Chapter 5-waking up from the nightmare or just dreaming
Hotch stood in the door way of his colleagues hospital room listening to her son beg for her to wake up, he watched as Henry slowly laid down next to her pulling the blanket over him trying not to hurt her and falling back asleep. He smiled at what he saw leaving the room and back into the waiting room where he saw his team all staring into space hoping for some good news.
Garcia
"How is she?"
Hotch
"She's still asleep they all ,lets all go back to the hotel get some rest come back in the morning and no buts ! there's nothing we can do until she wakes up, and if she does wake up she has her family in there who she will need when she wakes up"
The team knew Hotch was right and now all they had to do was play the waiting game for when JJ wakes up , but all of them deep down knew they weren't going to have there normal perky JJ back. Once everyone had left for the night and went home all having JJ on there minds they just hoped they would be able to save her from herself as they never had to worry about her, and with them all feeling guilty after promising they would protect her they only hoped she would forgive them all.
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Will woke up the following morning when he felt someone tap him on the shoulder he opened his eyes to see JJ's doctor stood next to him.
Doctor
"Morning"
Will looked around realizing Henry wasn't asleep on him, he looked over at JJ and noticed Henry sleep next to her, he smiled at the sight and looked back at the doctor
Will
"Morning how's she doing?"
Doctor
"Everything looks good we just need her to wake up to see what kind of pain she's in but I will warn you when she doe's wake up she will be in a lot of pain she has several different injures and from what I have seen her ribs ,chest and burns are going to be the worst, which reminds me we need to change her bandages do you think you could wake your son"
Will nodded he stood up and gently picked up a sleeping Henry who fidgeted in his hold but didn't wake up, Will placed him in the chair and put the blanket he had being using over him, and watched as the nurse took off JJ's bandages and cleaned her burns, he took a deep breath taking in the scene of the burns.
Will
"How many burns does she have?"
The nurse looked up at Will
Nurse
"Six she has two on her right arm one on her left and three on her stomach, but there small and not deep so the scaring will hardly show"
Will nodded and took hold of JJ's hand he wanted to cry for her , for everything she had been through the last few days, and what he hadn't admitted to anyone ,when he saw her cold pale body not moving he thought he was too late to save her. After the nurse left Will stood holding JJ's hand watching her sleep all he wanted was her to wake up so he could show her how much he loved her and that she doesn't have to be scared anymore.
After Henry had woke up and the team had joined them all taking up different parts of the room with there bodies and bags all stood watching her sleep, Henry was sat on the end of JJ's bed staring at his mum hoping his staring would make her wake up like it did every Christmas and birthday morning.
Morgan
"Hey little man what you doing?"
Henry
"Watching mummy so she wakes up"
Will
"It's not gonna work buddy mummy needs some rest so she's going to be asleep for a couple of days"
Henry
"But she needs to see the drawings I did and see her hero"
Everyone looked around at the little boy who seemed to be living in a fantasy world which he did in his mind his life was perfect and he didn't understand that his mother couldn't be fixed with a click of there fingers, he put his head down and tried not the cry as His dad walked over to him picking him up and holding him as Henry cried into his shoulders.
Will
"You hungry little guy?"
Henry
"Want to stay mummy"
Will
"I know bud we all do but you need to eat I tell you what you go get some food with aunt Pen and Uncle Spencer and you can get mummy her favourite muffin for when she wakes up okay"
Henry nodded and lifted his head off Will's shoulder wrapping his arms around Reid as he carried him out of the room, Will took a deep breath running his hands through his hair.
Rossi
"How you holding up?"
Will leant forward in the chair he was sitting in his fingers crossed between each hand not taking his eyes off JJ.
Will
"I don't know I just want all this to be over but it's never going to be over she's gonna be scared for life and not just mentally"
Emily and Morgan exchange a look between each other and then watched as Will stared at JJ the whole time he was talking, Emily couldn't get her head around anything okay yes they had caught man who did this to her and all those other woman but was that enough? Emily knew it wasn't and she also knew Will was right, she would be scared for life and what Emily was scared about was to see how this would effect JJ known of them worried about her because she was the one who never got her but now she was the one laying in the hospital bed lucky to be alive.
Will
"Do you think she will be okay I mean do you think she will still be JJ"
Morgan
"I hope but we cant answer that all we have to do is wait but one thing I do know is that JJ's JJ she will be just fine"
Will
"I hope your right"
Morgan took a deep breath crossing his arms around his chest , he hoped he was right all he wanted was to see JJ's glowing eyes and smile again but from everything he had seen he knew deep down inside him that they may not see that JJ ever again. He looked down at her fragile body he had never seen anyone look so pale not even a dead body, she was covered in cuts and bruises and bandages , then there was her beautiful face that just look hurt ,it was full of small cuts and a big black bruise on her left eye and a bust lip, he didn't even want to imagine what she went through but he did know one thing he would of rather of it being him than her any day.
JJ was the teams brick the one that could keep them all going and on there feet no matter what she would make sure they didn't give up on anyone no matter what the person had done, she was the one who was always there for them when they needed a should to cry on the one who always made them smile whenever she walked into a room the one that made everyone happy whenever she walked in.
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Henry , Reid and Garcia all sat in the canteen of the hospital Garcia and Reid watched as Henry ate his breakfast he didn't seem to have a clue to how bad things were but why would he was only 3 after all. Reid watched as he finished off his plate knowing they should stay down here a little while longer even with how much Henry begged them to go back to see JJ.
Henry
"Uncle Spence"
Reid
"Yes Henry"
Henry
"Why everyone sad mummy only sleeping right"
Garcia and Reid looked at each other nodding they would have to explain to him what was going on but in a way he wouldn't see anything bad.
Reid
"Well you see buddy everyone is sad because you know mummy was away for a couple of days and we were looking for her, a very bad man hurt mummy and now its taking her a while to wake up but its better that she's not awake because she will be in a lot of pain for a while do you understand?"
Henry
"Did you catch the bad man like mummy and daddy do?"
Reid
"Yeah we did little guy"
Henry
"Good but why does daddy look so scared"
Garcia
"Because he love's your mum very much and even though he knows she will be in a lot of pain he also wants her to wake up just like you"
Henry
"she will wake up wont she?"
Garcia
"Of course she will any day now I promise"
Henry
"can we go get her a muffin now"
Reid
"yeah sure lets go"
After they had bought the muffin and grabbed everyone a quick snack to eat and lots of coffee they headed back to JJ's room Henry ran in carrying the muffin and a juice box and went over to the little play area they had set up for him in JJ's room he picked up his favourite Teddy and went over to his mothers bed standing In front of his dad.
Will
"What you doing with Mr Froggy?"
Henry
"Mummy always says he fixes you when you sick and makes you better he will make mummy better"
Will picked Henry up sitting him on his knee watching as He placed his favourite teddy next to his mother.
Will
"You sure you wanna give mummy him you think your gonna be able to sleep without him?"
Henry
"I be big boy Mummy needs him more than me"
Will
"Your more of a brave big boy"
Henry
"Mummy's baby boy"
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