AN: Disclaimer in earlier chapters. I own Chris and a few other OCs.
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CHAPTER 7
Emily sat up on the couch uncomfortably as she stretched sore muscles. Her first coherent thought other than pain however, was that she was not in her own home. Her head was throbbing and she had a few choice words she had no idea she had said out loud till she hear a voice from behind her.
"I take it you're feeling better?"
She nearly jumped out of her skin but settled for falling to the floor.
JJ giggled seeing the startled agent. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." JJ said helping Emily to her feet.
"What happened? And how did I get here?" Emily asked yawning.
"You don't remember?" JJ asked. 'I can work with this.' She grinned internally.
"No, why?"
"You don't remember going out for drinks and us getting drunk and coming back here? You insisted that you should get home in time for Chris and Carrie to wake up but the alcohol got to you and you passed out by the door so I put you on the couch." JJ said watching Emily's face contort in utter shock and embarrassment
"What? Oh my god JJ, I am so sorry, that is not how I imagi-" JJ couldn't stop the laughter coming from her lips. "Why are you laughing?" Emily asked hurt that JJ would laugh while she was pouring her heart out.
"Emily, it was a joke, not a well thought one obviously, but you went to interrogate a suspect with Derek on a local case and he lunged at you by jumping over the table and you hit your head pretty hard." JJ said between laughs and Emily turned beet red. "Are you blushing?"
"That is so embarrassing." Emily groaned sitting back down.
"I'm not surprised you don't remember, the doctor said you hit the floor pretty hard. So you don't remember Morgan helping you in here?" JJ asked as Emily shook her head. "Well, I wouldn't expect you to either; you were out cold when we arrived."
"What time is it?" Emily asked as JJ checked her watch.
"Six thirty in the morning."
"Damn it, it's the girl's first day back and at a new school." Emily said checking her phone which was dead.
"Come on, your car is still at work, so I'll drive you home to shower and change." JJ said as Emily smiled gratefully. But in JJ's head she was going over the words Emily had said before she started laughing to stop Emily from saying something she probably didn't mean to.
'She imagined us having sex?' JJ thought to herself as Emily pulled on her shoes and she went up to get changed.
When they arrived Carrie was sat at one of the bar stools watching Chris cook.
"Morning." Emily said.
"Where were you last night, I fell asleep on the recliner around five waiting for you." Chris said as Emily checked the clock. It told her it was already seven twenty.
"How long have you been up?"
Carrie looked down guilty. "Since six thirty and its ok Carrie, don't feel guilty, I never would have been awake to eat or cook mom's breakfast." Chris said giving Carrie a sincere smile. "You never answered my question tough." Chris told Emily.
"Oh, I took a hit to the head at work and JJ brought me to her place." Emily said as JJ waved to the two teens.
"Morning." Carrie said as Chris placed the plate of bacon and pancakes on the island counter with eggs and toast.
"Eat up." Chris said.
"You guys go ahead, I'm gonna shower first." Emily said.
"Sure." Chris said as Emily went upstairs. Once she was sure Emily was out of ear shot she turned to JJ. "Can I get you something to drink? And ask what your intentions are with my mom?" Chris asked casually opening the fridge.
"Orange juice and excuse me?" JJ asks as Chris pulls out the juice and some glasses.
"What are your intentions with my mom, I mean with the looks you were giving her, there has to be something and staring at her ass while she walks away is a dead give away." Chris said handing the blonde agent the glass of juice and placing one in front of Carrie.
JJ blushed at having been caught but cleared her throat. "I care about her and if she'll have me I'd gladly date her, but till I find the courage to tell her I'm in denial." JJ sighed taking a sip of her juice.
"Huh, this is déjà vu." Chris said taking a piece of bacon off the plate.
"What do you mean?"
"I remember having this talk with mom a few months ago with aunt P." Chris said then shrugged as the coffee maker beeped. "Ooh! Coffee." She smiled turning and grabbing the pot and four mugs. "You want any?" both nodded and Chris poured the hot liquid in to the mugs passing them out leaving one for Emily.
"So how are things for you Carrie?" JJ asked as Carrie shrugged.
"Ok I guess, Chris talked me into seeing a shrink." Carrie said taking a careful sip of her drink.
"You'll enjoy Dr. Reynolds, he's cool and when he jokes it's just to calm you down when he thinks you're going over, it really helps." Chris said as JJ raised an eyebrow.
"How do you know that?" JJ asked.
"I see him every now and then about my anger issues." Chris said as JJ looked at her curious.
"Anger issues?"
"I started to hate my parents just as much as I missed them because they left me, I hated their jobs, I didn't hate them." Chris said. "I did a bit, but they were still my parents JJ." Chris said as JJ nodded.
"So, what are you two doing today?" Emily asked once she was ready.
"Take Carrie to the shrink at noon then lunch and home." Chris said.
"Come by work after, Garcia would love the company and you can meet the new guy." Emily said.
"New guy?" Carrie asked.
"David Rossi." JJ answered. "And you should come, it'd be fun."
"You gonna hand me a twenty for your lunch?" Chris asked Emily who rolled her eyes.
"I can't even get treated to lunch."
"No, I'm actually broke till I get my pay checks Friday." Chris said as Emily sighed and handed her a fifty. "Gas?" Chris asked as Emily rolled her eyes and handed her two twenties. "Thank you."
"I wonder then don't want to know where your pay checks go." Emily said as Chris smiled innocently. "We'll see you two later, do you have the pass to get you on Quantico?" Emily asked as Chris nodded handing her the sandwich she made from the eggs, bacon and toast with a pancake in the middle.
Emily eyed the food.
"It's not poisonous, if you don't want the pancake take it out and eat it separately." Chris huffed as Emily and JJ headed off.
"You shower and get ready and whatever else while I nap." Chris said going over to her recliner. Within minutes she was asleep.
Carrie picked up the dirty dishes and began to clean them. They had a dishwasher but Carrie felt the need to keep busy. So she cleaned the dishes spotless and put them in the dishwasher to dry. After that she made sure Chris was comfortable and headed upstairs to shower.
She stood under the hot spray and washed her hair quickly then put the drain stop in and turned the shower head off and the tap on. She had three hours till her appointment and so she laid back in the tub of hot water and tried to relax.
JJ was sitting in her office thinking extremely hard about her and Emily when the door opened and in stepped Garcia.
"Hey sweetie, how was your night with Emily?"
"She slept and didn't remember what happened when she woke up and I played a stupid prank." JJ sighed remembering the words Emily said.
"What kind of prank?"
JJ proceeded to tell her.
"Oh, that's cold!" Garcia said. "How are the girls?"
"Good and they should be on their way in with lunch." JJ said looking at her watch then up at her door when there was a knock and Chris stuck her head. "Speak of the devil." JJ smiled motioning for Chris to step in.
"Hey, where's Carrie?" Garcia asked hugging her.
"Asleep on the hall floor, so if you two could help me real quick?" They nodded and stepped out in the hall where Chris' backpack laid next to Carrie's sleeping body. "It wasn't easy juggling her and my bag."
"You can put her on the couch in my office." JJ said as Chris scooped Carrie into her arms and placed her on the couch.
"Ok, let's go eat." Chris said closing the door and following them to the bull pen.
"Where's Carrie?" Emily asked as Chris walked in with the two blondes.
"Asleep in JJ's office, here's your food, I didn't know what you guys wanted so I got a variety." Chris said pulling a bag out of her backpack handing it to Emily and another to JJ. "The rest is mine and Carrie's." Chris said as she looked at Rossi.
"Right, Chris, this is David Rossi, Rossi, this is my god-daughter Chris, Carrie is asleep at the moment." Emily introduced.
"Nice to meet you, I read your book." Chris said.
"You're a fan?" David asked as Chris shrugged.
"It was on my teacher's desk while she was screaming at the class and I was bored, it was a good book."
"Just good?" Rossi asked.
"Don't ask me to kiss ass, I only do that with Emily to keep from getting grounded." Chris said honestly.
Rossi smiled. "I like her. She's honest."
"When she wants, you should check your pockets." Emily said as Rossi began to pat them down and furrowed his brows.
"I can't find my…" Chris held his wallet up. "How did you do that?" Chris asked handing Rossi back his wallet.
"When I shook your hand and told you I wasn't a kiss ass, I leaned slightly closer and let my hand drop slowly." Chris said then added. "You can check the cash since mom never believes me when I say I didn't take anything." Chris rolled her eyes.
"Because you always take a ten or twenty." Emily said.
"True." Chris shrugged.
"I thought she was your god-mother?" Rossi asked.
"She is, but my parents died about a year ago in a car crash and Emily was more of a parent than them, they were always running off for work." Chris said checking her watch. "I'm gonna go wake Carrie." Chris said walking out.
"Those two getting along ok?" Morgan asked.
"Yeah, Carrie's calm with Chris and Chris is calm with her." Emily said.
"I understand Carrie, but Chris?" Morgan asked.
"Chris is on the edge a lot, she has anger issues." Garcia said.
"Now afraid of the teenaged girl." Reid said reading his book.
"Why would that be?" Emily asked.
"Statistically speaking, teenaged girls are already loaded on hormones." Reid said.
"And an adult woman?" JJ asked as she, Garcia and Emily eyed him expectantly.
"Never mind I said anything." Reid said hiding his face behind the book.
"Good choice." Rossi laughed as Chris walked in.
"I thought you were getting Carrie?" Emily asked as Chris nodded.
"I did, she had to go to the bathroom." Chris said as Emily nodded.
Carrie joined them about five minutes later and smiled shaking hands with Rossi.
"Nice to meet you."
"Likewise." Rossi said as Carrie leaned on Chris for support as she yawned.
"How was your nap?" Emily asked.
"Good."
"Your appointment?" Emily asked and Carrie tensed visibly beside Chris.
"We'll talk about that later." Chris said subconsciously rubbing Carrie's shoulder with the hand she threw over her shoulders.
"Ok." Emily said as Hotch came out of his office.
"We have a case." Hotch told the team then looked at Chris and Carrie. "Can I ask a favor?"
"Sure, I work tomorrow so depends what time." Chris said.
"An old friend of Haley's passed in an accident and doesn't want to bring Jack to see that kind of thing and her sister also knew the family; can I trust you to watch Jack for a few days?" Hotch asked as Chris and Carrie looked at Emily who shrugged.
"Yeah, if Carrie's cool with it." Chris said and Carrie nodded.
"Thank you." Hotch handed them a key and piece of paper. "Just let yourselves in, Haley is expecting you three hours from now."
"Well then we'll let you work and we'll head home to pack a few things." Chris said hugging JJ and Garcia and kissed Emily on the cheek. Carrie hugged the three women and they gave the others smiles.
The case brought them to Oregon in search of a few missing kids. It was no big deal till they found out why they called Hotch right away. Six kids go missing in one night and the rest of the week something of theirs is found; hair, nails, clothes, then at the end of the week their bodies.
The hotel they were staying at only had five rooms open to them and JJ and Emily knew the boys would want their own leaving the two female agents to bunk with each other.
When they decided to get some sleep and head back to the hotel Emily decided to call Chris to see how they were doing.
"How are you three?"
"We're doing great, Jack's amazing and Carrie's great with him but I can see her hurting, having Jack is reminding her of her brother."
"I was afraid of that, how is she right now?"
"Good, making Jack a snack, he's an adorable kid."
"I know he is; how are you doing?"
"I already told you; I'm fine."
"Chris…"
"Fine, I'm worried about Carrie and Jack, I don't want the nightmares to come and have them scare Jack, I'm worried that I won't be able to help her one day and she'll be left to deal with it on her own."
"Chris, you're just looking after them, you're protective, it's in your nature to protect those you care about and you always had a big heart." Emily smiled as JJ walked in from the bathroom in her pajamas. "Besides, I'm glad they have you, I remember a time I was called to the school because you broke a guy's nose." Emily chuckled and could practically hear the teen roll her eyes.
"He deserved it; he shouldn't have slapped Tara's ass and said inappropriate things."
"I believe you sweetie, but I should get some sleep. Take care of them and yourself."
"I will, stop babying me." Chris huffed.
"Bye sweetie."
"Bye mom."
Emily hung up and smiled at JJ who climbed into her bed in the double bed suite.
"How are they?" JJ asked.
"Good, Chris has her worries, but she always worries." Emily smiled.
"Sounds like someone else I know." JJ smiled pulling the blankets up.
"She must be an amazing woman." Emily smirked.
"Ok little miss cocky." JJ laughed lying down.
They settled into bed and shut off the lights with smiles on their faces.
Next we see how Carrie and Chris are doing in a home alone with a two year old.
We get near the end of the case and how much JJ has put together about her and Emily.