A month or so later, they had become Taylor's temporary foster parents and were planning on adopting her. They had caught Taylor's abuser, her father's friend and had put him in jail. He had confessed after JJ scared the living shit out of him. He had told JJ about every time he hurt Taylor and it literally made her sick to her stomach.
JJ had almost lost her cool, but she tried to remain as calm as possible, since she didn't want to give him an excuse to get away with it.
There was a knock on the door, making JJ snap out of her thoughts.
She opened the door and was happy to see it was Taylor's social worker.
"Hi, Mrs Jensen, come in. How are you?" JJ greeted politely.
"Hi, agent Jareau, I'm good, and yourself?." Mrs Jensen greeted back.
"I'm great thanks, have a seat." JJ said motioning towards the couch.
The social worker took a seat as JJ did the same.
"Well, I have great news." Mrs Jensen said with a smile.
JJ smiled back before the social worker continued.
"Well, I have talked to a judge and you, agent Prentiss and miss Sanders will have to be in court tomorrow morning at 9 am for the hearing on the adoption." Mrs Jensen explained.
"Okay. And how long will the process take?" JJ asked.
"Well, since you're both agents and agent Prentiss is the ambassador's daughter, things will speed up a little. The process will actually only take two weeks." The social worker said.
"Really?" JJ asked in disbelief.
"Yes. Where is agent Prentiss and miss Sanders?" Mrs Jensen asked.
"Oh, they left 10 minutes before you arrived. They went to the park for a walk." JJ replied.
"Well, it looks like it's up to you to tell them the good news." Mrs Jensen said as she started to get up from the couch as JJ did the same.
"Well, thank you for everything, Mrs Jensen. We appreciate it." JJ thanked her as she opened the front door.
"You are very welcome. I know you two will be great parents and that's exactly what miss Sanders needs. Have a nice day."
"You too."
And with that, the social worker was gone.
JJ immediately grabbed her phone and dialed Emily's number.
"Yeah, JJ?" Emily answered.
"Hey, can you guys come home?" JJ asked.
"Yeah, sure. Is there something wrong, Jen?" Emily asked, concern lacing her voice.
"No, no. It's good news, I'll tell you when you get here. Bye, love you." JJ said.
"Alright, love you too." And with that they hung up.
A few minutes later, JJ heard the door unlock and in came Emily and Taylor.
"Hey, what's up?" Emily asked.
"Hey, guess what?" JJ asked excited.
Taylor and Emily looked at each other before looking at JJ again.
"What?" It was Taylor who asked curiously.
"The adoption hearing starts tomorrow. We have to be in court by 9 am tomorrow." JJ said with a smile.
Then, Emily and Taylor grinned too.
"Really?" Taylor asked.
"Really." JJ confirmed.
"And you guys are sure about this? I mean if you don't want to do this, now is the time to say it." Taylor said.
"Taylor, we've been waiting for this moment. Don't worry, we have no doubts that this is what we want. What about you? If you're having second thoughts, now is the time to say it." JJ said.
"No, I've been waiting for this for a long time too." Taylor confirmed smiling.
"Good, and I have more good news."
"And what's that?" Emily asked.
"Well, thanks to our badges and to your mother's good name, the whole process will only take two weeks." JJ said.
"Really?" Emily and Taylor asked, laughing as they realized that it was exactly at the same time.
"Yeah, really." JJ smiled.
"Well, we need to celebrate. I'm taking you two out tonight for dinner." Emily said smiling.
JJ and Taylor smiled, accepting the offer.
"Well, how about we make some lunch?" Emily suggested.
"Sure, I'm hungry." JJ said.
Taylor smiled and nodded.
Taylor still felt a bit nervous around them, but it was getting better, and the nightmares were less frequent now. They knew that eventually, she would be okay.