a/n: hey all. so clearly i fell of the face of the earth for a little while. but i'll have you know that i have successfully climbed back onto earth. so…yeah i'm back. and here's your final chapter of this three shot. it's kinda short, but it just ties up most of the lose ends. angsty. but sweet. like me and most of my stories. love you all? I hope you're enjoying. review? please? Love ya!
"Good morning, princess," Derek said with a grin, as Emily walked in. She looked tired. Derek placed a cup of coffee on her desk.
"Thank you," She murmured.
"How are you feeling?" Reid asked.
"You in pain?" Derek asked.
"Oh peaches!" Garcia called, running into the bullpen when she saw Emily.
"Guys, guys, calm down. I'm good. Nothing happened to me," Emily said with a small laugh.
"Emily. That was most definitely something," Derek said firmly.
"Ok. It was something, but I'm fine," Emily assured them.
"Ok," Derek said unsure.
"Guys, we need to start soon," Hotch called from the cat walk, "Do any of you know where JJ is?" He asked.
"She's not here already?" Reid asked.
"She didn't say anything about not coming to me," Emily said, and then inwardly punched her self for even saying anything.
"When do you last talk to her?" Derek asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh, this morning…she stayed over to make sure I was alright," Emily said. It wasn't a full lie, but it wasn't the full truth.
"And she said she'd be here?" Derek asked.
"Well, I told her I'd see her at work…and she said ok…so I assumed that meant she'd be here," Emily said quickly.
"I'll call her," Garcia began.
"No, Garcia I need you to start presenting the case. Emily, will you?" Hotch asked.
"Yeah, sure. I'll meet you guys in there," Emily said nodding. They all walked into the conference room.
"Shit," Emily muttered. JJ probably wouldn't want to talk to her after this morning. Emily dialed the number, though, because they needed JJ.
"Hello," a voice croaked into the phone.
"Hey, Jayje, it's Emily," Emily said grimacing.
"Em, I can't come in today," JJ whispered
"Jay, is everything ok?" Emily asked concerned.
"Yeah, just tell Hotch I'm sorry. I'll uhm," JJ began, but Emily heard crying in the background, "Shh…Henry, baby, it's ok," JJ said, soothing her child, "Em, I need to go."
"Wait, Jay, don't hang up," Emily said quickly, "Where are you? What's going on?" Emily asked urgently.
"Bye, Em," JJ said hanging up the phone. The line went dead. "God damnit!" Emily yelled. Derek rushed out when he heard Emily yell.
"Emily, what the hells the matter?" He hollered.
"Fucking JJ is… I need to go find her. Get Garcia to get me the GPS coordinates from her phone and tell her to text me where she is!" Emily yelled and grabbed her keys, phone and gun and headed out of the BAU.
"What the hell is going on?" Hotch asked seriously.
"Something's happened with JJ. Emily just stormed out, phone, gun and keys. Garcia, she needs you to track JJ's phone coordinates," Derek explained.
"On it," Garcia said, quickly typing away at her lap top.
"Did she say what was wrong?" Hotch asked.
"No. Emily just asked for the location and left," Derek said.
"She's at her house," Garcia said looking up.
"Derek, go," Hotch said, "Call us if you need help. The rest of us, we're on our way to Maine. When you've figured out what's wrong, I want you to call," Hotch told Derek.
"I will," Derek nodded and left, texting Emily as he walked.
"Oh my poor baby," Garcia murmured, all her thoughts on JJ.
Emily reached JJ's house in record time. A few minutes behind her was Derek, but she couldn't wait. Emily drew her gun and walked towards the house.
"JJ! It's Emily," She called, knocking on the door. She couldn't hear anything from inside.
"Jennifer?" Emily called again. No response.
She took a deep breath and as she began to lift her leg, to kick down the door, JJ opened it a crack, the chain lock still on the door.
"Emily, I'm fine. Please go away," JJ said through the crack between the house and the door.
"JJ, what's going on? Let me in," Emily said forcefully.
"No, Emily. Please leave," JJ begged.
"Is this because of what I said this morning, JJ? Because if it is, then I'm an ass hole, and I'm sorry. Please just let me in," Emily pleaded.
"Emily you need to-" She began, but heard Derek shouting her name.
"Derek, I need you to kick the door down. She won't let me in," Emily said, hands on her hips.
"Jennifer. Where's Will?" Derek asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Guys please go away," She begged.
"Jennifer, I helped put this door in. I really don't want to kick it down. But I will if I have to," Derek reminded her. JJ sighed, and began to undo the locks.
"Before I let you in, you have to promise me you won't…freak out," JJ said slowly.
"Why would we freak out?" Emily asked, already getting nervous.
"JJ. Let us in," Derek insisted. So JJ slowly opened the door, and let them in, not looking at their faces. She kept her head looking down.
"Jayje," Emily said gently, as Derek flipped on a light. She put her hand gently on her chin to lift up her head.
"Don't fucking touch me," JJ exclaimed and jumped back.
"Shit, JJ, I'm sorry, I was just-" Emily began, and then she realized what had happened. As she saw the house and JJ more clearly now that the light was turned on, she was mortified, and angry as hell.
"JJ, who did this?" She asked, as she studied the bruises on her face, and arms. There was a small cut on her forehead.
JJ looked away.
"Derek, Henry's in the other room…will you go and get him please?" JJ asked softly. Derek nodded.
"Is he hurt too?" Derek asked. JJ shook her head, "No…just afraid."
"WHO the hell did this to you? Was it Will?" Emily questioned angrily. JJ once again didn't answer.
"God damnit JJ. I'm gonna fucking kill him," Emily yelled, fire in her eyes.
"Stop, Em. He's gone. Please. It's over," JJ explained, as tears began to flow.
"What? Where is that bastard?" Emily asked.
"He took his stuff and left. Broke the fucking lamp while he was at it," JJ said in a quiet voice, with a small painful laugh.
"Why?" Emily wanted to know.
"Cuz I told him where I was last night," JJ shrugged.
"You said you were with me?" Emily asked.
"Told him I'd been cheating on him for a while. I told him I didn't love him any more. I told him I'd been sleeping with a woman, and that I slept with her last night. And that I loved her," JJ said quietly. She fell to her knees and began to sob. Derek had entered the room and heard the last part, and he handed Henry to Emily and knelt down next to JJ. He wrapped his arms around her. She wrapped them around his waist and sobbed into his chest.
Emily was unable to speak. She just rocked Henry back and forth.
"Here, Em," Derek said after a while. JJ's sobs had slowed down to silent tears, and she was curled up on the couch, "I'll take Henry outside. I think you two need to talk…" Derek said, biting his lip.
"We definitely do…you gonna call Hotch?" Emily asked.
"No. I'm gonna call Agent Sharp. I'll have her go in with some of the boys and find Will," Derek said, taking a sleeping Henry from Emily's arms.
"Thank you," Emily said softly, "Then call Hotch?"
"Yes," Derek said with a chuckle. He pulled out his phone with his free hand, "Yeah, Gina, Derek Morgan, I need your help," He said into the phone as he walked outside, shutting the door. behind him.
Emily went into the kitchen and got a paper towel, and wet it.
"Jen," Emily said softly, "Can we talk now?" JJ nodded slowly, and sat up.
"Hey, you can still lie down," Emily whispered. JJ shook her head. Emily said down gingerly next to JJ, "Can I clean that up first?" Emily asked seeing the cut still bloody.
"I can," JJ mumbled.
"Just let me do it. You just stay still," Emily told her. JJ was too tired to argue. She closed her eyes and Emily leaned in to get a good look at the wound. Emily's warm hands on her cold face made her heart race.
Her gentle breath ghosting her skin made her shiver.
"Sorry. Are you cold?" Emily asked, "Want a sweater?"
"No…no, I'm good," JJ insisted. Emily finished up with the wound and threw out the paper towel. She came back and sat.
"Ready to talk?" Emily asked.
"Ok," murmured.
"So talk," Emily asked.
"What's there to talk about Em? I told my fiance I was cheating on him and that I didn't love him. And he hit me. He yelled. He threw things. Then he packed up a bag and left. And it was because I was in love with someone else. A woman. You, Em…I didn't say who to him…but it's you. It always been you, ok?" JJ said, her voice raising.
"JJ I have always loved you. But you left me. Even before you said yes to him. You left me. You went down to New Orleans for a media event and came back knocked up and with Detective Fuck himself, " Emily said bitterly.
"Em," JJ tried, but Emily wasn't done.
"And I kept letting you come back to me, night after night. Every case we bunked up and every night we'd-" Emily began.
"Make love, Em," She said.
"Fuck," Emily hissed.
"No Emily…I loved you… I still do. Why don't you get that?" JJ pleaded.
"Because while you were LOVING me you were sleeping with someone ELSE!" Emily exclaimed in exasperation.
"Jesus Christ Emily! Do you think I would have taken these punches for someone I didn't care about? Do you think I would have told my fiance I was cheating on him with someone I didn't love? Do you think I would have let you in if I didn't want you in my life!" JJ screamed. Emily was shocked that JJ had yelled at her.
"JJ…" Emily whispered, still in awe of the beautiful mess sitting infront of her.
Emily slowly moved her hand to JJ's cheek, and stroke it gently, wiping away the few tears that were falling.
JJ closed her eyes, and let the last couple tears fall, "I'm sorry," she croaked.
Emily swallowed. Could she do it? Could she forgive this woman of all the pain she had caused her?
"I'm sorry, too," Emily said nodding. JJ opened her blue eyes, wide with gratitude and shock. Emily cupped JJ's face and gently kissed her.
"Em," JJ began. Emily just nodded her head and kissed her again, falling down onto the couch and letting JJ lean on her. She kissed her again.
JJ draped her arms around Emily's neck. Emily put her arms around JJ's waist and pulled her closer, feeling like if she didn't hold tightly, JJ would slip through her fingers. Derek opened the door, Henry asleep on his shoulder.
"Hey," Derek said gently, "Gina and the boys got him."
"Where is he?" JJ asked sitting up.
"Don't worry about it now, Jennifer," He said, "I'm gonna put the little man in his bed," Derek said.
"Thank you," JJ said softly.
"Anything for you, princess," Derek said with a smile, and he walked away with Henry, who's arms were latched around Derek's shoulders.
JJ studied Emily's tired and worn face.
"I love you, Emily Prentiss," JJ told her.
"I know. And I," Emily began, and sighed, "I love you, too, Jen," she said, pulling her in for one last, soft kiss