A/N- Okay so JJ is pregnant here (hence the title… lol…. I'm going with about 4 ½ months along here….) and is kind of along the same lines of "Never Piss off a Pregnant Woman."
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Emily woke up early one morning to an empty bed. She glanced over at the clock and groaned when she saw what time it was. The alarm would be going off in twenty minutes. She listened to the sounds of the house, trying to focus on where JJ might be. That is when she heard it; the distinct sound of someone throwing up in the bathroom. Emily quickly got out of bed and found JJ kneeling in front of the toilet emptying the contents of her stomach. It was the third morning in a row that Emily had found her like this. Emily didn't say a word; she grabbed a wash cloth, ran some cold water over it and then placed it on the back of JJ's neck.
"JJ, honey, why didn't you wake me?" Emily asked as she rubbed JJ's back.
"No sense in us both being miserable." JJ offered a tired and worn out smile as she leaned back into Emily's arms. "God Em, this is horrible. Everything I eat makes me sick. Even the thought of food makes…" Before JJ could finish her sentence she was leaning over the toilet again.
"Honey, I don't think this is normal. Maybe we should call your doctor?" JJ shook her head.
"No it will pass." JJ said as she flushed the toilet and leaned back into Emily's arms again.
"But you have to eat something. How about some more vanilla ice cream? You seemed to be able to keep that down the other day." Emily asked desperately trying to find something for JJ to eat. For the past three days JJ hadn't been able to keep anything down. Emily's only hope was that it would pass soon. JJ's doctor told her that usually by the second trimester the morning sickness is gone but in JJ's case it had gotten worse. It had gone from morning sickness to all day sickness and Emily wasn't sure how much more of this JJ could take.
"Yeah, can I have some of that?" JJ asked in an almost child like voice.
"Of course you can sweetie." Emily said as she kissed JJ's temple. "And if you keep it down we will stop on the way to work and I'll buy you all the vanilla ice cream I can find."
Emily went to the kitchen and fixed JJ a bowl of ice cream and sure enough JJ was able to not only eat it but also keep it down. So as she promised on their way to work Emily stopped at the store and bought four pint sized containers of vanilla ice cream for JJ to eat throughout the day. Once they got to work Emily gave JJ a quick kiss on the cheek and sent her to her office carrying a pint of ice cream. Emily couldn't help but laugh; it was quiet the unusual sight. Emily put the rest of the ice cream in the freezer and made her way to her desk. Although JJ was able to eat the ice cream with out getting sick, Emily decided she was going to call JJ's doctor whether she liked it or not. After being put on hold for ten minutes the doctor finally answered.
"Hello Agent Prentiss, how is everything today?" Dr. Alves asked.
"Well I have a question for you. JJ has been very sick lately. She can't seem to keep anything down. For the last three days the all she has been able to eat without getting sick is vanilla ice cream. and I'm not sure that I would consider vanilla ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner a healthy diet."
"You said three days?"
"Yes."
"Is she still taking her pre-natal vitamins? Getting plenty of rest?" Dr. Alves asked.
"Yes to both. She has been trying to get at least 8 hours of sleep a night." Emily replied.
"Well so long as she is eating something I wouldn't be too worried about it. I mean ice cream is better than nothing." Emily heard the woman chuckle through the phone. "But if this is still going on in a week I want you to make an appointment to come in."
"Okay we can do that but you sure there is nothing wrong?"
"Every woman is different and sadly it seems that the morning sickness is a little rougher with JJ. I know that you are concerned Emily, especially with it being your alls first child, but I promise you that sometimes this happens."
"Okay, we'll call and make an appointment if she is still not eating in a week. Thank you Dr. Alves."
"You're welcome, tell JJ to hang in there and remember you can call me anytime." They exchanged good byes and Emily closed her phone.
Emily felt a little better having talked to the doctor but she still felt horrible for JJ. This pregnancy was making JJ feel miserable and Emily hated that there was nothing she could do for her. Well except keep her well stocked in vanilla ice cream.
Two hours later JJ came into the bullpen with one arm loaded down with files and the other arm cradling her ice cream. Emily was fairly sure that was container number two. At the rate she was going Emily was going to have to make a run to the store.
"Conference room in five." JJ said as she climbed the stairs to Hotch's office and Emily groaned. That could only mean one thing; a new case.
Two hours and one trip to the grocery store later, the entire team was on the BAU Jet headed for a small backwoods town in Kentucky. Once they were in the air JJ went to the freezer and pulled out another container of ice cream.
"So what's up with the ice cream JJ?" Morgan asked as JJ sat back down beside Emily. "You have your tonsils out and not tell us." Morgan laughed.
"Ha ha very funny Morgan. If you must know this is the only thing I can eat right now that doesn't make me sick as hell. Even the mention of other food makes me sick."
"Really?"
"Yeah, so unless you want to see what vanilla ice cream looks like after it's been partially digested I suggest we leave the food conversations to a minimum."
"Okay that's disgusting." Morgan replied.
"You know that 90% of all women..." Reid started to ramble off some unknown statistic but Emily cut him off.
"Reid, honey, if you know what is best for you I would refrain from quoting facts and statistics about morning sickness or really just pregnancy in general." Emily laughed.
"Yeah, because statistics don't mean shit, until you've actually experienced it you have no idea how much this sucks." JJ replied as she took a big bite of ice cream.
"Yeah but it will all be worth it when you get to hold you son or daughter." Hotch smiled at JJ, only to be met with a pair of venous eyes.
"You're a man what the hell do you know!" JJ spat back. Emily could feel the mood swing coming, she had become a master at detecting them, and she decided that she needed to do something to deflect JJ's anger away from the men on the plane and get the conversation changed quickly. JJ's mood swings were rare but they usually involved some form of hatred towards men; although Emily had been the focus of more than a few. Emily figured it had something to do with the rape but never really questioned it.
"Why don't we go over the case?" Emily asked before JJ had a chance to say anything else.
"That's a good idea Emily." Rossi replied, making sure to keep his eyes diverted away from JJ. It still amazed him how such a small little woman could scare the crap out of him like she did.
The next couple days were very trying of the BAU team. Although the chief of police had been more then happy to have the FBI's help in finding the serial rapist that was plaguing his small farming community, his lead detective had some serious issues with it. He saw it as a personal slap in the face and made no qualms about voicing his displeasure of the FBI's elite team. Plus it seemed that Detective Young had some serious issues about women in law enforcement. So to say that he was none to pleased to have to be working alongside two women was an understatement and then add the fact that JJ was really showing now made matters worse. He was constantly making rude and inappropriate remarks to both Emily and JJ, always when the rest of the team was well out of hearing range. Emily was able to let most of the things he said slide in one ear and out the other; but JJ was struggling a little more. Normally guys like Detective Young would not bother her, but with the still constant morning sickness and the mood swings, Emily felt lucky that JJ hadn't shot him yet. However, things came to a head when Detective Young made one really stupid mistake.
JJ walked into the small police station break room in search of her last pint of ice cream. She could help but laugh when she thought about it. Ice cream was still the only thing she could eat with out getting sick, but now it seemed to be becoming more of a craving. Even when she wasn't hungry she found herself wanting some ice cream. She opened the freezer and was shocked to see that her ice cream was missing. She moved some things around sure enough her ice cream was missing. She was still looking for it when Detective Young and another officer came into the room.
"Hey Tommy, you get any of that ice cream that was in the freezer? It was really good." Detective Young laughed. As JJ turned around with pure fire in her eyes, Tommy took about three steps back. He had seen the blonde's affinity for ice cream and having two kids of his own he knew not to mess with a pregnant woman. "It was probably the best vanilla…" That was all he got out before he found him self being shoved up against the break room wall. The move took him by surprise; for a small woman she sure the hell was strong.
Outside in the main part of the police station the rest of the BAU and the other officers jumped when they heard a loud thud. They turned their attention to the break room and through the glass walls they saw JJ slamming Detective Young into the wall again. Emily, Hotch, Morgan and the Chief made a bee line for the break room.
"AGENT JEREAU, STAND DOWN!" Hotch yelled as he entered the room.
"HE ATE MY ICE CREAM!!" JJ yelled back.
"He what?" Morgan asked confused.
"He ate my ice cream!" She yelled again as she pushed him in the wall again. Emily wanted to laugh, but she knew that it was probably not a good idea. Detective Young looked scared to death. "And he has been nothing but rude and a pain in my ass since we got here!"
"Okay, JJ I get that but you need to back away from him. That is an order." Hotch ordered.
"I want an apology!" JJ said refusing to let the man go.
"Like hell!" Detective Young replied, to which JJ gave him another shove.
"JJ, honey, please let him go." Emily pleaded. The last thing she wanted to do was for JJ or the baby to get hurt.
"Not until he apologizes!"
"Detective Young I suggest you apologize to Agent Jereau." Chief Gates spoke up.
"She's the one that assaulted me!" He replied. Detective Young tried to sound all big and tough, but Emily could still see the fear radiating from his eyes.
"I don't really care about that right now. What I do care about is the fact that we have a serial rapist still running free and you are in here pissing off the very people that are trying to help us. So I suggest that you apologize to Agent Jereau right now before I kick your ass myself." He fumed. Detective Young looked over at his boss and could tell he was pissed and that he meant business.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled quietly.
"I don't think the woman heard you." Chief Gates stated loudly.
"I'm sorry." He said a little louder. Upon hearing his half hearted apology JJ backed away. No sooner than JJ had turned around Detective Young made his second mistake of the afternoon. "Crazy bitch." He mumbled, not realizing that he said it loud enough for everyone to hear. Before Emily could react to what she knew was coming, JJ had turned around and punched the guy square in the jaw. Detective Young was out before he even hit the floor.
It took both Emily and Morgan to drag JJ out of the break room.
"JJ, honey I need you to calm down." Emily pleaded as she tried to get JJ to relax.
"That piece of shit had it coming!" JJ fired back.
"I know that, hell we all know that but you need to calm down. Just think of the baby." At mention of the baby, JJ looked at Emily for the first time. She saw brown eyes filled with worry. It wasn't until then that JJ began to calm down. "That's good sweetheart. Just relax." JJ nodded and focused on controlling her anger and her breathing.
A few minutes later JJ was calmer, still pissed but at least she wasn't ready to kill some one. Emily looked back into the break room and saw Detective Young sitting at one of the chairs with an ice pack on his jaw. Hotch continued talking with Chief Gates for a while and then made his way over to Emily.
"Prentiss I want you take JJ back to the hotel. We'll finish up here and be back later." Emily nodded and then turned her attention back to JJ. "Oh and Prentiss?"
"Yes sir?" Emily asked as she turned back around.
"For the love of god stop and get her some more ice cream." Emily smiled and Hotch let a small laugh.
Several hours later Emily had finally gotten JJ to go to bed. Once JJ was asleep Emily made her way down the hallway in search of the vending machines. After the day she had just had, she was in desperate need of some chocolate. About halfway down the hallway she ran into Hotch.
"How is she doing?" Hotch asked.
"She's asleep. By the time we got back to the hotel she had stopped being pissed and had moved onto the crying portion of her mood swing." Emily said running her hand through her hair. "I don't know it was exhaustion or all the crying but she finally fell asleep about twenty minutes ago and now I'm in dire need of choc…" Before she could finish Hotch held up a bag of M&M's.
"Will this do?" Hotch asked with a smile.
"Oh my god I love you so much right now. How did you know?" Emily asked as she snatched the bag out of his hand.
"Morgan told me. He thought you might need some."
"Remind me to kiss him tomorrow." Emily smiled. "So what happened after we left? Is JJ going to get into any kind of trouble?" Emily asked as she opened the bag of candy.
"Well Detective Young was pretty pissed, but after some talking he had agreed to not press charges and I think starting tomorrow you might just see a different side of our young detective." Emily raised her eyebrows in confusion. "Let's just say that Garcia found some not so flattering photos of Detective Young and a local hooker and someone was awfully cooperative after that. Seems Detective Young's wife is pretty wealthy and divorce is not an option." Hotch laughed.
"Blackmail sir?" Emily asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I like to refer to it as friendly persuasion."
"Thanks Hotch. I really appreciate everything you did for JJ today."
"Don't mention it. We're family, it's what we do." Hotch smiled as he gave Emily a quick hug. "Oh and hang in there with the mood swings. I know they can be a bit overwhelming and I would love to say that it gets easier but sadly this is only the beginning." Emily groaned upon hearing that. "But what I said on the plane is true, once you hold your little girl or boy in your arms you will forget all about these past nine months."
"I know and trust me I can't wait." Emily smiled as Hotch pulled her into another hug.
"You're both going to be great mothers. Just hang in there."
A/N- Can't you just see JJ punching that guy in the face…. and I really liked the moment at the end with Hotch and Emily….. Plus I promise there is an AJ story coming up soon….. PLEASE REVIEW…..
