Chapter 65:
"She must have fallen asleep without noticing it" Emily thinks to herself while watching her lover sleep in a uncomfortable position in the plastic chair next to her bed. "She really looks like an angel while she's sleeping." The brunette lets her eyes watch her sleeping girlfriend for one more moment before she slowly reach over to turn off the iPod.
When she first woke up she'd been confused. But after a moment she'd recognized the room and remembered the hospital. A noise to her right made her turn around and notice JJ sleeping in the chair next to the bed with her headphones on.
Once the iPod is off the brunette lays back on her pillows. She tries to find out what day it is, or even what time it is. Right, the iPod! Emily is about to reach over and grab it, but she suddenly feels so tired.
"I'll just close my eyes for a little bit." She closes her eyes and the world goes black again.
"Good morning JJ," Dr. Robbins enters the room with a smile. The blonde agent looks up, smiles back and continue to stretch her back.
"Rough night?" The doctor asks knowingly while reading Emily's chart.
"Yeah. Hospital chairs aren't the best sleeping arrangements." The blonde stifles a yawn.
The young doctor is reading over something on one of the machines Emily is hooked up to, and she's making a face JJ can't pinpoint.
"Is something wrong Dr. Robbins?" She hears her own unsteady voice and chants: "stay calm, don't freak out!" loudly in her head.
"Erhm.. Nothing is wrong JJ. It's just something I don't understand. I'll page Dr. Draper right now. Don't worry, it's nothing bad." Kathryn gave JJ a reassuring smile and paged Dr. Draper.
"Okay, JJ. She said not to worry. Just...Just breathe okay?" JJ takes several deep breaths and tries to calm herself down.
"JJ?" Dr. Robbins has moved over to the blonde and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Nothing is wrong, I promise! There is just something I don't understand, but Dr. Draper is coming any minute now and she'll tell you."
Before JJ can think of something to reply Eva Draper comes through the door.
"Good morning JJ," the redhead gives JJ a smile before turning to Dr. Robbins who has moved over to her attending. The two doctors move over to the machine and Dr. Draper reads the same thing that left the young resident confused earlier.
"Aahh... Kathryn, can tell me what you see here?" Dr. Draper has taken a pen out of her pocket and points at something.
"Her brain activity increased rapidly."
"Good. And here?"
"It decreased again, but not so much as before."
"And what does that tell you?"
"That she woke up."
"Good." Dr. Draper smiled and turned to look at JJ while pulling out a stethoscope out of the pocket on her lab coat.
"It looks like Emily woke up early this morning." The New Orleans doctor moves closer to the bed to listen to Emily's heart and lungs.
Next to the bed JJ blinks her eyes. "Emily woke up! Emily woke up, and you were asleep! GREAT JJ!"
"JJ?" Eva has moved over to the blonde and is now sitting in the chair next to her. "This is great news. She's just asleep now, and she can wake up any moment."
When the blonde doesn't respond, Eva continues.
"There is no way you could have known she was going to wake up, so you can't blame yourself for not being awake when she woke up. You need to take care of yourself, JJ!"
The blonde lets the words sink in and nods. She knows the doctor is right.
"Thank you so much, both of you." She looks from Eva to Kathryn. The two doctors give her a smile before retreating out of the room.
After the two doctors left JJ just starred at Emily. Knowing that Emily had woken up had given her hope. She reached over and grabbed her girlfriend's hand.
"You better come back to me Prentiss!" She traced her thumb over the soft hands.
"Es AGENTE Prentiss!" [It's AGENT Prentiss!]
The blonde froze. Her gaze moved slowly up from the brunette's hand to her eyes.
"Y me debes un beso!" [And you owe me a kiss!]
Emily's eyes were wide open and they shone with love. She was smiling her trademark Emily-smile. The one that left JJ unable to do anything else than smile.
"Hi baby!" JJ's eyes teared up. Emily was awake!
"Por favor, princesa, no llores!" [Please, princess, don't cry!] The profiler slowly lifted her hand to JJ's cheek and wiped away a tear.
From the little Spanish she had in high school, JJ knew that her girlfriend asked her not to cry. But why Emily only spoke Spanish had left her confused.
"How are you feeling, my love?" The blonde tried to not to let the fact that her girlfriend only spoke Spanish show.
"Estoy bien, no te preocupes cariño." [I'm fine, don't worry, love] The brunette caressed the media liaison's cheek. "Me alegra que estés aquí conmigo" [I'm glad you're with me].
"I'm just going to have someone page Dr. Draper okay?" JJ kept the smile on her face, while her brain were freaking out, trying to find out why Emily only spoke Spanish.
"No me dejes, por favor!" [Don't leave me, please!] Emily reached out and grabbed JJ's hand. Even if JJ didn't understand what the brunette said, she understood what she meant.
"Okay, I won't go." JJ pushed the call button and sat down in the chair again. "I will never leave you, Emily."
A/N: I apologize for the Spanish! Feel free to correct it if it's wrong, just review or PM me and I will change it.