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Emily: 12 years old.
JJ: 6 years old (going on 7).

Thursday, June 28th, 1991

"Mother, please. Why do we have to go now?" Emily asks, upset.

"Emily, dear, I'm sorry, we just do. Ok? I don't understand what the big deal is anyway. You're twelve years old. Most twelve-year-olds would be thrilled to go and explore the world."

Emily sighs and rolls her eyes. She has told her mother a million times that the next couple of weeks were going to be about setting up for JJ's birthday, but Elizabeth refused so listen. She hates the six-year-old so much and Emily just can't figure out why.

"Ok, well, my bag is in the car and I'll be upstairs." Emily starts up the stairs, but turns around after a few seconds. "You know, you should just let me stay here. Dad is going to be here, and so is Lynn. I can't figure out why you must have me along for this trip." She turns and runs up the stairs, not giving Elizabeth the time to answer.

She takes the phone that was by her bed and dialed JJ's house number. The line rings three times before Sandy answered.

"Hello?"

"Sandy? It's Emily. Could I speak to JJ please?" Emily asks.

"Oh, Emily. It's nice to hear from you. Yes, JJ is in the backyard. I'll go get her." Emily heard the sound of a phone being set down and then a few moments later she heard the younger blonde's voice.

"Hello?"

"Hey, sweetie."

"Emmy! What are you doin'?" The blonde asks excitedly.

"Nothing right now. What are you doing?" Emily asked, relaxing back against her pillows.

"I'm playin' tag with Rosa and Eli. And I'm it!" JJ said. She plops down on the couch, holding the phone to her ear.

"You are? Well, are you a good tagger?"

"Yep!" She replies enthusiastically which makes Emily smile. "Emmy, when are you gonna come over?" JJ asks and Emily sighs.

"Well, actually, that's why I called. My mom told me told me that we're going to take a trip to the Caribbean." Emily said.

"How come?"

"Well, sweetie, she just needs me to come with her."

"Oh, so it's sorta like a vacation?"

"Yeah, kinda. But, we're also going to be gone for two weeks." Emily says and waits for it to dawn on JJ that she is going to have to miss her birthday.

"Okay," There's a pause, and Emily knows she is probably understanding now what Emily leaving means. "But wait, my birthday is two weeks from today." She finally says.

"Yes, I know sweetie. But I promise that if I miss your birthday, then I will make it up to you. Okay?"

JJ signs, "Okay…but will you at least call me?"

"Of course I will, sweetheart. I will try my best to call you every single day. Okay? And I promise that I'll call you on your birthday as soon as I wake up on that day. Deal?"

"Deal. But if I wake up and you don't call, can I call you first?" JJ asked. Emily can hear the sadness in her voice, but knows she is trying to hide it because JJ knows how Emily's mother could be.

"Yes, of course you can call and wake me up." Then she heard her mother calling for her.

"I have to go, Jen. My mom's calling for me. I'll call you tonight to say goodnight. Okay?"

"Okay, Emmy. Bye. I love you."

"I love you too, Jenny." The two hung up and Emily went downstairs.

*Five days later. Wednesday, July 3rd*

Emily is down in her hotel room and reached for the phone. Her mother got a suite, so at least she doesn't have to sleep in the same room but the phone was in the little kitchenette and Emily has to sit at the table to use it.

Right now, it's 8:30 and as she has done every night for the past five days, Emily's getting ready to call JJ. The phone rings several times before Sandy picks up.

"Oh Emily, thank goodness you called."

"Sandy? What's wrong?" Emily asks worried.

"Oh, JJ has been sick all day and now she can't seem to fall asleep. She's got a tummy ache and says she wants to hear the sunshine song in French, but I'm afraid I don't know what's she talking about."

"Can I speak to her, please?"

"Of course. Here she is."

"Emmy?" Emily hears JJ ask in a tired voice.

"Hi, sweetheart. Your mommy says you don't feel good. What's wrong?"

"My tummy hurts."

"Your tummy hurts?"

"Yeah." JJ whispers.

"Well, can I do something to make it feel better?" Emily asks, wishing she could be there with JJ.

"Can you sing?"

"Sure, I can do that. What do you want me to sing, baby?"

"The Sunshine song. In French."

"Okay, I can do that. Are you laying down?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Do you have Teddy with you?" When she got another 'mmhm' in response, she said, "Ok, here I go."

It doesn't long for Emily to realize JJ has fallen asleep and for Sandy to take the phone back. "Thanks for doing that, Emily." Sandy says.

"No problem. Goodnight, Sandy."

"Goodnight, Emily."

*July 12th, 1991. JJ's house*

The morning of the 12th, Emily walks up the pathway to JJ's house. She convinced the pilot of their private plane to bring her back home early so she could surprise JJ, after getting the ok from her dad. Her mother wasn't very happy about it, but James told her he would take care of it.

Emily knocks on the door and a few seconds later, Sandy opens it. She smiles at the sight of the pre-teen.

"Emily, I didn't think you would be back until Saturday."

"I decided to come back and surprise Jen." She answers. Sandy lets Emily in and tells her to wait in the kitchen. Rosaline is there and smiles when she sees Emily. She knows how much this would mean to her baby sister.

On the staircase, Sandy stops her youngest child. "Jenny, baby, do you remember what you told daddy and I last night that you wanted for your birthday?"

JJ shrugs. "I wanna see Emily. But she can't come, so she's gonna call later."

Sandy nods and lets JJ walk into the kitchen. She doesn't see Emily at first, so Emily comes up behind her and picks her up, whispering, "Boo." In her ear.

"Emmy!" JJ squeals. "You came!"

"Yeah, I did. I promised I wouldn't miss it, remember?"

Later that night, after a fun-filled day of birthday French toast, playtime in the pool, and a movie at the theatre, all wrapped up with a dinner with JJ's grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, Emily sits in the living room floor with JJ and her new toys.

"Did my little princess have a good birthday?" Michael asks.

Jenny beams up at him from her place in the floor. She's playing with her new Barbie dolls. "Yeah! It was the bestest!" JJ said.

"Well, good, I don't like for my princess to be sad."

This skipped around a lot, but the extended version can be found in BFF – Missing Scenes (Summer & School). It has more of Emily and JJ and what they did during the day.

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