Chapter 66:
Dr. Draper and Dr. Robbins just exited a patients room when a pager went off. The two doctors checked their pagers.
"They are paging me to Emily's room. Come on Kathryn." Dr. Draper gave the chart she was holding to a nurse and they walked towards Emily's room.
"Emily Prentiss' chart please." Eva opened the chart and quickly scanned it.
"She's awake!" Dr. Robbins statement made the older doctor look up.
"Yes, how did you know?"
Instead of answering the resident pointed to Emily's room, where the brunette and the blonde were staring at each other. Eva smiled at the sight and closed the chart. With her younger resident following closely she entered the room.
"Good morning JJ, and Emily." The redhead smiled, "It's good to see you awake."
"Buenos días doctora!" [Good morning doctor] The brunette smiled wide as she shifted her attention from the blonde to the doctors. Pretending not to be affected by it, Dr. Draper wrote something down on the chart and showed it to Dr. Robbins. When the young resident nodded, the redhead spoke up again.
"It's good to see you awake and alert Emily. This is Dr. Kathryn Robbins, she is going to do a quick exam of you while I am going to speak with Dr. Jackson." She smiled reassuring. "JJ, could you come outside for a moment with me?"
"I'll be right back Emily. Be good for the doctor, okay?" JJ leaned down and placed a kiss on Emily's forehead before following the doctor out of the room.
"So what happens now?" JJ stood anxiously outside Emily's room.
"Well, she's awake and alert, which is very good. She has no trouble speaking, which is also good..."
"Except all she's speaking is SPANISH!" JJ couldn't hold it in any longer and started to pace on the floor.
"Okay, JJ. You need to calm down now." Dr. Draper spoke in a calm voice. "I know this is difficult, but I am going to find out why she only speaks Spanish." The redhead gripped the pacing blonde's shoulders and held her in a firm grip.
"What if..."
"Let's not go to the 'What if's' JJ. There is a big chance she's not even aware she's speaking Spanish." The blonde looked even more confused.
"I don't understand?"
"Is English Emily's first language?"
"Yes. No. I don't know!" JJ looked even more confused.
"No, it's not. Her first language is Spanish." JJ spun around and stood face to face with Reid.
"How do you know?"
"Do you remember the case with the UnSub who moved around with the trains in California?" The blonde nodded, and the genius continued. "She interviewed the UnSub's brother in Spanish and after the interview I asked when she learned Spanish and she said it was her first language."
"Well, that could be the explanation. Thanks Spence." The doctor wrote something down before looked up at the blonde again. "JJ, things will be okay. I really need to talk to Dr. Jackson, but I'll be back. When Dr. Robbins has finished the exam, you can go into her again. Try to keep her calm and not let the fact that she speaks Spanish effect you." With a gentle smile the redheaded doctor disappeared down the hall.
"You okay JJ?" The young doctor lead the media liaison a little down the hall and found some chairs.
"It's just a lot Spence!" The blonde drew a hand through her messy blond locks. "I'm so happy she finally woke up and that she's okay, but she only speaks Spanish. And I don't know ANY Spanish!" The blonde broke down and started to cry.
Not sure what to do Reid put his arm around the crying blonde's shoulder and pated her back.
"She won't stop crying! HELP!"
"On my way. Where are you?"
"Chairs outside Emily's room. Hurry please!"
"Oh, kitten!" As soon as the young profiler heard the tech, he sighed in relief. He quickly stood up to allow the other blonde to sit next to JJ. Garcia quickly sat down in the vacant chair and pulled her into her arms.
Reid stood awkwardly and watched Garcia comfort JJ. He didn't know why this had upset her so much. Emily was awake, wasn't that a good sign? Shaking his head the young genius walked down the hall, trying to find his team mates.
"Do you want to tell me why you were crying on Reid?" Garcia pulled back to look at JJ.
"She woke up," JJ's voice came as a whisper.
"Jayje, honey, that's great!" Garcia says excited. "Why were you crying on our boy wonder?"
"She only speaks Spanish Pen!"
"Ay caramba!"
"Really Pen?" JJ shakes her head while Garcia tries to keep her face serious.
"Sorry Jayje!" The tech stops laughing, "but at least she's talking!"
"Yeah! I'm so glad she's alive and alert, and it was good to hear her voice, but I just miss her Pen."
"I know, kitten, I know." Garcia pulled JJ back into her arms and held her.
A/N: Wow, it's been awhile! And for that I apologize! There has been, and still is, a lot going on in my life right now. The chapter isn't that long, but at least it's a chapter, right?