Title: Magic Touch
Rating: T (just to be safe)

Pairing: Emily Prentiss & Jennifer Jareau/JJ
Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds or any of the characters. If I did, Emily and JJ would have become a couple in Season 3 and have babies by now. No profit, so please don't hurt me!

It was early on Friday evening and the team were on the jet heading back to Quantico after yet another case. This time the unsub had been on an arson spree and the team had managed to apprehend him within two days of arriving in Phoenix, Arizona. With all things considered, this had been a successful trip for them.

JJ awoke from a mid-air nap to find that Reid and Rossi were playing chess, Morgan was listening to his iPod and Hotch was working on the paperwork from the case. As JJ stood up and stretched she noticed that Emily was sitting alone, staring out of the window with a strange expression and so she approached Emily and sat down beside her.

JJ always found herself drawn to the beautiful brunette but she had never given the reason much thought. She knew that she enjoyed their closeness, their little touches, the secret smiles they shared and that Emily enjoyed them too. That was enough for her. Figuring out the reason why she would find herself daydreaming about the way Emily's lips moved when she spoke was something she chose not to do, afraid of what she might discover about herself.

Emily turned around to find JJ giving her a sleepy smile and she couldn't help but smile back.

"Good nap?" enquired Emily quietly so as not to disturb the others on the plane.

JJ gave another little stretch in the seat and nodded happily before asking Emily, "What were you just thinking about?"

Emily looked away from the blonde agent and smiled to herself. How could she tell her that she had just been trying to figure out if the time had come to tell JJ how she left about her?

Emily had been trying to hide her feelings for months now. The truth was that she had been enthralled by JJ since the first day they met. Recently though, Emily found it was becoming harder to keep her feelings to herself. Emily knew that JJ was flirty with most people and that it was just meant as a bit of fun. However, three times over the last few days she had caught JJ watching her and instead of smiling like any other time, JJ had turned away quickly and Emily could have sworn she had seen a blush rising on her cheeks. Those few seconds kept playing over and over again in Emily's mind and were making Emily wonder if she might not be as alone in her feelings as she had first thought.

"Em?" asked JJ, pulling her from her thoughts with a gentle nudge against her shoulder.

Emily laughed lightly at herself before saying, "Sorry JJ, it was nothing important.".

JJ watched her intently for a few seconds and Emily could feel that she was going to ask her for a real answer so she beat her to the punch. "We should be landing in about 15 minutes. I'm going to grab a cup of coffee, would you like one?" asked Emily, effectively ending the conversation she knew she couldn't have.

JJ nodded again, sat up straight in her seat and said that she would go and get them as she had the aisle seat. Emily said that she didn't have to but JJ was already on her feet and leaned over the back of the chair in front to whisper, "Maybe I just like it when you owe me favours" with a wink before disappearing to the front of the jet.

Emily let her head fall back to rest on the seat and she let out a deep breath she didn't realise she had been holding. This can't go on for much longer. She decided that she would have to use the weekend to figure out a way to tell JJ how she felt.

Emily's thoughts were interrupted when JJ returned with their coffee and sat down. When JJ handed Emily her cup their fingers brushed against each others lightly and they both felt a jolt of electricity at the incidental contact. JJ looked up to find Emily's eyes locked on hers and a curious expression on her face and yet she did not remove her fingers from where they were now covering Emily's. JJ wondered what was going through Emily's mind right then but before she could ask she jumped in surprise at the ringing of Morgan's phone.

Luckily their coffees had not spilled and JJ gave Emily a shy smile as they both settled into their seats, each wondering what the other woman was thinking.

Morgan spoke quietly for a few minutes before hanging up and explaining to the group that Garcia had just called to invite them all out for drinks when they landed. Reid quickly agreed to go but Rossi said that he already had plans and Hotch said he wanted to get home to his family.

Morgan strolled down the aisle to JJ and Emily and said "Come on ladies, we've earned this!".

JJ smiled and said "I'm in, what about you Emily?".

Emily wanted to spend some time figuring out how to talk to JJ about everything she had been thinking and so she said "I don't know you guys, I'm kinda tired."

JJ turned further in her seat to face Emily and touched Emily's forearm before saying, "Come on, it'll be fun. Please?".

Emily rolled her eyes in fake annoyance as she turned to Morgan and agreed to join them.

Morgan laughed lightly before looking at JJ, impressed, and saying "I guess you have the magic touch, huh? Well great, I'll call Garcia and spread the good news."

JJ asked Morgan to tell Garcia to wait for her as she had to drop off some papers at the office first and then they could go to the bar together a few minutes after the others.