Hey :) I'm starting writing this just before I leave for vacation, so I probably won't have this up for a while. Also, to clarify, I meant three souls from the afterlife, not three living souls. Sorry to confuse anyone. Thank you all you lovelies for leaving your reviews and following with me on this story. I'm glad y'all are enjoying it and I hope you continue to. I DONT OWN CM CHARACTERS.
They all sat in the living room clouded by silence. Will was holding JJ on the couch and Derek was holding Penelope on the chair beside them. JJ had placed a careful hand on Hotch's back, as he was sitting in the middle of them. Behind them, and unknowing to them the three souls looked at eachother.
"I can't believe this." Ried said, tears streaming down his cheeks. "This isn't happening. I have to go talk to them." Ried started for the couch but Rossi grabbed him by the back of his shirt. "They can't hear you or see you, son." He pulled Reid closer to him and Reid cried against the older man's shirt. "I just want to be with them," the younger spirit wept agianst the mentor's blazer. "I know, I do to." Rossi now had a few tears streaming as well.
Emily stood almost frozen. She saw the exchanges between Rossi and Reid, and she felt sorry for the both of them, but she couldn't direct her eyes away from JJ. She could tell how much the news she had given JJ yesterday was tearing her apart. She knew JJ had no idea what to do or say about it. Emily wanted the others to know. She always valued honesty, and she knew one day they would find out anyways. Then JJ would have to feel like the monster that never told her friends. Emily knew JJ didn't want to hurt anyone any further... but she needed to rip the bandage off now.
"Tell them JJ, just tell them." She tried telepathically sending her friend a signal. Rossi looked up at her just staring at the group. He worried for her. This whole thing... who knows what happens to them now. Emily had always been the strong one, but that was playing against her now. As much as she needed to face her emotions, her strength guarded them away.
All of the sudden, he watched as she started for the others. Pulling Reid slightly off of him, he called out her name. "Emily! Emily!" He shook his head, debating the choice of whether or not to go and grab her. But what point was it anyway? They couldn't see her or hear or her, so it's not like it would make a difference.
JJ sat motionless. This whole thing had cast a spell of silence upon them. No one moved. No one even said a word. She wanted to say something, anything, but she couldn't imagine what on earth to say. That was until of feeling of motherly instinct and understanding came upon her. Unknowing to her, it was Emily, trying to tell her exactly what to do. JJ understood. She removed her hand and began fidiling with her fingers. Here I go.
"Guys, there... there is something you guys should know." Her voice was slowly cracking as she broke the long lasting silence and a single tear cut down her face. The team looked at her. Will held her hand and mouthed to her that she didn't have to do this now. She ingnored him, took a deep breath and began to talk again. "It's about Emily." She said, breaking Will's expectation. "Emily she... uh... she..." Breathe Jennifer, just breath, She thought and took a deep breath before trying to start again. That's when Hotch rested his hand on top of hers. "She told me last night that she was... uhh..." She took a deep breath before blurting the last part out. "She was pregnant." Another deep breath. "And I am too." JJ began fidiling with her fingers again but she could see the shock in the other's faces as another silence began.
Penelope was the first to break it this time. "She would have been a great mother." She squeaked, looking up at JJ, who had been wrapped by Will and was now allowing more and more tears roll down her cheeks. Everyone seemed to nod their heads slightly in agreement.
Morgan laughed a little. "That kid wouldn't have gotten away with anything." He added a hand expression to extenuate this fact. JJ was happy to see a small laugh and smile come across Derek. She was even happier to see one in return from the others.
"That kid would have had one hell of a time." Hotch laughed. "She might have made it through the first week or two but by the first month or so... She wouldn't have much hair left lol." Aaron let a small laugh out while he said this. "Or nails." Morgan had to add.
Emily was happy that they all had taken that news so well. Turning around, though, she noticed that Rossi and Reid hadn't taken this news so great. Both of their mouths were nearly on the ground. Rossi was the first to speak, but his voice came out extremely jammered. "You... you... you were." His finger just limped, lazily pointing at her belly.
Her eyes fell to the ground. Rossi was a protector. She knew that if it was him alone in this his time would be so much easier. It might take awhile to let this all in but he'd appreciate being there for the ones he'd loved in life. Her, Reid, the others and Joy. Especially Joy. He had been so happy finding out he was a father. Even happier he was both a father and grandfather. But with her and Reid in this position, there was no way he was going to cope as easy. And figuring out that there was another her that died in that car, a child he was never going to get to see grow up, she that must have killed him.
"Yeah," She said meekly, her eyes still plastered to the ground. Rossi's heart broke. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't take his eyes off her belly. She didn't just lose herself. She lost the wonderful being inside her. He brought her into a tight embrace, Reid soon followed into the hug. and the three cried together.
To the others in the room, it had become completely silent again. They looked at eachother for awhile, until Morgan's phone began to ring. He slowly made his way to the hall, not even aknowledeging the others, they knew this wasn't a time to worry about common courtsey. Derek just stared at his phone. For the first time in his life, he didn't want to answer the call from his lovely wife. But he had to, and soon pressed accept. "Hey." His voice sounded very tired and weak.
"Derek... What's wrong?" Samantha immediately noticed the tiredness and sadness in her lover's voice. She didn't hear it often and knew something had to be terribly wrong. Once she started to hear his muffled cries, she started worrying to the extreme. "Where are you Derek?" She decided she needed to be there for him. When he said that he was at Penelope's, only one thing could shoot into her mind. No, no way that was happening, NO! Derek would never cheat on her, especially not with Penelope. Penelope was too close like a sister to him. She tried to push these obscene thoughts on her way to Penelope's.
Walking back into the living room, Derek was full of tears. He didn't want Samantha over here. Mostly because he didn't want to tell her. He'd done enough telling for one day. "You tell her?" Hotch asked quietly. Derek shook his head. Penelope wiped away some tears and asked, "She coming here." He nodded silently.
They all sat like that for awhile. Derek saw the open door and debated closing it, but Samantha would be here soon, so it made no true sense. He walked over to the kitchen bar. He slammed down his fists on the bar in a fit of rage. Cursing under his breath he wondered why that accident couldn't have just taken him. It wasn't really fair. He had always known that life was never fair, but now it was more real. And he hated it. Penelope came over and grabbed him in a large embrace. He began crying over her shoulder.
Unknowing to them, they were the only thing in view of the open door. This wouldn't have matter if Samantha hadn't already had the incling feeling that something might have happened between the two. But she had, and when she made it into the doorway all she could actually see was the two in a tight embrace. "Really?!" She halfed screamed, scaring those inside.
"Samantha! Wait! Baby it's not what it looks like!" Derek knew it had to be hard for Samantha sometimes with the way him and Penelope acted around eachother. She had been let down by so many guys, it wasn't hard for her to build a wall. Derek was able to tear down that wall, but he knew it wouldn't take much for her to start building it back up again. Besides, this DID look pretty bad. He knew it wasn't her fault, but this wasn't really a time he wanted to deal with this. He almost actually debated wether or not to run after her, but he wasn't that cruel and began bolting down the hall after his beautiful bride. "Wait, Sammy, Wait!"
He grabbed her arm and then spun her around. Unfortunately, her hand caming blazing with her, smacking him right in the cheek. "I don't want to talk to you right now Derek Morgan. I trusted you," She scoffed, trying to get her arm out of his tight grip. But his face read a different story when she actually made eye contact. Oh my God, Did I screw up? Did I get this all wrong? Was something wrong with Penelope? He doesn't look remorseful, or angry, or anything like a cheater who just got caught in any way. He just looked hurt. Like a lost puppy, or some little boy whose puppy just got run over. What do I do now? I screwed up, didn't I? Now he must think I'll never trust him. Great. "Derek... I'm so, so sorry I just thought-" Derek cut her off by just pulling her close to him and embracing her as tight as possible without hurting her.
He cried on her shoulder as she whispered how sorry she was. After a little bit, Samantha pulled off her husband. "What's wrong baby?" She asked hesitantly. He looked at her with those puppy dog eyes. How was he supposed to tell her? Especially about Reid. That boy could pull any woman in with his witty little ways. His wife was no shy exception. The two had shared an instant bond upon meeting, and he knew this would crush her.
"There was an accident last night."" He breathed. He continued on with the full story, holding his wife as she fell weeping to her knees. He sat beside her as she cried, and they just stayed like that until Penelope came out to help the woman up and escort her inside.
The group had all began talking, silence had wavered from the room. It began by JJ asking Samantha what it was like dealing with two kids instead of just one. This of course, rambled into a collection of stories about the twins, including a few that made Derek blush. Reid, Rossi, and Emily watched in delight as the group began to laugh over stories of Reid, then some of Rossi, and a few of Emily. Rossi had a hand around the two of them, that was until Emily said she had to do something. Rossi just let her go. In a way, the last time she had to do something spiraled into the silence being lifted and the group beginning to finally chat. After a little bit though, he became worried and went to go check on her. She had went the way of the bedroom and when he got there, He noticed that she was no longer there. However, Sergio began rubbing against his leg, something that cat had never done before. And sure enough, the woman soon emerged from the cat's body, and she looked at Rossi. He shook his head and told her to go ahead, just be back soon. Like this day could get any weirder.
Hotch laughed as a purring Sergio jumped into his lap. "Well hello there, little thing," he joked. The cat licked his face slightly before jumping over to JJ and Will. Emily felt weird in this little cat body, which in itself was weird because she never thought she would feel anything after death. This was all so wierd to her. She jumped on the top of Will's chest but began to lick JJ's face. Emily was having little hard time steering Sergio's small, cat-like body.
She placed the small paws on top of JJ's cheast and rubbed her head against her little belly. "You don't think.." JJ looked stunned as the cat purred continously. "No..." A tear-filled Penelope stared at her cat that Emily had left in her care. The group just stared at the cat as it pranced around, licking all of them before receeding back to JJ. They all went beck to stories and laughing as the cat licked JJ's hand and belly.
They were finally doing okay when Hotch's phone rang. "It's Joy," He let out a heavy breath and the others just fell back to silence.
Hopefully y'all enjoyed this chapter! I hope to get another post by Friday. Have a great Thanksgiving :)