Emily made JJ's favorite dinner: breakfast in bed. When she brought the tray in, JJ was checking things off of a list and smiling to herself.
"Jennifer, I think your going to enjoy this weekend a little too much." Emily placed the tray on JJ's lap and kissed her forehead. She glanced around the room and took notice of all the boxes. She sighed and headed towards the box closest to her.
"Umm, I don't think so Emily. You are going to do exactly what I tell you. And there will be no complaining little missy."
"Haha, well then. Which box am I opening my dearest?"
"Well, I guess you can open that one right in front of you baby." Emily chuckled and opened the box and nearly passed out on the floor. She turned bright red and glared right at JJ, who was laughing hysterically into her pillow. Emily sat up and playfully jumped on top of the blonde. Once they both stopped laughing and playfully kissing, Emily got up again and began to empty the box into the top drawer of their new dresser. JJ giggled every time the brunette put a piece of lingerie in the drawer. Emily was relieved when the box was finally empty and JJ was still laughing.
"Babe, your face was hilarious."
"I can't believe you did that JJ. If I wasn't totally in love with you I would kill you right now." Emily could feel her face was still red and judging by the intricate fantasies going through her mind right now, her face would be red for a long time. It took the rest of the evening to unpack the last of the boxes. Emily was exhausted but JJ was feisty as usual. It was nearly midnight when Emily heard JJ's breathing become slow and calm signaling sleep. She placed her arm across the blonde's waist and rested her hand on her girlfriend's belly. The blonde entwined her fingers into the brunette's and the slept until the bright rays of morning sun came through the bay window.
At breakfast, Emily noticed that JJ was quiet. From the way the blonde was acting, Emily would guess that her mind was preoccupied with baby names.
"Jennifer, how about we discuss baby names."
"You do realize that I hate when you do that, the profiling thing. But I would love to discuss baby names with you honey." She smiled that thousand watt smile and Emily couldn't help but return the gesture.
"Well, I hate all the names in my family so I'm up for some of your lovely ideas." Emily was sure that she would never name any of her children after anyone in her family.
"Emily, what was your grandfather's name?"
"Jeremiah, but we don't have to name our child after him. Its okay. What are the ideas you have for a baby girl?"
"Well, I love the name Lily. But I also like Rosalie, Caroline, Andrea and Emily. For boys, I love Landon, Jacob, Tristan and Ayden." JJ's eyes lit up when she saw a smile cross Emily's beautiful features.
"That's funny because I love the name Lily but there is absolutely no way that we are naming our daughter after me. I hate my name. And whose name are we going to use for the last name?"
"Yours of course. So if it's a girl we are going to name her Lily Jareau Prentiss. Now what about boy's names?"
"Well my favorite name is Ayden but I also like Tristan and Landon. If we name him Ayden we can call him AJ." JJ chuckled and was a little surprised at how much Emily had actually thought about this. Emily cleared the table and then guided a very pregnant JJ to the couch. They sat there for the rest of the morning looking through the baby name books and discussing the meanings of their favorite names. By mid-afternoon, the lovers had the boy's names narrowed down to two. JJ was holding a book in her hand and Emily had an idea.
"JJ?"
"Yea, honey."
"What do you think about getting something to keep you company during the day while I'm gone?"
"What do you mean by something?"
"Well, since we have a house now and a nice well manicured yard, I was thinking that you might like some company. And I was thinking a puppy would be nice."
"You told me that you aren't a fan of 'man's best friend' honey."
"I know but when I'm not busy doing my job, I'm always thinking about you and how lonely you must be while I'm at work. I just thought you would like the idea and since Christmas is coming up, I thought I would ask." Emily was doing everything she could to hide the real Christmas present she was getting the blonde. She couldn't let JJ find out about the custom engagement ring she was designing.
"I would love that idea but I can't train a puppy and take care of an infant so just remember that dear."
"Of course, I thought that we could go to the local animal shelter and pick out a dog that is trained. And that way we are doing our 'good deed'." Emily chuckled and wrapped her arms around JJ.
"Emily Prentiss, are you hiding something from me?" JJ was trying her best to see if she could figure out if Emily would pop the question soon.
"No, why would you think that?"
"I don't know you just seem to be planning to not be around the house a lot."
"I'm not going anywhere except for work and maybe out with the team after. But my family is more important, silly." She kissed JJ on the head and mentally congratulated herself for not hinting anything to JJ. "Oh, and I thought that we could do something special for Christmas. I was talking to Garcia and she wanted to make sure that I discussed this with you. Garcia thought that everyone could come here for Christmas Eve, she would help with the preparations of course, and then everyone has Christmas Day to themselves. She also wanted to plan a Secret Santa which would include you. We would exchange the gifts over Christmas Eve and just relax as a team. And she thought this would be a great idea because I'm taking off almost the entire month of December and you are on maternity leave, so it will be the only time the team sees us."
"I think it's a great idea baby. But I'm not going to help prepare anything. I'll handle the baby and you can handle the party and be the perfect hostess. When are we picking Secret Santa's?"
"We chose envelope's Friday morning. Garcia gave me yours since you weren't there. And she said that if we told or even hinted at who we had, she would slowly torture each of us." They both burst out laughing at the last comment. Emily rose from the couch and called Garcia. The answering machine picked up so Emily left a message. She also left one for Morgan, who she figured was with Garcia, and he was probably the reason why she wasn't answering her phone. Emily and JJ were happy for their colleagues. Morgan and Garcia had started dating soon after Emily and JJ had. The team would joke that Reid and Hotch should get together but their plans were foiled when Reid told the team he had a girlfriend. Morgan didn't believe him but Emily did. Emily was on the couch again with JJ in her arms. She loved the holiday season and all the love that it brought. That's why she was looking forward to spending the Christmas season at home with JJ and the baby. She hated working in the BAU over the holidays. She never had a reason not to work but now she did and she was going to embrace it for as long as she could. Emily looked down and realized that JJ was asleep. The brunette's legs were falling asleep too but she didn't want to move and risk disturbing JJ's nap. She began to think about the upcoming week and the anticipation was a little overwhelming. In just a few days, the baby's due date would roll around and Emily would have the family she always dreamed of. As she began to drift off, her last thought was of JJ and how the love of her life ended up in her arms.