A/N- Okay so this is a follow up piece to "In Sickness and In Health." However, this time the roles on reversed. I hope you like it AJ is 15 here.
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Emily woke up to a sound that she hadn't heard in 15 years; well at least not a sound she heard coming from JJ. Emily got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom where she found JJ emptying the contents of her stomach.
"Oh sweetie." Emily said; her voice laced with concern as she pulled JJ's hair out of her face. "Why didn't you wake me?" Emily asked; rubbing JJ's back.
"It's nothing. Just a 24 bug or something. Plus the alarm was about to off anyways." JJ mumbled as she flushed the toilet and leaned back into Emily's arms.
"You don't think I knocked you up do you?" Emily laughed and JJ rolled her eyes.
"Not unless your tongue developed the ability to produce sperm." JJ grinned as she felt Emily pull her close.
"First of all; ewwww! and second of all, just my tongue?" Emily asked with a raised eyebrow and again JJ just rolled her eyes.
"You truly have a one track mind." JJ said; closing her eyes as another wave of nausea hit her.
"You want me to call the director and tell him you won't be in today?"
"Why would you do that?" JJ asked as she turned to face Emily.
"Oh I don't know, because you're sick."
"I'm fine. Little ginger ale and some crackers and I will be fine." JJ said as she stood up.
"You know that it's okay to be sick JJ." Emily responded. JJ's stubbornness never ceased to amaze her.
"I know that it's okay to be sick. I, however, am not sick. Plus I have two press conferences today and meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff."
"Ok, well I know better than to argue with you." Emily replied as she watched JJ begin getting ready for the day. "Just promise me if you start feeling worse you will come home and rest."
"I'm fine." JJ said as she walked into her closet.
"Stubborn." Emily mumbled under her breath.
Later that afternoon Emily watched one of JJ's press conferences on television while she waited for the team to gather their things. Emily had just instructed them that they were going to Florida to assist in a serial kidnapping case. Emily studied JJ for a minute and noticed how tired she looked.
"I knew she should have stayed home." Emily said to what she thought was her empty office.
"Who should have stayed home?" Amy asked causing Emily to jump.
"Jesus Amy you scared the crap out of me." Emily said grabbing at her chest.
"Sorry." Amy said with a laugh. "But who should have stayed home?"
"JJ. She is sick but she went to work anyways." Emily said pointing to the television.
"Yeah she don't look so hot." Amy replied as she watched JJ leave the stage at the end of the press conference.
"She's just too stubborn to admit that she is sick." Emily groaned as she turned the television off. "Did you come in here for a reason Amy, or just to scare me?" Emily asked turning her focus back to Amy.
"Yeah, I just wanted to let you know that the team is ready."
"Okay, thanks. I'm going to call JJ and tell her we are leaving and try one more time to convince her to go home."
"Good luck with that." Amy laughed as she left Emily's office.
Ten minutes later, Emily joined the team in the bullpen.
"So how did your phone call to JJ go?" Amy asked with a smirk. Emily didn't even respond; her glare said it all. "That good uhn?" Amy laughed.
"Plane Agent Black! Now!" Emily grumbled; just causing Amy to laugh even harder. She turned to face the rest of the team who looked scared to death.
"She's teasing guys. Geez lighten up." Amy said grabbing her ready bag. "Man I really miss the old team." Amy said under her breath as she followed Emily out of the bullpen.
Two days later, Emily was still in Florida and between JJ's work and the madness that was this case, Emily hadn't had a chance to actually talk to JJ since she left. They had been playing phone tag for two days. Although Emily could tell just from her messages, that JJ was still sick. She would try to hide it in her voice but Emily could tell. Emily was finishing up some paperwork in her make shift office when her phone rang.
"Agent Prentiss." Emily said as she answered phone.
"Hey mom." AJ answered.
"Hey pumpkin." Emily smiled. "I'm so glad you called."
"When are you coming home?" AJ asked.
"I am finishing up some paper work and then we are heading to the airport. Why? Everything okay?"
"Mom is sick and I mean really sick. I can home from school today and she was already here. I think she left work early." Emily knew that JJ must be really sick if she left work early; she didn't like the sound of that. "I finally convinced her to go to bed, but she is burning up."
"Okay sweetie. I'm sure it's just the flu or something. Can I talk to her?"
"She is asleep. I didn't even get the covers over her before she was out."
"Ok, well let her sleep. Why don't you call your Uncle Andy and see if he can give her something."
"Alright, but please hurry home. You know I don't handle sick very well." AJ laughed into the phone.
"I know sweetie. Trust me I know." Emily laughed as Amy stuck her head into the office. "Hang on sweetie. Yes Amy?" Emily asked putting her hand over the phone.
"Just letting you know that the plane is ready."
"Okay good." Emily went back to her conversation with AJ. "The plane is ready so we will be leaving here shortly. I'll be home soon. Just call Andy like I said and make sure she stays in bed."
"Oh yeah like I'm going to be able to stop her." AJ laughed.
"Try you best and I'll see you tonight. I love you."
"I love you too, have a safe flight." With that AJ and Emily exchanged goodbyes. Emily closed her phone and then proceeded to gather her stuff.
"Everything okay?" Amy asked; her interest peaked at the mention of her husband.
"JJ's sick. AJ said that she left work early and she is burning up." Emily told Amy as they left the office to find the rest of the team. "I told her to call Andy, see if he could give JJ something."
"I'm sure he will. JJ must be really feeling bad if she left work early." Emily simply nodded as she and the rest of her team made their way to the airport. Right now all Emily wanted to do was get home.
The three hour flight was the longest in Emily's life. Just as Emily was pulling into the driveway she saw Andy coming out the front door.
"Welcome home Emily." Andy smiled.
"Hey Andy, thanks for doing this. How is she feeling?" Emily asked.
"She's got a pretty nasty infection. Probably started as a cold but now she is on the verge of pneumonia."
"Are you serious? Does she need to go the hospital?" Emily asked. Andy could see the worry in her eyes.
"No. For now she is fine here. I gave her some medicine for the chest congestion and the cough. I told her to keep taking aspirin for headache and the fever. Once the fever breaks you should be in the clear. However if it goes any higher or she starts having trouble breathing you take her to the hospital immediately."
"What is temperature now?"
"I checked just before I left and it was still 102." Emily simply shook her head. "You know if she had called me when she first started feeling bad this could have all been prevented right?"
"You've met JJ right?" Emily offered with a slight laugh.
"I know. She's about like Amy. Never wants to admit that she needs help." Andy laughed and Emily smiled. "Just make sure she gets plenty of rest and drinks lots of fluids. I highly recommend no work for at least a week."
"Did you tell her that?" Andy nodded. "And how did that work out for you?"
"She said if she had more energy she would get her gun and shoot me." Andy laughed. "I'll call you in the morning and see how she is doing. Call if you need anything."
"I will. Thanks Andy." Emily hugged Andy and then went inside.
"Hey mom. Welcome home." AJ smiled as she hugged her mother.
"I see you survived the last three hours." Emily snickered.
"Well Uncle Andy was here for most of it."
"Okay, well you have been officially relieved of duty."
"Good." AJ smiled. "I'm going up stairs to finish my homework." AJ hugged her mom again and then went upstairs. Emily watched her daughter and couldn't help but get a little teary eyed. When the hell did she get so grown up, Emily thought to herself about her now 15 year old daughter.
Emily made her way to the bedroom and found JJ asleep on the bed.
"Not sick my ass." Emily chuckled.
"I heard that." JJ groaned and Emily laughed.
"How are you feeling?" Emily asked as she sat down on the edge of the bed. JJ just glared at her. "I'll take that as a not so good." Emily laughed again as she felt JJ's forehead. "So you finally going to admit that you were and are in fact sick?"
"Never." JJ mumbled.
"Well that isn't what Andy told me."
"Speaking of that; I can't believe you called him." JJ complained as she pulled the blanket tighter around her.
"You're sick JJ; whether you admit it or not. Plus what else was I suppose to do. I get a phone call from our daughter telling me you are sick and I'm 2000 miles away. I think you might have actually scared AJ a little." JJ looked back at Emily confused. "You are not one who gets sick, so I think it bothered her a little."
"Emily I hate to break this to you but I do get sick. Just because I don't tell you I feel bad doesn't mean…"
"Whoa! Wait a minute. Why wouldn't you tell me you are sick?"
"Well first of all; you would get all over protective and second of all the house would smell like disinfectant for a month. You and your germ phobia."
"I do not have a germ phobia." JJ just stared back at her. "Okay maybe a little. I just don't like getting sick."
"Honey, who likes being sick." JJ said before erupting in a fit of coughs. Emily handed her the glass of water that was beside the bed. "Thank you."
"Your welcome." Emily said brushing the hair from JJ's face. "And I only get over protective because I love you."
"I know but it can be annoying sometimes. I'm just saying."
"Okay, well why don't you lay back down and get some rest. Andy said lots of sleep and lots of fluids." Emily stood up and was just about to the door when she turned back around. "Oh and no work for a week." Emily had just enough time to dodge the pillow that JJ through at her as she quickly exited the bedroom.
"What's so funny?" AJ asked as she came out the kitchen.
"I thought you were doing homework?"
"I wanted a snack." AJ replied. "So again I ask, what's so funny?"
"Your mother." Emily smiled. "She's pissed because Andy said no work for a week."
"I swear you two are made for each other." AJ laughed.
"What do you mean?"
"Well mom won't admit that she is sick until she is practically on her death bed and you," AJ said firmly pointing at Emily, "sneeze and you think it's time to call in the CDC." AJ laughed.
"That is so not true." Emily defended herself.
"Oh please, it is and you know it." AJ replied and Emily just stood there. "Okay so tell me this. Why were you going to kitchen just now?"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh good lord mom, you were going to the kitchen, why?"
"To get something to eat. I'm hungry."
"So it has nothing to do with that fact that that is where it the can of disinfectant is?" AJ asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't know what you are talking about." AJ crossed her arms and just stared at her mother. "Okay fine, but she was coughing up some serious germs in there." AJ just shook her head and walked off. "What? I don't want to get sick."
A/N- Okay so what did you think? I have a feeling that JJ would be the type of person who would refuse to admit that she was sick….. PLEASE REVIEW!!!
