Before they knew it, two more weeks had passed and they were now standing before the judge.
"Well, in regards of the information I have accumulated in the past two weeks, I find that it's in Miss Taylor Sanders' best interest that she remain in the custody of agents Prentiss and Jareau. Miss Taylor, you are from now on Taylor Jareau-Prentiss. I wish you all the best luck. Case dismissed." The judge said as he banged the gravel.
The new family had tears running down their faces and were embracing each other.
JJ and Emily were planning on introducing Taylor to the team today.
They were all going out to dinner with the team to celebrate the adoption.
"Hey guys." JJ said as she spotted her 'family' already sitting at a table.
"Hey JJ. Hey Emily. Hey Taylor." Garcia said happily as she hugged each one of them.
Garcia had been the only on who had already met Taylor. Taylor had learned to trust Garcia and hung out with her a lot since the incident about the 'little princess' talk.
"Hey Garcia." All three said.
"Hey guys." Emily greeted.
"Hey Prentiss." Morgan said with his usual grin.
"Okay guys, this is Taylor." JJ said as Taylor said an awkward 'hi'.
"Taylor, this is Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid, David Rossi, Aaron Hotchner but we call him 'Hotch', this is Hotch's wife Hayley, and their son Jack, and of course, you already know Garcia." JJ introduced.
"It's nice to meet you, Taylor. I've heard a lot about you." Derek said as he smiled at her.
She smiled back. Somehow, she trusted him. She just met him, but she trusted him, she didn't know why though.
"It's nice to meet you." The rest of the team said with a smile.
"It's nice to meet you all too." Taylor said with a smile.
They chatted for a little bit before ordering and then continued to chat as they waited for their food to arrive.
When the food arrived, they ate and talked and laughed, enjoying their meals and each others company.
"Hey guys, I'm really sorry, but we have to go. It's way past Jack's normal bed time." Hotch said apologetically.
"We understand and don't worry. We'll see you tomorrow." JJ said smiling as they said goodbye to Hotch, Hayley and Jack.
A few minutes later, Rossi and Reid also departed.
"Hey guys, I think we're going to head home." JJ said to Garcia and Derek.
"We are going to hit some clubs, mama. It's our day off tomorrow." Derek said laughing.
"Speaking of which, if you want to start work tomorrow, Derek and I can babysit-" Garcia was interrupted by Taylor.
"Teenagesit." Taylor joked.
They all laughed.
"Okay, teenagesit Taylor for you." Garcia finished.
"Uh, we don't know about that." JJ said as she and Emily looked at each other worried.
They both new that Taylor was a little scared around new people, especially men, so they were concerned that Taylor wouldn't be comfortable.
"It's okay with me, if you guys want to go to work." Taylor said confidently.
It surprised Emily and JJ, they had not expected that from Taylor, but were happy to see progress.
"Are you guys sure?" JJ asked Garcia and Derek.
"Yeah, I mean I want to get to know this gummy bear over hear." Derek said winking at Taylor so that she knew he was messing around with her.
"Oh yeah? I guess we're equal cause I want to get to know Garcia's chocolate thunder God." Taylor said also winking at Derek so he knew that she was also just messing around with him.
"High-five kid, high-five. I like you already." Derek said as Taylor high-fived his hand.
JJ, Emily and Garcia watched the interaction in amusement and surprise.
"Well, we better get going then." Emily said.
"Alright, we'll see you tomorrow." Garcia said.
"Bye gummy-bear." Derek said to Taylor.
"Bye-bye superman." Taylor shot back.
"Superman? Where did that one come from?" Derek asked raising an eyebrow.
Taylor smirked and shrugged. "You're personality just screams 'superman' "
They laughed and Garcia agreed before they said their goodbye's.
When the three got to the car, Emily started the car while JJ smiled at her new daughter.
"You seem to get along well with Derek." She said.
"There is something about him that my heart and mind just tell me to trust him. I don't know why, that doesn't usually happen." Taylor said frowning.
JJ and Emily knew exactly why. Derek identified with the young girl, and they had one horrible thing in common. They were both sexually abused at a young age.
"Well, that's a good thing, right?" JJ asked.
"Yeah." Taylor said smiling.
"Good." JJ said with a smile as she looked at her girlfriend and saw that Emily too had a smile on her face.
