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Chapter 34

JJ groaned at the sound of the doorbell that roused her from her semi-sleep. "Ignore it." Emily muttered into the blonde's hair as she tightened her arm around the body resting against her, nuzzling in closer to the side of JJ's neck.

"I can't Em. It'll be Garcia with Henry." The blonde shifted her position slightly to kiss the brunette. As she tried to sit up, she realised Emily still hadn't released her hold around her waist. "Erm Em?"

The brunette opened one eye to look at the blonde. "Yeah?"

"I need to move." JJ gestured to the arm keeping her safely in place.

"You sure?" Emily wiggled her eyebrows in a suggestive manner.

"Well…Garcia has a key and knows we should be here. Do you really want her letting herself in and finding us here…like this?" The blonde watched as Emily considered her answer to that question. For a moment JJ thought that the brunette was going to keep her hold on the younger woman but then she felt the arm around her shift. As soon as the contact was lost, JJ missed its presence and heat.

The blonde swung her legs over the edge of the bed before setting about finding her clothing that had been scattered along the path they had taken to the bedroom. As soon as she was dressed, she checked her appearance in the mirror in the hallway before going to the front door. She swung the door open without checking who was on the other side.

"Jennifer Jareau?" A young man was standing on the doorstep.

"Yes." JJ answered warily, unsure about the identity of the man or his business with her. She watched as he reached into his pocket and instantly felt her body tense. A sudden panic filled her being as her mind was filled with images of a gun being pulled out. Instead his hand emerged from his coat with an envelope. JJ reached out and took the envelope from his outstretched arm, looking at the paper she now held.

"Sign here please." He held out a green card to her with a pen. JJ signed her name before handing it back to him. The young man turned and left the property without further comment. JJ stood frozen to the spot until his car had driven off before turning and closing the door. She walked back into the house and took a seat at the kitchen table, she turned the envelope over in her hands wondering what it contained. She opened the envelope and removed the papers inside and began to read. She felt her body begin to shake and tears started to fall as she read the documents now held in her hands.

"Jayj?" Emily called out as she came downstairs. The brunette became worried as she didn't get a reply and there was a quiet in the house that was very uncharacteristic of when Garcia was around. She checked the sitting room first but upon finding it empty she went on to the kitchen. The sight that greeted her made her heart stop beating for a moment. She made her way over to the younger woman and put her hand onto her shoulder hoping not to startle the other woman. "Jayj? What's wrong?" Emily sat down next to the blonde.

JJ kept staring at the paper in her hands and without saying a word, passed it to her partner. Emily looked down at the papers that she had just been handed. She began to read making sure she kept contact with the other woman. As she read further, she could feel the colour drain from her face. As she reached the end, she put the paper on the table and turned to face the blonde. Lifting her hand she cupped the younger woman's face turning it towards her. "We won't let it happen."

Meeting those deep brown eyes that were so filled with concern and a certain determination, JJ wanted to believe that was true. There was part of her that just wouldn't let her believe it though. "I thought it was over when he died. I thought we could put it behind us. Build a new life and a family." Her voice was hollow and her body shaking as she spoke. "This isn't meant to happen."

Emily pulled the other woman to her as she cried, the sobs shaking her whole body. She just held the younger woman as she cried, trying to think of a solution. "It'll be ok Jayj. I promise, it'll be ok."

The doorbell rang again causing both women to start and look back towards the door. The look of panic was clear in JJ's blue eyes. "It's ok. I'll go." Emily stood and walked towards the door, keeping her hand in contact with the blonde for as long as possible. When she reached the door, she checked the peep hole before turning the lock. "Hey Garcia."

"Hello my little…" The rest of Garcia's witty greeting died in her throat as she took in the appearance of the woman standing before her. "What's happened? Is JJ ok?"

"You'd better come in." Emily stood back from the door to allow the quirky blonde entry. As she stepped into the house, Emily took Henry from her before showing her through to the kitchen.

As soon as she laid eyes upon her friend she rushed over to her side. "What's happened sweetie?" Garcia cast her attention between her two friends.

Finally JJ spoke. "Henry."

"He's right here honey. He's fine."

JJ shook her head. "They are going to take him."

Garcia frowned, not understanding what was going on. "Who's going to take him?" She looked over to the brunette who had placed Henry into his playpen.

"JJ just got served with papers for the custody of Henry. Will's mom is applying for sole custody of him."

Garcia just shook her head in disbelief. "No. They can't. He's…You…Just no." Tears had started to well up in her eyes at the realisation that the nightmare she thought JJ had escaped was still continuing. She gathered her thoughts before continuing. "On what grounds can they try to claim custody? JJ is his mom."

Emily glanced at the blonde to see if she was going to answer. "They are claiming that with JJ's job she is unfit as a parent as Henry is left with a number of different people and doesn't have a stable home life. She claims that he would be better off with her where he can have constant supervision from one person." As the brunette spoke, Garcia just kept shaking her head. It was beyond her how anyone could suggest even for a moment that JJ was unfit as a parent or that Henry didn't have a stable home life. He not only had JJ but also Emily who would do anything to protect him. Along with the rest of the team who were like an extended family. All of whom had more contact with Henry and had done more for him than the LaMontagnes. After a pause Emily continued. "She is also saying that JJ has moved in with the first person that came along with no regard for the effect it could have on Henry." Emily looked down at her hands knowing that if she hadn't asked the blonde to live with her then there would be one less issue for the LaMontagnes to bring up in proceedings.

"We'll fight it JJ. We all will. I'll find everything I can about that woman and prove that he is better with you." The quirky blonde turned to the brunette at that point and could see the turmoil Emily was suffering. It didn't take a profiler to know that she felt partially responsible for the current situation. "As for you…This isn't your fault. It's neither of your faults. You two have given Henry the best home any kid could hope for. Don't forget that."

Emily smiled slightly at Garcia. Hearing the determination in her friend's voice reignited the strength inside the brunette that she knew they would all need over the next few weeks. "We'll get the best lawyer too Jay. She won't stand a chance."

The two women looked at each other both trying to convey their concern about how the blonde would cope with this new development. They had been worried enough when the reality of what Will actually was had come to light. Garcia had known that Emily would get JJ through that situation. The threat of losing her child was something very different. This was the one thing that both women feared would break the younger woman. It was in that moment that the two women shared an unspoken promise to ensure that didn't happen. Neither woman could face losing the young blonde.

The phone ringing broke the women out of their thoughts. Emily made her way over to pick the receiver up. "Hello?" The two blondes watched her expression change and her whole body tense. "I'll ask." She covered the phone with her hand before turning to meet the younger blonde's worried gaze. "Jayj it's Mrs LaMontagne. If you don't want to talk to her then just say and I'll hang up." She watched the younger woman for any signs that this wasn't going to be too much for her. JJ seemed to steel herself before taking the phone from the brunette.

"Yes?"

"Hello Jennifer. I wanted to call you and give you the opportunity to be reasonable and make the right choice before things get any more traumatic to my grandson. Now we both know that with your job you can never be relied upon to be there for Henry at any time of the day or night. You get called out of town for every case your team takes on and that means you could be on the other side of the country to Henry at any given time. If something was to happen to him, then he'd be alone until you could fly back from wherever you are. I think you'll agree that no little boy wants to be alone in the world when they are in pain. You know that not only are you away for so much time but you also do a job that is so dangerous. Where on any given day, some murderer could turn his gun on you and leave Henry all alone in the world. With nobody to turn to that could take care of him and help him through such a terrible thing."

"He has people that would be there for him." JJ's voice had lost its normal confident edge. She knew that what she was hearing was true. Her job did take her out of town a lot. As part of her job, she chased the worst serial killers the country has ever seen and that put her in danger every time. Two of her team had been shot, there had been kidnappings and beatings and the risk that next time it would be her. It was something that always scared her about having a family. She knew that one day they might get that knock on the door to tell them that she had been killed.

"Now now Jennifer. We both know that friends are not the same as family."

"Emily…"

"Yes. Emily." As the woman said the name her very calm tone faltered for the first time. "This is a woman who has spent her life travelling all over the world. Someone who has moved from one field office to another in search of the next promotion. How long do you think it will be before she wants to move on to a new office for the next promotion?" There was a pause as she waited for JJ to answer. When no answer was forthcoming, she continued. "She'll want to move on and having a small child to consider will make that so much harder. Especially when that child isn't hers. This is a woman who had been pursuing you for a long time but as soon as she found out you were pregnant…She backed right off. She distanced herself from you so that you hardly saw her outside of work. Do you not remember that? I think we both know that she wouldn't want to be left with Henry if anything happened to you." She paused again to see if JJ had a response. "Now, I'll let you think about this. You know Henry would be safe and loved with me. When you have made your decision, call me."

JJ was about to hang up the phone when she heard the voice at the end once more. "Oh and Jennifer…You have until the end of the week." The next sound she heard was the dial tone as Mrs LaMontagne hung up. JJ just stared blankly letting the conversation replay in her head.

Emily took the phone from her and hung it up. "Jayj? What did she say?" The brunette was growing increasingly more worried as each second passed and the blonde didn't react. Emily reached out her hand to the blonde to wipe away the tear that had escaped from her eye. Before she could make contact, the blonde pulled back away from her touch. "Jay?" Emily was scared by the response of the blonde.

"I just need to be alone for a while." The blonde picked her keys up off the side and headed for the door before either woman could stop her. Leaving them both wondering what had been said to make the blonde react in that way.