"Emmy, you don't know how long I've waited to see you under me again," Jessica said as she straddled Emily's hips. Emily didn't move when she leaned down and kissed her lips, so Jessica decided the next 'logical' step would be to slap her across the face.
When Emily opened her eyes the second time she saw Jessica on top of her, she tried to move; realizing she couldn't, Emily made the best decision she could in that moment: attempt to play along.
"Jessica, what do you want?"
"I think it's pretty obvious what I want. Seeing as you're naked and tied up in the playroom I've made just for us, you should know. I'm going to fuck you, and you're going to like it," Jessica laughed, an evil smile spreading across her face.
Emily gulped, how the hell am I going to stop this? I'm so sorry, Jennifer. I'm so, so sorry. Tears fell from her eyes and Jessica laughed, "Emmy save those tears, you'll need them later to convince your wife the marriage is over. It will make it more believable."
"Jennifer knows I'd never leave her!" Emily spat, "Where the hell are my children? Where's Hayley?"
Jessica slapped her across the face again, "I told you our children are downstairs with that bitch. Once I have my fun with you, I'll make sure Hayley gets what she deserves. Don't you worry!"
"They aren't your children, Jessica! All three of them are innocent, let them go. It's me you want."
SLAP!
"I want our family to be together, Emmy! You, me and the kids are going to be a happy family, just you wait. Now, before I have my fun with you, let me go turn on the camera so Jennifer can see how much better I can fuck you."
Emily's heart sunk, she still wasn't all there because of the drugs she'd been given, and now she was tied to the bed. There was no way should could fight back. Please let my babies be okay. Jennifer, I'm so sorry. I love you all so much.
"Jessica?" Reid asked. "Hayley's sister?"
Both Hotch and JJ responded, "No!"
"What are we missing?" Rossi asked.
Hotch and JJ suddenly realized they both knew who Jessica was and turned towards each other, "How do you know her?" JJ asked.
"Hayley was one of her best friends. They went to college together; they were in constant competition with one another all four years and through the start of med school. But then Hayley saw something she wasn't supposed to and got Jessica kicked out for gross misconduct. How do you know her?"
"Hayley's a nurse? But she doesn't work…" Garcia asked, although nobody registered it.
"Gross miscondu—I, well I don't really know her. I met her at Emily's mother's gala. She is Emily's ex-girlfriend."
Everyone's jaws opened; nobody knew what to say. What was the chance this woman had issues with both of them? Rossi was the first one to speak, "So who was she after? Hayley or Emily? Did she mean to take the kids, or were they collateral damage?"
"She couldn't have gotten very far into her medical degree since Hayley got her expelled, so it must be something to do with my—" Hotch started to say.
"She told Emily she wanted her back. Then told me Emily didn't want to get married and didn't want kids—oh god," JJ said, tears streaming down her face. "She wants my—she—I'm so sorry Hotch."
"JJ, we don't know what this is about. It seems like this Jessica woman is clearly off hinge; whether it be getting expelled from medical school, or thinking she could take over your life," Rossi trailed off, not sure where he was actually going.
"Do you know her last name?" Reid asked.
"I have no idea," Hotch said.
"I think it's—shit I don't know she introduced herself to me and everything. Wait," she said, pulling out her phone. "Jennifer your parents were just telling us stories from when you were younger," Gerald laughed, "how are you?" The Jareau's had been staying with the elder Prentiss's since Oakley's adoption and were clearly enjoying their time together.
"Uhh, not great actually. Emily and the girls have been taken, along with one of my team members wives," she started to say, as she heard Elizabeth come on the line too.
"Jennifer dear, where are you? Whatever they want, we'll pay." Liz said.
"They haven't asked for money, Elizabeth. I called to ask about that woman from the gala, Gerald. Emily's ex, you spoke with her before I did. Do you remember her last name?"
"What is the relevance dear?" Liz asked.
"She's the one who took them, I need to know her last name so we can track her down. Please, please help me get my family back."
Gerald had been thinking while Liz spoke with JJ, "Carson? Colten? Carlson! Yes, Carlson," he said.
JJ put the phone on speaker, "Garcia, Carlson, Jessica Carlson." She focused back to the phone call, "Thank you so much, I'll call you with—"
"Jennifer, we're coming to you! We'll be there shortly. You're not alone in this, dear."
Rossi spoke up, "I think you should stay home for now, Elizabeth. If this woman knows where you live, she may use it to her advantage."
They all heard a gasp through the phone and Gerald responded, "We will, please bring our daughter and grandbabies back."
Little did anyone know, Jessica was planning on doing just that. She wanted her parents to suffer just as much for not recognizing her when she was with Emily. Her mother always said being gay was a phase, so she was never introduced by Emily to her parents and that infuriated her. Why was the blonde bitch so much better than her? Why was she introduced and not me?
Jessica pulled out the largest dildo she had and turned on the camera. "Emmy you're going to love this!" she said, jamming it into Emily.
She screamed out in pain, not only was it much larger than she could handle, it wasn't lubricated and she wasn't the least bit aroused. "That's it, I know you can scream louder for me. Come on Emmy, scream for me!" Jessica said, thrusting the toy in and out of Emily.
Emily tried to hold back her screams but couldn't. It hurt too much. The tears fell as Jessica kept jamming the toy into her while she licked up her body. Emily was in pain and disgusted all at the same time. Trying to hold back the vomit however, she couldn't. She threw up all over herself and Jessica.
"You stupid cunt!" Jessica screamed. She pulled the dildo out of Emily and punched her in the face. "Don't you dare do anything besides tell me how much you like it while I'm making love to you!" Emily felt nauseous again just by that statement.
When she finished beating Emily to a pulp, she threw her and a nightgown into the room with Hayley and the kids, "Go straighten yourself up for me, Emmy. I'll be back for more later."
As the door shut, Hayley ran over to Emily. Luckily, she got the girls to fall asleep shortly after being put in there. "Oh my god, Emily!" Hayley put her hand on Emily's shoulder and when she flinched, Hayley pulled away, "Emily, it's Hayley. You're okay, I'm here."
"Ha—Hayley?" Emily choked out.
"It's me, Emily. I'm so sorry, this is all my fault. Here, let's get you cleaned up then put this on you," she said, the nightgown in hand. After cleaning the vomit off Emily she carefully sat her up enough to slip on the thin material, "There's only one blanket and the girls are wrapped in it, I can—"
"I'm fine. Hayley, are my girls safe? Did she h—hurt them or you?"
"No, she didn't lay a finger on us. I'm so sorry Emily, this is all happening because of me."
"No, it's not Hayley. She's my—" Emily said, then started coughing.
"Shh, shh," Hayley said, trying to comfort Emily the best she could, "I got Jessica kicked out of med school, Emily."
She looked up at Hayley, "It's not your fault, Hayley. She's my ex-girlfriend. She wants me, she wants a life with me and my girls."
"Oh god!"
"Hayley, you need to promise me something," Hayley nodded, "Protect my girls, and I'll protect you."
"No, Emily! You're already beaten head to toe. I can't let you—"
"Hayley, promise me!"
Hayley started to cry, "I promise."
After that, Emily drifted off to sleep in her arms shivering, leaving Hayley alone and awake. I'll protect them, Em. I promise.
The team found Jessica's address however when they arrived, nobody was home. They didn't have probable cause to enter because they only saw that Jessica was the one who took them, not where she took them. When they were outside Carlson's residence, Hayley could hear them talking.
She woke Emily up and she could hear the team too. Hearing JJ's voice broke her heart because of what had happened, she'll never want me back. Not after this. She's going to take the girls and leave. She thought to herself. Hayley was tearing up hearing Aaron's voice, but knowing they were in a soundproof room, screaming for them would only wake up the girls.
"They'll find us, Hayley," Emily said, trying to soothe her. "We will get out of here."
Back at the elder Prentiss residence, one of the butlers came into the living room where Elizabeth and Gerald were sitting with the Jareau's. "Mrs. Prentiss, this was just delivered for you."
When Elizabeth opened the envelope, she pulled out the disc. "No Lizzie, don't touch it. We need to get this to Jennifer and her team, there might be fingerprints on it."
"Gerald, we already know who has taken our daughter and grandbabies, we needn't worry about prints."
"We have no idea what is on this, before we do anything, I'd like to call Jennifer," he said, taking the envelope and DVD from his wife. After a few rings she picked up, "Jennifer honey, we just received a DVD. I think you and your team should be the ones to watch it, not us."
JJ became white as a ghost and dropped her phone, the team turned to look at her and rushed over. Reid pulled out a chair and Rossi picked up the phone to hear the voice of Elizabeth Prentiss yelling 'Jennifer'.
"She's okay," he said, "She dropped her phone. Can you repeat what you just told her please?" Rossi nodded as he listened, "You're correct. If you could bring us the disc immediately that would be for the best. Thank you, goodbye." Focusing back on JJ, he knelt in front of her, "JJ, we don't know what's on it."
By now, Hotch had paled too hearing the word disc, he knew it could possibly be Hayley on there as well.
The Prentisss' and Jareau's' all stood in the conference room with the team as they told them if anything else came to the house, the butler would drive it over immediately, but they weren't leaving.
Rossi nodded, before Garcia went to her lair with the team following. They all knew it wouldn't do them any good to see the disc, the family wasn't trained for this like they were. This was their job. Of course JJ and Hotch had to know what was on it, but they really wouldn't be any help in identifying anything. As Garcia hit play, they saw Emily bound to a bed naked and spread eagle, then they saw Jessica appear.
Halfway through the brutal rape when Jessica told Emily to say 'she liked it so rough she bled' and in return, Emily screams pierced through as she said 'forgive me Jennifer', JJ passed out. Morgan caught her, lowering her to the floor. Garcia hit pause so they could focus on JJ but when she came to, she screamed at Garcia to hit play. The end of the disc showed Emily being pushed into another room, falling onto the concrete.
Everyone had tears in their eyes, nobody knew what to say. There wasn't a right thing to say at this moment. "We need to find them, I need my family back, I need to tell Em I forgive her," JJ said, eyes wide, looking directly ahead but not actually looking at anything.
"Em, she's coming back," Hayley said, waking up Emily after she had fallen asleep again.
"Hayley, protect my babies."
Jessica opened the door, camera in hand seeing Emily curled up on the bed with Hayley sitting next to her. "Alright Hayley, time to pay for what you cost me!" she snarled.
"Take me!" Emily said, weakly. "I'm the one you want."
As Jessica grabbed Emily by the hair, she screamed out in pain causing both her girls to wake up, "No mommy! Mommy! MOMMMYYY!" Lily and Oakley screamed watching their mother get taken away, "Hayley cover their eyes!"
"MOMMYY, MOMMMYYY, MOMMMYYY!"
Hayley ran over to the girls and cried watching Emily get taken out of the room. Emily had tears running down her face as well listening to her girls scream for her.
"I'm glad you're all cleaned up, Emmy! I can't wait for round two!"
Back at Quantico, the Prentiss's butler delivered a second tape. JJ was sitting with her parents, Emily's, Hotch and a sleeping Jack in the conference room while the rest of the team tried to figure out where they were being held.
When Gerald saw their butler in the bullpen being led to the conference room by an agent, he stood up and walked towards him. He entered with another envelope in hand, causing both Hotch and JJ to stand up. Sandy walked over to Hotch, holding out her arms, "I'll take him, go. I've got him."
Putting in the second disc they saw Hayley with what looked to be a superficial wound on her cheek huddled by Emily, then heard Lily and Oakley screaming for her as she was pulled away into the 'dungeon' looking room again. This time, Emily wasn't tied up, her body was so weak she could barely open her eyes. After watching Emily raped and tortured again, Morgan slammed his hands down on the desk in anger.
"There has to be a way to get into that fucking house. I know they are there! I just know it!" he screamed.
Then Garcia's computer went off, "What was that?" Rossi asked.
"Gunshots have been reported at—oh god."
"What is it Garcia?" Morgan snapped.
"Jessica Carlson's residence."
"Garcia—" Rossi started to say.
"I know, call and tell them you are on your way and not to enter until you arrive there are women and children. Bring my babies and mini babies back to me!" she screamed as everyone raced off.
The team showed up at the Carlson residence in record time and told the locals to stand down. They were going to do a soft entry knowing the risks if they went in hot.
The main floor and upstairs were clear, now they were all heading downstairs. JJ and Hotch first the rest of the team behind them. JJ recognized the room ahead as the 'dungeon' or that's what they were calling it and said she wanted to be the first one in, knowing if Emily was alive, she wouldn't want anyone to see her like that. Yes, they had all seen her on camera, but this was in person. Hotch, Rossi and Reid were gathered at the door where the girls and Hayley were being kept, JJ and Morgan at the other.
'1,2,3'
JJ opened the door, her eyes immediately drawn to Emily lying on the bed, seeming to be unconscious and covered in blood. Her eyes then focused down to Jessica's body lying on the floor face down covered in more blood. She rushed over to her wife, while Morgan checked Jessica's pulse. When he shook his head, he took off his vest and then his shirt, giving it to JJ to cover Emily. "Go find my babies!" she said to him, before focusing back to Emily, "Baby," JJ said, putting her hand on Emily's shoulder. She flinched, trying to curl into a ball, "Em, it's me, Jen. Baby I'm here. You're safe, I've got you."
Emily uncurled herself then strained her eyes to look at her, "J—Jen?"
Hotch opened the door and barged in. "Hayley!" he said, racing over to her after Rossi flashed his light and they knew the room was clear.
"Aaron? Oh thank god!"
He held her in his arms as Rossi and Reid picked up the girls who were asleep again on either side of her. Morgan came running in, "Are the girls okay? And Hayley?"
Rossi nodded, "How's Prentiss?"
"All I know is she has a pulse, JJ told me to get the girls."
"Emily's alive?" Hayley asked through her tears.
"Yes," he said, flashing a small smile. "We found Jessica with a gunshot wound to the stomach and one to the head, we aren't sure how it exactly happened, but I don't really care considering what she did to Prentiss," Morgan finished so only Rossi and Reid could hear.
"Aaron, she saved my life," Hayley said into his chest, "Jessica was coming for me, she wanted to—she was going to—"
Everyone heard Hayley and felt tears welling in their eyes, that was the Emily they knew. No matter what happened to her, she always protected the ones she loved most. "I know, honey. We saw the video."
"Video?" she asked.
"Jessica sent Emily's parents a video of what she did to her. Before taking Emily for the second time, she said she was coming to," Hotch started to say, but couldn't.
"…kill me," Hayley finished, and he nodded. Hotch was never one to cry, everyone knew that, but he was finally letting his emotions out.
"I'm so sorry," Emily said weakly.
"Baby, I am so proud of you! You have nothing to be sorry for, you saved our children and Hayley," JJ said, before Morgan peeked his head back in.
"Rossi and Reid have the girls, they are safe and asleep. Hotch is with Hayley, she's safe too. The medics should be here any minute."
"Thank you Morgan, can you—"
"I won't let my mini-princesses out of site. We will all meet you at the hospital, I want to make sure my goddaughters are healthy even though they weren't harmed. Rossi has already informed Garcia who is in the conference room with your parents, Jack and the Prentiss's. They are meeting us there as well. Take care of her."
In the ER, everyone came flooding in. Rossi and Morgan rode with the girls, Hotch rode with Hayley, and JJ with Emily. Hayley was patched up with a few steristrips and reunited with Jack in the waiting room with everyone else. A round of hugs was just what she needed while waiting for news about Emily.
The peds doctor told Morgan and Rossi the girls were completely healthy and were discharged with a sucker for each hand. Surprisingly, they both started squirming out of the men's arms when they saw Hayley. The grandparents were all taken back, and slightly heartbroken when they ran up to her instead of them, but figured it was because of the trauma they had just endured. After a snuggle from Hayley, they each got passed from grandparent to grandparent which made them all feel better. However, after a half hour, they both started screaming for their mommy and momma. Neither fully understood what happened, but they both knew their parents weren't there.
Two hours later, JJ emerged into the waiting room; Lily and Oakley ran over to her screaming, "Momma." She scooped them up and kissed them all over, as tears ran down her face. Sandy and Elizabeth rushed over to her thinking something terrible had happened to Emily, "She's okay. She's badly beaten, but right now, she just keeps asking to see our girls and Hayley."
Hayley's stood there stunned, "Me?"
JJ nodded and off they went to see Emily. "Bugs, bear," JJ said, looking towards each girl, "mommy has boo-boos right now so you need to be very gentle okay?"
She opened the door to Emily's room and the girls screamed while trying to wiggle out of JJ's arms, "Mommy!" She walked over, placing them both on the bed. They immediately curled into her arms as she peppered kisses to their heads.
Hayley was frozen in fear, she had only seen the extent of Emily's injuries in a dark basement with light shining in from the street. She had no idea how badly injured Emily actually was and covered her mouth with her hands as a small gasp came out.
Looking up, Emily smiled at her, "Hayley, come here." As Hayley walked towards the bed, Emily reached her hand out, "Thank you."
"Emily, I'm—" Hayley started to say, "Wait, thank you? Thank you for what? Look at what she did to you all because of me."
"Hayley, this isn't your fault. She was after me. You saved my girls, so thank you. You kept them safe when I couldn't. I'm so sorry you got dragged into this. Are you okay?"
She looked over to JJ then back down at Emily, "Am I okay? Oh my gosh, are you okay?"
Emily laughed lightly as to not cause more pain to her already sore body, "Hayley, I'm fine. I've handled a lot worse than this, believe me. Are you okay?"
Why the hell does she keep asking if I'm okay? Can she not see herself? What is happening here? Is this an FBI thing? She must be high as a kite right now.
After both sets of parents had seen Emily was okay, the team filtered in. JJ, being able to read Emily like a book, knew she was humiliated that they had all seen the tape, but knew they wouldn't say anything. It was an unspoken vow that no matter what any of them ever saw of each other, it wouldn't be spoken about unless they themselves brought it up.
Everyone stopped chatting as Oakley turned to Emily, "Mommy?"
"Yes baby?"
"Thank you for protec'in me adain," Oakley said, putting her hand on Emily's cheek.
"I'll always protect you and your sister, Oakie-bear. But do you know what?" Oakley shook her head, "Hayley is the one who kept you safe while mommy was keeping the scary lady away."
She used her little finger to call over Hayley, "Thank you for protec'in me and Wily, Haywee."
Hayley gave her husband a knowing look and when he nodded she leaned down to whisper something into Oakley's ear; when everyone saw a little smile, they smiled too. "Go ahead, sweetie," Hayley said, encouraging Oakley to say it.
"Haywee has a baby in her tummy."
A round of celebratory hugs and kisses were exchanged with the growing Hotchner family, and shortly after, everyone went home. Everyone except the Hotchner's. The grandparents had taken the girls back to the Prentiss residence so the girls could sleep in their own bed.
"Emily, I can never thank you enough," Hayley started to say, but teared up.
"You not only saved my wife, but also our unborn daughter," Hotch finished, putting his hand on Hayley's stomach.
"A daughter? How far along are you?" JJ exclaimed, jumping ahead before Emily could say anything.
Emily looked at Hayley tilting her head, "You have nothing to thank me for, but knowing you will fight me on that let's just call it even. You saved our daughters, I protected yours," she winked.
Hayley was about to argue until Emily gave her a look, "Deal," she smiled. "And to answer your question JJ, I'm 12 weeks as of…"
"A week ago," Hotch said.
Emily laughed, "Pregnancy brain! It's the worst," Hayley and Hotch laughed as well, "So you just found out the gender then?"
"We found out, four days ago?" Hayley looked up at Hotch who nodded, "Yeah last week. I wanted to know the gender before announcing we were pregnant, but today seemed only fitting. It will be our little secret and now you can help me plan a gender reveal while these two are at work."
Emily smiled. "Go, get that little boy home. Look at him, he's exhausted," she signaled to Jack in Hotch's arms.
After saying their goodbyes, Hayley came running back into Emily, "I want you to know, none of this is your fault. And I've made sure Aaron knows exactly what you did to protect us both," she said with her hand on her stomach, "neither one of us holds you responsible. I know you're already thinking it," Hayley said, then winked. "I love you."
"I love you too, Hayley."
Emily broke into tears as soon as they were gone and JJ came running back towards her. She had walked out with Hotch asking him if she could take some time off, and when she came back, saw Emily crying.
"Baby what's wrong? Are you in pain? What can I do?"
"No, I'm not in pain. I—what Hayley said, she uhh—she told me they don't hold me responsible. And I know I am, I mean, she was my crazy ex. Yeah, she was pissed at Hayley but she wasn't after her, at least not actively. I put our girls in danger, they could have been—"
"Em, the girls are safe. You protected them and Hayley. We know she was going to kill Hayley in front of you, she told us on the tape. Hotch saw you protect his wife knowing full well, you were in absolutely no shape to do anything."
"Please don't take them from me, Jen."
"What? Baby, why would I ever do that? You're not listening to what I'm saying. You protected our girls. You endured the beatings and were r—you did that babe. You kept them safe. I'm so proud of you."
"How can you even look at me after what she did?" Emily asked, looking down at her hands.
"Em, Emily look at me!" JJ said, finally tilting Emily's eyes up to meet her own. "You didn't do anything wrong. You were drugged and defenseless, even if you weren't it wouldn't be your fault. There was nothing you could have done to prevent what happened. And I can look at you because you're my wife, our daughter's mother, my best friend, my everything. I love you more than anything in the whole world. My heart isn't complete without you."
"I love you, too."
While the two women were exchanging I love you's, back at the Prentiss residence all hell was breaking lose. Gerald and Allen were trying to soothe a hysterical and overtired Lily by taking turns gently bouncing her, walking around the house, and putting a cartoon on the television. After a good fifteen minutes, Gerald discovered the bottles while looking in the cabinets for anything to possibly calm her down. Minutes after the bottle went into her mouth, she was sound asleep.
"Tell me why we didn't start with that?" Gerald asked, smiling at an equally stressed Allen.
"I have no idea. Then again, I didn't know what to do after having four children, then when Jenny was a baby either, I lost even more of the touch I didn't have. So I don't think I'm the right person to ask."
The two shared a laugh while looking at Lily sound asleep in Allen's arms.
Meanwhile, upstairs Elizabeth and Sandy were trying to soothe a hyperventilating Oakley who was screaming at the top of her lungs for Emily. They both came to the conclusion this must be similar to one of the episodes she has had in the past, because she could barely breathe she was so upset.
"She's not taking enough breaths, we need to call the girls," Elizabeth said, visibly stressed.
"We are going to need to call an ambulance soon," Sandy said, rubbing Oakley's back as she held her.
Elizabeth went to find her phone and called JJ, on the second ring she picked up, "Jennifer?"
JJ could barely hear anything except for Oakley and her eyes widened as Elizabeth mentioned something about Oakley's breathing. She froze. Emily saw this and took the phone from her. Looking at the caller ID, "Mother?"
"Emily dear, Sandy and I believe Oakley is having one of her episodes, we can't get her to soothe. She isn't taking enough breaths—"
"Mother I need to hang up and call an ambulance."
Before Elizabeth could respond, Emily had hung up. After giving the 911 operator their home address and detailed description of what was happening, she picked up her phone that was next to her to call Elizabeth back, "Mother, the ambulance is on its way. Do not leave her site. I'll be in the ER by the time you get here. –Yes, I'm sure—tell her momma and mommy will be there—I love you too." She hung up with both of them when hearing the paramedics in the house and buzzed the nurse.
"What's going on, Mrs. Prentiss? Are you in pain? Can I get you—"
"My daughter is being brought into the ER right now by ambulance, I need discharge papers, I don't give a fuck if they are AMA, get them now or I'll leave without them at all."
At that, the nurse ran out of the room. "Jen, Jennifer!" Emily snapped, getting her attention, "Help me get dressed. We're meeting them in the ER."
Emily and JJ were in the ER as the gurney rushed in with Oakley, Sandy and Elizabeth right behind. JJ froze again, while Emily jumped into action, holding Oakley's and following them into the triage room. Elizabeth not far behind also.
"Jenny, honey," Sandy said, looking at her daughter.
"I—she—how do I—I can't."
"Jenny, breathe. Deep breaths in and out. Oakley is going to be okay, honey. She's surrounded by doctors and nurses." Sandy led her daughter over to the nearest chair and sat down next to her.
"Mom, I can't do this. I'm not a good mom, or wife. I constantly freeze, and never know what to do. Emily was just beaten and raped and she's the one running off with our daughter while I can't even move. I watched Emily on the tape earlier and instead of trying to figure out where she was, I fainted. I can't protect my own family and I'm an FBI agent! I can't fucking do this mom." JJ sobbed in her mother's arms and Sandy felt her heart ache for her daughter. She knew how strong her daughter was, how she would do anything to protect her family, but she was stunned after learning Emily was raped. She wasn't told that part and she knew for a fact the elder Prentisss' didn't know either.
"Jenny honey, you're under so much stress right now. Elizabeth and I froze too, it's natural. We're all overtired and distraught over everything that happened today, we—"
"Mom, Emily is the one who should be tired! Not me! I can't even run after my own child because I'm too busy having a meltdown of my own."
Emily and Elizabeth raced after Oakley and just as they were about to start working on her, Emily picked her up. The doctors and nurses watched in awe as her stats evened out the second she was in her mother's arms. "Mommy's got you baby, mommy's here. You're safe baby girl, mommy's here."
Everyone else in the room felt very underqualified at that moment watching Emily rock Oakley in her arms.
JJ and Sandy came running in, but stopped when they got into the doorway and saw what everyone was looking at. Sandy put her arms around JJ, "Go see your family, honey."
JJ made her way through everyone and put a hand on both Emily and Oakley's back. She leaned down and kissed them both, then smiled at everyone in the room.
The doctor smiled back, "She's got the magic touch."
"That she does," JJ said, placing another kiss to Oakley's head.