Chapter 62:
Dr. Eva Draper was in deep thought. She sat in an empty office and looked over Emily Prentiss' chart. On the desk there were already a lot of other cases. When the chief of surgery had heard that she was being called in for a consult and when he learned that she had taken over the patient and planed to stay throughout her recovery he had asked her to look at five other cases. Then five had grown to seven, and seven to twelve. Now she was asked to consult all of the neurological cases at the hospital. When she got the last of the cases the surgical chief had given her a job opportunity . Chief of Neurosurgery . If she accepted the job, she would have to move. But to move to D.C. wouldn't be so bad? She'd get to see Spencer more and she's be department head. Chief of Neurosurgery. Dr. Eva Draper, chief of Neurosurgery, that would be nice.
She shook her head and focused once again on Emily's chart. She was concerned that the woman had gone into cardiac arrest and that the leading doctor on the case had missed a brain bleed, but since no-one could tell when the bleed started, there was no way to tell the outcome. Right now there wasn't much they could do for the FBI agent. This part, the waiting, was what Eva hated about her job. Waiting to see if she pulled through. Waiting to see if anything else happened. Waiting for her to wake up.
She gathered her notes and went to check on the brunette once more. When the right room come into view, she saw a familiar blonde figure sitting next to the bed, holding the brunette's hand. Working on cases with patients in a coma was always hard, but this case was really hitting close to home. Not only was she the girlfriend of one of the best friends to the two women, but she had been through this with them before, only then their roles were reversed.
The redhead thought back to the conversation she had with the blonde earlier.
Flashback:
"JJ, sit down please." The surgeon takes a seat behind her desk and motions for the blonde to sit down in the chair in front of the desk. JJ gives her the same lifeless nod and sits down in the chair.
"I know that you are scared right now JJ and that is okay." Her voice is still the same soft one. "Right now, the best thing for Emily is for you to be there with her. Talk to her, remind her that life is worth fighting for. She was terrified when you were hospitalized in New Orleans, but she never gave up. You need to do the same for her. You need to be strong for her too."
JJ looks up, and for the first time since the doctor has arrived there is life in her eyes. She looks Dr. Draper right in the eyes and nods.
"I know you can do this JJ! Just remember to take care of yourself too! Can you promise me that?"
"I'll try my best, Dr. Draper." JJ gives the doctor a little smile.
"I think we'll say that you'll try a little harder than your best." Eva smiles back, "don't think you can fool me, JJ. Do this for Emily! And call me Eva."
When the blonde had left the office, it was a much different JJ. Instead of defeated and scared, she walked tall and was determined to stay strong for Emily, just like the brunette had stayed strong for her. She walked into Emily's room again.
"Hi Em. I'm right here too!" She simply said and sat down and held onto her girlfriend's hand.
"I never told you this, but when I was little I used to follow the neighbour boys all around town. They knew I was doing it, but they didn't mind. Every day we walked down to a field where someone would take out a ball and they'd start to play soccer. One day the ball rolled my way and I started to kick it a little. After watching them I'd picked up somethings and when they saw that I was able to play, they asked if I wanted to play. I was around eight and they were twice my age, but they still let me play. Every day after school after that they'd walk by our house and scream: "Hey Jareau! Afraid I'll beat you today?" I was waiting for them and would run out of my house yelling back: "Like that would ever happen." And we'd walk to the soccer field.
When they left for collage I was devastated . Soccer was then a huge part of my life and I kept playing. I got a scholarship to play soccer at Pitt, and I loved it. Then something changed it all. During my second year Daniel, one of the neighbour boys, were killed by a serial killer. I knew then that I wanted to do more than play soccer. I got into Georgetown and started at the communication program, wanting to be a journalist. Then Rossi came and had that lecture. I had heard that it was the BAU that caught Daniel's murderer, so after the lecture I hang around and I actually got to talk to Dave. He remembered the case and he told me he was sorry for my loss. That was made me want to be FBI."
She tok a pause and squeezed Emily's hand. "Now I'm so glad I chose to start at the academy. Or else I'd never met you. I love you Emily!" She leaned forward and kissed Emily's forehead.
"So, you finally told her, sweetie?"
JJ jumped. She had been so engrossed in her story and hadn't heard anyone coming in. She turned around and came face to face with Nathan Jareau.
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter! Please review:)