The day was over and the office was a ghost town. The team of five walked into the main center. Hotch fell to the rear, talking intently to someone on the phone. Morgan and Emily walked a ways in front while Reid was already at his desk and JJ was sitting on top of it with her legs crossed, swinging them back and forth. Emily got to her desk and dropped her bag on the ground, resting her head on the desk with a sigh. Morgan smirked and kicked her chair, laughing when Emily threw a strike to his gut. He quickly deflected and pulled his bag to his desk. He sat down, looking at JJ and Reid. He then turned his glance to the pile of manila folders stacked 6 inches high resting on the table. Reid got up and left for the restroom as Hotch walked in, ending the call, and headed for his office. JJ turned her attention to her only non-working colleague. She smiled and scoffed at Emily's state of fatigue. She tapped on Morgan's desk and pointed to the other woman. Morgan smirked and grabbed a few files off his desk. He crept towards Emily and carefully set the folders on her desk.

"Put them back, Morgan." Emily groaned.

Morgan sighed and grabbed the folders again. "Man's gotta try."

Emily sat up a little and stretched, fixing her hair. "You always do, but I got eyes in the back of my head." At that, Morgan smirked and sat back at his desk. After a while, he stood back up and began walking around the room, reading the files. Prentiss looked up and gawked. "How can he just do that? It's practically criminal."

JJ sat in Reid's chair and rolled over to Emily. She bumped into her, making the older woman laugh. Emily sighed and scooted her chair back into place. She then swirled around to face JJ and placed her hands on the arm rests. She pulled the chair close so their faces were barely apart, but then shoved it over so she rolled back to Reid's desk. JJ hopped out of the chair as Reid came back. He sat at his desk and opened one of the drawers.

"Who wants to see some physics magic?" He asked in a playful tone. He placed out a small black cylinder bottle and a cap, leaving behind the 'magical' chemicals.

"Yeah, I'm in." Emily shrugged, walking to Reid's desk.

"Let's see what you got, Spence." JJ joked, hopping off and watching Ried.

Morgan peaked over his desk at the geek group and smirked, scoffing a little. Reid told the girls to turn around and began mixing the substances. He pulled them forwards as they regarded the little rocket. After a few seconds Morgan piped in.

"It's not working, Reid."

"Shh shh shh, watch." Reid squeaked with excitement as he watched his rocket.

JJ and Emily looked at each other while they waited for the rocket to go. Emily shrugged and looked at Reid. As she opened her mouth, the rocket shot up. Morgan jumped, JJ squealed and grabbed onto Emily's wrist. It hit the ceiling hard, and bounced back down onto Emily's desk. Prentiss laughed and walked over to grab the bottle.

"At least it didn't hit me." She joked, placing the bottle on Reid's desk.

"Nice job, Spence." JJ smiled, rubbing Reid's shoulder. Reid smiled and put the bottle and cap into his desk drawer.

"It's getting late, I'm going home. See you guys in the morning."

"Is it past your bedtime?" Morgan joked. Reid didn't answer, he only smiled and left, gathering his stuff and waving at his colleagues. Morgan yawned and stood up. "I'm gonna check on Garcia." He said walking to the technician's office.

"Oh, can you ask her if she wants to drink with us?" JJ asked, as Emily went back to her desk and mumbled something in agreement.

"Sure thing." Morgan nodded, continuing to Garcia's office. He knocked on the slightly agape door. "Hey, baby-girl, you awake?"

He heard fumbling as Garcia teasingly answered. "I'm always here for my chocolate thunder."

Morgan scoffed. "Just checking up on you and to tell you that we're back. Oh, and Prentiss and JJ are going out and wondered-"

"I would love to join my girls, like Charlie's Angels. And of course, I'm Lucy Liu."

Morgan smirked. "See you tomorrow, Baby-girl."

"Buh-bye, Dark Star." Garcia answered, turning back around and gathering the last of her possessions, turning off the computers before locking up.

Garcia walked to the main office where JJ was standing with Emily by the door, waiting for the light-hearted tech girl. They left Hotch and Morgan in the office as they headed for Garcia's car. Prentiss sat in the back While JJ and Garcia sat up at the head. JJ turned the radio to a pop station. Emily and Garcia looked straight at the blue-eyed girl.

"What?" JJ asked defensively.

"Nothing." The others answered in unison.

JJ switched it to one of Garcia's pre saved stations. Garcia smiled and began 'rocking out' to the alt rock station. Emily leaned forward while her and JJ began dancing along as they made their way to the bar. Garcia parked the car and got out. The others followed and they found a place to sit as Prentiss ordered the first round of shots. They all cheered and downed the vodka. JJ drummed on the table and asked for another round. Prentiss and JJ repeated another time before the brunette stood up and bought three steins of beer. A light haired man walked up to the profiler.

"Hey, beauty, are all of those for you?" He asked in a thick South African accent.

Emily smiled and chuckled lightly. "Don't you have a girlfriend to say sorry to?"

"What? How'd you… know that I was supposed to say sorry to someone?"

"Who do you need to say sorry to?"

"Just a girl. I just met her, and I wanted to apologize for not asking for her name. I'm Andrew, and you are?"

JJ walked up to Emily, and wrapped an arm around the older profiler's waist. "Hey babe. Need help?"

"No, I'm good, this is Andrew." Emily answered.

"Hi Andrew." JJ greeted, reaching a hand out and giving the guy a strong handshake.

"I just remembered, I have to apologize to my girlfriend." Andrew nervously stated, walking out.

JJ and Emily began back towards the table with the drinks, laughing. Garcia patted the place in front of her. "Thank you girls," She began, "Nice job, JJ, how' you do it?"

"I guess he's afraid of a real woman." JJ joked, placing a stein in front of Garcia.

Emily handed her a glass, and they clinked them together. She thanked the brunette, and began drinking. They joked around and finished their steins before departing. Garcia drove home, leaving the other two to ride the bus back.

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They sat next to each other as other drunks and late workers boarded. When they neared Prentiss' house they left the bus. Emily and JJ walked to the fancy complex.

"Thanks for letting me crash at your place." JJ said following Emily to her flat.

"You know, no problem, JJ. I don't think it's that safe at night. You and I would definitely know the people who walk the streets."

"Yeah." JJ agreed as Emily unlocked the door. "Wow, it's so nice."

"Thank you." The brunette commented, turning off the alarm.

Emily closed the door behind JJ and locked it. She then showed the blonde around. "You can sleep on the futon, I'm in the next room if you need anything, and if you need to use the bathroom, it's over there." Emily said pointing to the room next to the door.

She helped JJ unfold the futon, and gave her some pillows before getting ready for bed. JJ went to the guest bathroom and pulled her hair into a ponytail, removing her makeup and brushing her teeth with the extra toothbrush. She then went back to the couch, and pulled the covers up. Emily went out to say goodnight to her friend. She smiled and went to her room, sleeping off the booze.

After a few hours, JJ stirred herself awake as the dark crept in closer to her. She sat up and walked to the bathroom. She looked in the mirror and fixed her hair before going back to the couch. She pulled the covers up and tried to go to sleep again. After ten minutes of sleeplessness, she sat up and went to Emily's room. The brunette was awake and on her phone,texting her mom a quick message. She looked as she felt someone staring at her. Emily sent the text, and turned her phone off.

"You okay, JJ?" She asked, sitting up in the bed.

"Yeah...well, I'm having trouble sleeping."

"Bad dream?"

"Well, kind of. I was thinking about what you said earlier. That we know the people who walk the streets. I was thinking about whether that's good or bad."

"I think that it's a bit of both. We spend our lives helping people who don't understand the world around them and we save them from those who ruin life."

"Don't you ever feel like with each case, you lose just a little bit yourself?"

"Yeah, but I also feel like I find out a little more about myself, too. You okay to sleep?"

"Yeah, but can I sleep with you?"

"Of course, JJ." Emily answered scooting over.

JJ walked blindly over to the other side of the bed, and tucked herself in. Prentiss turned around and smiled at JJ, she rested her hand on top of JJ's and closed her eyes. JJ scooted closer and kissed Emily. The brunette opened her eyes and looked into JJ's blue irises. She pulled back, pushing JJ away by her clavicle. JJ apologized and turned around, sleeping. Emily blushed slightly, and turned away, falling asleep, too.