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When JJ awoke the next morning she saw her husband and little boy sleeping in the chair, she put her unhurt arm out and pulled the top down on Henry's back. Will felt the gentle movement and opened his eyes.

'Morning.' Will said with a large smile. Never happier to see his wife wake up.

'Morning.' she said sitting up slightly and then falling back into the pillows much more comfortable than before.

'How you feeling this morning?' He asked sitting up and supporting Henry at the same time.

'A little bit of everything.' She said adjusting to the fact her arm was still suspended upright.

'I guessed as much.' Will said coaxing Henry awake with a back rub. 'Hey little fella, do you want mommy?'

'Mommy!' Henry said happily as he looked at JJ, awake all of a sudden.

'Hey my little prince.' JJ said as he hugged Henry with one hand. 'I've missed you.' She said as the little boy kissed her on the cheek and snuggled in under her spare arm. 'I'm guessing you missed mommy too.' He nodded and she smiled more.

'Good to see you awake.' Hotch and Emily said from the doorway. Both relieved at the women being on the road to recovery the best they could be after such trauma's to their bodies.

'Have you been home?' Was the first thing she said in response.

'No things changed we wanted to stick around.'

'Hey you're up.' Derek said from the door as well.

'How is she?'

'She is still asleep.'

'Okay how was she?'

'How do you think?' Derek replied, referring to the stubbornness Penelope was obviously using. The silence was an answer enough. 'See.' They laughed. 'Talking of Pen I think she is now waking up.'

'Give her a hug.'

'I will do.'

'How is she really?'

'Well she was stubborn, emotional, hot and I quote feeling like she had been trampled on.' Hotch said remembering the conversation from the night before.

'Hot?'

'Yeah she has stage 2 hypothermia, so she had loads of sheets and blankets on her along with a heated blanket, when she woke up she was really hot and her temperature was near normal again.'

'That's a good sign right?'

'An extremely good sign.' Hotch said. 'Right well you get some rest, we'll see you later.' Everyone left JJ to have some time with Will and Henry.

She looked at her husband; 'I can't believe we're out.' She smiled. 'This little man was my main concern all along, not knowing what he had done to him I panicked.'

'I knew you would be.' Will said attentively. 'But whatever happened, his safe and here with us. Like you are with us.' She smiled. 'Get some more rest JJ, we aren't going anywhere.

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Derek walked in to find his wife fidgeting with the mask on her face. 'Leave it baby girl.'

'It's annoying me.'

'Well want me to get someone to see if it can be changed?' She nodded and left, Fran and her brother, Paul entered.

'How you feeling Penelope?' Fran asked.

'Agitated.'

Fran nodded and laughed. 'I knew it wouldn't be too long before we saw it.'

'Penny I'm just going to say, that if you don't want me here, I understand.' Her brother said, he didn't want his sister brought down by his presence.

'Stay please.' She tiredly again. She didn't miss the smile that graced her brother's face just as the doctor and Derek came in again.

'Ok Mrs Morgan let me listen to your breathing and then we'll see if this can be changed.' Derek helped her sit forward; the doctor listened and then smiled. 'Well I still want you on oxygen but not with the mask, you'll be much more comfortable with the tube.' He changed them over and Penelope relaxed into the pillows again. 'So how are you feeling today?'

'Tired.'

'Well that's normal, just sleep, and rest some more.'

'Are you going to listen?' Fran said from the doorway her arms folded across her chest as the doctor left the room. Penelope nodded, and Fran smiled. 'Good girl.'

'How did you do that?' Paul asked intrigued, his sister never used to listen.

'How about we go and get breakfasts and I'll explain.' Fran said leading Penelope's brother out of the room engaged in conversation. Derek and Penelope laughing slightly.

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'Right Mrs LaMontagne, I think we can release you from this contraption, but not too much pressure on your arm for a couple of days, and there after keep it minimal for a good couple of weeks.'

'Looks like I'll be picking this little fella up then.' Will joked and JJ laughed her response as she couldn't imagine life like that, she was bound to just pick him up every now and again. It was an inevitability, she loved her walking cuddles in the morning with her son and nothing was going to stop that.

'I see no reason to keep you in ICU anymore, so I'm going to arrange a private room upstairs for you.'

'I don't want to be separated from them though.'

'Well I'm gathering your friend is the woman next door?' JJ nodded. 'Well I'll try my best to get a double room, and I'll see if her doctor is okay to put her in there with you when she is okayed for leaving the ICU.'

'Thank you.'

'No problems... just rest and get some strength back for that little boy.' He smiled, wrote in the chart and left the room.'

'Everything okay in here?'

'Yeah... I'm being moved out of here soon.'

'To?'

'Upstairs private room.'

'She's asked.... and the doctor is going to see if Pen and JJ can be put together when Pen can be moved.'

'Good call... I'll let Derek know and he can tell her when she is awake again.'

'Thanks.' JJ said to Hotch as he left the room. 'So what's the story behind the person that took us?'

'That can wait for now JJ. I think someone needs changing. Just get some more sleep, I want you better as soon as.'

'It's just so you don't have to be the resident Henry picker upper.'

'Exactly that reason.' He kissed her and took Henry out of the room. Within moments of their leaving she found herself falling back to sleep again.