A/N: This was written in response to the 2012 Valentine's Day Forum Challenge. It will be completed by February 26, 2012.

"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back."- Barbara De Angelis

Quantico, Virginia- February 11, 2012

"Garcia!" SSA Jennifer "JJ" Jareau screamed at the top of her lungs as she marched into the technical analyst's office. Penelope Garcia jumped up and nearly fell when the blonde profiler slammed the door of the office shut.

"Um, hey…JJ," Garcia said in a wavering voice. She had never seen JJ so angry in her life. JJ pointed to the pile of paperwork next to where Garcia had been sitting. "Can those be done in the morning?"

"Yeah, I guess. Sweetie, what happened?"

JJ grumbled something incomprehensible for exclaiming, "We're going somewhere right now! Emily is finishing up the last of her paperwork so we're doing something- shopping, drinking, shooting- we're going!"

Garcia hesitated before scrambling for her purse. Once she grabbed it, she turned to JJ and said, "Honey, you know I don't shoot-"

"Garcia!"

"Ok, ok, I'm coming." Once outside, they crossed paths with SSA Spencer Reid and SSA Emily Prentiss near the elevator. Prentiss looked between JJ and Garcia. "Ready?" she asked.

"Wait," Reid put a hand in front of JJ, "Emily told me that I shouldn't tell you this, but Hotch is looking for you. It's about the Waterloo case from three months ago."

"Tell him I'm not here," JJ barked as the three women stepped onto the elevator. Reid cocked his head and asked, "Why? That's lying-"

"You can either tell him that or that if SSA Hotchner comes with ten feet of me, I will shoot him. Your choice, Spence." She slammed her hand against the ground floor button and the door closed, leaving a shocked Reid standing in the hallway.

"I'm so confused," Garcia said faintly once the elevator descended to the ground floor, "What happened?"

"Men are full of it. So damn full of it," JJ grumbled before she began pacing back and forth in the elevator, "Since we broke up, Will doesn't think coming to see his son is important anymore-"

"That bastard!" Garcia exclaimed, "Shall I do any retribution against him?"

"Yes, I mean no. Not yet," JJ answered, "And then there's Hotch…" She tightened her fists which prompted Prentiss to wrap her arms around her and whisper, "Calm down. Let's not have you punching walls or anything."

"Why not? Would you rather I put bullet holes in them instead?" The elevator doors opened and JJ marched out first, leading the way for Prentiss and Garcia. Garcia tugged on JJ's jacket before JJ whipped around and shot her a glare.

Garcia put up her hands in defense. "Hey, just calm down and just tell me what happened."

"I think she's pregnant," Prentiss stated in a matter-of-fact tone. JJ darkened her glare. "I'm not pregnant! " She quickly lowered her voice, "I did not sleep with Hotch."

"Oh, oh my God! When was this?" Garcia asked. JJ sighed loudly and started walking towards the entrance. Prentiss said, "It happened while we were in Waterloo. The hotel manager said that she heard some interesting noises coming from Hotch's room. Of course, everyone denied it, but I personally think it's true."

They picked up their pace and eventually caught up JJ, who was now pacing back in front of her car. Prentiss called out, "JJ, just tells us what happened."

JJ stopped in her tracks and sighed. "I've fallen for Hotch and I decided to be a stupid little girl and tell him. This morning I told him and guess what the first words out of his mouth were?"

"I love you too?" Garcia asked sheepishly.

"No, it was a fifteen minute rant on the policies of interwork relationships. It was like asking Reid a question- he just kept going and going. I held down my desire to kill him and told him that I understood."

"Sounds like he didn't handle it well," Prentiss stated. JJ looked at her, shocked, "So he decides to take a page from the Spencer Reid guidebook?"

"I don't know, Jay. Hotch is a mystery within a mystery. Are you sure that's all?"

JJ irritably stated, "Will is acting like a two year old and now Hotch is acting- my three year old son has more emotional capabilities than he does!" She slid into the front seat. Prentiss waited until JJ slammed the door shut before sliding into the passenger seat. Garcia slid into the backseat and suggested, "I could tell Morgan or Rossi-"

"Don't tell Morgan," Prentiss stated, "He'll kill Hotch. Don't you dare, Jay." She smiled at the sight of JJ reaching in her pocket for her phone.

"What? I think I should do it!"

Prentiss rolled her eyes. "No, JJ. Vent now, plan ways of revenge against Hotch later. Tomorrow morning we should say something to Rossi."

"He'll side with Hotch," JJ stated as she pulled the car out.

"No he won't. Not if Garcia and I have anything to do with it."

February 12,2012- 9am

JJ walked into the bullpen and dropped her bag on her desk. She glanced over to Hotch's office where she could see the Unit Chief deeply concentrated in paperwork.

And everything's back to normal in his book, she thought before pulling out a box of candy hearts out of her bag. Whether it was her emotions regarding Hotch or Valentine's Day approaching, JJ had recently created a deep craving to candy hearts. It was best to keep it a secret; JJ knew that Garcia and Prentiss would use her craving against her.

"He did what?"

Morgan? JJ turned around to see Morgan marching towards the bullpen with a frantic Garcia trying to catch up to him in her heels. Morgan entered the bullpen and whipped his head around frantically before JJ asked, "What's wrong?"

Morgan spotted Hotch in his office and growled, "I'm going to kill him-"

"Whoa, whoa! Derek, what happened?" JJ exclaimed. She pulled him towards her before he could take off towards Hotch's office. "Calm down and tell me what happened."

His eyes blazed with anger. "I know, JJ. Garcia told me everything."

JJ looked over to Garcia, who was now standing by the doorway and exclaimed, "Did you tell him what I told you what happened or what you and Emily think what happened?"

Garcia's eyes darted around nervously. "Both?"

"Penelope!"

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it! He cornered me with those bright, sexy brown eyes and I spilled! JJ, I am so sorry-"

"I am never telling you anything again," she turned to Morgan, "I am ok."

He dropped his shoulders. "Are you pregnant?"

"No."

Morgan and Garcia answered simultaneously, "Are you sure?"

Before JJ could say anything, Prentiss walked into the bullpen and said, "Morning, guys…..whoa, what did I miss?" Morgan took a step closer to JJ, "If you are, the rest of us will be here for you. You aren't alone in this, JJ."

"Plus, we don't want the newest BAU baby in harm's way…..if you're pregnant," Garcia added, "So again, are you pregnant?"