A/N- Okay so AJ is 18, so Kelly is 20. This story takes place about a month after the last one.
Enjoy….
Emily was sitting on the couch running her fingers absently through JJ's hair while they watched the television, enjoying a rare night off together. Emily had been quite all evening and JJ could tell something was bothering her.
"Is there something bothering you Emily?" JJ asked never moving her head from Emily's lap.
"No, I'm fine." Emily replied but JJ could tell from her tone she was lying.
"Are you sure?" JJ asked sitting up on the couch. "Because you don't seem fine?"
"It's nothing really." JJ raised her eyebrows. "Okay, fine." Emily frowned in defeat. "I've been doing some thinking about us maybe having ..." Emily mumbled the last part.
"I'm sorry; I didn't catch that, what did you say?"
"I was thinking that we should have another baby." JJ just stared back in complete and utter shock. That was absolutely the last thing she expected Emily to say.
"Are you serious?" JJ finally forced herself to say. "Because I'm pretty sure we are both past our child bearing years."
"I was thinking more on the lines of adopting."
"So you're serious?"
"Yes, AJ is all grown up now; she's about to graduate and head off to college. Plus it's not like we don't have the money….."
"But who is going to watch him or her while we're at work? Mom is getting too old to be taking care of a baby." JJ still could not believe what she was hearing.
"Well I was sort of, kind of thinking that I might, possibly retire." JJ just stared back at Emily. "Sweetie say something."
"Oh I'm sorry, for a moment there I thought you said that you were going to retire."
"I did."
"Okay, so let me get this straight. You want to retire early from the FBI and you want to adopt a baby?"
"No, I want 'us' to adopt a baby and if in order to do that I have to leave the FBI, then that is what I will do."
"Wow! How long have you been thinking about this? Are you sure this isn't some gut reaction to the plane crash?"
"No, I was actually thinking about it before that and lets please not ever mention that day up again." Emily said as she felt a shiver run down her spine. That was the worst two hours of Emily's life and no matter what she did she could not get the image of JJ's name listed as one of the deceased out of her head. She didn't like to talk about it or think about it, she just wanted to pretend it never happened. "And I know that this is not just something we can decide tonight, but I just want you to consider the possibility."
"Are you sure you want to go through all those dirty diapers and the late night feedings again? I mean, we're not exactly spring chickens any more."
"Well we certainly aren't old either." Emily replied with a laugh. Emily just turned 55 and JJ was 49.
"You really want this don't you?"
"Yes, I do."
"We'll need to talk to AJ."
"I know."
"And Kelly, she's a part of this family too."
"I know." Emily smiled. "So does that mean you'll think about it?"
"Honey, I don't need to think about it." JJ smiled. "If this is what you want that I want it too. You told me a long time ago when I found I was pregnant with AJ that if I wanted it then you wanted it. You should know by now that it goes both ways. I just want you to be happy and if 'us' adopting a baby makes you happy then that is what we will do. Plus something tells me you've already started the paperwork, haven't you?" JJ teased.
"Maybe." Emily smiled. "And I've already talked to the director about my possible early retirement."
"So I guess that just leaves talking to AJ and Kelly."
"Well…."
"They already knows don't they?" JJ smirked.
"I talked to AJ a couple weeks ago about the possibility, but I haven't talked to Kelly yet. AJ was trilled at the idea. I figured if she was okay with then you would be too." Emily smiled.
"There's not going to be some woman at our front door tomorrow holding a baby, is there?" JJ laughed as Emily slapped her arm. "Hey, I'm just saying that it seems like I'm the last to know." JJ teased.
"No, not the last, just not the first." Emily teased back. "So we're really going to do this?"
"You know Morgan and Garcia are going to freak right?"
"I know." Emily laughed and pulled JJ in to a hug.
Seven months later Emily was standing in the living watching AJ hold her new baby brother, Thomas Morgan Prentiss. JJ came down the stairs and slowly wrapped her arms around Emily's waist.
"I can't believe we have a son." JJ smiled.
"I know." Emily smiled as she turned around in JJ's arms. "Thank you."
"For what?" JJ asked slightly confused.
"For this. For putting up with me for all these years and for just being you." JJ smiled as she placed a gentle kiss on Emily's lips.
"I still can't believe you two adopted a baby." Kelly said as she came out of the kitchen. "I mean are you two crazy?" Kelly teased. "Wasn't two hormonal teenagers enough for you?"
"Very funny Kelly." Emily replied. "I think we did pretty good the first time around."
"Well we could have done without that whole Rick incident." JJ teased AJ.
"Geez, I'm never going to live that down am I?" AJ moaned.
"I'm afraid not." Emily laughed as the doorbell rang. "They're here." Emily said with an evil smirk.
"AJ can you put Tom in his crib?" JJ asked as Emily went to the door.
"Sure mom." AJ smiled. "You know that grandma is going to kill you when she finds out right?"
"Oh hush." JJ smiled back. "Besides I'm more worried about Morgan's reaction." She teased.
After about thirty minutes everyone had arrived.
"Okay, so what is so important that you wanted all of us," Morgan said pointing around the room, "and I do mean all of us, here?" There sitting in the living room was Morgan, Garcia, Jacob, Alexa, Hotch, Reid, Amy, Andy, Angie and the Ambassador. It was quite the group.
"Well JJ and I have something very important to tell you." Emily grinned from ear to ear as she took JJ's hand. "First of all, effective next Friday I'm taking an early retirement from the FBI." To say people were shocked would be an understatement.
"Are you serious? Why would you do that? I mean you were just promoted to the head of the BAU like what 3 years ago?" Amy asked.
"I want to spend more time with my family." Emily replied.
"Okay, I'm confused." Garcia said. "AJ is about to leave for college, like next week, Kelly is already in college and JJ travels all the time, what family would you be spending more time with?" No body noticed that JJ had slipped out of the living room, mostly due to the shock of Emily's announcement; however, they all noticed when she returned with a baby in her arms.
"Everyone I would like you to meet our son Thomas Morgan Prentiss." JJ said as she looked down at the little boy asleep in her arms.
"Oh my god!" Amy and Garcia practically screamed.
"When? How? Why didn't you tell us?" Angie asked in a state of shock.
"We wanted it to be a surprise. So surprise!" Emily laughed.
"Congratulations sweetheart." Elizabeth said as she hugged her daughter.
"He is so handsome." Garcia said looking at the little boy. "How old is he?"
"Four months. We just completed the final paperwork yesterday." JJ replied as she handed her son over to Garcia.
"And I love the name." Amy added.
"Yeah guys, I really honored." Morgan said as he smiled at Tom in Garcia's arms.
"Honey, you're dad would have honored as well." Angie said with tears in her eyes. "He always thought you two should have had more kids." JJ walked over and hugged her mom. JJ's dad had passed away very suddenly a month ago and it had been extremely hard on everyone. "He would've loved this." Angie said through the tears. Morgan wrapped his arm around Angie's shoulder and pulled her close and whispered something in her ear. Nobody knew what he said but whatever it was made Angie smile.
"Would you like to hold your grandson Mrs. J?" Garcia asked.
"Of course." Angie said as she wiped the tears away.
"I know this must seem like a shock to everyone but this is something that Emily and I really wanted to do." JJ smiled as she watched her mom hold her grandson.
"This is so amazing. I can't believe you two have a son. I'm so happy for you." Amy said she hugged Emily and then JJ. "Just think Andy another little one to tell all of our wonderful Emily and JJ stories too." Amy teased and Andy laughed.
"Please don't Aunt Amy." AJ teased. "Some of those stories have left me severely scarred for life." To which everyone laughed.
"So what do you think about your new baby brother?" Hotch asked AJ.
"I don't know why they didn't do this years ago." AJ smiled at her mothers.
"Probably afraid their little 'Princess' would've been jealous." Morgan teased.
"Please!" AJ retorted. "Although, I don't remember mom quitting her job to take care of me. I'm just saying." AJ replied with a smirk as Emily playfully slapped her on the arm.
"Tell me about it honey, I tried to get JJ to quit and live off Emily's money a long time ago." Angie smiled, as everyone laughed. Well everyone except JJ.
"Oh good lord, not that again." JJ rolled her eyes.
"I hate to break it to you grandma, but she has been living off mom's money for a long time now." AJ laughed.
"She's right you know." Kelly added. "I mean have you seen her closet; Macy's can't even compete with that."
A/N- Okay, so what did you think?? I debated a long time about posting this one. I hope it turned out okay. Also, I'm having a difficult time following their ages, so if they are off I apologize. My mind is just not letting me compute that information and I tried going back to some of the other stories to make sure they match but somewhere along the way I think I screwed up. So anyways, PLEASE REVIEW!
