"We're here for Emily Prentiss." JJ spoke, barely being able to get the words out.
"It was touch and go for a while, however we got all of her stab wounds stitched up and the cuts on her face. She did flatline once, but we got her back. She'll be in the ICU for a while. Her body's been through so much so we had to put her in an induced coma." The doctor explained.
"So she'll wake up then right?" JJ asked, the only one really able to form words.
"There's a pretty good chance of her waking up. However, there's always the part where she can't wake up. However, we will cross that bridge when and if we have to." The doctor said,
"Um, what room is she in?" Hotch asked, the only other one speaking up.
"She's in 323, there's a 2 person limit during visitor hours. I suggest after you see her, go home, get rested and come back tomorrow. There's not a lot going on and if anything happens, we'll call you." The doctor advised.
The team nodded their heads in understanding and waited till the doctor left to say anything.
"We can each go see her for a couple minutes and then should do as he said." JJ announced.
"Who's going first?" Morgan asked.
"Rossi and Reid you can go first, Morgan and Pen, you guys can go next and Hotch and I will go last." JJ suggested, not giving any room for arguments.
Hotch glared at JJ for putting them last, but didn't say anything and sat back down in the waiting room chairs, along with Garcia and Morgan.
Rossi and Reid made their way to Emily's room and that's what they did for the next half an hour.
Rossi and Reid, Morgan and Garcia, lastly Hotch and JJ.
"You guys can go, I'll give you a call later." JJ told them, knowing Hotch was going to stay as late as possible.
"Are you sure?" Penelope asked.
"Yes, now go and get some rest, I'll see if we can get taken off rotation for a week or two." JJ pushed.
"You don't worry about that, I'll call Strauss and see what I can do." Rossi said, giving JJ a little smirk.
"Thanks." JJ acknowledged.
The team then left JJ and Hotch at the hospital. Once JJ saw them gone, both her and Hotch made their way into Emily's room.
When they both walked in they had to hold back their gasps, never having seen Emily look as small and fragile as she did now.
They both sat down next to Emily's bed, Hotch grabbing Emily's hand and letting her know that he was there, even if she didn't fully know Or understand.
They sat in silence for a couple hours. Not one word was said during those long couple hours. They finally had to leave when the nurse came in and informed them that visitation hours were over and they had to leave, even though they didn't want to.
"Will you be okay Hotch?" JJ asked as they exited the hospital.
"Why wouldn't I be? It's not like we're together." Hotch snapped.
"Well obviously, tonight proved that. But we all know you like her. We also know she likes you. So, I don't see why anything is holding either of you back." JJ told him.
"First off, I don't think she likes me back. Second, even if she did, which is a big IF, she's my subordinate, that wouldn't work because of the higher ups. Plus, if she liked me so much, then why was she dating another guy?" Hotch rattled off.
"First, she does like you, I'm only saying this to help my two friends who need to get their heads out of their asses, but she told me, you've told Dave, so we both know that now is not the time to be denying it. Also, Dave would handle the higher ups, that won't be hard for him. Lastly, she only started dating that guy because she wanted to stop trying to think about you, but that plan backfired and ended up being worse for her, however you have a chance to make this right!" JJ explained to him.
"Fine! I like her, she likes me, but I can't just ambush her after what happened. She most likely has even more trust issues now and me telling her I like her, won't help her healing process." Hotch informed JJ.
"Ok, well maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to just come out and say it right now, but be there to help her as she heals. Let her know you are there to help her. Maybe something will come out of it and if anything you guys will come closer. I can hold off everyone from drowning her with care but you'll have to swoop in so Pen doesn't try to come in and spend every day with her, because you know she will." JJ finished, snickering at the end.
"Ok fine! I think right now we both need to head home because we still have to fill out paperwork about what we know happened and then come back here tomorrow." Hotch said, accepting defeat.
"Ok fine. But you better rest. It's been a long night and we just came back from a case. We need our rest to be able to come back here." JJ said, heading to her car.
"You too. Good night." Hotch called back as he was heading back to his car.
"Uh huh, you too." JJ responded, getting in her car.
JJ and Hotch drove different directions and made their way to their homes. When Hotch got home, he relieved Jessica from her duties and let her know what had happened and that he would drop Jack off the next day when he had to go back in.
Hotch checked on Jack, who was already asleep, and then went and got ready for bed. Taking off his suit, he replaced it with a pair of sweats and an old t-shirt. Once he was in bed, he fell asleep almost immediately, willing for the time to come where he gets to go see Emily again.
