AN/ Hi guys, since a few of you asked for a sequel to Trust, here it is :P It will be a multi-chap, but I'm not sure how long. Hope you like it !
Behavioral Analysis Unit.
The BAU.
Best unit of the FBI.
She finally made it. Ever since some psycho threatened her, almost seven years ago, and the BAU had saved her, and other women, joining the unit had been her goal. They arrested Witcher and protected her, all that in a matter of a few days.
JJ was standing just outside the double glass door, in the elevator lobby. She took a deep breath, raised her hand, and opened the door. She had already met with the Section Chief and Unit Chief for her interview. Of course, she knew Agent Hotchner from before, he was one of those who went to Pennsylvania in the first place. But she had never had the pleasure of meeting Erin Strauss. That woman was going to be a hard job getting around when they'd disagree on something or another. Which would probably happen a lot since she was the new team liaison.
She walked directly towards Hotch's office and knocked on the door. It was the only office she had seen this morning that had the light on. It was still pretty early, only 7.30a.m., and it was Monday, so she wasn't all that surprised to see the bullpen empty, and she didn't see a lot of Agents in the corridors.
When the deep "come in" was heard through the door, she walked inside, going to stand in front of her new Unit Chief desk.
"Agent Jareau. Good morning." From all the case files opened on his desk, JJ could tell he was here since a little while already. She also noticed his wedding ring and wondered why he was working instead of being with his family. But then she remembered he was her new boss, and that his private life was just that, private.
"Good morning sir."
"Since you are already familiar with protocols and procedures, I'll just show you your new office, and we'll do the first cases together, so you know what to look for." Jennifer Jareau had been the media liaison for the field office in Philadelphia for the last two years, and before that she was posted in the middle of nowhere, Montana.
"Yes sir." She followed him out of his office and into the bullpen.
"And, please don't call me sir. You're a team member now, it's Hotch."
"Yes sir, um Hotch. Speaking of the team, when do they come in?" JJ wondered out loud.
"Usually, when we don't have a case, not before 8.30, except Dr. Reid, maybe. Otherwise, we're on call 24/7, so if a case comes in a Saturday night, for example, they'd all be there. Whatever they were doing, and whoever they were with." Hotch showed JJ her office, the different important places on the floor, such as the coffee machine in the break room, where to find everything necessary to re-make coffee, the conference room, and everyone's desk. Then they went back to his office to start reviewing cases.
They were at it for a couple of hours when someone nocked on the door. Agent Hotchner didn't even have the time to answer before an older agent came in.
"Hey, Aaron. Oh, sorry, didn't know you were busy." The Agent said with a smile to the two people inside.
"Dave, this is Agent Jennifer Jareau, the new team communication liaison. Agent Jareau, meet Agent Rossi." Hotch introduced them. After they politely shook hands, Hotch talked again, "Is there anything you need?" He raised his brows at Rossi.
Rossi seemed to be thinking for a few seconds before nodding his head. "Actually, I was wondering whether we were going to Oregon."
"I don't know, they haven't called back yet, which means there is no other bodies, but based on his previous kills the unsub won't stop. We'll wait 24 hours for a call from the lead detective, either way, we'll leave tomorrow at the latest."
JJ had followed the exchange between the two men without understanding a thing, so she decided to ask what was going on. "What's happening in Oregon?"
"A unsub has been killing young men in their twenties for the last couple of weeks." Hotch searched his desk for something and handed her another case file. "Here's what they sent us. You should probably take a good look at it. You'll be the one presenting the case to the team later."
And indeed, the police chief called Hotch not ten minutes after Rossi had entered his office. Another five minutes after that, the whole team was gathered in the conference room, except for Hotch and JJ. Naturally, they were talking about the new agent joining them.
"Do you think it's a woman? I would LOVE a new chick" Morgan said, grinning, just before Garcia gently slapped his shoulder, "What?"
"Try and be a little more delicate. No seriously, it would be nice to have another girl with us. Emily and I need some back up."
"What are you smiling about there, Rossi? What do you know?" Emily asked, when she noticed him smiling mischievously.
"I would love to share with you guys, but I'm sorry, I am sworn to secrecy." It wasn't true, but watching them overthinking it was way too fun to stop it.
Morgan was about to add something when the two missing agents came in. The team members all turned around to assess the new liaison and two and a half mouth fell. Rossi had already met JJ so he wasn't surprised to see her. Garcia had never seen her in person, so she didn't recognize her. But the other three remaining agents replaced her in one tiny second.
"Jareau, right? What the hell are you doing here?" Morgan asked, getting up to shake her hand.
"Uh, I'm the new media liaison for the BAU." She answered him, somewhat on autopilot. Morgan didn't have to be a profiler to notice that she wasn't focused on him. At all. No, her eyes were glued to Emily's and memories were flashing through her mind. She was in a totally different place and time.
Flashback
Emily had called her earlier this day. She told her her team was finally on stand-down for two weeks. Since it was summer break, JJ answered that she would come down to D.C. It was the first time the two were going to spend more than just a week-end together.
When JJ arrived at Emily's condo, it was already 5p.m. She parked her car, got in the elevator and stopped right outside the door. She had come here once before, but unfortunately, Emily had been called back not long after she got there. But this time was different. This time, she planed on using all the time she got from Emily's break.
She knocked on the door and waited. The door wasn't even fully opened, she was already inside, her bag thrown on the kitchen counter, her hands around the neck of the brunette who lived there and their lips locked. She closed the door with her foot and pressed Emily against it. When they broke for air, Emily rested her forehead against JJ's.
"Hey."
"Hey. It's been so long." JJ looked up into brown eyes, "I missed you."
"Yeah, I can see that." Emily smiled at the blonde. "I missed you too. Come here." She moved them to her couch and they started making out like teenagers.
They spent the two weeks together, hardly ever leaving the other. On their last day together, they said for the first time the three magic words 'I love you'.
EndFlashback
"Agent Blondie? You all right?" Garcia asked – she hadn't goten her name yet, and she thought Blondie suited her well – when Jennifer didn't speak once Hotch finished introducing her. She waved her hand in front of JJ's eyes.
"Uh, yeah, sorry. I just zoned out. Sorry." She repeated. She mentally shook her head to clear the fog that had settled when she saw her former lover. The distance, the cases, her studies, and her being posted to the other end of the country had been a lot and the two kind of lost contact a couple of years ago. Hotch had told Rossi, and Garcia about the first time they meet JJ. All the while, JJ focused all her attention on anything other than Emily. Once Hotch was done, she presented the case, careful to stay focus on that and not on the profilers, who she was sure were profiling her and Emily. She had known Hotch was still on the team since a little before her interview, but she had assumed that the other team members would have changed unit after all this time. She wasn't prepared to face her past, at least not yet.
AN2/ A review would make my day :p And please tell me what you'd like to see happening in this story, as I'm not sure where I'm going with it
