Sorry it took so long to get this up. Studying for my finals is just killing the time that I can spare to write.
Thank you all for your review for my one shot 'When Compartmentalization Fails' and for your continuous and supportive reviews for this story and my other one 'They Meet Again.'
Emily sat in the chair next to JJ's hospital bed, holding their wide awake son in her arms. JJ was still sleeping peacefully, as was Lila in her bassinet that the nurse rolled her in a half our ago. "So, what do you say, little man? Are you ready to leave this hospital and go home?" Emily smiled as John's hand reached up towards her face. "I'll take that as a yes."
JJ slowly woke up from her sleep and a big smile formed as she watched Emily's interaction with John.
"Your Aunt Penelope will be here soon with some fresh clothes for your momma and I, and they'll be bringing the car seats and carriers for you and your sister. Then we are going to take you two home, and you'll get to spend some time with your whole family."
JJ couldn't hold back the tear that was running from her eye. She reached up with one hand to wipe the offending tear, hoping that Emily wouldn't notice and that the sweet moment she was witnessing between mother and son wouldn't be stopped.
But, of course, not only was she in the same room as a profiler, she was also with her wife who always seemed to know when there was something wrong with her. "Jennifer?" Emily carefully held onto John as she stood from the chair and walked closer to the bed. "What's wrong? Are you in any pain?"
JJ shook her head. "I'm fine, Em."
"You're crying," Emily stated.
"I was just thinking about how happy I am, and how glad I am that I finally found the courage to tell Will that I loved you. I would have preferred you not getting shot, but I wouldn't change anything else that happened."
"I would have liked to have not gotten that phone call from the hospital. I was so scared. I honestly can't believe how I didn't cause any accidents on my way to get to you," said Emily. "But, that is all in the past now. Will, is thankfully not in the picture anymore, although, yes, I agree with you I could definitely dealt with not getting shot. But, being put in the same situation again, I would gladly take that bullet if meant keeping my family safe." Emily now had a tear escaping from her eye.
JJ reached up and wiped the tear from Emily's cheek, before resting her palm there. Emily bent down and kissed her wife. As they pulled apart, they noticed that John had grabbed on to JJ's hospital gown. Letting out a small chuckle, Emily said, "Looks like someone wants to cuddle with his momma." She carefully switched John into JJ's arms and smiled at the two.
As if realizing that Emily's arms were now free, Lila started to make them aware that she was awake with a soft cry. Emily went over and picked her up, holding the baby close to her chest as she soothed Lila's cries. "Hey there, my pretty girl. You all rested after you nap?"
"There's the happy family," cooed Garcia from the door as she and Morgan walked into the room.
"Hey Pen," greeted Emily as she smiled at them.
"You ladies ready to get out of here?" asked Morgan.
"More than ready," JJ answered.
"Alrighty then," said Garcia. She places a travel bag on JJ's bed. "Here are your clothes." She looks at Emily. "Now you take the little birth momma over here," points to JJ, "and you both go and get changed and my and Mr. Chocolate will get these two angels dressed and ready to go."
"Pen, you don't have to do that," said JJ. "We'll take care of dressing them when we get back."
"Nonsense, my blonde haired friend." Garcia reached and takes John from JJ's arms. "We'll get out of here quicker if we do while you two are changing. And, besides, we're taking you home to a houseful of people and I want to eat up some private time with my niece or nephew before I am forced to share."
"Come on, Jennifer. I don't think you are going to win this one," said Emily.
"Smart lady, now I know why you married her," joked Garcia.
"Oh there is more use to Emily then her brains, Pen," said JJ as she wined at Emily causing her to blush.
"Ahem, still in the room ladies," said Morgan, "and there are children present."
"Must your mind always go to the gutter, Morgan?" Emily asked with a smile as she placed Lila into his arms. "They are too young to figure out what those words mean."
JJ stood up from the bed with Emily's help. "I could have been referring to her compassion, strength, honesty…there are more qualities to Emily Prentiss then her skills in bed," said JJ.
"Oh, please we all know what qualities you were referring to JJ so stop trying to cover it up," said Garcia.
Now it was time for JJ to blush. "Profilers and best friends are the worst to be around sometimes." JJ walked over and placed a kiss on Lila's forehead.
"Aww, but you love us," teased Morgan.
"Hmm, sometimes I wonder why," JJ teased right back.
"Come on, honey let's go and get changed before these to corrupt our children," said Emily.
"Huh! Too late for that one Prentiss," Morgan called after them.
"Em, do you think we should ask them now?" asked JJ.
"Now? I thought you would have waited until we can get them alone with Katie and Andy," Emily responded as she unzipped the bag and started to unpack the clothes that Garcia had brought them.
"I did…I do, but I don't think we'll be able to get them alone with everyone at the house. Plus, I don't think I can hold back anymore." JJ took her clothes from Emily and they both began to get dressed.
"To be honest, I'm surprised you were able to hold out so long. We did decide this over a month ago."
Slipping the shirt over her head, JJ replied, "It wasn't easy…So…is it okay?"
"Jennifer, you don't have to ask for my permission."
"I do. You're my wife. This is something we should agree on."
"And we did. You were the one that wanted to wait," Emily smiled at JJ as they both finished getting themselves dressed.
As Emily helped JJ put her sneakers on, JJ asked, "So should it be Lila or John?"
Emily thought for a minute. "Good cases for either of them. Morgan would be great with John and Garcia would love to stake her claim on Lila. Katie and Andy have Hannah, so they would be in familiar territory with Lila or they could get wrapped up in new experiences with John." A horrified look appeared on Emily's face as she replayed the words that she just said in her mind. "God, I'm a horrible mother! Did you just hear how I talked about them?"
JJ pulled a clearly upset Emily into a tight hug. "You are a great mother, Emily."
"Really? Because I was just talking about them as if they were some common property, Jennifer. I grew that way and I can not subject my children to that," Emily argued.
"I agree it did sound like that," JJ started.
"See, so you agree with me."
JJ took Emily's head in her hands, one hand caressing each cheek. "No, Emily I don't agree with you."
"But, you just said - "
"I said it sounded that way, but I know what you really meant. Don't get yourself so worked up. You are a fantastic mother. You are not going to treat them like your mother did you when you were a child. You won't let that happen and you know that I will not let that happen, okay?"
Emily stared deep into JJ's eyes looking for any sign that the words she just heard were filled with lies, but she couldn't find any. Finally she let herself accept them and tears fell to her eyes as she struggled with her emotions. Pulling Emily into another hug JJ joked, "Hey, I thought the birth mother is supposed to be the one that goes through the boughts of depression and insecurities."
Emily giggled at the statement, "Eh, I figured I would save you the pain."
"Ah, my beautiful, white night saves me again," said JJ as she kissed Emily. "What do you say we go back out there before Garcia convinces Morgan to bust the door down?"
Emily nodded and before they open the door, she grabs JJ's arm. "It should be Lila. She already has him wrapped around her finger and she is only a day old."
JJ smiled at Emily as she remembered the look on his face when he held their daughter. "Lila it is. Let's go tell them."
Garcia heard the bathroom door open, "It's about time you two came out. I was starting to think you were taking the time to celebrate the birth of your children."
Emily's eyes widened, "You now that never crossed my mind. But, since you suggested it…" Emily pulled on JJ's hand and tried to drag her back to the bathroom.
"Emily! I am nowhere near ready for that kind of celebration," said JJ with a chuckle.
"Can't blame a girl for trying," Emily answered with a shrug of her shoulders as she let go of JJ's hand and reached to take John out of Garcia's arms.
"Thank you for getting them ready," said JJ as she smiled at Lila sleeping peacefully in Morgan's arms. 'Definitely the right choice,' she thought to herself as one look over at Emily confirmed that she was thinking the same thing.
Receiving a nod from JJ, Emily opened up the conversation, "We are actually glad some time alone with you two, because we have something we'd like to ask of you."
"What do you need?" asked Morgan.
"We'd like for you two to be Lila's Godparents," said JJ.
Garcia let out a squeal, which sounded like she said, "Yay!" But, they really couldn't be sure since it was said at such a high decibel, they were sure that only dogs could decipher what was actually said. Based on her body language and the bone crushing hug that she had JJ in, they were sure that she had agreed.
Morgan, thankfully, was easier to understand as he looked down at the girl in his arms and then up at Emily. Smiling he said, "I would be so honored. Thank you." He walked closer over to Emily and they both maneuvered the babies in their arms as Emily pulled him into a little hug.
Emily looked over at JJ and Garcia and upon seeing how tightly JJ was being held she said, "Pen, I would appreciate it if you let go of my wife before she loses consciousness."
Garcia realized the tight grip she had on JJ and quickly released her, "I'm so sorry," she said.
"It's okay," said JJ as she laughed.
The four adults turned to the doorway as they saw Kara enter the room. "You all look happy," said Kara.
"Well, I get to take my family home today," said Emily.
"And Morgan and Pen have agreed to be Lila's Godparents, so we have a lot to be happy about," finished JJ.
"Congratulations," Kara said to Morgan and Garcia.
"Thank you," they replied together.
"Alright let's get down to the business of getting you out of here," said Kara. She held out a clip board to JJ, "Here are your release papers. Just sign at the bottom and we'll have you out of here in no time." She hands some pamphlets to Emily, "This is some literature about dealing with the after affects of giving birth. There is nutrition information as well as info about Postpartum Depression. It would be beneficial for you to know the symptoms."
"Thank you," said Emily as she smiled at JJ remembering the little meltdown that occurred in the bathroom.
"And JJ," Kara locked eyes with her patient, "I will be keeping an eyes on you Saturday, as I'm sure so will Emily. If I see the slightest sign that you are overdoing yourself at that party, I am going to have Morgan throw you over his shoulders and bring you upstairs to one of the Ambassador's guest rooms, and if you fight him I will sedate you."
"Just say the word and it's done," said Morgan with a smile.
"I get it," said JJ. "Plenty of rest."
"Good," said Kara as she nodded to the nurse that one of the group noticed was standing there before. She wheeled in a wheelchair for JJ to sit down in. Seeing that JJ was about to object, Kara argued, "Hospital policy JJ."
JJ huffed as she down in the chair. Emily laughed at JJ's pout and placed John in her arms as she reached over and swung the overnight bag Garcia brought with her over her shoulder. Walking with them down the hallway to the elevators, Kara asked, "Who are you asking to be John's Godparents?"
"Andy and Katie," answered JJ and then she looked at Morgan and Garcia, "Please don't say anything yet. We are going to ask them and then make the announcement to everyone at the house."
"Of course," said Garcia.
The elevator let its arrival known with a ding and the smiling group walked on after saying goodbye to Kara.
"Morgan drove me home last night, so I left your car here and before we came into the hospital this morning, we installed the two car seats in your car. So, you are ready to drive out of here," said Garcia as they exited the hospital.
Morgan handed Lila to Garcia, "Why don't you ladies stay here while Emily and I go and get the cars?"
"Sounds perfect," said JJ.
Emily bent down and gave her a kiss before she turned and left to get the car.
Hannah had been perched at the window ever since they received the call from Morgan that they were on the way home. She started to jump up and down excitedly as she saw Emily's car pull into the driveway. "They're here! They're here!" she screamed and ran out the door to meet them.
Emily smiled as she saw, and heard, Hannah running out of the house. "Hi Hannah," she greeted her excited niece.
"You're finally home," said Hannah excitedly.
"We are," said JJ with an amused smile.
"Everybody's inside. Come on!" said Hannah as she ran back to the house.
Emily and JJ shared an amused look at the actions of the little girl as they opened the back door to release their children's carriers from their holders.
"I got her JJ," said Morgan as he took hold of the carrier.
Emily lifted John's carrier from the car and Garcia wrapped her arm in JJ's as the group walked to the front door of the house. Cheers were heard from the occupants when they entered the house. Quickly, the two sets of grandparents each took hold of the children as soon as they were in reach, while all of the other adults greeted JJ and Emily.
Once everyone quieted down and Emily was able to once again hold her son, she walked over and whispered something into JJ's ear, earning a nod from her wife. Taking John with her into the kitchen, Emily waited for JJ to enter the room with Andy and Katie. After a short conversation and another round of hugs, Emily and JJ were happy to have the task of finding Godparents for their children completed.
Walking back into their overcrowded living room, Emily called for everyone's attention. "Jennifer and I just wanted to thank you all for you support and love and for being here to share in the homecoming of John and Lila."
JJ continued, "We also wanted to announce their Godparents. Andy and Katie have agreed to be John's and Derek and Pen have agreed to be Lila's."
Another round of cheers and congratulations were exchanged as they all enjoyed the good news. With John, now tucked away in Katie's arms, Emily walked behind JJ and placed her arms around JJ's waist, pulling her against her body and her chin resting on JJ's shoulder. They both just stood there and enjoyed the sight of their big family.
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