First off I want to apologize for the shortness of this chapter, but since it is a long weekend I should definantly be able to update more often! Arg! I have been having some difficulty with the past few chapters, so I hope it doesn't show... Well, I hope you enjoy it. And as you know I LOVE comments!
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"Shhh, Shhh, it's going to be okay." JJ petted Emily's hair. She was sitting next to her again in Emily's hospital bed. As she had promised, JJ had come right back into the hospital room. She did everything she could to comfort Emily, but there wasn't much she could do. "You're safe here." She assured Emily's rigid form. Looking at Emily, JJ saw tracks of tears stained on her cheeks. She looked more broken than she had just minutes ago. JJ continued to become more angry at Bates. Emily's eye was starting to turn purple and they were still pumping blood into her body. Not to mention that he had taken advantage of her. She suddenly felt Emily's breathe even out. Emily let herself close her eyes into the comforting, safe arms of her friend. She felt the pressure lift off her and she gently drifted into sleep.
When JJ saw her sleeping, she was once again no longer hold in her tears, her anger. She stared out the window and no longer cared if she had tears running down her face. She had to be strong for Emily, but Emily couldn't see her now. She pushed her pride aside for just a few seconds.
"JJ is everything okay?" Hotch asked from the doorway.
JJ quickly turned her head to face him. He saw her tears and took another step into the room.
"What's happened?" He asked with serious concern.
JJ quickly wiped the tears off of her face. "Hotch…" She started.
"Tell me, JJ."
JJ's glistening eyes penetrated Hotch's dark ones. She didn't know what to say, or how to say it. She pushed her hair away from her face and looked up at him. She saw a man that looked older than his age. His eyes had lost any glint of humor and had been taken over by an intense gaze. There was now another masked with worry.
"Emily…" JJ tried to begin, but was once again at loss for words.
"Did she wake up?" Hotch asked her.
JJ nodded.
"Did she talk to you?"
JJ nodded again, "She wanted me to tell you something."
Hotch took another step towards them and gazed upon his agents. He stood there in silence waiting for JJ to take her time telling him what she needed to.
Finally JJ looked up again, "Emily told me part of what happened when she was taken."
Hotch nodded encouraging her to continue.
"Hotch… He… Emily… She was raped." JJ finally told him. She hated to have those words come out of her mouth.
"Have the doctors?" Was Hotch's first question.
"They just did." JJ answered.
"Who else on the team knows?" He asked.
"Only me and Morgan."
"That explains why we can't find him." He said, and JJ laughed, but it was a superficial laugh, one that never made it to her eyes.
"What about the rest of the team?"
"Emily wanted me to tell everyone. I don't think she wants to herself. She's ashamed Hotch."
"She has got nothing to be ashamed of." He replied.
"You know she won't see it that way." JJ said almost angrily.
"I know," Hotch agreed, "I can tell the rest of the team."
"Would you?" JJ asked.
"Of course," Hotch said, "Call me when she wakes up," He then left the room.
As he walked down the hallway he ran into Morgan. He glanced at his second hand, now also wrapped up.
"Morgan-" Hotch started.
"You're not going to tell Rossi are you?" Morgan cut in.
Hotch shook his head, "JJ just told me. I'm going to go tell the rest of the team. Coming with?"
"Sure." Morgan agreed.
As the two men walked down the hallway Hotch turned to Morgan, "You might want to make those hands less visible. Or Garcia might have a heart attack when she arrives."
Morgan laughed, that is until they entered the waiting room. They were met with the expectant eyes of Reid and Rossi.
"What's the update?" Rossi asked, just as Garcia rushed into the hospital.
"Oh my goodness!" She exclaimed, "Where is my Emily?"
"Hey baby girl, I think you should sit down and hear this first." Morgan greeted her.
Garcia was impatient to see Emily, but the grave look on Morgan and Hotch's faces got her sitting in a chair almost immediately.
"What is it?" She asked nervously.
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