So as I was writing this chapter I realized that this might actually be a good place to finish up this particular story. Worry not though I will definitely be continuing, as we need to meet those babies! So let's find out the genders shall we? Enojy! -J

Chapter 13

"What do you mean I don't get to come?" Alex looked at her Mothers with an incredulous look on her face. "But you're gonna find out and I…but…and I…But I always come."

"I know honey," Emily couldn't help but laugh, leaning forward and reaching out for her daughter's hand. "And we love having you with us but Mum and I talked and we would really like to surprise you."

Emily's next ultrasound was scheduled for the next day and since she was far enough along, she and JJ hoped to be able to find out the sex of the twins; a reveal, which Alex had wanted to be there for. While Emily enjoyed having her daughter at her appointments with her and JJ, her and her wife had spoken about the appointment and discussed how fun it would be to have Alex be surprised when they revealed the genders to the rest of their family after the appointment; an idea that Alex wasn't too fond of.

"But I will be surprised when we find out at your appointment," Alex pouted, her shoulders slumping. "And I won't tell anyone before you do the reveal thing."

"We know you won't Sweetheart," JJ put her arm around the teen. "We just thought that it would be exciting for you to find out with everyone else," she explained. "It isn't that we don't want you to be there, we just thought it would be fun this way. We promise we're going to tell everyone tomorrow night. The team is already coming over and the girls will be here with you."

"But what if you get a case?" Alex looked genuinely worried. "Will I have to wait to find out?"

"No!" JJ was quick to answer. "If we get a case we promise we will tell you. You will find out tomorrow."

"Okay," Alex nodded, though she still looked a little disappointed, a fact, which Emily didn't miss.

"You know there's a possibility we won't even be able to find out the genders tomorrow," Emily told the teen. "It can be harder with twins so we may go get our hopes up about finding out tomorrow and we may not even know," she continued. "But I promise you're going to love finding out with everyone else. You'll go to school and come home and we'll have a big party and it's going to be a blast," she poked the teen's side, making her smile. "Okay?"

"Okay," Alex laughed, shaking her head, giving her Mother a hug. "I'm really excited."

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For Emily and JJ, who were both anxious and excited for their Friday morning appointment; Thursday evening had gone by slowly and the night was spent with both women tossing and turning as they struggled to sleep. Their appointment was early, meaning they were both up and out of bed before the sun was even up, each taking their time to shower and get ready before heading downstairs.

"You're already dressed?" Emily was surprised to find Alex sitting at the dining room table, a bowl of cereal in front of her; something that hardly ever happened since the teen tended to sleep later than she should and take her time getting ready. "You're dressed and eating and like ready to go?" She looked at the clock thinking it must be later than she thought. "Are you sick?"

"Very funny," Alex rolled her eyes. "You're so dramatic. I couldn't really sleep so I decided to just get ready."

"Don't let her tease you Sweetie," JJ placed a kiss on Alex's head before heading to the kitchen to grab herself something quick to eat while Emily drank the water she was required to drink before her ultrasound.

"Too excited to sleep?" Emily guessed as she sat down next to the teen.

"I could not stop thinking about the babies," Alex sighed. "I kept imagining what it would be like if you have two more boys or if you have two girls or one of each," she explained. "Then that got me thinking about baby names and I was tossing ideas around with those for a while. Then I started thinking about what the babies would look like; how one would look like Mum and Henry and one would probably look more like us and it was like a never ending cycle of thoughts Mom!" She exclaimed rather dramatically, making the older brunette laugh. "I cannot wait to find out the genders but I'm beginning to worry I may never sleep again."

"I'm sure you'll be fine," Emily laughed, running her hand over her daughter's dark hair. "You may need to tone it down a bit though, we do have some time before the babies are here after all."

"Trust me I know," Alex replied, dropping her spoon and placing her head on Emily's shoulder. "Are you nervous?"

"A little bit," Emily admitted quietly as Alex remained completely still, the pair taking comfort from each other. "These appointments always make me feel a little nervous because you never really know if everything is okay," she explained. "But I'm also very excited to see the babies."

"They're going to be amazing," Alex smiled, moving her head to place a kiss on Emily's cheek. "No matter who they turn out to be they'll be amazing," she smiled. "Will you at least text me to let me know everything's okay?"

"Of course," Emily nodded, wrapping her arm around the teen. "As soon as we get out. I love you Sweetheart."

"I love you too Mom."

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"Emily you are destroying your nails," JJ reached out and grabbed her wife's hands and pulled them apart. "You need to calm down Babe," she kissed the brunette's temple. "There's nothing to be so anxious about. Dr. Alexander will be in here soon and we are going to see those beautiful babies of ours."

"I know," Emily sighed. "I think I'm just struggling with my patience today," she explained. "Tell me something to make me feel better. Tell me something to make me smile."

"Okay," JJ grinned, kissing the top of Emily's head as she stood beside the exam table, their hands still linked together. "I've been thinking about you having a girl a lot lately," she admitted. "At work I keep catching myself daydreaming about a dark haired little girl that has your beautiful eyes…Alex's eyes. I've been picturing princesses and pink and so many girly things," she laughed. "Have you been thinking about it much?"

"Only every day," Emily laughed, smiling as JJ began playing with her hair. "I keep imagining boys though," she told the blonde. "I don't know why but for some reason I keep imaging two more little boys running around our house. Alex and all her little brothers," she laughed. "I think Alex really wants a sister though."

"Well maybe we'll have one of each," JJ grinned. "A little sister and another little brother. I think Alex would be thrilled."

"I think Alex will be thrilled no matter what," Emily replied. "Henry too even though he doesn't understand yet."

"Our house is going to be so full," JJ couldn't help but laugh, imagining two little babies and young Henry toddling around while Alex hung out around the house. "I mean I know Lex will be off to college soon enough but we all know she'll be home visiting all the time."

"And good thing too because we're going to need all the babysitting we can get," Emily laughed along with her wife. "Jessie is going to need a serious raise when these two come along. We might even need to hire someone else to help her out once I'm back to work too."

"That is something we'll need to talk to Jessie about," JJ nodded just as the door to the room opened. "Oh hi Dr. Alexander," she grinned, excited.

"Hello ladies, it's nice to see you again," Dr. Alexander greeted, still looking over Emily's files, making sure everything was looking normal. "How have you been feeling Emily?"

"I've been doing well," Emily smiled, holding tightly to JJ's hand. "Doing my best to keep my stress levels down and I've cut back on my duties at work to make sure I'm not putting me or the babies at risk in any way," she explained. "The nausea has decreased but the cravings have been out in full force. Things are good though."

"Sounds like it," Dr. Alexander replied, writing a few things down. "It appears you're doing everything right, so how about we take a look at those babies of yours. Are you two hoping to find out the sexes today?"

"We are," Emily and JJ answered at the same time, laughing. "If that's possible of course," Emily added.

"Well there is a chance," Dr. Alexander told them. "Though sometimes it's more difficult with twins so we may not be able to get a clear picture or we may only be able to see with one of the babies, but we'll give it a shot," she said, a smile on her face. "Let's get started."

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"Okay so Liv is coming home with us on the bus today, but Zoey needs to go home to help her Mom for a bit before she comes over but she said she'll be over in time for the party," Spencer and Alex walked down the school hallways that morning, the pair holding hands. "Liv kind of hinted at wanting to avoid her house this weekend so she'll probably ask one of us if she can stay with us but I…Lex are you even listening to me?" She turned to her girlfriend who seemed to be staring off ahead of them, allowing Spencer to lead her along. "Alex?" Spencer stopped their walking.

"Huh?" Alex finally faced the other brunette looking confused. "What'd you say?"

"Alex," Spencer laughed, pulling her girlfriend to the side so they were out of the way of the other students. "I've been talking to you for like five minutes. Where is your mind?"

"I'm sorry," Alex blushed. "I'm still thinking about my Moms and the babies," she admitted, having spoken to Spencer about the topic quite a bit on their way into school. "I don't know how I'm supposed to focus all day with this on my mind. I just want to know," she pouted, letting Spencer pull her in for a hug so she could rest her head against the taller girl's shoulder. "This is torture."

"I know," Spencer couldn't help but laugh. "You really need to try and think about something else though. You're driving yourself crazy babe," she kissed the top of Alex's head. "You'll know soon enough and if for some reason your Moms don't find out today we both know it really doesn't matter to you if the babies are boys or girls. You're going to love them no matter what."

"Obviously," Alex lifted her head and rolled her eyes. "I do really want a sister though."

"Trust me I know," Spencer grinned, retaking Alex's hand and beginning down the hall again. "Hey look who it is," she nodded ahead of them where Lucas was grabbing some books from his locker.

"Hey Lucas," Alex greeted the boy with a smile. "How's it going?"

"Not bad," Lucas shrugged, grabbing his books and sticking them in his bag. "Are you okay? You looked kind of upset over there," he asked, gesturing to where the girls had been standing.

"Oh I'm okay," Alex replied, looking slightly embarrassed.

"Alex is just having a hard time taking her mind off her future brothers and/or sisters," Spencer revealed, earning a glare from the shorter brunette.

"Ahh," Lucas nodded in understanding. "I noticed your Mom was pregnant. Must be kind of weird; your parents having kids when you're sixteen."

"My Mom had me when she was pretty young, so I guess it doesn't seem so weird," Alex shrugged, not wanting to get too far into her personal life. "I have a little brother named Henry, he's two," she explained. "My Mom is having twins though and I'm supposed to find out if I'm getting more brothers or a sister or two tonight…I'm a bit excited about it."

"That's really cool," Lucas smiled. "Must be pretty awesome getting to watch your siblings grow up like that. Plus your family seems really close," he said. "And your Moms seem cool."

"Yeah they're alright, but don't tell them that," Alex laughed. "My Mom can be a serious dork sometimes and my Mum…well she's actually pretty cool but she embarrasses me any chance she gets."

"Sounds like most parents," Lucas nodded, laughing along with the girls. "I better get to class though. I'll…I'll see you guys later?"

"Find us at lunch," Spencer replied, just as Alex pulled out her phone, gasping at the message on the screen. "What?"

"They found out!" Alex practically squealed, a big grin on her face. "I'm going to know tonight!"

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The Prentiss/Jareau household was buzzing with excitement that evening. Alex was giddy all afternoon and had greeted her Mothers when they returned from work with big hugs and lots of excited laughter.

JJ and Emily were struggling with keeping their news to themselves, but knew seeing everyone's reaction together would make the wait worth it; both remaining tight lipped every time Alex asked them if they would just tell her. The women had planned a big reveal and had got plenty of snacks and treats for their guests, who they knew would be thrilled when they heard the news.

Olivia and Spencer had come home with Alex after school so it was Garcia, Morgan and Reid who were the first to arrive; Garcia looking almost as excited as Alex. Zoey had arrived shortly before Elizabeth Prentiss who came in at the same time as Rossi, followed closely by Hotch, Haley and Jack, who immediately ran off to play with Henry.

"You better get your family set up on video chat Jen," Emily found her wife among their guests. "Between Garcia and Alex I don't think we can make these guys wait much longer. Pen's gonna connect the laptop to the TV so we can see them all."

"My brother's doing the same at my parent's house," JJ nodded. "He text me to let me know that they're all there so I'll go call them."

"I will get the girls to help me get everything else ready," Emily then said, deciding to recruit Spencer and Olivia with helping her grab what they needed from the garage for their big reveal.

"Oh my goodness what is all this?" Alex asked as the girls returned to the house carrying large boxes, Emily close behind them. "What exactly do you two have planned here?"

"You'll see," Emily grinned just as JJ's family appeared on the television screen. "Hey there they are! Hi guys!"

"Hi Aunt Emily! Hi Aunt JJ! Hi Alex and Henry and everybody else!" Lily was close to the screen, obviously excited to see everyone.

"Hi Lily! Hi guys," JJ joined Emily and took her hand as she greeted her family. "I miss you guys. I wish you all were here."

"We miss you all too, but we'll come down to visit soon enough," Sandy replied.

"And we're excited to hear about those babies of yours," Mark added.

"So let's cut the chit chat, we can catch up later," Adam said, grabbing Lily and pulling her onto his lap. "Are they boys? Girls? Both? We wanna know!"

"Okay, okay," JJ laughed, turning towards their guests. "We know you all came here for our little gender reveal so we'll get straight to it so we can all eat and celebrate," she told everyone. "So we're going to need Alex and Henry to come help us," she waved her kids over to where they stood with the mysterious boxes Spencer and Olivia had carried into the house.

"Come here Henry, come see Mommy," Emily grabbed the little blonde and brought him over to one of the boxes while JJ put an arm around Alex and brought her to the other box.

"Now we didn't exactly have a whole lot of time to plan this so it's not exactly extravagant but these boxes will give you all the answers you're looking for," JJ explained. "Should we open them at the same time Em?"

"I think that would be best," Emily nodded; smiling as she carefully knelt down next to Henry to help him. "Alright Lex, Henry let's open up these boxes."

Looking slightly nervous, but also extremely excited Alex grabbed JJ's hand as they each pulled at one of the flaps on the boxes, opening it up to have a dozen pink balloons fly out. Thrilled, Alex turned towards Henry and Emily, finding another dozen pink balloon floating in front of them.

"Girls! They're girls!" Alex shouted over the cheers coming from their gathered family as well as JJ's family over Skype. "Sisters!" She threw her arms around JJ's neck. "Girls!"

"Two little girls," JJ nodded, hugging the teen tight as she felt a few tears hit her shoulder, the rest of the room celebrating around them. "You're going to have little sisters."

"And they are going to love you so much," Emily and Henry joined them, the little blonde laughing in delight even though he didn't really know what was going on. "Are you happy Baby?"

"Yes!" Alex couldn't stop the tears from falling as she stood between both her Mothers, her little brother with his hand in her hair. "I am so happy!"