Sorry it took me so long to update. School starting and all. thanks for the reviews and everything. sorry for leaving you at a cliff hanger, but i kinda wanted to do at least on major cliff hanger. Well, here's the last chapter. Enjoy...
Two Weeks Later:
She awoke to the annoying sound of her alarm clock. Her head was groggy and her whole body was sore. She didn't know when she fell asleep, but she knew she didn't want to wake up. Unfortunately, she had work today, her first day back since the shooting. She turned towards the clock beside her bed and it read 5:30am. She had to be at work in an hour. Reluctantly, she got up, took a quick shower, got dressed, did her make up and walked downstairs.
She made it to the kitchen and was engulfed by the smell coffee. Mm, how she loved the automatic setting. She walked over and poured herself a nice warm cup and sat down at the table. She looked over at the clock on the wall. She had half an hour to spare. Just as she was getting relaxed, the sound of the phone ringing broke through her peaceful barrier.
She sighed and set her coffee cup down and walked of to the irritating object. Rolling her eyes at the caller ID, she answered. "Hello."
"How are you doing this morning, Sugarplum?" the chirpy, yet soft voice of Penelope Garcia asked.
"Fine." she answered simply. Lately, she hasn't really been in the mood to talk to others.
Garcia knew this and decided to take another approach. "Are you excited about your first day back?" She asked hopefully.
"I guess." Another simple reply. But for Garcia's sake she decided to keep the conversation going. "Has anything changed much?"
"Everything changes when somebody isn't here." It sounded like the tech wanted to say something else, but instead they kept a empty silence.
"Well, how's Henry doing?" She knew Henry had stayed over at Garcia's that night and she really hasn't seen him much the last couple weeks. She just didn't want him to see her like this. Weak.
"He's doing well." the perky tech said, nodding even though she couldn't see it through the phone. "He's sleeping right now, but he misses you."
Once again everything got silent. There was nothing she had to say to that. She looked over at the clock. If she left right now, she would probably have time to stop by and say hi to her. "Listen, Garcia. I got to go. I'll see you at work."
"Okay." Garcia said sadly. "Tell her I say 'Hi' and that we all love her." She nodded, and hung up the phone. Sighing, she picked up her bag and locked the door. She jumped into her car and headed towards her destination.
Once she arrived, she immediately felt sad. But she had cried enough, and she made her way to the top of the hill. She took a seat on the grass beside her took a deep breath, calming herself. "Hey there, Em." the blond let out, holding her tears back. "I'm going to work today." She choked, but swallowed the lump in her throat and continued. "It's not going to be the same without you. Who's going to talk about geeky books with Morgan? And beat Reid in poker? Who's going to handle the kids on cases?" JJ let a tear fall down her cheek and sniffed. "We all miss you so much." She paused. "Did I ever tell you what I was going to say?" She paused as if waiting for a reply. "I'm completely and madly in love with you, Emily Prentiss. God, how I wish I could kiss you right now."
JJ broke down then, and let all the tears fall. She leaned her head on the tomb stone that read: Emily Prentiss Beloved Daughter and Friend. And at the bottom: "A poems begins in delight and ends in wisdom." - Robert Frost. JJ couldn't help but ask them to put that on her tomb stone. Emily was the poem she started delightful and ended with wisdom. Thinking about that made her cry even harder, letting the tears run down the polished rock. When suddenly, she felt a hand squeeze hers.
JJ awoke to feeling her hand being squeezed. Her eyes slowly fluttered open and came in contact with the white sheets of the hospital bed. Her back was hunched over so her head could rest on the side of the bed. It was a very uncomfortable position, but she had barely gotten any sleep these past two weeks, so any rest was good rest. Her head was still reeling from that horrible dream she had, when she heard a raspy voice.
"You okay?" JJ shot up, cracking her back and making her sore muscles cry out in pain. But she didn't care, because she had just heard Emily speak!
"Oh, my God!" she shouted when she looked up and saw Emily's eyes cracked open. Her dry lips were turned up in a small smirk. "Em, your awake!" She cried out. All she wanted to do at that moment was kiss the older woman, but she knew she couldn't.
"I can see that." She said sarcastically. "Are you okay? You looked like you were having a bad dream." her voice then changed to concern.
"I was, b-but are you okay? How are you feeling? Do you need water? Anything?" JJ let out rapidly, still in shock.
Emily licked her lips and closed her eyes for a second, "I'm fine." She said. Typical Emily Prentiss. She gets shot twice in the chest and she says she's fine. "How long have I been out?"
"Two weeks." Emily swore under her breath, and that didn't get past JJ. "You had us all scared." She said finally calming down, she sat again in the seat beside Emily's bed.
Emily nodded and stared at the ceiling. She had a lot running through her mind. Two weeks she had missed. Two weeks of her life that she will never get back. Two weeks she hasn't… "Ew." she accidentally said aloud.
JJ stared at her really confused. "What?" She wanted to help in someway and had no idea which part was bothering her friend the most.
"I haven't brushed my teeth in two weeks." Emily replied, running her tongue across her teeth, feeling the plaque. JJ chuckled. Leave it to Emily to crack a joke after such a crisis.
"Em, seriously, how are you feeling?" JJ asked concerned, taking the brunette's hand once again. She had missed the contact and was craving it again.
"I'm fine, JJ." and then a thought crossed her mind. "Where's Henry? Is he okay?" After she was shot, she had few memories. She had faded in and out of consciousness, but what she did remember was a third gun shot. She was really hoping that didn't hit Henry.
"He's fine. He staying with Garcia right now. He really thankful for you saving him, Princess Emmy." JJ let out a small smile, but it didn't reach the older agent. All she was focused on was that he was safe, but she couldn't take the credit for saving him.
"What happened to the woman?" Emily asked, now staring without a focus.
JJ paused for a second. Curious of Emily's actions. "I… I shot her. Hotch got your call and told Garcia and I sort of knew something was wrong so I came as back up. I was the first to arrive and I saw you lying on the ground, so I shot her point blank." JJ had faulted at the beginning, but once she started talking, she let the story out, sternly.
"So, I didn't save him." Emily said, sadly. "I walk in and I got shot. I was stupid agent. I couldn't even reach for my gun fast enough." She then let all emotion out of her voice.
But JJ wouldn't have it. "No, you found Henry and you reported it. You saved him." JJ reassured her.
"I should've waited for back up."
"Yes. By protocol, you should've. But what would have happened if you didn't?"
"Nothing." Emily replied quickly. "She thought he was her son. She would have just tried to sneak him out of the mall. She wouldn't harm him. God, I'm so stupid." She slipped her hand out of JJ's and ran both of her hands down her face.
"Stop that!" JJ practically yelled. Which shocked Emily. "Stop that, right now! Henry is safe because of you." Emily opened her mouth but JJ cut her off. "You might have made a mistake and it might have almost cost you your life, but god damn it! You are here now. You are going to learn from your mistake and I bet you anyone of us would have done the same thing. So stop with the self pity, you saved Henry whether you think so or not!" JJ then let out a huff and sat back down. She wasn't sure when she stood up, but she must have at some point in the ramble. Emily was too shocked to say anything. In all the years that she's known JJ, she can't remember a time when she had went off like that. JJ sighed, "I'm sorry."
"Don't be." Emily finally found her voice. "I needed that." She swallowed and they both relaxed a little more. "So who was the unsub? I didn't recognize her from the files on Garcia's lap top."
JJ, thankful for the change of subject, replied, "Her name was Natasha Katchora. She was a Russian immigrant." she started.
"That's why she didn't show up on any of Garcia's searches." Emily stated more than asked.
"Yeah. Her son went missing the day they arrived here and she thought that the government had found him and taken him away. We couldn't find any record of mental insanity, but we all know it was there. Although she was running and hiding not only for Henry, but her husband is a suspected member of the Russian mob. We found the kid, but couldn't send him to his father since he was an immigrant and we have no clue where his father is, so we sent him back to Russia to live with one of his Aunts."
JJ finished, and Emily gave a small nod of understanding. But there was one more thing that she remembered that was bugging her in the back of her head. "One last question." She said to JJ.
"Anything." JJ replied, glad that she could help Emily in someway.
"I don't remember much that happened after I got hit, but I remember you said that you needed to tell me something." Emily looked over at JJ with questioning eyes. At this, JJ averted her gaze. She couldn't tell Emily it now. Not now that she knows.
"I…" she faltered. Thinking of a reasonable excuse. "I should go get the doctor." With that, JJ stood up and walked out of the room before Emily could get another word out. The brunette laid in the bed, confused about what just happened.
In less than two minutes, JJ returned with the doctor. "Welcome back to the real world, Agent Prentiss." Dr. Hinrichs said, walking in with and picking up Emily's chart. He was a short balding man with glass, nothing like the Hollywood style doctor. "I'm Dr. Hinrichs. How are you feeling?"
"I feel like I've been shot in the chest and asleep for two weeks." She replied sarcastically.
Dr. Hinrichs, laughed and nodded. "Understandable. Are you having any trouble breathing?" he asked, looking at the chart.
"Not really. Why? What happened?"
"You were shot twice in the chest. One of the bullets had nicked your lung and caused some damage. We had you on a ventilator for about a week until it was mostly healed." The doctor informed. "The second bullet had bounced around a lot and hit a major artery, but we were able to repair it just in time. Due to the blood loss and trauma, we kept you sedated for the first two days, after that, you had slipped into a coma and we were all patiently awaiting for you to wake up." He looked over at JJ. "Well, some of us were patient."
JJ smirked. She knew how she was. No sleep. No food. It took Garcia and Morgan to actually forcefully get her to get up and get changed. Then there was him. After he found out and the team found out about him, she couldn't stay there. She had to go get a drink. She spent two days at the same bar, downing beer after beer. Then she had to deal with Will and kick him out. After all the fighting and arguing, though, they finally settled on an agreement. Will was allowed to take Henry whenever JJ was away on a case. They would trade off holidays. It was an agreement that JJ was not particularly fond of, but she knew that Will had the right to see his son. The whole phase she went through away from Emily took about five days. She finally decided that she had enough and had to go see her coworker. Since then, she hasn't really left her side.
After checking on Emily's condition, Dr. Hinrichs turned back to Emily. "I want to keep you over night as a precaution and to monitor your progress. So, get some rest and hopefully you will be able to go back home by tomorrow."
"Thank you, doctor." JJ said and she nodded to him on his way out. Then she turned towards Emily. "Well, I know a lot of people who are dying to see you right now." Just then she heard the door open behind her and she turned around to see him.
"RYAN!" Emily let out, excited to see the man. He was tall and skinny, but still muscular. His had a short, almost messy hair style, the color of black. His eyes were the same shade of blue as JJ's, and carried the same dark bags under them as the blonde's. He was also Emily's boyfriend of six months.
"EMILY!" he shouted, surprised. "You're awake!" her ran over to her and kissed her right then. He couldn't help it. He had missed her so much. JJ watched this and felt her stomach turn. She couldn't look at it anymore, so she just turned and left. She had to get out of there. "I'm sp sorry, baby." Ryan said once they pulled apart. His hands were still on her cheeks, taking it all in.
Emily looked up at him, confused. "About what?" she asked, having no clue why he would be apologizing.
"I know you wanted to keep your professional and personal life separate, but I had to tell your team about us. They're as protective as you said they would be." He said, looking into her eyes. Neither of them had realized JJ had left. They were both to wrapped up in each other.
"Ha, yeah. Let me guess. They didn't let you anywhere near me unless you told them." She said smirking, knowing full well that since her team had never seen Ryan before, they were probably skeptical of him.
"Yeah, but once I told them about us and how you private you were, they believed me." Emily chuckled, believing his story. Then she leaned up and captured his lips again. Her hand went to the back of his head to hold him there and the other to caress his cheek.
"Prentiss!" the two broke apart and looked towards the door. Morgan was standing there with wide eyes. "You're awake." he breathed out in astonishment.
"Why does everyone tell me that like I don't already know?" Ryan and Morgan chuckled. Derek cautiously walked in. His steps started slow, but then escalated once he found the bed and he quickly, but gently, wrapped the brunette in his arms.
JJ had walked out of the room and went directly to the parking lot. She jumped in her car and made her way to Penelope and Kevin's apartment. Last year the two had moved in together and JJ thought if Kevin wasn't so nervous, he would purpose to her too. On the ride there she couldn't get the image of Emily and Ryan together. What made her think that Emily would like her? She really needed someone to talk to. As she pulled up to Garcia's apartment building, she wiped away the few tears that had escaped her eyes. She had never known when she had cried this much. Sucking it up she walked in to the building and up to Garcia's apartment. She knocked on the door and waited impatiently.
"JJ? What are you doing here?" Garcia asked as she opened the door. It would usually take dynamite and a crowbar to get the blonde away from Emily. But here she was standing right in front of her.
"Emily woke up." JJ said, but not with excitement. That wasn't what she had come to Garcia for.
"What?" Garcia screamed. Sounding as shocked and excited as everyone else when they had first found out. "But that isn't why you came over." she stated, seeing the less than excited look on her best friend's face. She moved aside and let JJ in. They walked towards the living room when Henry spotted them.
"Mommy!" he yelled and ran over to JJ, jumping in her arms. JJ bent down and swung Henry in the air, before placing him on her hip. "Is Princess Emmy awake?" he asked after giving his mom a peck.
"Yes she is." JJ said in a cheery voice for her son.
Henry gasped excitedly and a huge smile spread across his lips. "Can I go see her?" he asked, almost bouncing with anticipation.
JJ smiled back at her son. "Yes, but you have to get all your stuff together." Henry happily agreed and bounced out of JJ's arms. He ran for the guest room that he had been occupying as fast as his little legs could carry him. JJ chuckled then looked over at Garcia.
"It's good to see a smile back on your face." the technical analysis said with a grin of her own. She then led JJ over to the couch, remembering that she had come here for a reason. "What's up, Sugarplum?"
JJ let out a big sigh and covered her face with her hands. "I was so close to telling her, Garcia." she said, dragging her hands down her face.
"Telling her what?" Garcia knew exactly what JJ was talking about, but wanted to hear it from the blonde herself.
"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about." Unfortunately, JJ caught her innocent act. "But I can't tell her, now that I know about Ryan."
Garcia had met the guy and she wasn't dumb. She had seen the resemblance to JJ. His blue eyes were the exact same shade as JJ's and his lips weren't too far off from the blonde's either. Sure he was a handsome man, but God, he could be JJ's brother! "Hey, I know it hurts, but you got to be happy for her. I don't know what to say to make you feel better, but just try to be happy for her."
It was a rare day, when Garcia didn't have an answer to really help someone out. But she really didn't know what to do. She couldn't break Emily and Ryan up and she couldn't give JJ false hope. Before JJ could reply, Henry came running into the room. "I'm ready to go see Princess Emmy!" He said carrying his backpack.
JJ bent down to his level and looked him in the eyes. "Ok buddy. What do you say to Aunty Pen?"
Henry turned to Garcia and ran to give her a hug. "Thank you!"
"Anytime, Big Boy." Garcia said returning the hug. JJ stood up and said thanks and goodbye to Garcia and told her she should come see Emily soon. With that, the mother and son left to go see their Princess.
Back in Emily's room, Morgan had just left after talking to Emily and making sure she was okay. Once he was out of the room, Ryan turned to Emily. "So I have something to ask you and this isn't really how I wanted to, but almost losing made me realize I could never get the chance." he was rambling nervously.
Emily laughed at how cute he looked when he was nervous and reached out to grab his hand for reassurance. "What could you possibly have to ask that has got you all worked up?" she asked curiously.
He took a deep breath to calm his nerves and looked directly at Emily. "Here it goes." He then knelt down on his knew and looked up at the brunette. Shocked, Emily sat up, knowing what was coming. "I know it's early, and I know I could have chose a better time, but I couldn't wait." Taking yet another deep breath he reached into his pocket and pulled out a velvet box. "I've been carrying this around since the day you were shot. I was going to ask you that Friday, but… well. Emily Prentiss," He summoned up the courage. Emily sat, stock still. "will you marry me?"
Just outside the door, JJ had witnessed the scene. She was holding Henry's hand as she saw through the glass Ryan pulling out a marvelous engagement ring. She saw Emily's shocked expression, but also saw the slight excitement behind her eyes. Just then, JJ's heart ran away. Gone. Missing.
The End.
I know bad ending. but i think i'm going to make a sequel later. For now thanks for reading and keeping up. Glad you liked my first story. although i have a feeling your going to hate me now. But like i said, i'm going to try and make a sequel later. Got to deal with school first. well please tell me what you think. Thanks :)