the least favorite child

8

"Kid I'm fine. Promise." JJ was saying in the ambulance. "You have fucking butter knife in your side. You aren't fine."

I may have been stressing out. Just a little. But it isn't my fault, this doesn't normally happen. I sat back and let them work until we stopped. They all wheeled her out and I just slowly followed.

"Sophia!" Emily yelled as she ran to meet me. We joined the rest of her team in the waiting room and I kinda froze again.

"She'll be fine right? I mean it isn't bad. Because it can't be bad because I told her it'll be okay. Hotch what happens now?" Penelope was rambling.

"Well we lost Will but the doctor said she will be fine in no time. Just a couple days of paperwork and she should be good." He assured us all.

Soon a nurse called us back and we all sat in her room. Everyone was talking at once until JJ kicked everyone but me out.

"I told you I'd be fine. It was no big deal." She said as I sat in the chair next to her. "You suck." I shot back. We sat together until the doctor came to release her.

Emily drove us to the apartment and got us all set. She ordered us food and helped JJ settle in. After she left we both went to bed.

JJ's POV
"Um." I heard from the doorway. "Can I lay in here?" Sophia asked. I patted the bed next to me and she got under the covers.

"I'm sorry. I just..." She started but I cut her off. "You don't need an excuse. You can lay in here anytime."

"I'm sorry for scaring you today. I get you aren't used to all that." I whispered. She turned her head and her eyes watered.

"I can't lose you too. I don't have anyone else and if I lost you, I couldn't." I rubbed her back and tried to calm her down.

"Nothing will happen to me. And I will never leave you alone." She nodded and faced the other way. I turned the other way and fell asleep.

I was sleeping peacefully, until I woke up to yelling. I got up and found Sophia and my mom arguing in the kitchen.

Sophia's POV
"You being here will mess her up and you need to leave." My mom yelled at me. I opened the door this morning and surprised her. Obviously JJ forgot to tell her.

"Are you here for more drugs to ruin your sister?"

"What the actual fuck? No. I am staying here for a little bit. To get over the news of my dead dad. Thanks for that by the way." I smiled.

She barged inside and I shut the door. "Well you weren't wanted at the funeral so it didn't matter." My jaw dropped.

"You are a bitch and you need to leave. Right now." I yelled at her. JJ ran into the kitchen to see what was going on. "Mom? Why are you here?" She asked.

"I was told by Will that you got hurt and I wanted to come see you." JJ's face got red as she tried not to yell. "Will told you? When and where?" She said, semi-calm.

"Well, I met him after church today. I normally do every Sunday. And I was sad you didn't tell me yourself." I laughed at that part.

"Cause you totally told me dad died." I whispered. JJ was quiet for a minute, but she got pissed. "Will was the one that did it. I dumped him and got stabbed with a butter knife." She stated.

"Well I don't believe that at all. I have to call him right now." My mother said, as she took out her phone and stormed into the hall. I locked the door behind her as JJ crumpled to the floor.

"I'm sorry. I should have told you dad died. Or at least tried to talk to you." She said, crying. I kneeled next to her and rubbed her hair. "It's ok. Honestly I don't think I would have want to be at the funeral so I'm all good." I lied.

I mean, was I hated by my whole family except my dad? Yes. And would the only person at that funeral that liked me be in the coffin? Also yes.

But do I wish I could have been there to get some sort of kindness from my brothers, and maybe start an actual relationship and be the family I always wanted? Again, yes.

But it's too late for that. Right now I have JJ. She may be the only person in my life left, but I have her.

"She's going to talk with him. She didn't even bat an eye when I said it was him. She doesn't believe me." JJ whispered.

"Fuck her. She's a bitch and we have several witnesses. Plus your one friend can easily pull and security footage." She laughed and straightened up a bit.

"That is true. She can do anything." I helped her up and got her ready for work. I was going to tour an art school nearby. I decided it would be better to dropout of college. I mean I already got my generals done.

Plus I want to learn more about photography. It's what I want to do with my life. I think.