Reunion

JJ smiled when she got off the phone with Dave. She was over the moon her friend and former boss was able to remember bits and pieces about his only child. It was about time father and son were reunited.

She went in to see the twelve year old sitting on the couch watching TV with both her boys. Henry was now nine while Edward was only two. Henry was on one side of the couch while Edward was cuddled up to Jack. Edward looked up to both boys.

Even though he'd happily played with her boys she could see how much he missed his dad and was praying for him to remember him. He was also trying to recover from his own trauma of what had happened. He'd already attended one physical therapy session for his ankle and was seeing a psychotherapist to try and help him mentally and emotionally.

He would let Jessica take him out every now and again for a trip to the park or McDonalds but he still wouldn't go home to her. He was trying to learn to trust her again but he couldn't shake off she'd married his father's captor and he was in the attic when they first moved into that house and she hadn't even bothered to investigate for herself. He could see how guilty she felt but he was still having problems that she'd chosen to trust Daniel over him in the first place.

"Jack?" JJ said.

"Yes Auntie JJ," he answered looking up hopeful.

"Your dad wants to see you..." He looked up excited picking up his crutches.

"He remembers me?"

"Unfortunately only bits and pieces but yes he remembers you..." He nodded but carried on smiling. He knew bits and pieces of his dad's memory would never come back but the main thing was he remembered him. "Remember to take it easy on him."

"I will. You know I will, Auntie JJ," he answered looking up at her.

She nodded and they soon left leaving Will with the boys.

When they reached the hospital JJ took him to his father's hospital room. He almost ran towards it but she tried to keep him calm even though she understood why he was excited. He hadn't seen his father in a week and the last time he saw him he hadn't been able to remember who he was.

When he went in they saw him sitting up just as excited to see his son as he was to see his dad. Jack ran up to him and gave him a hug which Aaron eagerly returned.

"You remember me," Jack smiled.

"I do," he smiled back. "I do."

"Are you getting better?"

"Slowly but surely."

"Good. Can't wait for you to come home."

"Me neither."

Suddenly Nurse Hobbiton came back in to give Aaron his medicine. She smiled when she saw the little boy with him. She guessed this was the son Aaron had been just telling her about before she went to get his medication.

JJ didn't miss how as soon as she walked into the room Aaron seemed to light up even further than he had with his own son or the beam that crossed his face as he saw the nurse. She knew Jack was making him happy but right now with the nurse in the room the happiness was dripping off him.

She was more than happy to see him smile again after everything he'd been through and to see him this happy but it almost tore her in two. She knew her best friend, whom she almost loved like a little brother, was in love with him and they'd even shared a kiss three years ago though it had never gone any further due to Aaron being kidnapped the very next day. Aaron more than deserved this happiness but it would kill Spencer to know he was beginning to form feelings for someone else.

She'd tried to get Spencer to see him and understood it must be the most painful thing in the world to be forgotten by the man he loved but if he didn't visit Aaron soon she was sure he'd lose him. She'd tried to convince him but he had kept telling her he needed time. Now he didn't even pick up the phone.

"You must be Jack," the nurse smiled at the twelve year old boy. "Your dad's just been telling me about you."

"Your dad's nurse?" Jack asked curious. She nodded so he added, "Has he been behaving himself?"

"He's been very well-behaved," she smiled back.

"Good," Jack smiled back. "he used to be a bad patient."

They all laughed while Aaron grumbled, "I still don't like hospitals."