Chapter 12:

Emily sat in the chair next to JJ's bed and held her hand. She tried to let her mind relax, and she was absent playing with JJ's hand. She had texted Hotch earlier and told him that she was going to stay with JJ, before turning off her phone. Around 1 A.M. JJ started to stir. As soon as Emily felt her hand moving, she let go. She didn't want to scare the other woman.

"Em'ly?" JJ reached for Emily's hand, her eyes still closed. Emily smiled down to the other woman and pressed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"Hi you." JJ opened her eyes, and clear blue eyes met warm brown. "Did you sleep well?" JJ nodded and snuggled up to the hand she had taken hold of. The two women sat in silence and enjoyed each other's company when Dr. Eva Draper entered the room.

"It's good to see you awake JJ." The doctor smiled at the two women while checking JJ's chart. "How are you feeling?"

"Right now I'm a bit confused." JJ confessed, she didn't dare to look at Emily. The doctor looked up from the chart.

"Okay. Why is that?"

"I had this dream. And it felt so real." Eva smiled down at the blond.

"Well, let's hear it JJ. It is a large possibility that it actually is a memory. Emily, maybe you can confirm the information?" Emily nodded and smiled encouragingly down at JJ.

"I dreamt about a house. It was beautiful. It was small, but it had a garden and even a white picked fence. Inside it was clean enough. The living room has a nice blue couch and there is a bathtub in the bathroom. It was my house." As JJ talked, her confidence grew and she smiled about the memory. "Then the dream changed, and I was at the BAU. I sat in a office and had a lot of files on my desk. Then Garcia came through my door and asked me if I wanted to join for drinks that night. Apparently the whole team were going, even Hotch's wife Haley. We went after work and we had a few beers. Then some guy asked me to dance and I asked him to play darts instead. Of course we made a bet about it, and I kicked his ass and bought the next round of drinks."

Emily couldn't believe what she heard. JJ had described a friday some weeks ago when the team and Haley went out for drinks and JJ kicked some random dude ass in darts, and the house was just as Emily remembered it.

"Then there was a lot of people. My parents, our chief Erin Strauss, Emily's mom Ambassador Prentiss, Jason Gideon and Will." When JJ mentioned Will, Emily had to focus hard not to lose her cool.

"Wow JJ. That was a lot in one dream. Emily, can you confirm this?"

"Yes. Your house in Virginia is exactly how you just described it. The night you dreamt about was a friday some weeks ago. We all went out for drinks, and you totally kicked that guy's ass in darts." Emily winked down at her, "I told you you were a killer shot!" JJ smiled back.

"That man, that was here before. The one who screamed and tried to hit me. Was that Will?" JJ asked. Emily stroke her thumb over JJ's hand.

"Yes, sweetie. But don't worry about him now."

"I dreamt something else." JJ confessed softly. The doctor nodded for her to continue. "I dreamt that Will is the reason I'm here. I was in a club with him, and he was talking, but it seamed like flirting, to the owner. I told him I wanted to check out the back, and he didn't even answer. When I got out there I looked around a bit when someone grabbed me from behind and held their hand over my mouth. He asked me who I was and why I was with the NOPD. I told him I wasn't NOPD, I was FBI, but he didn't believe me. Then some pain and then blank. Until the dream I told you about earlier Emily."

Emily just nodded. "Yes, JJ. Up until when you were abducted, that's how we've manage to get the story out of Will. I am so sorry for everything!" Emily looked down at her feet.

"Emily, this is not your fault! None of it is! Please, don't build up your walls!" At that comment, Emily's head shot up.

"What did you just say?"

"I just... I said "Please, don't build up your walls!""

"That's what you say to me when I try to shut you out." The older agent looked into the blond's blue eyes and smiled. They got lost in each others eyes and they both smiled.

"JJ, this is great news." The doctor broke the silence. "I told Emily and your parents earlier that your scans are clean and that your brain was probably protecting your memory, but this is good news. But when you have these kind of dreams, talk to someone about it!" JJ nodded and smiled.

"So, Doc, when can I get out of here?" JJ's question made Emily chuckle and shake her head.

"Well, well Emily, you were right, this one doesn't like hospitals." The doctor smiled too, "I am going to do a quick check-up tomorrow afternoon, but if everything is good then, you're free to leave. Your friend Emily has agreed to stay with, since you're not allowed to be alone. I'm on-call tonight, so if there is anything have someone page me. Good night ladies." Dr. Eva Draper smiled and walked out of the room.

Emily couldn't stop smiling. The few glimpses of the old JJ was worth sitting up the whole night.

"Emily, I can't believe you volunteered to stay with me!"

"And why is that JJ? Don't you want me to?"

"NO! Of course I want to! I just don't want you to give up your life to come and babysit me." Emily just smiled and shock her head.

"Jennifer, darling, there is nothing else I'd rather do!" Emily looked into JJ's eyes and put a finger to her lips when the blond was about to protest. "Nope, no arguments. You would have done the same for me." After deciding that Emily wasn't lying, JJ smiled and nodded.

"Thank you! For everything! What would I do without you?" When JJ smiled her 100-mega watt smile, Emily's knees went week and she was glad she was sitting. The two of them enjoyed the silence and was lost in their own thoughts.

"Emily?" JJ whispered after a while.

"Yes, JJ?"

"What are we?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, what are we, you and me. I feel this connection between us. I know we are friends, but I don't know, it feels like something more." At JJ's soft words Emily's heart jumped a little.

"JJ, you and I are best friend and I would do anything for you. But there are somethings you don't know." Emily decided that JJ deserved the truth.

"Emily, will you please tell me?"

Emily closed her eyes and tok a deep breath. Was she really going to tell JJ this? What if... No! She couldn't think like that.

"JJ.. I'm gay, and I like you. I know that you don't feel the same way, that's why I never pushed you. Until we came down to New Orleans to this case, you were in a relationship with Will. When you two got together I back out even more, because I'd rather have you as my friend, than nothing at all. And I am so sorry for blurring all this out on you, right here, right now."

While Emily ranted, JJ sat thinking. Every time she had dreamt about Emily, there was something there. She couldn't put her finger at it, but it was like nothing she had ever felt. Not even with Will. Lost in her own thought JJ didn't hear Emily freak more and more out.

"...and I totally understand if you don't want to see me and that you don't want me to stay with you. I'll call your mom or Garcia or someone." When Emily started to rise, JJ reached out and grabbed her hand.

"Emily, please don't leave me! I don't care if you're gay. And please don't say that you won't stay with me! I love you! I may not remember how or when we met, but I do remember how much you mean to me and that I love you."