Kaitlin's POV.
I hobbled over to the chair Emily had had next to JJ's bed. I sat down and laid my crutches down on the floor.
"How are you?" I asked.
"I don't know why I'm in a hospital bed," she smiled, "but how about you? Jumping out of windows- I think Emily's a bad influence on you!" She joked.
"Yeah, well, when there's a bomb, you do what you gotta do," I said smiling.
"Now listen to me," JJ began. I nodded. "You were there for about 36 hours, and there was only about 20 hours of video. You wouldn't tell the reporters what happened, but I know better than anyone what happened. You need to tell me," JJ said.
"JJ…I can't…I don't want Emily to find out, ever…I don't want the kids at school to find out…and I don't want to spend any more time with police and detectives…because I got raped. I see enough of law enforcement with you guys," I said shakily.
"He… raped you…" JJ said quietly.
"Yeah…no big deal, though. He did it to you, too," I said.
"You're-" I cut her off.
"Fourteen, I know. It's fine. That wasn't even the worst part," I explained.
"What…what did he do to you?" She asked worriedly.
I stood up and grabbed my crutches. I turned and headed towards the door.
"Kaitlin?" She asked me.
"He…he strapped a friggin' motion sensitive bomb to me!" I said quickly, trying hard to hold back tears. I had cried too much in front of her, and the rest of the team, and Emily, too. I couldn't cry anymore.
"Oh…" JJ sighed, "Oh, honey," she said softly.
I wiped my eyes and turned to face her.
"It's fine…it's…over. I just… I don't want any one at school to know…or Emily- definitely not Emily. It's over…I want to move on," I explained.
"I know…I know…I don't want Will to know what happened either, but I think he's a little mad that I won't tell him. I just can't tell him…I can't bring myself to…" JJ said sadly. I felt awful for her. I couldn't let this put a strain on her relationship with Will. She loved him and he loved her. I would talk to him. I nodded in understanding.
"I'm gonna go get some coffee…I haven't really slept since…you know," I explained.
"You and Emily should go home and get some sleep," JJ recommended.
"You think Derek's gonna let us go alone? He's gonna find some way to curl up next to Emily eventually," I said laughing. She laughed in agreement. I hugged her and then left. I saw Will holding a sleeping Henry, at the desk talking to a woman, probably trying to check JJ out of the hospital. I saw this as my chance.
"Hey, Will," I called. He turned and smiled.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asked me nicely.
"I'm okay…Listen, can I talk to you about something?" I asked.
"Yeah sure, let's go over here," He said pointing to a set of chairs away from the desk. I nodded and hobbled over. I sat down and so did he, carefully, as to not wake Henry.
"What's up?" He asked me.
"It's about JJ," I started.
"What about her? Is she okay?" Will asked worried. Oh god, I thought, this has probably made Will so paranoid.
"Well, listen…I know better than anyone what that man did to JJ…" I continued, "And I understand why you would want to know what happened…believe me, I do…Emily's been asking me, too…It's just that…she can't tell you…not like she was forced not to…but it's too painful, Will. It hurts too badly…she doesn't want anyone to know. She needs to keep it to herself. I would hate to see that hurt your relationship…you love eachother…you just gotta understand that she doesn't want to hurt you, but she just can't…And eventually…she'll come around and tell you. You just need to let her take her time," I finished. I hope I had made my point.
"Kaitlin…I understand…I want to know…and I want JJ to know that she can always tell me and be honest with me…but if you really think that it's too painful…" He started and I nodded, "And that eventually we can talk about it,"he continued and I nodded again, "then I guess I'll leave it be," he ended.
"Thank you, Will," I said. He smiled.
"Mr. Lamontange," the woman at the desk called. Will turned and looked at her, "She's all set to go."
"Thank you," He said, "Emily's in there," He pointed to the waiting room.
"Thanks again Will," I said and hobbled over to the waiting room as Will and Henry went to get JJ.
"Hey, guys, JJ's all set to go home," I said looking at the tired FBI agents: Rossi's worn face, relieved that everyone was okay, Derek's previously worried look, settled and at ease, Hotch's weary and tense look, relieved by the news, Garcia's anxious look, calmed, and then Reid's face in a book, eased to see JJ would be okay. Then I looked at Emily. She smiled gently and looked at me. I smiled back slightly.
We all walked into JJ's room. Will handed her Henry. I looked around the room. Derek stood to the left of me and patted me on the shoulder. Emily stood to the right of me. She pulled me close to her in sort of a side hug. Reid was smiling at JJ, who was holding Henry. Garcia was standing on the other side of JJ smiling. Rossi stood next to Emily and patted her shoulder. Hotch stood smiling as well. We were all exhausted.
Emily's POV
I looked at everyone and then I looked at Kaitlin. I saw everyone's smiling faces. At that moment I knew that every one and everything would be okay because we loved eachother and we always would.
