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"When are you going to make your move?"

"I told you… I don't want to mess things up here. I love my job and you guys are my family. What if it doesn't work out? What if Hotch finds out and he decides to transfer one of us? Reid loves this job too. It wouldn't be fair to him to mess things up. He's a valuable member of the team."

"Sunshine… this is me you're talking to, not the press or Hotch. You're scared stiff!

"No I'm not!"

"Right... that's why you're playing with that sandwich instead of eating it." Garcia leaned over and picked up the food in question.

"Hey… that's mine!" JJ said, yanking it out of her friend's hand and spilling lettuce and red onion on the floor of Garcia's new office. "Damn it… now half my lunch is on the floor."

"Don't give me that look Agent Jareau; you're the one that wasn't eating it. Now stop stalling and tell me the truth." Garcia said as she cleaned the mess off the floor.

"I'm not stalling!"

"Yes you are… you're terrified of the beautiful and socially awkward Dr. Reid. It's very cute you know. He'd be floored to know he makes you as nervous as you make him."

"Really… I mean no… I'm not scared of him! We're talking about Reid here. What could be scary about him?" JJ said with a nervous laugh and a shrug of her shoulders. She was picking her sandwich apart.

"Oh I don't know… maybe that he's available. He's kind and funny and smart. He's gentle and a good friend. When was the last time you met a guy like that?"

JJ kept her eyes on the sandwich she was playing with. Garcia was entirely too perceptive for her liking. She shrugged her shoulders again. "We don't have anything in common." She said at last.

Garcia burst out laughing, JJ glared at her but Garcia was too busy slapping her own leg to notice. She finally calmed down and was wiping tears off her cheeks. "That is the lamest excuse I've heard in a long time. You work together. He's a profiler and I don't care what you say, you want to be one too. I wish you'd take the test. You would be great at it. You're both gorgeous, and would look stunning together. You're both my friends, so I know you have good taste. You both come whining to me about each other so again you have great taste. Do you want me to go on?"

JJ didn't say anything, but she was as red in the face as Reid when she looked at him. "When you put it like that it sounds great but -"

"No buts… I'm tired of listening to both of you whine. He looks at you like you're a double latte with lots of sugar, and you look at him like one of those chocolate mint truffles we were eating the other night when I made you come over and watch Notting Hill with me."

"I don't look at him like that!" JJ denied vehemently to the floor.

"Right… try saying that to my face." Garcia said beginning to laugh again.

"Why is this so important to you?" JJ wanted to know. She'd laid the sandwich aside and was playing with one of Garcia's pens.

Garcia pulled the pen out of JJ's hand. "I care about both of you. I want you guys to be happy. Tell me that he doesn't make you happy and I'll leave you alone."

JJ shifted in the chair she was sitting in. Garcia thought that maybe JJ would admit that she wanted the beautiful Dr. Reid, but that wasn't what the communications expert said.

"So when are you going to make your move on Morgan?" She watched Garcia flush. The other woman wouldn't be distracted and she narrowed her eyes at JJ.

"This isn't about me and my chocolate Adonis." She declared with asperity.

"Why not… You're the one that flirts shamelessly with him. I know you flirt with everyone, but I saw how upset you were when he nearly went up in that explosion in Arlington. You're in love with him, and I think he feels the same way about you."

Garcia eyed her friend, and then she smiled a smile that made JJ very nervous. "Fine… if you talk to Reid and everything works out, I'll talk to Morgan!"

"I don't believe you. You've got something up your sleeve."

"Not this time. In fact I'll help you out."

Garcia put her head phones on and hit a button on her phone. She spoke quietly to the person on the other end and then ended the conversation with a large grin that made JJ realize that she may have made a mistake. Making this bargain might not be such a good idea.

"Who were you talking to so mysteriously?" JJ asked.

"Don't you worry your pretty little head?"

"But what -"

There was a knock at the door and JJ looked up to see Reid standing in the doorway. "Morgan said you wanted to see me about something." His eyes fell on JJ and he immediately went pink in the cheeks, "Ah - hi JJ."

"Hi Spence," She said back, without a trace of the excitement she felt in her belly just looking at him. He was so cute and yet he refused to believe women found him attractive.

"So Garcia, what did you need to see me about?" Spencer prompted her.

She stood up from her computer after hitting a series of keys. The screens went dark and she winked at JJ. "I'll be right back." She slipped past Reid before he could move.

"Hey Garcia… where are you going," JJ and Reid said at the same time? Reid went a little pinker and JJ flushed too.

Garcia ignored both of them and shut the door. They heard an electronic beeping and click.

"Damn it…" JJ said jumping up and going to the door. "She locked us in here!" She rattled the door knob.

"What do mean she locked us in here?" Reid said going up behind JJ and looking at the door. He smelled the clean lilac smell of her hair and it made him tingle all over.

Stop it genius. Now's not the time to smell her hair!

He shook his head like a dog just out of the water. He had to concentrate on this little problem. Garcia was relentless. They would get out when she wanted to let them out.

"Garcia… this isn't funny. Open the door!" JJ punctuated this by pounding on the door.

"Not till you two work out your issues. I know you like each other so just stop with the denial already." Garcia's muffled voice came through the door.

JJ turned and almost knocked him over. "Jesus Spence... you scared the hell out of me. Why are you standing right behind me?"

"I was going to tell you that we're not getting out of here. She got an electronic lock put on the door when they gave her this office. There's a five digit code to unlock it. There's no way to guess it. There are thousands of possible combinations. Even if we could find the right one, it would take days and I'm sure that Garcia has limited the number of attempts to two or three." Reid explained while JJ glared at him.

"Actually it's only one try." Garcia's voice came from the other side of the door. "Now stop fooling around and talk!" They heard her laughing and then she was gone.

"Wonderful…" Reid slumped down in Garcia's chair. He and JJ looked at each other for a long time without speaking.

One of the monitors sprang to life and a message scrolled across it: Stop stalling sweet cheeks, and say what you gotta say!!

The sentence moved rapidly across the screen, entering from one side and exiting the other. It moved down the screen and then began again at the top.

JJ got to her feet and took a step towards the door,"Okay… I'm out of here let's just -"

Reid jumped forward and clamped a hand around JJ's mouth. She tried to get away from him but he began to whisper in her ear. "She's got the office bugged, be quiet for a minute!"

JJ's eyes went wide and he could see that when they got out of there, Garcia was in a lot of trouble. He remembered what Morgan said about not messing with a woman that was armed. He felt sorry for Garcia for about thirty seconds and then he felt annoyance settle in his gut.

He put a finger to his lips and shook his head at JJ. She was silent when he took his hand away from her mouth, but her eyes were hot with the same anger and annoyance he felt.

There were several of Garcia's colorful pens and a note pad next to her primary computer station. He picked up one that looked like Queen Nefertiti. JJ watched him write quickly on the note pad. Whatever he had in mind to do was going to be interesting.

She took the paper from him when he finished the note and read it with a growing smile on her face. This was going to be fun!