A/N- So this next one shot is a couple of story ideas rolled into one…. I have had both of them for a while but could never get enough of either for a whole one shot; so I finally decided to just put them together….. I hope you like it…. AJ is five here…..

ENJOY…….

Emily stood outside AJ's kindergarten class and held her daughter's trembling hand. It was the first day of school and Emily wasn't sure who was more nervous, herself or AJ.

"I don't wanna go mommy." AJ cried as she looked up at Emily with tears in her eyes. It was the most heartbreaking thing she had ever seen. Silently Emily wished that JJ was there. JJ was always the better one at dealing with a crying AJ. She said it was called tough love or something like that. One look at those sad blue eyes of her daughter and Emily was a goner. She just hoped that AJ never learned that or else she was screwed.

"But you were so happy about going to school the other day; what happened?" Emily asked as she knelt down beside her daughter.

"Can you stay with me?"

"Pumpkin you know mommy has to go to work, but I will be here to pick you up this afternoon."

"But I don't wanna go." AJ cried harder as she threw her arms around Emily and buried her head into her neck.

"AJ, sweetie, I know that you are scared. I am too, but you have to go to school. Big girls go to school and you are a big girl right?" Emily asked as she rubbed AJ's back. Emily felt AJ nod into her neck. "And you want to grow up and be smart like mommy right?" Slowly AJ pulled away from Emily and once again nodded. It still amazed Emily how much AJ looked like JJ. "But in order to do that you have to go to school."

"Okay." AJ said quietly.

"I promise you that you are going to love it. You are going to meet all sorts of new friends, learn all sorts of fun things and go on all sorts of exciting field trips."

"Okay mommy." AJ said as she wiped her tears away.

"Plus after I come pick you up we are going to go to the airport and pick mommy, and then the three us are going to out to dinner." At the mention of JJ the little girl began to smile. "How does that sound?" Emily smiled. "I'll even let you pick the restaurant."

"Oh, can we go to Chuck E Cheese?" AJ asked excitedly. Inwardly Emily groaned. She had been hoping for some where a little quieter but of course that is what she got for letting a five year old pick the restaurant. The thought of spending the evening with hundreds of screaming kids and eating crappy pizza was not her idea of fun, but one look at her daughters face and it was over.

"Of course we can." Emily plastered on a fake smile. "Now, why don't you go inside and find your seat so you can start your first day of school?"

"Okay mommy." AJ hugged Emily and then turned to walk into the classroom.

Emily felt her own tears beginning to form as she watched AJ walk up to the teacher and ask where her seat was. She couldn't believe that she was already five. It seemed like just yesterday she and JJ were bringing her home from the hospital.

Flashback…

JJ sat in the hospital issue wheelchair holding AJ in her arms while Emily tried to attach the car seat.

"Emily, I'm sure it's fine." JJ smiled as Emily reattached the seat for the third time.

"It's too loose." Emily said as she wiggled the seat; of course it didn't move an inch.

"Agent Prentiss would you like to help?" JJ's nurse asked from her position behind JJ's wheel chair. "I have three kids at home, I have become some what of an expert on car seats.

"Would you? That would be great. I would like to get home before its time to send AJ to college." JJ teased.

"That's not funny JJ." Emily said as she moved out of the nurse's way. The nurse disconnected the seat one more time and then just like Emily had already done three times before, reattached the straps and secured it to the car.

"There you go." She smiled.

"And you are sure that is okay?" Emily asked as she tested the seat herself.

"Oh for heaven sakes, Emily." JJ said rolling her eyes. "Can we please just take our daughter home?"

"I just want her to be safe." Emily replied at she took AJ from JJ's arms and placed her in the car seat. Once Emily was certain that AJ was firmly strapped into her seat she turned her attention to a still sore JJ and helped her into the car.

Once in the car, Emily gave AJ one more quick safety check and then she finally pulled away from the hospital loading bay.

The drive from the hospital took for ever, thanks to Emily driving five miles under the speed limit the whole way; but finally they were home.

After a quick feeding, which Emily still thought was the most amazing sight in the world, Emily took AJ to the new nursery for her nap. However, after twenty minutes JJ decided to go check on the pair.

JJ leaned on the door of the nursery and smiled as she watched the scene before her. Emily was sitting in the rocking chair, facing the window, just staring down at AJ. All the while AJ was staring back up at her. Emily was having a very deep felt conversation with AJ.

"You have no idea how much you are loved." Emily smiled at her daughter. "Your mother and I will always be there for you. I love your mommy so much that it hurts sometimes. She has given me so much. She has given me her love and support and most importantly she has given me you. I never saw myself as a mother but now, here with you in my arms, I wouldn't want it any other way." JJ could feel her eyes beginning to tear up. "Sometimes I still can't believe that she choose me. You are my special little girl and I will do anything for you. You are going to have so many wonderful things in your life. Your first steps, your first bike ride, your first…"

"Boyfriend." JJ said quietly as she pushed herself off the door. Emily turned her head to face JJ and frowned.

'Boyfriend? You are out of your mind. She is not dating, ever!?"

"Okay, we'll see about that." JJ smiled "Oh and I love you too." JJ said as she leaned over and kissed Emily's forehead.

"I must say you handled that very well." A woman behind Emily said, snapping Emily from her day dream.

"Well I still feel like crap." Emily frowned as she turned to greet the woman. "Agent Emily Prentiss." Emily said as she shook the woman's hand. "Your child in this class too?"

"Yeah, the little red headed girl there talking to your daughter. Her name is Jessica." The woman smiled. "Angela Richardson. It's hard isn't it? Sending them off for their first day of school."

"It's terrible. It seems like yesterday she was just learning to walk." Emily smiled.

"I would love to tell you it gets easier but this is my third time and it's just as hard. Do you have any other kids?"

"No, just AJ."

"She really is beautiful." Angela smiled.

"Thank you, she looks just like her mother." Angela looked at Emily like she had grown a second head. "Oh I'm sorry, her other mother." Emily laughed.

"Okay, I get it." Angela laughed. "I was a little confused for a second there."

"It was really nice meeting you Angela, but I really need to be getting to work."

"Ok then, let me give you my number. It looks like our little girls are quickly becoming friends," Emily looked into the class room and AJ and Jessica when deep in conversation, "so it looks like we might need to set up a play date."

"That would be great." Emily said as she took Angela's card. The two women exchanged good byes and then Emily left the school.

Once in the car she let her own tears fall as she realized that her little girl was growing up. The tears continued to fall as her cell phone rang.

"Agent Prentiss." Emily answered, not bothering to look at the caller ID.

"Are you crying? What's wrong? Something happen to AJ?" JJ asked as she began to panic.

"Yes something happened." Emily said as she wiped the tears away. "She grew up. I can't believe our little girl is already starting school."

"Ah honey, you knew this was coming." JJ struggled to contain her laughter.

"I know, but it still sucks." Emily replied. "She cried JJ, she cried."

"She's scared."

"Well she wasn't the only one."

"Where are you now?" JJ asked.

"Sitting in the school parking lot."

"You do realize that you are twenty minutes late for work right?" JJ chuckled into the phone.

"Shit!" Emily glanced down at the clock and was shocked. Had she really been sitting in the car crying for forty minutes?

"Honey, you know she is going to be fine, right?"

"I know." Emily said as she pulled out of the parking lot and made her way to work.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there. I really wanted to be."

"I know, but duty calls." Emily replied. "I told her that after we picked you up we would go out to dinner to celebrate."

"And let me guess you told her she could pick the place?"

"Did I mention that she was crying?"

"That little girl has you wrapped around her little finger." JJ laughed into the phone.

"Like mother like daughter." Emily smiled as she pulled in the FBI parking lot. "It's those blue eyes, I don't know how you too do it, but one look at those sad eyes and I'm a goner."

"I'll remember that next time I want to go shopping." JJ teased and Emily laughed. "Well we're about to board the plane. I will see you this afternoon. I love you."

"I love you too." Emily smiled. "Oh and you might want to try and get some rest on the plane, because your daughter wants to go to Chuck E Cheese for dinner." Emily heard JJ groan into the phone.

"Seriously Emily. Tough love; look it up."

A/N- So what did you think???? Also, if you have any story ideas please send them my way….. I would have never thought that I would still be writing these 57 chapters in, but here I am and I'm sorry to say that I'm running out of ideas. Anything you have would be greatly appreciated…… PLEASE REVIEW…..