Life Ch 13

A/N: this is the last chapter for this story and then I will figure out what to do next, or I will just focus on getting the other ones finished. Thank you for sticking around and being patient with me.

*4 months later*

Things were going better on the home front, most of JJ's memoires had come back and she was now pacing the hospital hallway once again. Thankfully this was not because Emily had gotten hurt, but soon her daughter would bring a little girl into this world and their lives would be forever changed once again. She and Emily were taking turns being in there with Annabelle while she was having contractions, they both knew how long labor could last and they wanted to be rested and prepared for when she was actually ready.

The whole gang was there, they were happy to be at the hospital for such a happy occasion instead of having one of their own stitched up or shot…

Jack was terrified, he knew that this was it, soon he would be a father. He loved Annabelle but he could not go in there, when she wasn't screaming at him, he was scared to death that something was wrong, plus to be honest he didn't want to see a child be born.

Thankfully he thought that this would be a powerful bonding experience for JJ, Emily and their daughter, especially after everything that they had been through.

After 22 hours of labor it was time, but mother's geared up to help their daughter. She was a trooper, she decided that with the strength of her mother's that she was going to do this the right way, the natural way, and no drugs. After about the 15th hour she was ready to call it quits, and then she looked at JJ and saw what she needed she saw the determination in her mother's eyes, that was the look of a survivor, and if they could get through that then she could get through this.

They were all holding their breath as they waited to hear the sound of a baby cry and when she did that is when the tears started. When the little girl was all cleaned the two older women left and let Jack go in and see his daughter.

Jack came back a little while longer and asked that everyone come and help them welcome his daughter into the world. It had become tradition now with there being BAU kids, that the whole team would hold the child and in their own way it made them feel like they were creating a bond, a bond that meant that they would do whatever need be in order to protect this child from the cruelties that they saw every day.

After every one had held her, and she was back in her mother's arms Annabelle spoke up.

"going with tradition, we decided that we were not going to name her until she came into this world"

The team just looked to see JJ staring at Emily, who just smiled.

"and I know that this was unexpected, and things have been a little rough lately, but when I first looked at her, it made me realize that she knew her name long before we did.. let me introduce Alexis Jennifer Hotchner..

It took JJ almost everything that she had to not start crying, but Emily on the other hand being the one that compartmentalized everything had tears running down her face.

Emily walked over to JJ wrapped her arm around her waist, kissed her wife and as they looked at their children and grandchild said.

"Look jay, I told you that we could do it.. look what we did, I love our family and I love you so much"