A/N- Okay so going back in time again; JJ is pregnant here…about 3 months along (takes place before Breaking News)…..

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Emily walked up to Hotch's office to let him know that she and Morgan were back from their lecture at the academy. She had stopped by JJ's office first but she wasn't there. Figuring that she was in a meeting or something she shrugged her shoulders and continued her way to the bullpen.

"Hey Hotch Morgan and I are back." Emily said as she stepped into his office.

"That's good. How did it go?" Hotch asked.

"Great. A couple of them came up to us afterwards truly interested in taking the profiling classes." Emily smiled. "Who knows, maybe some of them will be working with us one day."

"Well that's good." Hotch replied and Emily turned to leave. "Hey Emily is everything okay with JJ?" Emily wasn't sure if it was the mention of JJ or the fact that Hotch had used her first name that caused her heart to stop.

"What do you mean?"

"She called earlier, from her office and said she wasn't feeling well and she asked to go home. Did she not tell you?" Hotch asked with confused eyes.

"No sir. I stopped by her office but I just assumed she was in a meeting. When did she leave?"

"About four hours ago. She sounded upset. Not that I think she was lying about being sick but she sounded like she had been crying. I didn't push the issue. I thought maybe it was just a mood swing." Hotch looked at the woman in front of him and his heart wanted to break. She looked confused, she looked concerned, she looked like she didn't know what to do. "Why don't you go home and check on her? I'm sure it's nothing but I would rather be safe than sorry."

"Thanks Hotch." Emily turned to leave again.

"Oh and Emily call me you have time. Let me know everything is okay." Emily nodded and then walked out of the office.

Flashback….

JJ stared at the envelope that had just been laid on her desk and the tears began streaming down her face. She felt like she couldn't breathe. She wasn't sure what she was going to do; all she did know was that she needed to get out of there. JJ immediately grabbed her phone and called Hotch.

"Agent Hotchner." Hotch said as he answered his phone.

"Hotch, it's JJ." JJ paused as she struggled to get her breathing back under control. The last thing she wanted was for Hotch and the rest of team to come barging into her office. "I'm ummmm… I'm not feeling well. I was hoping that I could take the rest of the day off." JJ hoped that would appease her boss.

"Of course." Hotch replied without a moment's hesitation. "Do you need a ride home?" Hotch asked since he knew that Emily and Morgan were busy at the academy.

"NO!" JJ said probably quicker and louder than she should have, but Hotch didn't seem to notice. "I mean that's okay. I'll be fine." JJ just wanted the phone call to end and get back home as soon as possible.

"Well okay, I hope you feel better soon." Hotch knew something else was going on but decided not to push it.

"Thank you Hotch." JJ said and quickly hung up the phone. JJ grabbed the envelope and her keys, thanking god that she and Emily had driven in separately that morning and made a bee line for the parking garage.

Emily left Hotch's office and immediately called the house but didn't get any answer. However, it wasn't until JJ didn't answer her cell phone that she began to panic. JJ always answered her cell phone, always. She had no idea what was going on but she was certain that whatever it was wasn't good. By the time she had reached the parking garage she had called JJ's cell and the house five more times; each call went straight to voice mail. The drive home was the longest in Emily's life; however when she pulled into the drive way and saw JJ's car in the garage a feeling of relief swept over like she had never felt before.

She walked into the house and found JJ's keys, purse and cell phone lying on the kitchen table, next to an envelope. She picked up the envelope and opened it up. She pulled out the letter that was inside and upon reading the first line she knew what was going on.

"Damn it." Emily mumbled as she laid the 'Summons to Appear in Court' back on the table. They both knew that the trial would be coming up soon but Emily didn't think it would be this fast. It has only been three months since JJ had been kidnapped and raped by Sam Thomas; but it appeared that they were about to go to trial.

Emily walked to the bedroom, but JJ wasn't there. She heard the water running in the bathroom and she prayed that JJ was just taking a shower. She slowly opened the door as to not startle her but what she found made her heart want to break. JJ was sitting in the tub, knees pulled to her chest hugging the teddy bear that Emily had bought for the baby the day after JJ told her she wanted to keep it. It was the cutest little bear with a little Redskins jersey on and Emily just had to buy it.

Emily could tell from the air in the bathroom that the water was cold, so that meant that JJ had been in there a long time. She was shivering under the cold water but was making no efforts to get out.

"JJ honey?" Upon hearing Emily, JJ began to panic.

"Get away from me!" JJ yelled as she tried to move as far away from the sound as she could.

"Sweetie it's me. No one is going to hurt you." Emily took another step closer.

"No, get away. Stop! Leave me alone."

"JJ it's Emily. Please look at me." JJ continued to try and move as far away as possible. She was still clinging to the teddy bear and shivering. "Honey you need to get out of the tub." Emily took another step closer.

"NO!!! GET AWAY!!!" JJ yelled into the room.

"Jennifer look at me!" Emily took another step. JJ just shook her head. "Jennifer Ann Jereau I need you to look at me!" Emily was now standing at the edge of the tub. Upon hearing her full name JJ finally turned and took a good look at who was talking. She blinked several times and finally Emily came into focus. Emily could tell from JJ's eyes that she had gotten through to her. "That's right sweetie; it's me. I promise no one is going to hurt you." Even through the water, Emily could see the tears streaming down JJ's face. "I'm going to turn the water off now okay?" JJ nodded and Emily slowly moved to turn the facet off. "Are you ready to get out of the tub now?" Emily asked once the water was off.

"I could still feel him on me." JJ said quietly as the tears continued to fall. Emily nodded and reached behind the door for JJ's robe.

"Baby you must be freezing. Please get out of the tub and put some warm clothes on." Emily pleaded as she held the robe. Slowly JJ stood up, still clinging to the bear and allowed Emily to wrap the robe around her. Once JJ was safely out of the tub, Emily wrapped her arms around JJ and hugged her with all that she had. It wasn't until she felt JJ's arms return the hug that she let her own tears fall.

They stood like, wrapped up in each other's arms, crying in the middle of the bathroom for what seemed like an eternity. Finally Emily led JJ to the bedroom and sat JJ on the bed; then she went in search of a pair of sweat pants and her FBI Academy sweat shirt that JJ loved to wear. Emily couldn't even remember the last time she wore it; because it was always hanging in JJ's closet.

JJ was still sitting in the same spot that Emily had left her when she returned with the clothes. She was still hugging the teddy bear, which was currently dripping water everywhere.

"Jennifer, why don't you put some warm clothes on?" Emily asked as she kneeled down in front of her.

"I can't do it Em." JJ said just barely above a whisper.

"Can't do what, honey?" Emily asked, knowing that JJ wasn't talking about the clothes.

"I can't face him." JJ said as new tears fell. "I can't go back there."

"Oh, honey yes you can." Emily said as she ran her thumb across JJ's cheek. "You are the strongest person I know. I know that you can do this."

"No I can't!" JJ said a little louder as she jerked her face away from Emily's hand. "You don't know what I went through in that house! The things he said; the things he did!" JJ yelled.

"No, you're right I don't know, but nothing you say is going to change the fact that I love you and I'm going to be there for you every step of the way. You don't have to go through this alone."

"Why?"

"Why what?" Emily asked confused.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because I love you and I know that you love me." Emily answered as a tear fell down her cheek. "I'm not going to let you pull away from me. I won't." Emily said with strong determination.

"Why?" JJ asked again.

"Because I can't live with out you. You and our baby mean everything to me." At the mention of the baby JJ began to cry harder.

"I can't go. He'll find out I'm pregnant. I can't go Em. He'll try to take my baby."

"JJ I promise you he will never get with 1000 feet our child." Emily tried to calm her down. "Trust me when I say he is going to prison for a very, very long time."

"But he'll know." JJ paused as she looked down at her stomach and its slight swell. "Oh my god what if the baby looks like him. I'm not even going to be able to look at my child." JJ cried. "His face is going to haunt me in the face of his child. What kind of mother can't even look at her child? I'm a horrible mother. Why did I even think I could bring his child into this world? I should have never…"

"Jennifer I want you to look at me." JJ stopped her rambling and really, truly looked at Emily. "Okay I want you to listen to me and listen good. First of all you are going to be a great mother. Don't ever doubt that and yes, that man did some horrible things to you, but this," Emily placed a hand on JJ's stomach, "this is a good thing. This baby, our child, is just that OUR child. Not his."

"But how will we tell him or her about their father. How will we tell them that their father was a monster? How do you explain rape to a child?" JJ continued to cry.

"I don't know, but when the time comes I promise you we will do it together." Emily stared up at JJ's eyes. "Our child will be loved by so many people. They will have so many aunts and uncles they won't know what to do." Emily offered a slight chuckle. "As for not having a father, I'm pretty sure Morgan has that covered."

"But…"

"No buts JJ. You can do this. You will sit up on that stand and tell those jurors every horrible thing he did to you and I will be right there with you the whole time. Then after they put his ass in prison where he belongs, we are going to come home and get ready for the birth of OUR child." Emily said as she wiped the tears from JJ's face.

"You'll never leave me?" JJ quietly whispered.

"Honey, you couldn't get rid of me if you tried." Emily smiled through her own tears. "I'm not going anywhere. Not to mention I have been threatened with bodily harm from not only your father but every member of our team if I ever did anything to hurt you."

"I ruined your teddy bear." JJ said as she held up the still soaking wet bear. "I came home and saw him sitting on the bed and once I picked him up I couldn't put him down."

"That's okay sweetie I can get another one." Emily replied as she took the bear from JJ and put it on the floor. "Now why don't we get you into these nice warm clothes and then you can lay down and take a nap?" JJ nodded and with Emily's help she put on the clothes and crawled into bed. JJ's head had no more hit the pillow and she was asleep. Emily leaned over and kissed JJ on the forehead. "I love you so much Jennifer." Emily whispered before leaving the bedroom.

Once outside the bedroom Emily took a moment to collect her thoughts; once she was ready she called Hotch to tell him was had happened. Hotch was clearly upset that he hadn't questioned JJ's motives for leaving early a little harder and apologized for letting JJ go home alone. After she talked to Hotch she decided to call Morgan.

"Agent Morgan." Morgan said as he answered his phone.

"Hey Morgan, its Emily."

"Hey girl. How is JJ doing, Hotch said she went home sick?" Emily proceeded to fill Morgan in on all the details of the afternoon and by the sound of Morgan's breathing she could tell he was not happy. "Is she okay now? Is there anything I can do?"

"She asleep now but I could use a huge favor. I would do it but I don't want to leave her."

"Just name it." Emily told Morgan what she needed, he said he was on it and would be by later. She closed her phone and collapsed onto the couch.

Emily must have dozed off because she woke up an hour later to the sound of someone knocking on the front door. She opened the door to find Morgan standing there.

"Hey Morgan, that was fast." Emily half smiled as she let him in.

"Well nothing is too good for my girls." Morgan pulled Emily into a hug. "How are you doing?"

"I'm okay. It's just been a very emotional day." Emily wiped a tear from her cheek.

"Will this help?" Morgan pulled out a box of Godiva Chocolates and Emily was pretty sure at that moment she could have kissed him. "Thought you might want some." Morgan smiled. "The Godiva store was right next to this one." He said as he held up the other bag.

"Thank you so much Morgan. I really do appreciate it."

"Don't mention it." Morgan gave Emily another hug. "She still asleep?" Emily nodded. "Well take care of her okay and tell her I love her."

"I will."

"And if either of you need anything and I do mean anything call me; night or day, okay?" Emily nodded. "Okay well I'm going to head out. Call me tomorrow." Morgan kissed Emily forehead and handed her the bag. They said their goodbyes and Morgan left.

Emily had just sat back down on the couch when JJ walked in.

"Did I hear you talking with someone?" JJ asked as she sat down beside Emily. Emily could tell she was till upset, but it seemed the nap had helped a little.

"Morgan stopped by."

"Oh, did you tell him?"

"Yes, and he wants you to know that he loves you." Emily smiled as she picked up the box of chocolates. "He also brought us this." Emily picked out a piece of Dark Chocolate covered Caramel, JJ's favorite and handed it to her.

"Thank you."

"He also stopped and picked something up for me." Emily got up off the couch and walked over the bag that Morgan had left. She handed the bag to JJ and told her to open it. JJ opened the bag and pulled out a teddy bear, just like the other one, right down to the Redskins jersey and everything. Instantly JJ began to cry.

"Thank you." JJ managed to say between sobs and she stared at the teddy bear.

"You're very welcome." Emily sat back down on the couch and pulled JJ close. JJ laid her head on Emily's shoulder and Emily ran her fingers through JJ's hair. "I don't think I can possibly put into words just how much I love you JJ. Please don't ever forget that."

"I love you too Emily, more than you will ever know." Emily looked down and saw the faintest hint of a smile as JJ continued to stare at the teddy bear. It was in that moment that Emily knew everything was going to be okay.

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