When I landed in DC, I texted Tara and asked if she could come into the office early the next morning. She immediately responded that she would be there, with coffee in hand. But before I had that meeting, I knew there were three people I needed to speak with first. I started with JJ, wanting her to be the first person, outside of Andrew, to hear the news. After texting to confirm she was available, I drove over to her house and knocked on the door.

"Hey, Emily!" Will greeted, letting me inside. "JJ just put Henry down for bed, she'll be down in a second. Feel free to make yourself at home."

"Thanks, Will!" I made my way over to the couch, smirking at the bottle of wine and clean glasses on the coffee table that I know JJ put out for us. I guess making my announcement will be easier than I thought. Sure enough, as soon as JJ came back downstairs, she curled up on the couch and reached for the bottle.

"Before you pop that, you should know you'll be the only one drinking." I told her.

JJ tilted her head at me, then her eyes went wide. "No way!" I smiled, nodding. "You're pregnant? How far along?"

"8 weeks 6 days."

"That's specific." JJ laughed.

"Well, let's just say it was easy to pinpoint when it happened." I smirked.

JJ was silent for a moment. "Well, come on, do tell." I laughed; she was as bad as Garcia.

"I won't give the dirty details, but do you remember that week in March when I came down with the flu?" She nodded. "Well, it's hard for birth control to work when you're throwing it up. It was the night before Andrew was leaving for Denver and I was feeling marginally better. Andrew said he didn't care if I was still contagious, we didn't know how long it would be until we saw each other again and we were having sex even if it meant he spent his first days in Denver with the flu."

JJ laughed. "I don't blame him."

"Yeah, neither did I at the time." I smirked, remembering fondly the events of that evening.

"But you do now?" JJ asked.

"No, not really. I'll admit I'm still a little nervous about the pregnancy." I started to twist my fingers. "I'm old, and I'm worried something will go wrong, but mostly I'm excited. I've always wanted to be a mother."

"You'll be an amazing mother." JJ reached out and covered my hands with hers.

"Thank you." I took a deep breath. "Listen, that's not the only reason I wanted to come over tonight. I'm going to move out to Denver."

JJ gives a sad smile. "I figured as much when you said you were pregnant."

"I love the BAU and I love the team. You guys are my family, but Keely is settled in Denver now and I wouldn't want to continue as unit chief after I have the baby anyway and…"

"Em, it's ok. You don't have to explain yourself. The BAU will be ok, and we're still your family even if you're in Denver. You can expect lots of visitors when the little one is born."

I smiled. "I wanted to talk to you about the unit chief position. I have someone in mind, but I wanted to hear your thoughts."

"Well if you're looking to hire internally, I would recommend Tara without question." I shake my head, reveling at how like minded we can be sometimes. "I'm guessing by the look on your face you were thinking the same thing."

"I was, I just wanted to make sure you would be ok with the decision."

"What, because I've been there longer? Emily, we both know the unit chief position wouldn't be fitting for me. It'd take even more time away from Henry and Will than the job already does, not that I'm complaining. I love my work, but I don't need to add to it, I'm happy where I am." She tilts her head. "Let me guess, you're planning to meet with Rossi and Spence to have similar conversations." I nod. "Rossi's too close to retirement age and Spencer, for all his brilliance, doesn't have all the qualities necessary to be unit chief. They both know that and they aren't going to be offended that you didn't choose them."

Tears are forming in my eyes at how well JJ knows me, so easily able to read my thoughts and quell my fears about hurting anyone's feelings. "I'm going to miss you." I whisper, wiping a tear that manages to fall down my cheek.

"Emily Prentiss crying?" JJ laughs, lightening the mood.

"I blame the pregnancy hormones."

"I'm going to miss you, too." JJ says, pulling me into a hug. "When do you leave?" She asks as we pull apart.

"I told Andrew I'd be out there by the end of July."

"So, we have two more months of girl's nights, though clearly we're going to have to change our activities. Have you told Penelope yet?"

"No, I figured I should invest in some earmuffs first." I joked.