A/N- Okay so AJ is 17 here, but the story mostly revolves around Amy..... I hope you like it...
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"Emily, do you have a minute?" Amy asked as she walked into Emily's make shift office in the St. Louis field office. They had been there for six days and thanks to a snow storm they would be there for at least one more. They had caught the unsub that morning and now they were simply waiting around with nothing to do. She had called JJ to tell her the bad news and of course JJ was at the mall. Emily could only imagine what damage JJ was doing at the mall with only three weeks till Christmas and she was sure that their now 17 year old daughter was right there with her buying everything in sight.
"Sure, come on in. What's up?"
"Well I wanted to talk to you about something. You and JJ are my closet friends and I know I can always expect you to be 100 percent honest with me, even if its not what I want to hear…"
"Amy, what is wrong? I don't think I have ever seen you this nervous." Emily asked staring back at her friend.
"Do you think I would make a good mother?" Well that was absolutely the last thing Emily expected Amy to ask her; especially since Emily knew for a fact that Amy couldn't have children. Something about a childhood sickness, she wasn't really sure and she never really asked too many questions about it. She also thought that Amy never wanted kids. Never once had she given any indication that having kids was something she wanted. "You know what… never mind… pretend that I didn't asked." Amy turned quickly to exit the office.
"Amy wait." Emily said as she stood up and walked over to the couch. "Come here." Emily motioned for Amy to join her on the couch. "Where is this coming from Amy? Is this about Jason Stevens?" Amy simply nodded.
Flashback…
The team was in St. Louis looking for a man who was killing whole families and then kidnapping the youngest boy. Eventually he would kill the boy and then move on to another family. The latest victims were the Stevens Family. Their six year old son, Jason, had been missing for over 20 hours. Everyone was desperate to bring this boy home alive, even if he didn't have a home to go home to.
They had traced a phone call to an abandoned house in downtown St. Louis and Emily was giving the team some last minute instructions. They couldn't be sure the unsub was in there, but Emily's hopes were that even if he wasn't Jason would be.
The team broke up and they all made there way into the house. Amy and Emily searched the first floor while the remaining team members searched the attic and the basement. Emily was about to give the all clear when they heard something coming from behind the wall. Emily trained her gun towards the location of the noise while Amy slowly approached what she discovered was a false wall leading to a secret room. She slowly opened the door and found a little boy. He was scared, dirty and crying but he looked relatively unharmed. Amy put her gun away and kneeled in front of him.
"It's okay. I'm with the FBI. Do you know what that is?" Amy asked. The little boy nodded. "Good. I'm here to help you. Are you Jason Stevens?" The little boy nodded again. "Hello Jason, my name is Amy and this is my friend Emily." Amy said pointing back at Emily. "Are you hurt?"
"No." Jason said weakly.
"Well that is good." Amy smiled. "Would you like me to help you get those ropes off of you?" Jason nodded as the tears began to slow. "Okay." Amy leaned forward and carefully untied the ropes from Jason's hands and feet. "Are you cold Jason?" He nodded and Amy took off her FBI issue jacket and wrapped it around the little boy. From behind her she could hear Emily calling for an ambulance. "You're safe now. We are going to take you to the hospital and make sure you are okay, but I promise no one is going to hurt you any more." Amy told the little boy who was now wrapped in her arms. His little arms wrapped around her neck, clinging on for dear life. She rubbed his back and continued to tell him that everything was going to be okay while they waited for the EMT's.
Amy rode with Jason to the hospital and waited with him while the doctors checked him out. Thankfully the boy was did not have any serious injuries; mostly cuts and abrasions. However, the doctors wanted to keep him overnight for observation.
"Ms. Amy my mommy and daddy are dead aren't they?" Jason asked after the doctors left. Amy stared back at the little boy in shock. "The bad man said that he killed them because they didn't deserve me." Jason said with tears in his eyes.
"Oh honey that is not true. Your parents loved you very much. What that bad man did had nothing to do with you." Amy said as she sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled the little boy into a hug. "And I promise you we are going to catch him and make him pay."
"What will happen to me now?" Jason asked looking up at Amy.
"I don't know, but we will figure that out tomorrow, okay?" Amy said rubbing Jason's back. "Why don't you try and get some sleep?" Jason nodded and laid back down on the bed.
"Ms. Amy will you say with me tonight?" Amy nodded and slowly Jason drifted off to sleep.
Amy kept her promise and they caught the unsub the next day. Now came the big problem of finding a home for Jason.
"Garcia called and said that Jason has absolutely no family left to take him." Amy told Emily. "He'll have to go into foster care as soon as he is released from the hospital." Amy let out a big sigh before she continued. "And well I was thinking that maybe I could take him with me." Amy looked up at Emily and waited for her reaction.
"Amy, you're one of my best friends and to answer your first question, you would make a great mother." Emily smiled and she saw the tears beginning to form in Amy's eyes. "I think that Jason would be extremely lucky to have you and Andy as his parents."
"Thank you Emily, you don't know that means to me." Amy said letting the tears fall.
"What does Andy say about all this?" Emily asked as she handed Amy a tissue.
"He is all for it. He has always wanted kids, but since I couldn't he just came to except that we weren't meant to have kids." Amy told Emily. "I mean I know that it will be hard, he has been through a very traumatizing event; but I can't just let that little boy fall into the foster care system."
"Have you told social services yet?" Emily asked.
"I mentioned it briefly but I told them I wanted to talk to you first." Amy turned and looked at Emily. "I needed to know that I had your support in this. And I'm not just talking about at work as my boss, but your support as my friend." Emily could see the tears beginning to form in Amy's eyes.
"Amy if this is what you want then I'm behind you all the way and I know the same goes for JJ. I mean good lord the woman is going to freak when we tell her." Emily laughed. "But seriously I just want you to be happy and Jason deserves a family that will love him and will help him get through this difficult time." Emily took Amy's hand. "And I can't think of two better people to do that for him then you and Andy."
"Thank you Emily. You know that I love you right?" Amy said a she wiped the tears from her face.
"Better watch it, you know how jealous JJ can get." Emily laughed before pulling Amy into a hug. "Okay I tell you what, why don't you go down to the hospital before the roads get to bad and get started on the paper work. If you need anything, let me know and I can call our family attorney."
"Okay." Amy said as she stood up. "I think I'll spend the night there tonight. The doctors said that they are going to release him tomorrow. Is that going to be a problem, him flying back with us on the Bureau jet?"
"Let me worry about that." Emily smiled. "I happen to know someone who is very high up the FBI food chain." Emily teased as she thought about what JJ's reaction was going to be when she called to tell her that Amy was bringing home a child.
An hour later, Amy finally made it to the hospital. The roads were starting to get bad and she was starting to wonder if they would be able to fly out the next day or not. She stopped by the social services office and told Jason's social worker that she had made a decision. After filling out some paper work and getting all the information she would need for when she got back to DC she made her way to Jason's room. She walked in and found him playing with a Game Boy that one of the nurses had found for him.
"Ms. Amy; look what Nurse Linda got me." Jason said holding up the toy.
"Wow that's great. Did you say thank you?" Amy asked as she sat down on the edge of his bed. Jason nodded. Amy watched him play for a little while but then he suddenly put the game down. Amy immediately noticed the sad look that spread across his face. "You okay sweetheart?"
"I miss my daddy. He used to play video games with me." Jason said with tears in his eyes.
"I know you do and it's okay to cry. It's okay to miss them." Upon hearing that Jason began to cry harder, as if he had been waiting for someone to tell him it was okay. Amy pulled the little boy into a hug and rubbed soothing circles on his back. "It's okay." Amy continually whispered into his ears. After about 30 minutes Jason calmed down and pulled out of Amy's arms.
"So what happens now?" Jason asked as a few remaining tears fell.
"Well that is something I wanted to talk to you about." Amy said as she wiped the tears from his face. "How would you like to come live with me and my husband, Andy, in Washington DC?"
"Really?"
"Really. I know that it's a big change but I would really love you to come live with us."
"Can I take Goldie with me?" Jason asked looking up at Amy.
"Who is Goldie?"
"He is my goldfish." Jason smiled.
"Of course, he can come. I will send someone to pick him up."
"Okay." Jason smiled.
"Oh I'm so glad sweetheart." Amy pulled Jason into another hug. "I know that we will never replace your parents but you will be loved I can guarantee that." She kissed Jason on the forehead and let her own tears fall.
The next day the weather cleared up and Jason was released from the hospital. Amy and Jason made their way to the airport and Amy couldn't help but laugh when she saw Emily standing next to the plane holding a plastic bag containing Goldie.
"Hey Jason, do you remember me?" Emily asked as Jason walked up holding Amy's hand.
"Yes. You helped find me." Jason said never taking his eyes off of his fish. "Ms. Emily is Goldie going to be okay in that bag?"
"He sure will and then when you get to your new home, Andy has a nice big bowl waiting for him." Emily said knelling down in front of him. "And you know what I brought some of your other stuff too."
"Like what?" Jason asked suddenly very excited.
"Well I brought you your Lego's and all of your Hot Wheels. How does that sound?"
"Thank you Ms. Emily." Jason let go of Amy's hand and hugged Emily.
"Well you're welcome Jason, but now its time to get on the plane." Emily said as she stood up. Amy picked Jason up and carried in onto the plane. Emily looked down at her hand and laughed. She held up the bag containing the goldfish and smiled. "Well Goldie you ever been on a private jet before?" Emily laughed before making her way onto the plane herself.
A/N- So what did you think???? PLEASE REVIEW....
