy.
"Well she is all-knowing so I guess that was a given. It's fine Em, thank you for taking care of everything. I really appreciate it," Emily was relieved to find out that JJ wasn't angry with her for telling Garcia and for calling Hotch about the time off.
Emily let Morgan and Garcia in and Garcia went directly to JJ giving her the tightest hug she could without hurting her. Morgan looked in shock at the amount of bruises JJ had, she was wearing a pair of sleep shorts and a t-shirt so there was a lot of skin visible and most of it was covered in varying bruises.
"Emily when we find this guy somebody's going to have to restrain me from killing him!" Morgan fumed as he saw the pain JJ was in emotionally and physically. He was always protective of the women he cared about and this was his family. Sure, Morgan was a dog when it came to the dating life and he lived it up with various women and dates, but when it came to the women he loved he was nothing but respect and when it came to a woman being hit, it sickened him. The two went to the other room of Emily's apartment to talk so that JJ wouldn't overhear and she could spend time talking to Garcia.
"You'll have to stand in line behind me. I love her Morgan and I can't stand seeing her in this pain. She said she told him that she was in love with someone else. I don't know how much more my heart can handle with her," Emily began to admit defeat before Morgan pulled her out of it.
"Hey now, maybe it's you she's in love with. Don't give up just yet Princess. We all see the way she flits around you at work and the flirting. Give her time, she'll open up to you. I want to let her know what we did and what we found and then we'll leave you two to figure things out. Hotch give you guys some time off?" Morgan pulled her out of her defeat.
"As much as we need. I'm sure she'll be restless in about a week but we've both got sick days and enough vacation days for the whole team. Her vacation is a little different though then ours but we've got plenty of time," Emily confirmed.
The two agents went into the other room to let JJ know what they had found and she listened to everything they had found and thanked them. She knew she wanted Will out of her apartment whether or not she was going back there in the near future. She was beginning to like the concept of living with Emily, even if it was temporary. Morgan and Garcia left and JJ knew it was time to tell Emily what happened and she realized her hands were sweating and she was shaking.
"JJ, calm down it's ok. Let me go make you something to eat and then we can talk, I promise," Emily told the nervous JJ and went off to make her something to eat. Emily needed to pull herself together after talking to Morgan before she could listen to what had happened to JJ without rushing out of the apartment and hunting down Will herself. She knew the team was handling it but it somehow wasn't enough when she saw the bruises.
