A/N: So, I've kind of had this thought of changing the way this story will go. I'm going to change the name of it, and the synopsis. They way this ends is going to lead into how the rest of this story will go! I really hope Y'all like the new direction.

JJ and Emily had spent the last two weeks of wedded bliss in Italy. But JJ was ready to be home. She was ready to see Henry again, and she was ready to start the new regular life. When they pulled into the long driveway of their new, giant house, both women weren't surprised to see the car of Will. They were, however, surprised to see a town car of the car service the Prentiss's use sitting in front of the house. When JJ put the car into park, the women decided to leave luggage in the car. They could deal with that later.

When they stepped into the foyer, they could hear laughter coming from the nearby living room. Both women were pleasantly surprised by the scene that greeted them. Elizabeth, Edward, and Will were sitting on the new furniture, all talking and laughing. All the adults were too invested in the conversation to notice when the women came in.

Emily quirked her eyebrow, "Oh come in, make yourselves at home." She quipped sarcastically, but good-naturedly.

"Oh, Emily, this was my home!" Elizabeth Prentiss gave a genuine smile. It even reached her eyes, Emily was surprised. She had gotten accustomed to her mother's political smiles. She was happy to see real happiness on her mother's face.

"Yes, mother I know but what are doing here?"

JJ interrupted any answer, "And more importantly, why did a small blond boy not greet me the second the car pulled up."

Everyone laughed and Will gave a mischievous smile, "Why, Cher, I do suppose he got lost in this mansion y'all call home."

Elizabeth lightly scolded him, "William, she misses her son! Two weeks on a private beach with Emmy must have been so hard for her." The all laughed at the normally formal woman's sarcasm.

Edward stood and greeted both women with a hug and kissed Emily's cheek, "He's out back playing with Harlan. Melissa is out there with them."

The women moved to head out to the back, but were stopped by the Ambassador, "Oh! It was so nice to see Graiden taking over for his father. And his children are darling, the red hair on his daughter is so cute!"

Emily motioned for JJ to go ahead of her before she stopped and looked at her mother, "Who are you, and what have you done with my mother?" All laughed at the joke.

Elizabeth mocked offense, "Are you saying that I have ever been anything but warm and welcoming?" Emily barked out a laugh, she didn't know what was going on in her mother's head. Maybe she was losing her marbles? Either way the younger raiven-haired woman could get use to friendly banter with her usually poised mother.

JJ stepped out onto the porch first but was followed quickly by her wife. Sensing the new people, Henry looked up, "Mommy! Emmy! You're home!" He ran up the wooden steps of the back patio and met both women for a hug. Both women knelt down and welcomed the bear hug from the small boy.

"And then I made the mistake of showing JJ dad's garage of prized sports cars. She picked out the '84 Ferrari," Emily laughed at the memory before continuing, "And she begged me to let her drive it, and I finally relented and handed her the keys, but when I saw her go to the left side of the car, I couldn't resist the urge to tease her. I quickly got in on the right side before her and when she got in she saw the wheel was in front of me, not her," another fit of laughter, "Her face was priceless."

After the laughter died down, Emily's father spoke, "And here I thought you were going to tell me you let Jennifer drive my Most. Prized. Car." The older man gave Emily a pointed look as he accentuated his words. Again, another wave of laughter rang out.

JJ feigned shock, "Why Edward, are you implying that you don't trust me to drive your fastest, most expensive, antique, automatic sports car?"

Will looked at his watch, "Well I really should get going if I want to make my flight." He looked at Emily and JJ cuddled together on the love seat of their new furniture set, "Congratulations you guys, and thank you for two whole weeks with Henry."

Emily furrowed her brows, "No need to thank us, he's yours too. I'm sorry you don't get him as much, let's make sure to amend that."

Will smiled and nodded before turning his attention to the other couple in the room, "And thank y'all for this morning. I am so grateful to know how much Henry is loved."

Elizabeth stood and shook his hand, "it was our pleasure. Let us know if we can ever help you with anything."

Will quirked an eyebrow, "Got another mansion just laying around?"

Everyone laughed before Edward spoke up, "Not in the U.S. but you are always welcome to vacation at our many international homes."

Will chuckled, shaking his head. "I will see y'all later."

After Will was gone, Emily sat in the living room with her family. Henry was sitting on her dad's lap while he regaled the young man of stories from around the world. Emily was in awe of the scene. "Mom, dad, what brought you guys here this morning? I know it wasn't just to see us home."

Elizabeth and Edward shared a warm smile, "We wanted to see how you were doing in the house, it's still a little sparse in here."

The younger brunette rolled her eyes, "We had the movers and store bring over everything while we were away, but we've yet to unpack and make it homey."

"Emily, we have some news." Emily immediately thought it was bad news, apparently her fear shown through on her face, "Oh you worry to much dear. It is not bad news. In fact, I think it is quite good." Her parents shared another knowing glance, "We've retired Emily."

Emily was awed, "What do you mean you retired, you've worked your whole lives for your positions."

This time Edward was the one to speak, "Frankly dear, that's why we've decided to leave. We spent our whole lives appeasing the public, and at your wedding we realized, had we put even half of our effort into our family, as we did with our work, maybe things would be different, better. Emmy, I guess we're saying that we have chosen watching you grow as an adult, and now mother, rather than our jobs. We made a mistake when you were young. We know that now. We also know we are thirty years to late. And we have decided to spend the rest of our lives making it up to you. We love you, our only daughter, and we are sorry for any hurt we caused by not showing that enough," By now Emily was crying, JJ was tearing up, and both of the Prentiss's were misty-eyed. "We are truly sorry we've only now realized our mistake, but we love you so much. We never want you to doubt that again. Will you forgive us Emily?" Emily wiped her eyes before moving to sit between her parents. She let them hold her for a while.

Finally, she looked up, "I forgive you. I love you."

Her parents pulled her into a hug, tears falling from all. "Well truth be told, you were right, Emmy, politics can be quite boring." The joke coming from Elizabeth surprised all.

The younger brunette shot up, a huge smile adorning her features, "I told you!" she practically shouted.

The night was winding down, they had a wonderful dinner, Henry was put to bed, the Prentiss's decided to head home. "We've bought a modest house nearly a mile away to be close, and as far away from politics as possible. We will have you over soon."

Soon everyone was gone, JJ could see her wife was more quiet than normal. "Emily, are you okay?"

Emily looked at though she was snapped out of a trance. Brown eyes filled with confusion, "I'm going for a walk, I feel overwhelmed and I need a minute." Brown connected with a worried blue, "I'll come back to you, I promise. I just need a minute to think it out by myself. I love you." Emily kissed her wife before pulling on a coat and heading out the back door. She found her way in the dimly lit estate to the stables. Her parents' words wore playing over and over in her head. She and JJ knew that because of their jobs, any future children they could want would be through adoption rather than IVF or insemination. But no adoption would go through with parents who both worked out of town most of the time. She grabbed the western saddle hanging near Jacques. She mostly rode English, but she was familiar with western for more casual rides. She mounted the horse and lead her out of the barn area in a steady trot. Could she really change her life so much? She never thought she'd want a domestic life, but her life had been so full of hurt, didn't she deserve a break? She had plenty of other homier options. She could even consult if she wanted to stay affiliated with the FBI. But, did she want that? Emily realized she had been gone for a while, it was dark, she just realized she didn't have a phone with her, and JJ must be worried. She headed back, letting the horse lead the way. When she got back to the house all the lights were off except the one in her room. She kicked her, now muddy, shoes off by the back door. She trudged up the steps to her room. JJ gave her a warm smile as she looked up from her book. Emily returned the smile before rummaging through her suitcase for some pajamas and heading to the bathroom for a shower. When she was done and redressed, she cuddled under the warm blanket of her bed. JJ put her book down and pulled her wife into an embrace.

"Are you going to tell me what's going on in that head of yours?" JJ said as she put a loose strand of brown hair behind Emily's ear.

The woman beside her sighed, "You know how we talked about adopting a child instead of anything else?" The blond nodded, "And you know how my parents said they didn't want to miss out on anymore of my life? Well, if we decide to adopt, and if we both work, we can never adopt a child. We'll be gone to much, and I don't want that to be taken away from our family, I went out to think of a possible choice for me. There's never been a problem with both of us on the team before, but I think that would be our problem, not being able to do everything we want as a family." Emily realized she was rambling, she took a deep breath, "What I'm trying to say is that, I want to resign from the FBI." JJ looked shocked but didn't say anything to let her wife finish. "I want to put our family first from now on, always. You love your job as a profiler now. I don't want anything to come between that. And I understand the job. I know there will be late nights and long weeks, and I want to be the person you can call who isn't mad that you'll be gone a few more days, the person who will never not love you simply because of an unpredictable schedule."

The blond smiled and gave her wife a sweet kiss. "I love you. But what will you do for work? You would go crazy trying to be a stay-at-home mom."

"Well, I'll take over the family business."

JJ looked appalled, "You hate politics!"

The brunette laughed at her wife, "Not politics Jen. The literal family business. Import, export. Most of it is just approving budgets and inventories. But I could also travel the world, open new shops, try new products. It will be amazing. I can take Henry all around the world with me, or any other kids for that matter. I want this, and it will be great for our family."

JJ smiled, "It will be amazing for our family, and then we can really fill this house with love. We can have so many kids!" both women laughed. But JJ gasped, "Does this mean I can have a hobby farm? Oh Emily, I really want goats!"

Emily kissed her wife, "We can have as many kids and goats as possible. I don't care what it takes, I love you. I love us, and I love that you are by my side as I do this."

A/N: Okay, so some of you may think that Emily would never leave the job for family, but I disagree. Emily never had the chance to, because she never had a family. Also, she left for what I think is an even worse reason in season 7. JJ will stay with BAU and you will get cases and stuff from that.