Chapter 57:

Half an hour later the blonde sat in the waiting room in the ER. After the EMT's had arrived they had quickly loaded Emily up on the gurney, JJ had insisted on riding with them to the hospital. After the blonde had yell, and scared the EMTs, they loaded the still unconscious brunette in the ambulance and drove off to the hospital. Now JJ was sitting alone in the waiting room, shaking in fear for her girlfriend. No one would tell her anything and the team was still at Quantico.

The minutes go by. JJ hates feeling the helpless. She needs to do something! The blonde puts her head in her hands. All she wanted was a nice quiet lunch with her girlfriend, but instead she ended up in a fight with a bigot, sexist man who had punched her girlfriend, broken her nose and left her unconscious on the linoleum floor

"Emily Prentiss?" As a doctor came through the doors and called out Emily's name, JJ was on her feet immediately .

"I'm SSA Jennifer Jareau, SSA Emily Prentiss is my colleague . Is she alright? Has she woken up? How bad are her injuries?" JJ talked fast as her eyes searched the doctor for answers.

"Agent Jareau, please calm down." The doctor gently tok JJ's arm and led her over to some of the chairs. "Agent Prentiss came in unconscious with a broken nose. We started to examine her before taking her down to CT. On our way down there she woke up and asked for a 'JJ'. Do you know who that is?" He paused when she nodded.

"I'm..." She had to clear her throat , "I'm JJ" she finally whispered.

"Aahh..." The doctor smiled, "well then JJ, why don't you come with me. She has asked a lot for you." He stood up and started to walk towards the same doors as he entered.

"Now, I need to warn you, she is hooked up to a lot of machines, most of them are just to monitor her. She is weak and a little disorientated. And she needs to stay calm." He stopped outside a door. "Have one of the nurses page me if there's anything. I'm Dr. Kennedy." He gave her a smile and walked off.

JJ stood frozen outside the door. Sure Emily had been hurt before. But this time it was different. This time Emily wasn't 'just' a colleague or friend, this time it was her girlfriend, the woman she loved of all her heart on the other side of the door. And no UnSub had done this to her, this was her fault. Emily was in that bed because of her. Because she couldn't man up to just tell the man to shut up the first time he pushed her.

Did Emily even want to see her?

Pushing all of the doubt away, JJ moved closer to the door. She knew that it's her turn to be there for Emily, to be her safety net and strength.

"Hi, Em." The blonde pushed the door open and entered the hospital room.

"Hi, Jen." JJ moved closer to the bed and sat down in the chair next to Emily's head. She didn't like that Emily sounded so weak.

"I'm so glad you're okay." JJ bent over and kissed Emily softly. "How's your head beautiful?"

"Oh, I've had worse." Emily joked and tried to turn her head, but instead she cried out in pain.

"Emily, sweetie, don't move okay. I bet your head is pretty soar." JJ let Emily squeeze her hand through the pain, and soon the pain faded away.

"Will you please distract me for a bit?" The brunette pleads, with pain viseble in her dark brown eyes.

"The boys and Pen are coming soon, or at least I hope so." JJ talked softly while tracing random patterns on Emily's hand. "I think I scared the EMTs when I demanded to ride with you to the hospital." That earned a chuckle from Emily.

"Well, you can be pretty scary when you want to, baby." Emily's eyes have that teasing glint that JJ loves so much, and the blonde's face breaks into a smile.

"Hey now!" She tries her best to sound annoyed, but can't hold back the smile and her shining eyes. She brushes some of the brown hair out of Emily's face before caressing her cheeks.

"I love you, Jennifer." The brunette lay her own hand over the one the blonde has on her cheek and stopping her motions. JJ's eyes shine with love and pride. She'll never get over the feeling of Emily's voice when she expresses her love for her. It's like nothing she's ever experienced. It makes her heart beat fast, causes butterflies in her stomach, her breath to increase and her knees to go weak.

"I love you too Emily. I'm so glad..." Her sentence is cut short when Emily's eyes rolls back and she starts to shake violently. Before JJ can fully react to what's happening, several nurses and doctors is in the room.

"She is seizuring!"

"Get her out!"

"Somebody get her chart!"

"Page Dr. Kennedy! NOW!"

Orders are shouted everywhere and JJ tries to get back to Emily.

"Emily!" JJ watches as her girlfriend is fighting for her life and nurses and doctors are everywhere. Some are holding her down, one has brought out a small flashlight and is checking her eyes to see if her pupils are responding and one is pushing something into her IV.

"Ma'am I need you to step outside right now! We're doing everything we can for your friend, but right now you need to step out." A young doctor grasps her arm and almost drags her out of the room.

"She's coding!"

Is the last thing the blonde hears before she collapses on the floor, crying hysterically.