Chapter 16

The slight movement caused JJ to stir slightly, she could hear the whimpering sound again, "You're safe now Em, just rest" JJ said softly.

"Stacy" Emily whispered.

JJ closed her eyes slightly, she didn't know how Emily would react, and she didn't want to confirm or deny that she wasn't Stacy, she just didn't know what damage it could do. It may have sent Emily into a panic, it may give her a reason not to fight and right now she needed Emily to fight, she needed her to have a reason to keep fighting.

"Sorry" Emily muttered as her voice trailed off slightly.

"Just rest" JJ shook her head slightly.

She raised her finger to her lips as the door opened slightly. "Anything?" Morgan asked.

"She stirred slightly" she gave a weak smile. "Morgan what," she paused slightly "they won't tell us anything" JJ said softly.

"I know, I think Rossi is talking to the nurse" Morgan pulled up another chair bringing it near to the bed.

"Where's Garcia?"

"Asleep with pretty boy" he joked slightly.

"She's going to hate that we've seen her like this, you know"

"Better like this than the other JJ," he said as he rubbed JJ's shoulder. "And besides we've only seen her here"

"Hotch and I saw though Morgan" JJ's eyes pleaded with him. What she had seen down in that basement played again every time she closed her eyes.

"She will get over it in time, let's not think about that right now. The main thing is making sure she okay" Morgan said giving a soft smile.

"True," JJ sighed as she spoke. "When is her mother landing" this was something JJ was dreading, she came across as cold and with the way that Emily had described her upbringing, it made JJ shiver to the core.

She had often wondered how someone brought up the way she had been, moving from country to country, never having any real friends. Having to learn different languages and cultures, her mother always at one engagement or another. Although Emily would never mention her father, not one word not one of us knew if he was alive or dead, Garcia had been too curious one day and had ran a back ground check to see if she could find out, but she also hit a brick wall it was as though he didn't exist.

Although sometimes Emily was like a brick wall, you get a little bit too close to her and she would apply the brakes making you collide against cast-iron gates. Her mother's doing. We all knew it we all knew that she was so guarded only allowing us so close, but that instance you showed concern she would back away. What was she so scared of? Was this the reason she never told us about Stacy? Maybe she feared how we'd react. Rejection? Was that it, was that what this all boiled down to? JJ mused to herself shaking her head slightly. Maybe she was right, maybe she wasn't.

"Earth to JJ" Morgan teased.

JJ shook her head slightly "Sorry"

"Lost in your thoughts" Morgan said with a wink.

"Yes" JJ said as she sighed.

"Well in answer to your question, her mother should be here this afternoon"

"Do you think she will try and move her?"

"I think her mother knows what this team means to her daughter and understands that she is with people who care for her" he said with ease.

"And you know this how?"

Morgan chuckled slightly "Emily told me a while back what her mother could be like and how she had always stated her wishes and no matter how cold and off handed her mother was, she'd never go against Emily's wishes."

"Well as long as she knows Emily's wishes" JJ mumbled slightly.

"Coffee and maybe something to eat?"

JJ nodded slightly "Coffee, not sure I can stomach anything"

"Well Garcia will kill me if I don't get you something to eat, so humour me" Morgan gave a slight wink before heading back out of the room closing the door softly behind him.

JJ ran her fingers gently over Emily's hand as she whispered slightly, "Why do you not trust me Emily?"

She could understand her and Morgan being close they were partners but it didn't stop the slight sting that came with his words. Sighing slightly as she mulled over the past few days. Part of her was glad no one knew about Stacy, but the other part of her was hurt. Had her parents done that much damaged to the stubborn profiler that she couldn't trust anyone with anything? Or had something else made her back away from people, and if they tried to get close they were greeted with the ten foot cast-iron fence.

She ran her fingers against her eyes and face before running them through her hair as she tried to wake up more, sleeping on the chair was not great, it had made her slightly stiff, the stifled yawn as she stretched slightly before pushing herself up out of the chair, she needed to loosen her joints, the slight crack from her spin was a sure indicator that she had spent too long in that chair.

She hadn't noticed that scared brown eyes were now following her every movement, the sound of the crack as she straightened out made her flinch slightly, she swallowed praying her eyes were deceiving her and that she was still dreaming. JJ froze slightly as she turned their eyes locked for what seemed like eternity.

"Emily" JJ said carefully, she could see the look Emily held deep in her chocolate eyes. She smiled as she made her way slowly back towards the bed.

"JJ?" came the raspy and unsure voice.

JJ nodded with a slight smile as she spoke "You're safe now Em," she slowly closed the distance "You're safe" she repeated holding her eyes in her own.

Emily couldn't help the flinch that came, her body twitched trying to get away from her, she didn't believe for one second that she was safe, all she truly knew was JJ was in the room with her. Her eyes felt heavy again as though all the energy she had restored had vanished in one fail swoop. JJ smiled as she watched Emily trying to fight the sleep with was truly over powering her.

"Run" Emily whispered before the darkness took over.

The click of the door being pushed open pulled her attention again. "You look terrible" Garcia said giving her a pointed look. "You need to freshen up" she said lightly.

"I can't Pen," JJ shook her head as she spoke "She will either call out for Stacy or she will fear something has happened to me"

Garcia frowned "What on earth"

"She woke up, well I am saying she woke up but I get the impression she was caught between" she sighed slightly "I can't just leave if she wakes up"

"You know that hardly makes sense" she mused.

"Yeah no coffee inside me, lack of sleep. My best friend" her voice raised slightly. "I'll be fine"

"You do know you two are as stubborn as each other."

"At least we know one thing Emily's stubbornness won't allow this to beat her" Rossi mused as he snuck in behind them causing Garcia.

"You, need a bell, mister"

"Now what fun would that be" he paused slightly. "How's she doing?"

"She woke up slightly" JJ gave a half smile before her attention was pulled back to Emily.

"JJ," he looked at Garcia for a moment "Can you give us a moment please" giving a gentle smile.

"Before you even start I am not leaving" JJ said firmly though keeping her voice as low as possible

"Wasn't even going to suggest it"

"Then what?"

"I have spoken to the nurses, since Stacy is no longer with us, you are her next appointed person."

"I am her what now?" she paused slightly "Her mother?"

"Has handed the rains over to you so to speak" he said gently

"Why would she do that?"

"Something about a conversation they had, had before she travelled back to Europe" Rossi shrugged slightly. "Anyway she says it still stands even though she is back in the states."

JJ nodded slightly as tears filled her eyes, she looked away focusing on Emily. "Thank you"

"Emily's mother should be here in a couple of hours"

"Hotch?" she asked once she had controlled herself more.

"Still at the station, something about unfinished paperwork"

"What aren't you saying? I've been around profilers long enough Rossi to know when something's not right" her voice slightly louder.

"I know there is something but unless Hotch tells us" he shrugged slightly "Even I don't know what's going on. You can ask him once he comes back"