Okay here's chapter 15 - chapter 16 is in the works and will hopefully be out a bit later this week...
I don't own Criminal Minds.
Happy reading and enjoy :D
"JJ, Reid? What are you doing here?" Elle Greenaway asked as she stood in her boyfriend's doorway, having just answered the door.
"What are we doing here? I'm here to pick up Henry. What are you doing here?" JJ asked in confusion and shock at seeing Elle again so unexpectedly.
"Wait…you're the ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend?" Elle as she blinked.
"Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama!" Henry screeched excitedly at hearing Mommy's voice at the door as he ran to the door.
"Hey, baby boy!" JJ responded with a chuckle as she knelt down to catch her naked wet son as he threw himself into her arms. "Did you have fun with Daddy this week?" she whispered in Henry's ear, running her fingers through his baby fine blonde locks as he wrapped his arms around her neck.
Henry nodded, burying his face in Mommy's neck. "I miss you Mama." He whispered just loud enough for Mommy to hear.
"I missed you too baby… I missed you too." JJ whispered in Henry's ear as she stood back up with the fresh from the bath two year old in her arms. "But I think we should get you dried off and in some pajamas before you get cold."
"Henry, you little jumpin' bean… where did you go?" Will's voice echoed through the house as he came down the stairs with a towel in one hand and pajamas for Henry in the other. "Oh…" he trailed off at seeing his ex-girlfriend holding their son while standing next to her new boyfriend and standing in front of his new girlfriend. 'Fuck' was the only thought that his mind could process at the sight before him as he cleared his throat. He knew, of course, that eventually he would need to inform JJ that he'd met someone else, but he thought he'd had a few more weeks until he moved back to DC. "I thought Henry and I were supposed to pick you up at the airport?" he asked as he stepped up beside Elle and handed the towel and pajamas to JJ.
"Our flight got in a little early, so we thought it would just be easier to catch a cab." Reid replied with a shrug as he eyed Elle curiously. He wasn't quite sure how he felt about this development. Elle had left the team behind years ago… at first he'd been hurt by the abandonment by a team member… but looking back on it now, after his own ordeal and seeing what had happened to both Hotch and Emily at the hands of unsubs… he knew that Elle had come back to soon. They should have learned from what happened in Boston and that she needed time… but she'd insisted she'd been ready to come back… and really who could ever judge how much time was enough after a trauma in the line of duty?
Elle looked awkwardly between Will, Reid, and JJ and then she glanced at Henry who was starting to shiver in JJ's arms. "Why don't you come inside?" She said as she stepped back from the doorway, clearing the way for JJ and Reid to enter the house as she backed up against Will's chest.
JJ glanced at Spence, checking to make sure he was doing okay with seeing Elle again for the first time in years, as she stepped over the threshold and into Will's childhood home. She took in just how different it looked than it did the last and only other time she'd seen it. "Will," she said as she turned to look from the living room to Will as she dropped Henry's pajamas over the arm of the couch and then sat down with Henry in her lap as she wrapped him in the towel and dried him off. She pressed a kiss to the top of Henry's head, enjoying the freshly bathed baby shampoo scent in her son's hair as she gazed up at her ex-boyfriend. "This place looks amazing. You guys have done a lot of work. If I hadn't seen it before, I'd have a hard time believing that it had been almost completely destroyed
Will nodded as he helped Spencer carry his and JJ's luggage into the living room and left it at the foot of the stairs for now. "Thanks. Yeah, the guys and I stripped it down to the studs in some spots. It was a lot of work, but I just didn't have the heart to completely tear down the house I grew up in you know? I can still remember my Momma bakin' cookies in the kitchen and my Daddy workin' at his desk all hunched over a case late at night." Will said fondly. "My Daddy taught me how to play baseball in the backyard… and my Momma welcomed me home from my first day of school through that door." He said smiling fondly as he turned to look at the front door. "So of course I had to save this house… even though I'm not keeping it… I wanted the place all those memories were created to live on."
Elle rubbed her hand across Will's back as he remembered his parents. In the just over a month they'd been dating they'd grown very close. They'd bonded over having been the children of police officers, the loss of their fathers, as well as they're love of spicy food and passionate natures. "Are you okay babe?" Elle whispered just loud enough for Will to hear.
Will nodded and then glanced at JJ who now sat on the couch dressing Henry while he babbled to Spencer about all the fun he'd had with Daddy. JJ and Spencer appeared to be giving him and Elle a moment to themselves. Will cleared his throat, hoping he could break the awkwardness that had settled over the group. "Where are my manners?" Will asked. "My Momma would skin my alive… JJ, Spencer, this is Elle Greenaway my…" Will started.
"We know" JJ said cutting Will off as she cast a grin at Elle. She hadn't realized until now and seeing Elle again, how much she had missed her.
"Well of course… I mean you introduced yourselves when she opened the door… I … we just … I planned on letting you know when I got settled back in DC… and I just…" Will rambled as he realized that of course Elle, JJ and Spencer would have introduced themselves at the door.
Elle shook her head. "No, babe, I knew Reid and JJ before I even opened the door and saw them standing on the other side."
"Huh?" Will asked in confusion as he glanced between Elle and JJ, trying to figure out what was going on.
"Apparently you have a thing for FBI Agents with a history in the BAU." JJ said with a grin as she attempted to lighten the mood and let Will know that she didn't have a problem with him having moved on. Certainly not with Elle… she knew they'd be good for each other, after all, she'd seen that first hand.
"Wait… you mean y'all used to work together?" Will asked looking back and forth between the mother of his child and ex-girlfriend and his current girlfriend.
Elle grinned. "Yes"
Will shook his head and laughed. "What are the odds?"
Henry squirmed in his Mommy's lap and tapped her arm to get her attention. "Mama you tome meet Sunny?"
JJ looked down at Henry trying to figure out who he was talking about and then realizing she had no idea who Henry was talking about she looked up at Will the question of whom their son was talking about in her eyes.
Will squirmed a bit, realizing that as happy as his decision had made Henry… perhaps he should have waited for JJ's input. He hadn't been able to help it though… and really he'd been just as eager as Henry. Elle had taken a lot of pleasure in teasing him about being an adorable little boy just like his son. "Uh, well… you see… uh…"
JJ quirked an eyebrow at Will's stammering and looked down at Henry. "Henry, baby, who's Sunny?"
"My puppy!" Henry answered gleefully throwing his hands up in the air.
JJ's eyes narrowed as she looked up at Will. They'd discussed this on more than one occasion and every time Will had brought up getting a puppy for Henry, she'd said no. Of course, she'd said Henry was too young, they both worked and didn't have time for a baby and a puppy, and any number of other excuses that she'd been able to think of… but the truth of it was that she'd never conquered her fear of dogs after being attacked in Hankel's shed all those years ago.
She'd never told Will about having had vicious woman eating dogs jump out of the dark at her, and while they were attacking her as well, having to shoot them. Thinking about it now, she realized that perhaps that should have been one of the many signs that she and Will were never going to work… she'd never let him in… she'd never even told him about her fear of dogs… but now watching him with Elle and thinking to the other Will and Elle, she realized that he'd never let her in as much as he had Elle either. "You got him a dog?" JJ asked trying to control her anger and hurt that Will had unilaterally made a decision regarding their son.
"No, I got him puppy. Every kid should have a puppy." Will said as his southern charm grin grew across his face.
"A puppy eventually grows into a dog." JJ responded humorlessly.
Spence winced at the tone in JJ's voice, realizing just what it was about dogs that bothered JJ. He wrapped his arm around her waist and rubbed her side attempting to calm and comfort her.
JJ shot a grateful look at Spence and then turned look back at Will waiting for him explain himself.
Will however was saved by the excited two year old sitting in his Mommy's lap. "Mama… tome on…" Henry said as he squirmed out of her lap and then stood in front of her pulling on her hands.
JJ sighed and knew that she had to wait until after Henry was in bed to have the discussion with Will. Then she realized that they were co-parenting Henry, but they now had separate households… the puppy would naturally just live at Will's house. With that thought in mind, she realized that she could hold it together for Henry long enough to meet his and Will's new puppy, and she stood up taking Henry's hand and followed him into the kitchen.
Will followed cautiously behind them, knowing that he needed to talk to JJ about this. He realized now that they needed to discuss not only this, but also how they handled decisions affecting Henry going forward… just because they weren't together anymore didn't mean that they shouldn't still parent together and work together to decide what was best for him. "So what do you really have against dogs?" he asked as he followed Henry and JJ into the kitchen.
Elle turned a questioning glance towards Reid from watching Will follow JJ and Henry into the other room. "Why doesn't JJ like dogs? I would have thought JJ would be the type of person to love animals?"
Reid took a deep breath and tipped his head to the side. "There was a case not too long after you…" here he trailed off for a moment.
Elle flinched at the pain that crossed Reid's face at her leaving the team the way that she had. The problem with being in the middle of a crisis was that you rarely thought about how what you were doing affected anyone else. You were too wrapped up in getting out of crisis mode… there hadn't really a whole lot of thought actually; it was more instinct that had carried her through those dark days.
Reid cleared his throat. "…left. JJ and I went out to interview a potential witness in a case… turns out he was the unsub… we'd just seen a video of his dogs eviscerating a victim… and then JJ had to deal with the dogs… so you can see why she maybe wouldn't like dogs." Reid said his head down, staring at his hands as he remembered that fatefully night in Georgia.
"What about you Reid… you don't seem as bothered by the thought of a dog as JJ…" Elle noted, wondering what it was that was bothering Reid as he remembered whatever case it was he was talking about.
Reid nodded and then looked up at Elle. A slight smile crossed his face. "Surely you remember 'The Reid Effect'?" he asked.
Elle shook her head with a smile as she remembered all the teasing that Reid had taken from Morgan and herself over her time with the team. "It's more than that mijo… and to be honest I would have to say after seeing you interact with Henry that 'The Reid Effect' is over, at least with children."
Reid nodded. "Well, when it comes to dogs, 'The Reid Effect' is still in effect… JJ and I split up that night on the case… so I wasn't there when she was attacked by the dogs…" Reid replied looking back down as his hands.
Elle might not be with the BAU any longer, but that certainly didn't mean that she'd lost her skills as a profiler. "Reid, what is it? What happened to you that night?"
Reid shook himself out of the memories that he'd come to terms with a long time ago and looked back up at Elle. "I was caught off guard and abducted by the unsub and held and tortured by him."
Elle's eyes went wide as she considered the horror that the team must have gone through everyone at having the little brother of the team abducted. "I'm sorry I wasn't there…." Elle replied, not knowing how else to respond. She'd been shot in her own home… but Reid, Reid had been abducted and tortured and who knows what else, and yet he was still with the team. A curious part of her wondered just what it was that had given him the strength to come out okay from his ordeal while she had shattered from hers.
Reid shrugged as he looked up at Elle. "I made peace with it a long time ago Elle… all of it." He said as he looked her directly in the eye. "I've gone through a lot since you left and as much as it sucked, I had to decide to let it make me better at my job, to let it make me a better person. I grew up." He said with a shrug.
Elle nodded, "That still doesn't mean that I don't wish that I'd handled things differently."
"You did what you had to do… and sometimes, that's all you can do. We all make decisions that we aren't proud of sometimes." He said as he thought about some of the decisions that he'd made himself. "What matters the most is that we learn from those mistakes and move on."
Elle smiled and shook her head. "I missed you Reid. What do you say we go see how JJ's faring with Henry's puppy?"
Reid stood up from the couch. "That's probably a good idea." He said as he followed Elle into the kitchen.
JJ turned to look at the door as Spence and Elle entered the kitchen and grinned at her boyfriend. "Hey" she said as Spence stepped up next to her.
Spence looked down to the kitchen floor and it was easy to see what had caused the grin on JJ's face. Henry was on the floor playing with the small ball of fur that was his new puppy.
At hearing his Uncle Spence's chuckle, Henry turned to look up at him. "You see Sunny Unca 'Pence?"
"I do Henry." Spence smiled in reply as he looked down at Sunny, Henry's new golden retriever puppy, and wondered how long it would take the pup to start yapping or barking at him like most dogs did once he was in the vicinity.
Sunny rolled over onto all fours from her young master rubbing her belly and sat back on her rump as she looked at all the much larger people. She tipped her head to the side as she curiously studied the new person who had entered the room along with the nice lady that had helped pick her out at the humane society. Sunny stood up on her little legs and wobbled over to the new person. She sniffed at his pant legs for a moment and then she sat back and whined, wanting to be picked up.
Elle laughed. "It looks like 'The Reid Effect' is completely over mijo. She wants you to pick her up."
Reid looked at Elle with wide eyes and then knelt down and picked up the puppy, scratching her behind the ears as he sat down on the kitchen floor next to Henry so that he and his godson could both pet the boy's puppy.
"So why'd you name her Sunny?" Spence asked Henry as the little boy climbed into his lap and started to pet the puppy with Uncle Spence.
"Cause her 'lellow." Henry replied.
Spence and the rest of the adults chuckled. "You're right buddy. She is sort of yellow like the Sun."
Elle stood smiling as she looked down at an old friend, whom she thought she'd never see again, and her boyfriend's son, whom she grown very fond of during the last week… but then why wouldn't she? He was definitely a little cutie… and of course it was easy to see why. The boy looked just like his mother, another old friend who she'd thought she'd never see again.
JJ and Will stood off to the side together where they'd stood discussing the puppy and Henry while he played with Sunny on the floor after properly introducing Sunny to Mommy.
"Damn you Will LaMontagne," JJ muttered barely audible as she turned her head to look at her ex-boyfriend. She'd fallen in love with the little ball of fur on the floor, despite her strong aversion and dislike of dogs. How could she not fall in love with something that made the two men in her life this happy? To be honest, she was shocked to see a dog not bark at Spence for the first time ever.
Will grinned. "Wore you down didn't she?" he said with a nod of his head at the cute ball of fur currently entertaining their significant others and their son.
"Yes. You and Henry win. Sunny can come home with us now and then once you get back to DC, Sunny can go back and forth between houses with Henry." JJ responded with a shake of her head.
Will grinned. "I knew once you saw Henry together with his puppy you'd say yes. Every kid should have a dog." He said as he leaned back against the kitchen counter and crossed his arms. "You know, it's funny how things don't work out. I never would have thought a year ago that we'd be in this position… when I pictured this scene I always thought it'd be Spencer introducing us to his girlfriend… not me introducing you to my new girlfriend." He said shaking his head as he turned to look at JJ, glad that it was looking like their split was turning out to have been more amicable than he could have imagined a few months ago when he found out that it really was over between them and that JJ had moved on.
JJ smiled as she watched Spence tickle Henry after Elle took the puppy from them and then turned to look back at Will. "It's funny how they do… turn out that is."
Will nodded in agreement as he watched his girlfriend, his son, his son's puppy, and his son's godfather play together on the floor.
"So what does you moving back to DC mean for you and Elle and the life you were building here?" JJ asked curiously.
Will turned to look at JJ. "Elle and I already talked about it… New Orleans might be my home town, but Henry is my son and wherever he is… that's home. She's known I was moving back to DC and that I had a son since we met… and actually she's a consultant anyway. She doesn't live here in New Orleans; she's been here for work."
JJ nodded for Will to continue. She was curious to hear how they'd met. "How did you guys meet?"
"The guys and I went out one night after working on the house all day… it's funny now that I think about it… we went to the same bar that we went when we were working that case." Will said knowing that JJ would know he meant the case during which she and he had met.
JJ had to smile a little at the universe, or perhaps the big guy pulling the strings in the universe to line things up for Will and Elle to meet in a similar manner to how they had in the other universe. She nodded.
Will grinned. "She was wearing a blue top and she sent me a drink."
JJ laughed out loud and then covered her mouth with her hand as Elle and Spence both turned to look up at them. She snickered as her laughter stopped and then went to sit down next to Spence, while Henry went to sit next to Elle. Henry climbed over into Mommy's lap as she sat down.
JJ collapsed exhausted on the couch next to Spence. It had been a long travel day. Henry had been slightly upset at saying goodbye to Daddy at the airport. Luckily since Sunny was still a small puppy she'd been able to fly in the cabin with them in her pet carrier. Henry had been adorable as he patted Sunny's nose through the bars in the door of the pet carrier until the both fell asleep. Luckily it was only a two hour flight home. After getting off the plane and to baggage claim, she'd taken first Henry and then Sunny for a potty break while Spence collected their luggage. Then they'd been off to find the car in the long term parking lot. They'd stopped on the way home for supplies for the new puppy. Then they'd headed home with a car filled full of luggage, dog food, a crate, a bed, chew toys, a leash, a food dish, a water dish, treats, clippers, puppy shampoo, a dog brush and comb… and the list went on… who knew there were so many supplies needed for a puppy.
JJ smiled and turned her head to bury it in Spence's neck as he sat down next to her on the couch. Henry had crashed early after spending the evening showing Sunny around the house and then playing in the backyard. The two blonde haired toddlers had chased and played with each other to the point of exhaustion until both of them were ready to be put to bed. Henry had patted Sunny on the head and scratched her behind the ears as he said good night to her. Henry had fallen asleep while she was changing him into his pajamas.
"Hey you" JJ murmured against Spence's neck. "Did you get all unpacked?"
Spence nodded as he wrapped his arm around JJ. "Yeah… we'll need to do laundry tomorrow, but everything is unpacked and put away."
"Mm hm" JJ murmured in agreement.
"Tired?" Spence asked.
"Yeah… and its back to the real world and work again on Monday." JJ replied as she snuggled into Spence's side.
JJ sat with her assistant Jaime in her office showing her the absolutely adorable photos she'd taken of Henry and Sunny playing together the day before.
"Aww" Jaime said as she looked a photo of Henry laying on the floor giggling while Sunny licked his face. "That is completely totally, utterly adorable. You are so lucky JJ… how did you manage it… an adorable kid… and now your with the love of your life." Jaime said as she shook her head.
JJ smiled. "I had a little luck and a whole lot of help from up above. Speaking of Spence…" JJ said as she picked up her ringing cell phone. "Hi Spence what's up?"
"We just got a case in Jacksonville. A dredging barge uncovered a burial ground at sea. It looks like it could take a while based on what we'll have to go on for evidence." Spence said as he shouldered his go bag and followed Morgan and Seaver as they headed for the elevators.
JJ nodded in understanding. "Okay. I love you. Be safe."
Spence paused in the middle of the elevator lobby while Morgan and Seaver stood waiting for him at the elevator. "I love you too. I'll try and call you tonight if I can. Tell my little buddy that I'll miss him."
JJ smiled at Spence's request. "I will. I know Henry's going to miss you too. Hopefully we'll talk to you tonight. Bye."
Jaime smiled as she placed a stack of files on JJ's desk, the work they actually were meeting to work on. It'd been a busy couple of weeks in the intelligence community… and a lot of the work that had lead up to the success just a little over a week ago was due to the liaising, coordination, and negotiations between various groups, committees, and teams that JJ had been working on for months. It was easy to see why the State Department had wanted her and recruited her away from the FBI.
JJ made a face as she looked at the stack of files that Jaime had placed on her desk. "Back to work I guess huh?"
Jaime grinned. "You know it boss. Somebody has to get up to speed on what these reports say so she'll be ready for her meetings this week."
JJ sighed. "I just wish it wasn't me. No, wait, if I'm wishing for things… then I wish that somebody had taken him out ten years ago… then 9/11 maybe wouldn't have happened." She responded solemnly as she looked through the first of what were many reports on the actions of Seal Team Six that were waiting her perusal before she met with all of the different people she was scheduled to meet with this week.
Jaime nodded in understanding. "I wish that too… but unfortunately wishing doesn't make it so. So how do you want to sort these?" She asked as looked at the hefty stack of files on her boss's desk.
JJ looked at the pile and flipped through the first couple of files. "Let's put the after action reports in this pile, the intelligence files in another pile, and let's pull up our timeline on the board to so we can fit everything in where it goes." She replied.
Jaime nodded and stood up, moving to plug her laptop into the computerized board along the wall of JJ's office as they began to work on dissecting all of the after action data.
"Hey, what are you ladies doing out here?" Spence asked with some humor in his voice as he set his go bag down on the deck and then sat next to JJ who was leaning back resting her elbows on the deck while she sat on the stairs watching Sunny run around exploring the part of the backyard she could reach on her chain. He leaned down to kiss JJ hello, his hand resting on her hip and his thumb rubbing across her belly.
"Mmm" JJ moaned in the back of her throat as she pulled back from the heated hello kiss. "Well Sunny is going potty, and I was just enjoying a wonderful spring evening and hoping my boyfriend would be home soon. Have you seen him?" JJ teased.
Spence guffawed at JJ's question and then started to tickle her.
Sunny ran towards his master's Mommy at the sounds of her shrieking and attempted a fierce growl which came out as more of a squeak due to her size as she launched her small puppy self up the stairs and onto the couple on the stairs. Her protectiveness turned in to joyful puppy bliss as she wagged her tail and licked Spence's face at the sight of him while she sat on his chest where he'd fallen back against the steps at Sunny's puppy tackle.
"Silly girl" Spence said shaking his head as he scratched the puppy behind the ears. Then he rolled his where it rested on the deck to look at JJ. "Henry in bed already?"
JJ nodded as she sat up and scooped Sunny up off Spence's chest and held the puppy against her as she unhooked the chain from her collar. "Yes" she said and then glanced down to see that Sunny curled up and closed her eyes, "and it looks like its Sunny's bedtime too." She said as she stepped up onto the deck and headed for the sliding glass deck door.
Spence tipped his head back and watched JJ as she walked across the deck.
JJ paused in the open doorway and turned to look at Spence. "Since you're still out here, when my boyfriend gets here, would you do me a favor and let him know that I'll be waiting for him in the living room to welcome him home?" JJ asked with a wink at Spence.
Spence sprang up off the steps and grabbed his go back as he dashed across the deck to follow JJ into the house.
JJ tucked the sleeping puppy into the portioned off section off her crate and then turned and grabbed Spence's hand leading him to the living room.
She slid the strap of his go bag off his shoulder and half dropped, half tossed it towards the stairs before reaching up and wrapping her arms around Spence's neck, her thumbs massaging behind his ears while her fingers massaged the back of his head and neck, causing him to groan in pleasure and close his eyes as his hands rested on JJ's hips. "Well what do you know; my boyfriend's home." JJ grinned as she looked up at Spence.
Spence's eyes popped open as he stepped closer to his girlfriend, his hands sliding off her hips and around her waist as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "Hi" he said softly as he leaned his head down to rest his forehead against hers.
"Hi" JJ murmured in reply as she backed up to the couch and sat down, dragging Spence down behind her.
Spence reached up and undid his tie and pulled it off, dropping it on the end table beside him and then undid the top two buttons of his shirt as he settled into the couch and curled up with JJ.
"How was the case?" JJ asked as she rested her head against Spence's shoulder while her fingers played with the buttons of his dark purple shirt.
"It was rough…" Spence replied as he rested his head back against the back of the couch.
JJ lifted her head up study her boyfriend's face in concern.
Spence lifted his head to meet JJ's gaze and shook his head. "I'm fine… it wasn't me that it was rough for… it was Morgan. One of the victims matched the demographics for his missing cousin."
JJ winced in sympathy for Morgan. His missing cousin had haunted him ever since her disappearance. She swallowed, "Was it her?"
Spence shook his head. "No, he named all of his other victims by name… he couldn't do that with Morgan's cousin… he didn't know Cindi's name."
"Poor Morgan… just when there might be some closure for him and his family." JJ remembered how hard it had been on Morgan when his cousin Cindi had disappeared. It'd happened not too long after she joined the team.
"Yeah…" Spence murmured as he shifted to a more comfortable position on the couch. "So how have the last few days been for you?"
"Work was busy." JJ murmured as she shifted closer to Spence, draping her leg across his lap. "And I would have been a whole lot happier if you would have been here… then you could have been the one getting up to let the puppy out."
Spence smirked. "I thought you were a morning person?"
"Three am is not morning; it's the middle of the night." JJ replied.
Spence chuckled. "You don't seem to mind when I wake you up at three am."
JJ swatted his chest. "That's different and you know it."
Spence grinned as he caught JJ's hand on her second attempt at swatting him. "Okay, so from now on, I'll get up to let Sunny out for her middle of the night potty trips. Then I'll come back to bed and wake you up."
JJ giggled and leaned up to kiss her boyfriend. "Now that sounds like a deal I can live with… but what about when you aren't here?"
Spence tipped his head back to look at JJ. "Other than when the team is on a case, when am I not here?"
JJ tipped her head to the side as she studied Spence thoughtfully. "You're right…" she paused biting her lip for just a moment. "Why do you have your own place again?"
Spence paused and stared at JJ open mouthed for a moment. "Are you… did you just… uh JJ?"
JJ grinned wide at Spence. "Yes, baby?" she asked as she shifted to straddle Spence.
"Um, did you uh… just ask me to um… move in with you?" Spence asked as he face scrunched up in confusion.
JJ bit her lip as she nodded her head, confirming Spence's understanding of their conversation.
"Are you sure?" Spence asked as he brought his hands up to rest on JJ's waist.
"Yeah, I am… that is, as long as you're ready?" JJ said, holding her breath and hoping that she hadn't misjudged their readiness for this.
Spence blinked and then a large grin broke out his face. "I am very, very ready for us to move in together. I love you JJ." He murmured as he leaned forward to kiss her.
"Mm I love you too." JJ moaned against his lips as she followed him back against the couch. JJ moved closer to Spence, the apex of her thighs rubbing against his as she pressed herself closer.
Spence groaned into JJ's mouth as their kiss deepened and he pulled JJ closer, his hands sliding down to cup her ass.
Then JJ heard the pitter patter of little feet on the stairs and pulled away from Spence just as Henry's little feet hit the bottom of the stairs.
"Unca Spence you home!" he said excitedly as the now wide awake toddler trotted across the living room floor to the couch where Mommy and Uncle Spence sat. He climbed up on the couch next to Uncle Spence, then he looked at Mommy in confusion. "Mama why you sit in Unca' 'pence's wap?"
JJ bit her lip to keep from laughing when Spence turned beet red. "I um… was just hugging Uncle Spence."
"Why?" Henry asked curiously as Mommy sat up on her knees and then stood up.
"Because I'm really happy." JJ said as she smiled down at Henry and then picked him up and sat down next to Spence with Henry in her lap. "Uncle Spence is going to come and live with us."
Henry's face wrinkled up in confusion. "Don't Unca 'pence aweady wive hewe?"
JJ chuckled and glanced at Spence who grinned at Henry proving his early point. Other than when the team was on a case, when was he not here?
"Yeah, I guess you're right buddy." Spence said as he reached over tickled Henry's belly.
Henry giggled and then rubbed his eyes and leaned forward resting his head against Mommy.
"Baby boy what are you doing up?" JJ asked as she tipped her head down and kissed the top of Henry's head.
"I firsty" Henry mumbled his tiredness and the fact that it was rather late for little boys to be up, catching up with him again.
"Okay, a small drink of water and then it's time to go back to bed." JJ said as she stood up with the tired toddler in her arms.
JJ came back a few minutes later with a soundly sleeping Henry resting on her shoulder. "Hey," she whispered. "I'm going to go put Henry back to bed, but Sunny was whining while we were in the kitchen. Can you please go take her out? Maybe if she goes out now you won't have to get up to let her out at three am." JJ winked as Spence stood up.
"But if I don't have to get up to let her out, what excuse will I use to wake you up?" Spence asked as he paused and pressed a kiss to JJ's lips and then a kiss to the top of Henry's head.
JJ smirked. "Maybe we'll still be up celebrating you moving in at three am."
"Well, I better go let Sunny out now then." Spence replied kissing JJ again before she headed upstairs to put Henry back to bed.
Spence headed for the kitchen and lifted Sunny out of her crate heading immediately for the deck door and the backyard so that she could go potty. Fifteen minutes later, the puppy was happily snuggling back in her crate and Spence was headed for his girlfriend who was waiting for him upstairs.
He smiled and chuckled as he entered the bedroom and found JJ in some of the sexiest lingerie that he'd ever seen her wear… but what caused him to smile was the fact that his girlfriend had fallen sound asleep while she waited for him to let the puppy out and come to bed. He sat his go bag on the bed and then covered JJ up. He unpacked his go bag, stowed his gun and badge in the safe, moved his go bag off to the chair in the corner, and then headed off to take a shower. Minutes later after a quick shower he walked back in the room and pulled a pair of soft cotton boxers from his bag, stepped into them, pulled back the covers on his side of the bed, turned off the light, and climbed into bed, snuggling up beside JJ as she slept peacefully.