Six
Spring Street
And I moved out of the city
To start a family of my own
When I look into my daughter's eyes,
I don't feel so alone
-Vanessa Carlton
Emily woke up in a state of panic, it was well past eight in the morning, Derek was gone and the baby was no where to been seen or heard. She leapt out of bed hurried into the nursery, the crib was empty, now thrown into full terror mode she hurried into the living room.
"Derek the baby is gone." She said.
"Emi, relax she's right over there." Derek said pointing to the swing where Elizabeth lay rocking peacefully.
"Don't ever do that to me again." She said sinking down on the couch next to him. "Why did you do that?"
"Because you were up feeding her most of the night and you deserve to sleep in a bit, why did you panic like that?" He asked
"Every time she goes out of my line of vision or somewhere I can't hear her, I-I panic, I am afraid that she's gone." She said.
"You're afraid she's gone like Declan was to Doyle, or Henry was to me when he was with that woman." JJ said.
"Yeah, I am, and that is my worst fear." Emily said taking a deep breath. "Okay so what do you want to know about Lizi?"
"Why you didn't tell us." JJ said.
"How you ended up in bed with Morgan." Reid said not looking up from the book in his lap.
"Excuse me?" She said.
"I feel it's a valid question, you are so uptight and he's Morgan." Reid said looking up at her.
"I'm not uptight." She protested.
"Yes you are anyone can see that by how neat your pony tail is." He said.
"Okay moving on, I-I didn't tell you because I was afraid of being, judged, that you'd be mad at me, like you were when I didn't tell you about Doyle." She said.
"We were mad then because you got yourself killed, this is just a baby Emily, she's not going to hurt anything, we could never be mad at you for that." Garcia said.
"Okay, I knew that in my heart but I've never been a very open person." She sighed. "Thank you, it means a lot. I'm going to shower okay?"
"Wait, what about my question?" Reid frowned.
"I am not answering that." Emily got up and walked back towards her bathroom.
After her shower she dried her hair as she started to pull her hair into a ponytail she stopped, she wasn't going to give Reid that satisfaction. She brushed it and went back out to the living room. It was then that she noticed Reid and JJ were carrying their weapons.
"What the hell are you doing with guns around my daughter?!" She said shocked.
"Its just standard protocol, w-we were treating this like a case, why?" JJ said.
"What if one of them goes off and kills her?! There's a lock box over there please put them in there." She said, after a few seconds she calmed. "Oh god Reid is right isn't he?"
"Yeah, sorry honey, but he is on this front." Garcia said.
"I always am." Reid muttered from his corner with his book.
Derek had to try not to laugh the entire time Emily was in the shower, as soon as she left Garcia and JJ turned on him.
"What?" He asked.
"Are you going to tell us?" Garcia asked.
"Tell you what?" HE asked.
"How you did manage to sleep with her?" Garcia pressured.
"I'm not telling you that, if she doesn't want you to know she won't tell you." He chuckled. "And neither will I." Then as though she was timing it to save his skin Elizabeth started to cry. "I'm going to change her I'll be back."
He took her to the nursery, put a fresh diaper on her then got her dressed. In the living room he could hear Emily asking JJ and Reid about their guns. He chuckled and looked tickled Elizabeth. "Yeah that's just like your mommy, worried about you all the time, everywhere."
He took Elizabeth out to the living room, put one hand on Emily's shoulder and guided her into a sitting position. "Emily, I know you are going to protest but today, we are watching the baby and you are going somewhere alone."
"No, I can't do that what if something happens none of you are prepared-"
"Emily, I am a mom as well I know how worried you are but you need time to yourself now go or we'll push you out the door." JJ ordered.
"Fine, I'll go to Shakespeare's Coffee and read but I won't go farther." She said.
"Fair enough, we'll be here now go." Derek ordered Emily went out the door with her purse and book.
"She doesn't get out enough." Garcia commented. "Okay now that she's gone can I hold this precious little baby?"
"Sure Garcia, here, I'll make some lunch." He chuckled handing Elizabeth to Garcia.
When Emily returned she seemed upset "My mom just called."
"What did she want?" Reid asked.
"She doesn't want me to go back to the BAU."
Okay so I totally didn't realize this but I sorta accidentally named Emily's daughter after her mother... I so did not realize is and I make Emily's mom out to be a not so great person so I totally apologize.