Chapter 1
"Spence," JJ said as she and Reid walked into the meeting room of the Durant Police Department. Reid looked at her. "Look, we gotta talk about this."
"What do you wanna talk about?" Reid asked as he started to gather case files.
"I get it, okay? You're disappointed with the way we handled Emily," JJ said.
"Look, I have a lot going on all right?" Reid said as he started to leave the room.
"You know what I think it is?" JJ said.
"What?" Reid asked as he turned around.
"You're mad that Hotch and I controlled our micro-expressions at the hospital and you weren't able to detect our deception," JJ said.
"You think this is about my profiling skills? Jennifer, listen, the only reason you were able to manage my perceptions is because I trusted you. I came to you for ten weeks in a row crying over losing a friend and not once did you have the decency to tell me the truth," Reid snapped.
"I couldn't," JJ said, her eyes filling with tears.
"You couldn't? Or you wouldn't?" Reid asked.
"No, I couldn't," JJ said firmly.
"What if I started taking dilaudid again, would you have let me?" Reid asked. JJ cringed at the thought of him using drugs after being clean for 5 years.
"You didn't," JJ said, letting a tear fall.
"Yeah, but I thought about it," Reid said, starting to leave the room.
"Spence..." JJ started.
Reid spun around on his heels looking at JJ. "Stop calling me that! My name is Spencer or Reid. You lost the right to call me Spence a long time ago. Just leave me alone Jennifer!" Reid walked out of the room and towards the exit. Morgan followed him while Emily followed JJ who headed in the direction of the bathroom.
Morgan followed out the back door or the police department and into an alley behind the building. "Reid, Reid wait up." Reid stopped and turned around facing Morgan. "What the hell was that back there. I've never seen you blow up at JJ like that. You broke her heart man."
Reid looked at him. "Well guess what, she broke mine first. Will left her Morgan. We'd been going out for the past four months. I was going to ask her to move in with me. Then I find out that she's been lying to me for seven months. What do you want me to."
Morgan looked at his friend. He actually felt bad for the kid but that didn't give him an excuse to be hurt her like he had. "I want you to apologize to her. JJ has always accepted you. Even when you were on the drugs she stood by you. She never left, she was always making sure you were okay. And then she does this just to protect Emily and you bit her head off. Would you rather Emily really be dead?"
Reid looked at the ground. He knew Morgan was right but he couldn't seem to forgive JJ just yet. "I'll talk to her later Morgan but for now I need some space. I'm going to go for a walk. Alone. I'll come back later." With that Reid turned around and walked from the alley onto the main street and walked away from the police station. Morgan sighed as he turned around and went back into the station.
Emily walked into the washroom to see JJ standing over the toilet puking her guts out. Emily walked behind and held her hair back for her. After about five minutes JJ flushed the toilet and wiped her mouth with some toilet paper.
JJ stood up and turned around facing Emily "Thanks Em"
Emily smiled at her. "No problem. Now do you want to tell me what that was all about or should I just guess."
JJ walked over at turned on the sink rinsing out her mouth and washing her hands "Umm...Reids just angry is all"
"JJ I don't have to be a profiler to know something is up. Now tell me what's wrong"
JJ went and got some paper towels from the dispenser and dried her hand she threw out the paper and leaned against the wall. "Will left about four months ago, and ever since then Reid and I have been going out. He helped you know after Will left. He looked after Henry when I couldn't and he held me at night when I cried."
Emily looked at her sympathetically. "JJ I had no idea. What didn't you tell me"
JJ started playing with her sister's the gold necklace around her neck. "We didn't want anyone to know just yet. Now he hates me."
Emily sighed as she looked at her friend. She hated seeing her like this. "JJ he doesn't hate you. He's just confused and hurt. He'll get over it. Don't worry about it."
JJ looked down and started avoiding eye contact. Emily knew by the way she was acting that there was something else JJ was hiding. "JJ what aren't you telling me?"
JJ looked up at her friend. "I'm umm I'm pregnant. Reid's the father." She said a smile pulling at the corners of her mouth.
