Expect the Unexpected (Jemily)

Chapter 26

Emily's POV

"Are you going to have a baby now?" Danielle ask quietly , taking both of us by surprise, where the hell did that come from?

"No... not right now, why?" JJ ask

"Because.... You went on a date... doesn't that mean you want a baby?" She ask us, she honestly looked confused which confused me even more

"Dani, having a baby is a long process for JJ and I, we can't make one by ourselves" I say and she just stares at us

"Why not? I had a baby.... why can't you?" Danielle ask us and i look to JJ confused

"Danielle you haven't had a baby" JJ says

"Yes I did! It was a girl " she say's defiantly

"But your 14..." I say and she shrugs

"When was this?" I ask

"There's no way" JJ says and I give her a look, while I also don't know how credible this is I want Danielle to talk to us

"It was before Lea.... My old social worker took her away in the hospital. I didn't see her. He told me I was too young" she whispers and leans into my side

"Dani... how did that happen?" I ask and she shakes her head and whines

"No ma'am, you need to keep explaining" I say softly and rub her back

"When I was at an old place, he was mean... he told me he had a surprise.. a-and it h-hurt and he wouldn't stop" she tells us while completely breaking down in my arms, I pulled her into my lap and held her against me

"Should I call lea?" JJ ask me in a whisper and I shake my head

"Not yet," I tell her and she nods, I continues to rub my hand up and down Danielle's back while reassuring her that she is safe

"How long has it been?" I ask once she had calmed down and she shrugs

"A little before Lea" she tells us

"Does lea know?" I ask and her eyes widen

"No. And you can't tell her! You can't tell anyone, he said I would be in big trouble and I don't want to be in trouble" she says and starts to get worked up again so I held her tighter to me, my hand was on the back of her head while holding it to my chest

"You. Are not in any trouble. You did nothing wrong, you did the right thing. I know telling us was hard, but we'll look into it more and make sure the people responsible are held accountable" I say and she doesn't respond

"Get changed into your PJs then you can come sleep in our bed tonight" I tell Danielle a few minutes later and she nods as I kiss her head and JJ and I leave her room

"Is she serious?" JJ ask me and I shrug

"She seemed like she was. Why would she lie about something like that" I say and she sighs

"But she's 14! She says it happened before Lea, so she would have been no older than 13 when she had the baby" she tells me and I nod

"I can't believe this. That poor child. What's if it's true? Then what?" She ask me as we got out our own pajamas

"I don't know Jayje, I really don't. I don't think this is something she can make up, but I also don't know how she could have carried a baby, and for that baby to just seemingly disappear to where her social worker doesn't even know" I say and JJ nods just as Danielle knocks on our door, in the entire time she has been here she has only came in our room a handful of times,  Guaranteed at first she wasn't very comfortable with us,

"Come in honey" JJ calls out and Danielle walks in with her blanket around her

"Go ahead and get in bed and choose a movie, we're just going to shower quick and we'll be back" I tell her and put the tv remote on the bed and she gets in and sits in the middle

We both showered and and changed quickly, we didn't want to leave her alone too long so she wouldn't get uncomfortable

"Did you pick a movie?" I ask Danielle and she nods and hands me the remote before I got into bed next to her with JJ on the other side

"I picked Lilo and Stitch... is that okay?" She ask quietly and both JJ and I nod

"That's perfectly fine" I say as I press play on the movie

JJ used her phone and cut the lights out and Danielle immediately moved closer to me

The three of us sat quietly and watched the movie and about half way through I noticed Danielle became more restless and was yawning

"You okay?" I ask her and she nods

"Think someone is tired" JJ chuckles and I smile

"No I'm not" Danielle says in a whine and I have to stop myself from laughing

"Close your eyes little one, it's late anyway and you had a very big evening" I say and she pouts but brings the blanket up to her face anyhow

"I'm not sleepy" she mumbles and JJ smiles at me

"Go to sleep, we'll be here when you wake up... I promise" I say and she looks up at me with her innocent eyes

"Promise?" She ask and I nod

"Yes. I promise" I assure her and she nods and closes her eyes while laying against me

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JJs POV

Emily's is a natural with her, I mean she has always been good with the kids but it's different with Danielle,

"We need to call Lea" I tell my wife once I knew for sure that Danielle was asleep, I knew she didn't want to but we have to,

"I know... but it's late... we can call tomorrow" she tells me and I nod

There was so much we needed to talk about but I suppose until we know for sure then it can all wait,

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Emily was already awake when I woke up, it's not surprising, she always is,

"Good morning" she tells me and I sit up and she leans over to kiss me

"Morning" I tell her and get out of bed so that I could use the bathroom

"She still asleep?" I ask Emily when I finished and returned to the bedroom, she just nodded at me and looked down at Danielle who was still sleeping in the middle of our bed

"We need to call Lea now, it will probably be better while she's still asleep" I say, she doesn't want us to call Lea but it is something we need to look more into and we can't without contacting her

"Yea you're right." She tells me and glances at Danielle's once more before carefully getting out of bed

"I promised her we would be here when she woke up" Emily's says and I smile

"I'll stay right here with her" I assure her and she nods and kisses me once more before walking out of room

I'm assuming lea is going to want to come over to talk more so unfortunately it's going to end up upsetting Danielle either way,

I just hope we can get some answers

Till next time ❤️