Disclaimer: I do not and will never own criminal minds. If I did AJ would be staying and Paget would be given the golden treatment along with her. I do own Chris and a few OC's
CHAPTER 5
Three days finally went and gone and the adoption was finalized pretty quick and the Ambassador somehow caught wind of it and it surprised Emily and Chris who were now currently using their free time to argue about who tells the Ambassador the news of the development.
"Is she that scary?" Carrie asked as JJ, Chris and Emily answered in unison.
"Yes."
"She's an ambassador, growing up with her was hard." Emily sighed and Chris looked at Emily's stomach then the sketch pad in her hand. She continued to work on her sketch and didn't notice JJ.
"Whatcha working on?" JJ asked looking over her shoulder.
"What?" Chris looked at her sketch pad and closed it. "Nothing, art project." Chris lied.
"Everything is packed, we just need to load the rental and get going." JJ said as they grabbed their things and all Chris had was a stuffed backpack and messenger bag.
"You call when you need to stop for gas ok?" Emily asked as Chris rolled her eyes.
"I have a reserve tank mom, and I shoved two gas cans so we won't need a gas station and I get seventy miles to a gallon." Chris said as Carrie and JJ snickered at the mother-daughter couple.
"How many gallons is that?" Emily asked and Chris looked away and mumbled. "What?"
"One point ninety gallons." Chris admitted.
"We're gonna get some more."
"I have two half gallon cans in the side pockets of my bag." Chris said pointing to the pockets on the side of her backpack. "And one more in here." Chris added pointing to her messenger bag.
"Chris, you are so stubborn!"
"I learned from you!"
"You couldn't be more lenient?" Emily asked.
"Again, I learned from you, if you wanted me to be lenient you should have taught me to be."
"I did!"
"Why are we arguing?" Chris asked.
"Because you have how many gas cans? And how many miles each can?" Emily asked as Chris threw her hands up
"We can fill them up when you need to fill up the Tahoe!" Chris shouted pointing to the rented Tahoe.
"Christian, there is no need to yell." Emily said in a calmer tone and Chris looked at her incredulously.
"Really? Ok, I don't like carrying many gas cans incase of an accident, not saying I get into them, but I'm already unsure of the gallons in the Tahoe, please just trust me? It goes seventy to the gallon I should get at least one hundred and twenty miles before it hits empty, don't freak out ok? And I have a reserve tank" Chris asked as Emily glared.
"I don't like it but I trust you." Emily said as Chris smiled.
"Thank you." Chris said pulling her helmet on.
They hit the road and Emily made sure she could see Chris in the rearview mirror.
About two hours and a half later Chris stopped shortly to fill the tank and caught back up with the Tahoe easily. She told Emily to let her stop on her own and she would catch up even though she knew Emily would just slow down anyway. It was a cycle and when Emily needed to fill up Chris filled up just to make Emily feel better and every stop they filled the gas cans.
Carrie asked Chris how she and Damian managed to travel like that. Chris answered by telling her that Damian had a bag full of gas cans and a container for them on the back of his bike; but he took the bag on his way home.
They would stop for breakfast, lunch and dinner and continued on their way.
When they finally arrived in DC they couldn't have been happier. They dropped JJ off before going to Emily's condo. They would bring the car to the rental place later.
Chris brought Carrie to the room they would now be sharing and gave her the grand tour.
They spent that morning bringing in what Carrie brought with her and cleaned out the trash from the rental.
"Sorry about the mess, but like I said, I balance a lot at school." Chris said picking sheet music off the floor. "So, the futon can be unfolded or stay a couch if you like, I never liked bunk beds so I never put the top bunk on it." Chris said picking up a guitar and placing it on her bed.
"You play?"
"Yeah, piano, drums and the flute as well as the violin." Chris cringed at the last part. "Wasn't my choice."
"Emily's?" Carrie asked as Chris shook her head.
"No, my mom's, it wasn't terrible but I would have rather had not taken the classes, the dance classes were ok and vocal lessons, but some weren't necessary and Emily let me drop as many of them as I liked when I moved in." Chris smiled.
"What's the ambassador really like?" Carrie asked taking a seat on the futon.
"She's not all that bad, well not to me, because I'm the grandchild, not biologically, but I'm as close as she's gonna get and she'll love you just because you're her grandchild too, and don't even argue it, it doesn't matter how you came to be her grandchild the fact is you are and I don't mean to offend you or anything or your family." Chris said the last part in a rush.
"I know you guy's aren't trying to replace my family I just really miss mine. Did you miss yours?" Carrie asked as Chris shrugged.
"I hated my parents but I loved them, I still love them, but I didn't, not for awhile at least, then I began to miss them, we weren't close so there wasn't much to miss." Chris answered.
"I guess that's true."
"But there was a time when my mom would play the piano and teach me and all the while we'd sing along." Chris smiled fondly at the memory. "Those days ended when I was ten and Emily took over teaching me the piano."
"Emily plays?" Carrie asked.
"Her dad wanted her to have some musical background; her mother thought it was good publicity." Chris shrugged.
"Her and her mother aren't close?"
"Grandma spent more time as the ambassador than she did the mother, the only true parent figure Emily had was her grandfather and her dad on more occasions than her mom." Chris said.
"That's awful."
"Yeah, but I think Emily turned out great, her main goal is to not end up like her mother." Chris said pulling a few pillows and blankets from the closet.
"I don't think any kid wants to be there mother after they hit puberty." Carrie chuckled.
"Yeah, well, I have to go make sure my bike is ok after the long ride back, so I'll let you rest." Chris said as she put the pillows down and with the blankets and Carrie nodded.
"Ok."
Chris was kneeling next to the bike in the parking space of the condos and was replacing the chain when JJ walked up.
"Hey."
"Oh, hey JJ." Chris smiled as she stood and wiped her hands on a rag. "Emily and Carrie should be awake by now, is there something I can do for you?"
"I just brought take out for dinner." JJ said holding up the bags and Chris smiled and dramatically put her hand over her heart.
"Oh thank god! You've saved us from Emily's cooking." They shared a laugh. "But no, really Emily's a great cook." Chris wiped her hands as clean as she could get them and took one of the bags from JJ. "Come on, I'll walk you up."
"Thank you." JJ smiled as she followed Chris.
Chris put her key through the lock and opened the door to find Emily in boxers and tank top making coffee.
"We got dinner and company." Chris said placing the bag she had on the island and took the one from JJ placing it down beside the other.
JJ had her eyes transfixed on Emily's body giving it more than a once over. Chris sees this and smirks before tossing her jacket to Emily who looks flushed and embarrassed; and she slips it on.
"I'll go change." Emily says heading upstairs.
"And wake Carrie." Chris chuckled as Emily nodded.
"She settle in ok?" JJ asks as she takes the food containers out of the bags while Chris washes her hands.
"Yeah, I'm going to start trying to convince Emily to buy a house, my room is decent for two people, but not all our stuff." Chris answered wiping her hands dry on a rag.
"I see, I though there were three rooms?" JJ asked as Chris nodded.
"Mine, Emily and the study, well, mine and Carrie's now."
"You have no problem with that?" JJ asked as Chris shook her head.
"Nope, never had a sibling, it's a nice change." Chris said as they set the table and got out drinks.
"When do you go back to school?" Emily asked as they ate and Chris thought for a second.
"I go back next Monday." Chris answered. "You enrolling Carrie soon?"
Emily looked at Carrie. "I'd be happy to get back to school." Carrie said.
"I'll talk to the principal tomorrow." Emily answered.
"Are you gonna join any teams?" JJ asked as Chris groaned. "What?"
"I have a soccer meeting tomorrow, then the night shift at work." Chris groaned.
"Soccer meeting? For what?" Emily asked.
"See who's gonna be on the team for the spring season." Chris answered.
"Can I come?" Carrie asked as Chris shrugged.
"Why not?" Chris shrugged.
"Where do you work?" JJ asked.
"I work at a car garage and music shop, but I repair instruments and sound boards."
"Two jobs?" Carrie asked.
"Yeah, music shop on Wednesday and Friday, Car garage, Tuesday and Saturday." Chris answered.
When dinner was over they settled for a movie. Emily and JJ settled on the couch while Chris and Carrie took a huge recliner.
"I'm surprised." Emily said walking in with popcorn.
"What?" JJ asked while Chris glares.
"Chris is sharing the recliner." Emily smirked and Chris scoffed.
"I have to get used to this sharing thing, besides, you take up more room when we share this thing." Chris pointed out as Emily rolled her eyes and hit play.
They ended up asleep halfway through the movie. Well JJ and Emily did. Carrie and Chris were having a thumb war while the movie continued.
"Are you sure you're ok with me joining soccer?" Carrie asked as she avoided Chris' thumb.
"Yeah, I'd like to see how good you are, only four people are good on the team we have right now." Chris said. "That would be me, our goalie and two others. Our captain sucks and the coach is gonna wait till after we see how much skill we get after the meeting." Chris sad as Carrie pinned her thumb and counted to three.
"Ha!"
"How do I have kickboxing medals?" Chris asked herself as they cast a glance at the two agents.
"What do you think we should do?" Carrie asked as Chris shrugged.
"How heavy do you think JJ weighs?"
"What?"
"Just a guess." Chris urged.
"About one ten maybe one twenty." Carrie shrugged. "Why?"
"Mom is gonna kill me." Chris said getting up and scooping JJ up carefully as to not wake her.
"What are you doing?" Carrie asked in a yelling whisper.
"Moving them, I know that couch isn't as comfy as it looks." Chris said heading upstairs. She came back a few moments later and picked Emily up.
Chris placed Emily on her side of the bed and tucked the two agents into bed. She smiled at her handy work and smirked when she saw JJ scoot towards Emily. She was so dead in the morning. She knew it and she was locking her door tonight.
How much trouble will Chris be in?
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