*Okay as always I own nothing of Criminal Minds or Rizzoli & Isles just enjoying using the characters.
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"JJ... you are not realizing how much more is left to pull together." Pen said as they walked into the Ambassador's house.
"It will be okay Pen... Emily has it all laid out in her head."
"I need it on paper...JJ! I am not clairvoyant... as much as that may surprise you. I need things written or typed to know what to order and plan."
"So she finally admits that she isn't the queen of all knowledge." Emily smirked as she came up behind Pen.
"I most certainly am... of written and typed knowledge!" Pen said in a huff.
Emily raised her hands up in surrender, "Whoa there your highness... I do not want you to strip a gear or something. Have you even looked at your e-mail recently?"
"Oh course I... wait a minuet... Oh you...you... Prentiss!" She said as she looked at her phone where there was ten new e-mails from Emily. "You just sent those missy!"
"Guilty as charged." Emily said smiling at JJ.
"You were suppose to send these first thing this morning." She said as she was scrolling down the e-mails.
"Well... I was busy this morning so you got them now. Which by the way..." she looked at her watch, "... it is only 10 am which is still technically morning... if I'm not mistaken?" She said looking up from her watch then turning to JJ and gave her a soft kiss, "Good morning."
JJ smiled, "Good morning."
"You are going to cause me to go insane... you know that don't you!" Pen said raising her arms and hands up in the air as she walked away to her lair at the house.
The two women laughed at their friend's exit, "You know she loves you and you are driving her crazy?" JJ said looking at Emily.
"I know but I was busy this morning. I promise to be more efficient in the future."
"No you won't..." JJ said leaning in and kissing the woman, "... and I do not blame you." She said winking at Emily letting her know she knew what had the woman preoccupied earlier.
"You do know me so well." Emily said smiling.
"What's on the agenda for today?"
"Well... we are suppose to meet with Doctor Kate at 1 pm then I'm suppose to go with Jane to the tailor shop for our final fittings and Maura..."
"... is going to the hair dresser which you are welcome to come with me if you like." Maura said as she came and wrapped her arm around Emily's waist.
"That sounds like an excellent idea!" Emily said and kissed the woman's cheek.
"I'm not so sure I should leave Pen here after seeing her so frazzled." JJ said looking between the couple and Pen's lair.
"Jennifer... I have taken care of everything in those e-mails. She is upset because there is a lot of improvisation in the middle of the ceremony where I just had to give her a few instructions and time slots. You know Penelope... she has to know it all and I can't give her that because the middle is writing itself." She said and looked at Maura and smiled.
"You two are up to something..." The couple just looked at her innocently but said nothing, "... okay... keep your secrets as long as you are not eloping because that would break that woman's heart." She said pointing to Pen's lair.
"We are not eloping." Maura said firmly.
"Okay... then I'll come with you to the hair dressers then."
"Good... and after the Peppy Panda gets over her snit... I'll ask her if she wants to join you two at the saloon." Emily said smiling, "Now let's go have some tea and muffins."
"Peppy Panda?" JJ asked looking at Emily.
"Yes..." was all Emily said as they went to the kitchen to find Bettie.
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Emily and Maura walked into the coffee shop that they had agreed to meet Jane, JJ and Penelope in. "Emily Prentiss..." was half bellowed across the shop.
The woman looked up at the fiery colorful woman as they made their way over to the table that the women were sitting at. "What?"
"You could have told me... you know." Pen said with her hand on her hip.
"When?" Emily asked pulling the woman's chain.
"This morning." She fired back.
"Oh you mean in between the fussing and ranting." Emily said then winked at JJ where the woman couldn't see her.
"I was not fussing but focused." She said with a pout.
"I know..." She said and hugged her friend, "... and I do appreciate all the effort." She said trying to stroke the woman's ego a bit to appease her.
"You do?" Was said like a hopeful child.
"Yes we do Penelope." Maura said and hugged the woman too and kissed her cheek.
"Well... thank you." She said and sat back down. "The florist is going to be able to get in all that you asked for Maura. The tulips weren't an issue but the Shasta daisies almost gave them a problem but they found a supplier in California that can get thirty thousand here by tomorrow.
"Oh good."
"I still do not understand why roses couldn't work."
"Why aren't you having roses in the wedding?" Jane asked confused.
"There is going to be a rose there..." Emily said looking at Maura, "... my rose." She said and kissed her.
"God... you two are just too much." Jane said shaking her head at the sappiness. They didn't say any thing back but just kept looking at each other in their own world.
"Earth to Emily and Maura." Pen finally said laughing.
"Hum?" Emily finally said looking at the woman.
"The waitress wants to know what you are having?"
"Oh... excuse us." Maura said looking at the young girl. "We will have a cup of Chai tea please."
"Is that a cup or two?" She asked to clarify.
"Just one... thank you." Emily said smiling at the girl.
"Wow you two are going all out there aren't you... a whole cup of tea between the two of you." Pen said giggling.
"Well... we want Bella to sleep tonight so we are sharing the little bit of caffeine I'm allowed a day." Emily explained to the woman as she stood, "If you ladies will excuse me I need the little girls room."
Maura stood up, "I'll go with you habibiy." She said as Emily placed her hand in the small of the woman's back and they went together.
"Those two are just too cute." Pen said as she watched them walk away. "But... I think they have something up there sleeve. They are just too cuddly and glowy."
"Pen they are getting married on Saturday... they are acting like any normal couple." JJ said in defense of their friends.
"Yeah... but they are really doing the sappy thing." Jane agreed with Pen.
"They have always been sappy since they got back together or have you two forgotten the bar in D.C. where they rarely took their eyes off of each other."
"She's got us there Pen." Jane said remembering that night. "So you three are going to the hair fixers?"
"Dresser" Pen corrected.
"Fixer... dresser... whatever..." Jane said rolling her eyes.
"Yes..and you and Emily are going for the final fitting." Pen said before sipping her latte.
"Yeah..." Jane said in a some what of a pout.
"What's wrong with you pouty lips?" Pen asked looking at the woman.
"Have you seen our outfits?"
"No... but I know they are going to be suits. I thought you would be happy not having to wear a dress." Pen said confused at Jane's attitude.
"I am happy at not having to wear a dress but if I had a beanie I could be starting the fourth race at Church Hill Downs." She said as JJ almost spit her coffee out at the comment trying not to choke from laughing.
"What?" Pen said even more confused now.
"Pen... Emily and Jane are wearing riding suits per Maura's request." JJ said explaining.
"Riding suits?"
"Yeah... as in horse riding." Jane clarified.
"Wow..." Pen said then thought, "... does that include the boots too?"
"Yes..." Jane said quickly.
"That sounds awesome!" Pen squealed.
"What sounds awesome?" Maura asked as the two returned to the table.
"Emily and Jane's suits for Saturday." Pen said as Maura smiled and got a dreamy look in her eyes.
"Speaking of..." Emily said looking at her watch, "...we need to head in a few. We still have to make sure your boots are comfortable on you." She said looking at Jane.
"What you going to make me go ride Trigger to break them in or something?" Jane asked sarcastically.
"No... but I know a cobbler that can make them feel like you are barefooted."
"Great... let's go see the man with the elves then."
"What?" JJ and Pen asked together.
"She is referring to the story of the Cobbler and the Elves that she heard me reading to Chessie at Christmas." Emily said smiling.
"Oh..." Pen said as they started to leave. Emily bent down and kissed JJ bye and then gave Maura a little longer one before they left.
"You and Emily seem all lovey dovey." Pen said looking at Maura.
"We are..." She said and took a sip of her tea. "She is doing really well and she is sleeping which is relaxing her so much."
"Well..." Pen started to say something that JJ cut off knowing it was going to be off color, "You are taking such good care of her." JJ finished the sentence and gave Pen a warning look.
"No... it's not that." Maura said being oblivious to JJ's look at Pen.
"What is it then?" Pen asked curious.
"She's happy and at peace like she was at school. I know there are things she still is watching but it's not bothering her like it was."
"That's wonderful Maura." JJ said smiling.
"It is..." Maura said and looked at her watch, "...oh... we need to get going too if we want the facials too."
"Heck yeah we do."Pen said bouncing up ready to go.
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The shower/dinner was starting as the couple arrived. "Madre... mommy!" Was shouted out.
"Inside voice sprog." Emily said as a feisty young girl came running up to the both of them. Emily picked her up and gave her a kiss and hug. Maura leaned over and kissed the girls cheek too. "We have been waiting on you for so long!" Chessie said dramatically.
"I'm sorry about that but mommy got a phone call that she had to take because it was important news." Emily told the girl.
"It was?" She asked with wide eyes.
"Um hum." Was Emily's only answer.
"What was it?" Pen asked now intrigued as well.
Emily looked at the two wide eyed girls in front of her, "That information will be given out later." She said and sat the girl down, "Now where is Ms. Bella at? I know she is ready for her dinner." Chessie took Emily's hand and led her over to Elizabeth who had the baby. "Hello mother..." She said kissing the woman's cheek and reaching for the baby, "Come on little girl let's get you fed so the rest of us can eat in peace." She said as she took Bella and the diaper bag to the rest room.
Pen not to be detoured came up to Maura smiling until the woman put her hand out, "Pen... we will tell everyone later."
"You are getting just like your wife." The woman said and started for the bathroom as everyone started laughing know how well that was going to work. JJ came up to Maura and gave her a hug, "It kills her not knowing everything first."
"We know but that isn't her honor this time." Maura said smiling at Jennifer.
Emily was only about fifteen minuets with Bella who had fallen asleep afterwards. They put her in a chair between Emily and JJ safely in her carrier while they ate. Chessie was so excited she hardly could sit. Emily looked up at the girl, "Why aren't you eating young lady?"
"It's my fault Emily." Charlotte said smiling an apologetic smile. "We made you and Maura gifts today and she has been on the ceiling ever since wanting to give them to you."
"There wasn't suppose to be gifts..." Emily started but stopped when she saw a little face start to drop, "... but since you have already made them... come here and let's see what you three have done." She said beaming a smile at the little girl. Chessie was out of her seat in seconds flat while Declan just smiled at them across the table. Both women were given small wrapped packages. When they opened it they found two 5x7 pictures of the family taken shortly after Bella had come home.
"It's for your desks... it's our family." Chessie said beaming her smile. Emily pulled her up into her lap and hugged her, "Yes it is sprog... thank you both so much for these lovely gifts." She said and blew a kiss at the blushing teenage boy.
"Well that's not everything... " Charlotte said looking sheepishly. "Someone who is here in spirit only kind of sent you two gifts as well." The table looked at the woman with curiosity as she handed Maura a necklace box and motioned for her to open it. Emily recognized the sapphire necklace right away, "That was Carolina's."
"Yes... she said Maura would need something borrowed and blue and since this was the last gift you gave her..." she said looking at Emily, "... she would need it."
Emily touched the stone and everyone could tell a wash of memories were flooding her. Maura laid her hand on her lover's leg to give support. "I'm good... I just haven't seen this in years." She said getting lost again in thoughts.
"Emily... this is for you." Charlotte said handing her another necklace box. She took it slowly and opened it, "This is her locket."
"It is... look inside."
Emily's hands shook and she couldn't open the clasp. "Let me help you habibiy." Maura said placing her hand over the woman's trembling ones. Emily looked up and shook her head yes.
"That's..." Emily chocked back the tears as she looked at a picture of Carolina when Maura finally got it open.
"My sister said that she wasn't going to miss your wedding for anything." She said as everyone laughed wiping at tears that threaten their own eyes. Emily was still speechless but stood up and grabbed the woman by the neck in a fierce hug. "Thank you." Was whispered into her ear. "You know you can't ever leave. Please come and live here permanently."
"My home is in Tennessee."
"No your home is here with us!" Emily said firmly.
"We will talk about it later... after your wedding... okay?"
"Okay." Emily said releasing her.
The dinner continued on into music and dancing. The song "If You Don't Know Me" came on and the girls got up and started dancing... Emily with JJ and Maura with Jane. Morgan watched the couples dancing...then looked back at Will. "Man... I just don't get you."
"What do you mean?" Will asked not understanding what he was talking about.
"How can you just sit there with Emily dancing with your wife like that?" He asked looking back out at the two.
"Derick... that's not your business." Pen said wacking him on the arm for trying to start something.
"It' okay Penelope... if I was him I would probably be asking the same thing. It's like this Derick... Emily was in JJ's life when I met her and she was happy and treated me like I was a king. Then I got all manly and jealous of Emily and then magically she went away. I was thrilled until I started getting treated like a door mat. Then poof... Emily's back and I started getting treated better... poof I'm married and Emily's gone and life should be happily ever after... right? But no... I'm being treated like a door mat again. Then poof Emily's here again and I realized something... I would rather be treated like a king than a door mat. Emily is the magical key for that happen." He said smiling as they looked up in time to see JJ kissing Emily fiercely then she went to Maura and kissed her the same way.
"Okay... then what is Maura in this equation of yours then?" Morgan asked shaking his head. He never got an answer because JJ waved for Will to come up with her. JJ said something to him and they kissed as he twirled her around. Then everyone started kissing and hugging each other on the dance floor. Pen stood up, "I'll have whatever you guys are having if it gets me answers."
They all stopped on the dance floor and looked at her and started laughing. JJ went up to the karaoke microphone, "Sorry... guess you are all wondering what's going on."
"Wasn't that obvious?" Pen asked in a huff.
"Okay... okay... most of you know that Will and I tried to have another child in the but couldn't because of my injury. Well... Maura and Emily gave us the most wonderful Christmas gift this year." She said pausing and wiping the tears from her eyes, "Maura is eight weeks pregnant with Will and my second child." She said as claps and whistles went up in celebration.
"I knew they were glowing!" Pen squealed as she went running to the women.
Okay leaving it here... the next post will be the rehearsal dinner into warrior mate night. Then the wedding.
Now just a heads up... I will be referring to several songs in the wedding. I have spent a lot of time on picking the right ones. It will add something to the story if you have youtube up and listen to them as I mention them. :)