A/N: HEY EVERYONE I KNOW WHAT YOUR ALL THINKING...WHY IS SHE WRITING ANOTHER STORY WHEN SHE SHOULD BE WORKING ON FINISHING THE ONES SHE HASN'T UPDATED IN FOREVER! BUT NO WORRIES I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THEM JUST IVE HAD THIS STORY ON MY MIND FOR A WHILE. I READ A FEW CM STORIES ON HERE BUT I ALWAYS HAD THIS IDEA ON MY MIND. FINALLY A FEW YEARS AGO I STARTED PUTTING IT DOWN AND THIS STORY CAME OUT OF IT. I HAVE QUITE A FEW CHAPTERS DONE IN THIS BUT I AM GOING TO DOLE THEM OUT SO THAT YOU DONT READ IT ALL AT ONCE AND THEN GET MAD IF I DONT UPDATE AS OFTEN AS I SHOULD. ANYWHO I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. PLEASE ENJOY...THIS WILL STICK PRETTY CLOSE TO THE EPISODES FOR A WHILE THEN DEVIATE THEN COME BACK THEN DEVIATE THEN...WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE...BUT ONCE WE GET INTO REVELATIONS IT WILL REALLY START TO DEVIATE.
DISCLAMER: I DO NOT OWN CRIMINAL MINDS NOR WILL I EVER (SAD)
JJ and Reid have kept a secret from their team for years. The only one who knew was Hotch, but that was because he had to know. He knew that they had been together when he hired JJ. He had brought them in when he was considering JJ to be their liaison. He wanted to be sure that they could do the job without their personal life interfering in their work. They told him that they could. Hotch believed them but put them on probation just to be sure.
He told them that they couldn't go out in the field together but if they could keep their personal life out of the job then they could stay on the team and still be together. JJ and Reid had asked him to keep their secret cause they really didn't think that if people knew about them then they wouldn't be able to keep their lives separate.
They had just come back from Nevada on a particular hard case. Reid and JJ were in their house sitting on their couch relaxing after a late dinner. They sat in silence both trying to forget the case they just came home from.
"Do you think we have kept our secret for too long?" Reid asked JJ after a few minutes of silence.
"I don't know, maybe. It's been so long that it seems almost natural that we haven't told them." JJ said as she snuggled in closer to Reid.
"Do you think maybe we should?" he asked.
"Do you want to?" JJ asked.
"I think that we have waited long enough. It has been two and a half years." Reid told her. JJ sighed.
"Tomorrow then. We'll invite them all out for drinks and then we'll tell them." she said.
"Aren't we all going out for the Superbowl tomorrow?" he asked.
"Oh yeah that's tomorrow, I almost forgot. Well then I guess we can tell them when we go out tomorrow." JJ said as she looked up at Reid.
"Sounds like a plan. But for now, I want to forget about our team and cases. I just want to spend the evening with you." Reid said as he pulled JJ off the couch and down the hall towards their bedroom.
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The next night the whole team─minus Gideon─was at a bar celebrating the Superbowl. JJ, Reid, Garcia, Hotch, Hotch's wife Hailey and Emily were watching Morgan dance with two women.
"So how is everyone treating you Emily?" Hailey asked.
"They are all very nice to me." Emily said to her with a smile.
"Good I'm glad. I was worried that they weren't being nice." Hailey said.
"Of course. We are always nice." Hotch said looking at his wife. Hailey scoffed.
"Hey you two are awfully quiet over there." Emily said trying to direct the attention off of her.
"Oh, uh I was just thinking about the game." JJ lied. Hotch gave her a knowing look. She looked down and took a big swig of her beer.
"What's your excuse?" Emily asked Reid. Reid looked at JJ with wide eyes.
"Uh, I was just spacing. Sorry." He said looking over at JJ. They both seemed to be stalling telling their friends. It's not that they didn't want to. It's just that they were afraid of their reactions of how long they had been together. They didn't want them to get the wrong impression on why they didn't tell them. JJ grabbed Reid's hand under the table letting him know that at the next moment possible that she was going to tell them.
Just as she was about to open her mouth to start to tell them, when Garcia started to speak.
"Look at him move. He's a cat." Garcia said as she watched Morgan move.
"More like a dog." Emily said making the whole table laugh.
"They asked him to dance. He didn't ask them." Garcia said turning around.
"Ok, so he's a cat." Emily said.
"Yeah an alley cat." Hailey said chuckling. The table laughed as Garcia stood up.
"I'm going to the loo. Don't let anyone steal my seat." Garcia said as she headed towards the bathroom.
"I'll guard it with my life." Emily said as she watched her leave.
"Come on Hailey lets show em how it's done." Hotch said pulling Hailey out of her seat and dragging her to the dance floor.
"That is so sweet." Emily said turning to JJ. "You sure that your alright?"
"Yeah. Just thinking." JJ lied with a smile.
"Alright people let's dance." Garcia said as she came back to the table dancing. JJ, Reid and Emily laughed as Garcia danced in front of them.
"I was serious people. On your feet." Garcia said as she pulled Emily out of her seat.
"Come on guys." Emily said as they all stood up.
"I think I'm going to get a refill." Reid said as he stood up.
"What about you JJ?" Garcia asked. Just as JJ was about to respond her phone started to ring.
"I guess I have to get that." JJ said as she headed out of the bar.
"Jareau." She said into the phone as she stepped out of the bar. The person on the other line told her that they were requested on a case. She sighed and leaned her head back against the side of the brick building. So much for their night off.
"Fax everything you have over to our office and I'll present the case to the team." She said as she hung up the phone. She sighed and closed her eyes for a minute.
"Who was on the phone?" Reid asked. JJ jumped when she heard his voice.
"Jeeze Spence you scared the shit out of me." JJ said with a smile. He smiled at her.
"Sorry. So who was on the phone?" he asked her again.
"The office. We were requested on a case in Atlanta. I was just about to break the news to everyone." JJ said with a sad smile.
"So much for telling everyone tonight." Reid said.
"Yeah I know." JJ sighed.
"You alright?" Reid asked JJ concerned.
"I'll tell you in a minute." She said as she pulled Reid towards her. She pulled him close and kissed him. After a few minutes, he pulled away.
"What was that for?" he asked her smiling.
"Cause I needed it. I have this feeling that this is going to be a long hard case." JJ said as she pulled him back towards her. After a few more minutes, Reid pulled away again.
"As much as I would love to continue this, it seems we have a case to work." He said as he took a few steps back.
"Fine, will you go get the car and bring it around while I go tell the team that we have a case." JJ said.
"Yeah sure." Reid told her as he leaned in and gave her another kiss before turning and heading down the street. JJ sighed and closed her eyes. She leaned against the wall for another minute before she pushed herself off and headed back into the bar where she could see everyone laughing at the table. They all looked at her when she approached the table. They took one look at her face and they knew what her phone call had been about.
"Sorry guys." She said sadly.
"Really? Now?" Emily asked as she looked at JJ.
"Unfortunately. So I guess I'll see you all at the office." JJ said as she grabbed her purse off her chair.
"Where's Reid?" Morgan asked.
"Uh he came outside to check on me and I already sent him to the office." JJ lied. He nodded and headed out of the bar with Garcia and Emily in tow. The only two still at the table were Hotch and Hailey.
"I thought you two were going to tell them tonight?" Hotch said once they had all left. JJ looked at him in shock.
"How did you─never mind. I should know by now that you profilers know all." JJ said as she sat back down.
"So what happened?" Hailey asked.
"Well that phone call did. We were going to tell them at the next possible minute then you guys got up to dance and then Garcia came back she dragged Emily off to dance as I was getting the call." JJ said shrugging.
"So when are you gonna tell them?" Hotch asked.
"After we are done with this case. We'll probably have everyone over to dinner, or something." JJ said.
"Alright, well we better get going." Hailey said as she stood up from the table.
"Yeah, so I'll see you at the office." JJ said to Hotch before turning to give Hailey a hug. "It was nice to see you again Hailey. Come with Hotch when we have the team over for dinner okay."
"You bet. Bye JJ." Hailey said as they all walked out of the bar. JJ waited at the curb, Reid pulled up with the car, and she climbed in.
"Did you call Gideon?" Reid asked as JJ got into the car.
"No I was just about to." JJ said as she pulled out her phone.
AND THERE IT WAS! HOPE YOU ALL LIKED IT...IF NOT PLEASE SAY IT NICELY I BRUISE...AND IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN CONTINUING ALSO PLEASE SAY...THANKS -LORELAI