Will clasped JJ's hand tightly, wishing she would wake up, and yet, hoping that she would sleep a little while longer. He knew just how much sleep could do for a person, having learned that while he was recovering from his own brush with death. He had gotten to the hospital right after JJ had been taken to her room, and she had smiled tiredly at him before passing out and he had taken up his lonely vigil.

Finally, though, she stirred, groaning deeply as she turned towards him, her eyes blinking open. "Will?"

"Yes, cher?" he asked as he stroked her hair with his free hand.

"Have you heard anything about Matteo?" she asked hoarsely, her eyes filling with tears.

"He's still in intensive care. His wife and kids are up there with him now. The doctors think that he should be released in a few days." Will brought her hand up to his lips, kissing the back softly. She gave him a pained smile, and he wondered what was going on in her head. "Let me in, Jayje."

"I want to start trying again."

Her words shocked him, and he looked at her, really looked, as he felt hope and joy well up in his heart. "Really?"

She nodded before biting her lip. "When I was overseas, I found out that I was pregnant. I didn't even have the chance to tell you, before I was in that attack. I'm so sorry." She began to sob and he let go of her hand so that he could pull her into a tight hug. "I should have told you, when I got back, but there never seemed a good time. I'm sorry."

Will sighed a little as he listened to his wife sob in his arms. A small part of him was so very angry that she had kept this from him, that she wouldn't tell him that they had lost a baby, that the hope for a future had ended when she took that assignment. And yet, she was being open with him, something that had been lacking in the last few months of their marriage.

He went to say something in reply when someone knocked on the door. "Come in," he said shortly, unable to keep the irritation from his voice.

Emily stepped inside and he fought not to groan or frown at her. "I just wanted to check in on you guys before I headed over to Rossi's. I can't believe they just let you go to hospital alone!"

JJ shrugged a little and winced in pain. "I know that Rossi and Hotch had more pressing concerns, Em. This affected so many on the team, not just me and Matt." She beckoned Emily over to her side, and the woman sat on the bed so that she could look at both of them. "There's something you need to know, when you go over to Rossi's. You're not the only phoenix of the BAU."

Emily looked at Will, frowning, and all he could do was shrug and shake his head, hacing no idea what his wife was talking about. "I'm sorry, I don't follow you, Jayje."

"Erin is alive. I don't know how, I don't know why she hid herself away, but she is alive, and we are some of the last ones to find out about it this time. I've been playing Words With Friends with her for two weeks, and had no inkling that it was her! God, it sucks to be lied to!"

The anger heartened Will, since it told him that she truly was feeling better, and he stroked the back of her hand with his thumb as Emily smiled sadly at her. "Now you know how Reid felt when we hid the truth about me. God, I hope that she is doing okay. My return from the dead was so hard."

"I'm sure she'd love to talk to you, Emily," Will said, giving the woman a small smile. "And when you get there, let them know that as soon as Jay is released, we'll be joining you."

She nodded, picking up on his subtle hint to leave them alone once more. "All right, I'll be off, then. Come join us as soon as you can." She leaned down and kissed JJ's cheek before getting up and rubbing Will's shoulder softly. "I am so glad that you are all right, Jayje. I don't know what I would have done if we had lost you last night."

"I know. Give them all my love."

"Will do."

Emily left, and Will focused on his wife once more. "So, Strauss is alive."

JJ nodded. "She was going to send me home, when she found out I was pregnant. She knew that I shouldn't be out in the field. I went above her head to go on that mission, and I resented her so much for not stopping me." She burst into tears, and Will got up to settle beside her on the bed, letting her curl up against him.

"You needed someone to blame, but you should have blamed the ones that attacked your convoy."

She nodded and brought his hand to cover her stomach. "I know. And now I have to find a way to make amends. I never got the chance to really do that before Curtis hurt her." He felt the yawn that ripped through her body, and he rubbed her back softly. "I don't think there will be enough sleep in a month of Sundays that will make me feel less tired."

"Nap while you can. Once they release you, you know Henry will be on you like white on rice." He kissed the top of her head, listening to her sigh gently. "Sleep, Jen, I won't leave you."

"I know you won't," she murmured thickly before clutching his shirt in her hand, worrying the fabric between her fingers as he rocked her back to sleep.