A/N- Okay so this story came from a line out of chapter 26 ("A Lot of Courage) and I have been meaning to write it for a while now but other story ideas kept me busy. But now I have written it and I hope you like it. I'm saying that AJ is 13 here.

Enjoy…

Emily made her way into the hospital emergency room with two things running through her head. One make sure JJ was okay and once that was firmly established; kill her. She knew that it wasn't JJ's fault but that didn't matter. Emily had one rule. It was a fairly easy rule to remember and seeing how they had been together for 15 years she would have thought that JJ would have it memorized by now. The rule was simple and to the point: Under no circumstances was JJ allowed to drive Emily's car. Every few years Emily treated herself to a new Jaguar. One of the few luxuries she allowed herself. JJ never understood why she wasn't allowed to drive it; although on more than one occasion she had tried. Yet she had never succeeded, well that was until today.

Flashback…

JJ had just gotten home from a long trip overseas with the president and Emily was at work. Emily had taken JJ's car to the shop for an oil change and some other routine maintenance and Amy had picked her up there. JJ's car was only three years old and her pride and joy. JJ loved that car. Emily had bought it for her as a Christmas present three years back. It was a Black Mercedes SUV. Although JJ knew the real reason Emily had bought it for her was to get her mind off of driving the Jaguar. Emily's Jaguar to be exact. Now JJ loved her car, but Emily worshiped her car and no matter what JJ did, Emily would not let her with three feet of the driver's side door.

JJ was still exhausted from her flight when she finally woke up around 11am. She found Emily's note about taking her car and she sighed. She had just spent the last two weeks eating foreign foods, and while she loved it, what she wanted more than anything thing at this particular moment was a good ole fashioned American Cheese Burger. So the way JJ looked at it she had two options, stay there and wait till Emily got home and then they could go out to dinner or she could take Emily's car, get something to eat and be back without her ever knowing it. JJ was starving and the second option was definitely beginning to look better and better.

JJ looked at the hallway table where they normally put their keys and sure enough Emily's keys were gone.

"Well it's a good thing I know where the spare set is." JJ laughed to herself as she made her way to the bedroom. She quickly got dressed and then went in search of the spare keys. Hidden deep inside Emily's closet, inside a shoe box were the spare keys to the Jaguar. She picked up the keys and grinned. "What Emily doesn't know won't hurt her."

JJ sat down in the car and let out a sigh. In that brief second JJ realized why Emily loved this car so much. JJ pulled it out of the driveway and made her way towards the nearest fast food restaurant.

After she left the restaurant she decided that she needed to go to the grocery store. She knew that she was pressing her luck, what with driving Emily's car and all but she figured she was safe.

JJ was happily singing along to the radio when she made her way towards the intersection. She had the green light and never saw the car barreling down the other street with no indication of stopping. She made it about half way through the intersection when she heard tires screeching. She looked to her right and saw a car headed right towards her. She barely had time to brace herself for impact when the felt the car jolt. She heard the sickening sound of metal crunching as the other car slammed into the passenger side of Emily's Jaguar and then everything went black.

Thirty minutes later Emily got a phone call that almost made her pass out.

"Agent Prentiss." Emily said as she answered the phone.

"Agent Prentiss this is Officer Craig with DC police. Do you know a Special Agent Jennifer Jereau?" Emily's heart immediately began to race at the mention of JJ's name.

"Yes, she is my wife. Is everything okay?"

"She was involved in a car accident a little while ago." That was it, she was sure her heart stopped. "Her injuries don't appear to be life threatening but she is on her way to American General Hospital. She was very insistent that she be taken there." Hearing that JJ had told the EMT's where to take her made Emily breathe a sigh of relief. Talking was good, talking meant she wasn't hurt that bad. At least that what Emily was telling herself. Emily listened as the officer explained a few more details of the wreck, she heard him say that some guy had run a red light hitting her on the passenger side. That she had been unconscious when the EMT's arrived but was awake now. As the officer continued to talk it began to don on her that SHE had taken JJ's car to the shop that morning. So if she had JJ's car, then that could only mean one thing…

"Excuse me Officer Craig, could you tell me what car my wife was driving?" Emily asked although she knew the answer before he said it.

"It was a black Jaguar."

"Thank you officer, if you don't mind I would like to make my way to the hospital now."

"Of course. If you have any other questions you can call the Precinct, they will know how to reach me." They exchanged goodbyes and Emily walked out to the bullpen to find Amy.

"Amy I need a ride to the hospital."

"Hospital? What? Why?" Amy asked as she looked up at Emily. "Someone hurt?"

"JJ was in a car accident. The officer said that she just had some minor injuries but I would like to be the judge of that myself." Emily replied. She needed to see JJ for herself. She needed to know that she was alright and then she could kill her.

"Of course, let me grab my coat." Amy had just about made her way to the coat rack when she stopped, suddenly it hit her. "Wait a minute, what car was she driving if hers is in the shop?" The look on Emily's face said it all. "Oh my god, she didn't?" Emily nodded and Amy laughed.

"Not funny Amy. Now if you don't mind I would like go and make sure my wife is okay; because once I know she is I'm going to kill her." Amy grabbed her coat all the while still laughing. This should be fun Amy thought to herself.

Emily made her way to the receptionist's desk and waited for the woman to get off the phone.

"Can I help you?" The woman asked a few minutes later.

"Yes, my wife was brought in earlier. Special Agent Jennifer Jereau; she was in a car accident." The woman typed in JJ's name and waited for the information to pop up.

"Jennifer Jereau is currently in surgery. You need to go the Surgery Waiting Room and her doctor will come find you she is done."

"Surgery? There must be some mistake. The officer said that she was awake and that her injuries weren't life threatening. Please check again." Emily asked as she began to panic. About that time Amy came in from parking the car, she immediately noticed how pale Emily looked.

"Everything okay Emily?" Amy asked putting her hand on Emily's shoulder.

"I'm sorry ma'am but it says right here that Agent Jennifer Jereau is in surgery."

"What type of surgery?"

"I'm sorry that is all the information I have. You need to go to the surgery…"

"Excuse me my name is Amy Black, my husband is Dr. Andrew Black. I assume you know who that is right?" Amy leered at the woman.

"Yes ma'am."

"Good then, maybe now you will tell me what the hell…" Amy's tirade was cut off when Andy came down the hall way.

"Amy, Emily."

"Andy, what the hell is going on? This woman," Amy pointed at the receptionist, "said that JJ is in surgery."

"But the officer said that she was alert and talking." Emily struggled to hold back the tears.

"She was. She came in and everything appeared to be normal. She was talking and in a state of panic because she just knew that you were going to kill her for wrecking your car; but then suddenly she got real light headed and started having blinding pain in her side. We did a scan and found a small tear to her liver. She was bleeding internally and she was immediately rushed into surgery."

"But she'll be okay right?" Emily asked as a few tears fell.

"Liver lacerations are difficult to predict; it really depends on how much blood she lost. We'll know more after the surgery."

Three hours later Amy and Emily, along with JJ's parents, AJ and Morgan and Garcia, were still waiting on news about JJ. Emily hadn't said more than two words to anyone since they got there. She was a nervous wreck. She just kept going over the last conversation they had in her head. She couldn't remember if she had told JJ she loved her and it was killing her. Emily had taken to pacing back and forth.

"Emily would you please sit down?" Tom asked as he watched Emily continue to pace.

"I can't remember." Emily said as fresh tears fell.

"Can't remember what?" Angie asked.

"Last night, when JJ got home. I can't remember if I told her I loved her. I was so tired. I can't remember." AJ got up and walked over to her mom and put her hand on her arm, making Emily stop walking.

"You told her. I heard you." AJ said looking up at Emily. "And even if you didn't, trust me she knows."After a few minutes, Emily finally processed what AJ had said and pulled her daughter into a hug.

"Thank you pumpkin." Emily said wiping her tears away. Emily took a really long look at her daughter and could tell how upset she was. She was scared for her mother and seeing Emily like this was not helping. "Plus she is going to be just fine right?"

"Right." AJ nodded wrapping her arms around Emily again.

"Excuse me, are you here for Jennifer Jereau?" A young female doctor asked as she walked into the room.

"Yes, I'm her wife. Is she okay?"

"She is out of surgery. We were able to repair the liver laceration, but she did loss a lot of blood. We are currently giving her a transfusion, but I'm confident."

"So she's going to be okay?" Emily asked with hopeful ears.

"The next 24 hours are critical but I don't see any reason not to expect a full recovery." The doctor smiled.

"Oh, thank you so much." Emily smiled as she shook the doctor's hand. "Can I see her?"

"Yes, if you follow me I will show you to her room. She should be waking up soon." Emily turned back to the rest of the people in the waiting room.

"Go on Emily. We'll come back in a little while." Tom said as he put his arm around AJ.

Emily turned and followed the doctor to JJ's room. When she walked into the room her breath caught in her chest. JJ had a large bruise on her forehead and her hand was in a cast; as she briefly remembered Andy telling her that it was broken. Emily walked over to the bed and carefully picked up JJ's good hand in her own; gently rubbing her thumb over the back of JJ's hand.

"Jennifer sweetie, can you hear me?" Emily asked as she brushed JJ's hair out of her face. "Come on baby, open your eyes?"

"Emily?" JJ said quietly as she slowly opened her eyes. It took her a few minutes to process her surroundings. She could see Emily standing over her, with tears in her eyes.

"Yeah, sweetheart I'm right here."

"What happened?"

"You're in the hospital. You were in a car accident." Emily pulled JJ's hand to her lips and kissed her knuckles. JJ let the words run through her head and then it hit her. The Jaguar, the other car, the sound of metal crunching. JJ began to panic.

"Oh my god Emily your car. I'm so sorry. I know I'm not…" JJ's pleading was cut short when Emily put a finger on JJ's lips.

"JJ stop; I can buy another car. I can't buy another you." Emily smiled. "I was so scared. When I got here and they told me you were in surgery I didn't know what to think."

"I'm sorry." JJ said again once Emily removed her finger.

"Honey, its okay. I'm just glad you are alright." Emily kissed JJ's forehead. "I just kept playing last night's conversation over and over in my head. I couldn't remember if I told you that I loved you and I was so scared that I might never get that chance again."

"Even if you didn't baby, I know. I always know." JJ offered a tired smile and Emily felt a tear roll down her cheek.

It was several more days before JJ was released from the hospital, but finally she was sitting in a wheel chair in front of the hospital, with Andy standing next to her, waiting for Emily to pull the car around. Emily helped JJ in the SUV and they made their way home.

"When do you plan on getting a new car?" JJ asked after a few minutes of silence. "I'll probably wait for the insurance check to come in, even though I don't have to; just makes things easier." Emily replied taking JJ's hand in hers. She gave it a squeeze as yet another reminder that Emily was not upset about the car. "Amy said that I could commute with her until I get another one."

"Did they say how long before you get the insurance money?"

"A couple weeks. The man that hit you was so relieved that we weren't going to sue that he told his insurance company to do whatever they could to speed up the process." Emily chuckled as she thought back to the look on the old man's face when she told him that they had no intentions of suing. Emily was pretty sure if he could have gotten out of his hospital bed he would have kissed her.

"Well that's good." JJ smiled. They continued the rest of the drive home in silence; although Emily never let go of JJ's hand.

When they pulled into the drive way for a moment Emily thought she had the wrong house. Sitting there in the driveway was a brand new Black Jaguar, just like her old one, with a giant red bow.

"What the…"

"Surprise!" JJ smiled. The look on Emily's face was priceless.

"How did you… when did you… wow!" Emily was in complete shock.

"I called the dealer the yesterday. I told them what happened and they went out in search of the exact same car. They were more than appeasing for their number one customer." JJ teased and Emily rolled her eyes.

"But how did you pay for it?"

"Again, since you are their number one customer, they said that you could bring them the insurance check when it comes in. You can write them a check for the difference then, but he said that since your old one was not even six months old, it shouldn't be much." Emily didn't know what to say, so she did the only thing she could think of; she kissed her. She kissed JJ with everything that she had. "So I take it I did good?" JJ laughed after they broke apart.

"Oh you did very good." Emily smiled running her hand down JJ's cheek. "I love you so much."

"I love you too." JJ smiled before pulling Emily's lips back to hers.

A/N- Okay so what do you think???? PLEASE REVIEW…..