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Chapter 3

Emily hated waiting. She hated waiting, and she hated being left behind, especially at work. Since she had joined the team it was rare for the brunette to be sidelined, only really missing time in the field due to injuries; but this was different. Deciding to be the one to carry the baby (now babies) meant that Emily was committing to staying out of the field for a year, as she would take some time off to stay home with the twins once they were born.

So after bidding the team good luck Emily had reported for camera duty with a rather friendly analyst who seemed to be quite chatty, a fact, which Emily was grateful for as it distracted her, but it also made her nervous as she tried to watch her team members at their various locations.

"So there's a delay on this right?" Emily interrupted the analyst's, whose name was Stephanie, rambling about her sister. "I mean what we're seeing isn't exactly live?"

"There's a short delay," Stephanie nodded. "Only 5 seconds, which I know can make a difference but I feel like it won't hurt us too much in this situation. What exactly are we looking for?"

"Someone who seems to be paying a lot of attention to the people living on the street," Emily replied, searching the cameras until her eyes landed on JJ who was paired with Rossi for the night. "Whoever is doing this has to be out talking to these people. They know about our victim's problems and they are likely targeting people who have similar problems," she explained. "While my team is out there they'll be asking if anyone has seen anyone around who seem too interested, or who has been asking a lot of questions. We need to be their other set of eyes though. We need to look for someone who gets spooked by their presence or who seems to be watching them."

"Okay, I think I can do that," Stephanie nodded, her attention now on the screen. "You guys have to do things like this often?" She asked, though her eyes remained fixed on Hotch and Reid.

"Yeah pretty much," Emily replied, shifting her gaze to Morgan, scanning the people around him.

"And do you always sit out?" Stephanie then asked.

"Oh…no," Emily shook her head, pausing awkwardly as she considered how much she wanted to share. "I'm uh…well I'm taking some time out of the field since I'm pregnant," she shared. "It's early but I want to keep myself out of any potential danger, especially since I've been getting pretty sick lately."

"Well I had no idea. Congratulations," Stephanie smiled. "Is this your first?"

"No I have a 16 year old daughter and a two year old son," Emily told her, while letting her eyes search out JJ again. "This will be my third and fourth. It's twins."

"Wow, looks like you and your husband are going to have your hands full," Stephanie said with a laugh.

"Actually wife," Emily corrected. "And we will most definitely have our hands full but it will be worth it," she smiled. "We've got two amazing kids and we can't wait for these two to come along as well," she said, just as something on the screen caught her eye. "There," she pointed to a man who appeared not too far from JJ and Rossi, a rather angry look on his face. "We need to get them on the phone," she said, hitting JJ's speed dial, just as the man on the screen began to move towards the two unknowing Agents. "Wait." She froze, listening to the sound of the phone dialing. "No!"

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When Alex knocked on the Hastings' front door she was grateful when Peter was the one to answer the door as he simply smiled as he let her in, telling her that Spencer was up in her room and to head straight up. Feeling slightly nervous, Alex quickly made her way up the stairs, reaching Spencer's room where she poked her head in the door to find her girlfriend working at her desk.

"Hey," Alex called out softly, tapping on the doorframe with her knuckle, raising her hand in a small wave when Spencer turned around.

"What are you doing here?" Spencer asked before immediately returning her attention to her desk.

"Your dad let me in," Alex replied, hesitating for a moment before letting herself into Spencer's room. "I think we need to talk. I didn't mean what I said today Spence…at least I didn't mean in the way it sounded. Will you please let me explain?"

"What's there to explain?" Spencer shrugged, her back still to Alex. "You made yourself pretty clear."

"No I didn't. I was an idiot," Alex said, moving to kneel down next to Spencer's chair. "Please look at me," she said, waiting a moment before Spencer finally turned to face her. "Can I please explain?"

"I guess so," Spencer sighed, turning her chair and gesturing towards the rocking chair across from her, wanting Alex to sit.

"My Mum pointed out that I have a tendency to worry so much about other people and what's best for them that sometimes I forget that my intentions aren't very clear," Alex began, hoping Spencer would understand. "When we talked today I didn't mean to make it sound like I didn't want to go to college with you…I would actually love to go to college with you, but I don't want to be the reason that you don't follow your dreams Spencer," she said, grateful that when she looked up, brown eyes were staring back at her. "You've been thinking about college all your life and since I've met you all you've ever talked about is going to the same school that your parents went to. You've worked so hard for that and I don't want to be the reason that you don't do all that."

"But shouldn't that be my choice to make?" Spencer countered. "I mean shouldn't I get to choose if I want to follow that dream still?"

"Of course you should," Alex nodded. "It is 100% your choice. I just…I don't want you to end up resenting me because of it."

"What makes you think I would end up resenting you?" Spencer sounded confused.

"I don't know," Alex shrugged, though her insecurities were written all over her face. "I just don't want you to decide to stay here and go to Georgetown with me and end up hating it."

"What if I left and went to U Penn and ended up hating it?" Spencer pointed out. "Lex, we have no way of knowing what's going to happen when we do leave for college," she then said, beginning to understand where her girlfriend was coming from. "But right now all I know is that I don't want to be away from you."

"I don't want to be away from you either," Alex admitted. "But I believe in us. And I believe we can make it work, no matter where we are."

"So where does that leave us?" Spencer asked, still sounding unsure.

"Well we've still got quite a bit of time to decide," Alex pointed out. "But how about we make a deal," she said, receiving a nod from Spencer, telling her to go ahead. "We apply to one school together, maybe Georgetown, maybe somewhere else but we make that decision together," she continued. "Then we both make our other choices without telling each other what we're doing and see where we get in. We'll make our final decisions together, but we'll take everything into consideration, not just the fact that we want to be together. Deal?"

Remaining silent for a moment, Spencer eventually smiled, reaching out for Alex's waiting hand to shake it. "Deal," she laughed. "Now come here," she said, pulling the shorter brunette out of her chair and towards her, forcing Alex to sit on her lap.

"I really am sorry about today," Alex apologized, wrapping her arms around Spencer's neck. "I didn't mean to upset you."

"I know," Spencer nodded, kissing Alex's neck. "You weren't wrong I just…the thought of being away from you it just…it scares me a lot more than I want to admit."

"Don't worry. I understand," Alex replied, turning her head so she could draw Spencer into a kiss, which remained rather chaste before she pulled away. "I feel the same way."

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"Emily I'm fine," JJ sighed as Emily paced the area around the bed the blonde was currently occupying in the emergency room. "Seriously he barely touched me. Will you please stop pacing? This stress cannot be good for the babies Em."

"Yeah well I'm not sure sitting is going to help my stress right now," Emily replied, turning towards her wife and grimacing, something she had been doing ever since she arrived the hospital with Stephanie who had driven her. "I can't believe he hit you. I'm so sorry baby."

"Em," JJ reached out for the brunette's hand, effectively halting her pacing as she pulled her towards her. "You have nothing to be sorry for. This wasn't your fault so will you please stop acting like it was. You did everything you could to warn us about the guy once you saw him. It's not your fault the video feed had a delay."

"I just hate that you're hurt," Emily pouted, allowing JJ to wrap her arms around her waist.

"It's a black eye Em. He barely even touched me before Rossi had him pinned," JJ replied. "The only reason I even agreed to get checked out was because I knew it would make you feel better. Plus I figured we could get your blood pressure checked if needed."

When Emily had noticed the man watching JJ and Rossi she had immediately tried the blonde's phone, forgetting about the feed delays as she watched the man begin to yell, gaining JJ and Rossi's attention while Emily listened to the phone ring; eventually dropping her cell when the man moved at JJ with his fist raised. As she watched the man hit her wife, Emily felt herself beginning to panic; a panic, which only increased when JJ's phone went to voicemail. The brunette was only able to calm down when Stephanie pointed out that Rossi had apprehended their guy and JJ appeared to be fine just as Emily's cell phone began to ring with JJ's number.

"I think my blood pressure is starting to go down," Emily said, feeling herself beginning to relax in her wife's arms. "I'm sorry I got so freaked out. I just saw him go after you and…so many thoughts started going through my head and even when I saw you were okay on the screen I couldn't convince myself that you were okay. I just…I needed to see you in person."

"Trust me Em, I get it," JJ nodded, releasing the brunette so she could see her better. "I mean if the situation was reversed I probably would have been the exact same way so you really don't have to explain," she told her. "I think even Hotch knew what you needed considering he sent me here for a black eye. I'm pretty sure he said we needed to be sure I didn't have a head injury, which seems pretty unlikely."

"Well he did hit you pretty hard," Emily said, finally cracking a smile.

"Ah there she is," JJ teased; glad to see her wife finally calming down. "You feeling better now?"

"A little bit," Emily nodded, leaning down and kissing the top of JJ's head, before moving to sit on the bed beside her. "Just let me sit here like this with you for a few more minutes," she said, wrapping her arm around the blonde's back. "Just a few more minutes and I'll be okay."

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Since it was already late, the team had opted to stay over night in New York, JJ and Emily falling into bed as soon as they returned from the hospital, too exhausted to do anything besides fall asleep in each other's arms. Hotch promised they would take off as soon as they were all able to make it to the jet, allowing the team to make it back to Quantico rather early so they could get started on paperwork in order to close up their case, which had ended rather oddly.

Since they were all obviously still tired and going a little stir crazy from a day of paperwork, Hotch allowed the team to head home early; no one needing to be told twice as they grabbed their things and rushed for the elevators.

"Lex! Henry! We're home!" JJ called as soon as she and Emily arrived home, knowing Alex would be home from school. "Come see your Mommies!"

"Ma! Mommy!" Henry ran rather clumsily down the hallway with a big smile on his face, jumping into Emily's waiting arms as soon as he was close enough.

"Aww there's my little man," Emily placed kisses all over the little blonde's face. "We missed you handsome!"

"Come see your Mommies? Really?" Alex called as she made her way down the stairs, still in her school uniform, Olivia not far behind her. "You guys are so embara….oh my God!" She froze as she noticed JJ. "What happened to your face?"

"Nice shiner!" Olivia said at the exact same time, obviously not noticing the look of horror on her friend's face.

"Thanks Olivia," JJ laughed, reaching out to hug Alex, who still looked overly concerned. "I'm fine baby," she kissed the side of the teen's head. "Our suspect got a little freaked out when he saw me and Rossi scoping out his hood. In an attempt to make a quick escape he decided to punch me in the face," she explained, pulling back so she could look into brown eyes that looked so much like her wife's. "He didn't anticipate Rossi having as quick of a reaction as he did so we ended up getting him. The black eye will fade soon enough."

Nodding, Alex leaned in for another hug before turning towards Emily. "And are you okay?" She asked, knowing how her Mother would have reacted when JJ was hit.

"I'm okay," Emily nodded, handing Henry to JJ before wrapping her arms around Alex. "I was pretty freaked out at first but I'm okay really. Mum made sure I had my blood pressure checked before we left the hospital last night. The babies and I are fine," she said, keeping her voice low so that only Alex would hear, kissing her head before pulling away. "It's nice to see you Olivia. You staying with us for a little longer?"

"As long as you're still okay with that," Olivia replied, biting her lip.

"Of course we are. Always," Emily told her, stepping forward to give the young blonde a hug, wanting to make sure she understood that she always had a safe place with them. "But let's talk soon okay? Not right away. But soon. Okay?"

"Okay," Olivia nodded, returning the hug with a smile, her eyes glistening when they finally pulled apart.

"Now I know we weren't gone very long but we missed you guys so what do you say we have a nice family dinner huh?" JJ suggested, still holding on to Henry, who seemed content to snuggle with his Mama. "Maybe you can even tell us how it went with you and Spencer," she turned to Alex with a grin.

"Oh she'll tell you about it," Olivia laughed. "She's only been talking about it non-stop since last night."

"Whatever," Alex gave Olivia a playful shove. "I am not that bad."

"Sure you aren't," Emily teased, poking her daughter's side. "You girls wanna help me cook something up for black eye over there? Or do you have lots of homework to do?"

"We can help. We were almost done with our schoolwork anyways," Alex replied, turning towards her friend. "We'll just go up and get changed and then we'll be right back."

"Sounds good," Emily nodded, smiling as she watched the two teens running up the stairs. "Good to be home?" She asked, wrapping an arm around her wife.

"Good to be home," JJ replied. "Always."