AN: This story was written for one of my followers/reviews. They asked for a story like this so I am writing it for them. Thank you so much to those who left nice reviews!
I am basing JJ off a few kids I have in my life one of them is 10 and still has a blanket in her mouth when shes nervous or sleeping or even just relaxing its a comfort thing. So lets not say it isn't possible. Just because it isn't in your life doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I've had to turn on moderate reviews due to the content that has been in a few of them.
Just so you know, I am NOT a paedophile, this is NOT a fantasy, I know i'm not the best writer I'm learning as I go. Thanks to those for making a person feel crap.
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DISCLAIMER - I DONT OWN CRIMINAL MINDS
Emily pulled into her drive and glanced at the small figure in her back seat. She was glad she had bought a booster seat for Jack; it had come in handy. She looked at the blonde sleeping. She was clearly exhausted from the days events and their recent travel. The FBI blanket hadn't left her mouth while she slept. Emily thought it must have been something she had done as a child, for security and comfort. She really didn't want to wake JJ. She looked so peaceful and innocent. Emily didn't know if she would actually get her back to sleep if she woke her up, and clearly see needed the sleep she was getting.
Emily reached over to grab her bag and opened her door. A soft cry turned her attention to the back seat. Either she was stirring or having a nightmare, so Emily thought it was best to get round to her side of the car. She opened the door and unstrapped her belt. She wrapped the FBI blanket around JJ hoping to provide the now crying girl with some comfort. "It's okay." She hushed as she rocked JJ and walked towards her Condo.
The rock and walk worked because by the time she was fiddling about in her jacket pocket JJ was fast asleep again. She opened her door dropping what now felt like a ten tonne bag to the ground, and walked towards Garcia who was snoring on her sofa, a bottle of wine open, and a glass half drunk. "Pen" She whispered. She tried again "Penelope wake up." It was no use. The blonde was a heavy sleeper after a couple of glasses of wine.
Instead she took JJ to her room laying her on her bed. She tucked her in before getting herself ready for bed. She texted Garcia letting her know they were in bed and when they woke up she could see the blonde bombshell, just in case she woke before they did.
She lay for a moment thinking about what's gonna happen for the next few weeks, months, maybe even years if they don't find a way to turn JJ back. She had noticed little things in JJ changing already, her emotions were much more out of control, she had the blanket thing, She had been comforted in her sleep by rocking her. It scared Emily that JJ could be losing control of everything so quickly. But she had to not think of that. She just had to give JJ what she needed. She needed to make sure her best friend was looked after and protected while she in was her vulnerable state.
Emily made a grab for her phone and text Hotch letting him know she'll phone when Garcia goes home, the following day and she rolled over holding JJ close, and drifted off to sleep herself.
Morning came around all too quickly for those in Emily's condo. Especially when it was at 6 am. Due to the massive amount of sleep she had gotten from being on the jet, JJ was up early. She had shook Emily awake, who then took the small child in to wake Pen, who was still snoozing on the sofa.
Garcia had been very excited and cooed over how cute her friend was as a child. She took her in a hug squeezing her tightly. "Oh Jayje, your so cute. I don't know if I can let you go."
"Pen, let me go your squeezing too tight." JJ pushed against the tight hold of her best friend.
Emily sat in her chair laughing at Garcia refusing to let go and JJ trying to push against her. "Seriously you should probably leave her be she might bite." JJ ran to Emily, climbing the brunette agent once again and sitting on her lap safe from the wrath of Penelope Garcia.
Garcia sulked when JJ ran away, but she looked at the hold Emily had on JJ, she could see how protective she had gotten already. It warmed her heart that the maternal woman was finally able to look after a child and hoped it would help Emily to act and have a child of her own.
"Who wants breakfast?" Emily said looking to JJ and then to Emily. "I can make pancakes or a full English If you want?" She loved spending time in the kitchen, cooking was the one thing she had learned at home while her mom was never there, the staff had spent time with her and taught her from a young age how to cook real food instead of just pasta.
"English please." JJ smiled and looked at Emily almost fluttering her eyelashes on purpose.
"That good with you Pen?"
"Sure."
Emily got up and Garcia and JJ followed her into the kitchen seeing if they could help. The only thing she asked them to do was grab the ingredients out of the fridge while she prepared everything else she was going to need.
Garcia placed JJ on her hip so she could grab the stuff, hopefully to help her feel more involved and normal. That was until Emily asked for the smoked bacon. There was a choice of two. JJ looked at them over and over. Long enough for both Garcia and Emily to watch her looking at the two different kinds of bacon. When JJ realised, she couldn't read the words on the front she told Garcia to put her down. She complied so JJ walked out of the room.
Garcia was about to follow her. "leave her be. She needs time. It must be really confusing and stressful. We'll make breakfast and if she hasn't come back by the time, I finish cooking we'll look for her then." Emily got back to cooking and it didn't take her too long to finish making a breakfast for the three of them. She let Garcia plate it while she went in search of JJ. She appreciated that Garcia wanted to do it, but she felt that I she was going to be looking after JJ that they needed to talk and Emily needed to understand what was going on. She found JJ lay in her bed, she had been crying but it looks like she'd managed to calm herself.
"Hey Jay, you okay?"
JJ sat up and shrugged her shoulders "I guess."
Emily sat next to the girl. "You're not though. Talk to me or I can't help."
"I can't read Emily. I looked at the words and I didn't know what they said. It looked like a lot of lines. I don't understand it. I'm scared what if I forget you guys. I don't like being a kid. I didn't like it the first time, who said I'm gonna enjoy it this time." She huffed angrily.
"We'll why don't you try enjoy it this time round? Its your second chance at life for now. I don't want to worry you but observing the last 12 hours you are gonna lose more of your adult traits. Your going to mentally get younger so why not give yourself a childhood you could never have because of everything that happened. The Doctor showed us your file, we know what happened. Take advantage." Emily took one of JJ's hands in hers, rubbing her thumb over the back.
JJ nodded and looked down. "So you know about my parents and Ros and any other family I had. So you'll know why I'm scared. Do you think I'll lose all those memories?"
"I don't know unfortunately we will learn as we go. But for now, just enjoy yourself. Think you don't have to work yet you still have money. You won't have to cook, clean, or even have a care in the world. I'll keep you safe I promise." The older agent hoped her young best friend would trust her and allow herself to be a child.
JJ didn't reply, instead she just nodded. Thinking, not entirely sure if she would be ready to let herself be as careless as Emily said.
"Let's get our breakfast before it gets cold and then maybe we can do something with our day." The two left the room getting their breakfast and preparing for the day.
By 11am Garcia had headed off home. She was going to stay but after Morgan had given her a call she was off, hoping space would help JJ out while she adjusted to her new life. Emily had managed after a lot of convincing, to get JJ into a denim skirt, which had a small collection of flowers along the bottom as well as a white top with a blue flower in the middle. Nothing in the bags of things Garcia had bought her were to her taste so Emily decided today would entail a visit to the mall to get some things JJ would like and then to the real estate to try get the house she had wanted before this case had even started. A house where she wanted to begin her future.
"You ready?" Emily asked looking to JJ velcroing her white trainers.
"Nearly, these things are tricky. I can't get them to go straight." She said again doing the strap. JJ could feel herself getting wound up. Her anxiety had been high since she had been in the doctor's office. It was still high now but seeing her motor functions changing it was sending it higher. But she didn't want to bother Emily again. She just had to keep trying she would do it. If not, then as a last resort she could ask Emily.
"Do they really need to be straight? As long as they are fastened, they are fine." Emily shrugged. She put her bag over her shoulder an held her hand out as if to hold JJ's hand. The young girl looked to her Velcro straps one more time and gave them one last go. When they didn't go straight again, she gave up, standing up and holding Emily's hand. They were only shoes who cares. The two got in the car and off they went keeping themselves busy.
