So here's the next chapter.
Chapter Three
"I know I should be happy but I can't. Henry's father is dead. Did he said why?"
"JJ." Hotch.
"I want to know. At least I deserve to know Aaron."
"He said he wanted Will to pay for what happened to his sister." Hotch said. "She died in a car accident. The other driver was under the influence."
"Aaron, what if he comes for me?" JJ said.
"JJ he's in jail even if he managed to escape I won't let him get to you." Hotch replied. "You should rest."
"I can't."
"Jen, I'm here. I'm not moving."
She began to doze off again. He watched her sleep and thought how his life would had been if he had stayed with her but there was no what if's. Yes at some point he had loved Haley but not to the point as he had loved JJ. He got up from the chair.
"You left once when I most needed you. Please don't do it again. Don't walk away."
"That is something I have to live with constantly. I'm not doing it again."
The nurse entered the room to check on JJ that everything was okay after she did she left the room. Few minutes when the nurse had left the room the team entered the room. Hotch explained to the team that JJ and him had been a couple when they were both in high school. The only one not surprised was Emily.
"How did you know?" Hotch asked.
"It was the way she looked at you and the sadness in her eyes when we helped Carrie."
"Will and I had been talking about Henry's godparents and we agreed for the Godparents to be Pen and Spence."
"Yes." Garcia replied. "I accept."
Everyone waited for Reid's answer.
"I don't - I mean. I don't know." Reid answered.
"Here. You wanna hold him? It's okay." JJ said handing Henry to Reid. "Watch his head."
"Hi. Hello Henry." Reid said.
"If anything happened to me, it's up to you and Garcia to make sure he gets into Yale."
"Ooh. Yale. Yale! Do you wanna go to Yale, Henry? That was your Godfather's safety school." Reid said and then whispered. "Don't worry. I can get you into Cal Tech with one phone call."
"I guess that's your yes." Emily replied.
Days later JJ and Henry were released from the hospital. Hotch noticed that she couldn't even enter the apartment she shared with Will. The whole team had volunteered him to take care of JJ for the following two weeks. The whole team had brought food and drinks to be with Henry when the doorbell rang. Hotch got up to opened the door and to his surprise it was Haley.
"I could have guessed the attention getter was here." Haley replied as she saw JJ holding Henry.
JJ just laughed.
"What's so funny?" Haley replied with a question.
"It takes one to know one." JJ replied.
"What did you just said?" Haley asked.
"You're saying I'm an attention getter when you're worse." JJ answered.
"I am not like you." Haley replied.
"In that you're right. I unlike you know the boundaries of a taken man. I know about self respect. A thing you don't know about."
Everyone was silent with the exception of Hotch who was trying to calm the waters.
"Oh you're still stuck in that moment." Haley said.
"Oh no. I'm doing it for your sake and all those times you called me every time Aaron didn't answer the phone asking me 'Where is my husband? If he answers you tell him his wife is looking for him.' You knew he would answer my phone calls. His ex girlfriend working with him that must had hurt your ego."
Haley rolled her eyes at JJ.
"But what really hurt the most was that deep down you knew his heart wasn't completely yours. You kept asking yourself if he was with you because he loved you or because he felt obliged to you."
"You're crazy."
"I could simply say it's because I'm hormonal. You know I just had a baby but what about you?"
"I have never been humiliated before." Haley replied.
"You're just getting a taste of your own medicine." JJ replied.
Haley gave Hotch some papers and left the apartment.
"Are you okay?" Hotch asked.
She just nodded with her head. Hotch hadn't seen JJ so riled up but he understood that year she didn't only loose her boyfriend but her little Christina. He had been shocked when JJ told him where her little body was and he had gone to visit his daughter's grave. JJ didn't want to tell him what name he had chosen for her until he saw the grave Christina Elise Hotchner. At that moment he knew what JJ's uncle had told him. Yes, she agreed with him. She was too good for him. JJ had a big heart opened for everyone and he had crashed it.
After everyone had eaten and helped clean up the team left leaving them alone.
"What are you thinking?" JJ asked.
"That you have always been too good for me." Aaron replied.
At that moment Henry decided to wake up. The boy was surely really hungry. He turned around as she began to breastfeed the baby.
"There's nothing you haven't seen before and you got to get used to it for I'm staying here for the next two weeks." JJ said. "You used to smile more. You weren't always this serious."
He was falling in love with her all over again or probably he had never stopped loving her. He didn't know which one it was. By the end of the second week she already knew that she didn't want the apartment she shared with Will. She couldn't leave there. She wanted to move into a hotel room. He refused to hear it.
"You don't need to move so soon."
"I just don't want to be over your space."
"JJ, I'm fine." Aaron replied.
"Okay."
Time went by so fast before they knew it her 6 weeks of maternity leave have ended and she had to report at the Pentagon for work. He had tried to fight the feelings he was feeling for her but it wasn't that easy. She was so nervous even if she tried to deny it. He got her from the waist and gave her a kiss.
"You're going to be fine." Hotch said.
"I…thank you." JJ replied.
He kissed her again. "I have to go."
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She felt a twinge sensation when he kissed her just like when he kissed her for the first time. She was feeling like a giddy teenager. She began to finish getting ready so she could start with Henry's bag and what he might need. She had looked for a Daycare that was near her work station.
She got a text from Emily. Good luck today. How are u? She replied back. I'm good just a lil nervous. Seconds later she got another text. U'll be good. Something is bothering u. Emily knew her very well. Aaron kissed me today. It's been only 6 wks. It's 2 soon. Emily replied back. Aw it's never 2 soon. U're getting a 2nd chance w/him. Surprise him.
JJ got to the Daycare and left indications on how to take care of Henry and his feeding hours. She got a little bit early at work. She felt like a fish out of the water. She really wanted to be back at the FBI. She did the best she could. After her day was off she went to pick up Henry and headed towards the park for a while and then back to the apartment. She was at the kitchen preparing dinner when she heard the door opened.
"Hey smells good." Aaron said as he got close to the door.
"It's almost done." JJ replied.
"Jen, I want for us to give us a second chance."
It was her time to surprise him. She kissed him and he simply got her from the waist.
"That's my answer." She replied.
They sat down and enjoyed their dinner while Henry was still asleep. Just as she got up to clean the table they heard Henry's angry pleas.
"Go I'll clean up." Hotch said.
She gave Hotch the plate she had in her hand and fled to the room to quiet the little guy. She picked him up and he calmed. She looked up and Hotch was standing on the doorway just looking at her.
"Going on a case?" JJ asked. "I know that look."
"Yes." Hotch replied. "We were called to Montana."
"I miss that." JJ said. "I miss doing something to help others. I don't miss the gory details but go they need you."
"Are you sure? This is going to be the first time you stay by yourself."
"If I need you I'll call you." JJ replied.
He walked towards her and gave her a kiss and to Henry too. Henry growled his discomfort. JJ tried to stiff a laugh.
"Sorry buddy." Hotch said. "I'm leaving already."
"Bye." JJ said.
She wasn't going to lie. It wasn't easy just staying behind. She was used to flying around with the team. Twenty minutes later she picked him up to burp and then switched him to the other side for another twenty minutes. He was fast asleep. She put Henry in the crib and decided to go to bed herself.
The following morning she got ready and got Henry ready and headed out. She got to the Daycare and dropped off Henry and then headed to work. She walked to her work station and began her day. Before she knew it, it was lunch already.
"Did you bring lunch?" Norma asked.
"No I forgot to pack yesterday after dinner and with new baby and my boyfriend going out of town because of his job gave me no time." JJ replied.
"Yeah kids give you no time for you. Come and join us Monica, Carina and I brought more than enough."
"I don't want to intrude."
"No you're not. Come you need the food for you and your newborn."
JJ got up from her desk and headed towards the lunchroom. As she entered she could smell the food and it smelled good. JJ got a text. Sorry I didn't pack u anything for lunch today. She replied, it's okay coworkers sharing their food with me. How are things going? She got food on her plate and began to eat when she got another text. It's going. That's great. I'll see u soon. I love u. She replied back, see ya soon I love u 2.
"How old is your baby?" Carina asked.
"My baby is 6 weeks old. He's name is Henry." JJ replied.
"Your boyfriend must be excited to be a Daddy." Norma said.
JJ was left speechless. "My life is like a person on a tv show. My boyfriend and I knew each other since we were kids. He was my grandparent's neighbor. I would stay with them all the summers. We began our relationship in the summer before my freshman year and his sophomore year. My parents enrolled me in school there."
"What happened next?" Monica asked.
"Well, by the end of the following fall he had changed me for someone else and I didn't get a chance to tell him that I was pregnant. My baby was a stillborn baby."
"Oh I'm so sorry." Carina said. "I went through the same thing. I know how you feel. There's not a single day that I don't think how would he look like."
"That's exactly how I feel sometimes and now with my new baby I wonder."
"So how come you ended up together?" Carina asked.
"I joined the FBI in Maine. In 2004 they transferred me to the BAU because they needed a liaison media and who was supposed to be my boss? Yep my ex. I met the father of my baby while working a case in New Orleans he was the leading Detective. We kept it a secret for a little bit of a year and then I got pregnant and he moved to DC. We were in an accident and he died protecting me. I ended up having a C-Section."
"What did you name your little girl?" Norma asked.
"I named her Christina Elise. Even if I was too young to get married we were talking about that and we had agreed that we wanted a big family. We picked out names for kids and he had picked those names for little girls and yes he's listed as her father. My parents weren't convinced but I told them I couldn't be selfish. I didn't want to get involved with him too soon but we were leaving together. My coworkers had volunteered him for the job of taking care of me. Do you think it's too soon to be with someone else?"
"If you really love each other I don't think so." Norma said.
"I think you two deserve a second chance." Carina replied.
"Did he married the other girl?" Monica asked.
"Yes they did. They have a child together. She left him and then served him with the divorce papers." JJ replied.
After lunch and talking they returned to work. Days passed, weeks passed, one month passed. She had done three and the three had come positive. She was waiting for her fourth. She made an appointment with the doctor and was waiting for the results. The nurse came out and confirmed it. She was pregnant.
She hadn't expected that. She of course was happy but nervous. She was thinking of a way of telling Aaron. When her phone began to alert her of a text she had just received. We just landed back. She replied back, good because I have news 4 u. I'm pregnant. Her phone began to ring.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Nah, I'm just telling you to see your reaction of course I am silly." JJ replied.
"It's finally coming into reality." Hotch said.
"What?" She asked.
"The big part of the plan." Hotch said.
"You're in company." JJ said.
"Yes should we wait or not?" Hotch asked.
Yes I don't like Haley but I didn't want her to die.
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