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One Week Later. June 17th.

JJ had been living with Emily for the last month. She had yet to feel safe enough to go back home. It was the middle of June and her stay could now be considered an extended sleepover at Emily's house.

Emily is laying outside by the pool watching JJ play in it. Her mom is, once again, at a meeting leaving Emily and her dad home alone.

"Hey, Em! Come play with me!" JJ shouts.

"Maybe in a minute. Come here for sec first."

JJ climbs out of the water and goes over to blanket Emily is laying on and sits down beside her. "What?"

"Well, I was thinking and I realized that you haven't told me anything that you want for your birthday."

"I don't know." JJ shrugs.

"You don't know. Well, what would say to maybe going to the beach?"

JJ's eyes light up at the suggestion. "Really?"

"Yeah, really. We'll have to ask your mom and dad cause they'll want to come too I'm sure. But, if that's what you want, then maybe we can plan it out and go."

Inside there is a knock on the door. James answers and lets Sandy and Michael in.

"JJ is out back playing in the pool if you are looking for her." James tells them.

"Great. Thank you, James."

Sandy and Michael walk out the back where they see JJ and Emily sitting by the pool.

"Mommy! Guess what! Emily says we might be able to go to the beach for my birthday!"

"Really?" Sandy winks at Emily. They had talked about the trip a couple of days ago and were waiting for Emily to bring it up to JJ.

"Yeah! Can we go? Please, please, please?" JJ begs causing Emily and Michael to laugh and Sandy to smile. She's missed seeing JJ's smile.

"I guess so. Why don't you ask Emily how we're going to get there?"

"How are we going to go there, Emmy?"

"Well, actually it's up to you. Do you want us to drive there, or do you want to fly in a plane?"

"Oohh…can we fly?"

"Sure, if that's what you want."

"JJ, baby, your daddy and I have something to ask you."

"Ok, what is it?"

"Well, we were wondering if you were about ready to come home yet."

JJ's eyes widen and she shakes her head. "Do I have too?"

"Well, no, not if you're not ready too."

"I don't want too. I don't want to sleep in my room."

"Well, actually you have a new room. You'll be sleeping in Eli's room now. We switched you guy's rooms."

"Jen? Why don't you put some flip flops on and we can go over and look at your new room? You can give it a try tonight. You may even like it."

"You don't want me to stay with you anymore?" JJ asks.

Emily pulls herself into a better sitting position and then pulls JJ into her lap. "Por supuesto que sí, cariño. Pero hay que vivir con su mamá y papá." Of course I do, baby. But you need to live with your mommy and daddy.

"¿y si tienen un sueño aterrador? Usted no será allí a cantar para mí, así que puedo volver a dormir." What if have a scary dream? You won't be there to sing to me so I can fall back asleep.

"Lo que si me quedaba contigo esta noche? Luego, cuando te despiertas, puedo cantar a usted para ayudarle a conciliar el sueño." What if I stayed with you tonight? Then when you wake up, I can sing to you to help you fall asleep.

The little girl is silent as she thinks. "What about tomorrow night?"

"I don't know about that just yet. What would you like to do tomorrow night?"

"Can I stay by myself and see if I like it?" JJ asks quietly.

Emily glances up to if that's ok with JJ's parents and she gets a nod in return. "Of course. That's perfectly ok with me."

"OK." Then she turns to James. "Uncle J! Can I have a piggy back ride to my house?"

"Yes, you may." He bends down. "Hop on."

At JJ's house. Upstairs.

"Ok, JJ. This is your new room." Sandy opens the door to reveal a pink and purple room. It has butterflies flying over a hill of grass painted on the wall with her name next to her bed and on the other wall Emily's name is in cursive above her bed. JJ's bookshelves, TV, and all her toys have been moved in there.

"Do you like it?"

"Yeah! Look Emmy! Your name is on the wall too!" She points to the cursive writing.

"I see that. Wow, this room looks so cool. Lookie there." Emily points to the butterflies. "What are those?"

"Butterflies!" JJ's old room didn't have them painted on the walls.

"Emmy? Can I sleep with you tonight?" JJ asks.

"Sure, bug. Are you ready to go pack your bags back up and bring them over?"

JJ sighs. "I guess so."

"Ok. Come on, bug. I'll help you." Emily stands up and takes JJ's hand.

At Emily's house

"Jen, do you have everything packed and ready to go?" Emily asks after about an hour and a half of packing her bags.

"No! I don't know where Teddy is!" JJ yells across the hall. Teddy is the stuffed rabbit that Emily had gotten her for Easter that year. She didn't like the name Mr. Rabbit, so she changed it.

"Well, when was the last time you had him?" Emily asks her. She walks into JJ's room and sees her going through her toy box.

"I slept with him last night."

"Ok, ok. Just calm down. Come over here and sit down with me." JJ does as she's told and goes over to her bed.

"Now, think. Did you take him anywhere this morning?"

"I brought him to your room last night when I went in there to sleep."

"Ok. Did you leave him in there?"

"Yes! I did!" JJ jumps up and runs out of the room leaving Emily behind to pick her toys up.

Twenty minutes later, JJ is all packed up and ready to go home.

"What do you want to do when you get home, Jen?"

"I don't know." JJ shrugs. "Can we go swimming?" Her eye light up and it's hard for Emily to say no.

"Well, we need to ask your mom first. But, I'm sure she'll say yes."

"Yay! Come on, Emmy! Walk faster!"

"Reduzca la velocidad allí, mariposa. Usted sólo tiene una mochila para llevar. Tengo toda una maleta, tonto." Slow down there, butterfly. You only have a backpack to carry. I have a whole suitcase, silly.

JJ sighs. "Lo sé! Pero, el ayuno que lleguemos allí, más rápido podemos ir a nadar! Ahora, vamos. Date prisa!" I know! But, the faster we get there, the faster we can go swimming. Now, come on! Hurry!

Finally, they arrive at JJ's house and go inside. Emily takes the bags upstairs while JJ goes to the kitchen to find her mom.

"Mommy! Can me and Emily go swimming, please?"

"Sure. But, you need to ask daddy to go watch you guys, ok? I'm busy making dinner."

"Ok!" The little girls goes in search for her dad. She finds him out back setting the grill up.

"Daddy, what are you doing?"

"Hey, there princess. Mommy asked me to clean the grill. We're going to have a cookout. What are you up too?"

"Mama told me to ask you if you can watch me and Emily while we go swimming."

"Sure I can. Is Emily here right now?"

"Yep! Can you blow up my floatie too, please?" Michael nods and JJ goes back inside to get her swimsuit.

"Emmy! Are you ready to go swimmin' yet?" JJ has on a pink and purple two piece bathing suit.

"Yes, I am. Did you put sunscreen on?"

"No, not yet. I only put it on my arms and legs. I need help with my face." The two girls go outside and put sunscreen on. Then they jump in the pool and go swimming.

At 3 o'clock, dinner is ready and the rest of the family starts to arrive. James even comes over and together they have a big family cookout.

One Month Later July 9th, 1992.

A month later JJ and her family were packing their last few bags. They leave in exactly three hours to go the airport where they will head to Florida.

"Mommy, daddy wants to know to know if you're ready for him to put your bag in the car."

"Yes, but you need to have Eli help you carry downstairs though, ok?"

"Ok. Eli! Come here!"

"What do you need, JJ? I'm on the phone." Eli calls out of his room.

"Mama says to help me bring her suitcase to daddy." JJ replies.

"Ok, I'm coming. Just let me say goodbye to Taylor first ok?" Taylor Jennings is Eli's girlfriend of 9 months. They met in Algebra and after dancing around each other for two months finally started dating.

"Okay!" JJ waits patiently for Eli to get off the phone.

"All right bug, where's the suitcase at?"

"Right there."

In the Car on the Way to the Airport.

JJ had decided to ride with Emily since it would only be them and James in the car. About 15 minutes into the drive, JJ realized they weren't heading towards the airport.

"Emmy? Where are we going?"

"To the airport." Emily replies.

"Nuh uh. The airport is the other way."

"Well, this is a special kind of airport. You'll see in just a minute, ok?"

"Ok." JJ seems satisfied with that answer and turns back to the window. Ten minutes later they pull up to the Prentiss' private owned airstrip. They pull up at the recommended number of feet away from the part of the strip that the airplane will use and get out of the car.

At the Airstrip.

"Where are we Emmy?" JJ asks as Emily hands her, her Hello Kitty backpack that has her art supplies in it.

"Come on, this way." Emily leads JJ down the paved road whole James hands the pilot their bags.

"All right, I need you to close your eyes ok. But, first. Climb up on my back." JJ does as she's told. "Now, close your eyes and keep the, closed until I say to open. Got it?"

"Yes."

"You have'em closed?"

"Yep!"

"Ok, here we go." She walks a couple more feet and boards the private airplane. "Ok, you can open them now."

JJ opens her eyes and jumps off of Emily's back.

"Woah! What is this?"

"This…is my family's private jet."

"Can I go look around?" JJ asks looking wide-eyed around the plane.

"Sure. Go ahead." JJ runs off and is still exploring every door, looking out of every window, and looking in every room that's on the plane when her parents, Rosalyn, and Elijah board ten minutes later.

"Mommy! Look! Emily has her own plane! It even has a kitchen, and a room with chairs that turn into beds!" JJ exclaims in excitement.

"Wow! James, you didn't have to use this just for us." Sandy says, though she looks just as amazed by the things the jet holds as her seven-year-old and two teenagers do.

"Oh, nonsense, Sandy. This is a special trip that called for a special way to get there."

"Good evening folks." The overhead speakers announced the pilot was speaking. "This is your captain speaking. Please fasten your seatbelts as we are now heading down the runway."

"Ok, Jen come here. Who do you want to sit by?" Emily asks.

"You!"

"Come buckle up." JJ sits down and Emily helps her with the belt.

Ten minutes later the pilot comes back the speaker and tells them they can unbuckle.

"Emmy." JJ whines. "My hears hurt."

"I'm sorry, sweetie. Lean over here." She pulls the younger down so she can lay her head in Emily's lap. "Just close your eyes and they'll quit hurting in a few minutes."

Approximately three and a half hours later the plane is going down the runway again. This time to land.

"Jenny, wake up, baby. We're here." Emily gently shakes the younger girl awake.

"I'm tired."

"I know you. You got up way to early. Let's g the Hotel and you can take a nap. Ok?" Sandy says.

"But, I wanna go to the beach."

"We will. Real soon. Now, come on."

As it turns out, James had called ahead and gotten permission from a family friend to use his condo. They would be less than 3 miles from the beach and it had enough room for everyone to have their own bedroom.

1:45 p.m.

At around 2 p.m. JJ creeps ot of her room and into Emily's. The older girl hadn't intended on falling asleep, but she did anyway, almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.

At 1:45, she is awoken by her best friend.

"Emmy?" The little girl whispers.

Emily opens her eyes and sees JJ stantding at the foot of her bed.

"What's wrong, mariposa?"

"I had a scary dream."

"Come here." Emily opens her arms prompting the little girl to climb in the bed. "Do you want to talk about?"

"The scary man came back and took you away from me again. Except this time I knew who it was." The little girl cries.

"Who was it, bug?"

"J-Jacob."

"Ok…shhh. You're safe now. Just close your eyes and go back to sleep. Ok?" JJ does just that and in minutes she's fast asleep again.

Emily wakes up again at 2:30 in the afternoon. She gets up and tiptoes into the hallway, peaking out the door.

The hallway is empty and she can't hear anything. She walks back into the room and looks around. This room is different than the one she stayed in last time.

This one has walls that are painted a deep purple and has a hot pink bedspread with matching pillows. There is a single dresser with five drawers and a flat screen tv on top. The windows have curtains match the walls and the window seat has light pink and white pillows.

Emily walks back to the bed and looks at JJ. The little girl is tangled up in the bedspread and has her Teddy clutched in her right hand.

"Jenny, it's time to wake up, bug." Slowly, blue eyes open and blink back at her.

"Hey, sweetie. Did you have a good nap?"

"Mhm." JJ nods.

"Are you hungry? It's past lunchtime and I can make you something if you want."

"Can you make a grilled cheese."

"Sure. Come in." Emily holds her hand out and JJ takes it.

Downstairs the girls find Michael on the couch watching tv.

"Daddy!"

"Hey pumpkin, did you two have a good nap?"

"Yep! My room is painted pink with green polka dots. It looks so cool. The bedspread is kind of a dark blue and guess what kind of bugs it's got on it."

Michael pretends to think. "Are they ladybugs?"

"No!"

"Hmm…bumble bees?"

"Daddy, no!" JJ grins. "They're butterflies!"

"Butterflies? Well, that's cool."

"Yeah. Emmy said her cousin Nicole likes butterflies too, and that I'm sleeping in her room."

"Well that's cool. Where is Emily anyway?"

"She's makin' me a grilled cheese sandwich 'cause we missed lunch."

"How about we go have a picnic on the beach? We can wrap the sandwiches up, put them in a basket and grab some drinks."

"Yeah!" JJ skips off to the kitchen where Emily is just finishing up with the sandwiches.

"Emmy! Daddy says we can go have a picnic on the beach! Do you wanna come?"

"Sure. Here's your sandwich. Be careful, it's going to be hot."

After packing up the sandwiches, plates, and picnic blanket, Michael wrote a note for Sandy and James, and the three drove the few miles to the beach to have their picnic.

July 12th, 1992. JJ's birthday.

Three days later, JJ's birthday came around. Since it was just the Jareau family plus Emily and James, the adults decided to set up a birthday party at the beach. Sandy and Michael adults brought foldable chairs and a table down the beach while James distracted JJ a little ways down the beach.

"JJ! Come here for a second." Sandy called out to her youngest daughter.

"What is it, mommy? Can I see my birthday decorations now?"

"Yes, come with me and you can see them."

"Are we gonna go back to the condo?"

"No, actually, daddy and I thought you could have a beach themed party."

JJ looks at her party supplies. There is a ocean themed table cloth on the table and different shades of ocean colors for the plates, cups, spoons, and forks.

"Wow! This is so cool!"

"Do you like it?"

"Yeah! What's for lunch?"

"Daddy and Uncle J are cooking hot dogs and hamburgers. Do you want to go down to the water with Rosa, Eli, and Emily?"

"Yes." JJ runs down to the water and plays for another hour and a half.

"Emily, will you come in the water with me?"

"Yeah. Let's race!" The two take off, JJ getting there first.

"Let's play tag! Eli's it!" JJ yells and then squeals when Eli runs after her.

"You can't get me!"

"Oh yes I can. Come back here!" Eli yells back running after her.

"No! Rosa help me! Ros! Ros, help!"

"No, I'm not going to help. Because I'm the tickle monster!" She curls her fingers in a claw form and runs after JJ.

"Ahh! Emmy, help me!" The four of them are laughing so hard they can barely breath.

"Kids! Lunch is ready! Come rinse your hands and arms off so you can eat!" Sandy calls to the kids. The four come running back up and let's Michael help them rinse off.

"Mommy, can I open some presents after we get done eating?"

"Sure, baby. Do you want a hot dog or hamburger?"

"Hamburer please."

After everyone is done eating, the kids go back to playing for another half hour before they get the cake out.

The cake is shaped like a butterfly with pink and green icing. It has 8 rainbow colored candles that are lite.

The group sings Happy Birthday in Spanish upon JJ's request, and then it's time for the wish.

"Pide un deseo, de la mariposa." Emily says, knowing her dad and JJ will be the only ones who understand. Make a wish, butterfly.

JJ closes her eyes and is quite for a moment before reopening her eyes and blowing out the candles.

"What did you wish for, baby sis?" Eli asks.

"If I tell you then it won't come true, silly." JJ says as if it's the obvious thing on the world.

"Yeah, I knew that. I was just seeing if you did." Eli smiles back.

"Ok, birthday girl. Where do you want the first piece to be cut from?"

Um…there." She points to the bottom left corner of the wing. Sandy cuts the cake and hands pieces along with chocolate ice cream out to everyone.

That night. Around 7:30 p.m.

Later that day Emily and JJ were in their bedroom. They had moved to the room that had bunk beds and a twin bed because JJ kept having bad dreams and it was easier for them than her having to repeatedly walk across the hall.

"Em, do you wanna watch my new Scooby-Doo movie me?"

"Sure. butterfly. Are you ready for bed?"

"No, I need to tell mommy and daddy goodnight first."

"Ok, go do that and I'll put the movie in." JJ nods and skips down the hall and down the staris.

"Mommy, I'm going to bed. Goodnight."

"Goodnight, birthday girl. Did you have a fun birthday today?" Sandy asks.

"Yep! I really liked having it at the beach. Can we do it again next year?"

"I'm not sure, but maybe."

"Ok." JJ turns to her dad. "Goodnight daddy."

"Goodnight, baby. I love you." Michael's tells his daughter. He wraps her in a hug and kisses her forehead.

JJ goes back upstairs and after stopping in Rosa and Eli's rooms, goes back to hers. She climbs into bed and snuggles against Emily.

"Did you have a fun time today?"

"Yes, I did. Thank you for bringing me to the beach."

"You're very welcome, butterfly."

After watching the entire Scooby-Doo movie, the two fall asleep, exhausted from their long day of play.

Here is the birthday chapter. That is a wrap for '92.

Next: Easter of '93.

Then: Summer of 1993.

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