A/N: This takes place a few months after "I'll Always Protect You", so let's say they've been dating now for about 11 months.
The BAU was quiet. Everybody was working on their paperwork, since they haven't had a case for about a week.
Emily and Derek were sitting at their desks quietly doing their paperwork when Reid got up.
"I'm done." He said getting up with a smile on his face.
"You've got to be kidding me. Help us out, Reid. Please." Emily begged, being sick of sitting on her desk all day doing nothing but paperwork.
Reid just smiled and started walking towards Hotch's office to give him his paperwork.
Once he had returned from Hotch's office, he picked up his things and smiled.
"Sorry guys." He said before leaving.
Emily and Derek both growled at the same time.
At that time, JJ came out of her office just before Reid left.
"Sorry Reid, but we've got a case." JJ said apologetically.
Reid sighed and put his things back on his desk before following the others to the conference room.
They all sat down around the table, as Garcia presented the case.
"Well, my furry friends, we have a bad one." Garcia started as she clicked on the button of the remote, showing a picture of a young girl.
"This is Mickaela Green, 20. She went missing two weeks ago in Austin, Texas. She turned up dead five days after her disappearance. She was tortured, raped and died of manual asphyxiation." Garcia said, clicking again on the remote, showing yet another picture of a different girl.
"This is Nicole Evans, 21. She went missing a week ago and also turned up tortured, raped and asphyxiated five days after her disappearance." Garcia said, clicking yet again on the remote, showing another girl.
"Finally, we have Leslie Strickland, 19. She went missing yesterday, locals finally decided to call us in." Garcia said.
"Well, it's clear we have a pattern here. I mean they all have blonde hair, blue eyes, they're all young and he keeps them for exactly five days." Morgan said.
"Since the girls are all around the same age and they all have the same physical description, I think the person doing this may be looking for revenge on an ex-girlfriend or someone who did him wrong, maybe left him." Reid said.
"I agree with Reid. I mean look at them. They all resemble each other." Emily chimed in.
"Okay, wheels up in 20." Hotch said as they all got up from the table and left to grab their things.
Emily waited for JJ as they all piled out of the conference room.
"You okay?" Emily asked JJ, seeing her lost in thought.
"Yeah, fine." JJ said with a small smile.
"We're going to catch this guy." Emily said.
"I know." JJ replied.
Since JJ told Emily about her past, things have been going great. JJ had improved a lot.
Every once in a while she would still wake up with nightmares about her step father and also about her ex-boyfriend, Trevor. After many attempts and promises that she wasn't going to do anything to the guy, JJ finally told her his name.
Emily had wanted to go after the guy. If she hadn't promised JJ that she wouldn't, she would've beaten him up, no doubt about it.
But despite, the few nightmares, everything was going great. JJ had improved a lot, especially emotionally. She wasn't afraid anymore and she was more open to Emily now. Every time she felt sad or was thinking about when she was hurt, she would come to Emily and she would talk about it.
Emily was thankful that JJ was open to her whenever she felt the need to talk.
She talked openly about her step father, but when it came to her ex, she wasn't so open. Emily always thought there was a little more to the story, but she didn't want to push JJ. She knew JJ would open up in her own time.
A/N: So, here we go a little bit more drama. I'm such a drama queen in stories lol. Thank God I'm not like this in real life hahahah.