A/N- Okay this next story is more than a one shot…it will be four parts in total. The story started off as a one shot but soon got carried away and it was entirely too long to post as one story. AJ is three in this story and JJ is still working at the BAU.
Enjoy…
It was a fairly quiet day at the BAU. JJ was in her office looking through the stacks and stacks of case files that she had piled on her desk, while Emily and the rest of the team members busied themselves with their back log of paperwork.
By mid afternoon Emily was bored out of her mind and desperate for a distraction. Just than, as if her prayers had been answered, JJ walked into the bullpen and made her way to the break room in need of more coffee. She groaned when she saw that the pot was empty. Emily glanced back towards the break room and she saw JJ leaning over looking for something in one of the bottom drawers. She leaned her chair back to get a better view and could not help but smile.
Morgan leaned forward across his desk to see what Emily was smiling at and started laughing.
"See something you like Agent Prentiss?" Morgan teased.
"Oh hush." Emily said continuing to watch. "You're just jealous." Emily teased as she leaned a little further back to get a better look.
"I'm not going respond to that for fear that you might hit me." Morgan laughed.
"Trust me Morgan I may be the jealous type, but I'm pretty sure your not JJ's type." Emily said with a wink. Morgan looked over at JJ and laughed. She was still bent over the drawer looking for what he assumed were the coffee filters.
"Well I think it goes without saying that you are a very lucky woman."
"Yes I am." Emily leaned back a little bit further and before she knew it the chair had slipped out from underneath her. Emily felt her head slam against Morgan's desk and then everything went black.
"Oh shit! Emily?" Morgan yelled as he jumped up from his desk and ran over to Emily. "Jesus… JJ get over here." Morgan yelled as he looked down at an unconscious Emily lying on the ground.
JJ came running out of the break room to find Morgan kneeling beside Emily.
"Oh my god! What happened?" JJ asked as she began to panic.
"She was leaning back in her chair and it slipped out from under her. She hit her head pretty hard on my desk."
"What's going on?" Hotch asked as he walked out of his office. He was shocked to see Emily lying on the floor. "What happened?"
"She hit her head on my desk. I'm going to call 911." Morgan replied as he pulled out his cell phone.
"Why was she leaning so far back in her chair?" JJ asked as she brushed Emily's hair out of her face.
"She was watching you in the break room." Morgan snickered just before the 911 operator picked up and he began talking to him.
"You and your one track mind." JJ said quietly, rubbing her fingers down Emily's cheek. "Sweetie, I need you to wake up." JJ said, a tear running down her face, as the seriousness of the situation began to dawn on her. JJ grabbed Emily's hand and gave it a squeeze. "Stay with me okay?" JJ pleaded.
A few minutes later the paramedics arrived and began working on Emily. Morgan had to practically drag JJ away.
"Come on JJ, you need to let them work." Morgan said as he pulled her away. "I'm sure Emily is going to be just fine."
"You don't know that." JJ said as fresh tears rolled down her face. "She hit her head hard enough to knock herself out. That's not good."
"Hey come here." Morgan wrapped JJ up in a tight embrace as the paramedics continued to work on Emily.
An hour later the entire team was sitting in the emergency waiting room, awaiting news on Emily. JJ was a nervous wreck and had been pacing the floor since they got there. Morgan had tried to calm her but didn't have any luck. All he got for his troubles was the patented Jereau stare and he quickly backed down. After that no one got with in ten feet of JJ, for fear that she might go off on them.
Another hour passed and finally Andy walked into the room.
"How is she? Is she going to be okay?" JJ asked.
"Emily suffered a pretty strong blow to the head and has a concussion. Luckily the CT came back normal so there shouldn't be any long term effects." Andy told the group, but Morgan could tell there was something he was holding back. Something he wasn't telling them.
"Oh thank god. That's great news." JJ breathed a sigh of relief as she hugged Andy.
"There is more." Andy said as JJ let go. I knew it, Morgan thought to himself.
"Is she still not awake?" JJ asked starting to panic.
"No she woke up about thirty minutes ago, but I'm afraid she has amnesia." The entire room fell silent.
"She's lost her memory?" Amy asked; the first one to break the silence.
"I'm afraid so." Andy replied looking at JJ. "She had no idea who I was and she couldn't remember her own name."
"What do we do?" Morgan asked.
"Keep telling her about herself. What she likes, what she doesn't like. Show her pictures; anything that might stimulate her memory. Usually these situations are not permanent. It time her memory should return."
"What if it doesn't?" Hotch asked.
"Well I'm afraid there is nothing I can do about that. The best thing you can do is just be yourselves." Andy walked over and kneeled down in front of JJ who was now sitting in one of the waiting room chairs. "You need to tell her about your life together. Remind her about how much you love each other. Tomorrow you will take her home and help her remember her life." Andy said as the tears began to fall down her cheek. "Emily will pull through this, you'll see." JJ nodded and Andy wiped the tears from her face.
"Can I see her?" JJ asked as Andy stood up.
"Sure, I'll take you to her room."
"We'll be right here, if you need anything." Amy said giving JJ's hand a squeeze.
"Can you call mom and dad please? Tell them what happened and ask them to bring AJ. Maybe seeing her daughter will jog her memory." JJ asked Amy, who nodded in response. Then JJ and Andy left to go see Emily.
JJ walked into the room and Emily was asleep. She looked so peaceful lying there in the hospital bed. JJ couldn't believe that she couldn't remember their life together. They had been together for almost five years and now Emily couldn't remember any of it. JJ gently took Emily's hand in hers and let the tears stream down her face.
"Hey how are things going?" Morgan asked a couple hours later when he walked into the room.
"She's been asleep since I got here." JJ sighed. "Morgan what am I going to do?"
"You're going to be strong." Morgan said as he walked over beside JJ. "You're going to tell her how much you love her and you're going to help get her memory back."
"What if it doesn't come back?" JJ asked as more tears began to fall.
"You have to have faith." Morgan said giving JJ's shoulder a comforting squeeze. Just then Emily woke up. "Hey girl welcome back." Morgan said with a smile. Emily stared back at the two people beside her and looked completely lost.
"Do you remember what happened?" JJ asked giving Emily's hand a squeeze, but Emily quickly pulled it away.
"Not really but that really cute doctor that was in her earlier said that I hit my head." Emily paused before continuing. "I'm sorry I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?"
"I'm Derek Morgan and this is Jennifer Jereau." Morgan replied.
"Everyone calls me JJ. We work together." JJ added deciding that she would wait to drop the married bombshell a little later.
"Where is that?" Emily asked.
"At the FBI. We're all FBI agents. We work in the Behavioral Analysis Unit." This was killing Morgan. His best friend didn't even know who he was and he knew that if it was this hard on him it must be ten times worse for JJ.
"I'm an FBI agent?" Emily asked slightly shocked. Both Morgan and JJ nodded. Emily looked around the room and then noticed something on her left hand. It was a wedding ring. I don't even remember that I'm married Emily groaned in frustration.
"It's pretty isn't it?" JJ asked as Emily continued to admire her ring.
"Yes it is. I guess this means I'm married?" JJ nodded. "Where is he at? Does he know that I'm here?" Emily asked looking over at Morgan; who she thought she recognized. For a moment she thought maybe he was her husband. He certainly is handsome she thought to herself. The look that Emily was giving Morgan did not go unnoticed by JJ. Oh you have got to be kidding me, JJ thought to herself. Morgan looked back and forth between Emily and JJ in complete shock. Surely he had misunderstood Emily. It had never occurred to Morgan that she wouldn't remember that she was gay.
"Emily, honey, you are married but not to a guy."
"I don't understand."
"WE are married. You're my wife."
"Excuse me?"
"We have been together for almost five years. We had a commitment ceremony a little over a year ago." JJ told her. She decided to leave out any mention of AJ because she thought it might be too much for her to process all at once.
"I can't be married to you, because that would mean I was…"
"Gay." JJ said. Emily just stared back at her and then looked to Morgan for conformation. I can't be gay, can I? Emily thought to herself. Morgan nodded his head indicating that it was all true.
"Look I know that this is all very sudden but…"
"You don't know the half of it. I wake up in a hospital. I can't remember my own name. I learn that I'm an FBI agent, that I'm gay and I'm married. I'm sorry if I'm just a little bit overwhelmed right now." Emily sighed. "Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but how do I know you are telling me the truth?" Emily asked looking at Morgan rather than JJ. JJ had tears in her eyes and although she wasn't sure why Emily couldn't bring herself to look at her.
"Look Emily I understand that you are upset, but it's all true. You and JJ are married." Morgan tried to reason with Emily, but she just shook her head.
"Nope, I'm sorry. I mean don't you think I would remember something as important as being gay?"
"Emily you don't even remember your own name." Morgan replied. Emily started to say something but JJ beat her too it.
"Emily, look at my ring." JJ held up her hand and showed Emily her wedding ring. Emily looked at the ring and then looked back at her own. They were exactly the same. "You bought these for us. Had them custom made I might add." Emily continued to stare at the rings and at that moment she realized that they had in fact been telling her the truth. "Emily I love you and you love me. I know that this might be hard to take in right now but deep down inside you have to know that." Emily just stared blankly back at her. JJ could feel the tears beginning to form again. Luckily the tension was broken by a knock at the door. JJ looked up to see her parents standing in the hallway through the glass in the door.
"Morgan can you stay here with her for a few minutes?" JJ asked as she stood up.
"Yeah, sure." Morgan replied with an understanding nod.
JJ walked out of the room and immediately began to cry. Tom wrapped her up in a huge hug and tried to offer her some comfort.
"She has no idea who I am." JJ sobbed into her father's chest.
"Ssshh, it'll be okay." Tom replied rubbing his daughter's back. Angie felt her own tears forming as she watched JJ and Tom. It broke her heart to see JJ this upset. However, all three year old AJ wanted to do was get down from her grandmother's arms. Angie put the little girl down and wiped her own tears away. Everyone was too caught up in the moment that they didn't see or hear the door to Emily's room open.
AJ stuck her head in the room and looked around. She saw her Uncle Derek standing in the corner talking to someone on his cell phone and then on the bed she saw her mom. Immediately her eyes lit up and she bolted for the bed.
"MOMMY!" The little girl yelled as she ran towards Emily. Emily looked at the little girl, who looked just like JJ, and began to panic. Did she just call me mommy?
A/N- So what did you think??? Part two should be up soon… PLEASE REVIEW!!!
