A/N- Okay…. here you go another JJ/Emily/AJ story. I tend to think that AJ is 13 here. I hope you like it.
Enjoy….
Emily sat on one of the uncomfortable waiting room chairs and prayed everything was going to be okay. She sat there in silence not really knowing what to do. The sound of her cell phone ringing snapped her out of her haze.
"Agent Prentiss." She said as she answered the phone, not even bothering to look at the caller ID.
"Hey sweetie." JJ answered back with a smile. "We just landed. I should…"
"Oh thank god, JJ something horrible has happened. I'm at the emergency room and you need to get over here quick." JJ immediately paled.
"Oh my god, what happened? Is AJ okay?"
"No AJ is fine, but I think," Emily paused as tears began to fall down her face. "I think Midnight is dying."
"Midnight?" JJ asked totally confused.
"Yes Midnight." Emily said wiping the tears from her face. "When I got home today he was lying on the floor and wouldn't move. Even when I tried to feed him; nothing. He didn't move for hours, so I finally brought him to the vet."
"Jesus Emily you scared the crap out of me. I thought something serious happened." JJ said as she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Didn't you hear me, I think Midnight is dying." Emily replied.
"I got that, but when you said you were at the emergency room I thought you meant the hospital not the Vet." Emily could not believe that JJ was being so calm about this and it was pissing her off. "Are you sure he is dying? He might just be sick."
"I'm still waiting on the vet to come out. I think it bad though. He throw up all over your…" Emily decided it would be best not to finish that statement and she hoped that JJ would push the issue.
"He threw up all over my what?" Damn it, Emily thought to herself. "Emily?"
"He threw up all over your Prada boots." Emily cringed as she waited for JJ's response.
"HE WHAT?" JJ screamed into the phone. "Those were like 700 dollars."
"First of all I cannot believe that you actually paid 700 dollars for a pair of boots and second all you are missing the big picture here. Our dog is really sick and your daughter is very upset." Emily said looking over at AJ who was busy texting someone on her phone.
"Fine, what vet are you at?" JJ asked, still clearly pissed that her new Prada boots were ruined.
"We're at the 24 Hour Animal Hospital on Pikeview." Emily told her.
"Okay, I'll be there soon." JJ closed her phone without even saying goodbye.
"Oh your mother is pissed." Emily said turning to AJ.
"She loved those boots." AJ replied never looking away from her cell phone.
"Can you at least pretend to care that Midnight is sick?" Emily asked, to which AJ just rolled her eyes.
Twenty minutes later JJ showed up at the Animal hospital and after taking one look at AJ she sighed.
"Very upset unh?" JJ asked pointing to AJ. AJ was talking on her phone and laughing at something, although Emily didn't know what.
"Well she should be." Emily replied as she got up and hugged JJ.
"Has the vet been out yet?" JJ asked as Emily pulled away.
"No not yet." Emily sighed. "It's been almost two hours, that can't be good." As if he had been summoned the vet came out of the back and walked towards Emily. "Dr. Dill, how is he?"
"Well I'm afraid that I have some bad news." Emily let out a small gasp. "It appears that Midnight has developed a tumor on his intestines. It is benign but it needs to be removed. However the surgery is quite risky. With the location of the tumor and the size his odds are not good. Not to mention the procedure is very, very expensive."
"I don't care about the cost. You do what ever you can to save him." Emily quickly stated with tears in her eyes. The vet stared back in disbelief.
"How much?" JJ asked once she realized that Emily was serious.
"With the surgery and post operative medication it could be as much at 9,000 dollars." JJ was glad that she was drinking or eating anything because she was sure if she had been she would have choked.
"Are you serious?" JJ asked completely shocked.
"I'm afraid so. It's a very delicate procedure." The vet replied, fully expecting Emily to change her mind. "So I can understand if you don't want to spend…"
"Did you not hear me earlier when I said I didn't care what it costs?" Emily interrupted him. JJ turned to Emily and stared.
"Can you excuse us for a second Dr. Dill?" JJ asked never taking her eyes off of Emily.
"Sure." Dr.Dill replied. "Just tell the front desk when you have reached a decision."
"Emily have you lost your mind?" JJ asked once the vet had left.
"What?"
"You're seriously considering paying 9000 dollars on a surgery for a dog?"
"Well of course I am. Midnight is apart of this family."
"But you hate that dog." JJ reminded her.
"I don't hate him, he just annoys me sometimes." JJ just rolled her eyes. "Look, like it or not Midnight is going to have that operation. I am not going to sit back and do nothing while he dies." Emily said before storming off to find the receptionist.
"That woman drives me nuts sometimes." JJ huffed before turning to AJ.
"Well she's right." AJ replied giving her mother a very dirty look. "We can't just sit back and let him die. Besides it's not like you all don't have the money." AJ said as she walked off to join Emily. JJ grunted out of frustration as she sat back down in one of the waiting room chairs; it was going to be a long night.
Emily and AJ had just returned to there seats when Dr. Dill came back out.
"We've decided to do the surgery." Emily said before he had a chance to ask. JJ just rolled her eyes. A few seconds later, JJ's phone beeped indicating she had a text message. She flipped the phone open and saw that it was from AJ. I saw that! was all that AJ wrote. JJ didn't say anything as she turned to Emily who was still talking with the vet. "So are you going to do the surgery tonight?"
"Yes. The longer we wait the harder it will be." The vet replied. "We will begin prepping him soon. Would you like to see him before we start?"
"Yes." Emily replied almost before the vet finished asking.
"Okay I will have him moved into one of the exam rooms. My assistant will come find you in a few minutes."
"Real quick Dr. Dill; how long with the surgery take?" JJ asked.
"Not more than a couple hours." JJ looked down at her watch and sighed. It was already 11:30pm. "Okay thank you." Dr. Dill nodded and turned to leave. JJ had been up since 6am and then add a five hour flight on top of that and she was exhausted.
"Emily, there is no way I'm going to last two hours. I'm exhausted." Emily just stared back blankly. "Plus AJ has school tomorrow."
"What?" AJ asked looking at her mother. "You mean to tell me you are going to make me go to school tomorrow. I want to stay here with Midnight."
"Honey, you have to go…"
"AJ can stay if you she wants." Emily said cutting JJ off. "I'm going to stay until the surgery is complete. You can go home if you want." Emily added with just a hint of anger in her voice.
"I'm sorry Emily. I am really tired. I love Midnight too, but…" Emily just rolled her eyes.
"I understand. You've had a long day." Emily said turning to look at JJ. She did have to admit that JJ looked tired; she just wished that JJ at least acted like she cared. JJ started to respond when Dr. Dill's assistant came out and to Emily to where Midnight was. "It's okay, really. Be careful driving home." Emily gave JJ a quick peck on the cheek and then she and AJ followed the assistant into the back, leaving JJ sitting there.
Emily wanted to cry to the moment she saw him. He looked so sad laying there on the table. He briefly wagged his tale when he saw Emily and AJ walk in.
"Hey buddy." Emily said as she pulled a chair up next to the table. "You're going to be feeling better in no time. I promise." Emily said as she patted his hair.
"You know mom for someone who never wanted a dog and has threatened to kill this one on more than one occasion, you seem awfully attached." AJ said trying to suppress a laugh.
"Well I guess it's more of a love hate relationship." Emily smiled.
"You know I don't know why mom is making sure a big deal about this." AJ said as she sat down next to Midnight on the table.
"Because it's a lot of money." Emily replied. "Plus I have been on your mom about her spending habits lately." Emily sighed.
"Is that before or after she bought her 700 dollar Prada boots?" AJ laughed.
"It was about the time she bought you that 300 dollar iPhone you just had to have." Emily smirked and AJ frowned.
Meanwhile across town JJ had just walked into the house. She was exhausted. She sat down and the couch and sighed. She hated when she and Emily fought and although this had not been a huge fight she still knew that Emily was mad. She got up and walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water before bed. What she found however were her Prada boots sitting on the counter. Someone had tried to clean them; with little luck as they were still stained but someone tried nonetheless. JJ had a pretty good idea who it was too. She picked up the boots and tossed them in the trash. She got a glass of water and headed towards the bedroom. As she walked by the office and noticed that the computer was still on so she went in to turn it off.
As soon as she moved the mouse tears began forming in her eyes. There on the screen was a confirmation receipt for a new pair of Prada boots. Exactly like the pair that Midnight had ruined. JJ leaned back in her chair as a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Damn you Emily." JJ huffed as she wiped the tear away.
A few minutes later JJ got up and headed back to the living room to get her keys and make her way back across town to the animal hospital.
JJ got back to the animal hospital around 1am. She walked in and found AJ asleep on the chairs and her head resting on Emily's leg. Emily's eyes were closed but she was clearly not asleep as she was running her fingers through AJ's hair. JJ just stood there for and watched for several minutes. Before Emily JJ never dreamed that any of this would have been possible; but, now here they were almost 14 years later and it was perfect.
JJ slowly walked over to them and sat down beside Emily. Emily immediately knew who it was, without even opening her eyes and a small smile crept across her face.
"Thank you for coming back." Emily said quietly as to not wake AJ.
"Yeah, well I realized that this was where I needed to be." JJ replied as she put her arm around Emily's shoulder and pulled her close. Emily sighed and put her head on JJ's shoulder. "How much longer?" JJ asked.
"Probably another hour at least."
"I saw the receipt for the boots." JJ said. Emily lifted her head off JJ's shoulder and stared back at her. "You didn't have to do that."
"I know, but I knew how much you loved those boots."
"No I love you and I love our family. I just really liked the boots." JJ smiled as she placed a quick kiss on Emily's lips.
"I love you too." Emily replied laying her head back on JJ's shoulder.
"And just so you know. I cancelled the order." JJ said quietly, placing a gentle kiss on the top of Emily's head. JJ could feel Emily smiling into her shoulder.
The three sat there like that in silence waiting for the vet to come back out. JJ had dozed off with her head leaning up against the wall behind her and AJ was still sound asleep on Emily's lap. Emily glanced up at the clock and realized that it was almost 2:30am. A slight tinge of panic began to form in her stomach when she realized that it was taking longer than the vet had said. All the "what ifs" were running through her head when Dr. Dill came around the corner.
"Agent Prentiss?" Dr. Dill asked quietly fearing that she was asleep too.
"Of course." Emily said lifting her head off of JJ's shoulder. "JJ, sweetie, wake up." Emily gave JJ a little tap on her leg and then turned her attention to AJ. Once all three women were awake she turned back to the vet. "How is he? Is he going to be okay?"
"I'm happy to report that the surgery was a complete success." Dr. Dill smiled. "We were able to remove the entire tumor and there was very little damage to his intestines."
"Oh my god that is great news." Emily practically yelled as she threw her arms around the vet.
"He will need to stay here for the next 48 hours but then should be able to go home." Dr. Dill continued after Emily let him go. "I would say that in a couple weeks he should be back to his old self."
"Thank you so much Dr. Dill." JJ added.
"Your welcome." He smiled back. "He will be in recovery for the next several hours and unfortunately I can't allow visitors during that time, so I suggest you go home and get some rest."
"Okay." Emily nodded. "Thanks again Dr. Dill." He shook Emily and JJ's hand and then turned to leave.
"You hear that, back to his old self in no time." JJ smiled as she hugged Emily.
"I know; that's great." Emily beamed with excitement.
"Just think mom, in a couple weeks he'll be back to chewing up your shoes and destroying your rose bushes." AJ laughed.
"Oh he better not. I'll kill him." Emily replied in a harsh tone; her smile quickly fading.
"Well that didn't take long." AJ laughed. "Guess you were right when you said it was a love hate relationship."
A/N- Okay so what did you think…. Hope you liked it. PLEASE REVIEW!!
