A/N- The must anticipated 4th and last part.....
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The rest of the evening continued much the same way, although JJ made sure to throw the rest of them under the bus as well with embarrassing stories about them too. It was late when everyone finally left. JJ walked into the bedroom and found Emily already in bed. She quickly changed and climbed into bed. Just like the night before Emily wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled JJ close.
"Tonight was fun." Emily said. "I see why we are all such good friends."
"They truly are like family. Any one of them would do anything for you or AJ."
"Those stories were pretty good too. I still can't believe that I punched your cousin in the face just because I thought he was hitting on you." JJ just laughed.
"Yeah not the best way to meet him, that's for sure."
"Or that we almost got arrested for having sex in an alley." Emily blushed again.
"Sadly that is just that tip of the iceberg when it comes to that." JJ laughed. "There is not a room in this house or a storage closet at work that we haven't used." JJ said with a smirk.
"Oh my god are you serious?" Emily asked shocked at what she heard. "I think you really might be a bad influence on me." Emily teased.
"Yeah, well I never here you complain." JJ teased right back. JJ couldn't help but smile, because for the first time in two days this felt right. It felt like everything was okay. That everything was normal. It was just her and Emily, laughing and joking like they always did. Deep down inside she knew that things were far from normal, but something about this gave her hope. Hope that even if Emily never got her memory back, things would still be okay. That even if Emily never remember their life together, that they would still make a future together and that was all that mattered.
"JJ, can I ask you a question?" Emily's question snapped JJ out of her daze.
"Sure, but you don't need my permission." JJ replied, mimicking Emily's words from early and Emily laughed as she wrapped her arms around JJ a little tighter.
"This is kind of embarrassing but am I.. I mean are we… well what I mean is…" JJ rolled over so that she was facing Emily now.
"Honey, what is it?"
"Am I good in bed?" JJ wanted to laugh but she saw the seriousness in Emily's eyes and decided that she better not.
"Honey, we have been together for almost five years and each time we make love it's better than the last." JJ smiled and Emily blushed. "Trust me when I say that we are BOTH very skilled in that department." JJ added as she blushed a little herself.
"Well that's good to know." Emily teased pulling JJ a little closer. There was just something about having JJ in her arms that made her feel safe. Emily leaned her forehead against JJ's and sighed. JJ brought her hand up and brushed the side of Emily's face. She gently wiped away the single tear that rolled down her cheek.
Neither one of them knew what to say. Both were hurting and there was nothing that other could do about it. Both so badly wanted Emily to get her memory back. Both felt like they had lost something of themselves. Emily felt a whole side of her was missing and JJ felt that with out Emily she had no idea who she was. Emily opened her eyes to see tears rolling down JJ's cheek. She pulled JJ closer and kissed her forehead. It wasn't much but for JJ it meant everything. JJ placed a gently kiss on Emily's neck. When Emily didn't make an attempt to move JJ placed another and then another kiss on her neck. Slowly JJ made her way up her neck; but when she placed a kiss on Emily's jaw she felt her shudder. JJ began to panic and quickly pulled away.
"I'm so sorry JJ." Emily said as she realize what had just happened; while JJ moved away from her.
"No I'm sorry. You're not ready for that. I'm sorry." JJ pleaded from across the bed.
"No, it's me JJ. You're right I'm not ready for that, but I so desperately want to be. You should be able to kiss your wife with out worrying about her freaking out." Emily said as she began to cry. "I just want to remember." Emily said between sobs, turning away from JJ to face the wall."
JJ laid there for a few seconds not really knowing what to do. Emily had always been the strong one in the relationship. To see Emily this broken, this upset was almost too much for JJ to handle. After a few seconds she moved across the bed and did what Emily had done for her on numerous occasions when she was upset. She wrapped her arms around Emily's waist and pulled her close. Emily immediately welcomed JJ's arms. JJ continued to hold Emily as she cried. They stayed like for several hours, before both women fell asleep.
The next two weeks went by much the same as before. After a week JJ returned to work while Emily stayed at home and took care of AJ. Hotch and JJ had both decided that Emily should not return to work until her memory returned. It was the first time since the accident that JJ was glad Emily couldn't remember because normally Emily would have been angry that she went to Hotch behind her back. Angry would have been an understatement, more like pissed.
The entire house was covered in Post-it notes. Little reminders for Emily. Things like AJ's favorite toys, doctors phone numbers, and most importantly the fact that AJ was allergic to strawberries. Her first day back to work, JJ had been a nervous wreck, but in the end Emily had managed just fine. Not to mention AJ loved the extra time she was getting to spend with her mother.
Emily had just finished cleaning up after lunch when she heard a knock at the front door. She looked through the peep hole and saw Tom standing there.
"Hey Tom, what are you doing here?" Emily asked as she opened the door.
"I was out running some errands and I thought I would stop by and see how you were doing?" Tom said as he gave Emily a hug. Emily loved how his hugs felt.
"I'm doing good. Still nothing on the memory front though." Emily sighed.
"Don't worry it will come back soon."
"I hope so. It's killing me to see how upset JJ has been." Emily replied as she and Tom made there way to the living room. "I think it's harder on her than it is on me."
"She loves you."
"I know; that's what everyone keeps telling me. I just wish I could feel it. I wish I could return that love for her. She deserves that much." Emily said as a tear fell down her cheek. "I know it's there. I just can't seem to grab hold of it." Emily sighed.
"Well that's a start. You just have…" Tom was interrupted by the sound of AJ calling for her mom from upstairs.
"I'm sorry Tom. I'm trying to get her to take a nap. She is being a little stubborn today." Emily smiled and wiped the tear from her face.
"There is a little trick to that. Let me show you." Tom and Emily got up off the couch and made their way to the steps.
Emily was on the second step when she stepped on one of AJ's toy trucks and fell backwards into Tom's arms.
"Easy there girl." Tom teased.
"I have told that girl I can't tell you how many times about leaving her toys on the steps. About a month ago JJ damn near killed herself when she slipped on some of AJ's Legos." Emily said as she started up the steps. "She fell down three steps before she caught…" Emily stopped mid sentence and turned to face Tom who was still standing at the bottom of the steps. "Oh my god!" Emily yelled.
"Emily do you realize what you just said?"
"I remember!" Emily ran back down the steps and threw her arms around Tom's neck. "I remember! I remember everything!" Tom said as he spun her around.
"Oh honey, I'm so happy for you!" Tom said as he struggled to hold back his own tears.
"I have to tell JJ." Emily said quickly after he sat her back down. "Can you watch AJ? I have to go over to the BAU and tell JJ right now."
"Go." Tom replied. "Don't worry about AJ, go tell JJ that you remember and you love her!" Emily gave Tom a quick peck on the check and made a bee line for the garage.
The BAU bullpen was quiet. It just wasn't the same with out Emily there. JJ was sitting on the edge of Morgan's desk when Emily came running into the room.
"JJ!" Emily yelled causing JJ to almost fall off Morgan's desk.
"Emily, what's wrong? Everything okay?" JJ asked as she made her way towards Emily.
Emily didn't say a word but rather closed the gap quickly and pulled JJ into a very passionate kiss. She kissed JJ with everything she had and immediately JJ knew. It was their first kiss in two weeks and Emily poured everything she had into that kiss. Only to have JJ do the same thing. The rest of the team had gathered around watching the two woman kiss and everyone had a pretty good idea what was going on.
They finally broke apart when oxygen became a necessity. The two women continued to stand there wrapped up in each other's arms. Both had tears in their eyes.
"I remember." Emily whispered softly in JJ's ear and JJ began to cry harder. "I remember everything. I remember our first kiss, the first time we made love, I remember the first time you told me you loved me and the first time AJ said mommy. I remember everything; but most importantly I remember that I love you." Emily said and then pulled JJ into another kiss. Much like the first one it was full of passion and desire. It wasn't until Morgan cleared his throat did the two women pull apart. They both turned around to see the entire team watching them. Both women blushed immediately.
"Welcome back girl." Morgan replied with a huge smile.
"It's great to be back." Emily replied smiling back at Morgan, her arms still wrapped around JJ's waist. "It's been a long two weeks."
"You can say that again." JJ said with a look in her eyes that only Emily recognized.
"Hotch, if you don't mind can JJ have the rest of the day off?" Emily asked shocking JJ. "I need to spend some time with my wife." Hotch nodded and smiled. Emily grabbed JJ's hand and all but dragged her out of the bullpen.
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