March 5th marked week 20 of JJ's pregnancy, halfway through and finally out of the field. Yes, she was taking on the role of the media liaison again, but she would be safe when traveling with the team staying at the precinct while the others went out.
In the last month, the Prentiss household had gone back to normal. Amelia hadn't had another nightmare since Emily's kidnapping, Oakley was loving kindergarten, and Lily was her happy self—more importantly, she was out of danger completely now that her sperm donor was dead. Emily had nightmares on and off about Doyle, but nothing she couldn't handle knowing he wouldn't be coming after her family ever again.
Emily decided to pull the girls from school this particular Friday and surprise JJ at work for lunch. "Mommy, we dunna see momma now?"
"We are Lily bug, but you need to put on clothes first—we can't have you showing up in your pj's silly girl," Emily said, tickling her daughter.
Once the girls were dressed, Emily loaded them into the car—30 minutes later she unloaded them and they rode up the elevators. As soon as the doors opened all three girls took off running and screaming, "Momma, momma, momma!"
Emily had invited Hayley, Jack and Harper as well, who they met in the elevator. Hayley agreed it would be okay to miss one day of third grade and Harper was only 8 months old. Jack chased after the girls yelling for Hotch, "Daddy!"
JJ spun around hearing her girls and Hotch smiled as he saw Jack, "Hi babies, why aren't you in school? Where's mommy?"
"Hi buddy," Hotch said, bending down to pick up Jack, "What are you doing here?"
Just then JJ and Hotch spotted their wives, "What are the kids doing out of school?" JJ asked, raising her eyebrow at Emily knowing she was the one who convinced Hayley to pull Jack from school too.
"I thought we'd surprise you and go out to lunch," Emily said, kissing JJ.
Hotch walked over to Hayley taking his daughter out of her arms, "Hi baby girl! This is a nice surprise," he added, kissing Hayley.
"Emily and I thought you guys work too hard; now come on, we're going out to lunch," Hayley said.
The two families were enjoying a nice lunch together when Emily's phone rang, "Hello?"
"Emily, it's Sophia Byrne, how are you?"
She excused herself from the table to speak freely without the rowdy children, "I'm good Sophia, how are you?"
"Good thank you. I was calling because we have an emergency placement and I thought you'd be the perfect fit."
"Excuse me?" Emily said, jaw opening as she heard Sophia's words.
"8 year old little boy, he was removed from his home this morning after multiple reports of neglect. His mother is a drug addict and there are no other family members. He's the sweetest little boy even though he's afraid of being here in the hospital for a checkup, he's making all the nurses and doctor smile. He just needs someone to love and take care of him." After a long silence, Sophia spoke again, "Emily?"
"Sorry, yes I heard you."
"How about you call me back after you speak to Jennifer, I know you'll need to talk it over. But you both came to mind first as you're the best foster parents I've ever worked with."
"Thank you. Yes, okay, can I call you back in fifteen minutes?"
"I look forward to it."
Emily walked back over to the table and said, "Hey, can the girls stay here with you guys for a minute? I need to talk to Jen," she asked Hayley and Hotch who both agreed.
"What's wrong Em?" JJ asked as they walked outside.
"Nothing. Sophia just called me."
"The girls social worker?" Emily nodded. "What did she want?"
"She called about a little boy, she wanted to know if we'd take him."
"What?" JJ exclaimed. "Em, I'm 20 weeks pregnant with twins."
"I know, Jen. But the way Sophia was talking about this little boy, I don't know, it pulled on my heart strings. I'm not saying yes, but maybe we could meet him?"
JJ loved Emily's big heart, loved her need to help everyone she could, but she was nervous. Six kids? They both wanted a big family…but this was really big. They planned to get pregnant, then found out it was twins—now another one too? After a deep sigh, JJ agreed.
"Okay, Em. Let's meet this little boy." After a kiss, Emily picked up her phone to call the social worker back.
"This is Sophia," she said through the phone.
"Hey Sophia, this is Emily Prentiss, I spoke with Jennifer and we were wondering if we could meet this little boy before making a final decision, would that be okay? We could be there in an hour."
"Absolutely. I know you have your other children to consider as well. I'll let his doctor know you're meeting us here."
"Okay, we just need to drop the girls with my parents and then we'll be there," Emily said.
"See you then."
JJ explained to Hotch what was going on and he agreed since it was Friday that she could leave for the day. They dropped the girls off at the Prentiss residence and headed to the hospital.
Walking into Pediatrics, Emily spotted Sophia. "Hello ladies," she greeted.
"Hey Sophia, is he okay?" Emily asked.
"What's his name?" JJ questioned before Sophia could answer her wife.
"Yes, it was a wellness check. Besides being extremely underweight, everything looks good. His name is Oliver Sky Pierce."
JJ and Emily exchanged a look, "What else can you tell us?"
"Oliver's mother signed away her rights as soon as she was taken into custody. His father overdosed when he was a one; his mother is a prostitute who cared more about getting her next fix than taking care him."
"How the hell has she taken care of him for eight years?" Emily asked, angrily.
"Oliver's grandmother was raising him, she died a month ago. Since then, Oliver has missed 19 days of school which is why we were called."
"Oh my god!" Emily exclaimed, "19 days and you were just called in?"
Sophia frowned, "I know, but we're here now. I've met a lot of great foster parents over the years, none are like you two. Seeing you now, I can tell why you were a bit hesitant over the phone, Emily," she said, signaling JJ's belly.
"Yes, I'm 20 weeks pregnant with twins."
Sophia's mouth dropped open, "Twins? And you're still here to meet Oliver?"
Emily and JJ both smiled, "We knew we wanted a big family and the way you described him over the phone, I couldn't not meet this sweet boy."
Just then a little blonde-haired boy with green eyes walked out of the room behind them looking around, "Sophia?" he asked, in the softest voice.
They all turned around to see him and Sophia knelt down, "Hi Oliver, these are my friends Emily and Jennifer, can you say hi?"
The little boy looked them both up and down before tucking himself behind Sophia and waving, "Hi."
"Hi Oliver, my name is Emily and this is my wife Jennifer."
"Do you have a baby in there?" he asked, pointing to JJ's stomach.
"There are actually two babies, honey," JJ said, smiling at the boy watching his eyes go wide.
After spending a little time with the little boy, Emily and JJ shared a knowing look. "Sophia, can we talk outside?" Emily asked, and she nodded.
"Oliver, I'll be right back okay? Jennifer is going to stay with you," Sophia said.
"Okay!" he smiled at her then went back to playing racecars with JJ.
"We're going to take him home."
"Really? Oh my gosh! That's great!" Sophia hugged Emily, "I'm so sorry, that was very unprofessional."
"Don't worry Sophia, we've known each other long enough I think it's okay," Emily smiled at the younger woman.
"As I mentioned, his mother already signed over her rights and I have his paperwork drawn up. I'll just need signatures from you and Jennifer, then Oliver's all set to go. Is Oakley still in her car seat or has she graduated to a booster?"
"She's still underweight, all our girls are actually so she's still in her car seat; I'm assuming you're asking because Oliver needs a high back booster?" Sophia nodded. "Amelia uses the same thing, we'll make sure to get another for him."
"Wow, Amelia is still teeny huh?"
"Yes, she actually has a thyroid condition and even though it's being treated with medication she hasn't grown much. From the looks of things, all the Prentiss children are going to be very small. Even the twins are measuring small."
"Well, you and Jennifer are tiny so it makes sense. Okay, I just need Jennifer's signature then you're all set. I also have Oliver's discharge paperwork. The only other thing you need to know is he's allergic to coconut and penicillin."
"That's good to know for the future," Emily smiled then walked back into the room. "Jen, you need to sign the paperwork, I'll stay with Oliver."
After the paperwork was signed, Emily picked the little boy up and off they went. "We're going to need a bigger car when the babies get here, Jen," she said, strapping Oliver into Amelia's booster seat.
"Oh god, six car seats!" JJ said, rubbing her growing belly. Emily laughed at her wife's comment.
"Hi Elizabeth," JJ said as she answered the phone.
"Hi Jennifer, so do I have a grandson?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes, he's ours!" JJ said, holding the phone away from her ear as she heard cheering. "Was that my mom?"
Elizabeth laughed, "Gerald invited them over when your father called us about the good news. They are swimming with the girls, your mother and I were making some snacks for everyone," Liz answered.
"Oh great! Would you mind if they stayed with you for the afternoon? Emily and I wanted to take him shopping for some clothes and toys."
"We'd love to dear. Let us know when you're on your way back, we can prepare dinner."
"That would be amazing, thank you Elizabeth."
"Alright little man," Emily said as they walked into the toy store, "we have three girls at home and we don't have any race cars like the ones you were playing with earlier, do you think you could pick out some toys you'd like?"
"I getta pick?" Oliver asked, so innocently it melted her heart.
"Anything you want honey," JJ responded.
The trio already picked out a new wardrobe for the little boy along with bedding which, much to Emily's approval, was blue plaid and not anything crazy like Oakley's old mermaid comforter—their last stop was the toy store. They'd have Morgan pick up the paint for his room tomorrow, today they were picking out the basics. After getting multiple Lego sets, six packs of race cars along with a large race track, Oliver moved on to pick a new furry friend. "This one?" he asked, holding up a panda bear.
"Is that the one you like, buddy?" JJ asked, seeing the smile on his face.
"Yeah! He can be my new friend because—" the little boy's head dropped and he was visibly upset.
"What is it baby?" Emily said, kneeling next to him.
"My stuffy umm, it went in the trash because mommy said I was too old for a baby toy," Oliver said, a single tear streaking his cheek.
"You're never too old for a stuffy," Emily picked up the little boy as JJ pushed the cart full of toys. "Do you want to know a secret?" Oliver nodded against Emily's chest, "I still have my baby blanket and Jennifer still has her stuffy."
"Really?" Oliver asked, disbelieving.
"Really, sweet boy."
Oliver fell asleep on the ride back to the elder Prentiss residence which gave the women a chance to talk, "You look happy," Emily said, winking at JJ.
"I am happy," JJ reached over the console to grab Emily's hand. "It sounds silly, but you have your mini—three of them who are literally spitting images of you and I know the twins will most likely look like me, but…"
"Oliver looks exactly like you with green eyes," Emily finished.
"Yeah, is that bad? I love our girls more than anything, you know that but there's always this…I don't know, when we go anywhere everyone always assumes I'm your nanny not their mother."
"I know, Jen. You don't need to explain it to me."
"How do you think the girls are going to react?" JJ asked, gripping Emily's hand a bit tighter.
"Looks like we're about to find out," Emily said, putting the car in park. She got out of the car and opened the door unbuckling Oliver from his new booster seat, "Oliver baby," she said, running her fingers through his shaggy hair.
He slowly opened his eyes, "Hi buddy, are you ready to meet your sisters and grandparents?"
While shopping, Emily and JJ told him all about their families which Oliver was very excited about. They explained to him how he would be living with them, not just temporarily, but forever. How they'd protect him, love him, and he would never be left alone ever again. (especially with three sisters and two siblings on the way, there would never be a dull moment in the Prentiss house) Oliver explained to Emily and JJ one of his friends at school had sisters and 'how cool' it would be if he could have sisters too. When the mothers heard how excited he was, their hearts melted.
After sleepily rubbing his eyes, he jumped into Emily's arms, "Woah buddy, seems like someone had a good nap, huh?" JJ laughed as the wind was almost knocked out of her wife when he leapt from the car into her arms.
Oliver was introduced to the grandparents and the girls, but he became very smitten with Gerald. Luckily, the mothers bought him many bathing suits which he was eager to put on so he could swim with his new sisters and grandfathers.
Emily and JJ sat with their mothers watching their children swim and interact. Oliver seemed to fit in instantly and by the end of the night, it was as if he'd been a part of the family for much longer and a day.
When they got home, JJ set up a movie for Amelia and Oliver while Emily got Lily and Oakley into the bath. As JJ read to them, Emily went to make Oliver's bed—once finished, she went to sing to the girls while JJ went back downstairs to get some pjs for him from the dryer and started his bath.
"Oliver honey, time to get ready for bed okay?" the little boy nodded and followed JJ up the stairs.
After he was bathed and dressed, JJ tucked him into bed right as Emily came into his bedroom. "Was that you singing?" he asked Emily.
"It was baby, I sing to the girls every night," she said, taking a seat on his bed with JJ.
"Are you gonna sing to me too?"
"If you want me to," the little boy nodded. "Okay, lay back down buddy."
JJ read Oliver a story then Emily sang to him. Both mothers thought he was asleep as they tiptoed out of his bedroom, Emily went downstairs to tell Amelia it was time for bed but JJ was stopped by his little voice. "You're gonna be here when I wake up, right?"
She walked back over to his bed and ran her fingers through his hair, "We'll always be here, sweetie. If you need anything, you know where our bedroom is and you can come in and wake us up okay?" he nodded, "Goodnight baby," JJ said, kissing his head.
Downstairs, Emily was talking to Amelia, "Mommy, is Oliver my new brother?"
"Yes, baby he—" Emily was cut off by Amelia's squealing. She jumped into her mothers arms and bounced up and down.
JJ walked in and heard Amelia squealing in Emily's arms, "What are we so excited about in here?"
"I have a brother!" Amelia exclaimed.
"You do sweetie, you may have three brothers," JJ winked. They still didn't know the genders of the twins—the reveal party was scheduled for the following weekend baring any case that may come up.
"Yeah but it may be another sister too momma!"
"You're right, we'll find out soon though. Right now, it's time for bed," Emily said, starting to walk up the stairs with Amelia as JJ followed.
JJ woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and when she was walking back towards the bed their bedroom door opened revealing Oliver squeezing his new panda bear, "Hi buddy, did you have a nightmare?" JJ asked.
"No, I was just, I umm, I wanted to make sure you were still home."
"I told you sweetie, we'll always be here okay?" he nodded. "Do you want to sleep with us?" he nodded again and JJ led the little boy over to their bed.
Emily rolled over and opened her eyes enough to see her son in the middle of them, JJ was running her fingers through his hair while cuddling him. "Jen, is everything okay?" she whispered.
JJ nodded. "He was afraid we left him," she frowned.
Emily cuddled closer to both of them, reaching up to kiss JJ's lips, then bent down to kiss Oliver's head. "We love you, sweet boy."
The next morning Emily woke up early and snuck out of bed careful not to disturb JJ or Oliver. She opened each of the girls rooms to check on them and found only Lily was awake, "Hi bug! Do you want to help me make some breakfast?"
"Cwepes?"
"Anything you want baby girl," Emily said, scooping her up and kissing all over her face as she squirmed.
Oakley joined them not long after and Amelia shortly after that. "Where's Oliver, mommy?"
"Well good morning to you too, sunshine!" Emily said, laughing at Amelia's greeting as she walked into the kitchen. "Momma and Oliver are still sleeping. He had a long day yesterday, just like you and Oakley the first day you spent with us. Remember?"
Amelia nodded and hugged Emily, "Maybe we can do something fun today."
"We'll see how momma is feeling and then make a plan, okay?"
Upstairs, JJ was awake and watching the little boy who was asleep in her arms. She could hear her girls downstairs listening to music, most likely dancing around the kitchen and most likely making crepes. JJ snuggled with Oliver, gently rubbing his back as he began to wake up, "Hi sweet boy," she said, smiling.
"You're still here!" Oliver said, tucking himself further into JJ.
"Always."
The Prentiss family enjoyed the weekend together; they went swimming, played soccer, baked cupcakes, watched movies, and played with their new toys. Emily made sure she added a few toys for the girls when they took Oliver shopping, much to JJ's dismay.
Because of Emily's contact at Brookwood, Oliver was able to start school Monday—all she had to do was go inside to sign some paperwork and he'd be all set.
"How's Jennifer doing?" Mark asked Emily as they walked into his office.
"Great. She's loving being pregnant and I'm enjoying not being pregnant," the adults laughed and Oliver sat quietly in her lap.
"So Oliver, you're in second grade?" he nodded not meeting Mark's eyes. Emily explained the situation to him on Friday, the fact he had missed almost a month of school, but Mark wasn't that concerned. Mark could tell the little boy was shy, so he continued to talk to Emily; by the end of their meeting, Oliver was registered for the second grade, "Alright buddy, are you ready?"
Oliver looked up at Emily, "You'll come get me after, right?"
"Of course baby," Emily kissed his forehead and put him down. "Remember what we talked about this morning?"
"Amelia and Oakley will meet me out front?"
"No, well yes they will. But I meant, try to have some fun and meet new friends okay?"
"Okay. I love you," Oliver said, wrapping his arms around Emily.
"I love you too buddy." And just like that, Mark was showing Oliver the way to his new classroom.
Emily was early for pickup, just like she was everyday—she couldn't wait to hear how Oliver's day was. "Mommy me wanna get out."
"Not yet, bug. It's too cold to wait outside," Emily said, turning around in her seat to face Lily.
When Emily saw her children coming out of the school she unbuckled Lily and scooped her up, "Sissys! Olvr!" Lily yelled, smiling at her siblings.
Emily smiled hearing how excited her daughter was and seeing Oliver smiling big, "Hi my babies!" she said, kneeling with Lily so she could hug her children. "How was your day?"
All three kids started talking at the same time and Emily just laughed. After getting them all buckled up, she looked in the rearview mirror with a full heart. Oakley and Lily were talking, as were Amelia and Oliver. Three and a half years ago she was raising a child by herself, now she had a wife, four children, and two on the way. Never once did she think this would be her life—yet, here she was watching her four children interact with one another as she drove them home from school.
When they got home, Oliver went immediately upstairs to his bedroom while Emily got the girls a snack. Once the girls were settled in the kitchen eating she ran upstairs to find Oliver in the corner of his bedroom sitting on the floor, "Hi buddy, what are you doing alone up here?"
"Umm, I thought that—I didn't want—I umm, I'm sorry," Oliver stuttered.
Emily walked over and sat on the floor with him, "What's wrong baby?"
"I'm not supposed to make a sound after school because she was always asleep," Oliver said, looking down at his hands.
"Oh sweetie," Emily pulled the little boy into her lap, "I'm so sorry that happened to you, but I'm not like your mom. I want to see your cute self all the time," she said, tickling his sides. "The only quiet time we have in this house is bedtime, okay? And even then, if you need anything you can always come into our bedroom to wake us up."
"You mean it? You won't get mad?"
"Never, ever! Can you tell me about school? How was your first day?"
"It was the funnest ever! Everyone was really nice and we did stuff I already knew how to do. I already did my homework because it was super easy. We went to gym class and we played basketball and art class we painted but I'm not allowed to take it home yet because the teacher hanged it up! Isn't that so cool?" Oliver was so excited he was waving his arms around in the air telling Emily all about it.
"It sounds like you had a great day, buddy. Since you don't have any homework, why don't we go eat a snack before dinner then you can go into the playroom with Lily and Oakley?"
"Okay!" As they were walking out of his bedroom he stopped. "Do you have stuff I gotta do?"
"What do you mean baby?"
"Like wash my clothes or stuff that grownups do."
Emily frowned, this poor little boy has grown up so fast, "No! The only thing you have to do besides go to school and do your homework is be a kid." She saw him smile before he jumped into her arms. "Come on, let's go have a snack."
The week flew by for the family and come Friday JJ was thrilled to be going home knowing their gender reveal wouldn't have to be postponed. The Jareau's were all heading to Fairfax to stay with Sandy and Allen and were all very excited to find out the genders of the final Prentiss babies.
Emily and JJ discussed their future quite often and both agreed they'd cap it at six. However, JJ wasn't completely sold on the idea now that they had Oliver—if one of the twins wasn't a boy, JJ wanted another.
"Where are my babies?" JJ asked, walking into the playroom after her boring Friday at the office. It wasn't exactly 'boring', she was too excited to focus. They had pushed off their gender reveal long enough, JJ was getting impatient.
"Momma! Momma! Momma!... Momma!" The fourth 'momma' surprised her, did Oliver just call me momma? No, one of the girls must have said it twice. JJ hugged them all and asked them about their days.
As JJ went to leave the playroom, Oliver followed her. Feeling someone on her heels, JJ turned around, "What's up honey?"
"Lia was telling me about the baby party, am I allowed to go to it?"
JJ's heart melted at the innocence in his voice and the fact he called Amelia 'Lia' like Oakley and Lily did. It started when Oakley couldn't pronounce Amelia, but it's stuck ever since, "Why wouldn't you be allowed baby?"
"Umm because I'm umm, I'm not dopted, momma."
JJ tried to figure out what Oliver was trying to say but the new moniker didn't go unnoticed, "You mean adopted?" he nodded. "Come with me," she said, holding out her hand for Oliver to take.
JJ led them both into the living room and pulled him into her lap on the couch, "Just because you're not adopted yet, doesn't mean you don't get to be involved family events. You are our son which means every party we have, you get to be there too, okay?"
"Okay, momma," Oliver said, wrapping his arms around JJ's neck hugging her. I didn't mistake that one, he called me momma. JJ looked up to stop the happy tears, damn hormones are making this next to impossible.
That night at bedtime, JJ was reading to Oliver while Emily was reading with Amelia. They wanted the kids in bed early so they'd be well rested for the party the next day. "Momma?" Oliver asked.
"What is it, baby?"
"Is mommy gonna sing to me?" Tears threatened to fall again as she heard her son address Emily as 'mommy'.
"Yes, she'll sing to you every night. Do you not want to read anymore?" the little boy shook his head as he rubbed his eyes, "Okay, I'll go get mommy."
JJ leaned down to kiss his head, "I love you momma."
"I love you too baby boy."
JJ walked into Amelia's bedroom seeing her curled up against Emily, "Hi sweet girl, can I read you a chapter so mommy can sing to Oliver?" after receiving a nod, the women switched places.
Emily went into Oliver's bedroom and sat down next to the boy seeing him yawn, "Hi momma!" She was taken back by the moniker, "Hi baby, you ready for bed?" Oliver nodded and Emily began singing to him. Once he was asleep, she stood up then leaned down to kiss his head, "I love you, Oliver." She was about to close the door when she heard a sleepy, "Love you, mommy."
After singing to Amelia, Emily and JJ climbed into bed as well. "I am so exhausted!" Emily said, falling into their bed.
"Oh yeah," JJ asked, straddling her wife's hips. "Too exhausted for a little fun?" JJ leaned down to capture Emily's lips.
"How could I ever turn down a request like this?"
The women spent hours lavishing each other's bodies and then fell asleep intertwined together.
Emily opened her eyes and looking at the clock it read 3:52. She was confused as to what had woken her considering they had only been asleep for about three hours, then she heard it. Racing towards Amelia's bedroom, she could hear her screaming, but something wasn't right.
"Momma let me go! Noooo! I need mommy! No! Stop, I can't, no! Mommy wake up! Mommy please, please no."
Emily scooped Amelia into her arms, "Amelia baby, wake up! Come on sweet girl, show me those beautiful eyes. You're safe, mommy's here. Wake up baby!"
"Mommy!" Amelia gasped. Opening her eyes, she wrapped her arms around Emily as tight as she possibly could.
"I'm here baby, mommy's here," a single tear fell down Emily's cheek but she stopped it before Amelia could see. "What happened sweet girl?"
"I—you—you didn't, momma wouldn't—" the tears streamed down Amelia's face faster than Emily could wipe them away. "The bad man, momma wouldn't let me see you after he hurt you. She wouldn't let me see you, I was so afraid I was never gonna see you again. Please don't leave me mommy."
Emily felt a pang of guilt spread through her body, I'm supposed to protect my babies not cause them pain, "I'm never going to leave you, baby. Momma and I will always protect you, I promise."
"Can I sleep with you?"
Emily nodded and picked Amelia up, carrying her into their room.
The next morning Emily woke up feeling more than sore, why am I so, she opened her eyes and found the reason; Amelia was laying on top of her. She turned her head to look at JJ who was stifling her laugh, "It's not funny."
"It's a little funny. When did she get in here?"
"4, she had a nightmare about Doyle."
JJ could see the guilt in Emily's eyes, "Babe, it isn't your fault. You know that right?"
"Whose fault is it then? It's my past that came back to haunt us, it's my fault our daughter can't sleep. If I never went under—"
"Emily Elizabeth Prentiss, don't you dare finish that thought. If you never went undercover you wouldn't have Lily, you wouldn't have moved back to the states, we never would have met and fallen in love, and we wouldn't have three other beautiful children with two on the way—so please, please don't finish that thought. We have a beautiful life together, a life I wouldn't change. Have we had our struggles? Yes. Have we had more hardships than one should? Hell yes. But everything we've gone through has only made us stronger; we've become a stronger couple, stronger mothers, and stronger badass women."
"Momma that's a bad word," Amelia mumbled into Emily's chest that she was still laying on.
Emily laughed at that, "You're right baby, momma did say a bad word."
"But to be fair, I thought you were sleeping miss bedhead," JJ said, tickling Amelia who in return, squirmed around on Emily's chest.
Not long after, the rest of the Prentiss children woke up and ran into their mother's bedroom. The littles started jumping around on the bed and Oliver snuggled up in JJ's arms while Amelia stayed in Emily's.
"Okay my crazy babies, how about we go make breakfast before everyone gets here?" They all cheered and ran down the stairs.
The gender reveal was underway and JJ was becoming extremely impatient; more so than their four children who were happily occupied by their cousins and Uncle Julian.
"Babe, I can't wait any longer—I need to know!" JJ pleaded with Emily while suffocating her in a hug.
"Jen—" was all she managed to say before Amelia came running up to them.
"Mommy can we open the boxes now?"
"Sure baby, why don't you tell everyone then bring your siblings over here please."
As Amelia went running off, JJ scoffed. "So I get told no all day and the second our daughter asks you say yes?"
Emily laughed at her wife, "Jen I was about to tell you yes but Amelia cut of us off. Kristen, Ashley and Pen just went to grab the boxes."
"Oh." JJ said, ducking her head.
"Come on gorgeous, let's go find out the gender of these babies," Emily said, rubbing her hand over JJ's growing stomach.
Everyone gathered around the Prentiss family and the two big boxes. Both were painted half blue half pink, with a big sticker: BOY OR GIRL?
All their children wanted to be a part of the unveiling so that's exactly what they did. The family stood by box number 1, Emily was holding Lily with her arm wrapped around JJ while Oakley, Amelia and Oliver pulled off the lid together—blue balloons flew out causing everyone to cheer.
"A baby brother, Lia!" Oliver said, looking at his sister who was also hoping for a brother.
Amelia squealed and wrapped him in a hug before doing the same with Oakley. Lily squirmed out of Emily's arms, afraid she was missing out on the fun and joined the hugs.
Emily and JJ shared a kiss, "Well babe, I guess our magic number is going to be six after all." JJ said, leaning into kiss Emily again. They broke away and saw their children hugging each other, "Six is perfect."
The family was so caught up in the excitement, they forgot there was another box waiting for them until Garcia reminded them. "I have two godbabies and I only know the sex of one of them!"
Emily picked Lily back up and they moved over to the second box, once again Oakley, Amelia and Oliver pulled off the lid together and—