Return to Mt Horizon

15

JJ's pov
I followed Emily through the door and found everyone talking with one another. "We found a way for you to be who you want to be." Spencer said, he was the first one to see me. I smiled and nodded. "I want to tell you guys something first. When I was JJ, Shelby disappeared. I don't know how to be Shelby anymore. And now that you all know about JJ, I don't know how to be her either. Right now, I don't know who I am. I want to be both but I don't know how."

"We can help you Shelby, let us help you." Peter said, I just smiled at him. "I would really like that." I could feel myself cry and he came forward to hug me. I broke in his arms. He had always been there for me when I needed, usually when I didn't want him to be. "You guys are welcome to stay as long as you need, the cabin has been open for years." Sophie told my team.

I pulled back from Peter and looked at her. "Thank you." I whispered. She nodded and I sat back on the couch. Daisy sat next to me and pulled me into her arms. "I'm happy that you are alive." She said. I laughed and hugged her back. "I'm happy you actually were able to work in the morgue."

"And you ended up at the FBI. That's something I never expected to happen." Auggie said. I rolled my eyes and looked at him. "I never thought you would be a police captain. Don't they have to do a background check?" He waved me off and I leaned back into Daisy. "Hey Princess, what are you doing now?"

Juliette chuckled and hit my arm. "I'm a teacher. I figured I could stop the girls that sell diet pills before they get checked in here." I nodded. Juliette and kids made sense. "Freiken, what about you?" I heard Daisy laugh as he stood up. "I am actually a therapist. I figured I had to deal with all your bullshit that it would be perfect." I threw a pillow at him before telling him to shut up.

"Scott? What about you?" I asked, I knew he didn't want to talk to me but I didn't care. If he has something to say to me, he can go right ahead. Scott didn't say a word, he just got up and left. "Okay. Peter, Soph, what's been happening in your lives?" I wasn't going to waste a breath on him. Sophie laughed at my attempt to change the topic.

"We've been here. Now what about you?" Peter asked, he knows I didn't want to talk about me. "Oh, you know. Stealing identities, being an FBI agent." I laughed. I felt someone sit by me on the couch, it was Emily. She looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "Fine. Not much has really happened. I got attacked by some dogs, got transferred for a couple months, came back."

"She was valedictorian at Georgetown and was top of her class at UPenn." Spencer added. I turned to look at him and he just smiled at me. "And she was captain of her soccer team in college." Penelope butt in. "She dated a guy with the most annoying southern accent." Emily smiled, poking at me.

I scoffed and raised up my hands. "It was charming at first, I swear." I laughed. "So soccer captain, valedictorian, communication liaison. You've been busy." Sophie said, smiling at me. "And you still don't drink coffee." She added. I shrugged. "Yeah well, I wasn't really allowed to here. I guess it kinda stuck."

Emily nodded, she had always been curious about why I didn't drink coffee. Daisy got up to get a drink and I leaned into Emily. Everyone else talked while I laid my head on Emily's shoulder. "You okay?" She whispered. I looked up at her and smiled. "For the first time in a while, yes. I am." Her arms wrapped around me and I laid into her.

"Do you wanna hear our plan to get this all off your back?" Penelope asked me. I turned to her and nodded. "I have hospital records of a blonde getting admitted with amnesia at 18. You got amnesia, believed you were JJ until this case made you realize you were Shelby. We got every detail worked out. If this is what you want, we can get this all cleared up." She smiled. I looked at Emily and smiled at her.

"We can still figure out who you are, this way you don't have to be anyone." I agreed and thanked the team. Everyone went back to talking while I relaxed into Emily again. "Bedtime?" She asked. I nodded. We said goodnight and she helped me get back to the cabin. "Can you stay with me tonight?" I asked. Emily beamed and said yes.

I got changed and got ready for bed when the team came in. "I want to thank you all. I never could have imagined all the kindness and help from you guys. I'm really sorry for everything." I said, when they did. "Kid, I speak for everyone when I say we will be there for whatever you need, JJ, Shelby and everyone in between." Rossi said. I smiled and hugged him before I joined Emily in the small bed.