Chapter 7
We loved with a love that was more than love. ~Edgar Allan Poe
Emily kept her word and returned four days later. JJ had been staying in her apartment with Blake. She knew that JJ was currently at the BAU they had just found the location of a woman who kidnapped teenage boys and killed them. Emily was on the way to join her team. She was already ready with her bulletproof vest on. She arrived at the location Garcia had sent her and stood next to JJ.
"JJ can we talk after?" Emily asked.
"Sure we'll go get some coffee." JJ said as she took out her gun. The team seperated two and two and of course JJ and Emily were together. This made Emily feel comfortable becuase she was able to keep JJ out of harms way as much as possible, but failed when JJ was kidnapped. Maybe if she was here and not in London JJ would have been safe and she would have reached out to her. Emily never told anyone but she blamed herself she had asked JJ for space. The women went into a diret line of war. They didn't think they would be more people but there was. They had walked into a big sale of teenage boys unknowingly. Hotch had alreay told Garcia to call for back up which she did. In the mean time they time had to stay alive and safe.
"Is everyone okay?." Hotch asked. Everyone reponded except for JJ and Emily. "Jennifer, Emily what going on talk to us."
"Emily's been hit." JJ's voice said. JJ kept her hands were the two bullet had hit. She couldn't loose her her ferind she had lost her once and didn't want to go through that pain again.
"Alright hold on. Emily you good?" Hotch knew it was a pointless question but his needed to keep Emily talking until they got her out of the warehouse. Hotch made his way carefully and quietly and found Spencer and Derek.
"Princess what's your location?"Morgan spoke.
"East hall storage closet." JJ said. JJ kept talking to Emily keeping her awake her team would be there soon there was no doubt in her mind. "Emily can you keep your eyes on me." JJ pleaded and Emily obeyed. Emily didn't want to die. Not now she had just gotten her daughter back, a part of her happiness was back with her. What kind of mother would she be if she just dies on her child. Just like JJ knew her team found them. The back up arrived and Derek and JJ got Emily out. The man driving drove as quick as possible considering JJ wouldn't stop yelling at him to hurry up. Once in hospital JJ refused to leave Emily's side. The brunette began to code on the table and JJ was dragged out by Morgan.
"Derek put me down!" She shouted. As if a truck had ran into her all the memories of her past came back. Her past with Emily. JJ watch as the doctor rushed the woman she loves into an OR. JJ dropped to her knees and held her head.
"JJ breathe ." Derek told her. The blonde hadn't realized she wasn't breathing until she let out a long breath.
"I remember." She whispered. Derek helped her up an wrapped her arms around her. JJ sobbed. She didn't understand how she had forgotten her life with Emily, and their daughter.
"It's okay." Derek repeated rubbing small circles on her back.
"Blake."
"Garcia already with her." Came Spencer's voice from behind. "She going to be okay." Spencer said wanting to give some kind of peace to JJ. His word however didn't give any peace to the agent. JJ felt arms lifting her up from the floor and saw Will. How was she going to explain this to him. She had already thought about explaining to him what had happened in the past with her and Emily but she didn't she decided it be best to leave that part hidden. She never thought that their daughter would ever come back to them, she was and FBI agent she knew the statistics if the possibility of their daughter being alive and she also knew that if she was alive the girl would have gone through hell. The things that the people that kept her captive would have done, but Blake wasn't a statistic, she was alive and with them she had lived through horrible things. Being an agent she knew exactly what those things were and JJ didn't wish this knowledge on her worst enemy.
"Jennifer are you okay?" Will asked his wife.
"I'm fine it was Emily who got injured." JJ answered. After a few hours the Will left to be with the boys and JJ stayed along with the rest of the team. The doctor came out and immediately everyone stood up.
"Are you guys Emily Prentiss's family?" The doctor asked.
"Yes." JJ said before anyone. "How is she doing?"
"She's doing fine." The doctor said. "However she is in the ICU because the bullet nearly pierced her heart, she unconscious so only one of you is allowed to go in and see her we can't risk the patient getting an infection. Tomorrow the rest could she will be stronger then." JJ looked back at the team with puffy red pleading eyes. Everyone gave JJ the go ahead they knew the blonde needed to see Emily more than any of them. JJ followed the doctor and was put the scrubs, hair cap, and mask to go in and see Emily. JJ entered the room and her tears began to flow once again. She now knew what Emily felt when she saw her get injured. Emily was pale, a tube in her throat was clearly keeping her breathing.
"Emily I needed to hear me please." JJ pleaded to the brunette who laid unconscious on the hospital bed. "You cannot leave us Emily, I remember everything please. Emily our daughter needs you, my boys need you but most importantly I need you, my love." JJ planted a kiss on Emily's forehead, hoping that maybe a true loves kiss would wake her up, but this wasn't a fairy tail. The kiss did nothing Emily was still unconscious. "Emily I'm terrified I can't do this alone. I need you to live because without you my world will be black and white. Emily I remember my wedding and I regret not telling that I still loved you because truth is I always have and always will love you."
When they walked into the house JJ didn't expect this to be a surprise wedding for her. Planned by Will and her mother. JJ took the dress from her mother and took Emily to help her get into the dress. When JJ was in the dress she glanced back at Emily and saw a hit of sadness in her past lover's eyes.
"Emily are you okay?" She asked genuinely concerned.
"JJ I'm fine." Emily said lying at her best. "I'll just go wait for you downstairs with the team." JJ knew it was a lie. Before Emily could leave JJ pulled her by the wrist and crashed her lips into hers. Emily wanted to fight but she knew very well that she couldn't deny the blonde anything. When JJ slid her tongue across her bottom lip Emily somehow found the strength to push JJ away.
"Emily." JJ whispered.
"Don't JJ. You're getting married, this cant happen ever again. Your choice." Emily reminded her the reason they were there.
"Emily, I still care for you." JJ clarified. The blonde did care for her she always would not matter what was going on between them.
"Really JJ you still care for me because what I see right now is that you are getting married to that man that I don't think you're sure you love!" Emily said trying not to get so loud. "You're still stuck between being who you really are and what your family expects of you and I can no longer sit her waiting for you to see that what I feel for you never left." Emily was now crying but she didn't care.
"Emily, it's not that." JJ explained.
"Really them JJ look me in the eyes and tell me you love me. Tell me that everything we lived through wasn't just in my head. Tell me that the love we had wasn't just you experimenting. Tell me that you're in love me and I'll believe you." JJ felt the tears going down her cheeks.
"I can't," JJ whisper. This time JJ was to slow to stop Emily. Emily went to the restroom to clean herself up she wouldn't ruin JJ's wedding she would be here for the blonde as one of her best friends that's it. Emily walked over to her seat. She watched in pain as her heart broke, as the woman she loves got married. Emily knew it was time to forget about the blonde. They'd never be together and the only thing that kept them united was gone.
JJ placed another kiss on Emily's forehead.
"If I could go back in time and fix it I would." JJ told her before walked out of the ICU room. Once she walked back to her team she was ambushed with questions that she answered freely. She texted Will letting him know that she would be staying at Emily's place to look after Blake. Her daughter needed her now and she was going to be there for her.