"How did you know about my doctor's appointment?" Emily asked with a defiant hand on her hip. "Bite your tongue! I am the Oracle of all knowing. Why wouldn't I know?" Garcia said back as she too put a hand on her hip. Emily stepped aside and let JJ and Garcia into her home. They made their way to the living room and both women produced a small stack of DVDs. "Horror or Comedy?" JJ asked as she motioned between herself and Garcia. Emily pretended that she hadn't heard Garcia's silent plea for comedy. Emily looked over both stacks and felt a small smile grace her face. "Vince Vaughn? Comedy, of course!" Garcia grinned triumphantly and JJ playfully rolled her eyes. The three women watched a couple of movies before Emily spoke again, "The doctor's appointment—my doctor's appointment—was a bit complicated. I had to make a decision that I'll probably regret for a long time. I'm just not ready to talk about it in detail right now. Can we not talk about it anymore please?" Emily pleaded as she looked at her two best friends. The two women shook their head yes.

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"So, has she said anything to you?" Prophet asked as he looked over to Mick. The two men were grabbing lunch while the kids got comfortable on the large picnic blanket. Mick looked over his shoulder grateful that Kehlani at least started to interact with Prophet's nieces and nephews. They were playing Jenga with her and letting her destroy the tower as she always did when she played with her father. The small smile on her face made Mick feel just a bit better about the entire situation. "No man. Emily talks through her parents when it comes to me. She has a habit of avoidance. It's a trait that she's pretty good at." Prophet grabbed the food and angled his head in the direction of the kids. "I mean Jeanine, not Emily." Mick's shoulders dropped in defeat. "I'm sorry man. She's all I can think about these days. No, Jeanine hasn't said anything to me. According to my mom, she's fine with everyone in my family. Her and Jenna even managed to make up. She's talking to everyone but me." Prophet placed the food down in front of the kids and watched them all eagerly dive in, even Kehlani. "You ever think that she doesn't know what to say? She probably thinks that she's the reason that you and someone are no longer on speaking terms."

Mick grabbed one of the large sandwiches and immediately dove in. Prophet took a breath and wiped his nephew's hand off before the ketchup hit his clothing and looked at Mick. "Got something you want to ask me?" Mick said as he looked up and took a gulp of his smoothie. Prophet remained silent and Mick gave in, "No. I don't know when she's going back. I would rather ask her that myself than to ask her parents. Regardless of where things stand, or don't stand, with us, we need to find a compromise for our daughter's sake." "And when she goes back, how will visitation go?" "I have no idea. That's why I need to speak with her. If she's leaving soon then we need to figure something out; if she's not, then we still need to figure something out." Prophet and Mick cleaned up everyone's lunch mess and played a few more games with the kids before heading back. Sheldon's car was waiting outside of Mick's house when he pulled into the driveway. Mick put the SUV in park just as Sheldon exited his vehicle. He turned around in his seat and saw Kehlani staring back at him, "Daddy will be right back okay? I just need to talk to grandpa for a little bit." Kehlani shook her head and started to fiddle with the strap on her sandals.

"Mr. Prentiss. How are you?" "Sheldon. Call me Sheldon. I'm fine and you?" "I've had better days. Look I know that you're here to take her back to Emily, but I need to talk to Emily myself." "Are you sure that's wise?" Mick's irritation started to grow with every passing second. "Do I think-? Yes, I think it's wise. We have a daughter together. Regardless of what's happening between us, she always comes first. I need to talk to Emily so that I know when she's going back to London. We need to figure out a visitation schedule for Lani." Sheldon remained silent, not giving away the knowledge that Emily was returning to DC, and pulled out a small notebook. After he scribbled out some information, he passed the slip of paper to Mick. "What's this?" "Her address." "This is local. I thought she was living with you?" "She was until the atmosphere between Liz and I got worse. She should be there right now. I'll let you take Kehlani back." Mick watched as Sheldon waved at Kehlani before getting into his car and pulling out the driveway.

Mick got back into his SUV and buckled his seatbelt before turning around once more to look at Kehlani. She toddler smiled up at her father while trying to kick his seat with her now-bare foot.

"What are you doing?" Mick asked as he rolled his window down further and look towards the passenger side. "Just getting comfortable." Emily replied as she lifted her leg up higher and took her remaining shoe off. "Do you always take your shoes off on car rides?" "Ever since I was a little girl." Emily said with a smile.

"Like mother like daughter" Mick said with a smirk as he turned around and typed the address into the navigation. Mick sang along with Kehlani as they drove to Emily's place. She'd bid farewell to her friends a couple of hours before. The three women had nearly devoured half of the casserole she made earlier; Emily smiled to herself as she cleaned up the mess they all made. She was wiping her countertops off when the doorbell rang followed by a knock. "What did you leave Garcia?" Emily said as she looked through the peephole. Her breath hitched and her hand immediately went to her stomach as she reached a shaky hand up to undo the latch on her door. Both of their jaws dropped, as they usually did, when they saw each other. "Mommy!" "Hi my baby girl", Emily cooed out and grabbed Kehlani. She looked at Mick who, she had to admit, looked adorable as he held Kehlani's ladybug backpack, Micky Bear, and her sandals in his arms. "May I come in Em?" She hesitated for a moment, "Uh yeah. Come in." Emily said as she stepped aside. Mick looked around and let out a whistle, "This place is spectacular. It looks like you've been here forever. I mean it just looks well lived-in." Emily tugged her bottom lip between her teeth. "I've lived here before. I um lived here when I was still with my old team. I bought it a long time ago. It was cheaper back then. I decided to move us back in here in spite of everything that's happened."

"Your dad mentioned that things were tense back at their place." Emily chose to change the subject. "You hungry?" "Yeah. You cooked something?" "I made a stroganoff casserole which, now that I think about it, happens to be your favorite." "Everything you cook…everything about you is my favorite." Emily turned around and stared at Mick's affectionate eyes. She felt her breath pick up as he took steps towards her. Emily couldn't tell if she'd stopped breathing completely or if her heart was pounding against her ribcage. Mick grabbed Kehlani out of her arms and placed her on the ground. She took off into the living room, that she was obviously used to, and settled against a small beanbag that was surrounded by her toys. Emily backed up until her back made contact with her countertop. He walked closer to her and placed a hand on each side of her small body. Mick left no space between the two of them and whispered against her lips, "I've missed you so much." Emily found her voice and placed one of her hands on Mick's chest. "We've got a lot to talk about before we take this step." Mick pursed his lips and took a step back.

"Mick, I..I need to tell you something. Something that might destroy this completely for us. You might want to sit down." Emily warned as her voice wavered and tears threatened to spill out. Mick didn't move a muscle and that made Emily even more nervous. "Last week, I went to the doctor to get a check-up. I found out that I was pregnant." Mick felt his heart stop as Emily continued, "Given the options, I chose to terminate-" "Are you out of your mind?" Mick nearly screamed at her. "You aborted my child without even talking to me about it? Was it even mine? How could you be so self-centered? Regardless of any issue we have going on, I deserved to know that you planned on killing my child!" Mick's response felt like a verbal punch to Emily. She couldn't believe that he'd said something so horrible to her. Emily choked on a sob as tears continued to make their way down her face.

She gripped the counter as a hand went to her stomach. "I can't believe that you would say something like that to me. I have never EVER cheated on you and I never would. This baby was yours. I didn't have a choice; I had to terminate! If you'd let me finish, you would understand why I had to." Mick looked at Emily guiltily at the mere fact that he made her cry. "Finish please" he pleaded. "I was pregnant…with twins. I had to terminate one of the embryos because it was developing in my fallopian tube. If I let it go on any longer, then I would've lost both babies and probably died myself. I can't leave my daughter without a mother." "Our daughter", Mick corrected. "Oh, now she's yours?" Emily fired back with her arms crossed over her chest. Mick's jaw tensed. "She's always been mine. I said a lot of stupid things when I was upset and I am so sorry for that. I shouldn't have pulled away from you. I'm truly sorry. I know that what you did saved my sister's life and so many other women's. I guess I was just embarrassed because I failed at protecting my sister and you. I was—am—supposed to be able to protect you and Lani. I felt like an idiot because I didn't see what was right in front of me when it came to Simon. Emily, Lani has always been mine…ever since she started out as an embryo."

Mick stepped closer to Emily and placed a hand on her belly and brought his face closer to hers as he spoke. "Doyle was never worthy of being a father to the most spectacular little girl ever. He wasn't worthy of either one of you. Fate made me go to London for a vacation when I could've went any other place. Fate let us run into one another. And fate kept our foundation rock solid and allowed our love to blossom into something beautiful once again." Mick wiped away Emily's tears and kissed her with enough passion to make her toes curl. As their lips parted, Emily rested her head against Mick's chest and he felt her tears make a wet spot on his shirt. He pulled away and cupped her face in his hands. "We're having a baby?" he asked. Emily smiled through tears, "Yes. We're having a baby. I missed you so much." "I missed you too baby. Fighting with you is the worst. Let's make a deal not to do that again." "What are we five?" "Baby, I don't think five-year-olds can make babies. If they can, then we need to move Lani to a new planet." Emily laughed and Mick felt tremendous pressure lift off his chest. "It's good to hear you laugh." "It's good to laugh." "I don't want to ruin the moment, but how are we supposed to do this if you're back in London?" Emily bit her lip coyly and walked away from Mick to grab the file off the table. "I'm not going back to London. I'm transferring. I'll be in D.C. for good." Mick opted not to say anything and lifted Emily off the ground and kissed her senseless. Emily wrapped her legs around his waist and held him as physically close as she could.

Kehlani came around the corner and had the biggest grin on her face. "Mommy and Daddy happy!" she said with a loud clap.