A/N- Okay so here is the next chapter (only one more left after this)….I hope you enjoy it….
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Two months later everyone was once again gathered at the hospital, only this time they were awaiting good news. Christy had gone into labor about six hours earlier and everyone was eagerly anticipating the arrival of the newest member of the family.
Emily smiled as she watched JJ carrying their grandson back from the restroom, where she had gone to change his diaper, while AJ was back with Kelly and Christy. Emily pretended not to see the slight limp that JJ was so desperately trying to hide from everyone. Although the doctor said that that JJ's leg had healed completely and did not need any additional surgery, Emily knew that it still bothered her. JJ walked over and handed Little Spencer to Brad before having a seat beside Emily.
"Can you believe that we are going to have two grandkids soon?" JJ smiled, as she laid her head on Emily's shoulder.
"I know. It's pretty amazing." Emily smiled, as she placed her hand on JJ's thigh on the exact spot where JJ had been shot. "It still hurts doesn't it?"
"It's not too bad." JJ said softly. "It could have been worse."
"Don't remind me." Emily groaned. "You know we could always ask for a second opinion, see what another doctor thinks."
"No, it's fine. Just hurts a little after I've been on it all day. I promise you if it starts hurting too bad I will tell you; but right now it's fine."
"Okay, I'm going to hold you to that." Emily smiled as she kissed the top of JJ's head. Emily could feel the scar through JJ's pants and it sent a shiver down her spine. It was yet another reminder of how close she came to losing JJ once again. That day in the hospital when JJ had said that she was going to leave the bureau was one of the happiest in Emily's life. For the first time in a long time JJ was safe and Emily was truly enjoying having her wife always home. Not to mention Tom loved the extra attention too, as well as little Spencer.
A few minutes later AJ and Kelly came walking into the waiting room.
"How's Christy doing?" JJ asked.
"Good. She's at 6 centimeters; so we still have a while." Kelly said a she ran her hands over her tired face. It was currently 3am and it appeared that it was going to be several more hours. "The doctor is in there now. She asked us to wait out here for ten minutes or so and then we can go back." Kelly sat down next to Emily while AJ sat down next to Brad who was holding a sleeping Spencer.
"How are you holding up?" Morgan asked.
"I'm tired and I'm nervous as hell." Kelly said with a nervous laugh. "I don't think I have ever been this nervous."
"That's funny because I'm pretty sure you were way more nervous than this about a month ago." Emily laughed as she thought back to Kelly and Christy's wedding.
Flashback…
"I look like a whale." Christy complained as she looked at herself in the mirror.
"Oh hush. You look beautiful." JJ smiled as she helped arrange Christy's train. "Plus you are the one that wanted to get married before you had the baby." JJ teased. "I mean, who gets married when they are eight months pregnant?"
"Yeah well after the shooting," Christy shuddered at the thought, "I didn't want to wait any longer."
"I understand, honey. Trust me I fully understand." JJ smiled as she hugged her. Christy had told Kelly while she was still in the hospital that they were getting married sooner rather than later and thanks to Garcia's help, they had planned a wedding in just under three and half weeks. Kelly had wanted to keep it simple; so much like JJ and Emily's ceremony, they decided to have it in the back yard.
As Emily glanced around, she couldn't believe in the matter of 24 hours what Garcia had done. She had turned the back yard into a beautiful rose garden; it was simply breath taking.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" AJ said as she walked up beside her mom.
"It truly is."
"If this is what she comes up in three weeks and I can't wait to see what she has planned for mine." AJ laughed.
"With Garcia, who knows?" Emily laughed. "You look nice." Emily said as she looked at her daughter dressed in a simple black dress.
"Thank god for black; hides all that baby weight I still haven't lost." AJ groaned.
"Don't be silly you look beautiful."
"You have to say that you're my mother, but I appreciate it nonetheless."
"Everything on schedule? I haven't heard Garcia screaming at anyone yet, so I assume all is good?"
"As far as I know, but I think you might want to go and have a talk with Kelly." AJ said suddenly turning serious.
"Why? What's wrong?"
"She says she's fine; but I don't know, I think she's nervous." AJ told her mother. "I mean I don't know what she has to be nervous about; it's suppose to be the happiest day of her life right?"
"I'll remember that when your mom and I are trying to calm you down before your wedding." Emily laughed, giving AJ a kiss on the cheek, before turning to go find Kelly. It didn't take long before Emily found her sitting downstairs in the basement.
"I'm pretty sure the party's upstairs." Emily teased as she sat down beside her. Kelly looked up at her and offered her a nervous smile. "What's wrong?"
"Were you nervous before you married JJ?"
"OH, like you would not believe." Emily told her.
"I just don't know. I mean marriage is a huge deal."
"Do you love her?"
"What?"
"Simple question Kelly, do you love Christy?"
"Of course I do, with all of my heart."
"Than what's the problem?" Emily couldn't help the sense of déjà vu she was getting from this conversation. It was very much like one she had with Tom all those years ago.
"But she can do so much better than me." Kelly said as a tear ran down her cheek. "I mean hell, my own family didn't want me."
"Christy is very lucky to have you and she loves you so very much." Emily said as she wiped the tear away. "And as for your family, their loss was our gain. You know JJ and I love you like our own."
"I know you do." Kelly said with a slight smile. "And I love you guys too."
"Christy isn't going anywhere. She's going to marry you and, in about a month, you are going to have a beautiful baby girl." Kelly broke out in a slight grin at the thought of her daughter. "Feel better?"
"Thank you." Kelly smiled as she hugged Emily.
"Good, now lets get you upstairs and get you married."
"Yeah, well, this is a different kind of nervous." Kelly laughed. "I'm about to be a mom. I don't know how to be a mom."
"Oh, trust me you'll learn." AJ teased. "You'll learn real quick."
"Okay, on your next contraction I'm going to need you to push, okay?" Doctor Whitmore said. "Okay push!" Christy screamed out in pain as she began to push as hard as she could.
"That's it honey. You are doing so good." Kelly coached as she gripped Christy's hand.
"Okay, I can see the head. Another big push." Christy listened as Kelly counted backwards from ten and pushed will all of her might. "Good Christy. You are doing great. Next are the shoulders and then it's all over; I promise. So I need one more huge push!" Christy gritted her teeth and pushed with everything she had.
Out side in the waiting room, a very nervous and anxious Emily was pacing. AJ had dozed off with her head resting on Brad's lap, while Spencer slept peacefully in his car seat.
"I am so glad that your labor didn't last this long." Emily said as she looked over at JJ who was flipping through a magazine, while Tom was asleep in the chair beside her.
"Honey, you weren't even there when I was going through labor." JJ told her, never even bothering to look up at from the magazine.
"You are never going to let me live that down are you?" Emily asked as she stopped pacing.
"Nope." JJ snickered.
"This is crazy!"
"Honey, would you calm down. Hell Garcia was in labor for over 18 hours when Alexa was born."
"God don't remind me." Garcia teased as she walked in with fresh coffee for everyone.
"Yeah but…"
"IT'S A GIRL!" Kelly shouted as she ran into the waiting room. She threw her arms around Emily and hugged her like there was no tomorrow.
"Congratulations mom!" Emily smiled.
"Oh my god Brad you were right that is the most amazing thing I have ever seen."
"Told you." Brad smiled as he gave her a hug.
"How is Christy doing?" JJ asked after she hugged Kelly.
"She is great. They both are." Kelly beamed.
"And the baby?" Garcia asked.
"Perfect. Ten Fingers, ten toes. She was 7 lbs, 7 oz."
"So when can we see the little munchkin?" Morgan asked.
"The nurses asked to give them a few minutes to clean up and then you all can come back; but only for a little while."
They waited the prescribed amount of time and then the group made their way back to the room to see the newest member of the family.
"Oh my god, she's beautiful." AJ beamed as she looked down at the little girl sleeping in Christy's arms.
"She is isn't she?" Christy smiled. "Do you want to hold your goddaughter?"
"Well of course." AJ smiled as she carefully lifted the girl from her mother's arms.
"Congratulations." JJ smiled as she leaned over and kissed Christy on the cheek.
"So do you guys have a name picked out yet?" Brad asked as he watched AJ with the baby.
"Well we wanted her name to mean something, so we decided to name her after the two most important people in our lives…" Christy started.
"Oh that is so nice of you." Morgan joked.
"Very funny Morgan." Kelly teased back. "Actually we decided on Jennifer Elizabeth Thompson. We were thinking Jenny for short." Immediately JJ's eyes filled with tears.
"I think I can speak for JJ when I say we are honored." Emily smiled, her own tears threatening to fall.
"So Jenny, you ready to meet the rest of your crazy family?" AJ asked as she looked down at the little girl in her arms. AJ carefully passed Jenny over to JJ.
"Hey little girl, I'm your grandma. You and your cousin Spencer are going to be beyond spoiled I can tell you that right now. Just remember that none of what your crazy Aunt Amy tells you is true." The group in the room laughed. Once again, JJ was sure life didn't get much better than this. She watched as her new granddaughter was passed from person to person; finally settling in her mother's arms. Kelly looked just like a natural standing there holding her daughter. It was hard to imagine that the scared teenage girl that had shown up at their door nine years earlier would have grown into such a beautiful, smart woman; a woman they were honored to call their daughter.
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