Chapter 4 proposals and daughters

Emily sat driving the RMP on their allocated patrol route, trying to think why JJ hadn't spoken to her in the last hour. It was driving her crazy, and she must still be pissed at her for the African mess. She thought JJ and Tracey had accepted their explanation and apology. It certainly felt like it with her wife that night. Emily let her mind wander to the makeup sex, gently rubbing her finger over her bruised jaw. Tracey most certainly had a wicked right hook, and she was most definitely a cruel and stunning green-eyed blond.

"That's enough!" Emily told JJ, annoyed. She pulled then RMP over to the sidewalk.

"OUT!" Emily told her partner, JJ looked at Emily, totally confused

"What?" JJ shrugged her shoulders

"Are you still pissed at me for Africa? I thought you were fine about my part in it?" Emily asked her partner

"Where fine partner," JJ answered with confusion written all over her face

"You do realise you haven't uttered a single word to me in the last 2 hours, and it's tough to have a conversation with only one person," Emily asked her with concern in her voice

Looking at her watch, JJ just sighed, "I'm sorry, Em, I've got a lot on my mind; I'm scared." She stopped abruptly and just looked at her boots.

"I'm going to give you a hug partner, please don't hit me. Is that ok?" Emily asked laughing

"That's just it," JJ said, passing Emily a box.

Emily opened the box to find a diamond engagement ring, " Wow, that's beautiful. Partner Elizabeth will love it." Smiled Emily

"Will she?" Sniffed JJ, "does she still love me? I hit her, cut her eye open. She's grounded for a week. I've had the ring for months but not had enough courage to pop the question. I've lost her now because I believed that recording. I'm an utter bitch Em." A distraught JJ sighed. She looked broken

Emily phoned Morgan at the precinct and asked to be taken out of service. He asked why. Emily just told him it was lady problems. As macho as Morgan acted to his officers, Emily knew he hated discussing certain things. She never took advantage, but today was an emergency. He told her to call when ready to return.

EJ

They were leaning against the hood of their RMP, drinking hot chocolate from their favourite stand. Emily chewed on a marshmallow, thinking about how to approach JJ's fears.

"You know she worships the ground you walk on? Look how devastated she was when you told her to leave. She felt the same as I did for Tracey, that you are her everything, and she couldn't live without you. From the message you both listened to, the only conclusion you could reach was we were both cheating on you." Emily paused as her voice started to break a little " we Both deserved the welcome home we got, it was memorable." Smirked Emily.

Handing back the ring box, "So partner time to woman up!" JJ just looked at her partner in total confusion

"I don't like it when you grin like that, and it usually means you have one of your cunning plans," JJ asked, a little concerned.

Emily excuses herself to make some phone calls.

EJ

Three hours later, JJ sat in the copilot's helicopter seat, flying towards Elizabeth at the army airfield. Emily had negotiated with Morgan that they finished shift today and would work a double for him tomorrow, Friday night. JJ sat fidgety in the seat, playing with the engagement ring, having tried a few times to get Emily to turn around because her idea was crazy. Emily kept refusing and told her to Man up.

"We are 5 minutes out; get ready. Time to put up or shut up, Jennifer." Emily told her

"Em, Emily, I can't do it. It's too soon." JJ mumbled

"I was petrified when I proposed to Tracey. I vomited twice on the way to the restaurant. Our first engaged kiss was vomit flavoured, romantic Eh!. Just ask her the four words and lift that heavyweight from your heart. Look, there she is waiting." Emily pointed to Elizabeth as outstanding after the landing spot

"I hate you, Emily Elizabeth Prentiss!, thank you for doing this." JJ smiled

EJ

Elizabeth told her boss she needed to meet the visitor on the NYPD Blackhawk. She noticed the identity of the two pilots as they neared the landing area.

"JJ, Emily, what are you both doing here?" She spoke aloud, knowing they should both still be at work.

Watching the Blackhawk land start shutting down, she saw JJ exit the aircraft and walk towards her. JJ approached, keeping her head down focusing on the tarmac. Elizabeth was confused watching her girlfriend approach. JJ came to a halt facing Elizabeth and grabbed hold of her hands.

"Hi Sweetheart, Oh my god." Elizabeth manages to whisper as JJ is now down on one knee holding her left hand, showing her the gorgeous diamond engagement ring she has ever seen.

JJ quickly clears her throat and takes a deep breath "Elizabeth, since I first met you, you have been that special person who means the world to me. I can't imagine not starting every day in your arms, and you make me a better person. I fell in love with you the first day I met you. I only hope last weekend hasn't spoilt my chances. Elizabeth Valerie Thorn.. will you marry me?" JJ manages to get out.

"YES! Come here, silly." Elizabeth replies, pulling JJ up into an earth-shattering kiss

"I had this huge speech planned. My mind went blank as soon as I started. I never planned to propose at he side of a runway. I had planned many things, but I thought I had lost you when I accused you of cheating and hit you." JJ told her fiancé

"Look at me. I've still got butterflies floating in my stomach; you have made me the happiest woman alive. You could never lose me." Elizabeth just crashed her lips into JJ's to show her how much she cared

"CONGRATULATIONS, ladies. I'm over the moon." Emily shouts, passing the newly engaged pair a cold bottle of champagne.

"Are you crying? Emily." The couple asks her

"Yes, I'm so happy for you both." She sobbed, "CONGRATULATIONS, Tracey screams through the speaker on Emily's phone."

JJ and Elizabeth thank Tracey and promise they will see her soon.

EJ

JJ. Sat in their RMP watching the early Friday evening revellers moving between bars, she had the biggest grin possible plastered all over her face. She finally popped the question to her longtime girlfriend, and she had said yes. She was sitting on cloud nine and wouldn't be down for a while.

"You look like a lovesick teenager with that smile plastered all over your face, partner." Smiles Emily

"I've never been as happy, Em. I don't know why it took me so long to ask her." JJ gushed

"I'm so proud, my cowardly little lion, got all big and brave." Emily smacked JJ on the shoulder, smirking

"Yep, I didn't I, all big and brave." JJ smiled ear from ear.

EJ

They had arranged to meet Tracey and Elizabeth for breakfast halfway through their double shift. They spotted the girls sitting in a booth on the left side of the diner. Both officers smiled at the seated women and started walking across. Emily noticed JJ's had moved down to her service weapon and pulled it out, aiming it at two men with young girls. It was then when she saw one man had a knife pressed against the side of one girl.

"NYPD! Drop the knife and place your hands on your heads, NOW!" Both officers shouted at the men. Weapons raised aimed at the men

Both men grabbed each girl under the arms and stood up, raising the child as a human shield and pressing their knife against the girl's throat.

"Let us go, or we kill the girls. We are both walking out of here, and you will not do anything!. Warned one of the Perps

"Let the girls go and drop your weapons and place your hands on your heads," JJ warned once more

The only reply was one man pressed his knife against a girls throat breaking the skin allowing a small trickle of blood to leak down her pale throat.

"No, please don't hurt my sister!." Screamed the other girl

'BANG! BANG!'

Both JJ and Emily fired twice, and the two Adults dropped both girls as they fell to the floor dead. Both had two bullet holes in the centre of their foreheads

"Girls, I need you both to close your eye and stay where you are until we come and get you. Can you both do that for me?" Emily asked gently

Both girls just nodded to her; Emily and JJ made sure both men were dead and handcuffed them.

"Hello, girls, keep your eyes closed. You don't need to see this. I'm Emily, and my partner's name is Jennifer; we're going to pick you up and take you to a table to clean you up. Are either of you hurt?" Both girls just shake their heads. "Ok, here we go."

Both young girls are picked up and placed on the table with Tracey and Elizabeth.

"You can both open your eyes. No one is going to hurt you." Emily smiles as she sees the girls opening their eyes "what are your names?"

"I'm Vanessa, and this is Ellie, my sister; thank you for saving us." She smiled and flung her arms around Emily's neck, kissing her on the lips and then burying her head into Emily's shoulder, clinging on for dear life. JJ reports the shooting in, and Emily, Tracey, and Elizabeth clean the blood off the two girls.

EJ

Morgan stands with his two officers taking charge of their service weapons to the shooting team.

"Your both on modified duties back at the precinct until the shooting team clears you. It won't take long as it's all on camera and witnessed by at least five other officers." Morgan smiles

"Not so quick, Sargent Morgan, there both suspended for discharge of their weapons in an unsafe manner in a crowded environment. Take their shields." Lt Strauss ordered

"WHAT!" Both Emily and JJ shout in disbelief

"You heard me, officers. I don't intend to repeat myself. Now surrender your shields." Smiled a pleased Strauss

Emily and JJ removed their police shields from their shirts and handed them to Lt Strauss. She smiled at them both

"Now, take your RMP back to the precinct." She smiled

JJ walked up to Strauss. "NO!" And threw the keys across to Hotch

"That's an order, officer Jareau." Strauss all but shouted

"We're suspended Ma'am, you just stripped us of our police powers, meaning if I sit behind that wheel and drive the RMP, I would be breaking the law." JJ is trying not to laugh in her face

"If you want us, Sarg, we will be at the hospital with the girls," Emily tells Morgan

EJ

The four women sat with Vanessa and Ellie for hours, talking and getting to know the girls. They told the story of their parents, both drug addicts. The two girls had been taken by the two men when their parents had both overdosed just over a year ago. Ellie told them how they had used them as a form of currency. Halfway through Ellie's story, Tracey got up, muttering to herself, punching the door on the way out.

"I'm sorry I don't mean to upset her." Ellie sobbed

Emily placed her arms around the girl giving her a gentle hug "you didn't upset her, sweetheart; she hates child abuse. She needs to calm down, and then she will tell you herself you didn't upset her." She told the girl, gently rocking her

Ellie drifted off to sleep in the safety of Emily's arms; Vanessa looked across at Elizabeth and JJ. "

"What happens to us now?" She asked with sad eyes

"I don't know, sweetie, and we will make sure your safe to have my word on that," JJ replied

EJ

"Emily, can I speak to you outside, please?" Tracey asked her wife, poking her back into the room

Emily handed the sleeping Ellie across to Elizabeth and walked out to see her wife.

"I want to ask you something, but I need you to let me finish before you answer and don't interrupt me." She asked her wife nervously

"You know you can ask me anything." Emily smiled

Tracey took a deep breath. "Ok then, I want to take them both home with us; captain Rossi has agreed for us to keep them as a material witness for their safety. That would be for three months, and child protective services agreed if during that period we take the appropriate courses and pass their checks, we can foster them with a view to adoption. Of course, they both need to agree. Please, please say yes." Tracey asked in almost one breath

Emily walked up to her wife and answered her by crashing her lips into hers with all the passion she could muster. They break apart when they both need to take a breath. They stand with their foreheads touching. " I would like that very much, sweetheart, and you're going to make a great mother."

Emily breaks apart after grabbing one last kiss. She takes Tracey's hand and pulls her towards the girls, and smiles. "Come on, time for you to ask them." She smiled

The two Prentiss women walk into the room hand in hand.

"Girls, we would both like you to come and live with us if you want?. We could foster you, and eventually, we would love to adopt you." Tracey asked the two girls, almost pleading.

Both girls nod tears in their eyes

EJ

Captain Rossi sat opposite Emily and JJ. He had come to give the two young girls a present of two rather large NYPD teddy bears.

"Your suspensions are partially rescinded. The shooting team has cleared you. You have both been commended on your marksmanship, and they tell me on the footage you both fired simultaneously. Lt Strauss still has the investigation into your conduct ongoing. You will both return to modified duty Monday. You will work for me, and you will both leave the Lt alone. Do you both understand me?" Capt Rossi warned them

"Yes, sir!" Emily and JJ reply

"Aunt Lizzy, do you like my teddy?" A proud Ellie asked Elizabeth

"Ask Emily and Aunt JJ to show you their pictures dressed as a teddy, and you'll love them," Elizabeth told her with a wicked smile on her face. JJ glares at her fiancé with an I'll get you back look plastered all over her face