A/N: Uh dang I don't know what I'm thinking here. Kinda weird, don't you agree?

Days in a Relationship

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Summary:

High School Universe; major H/P, JJ/Reid, M/G: Emily liked Aaron. But Emily was with Spencer and Aaron was with JJ. Derek liked Penelope but she was with Kevin. Dave liked playing matchmaker.

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Part I: How to Destroy a Relationship

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Meet Aaron "Hotch" Hotchner and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau. Hotch was the uptight sophomore class president. He was also considered a neat freak by his best male friend David Rossi. JJ was an equally uptight sophomore varsity soccer captain. They met when they were babies. They had been best friends since they could remember and started going out since middle school. Their mothers knew one another.

Everything had been going great until recently.

"Can you hear yourself, JJ? I just forgot! I'm sorry I don't know what you're thinking unless you come out and tell me," Aaron retorted. He was tired of hearing her talk about this. It was driving him crazy.

JJ shoved his textbook back to him. "I did tell you. You just decided not to listen. I told you Derek was trouble," she hissed. She had just about enough of his typical male behavior. God, she thought he was different than them.

"Sorry for having other friends to hang out with." Oops. Wrong thing to say. She threw her hands in the air and stormed out of the room.

They were on the verge of a breakup. Aaron and JJ were a match made in hell.

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Derek Morgan liked Penelope Garcia. But she didn't know that. She was going out with Kevin Lynch. They seemed content with each other freshman year. Derek was fine with that. But now it looked like they were disagreeing more and more. Derek liked being Penelope's friend but it still didn't keep the grin from his face as Kevin stalked out the lunch room. Derek liked being Penelope's knight in shining armor a little more.

"Are you okay, Penelope?" he asked. He scooted over so he sat beside her. They brushed fingers.

She nodded, swallowing down a sob. "We were doing just fine last year. But something happened, Derek."

He touched his hand on hers. "Don't worry. He'll cool off sooner or later. And if he doesn't you still have me," he poked her in the stomach.

It made her giggle and in turn that made Derek smile. "Oh, Derek," she said gleefully and suddenly she wasn't thinking about Kevin and his anger tantrum anymore. She was thinking about Derek and Derek was more than content with that.

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Emily Prentiss was the smart, rich girl. Her mom was the principal. Spencer Reid was the genius kid with an IQ of 187. His mom was crazy. His dad left him. Emily and Spencer went to school with each other since elementary school. They were best friends. No. More than best friends. They were girlfriend and boyfriend. Emily and Spencer sitting in a tree sort of thing. K-I-S-S-I-N-G jazz.

But Emily didn't really like Spencer like that. Not anymore. And Spencer viewed Emily like a sister, an older more badass sister. They just didn't know how to tell one another the truth. Not yet, at least. So for now, Emily and Spencer's relationship was complicated. Awkward.

"Uh, Em, wanna…catch the movies this weekend?" Spencer asked. He bit the bottom of his lips. He looked down at his shoes. Nerves, he thought to himself. The genius with the eidetic memory and an IQ of 187 was nervous to ask his best friend slash sister out to the movies. That was pathetic.

Emily always somehow saw through him. They did share a special connection. "It's okay, Spencer," she said softly. "I think we'll have too much homework for movies." Easy lie.

Spencer nodded. He swallowed thickly. He knew what she was trying to do and was grateful. "Okay."

They simultaneously got out their books and start writing. They didn't say anything else, they didn't have to. They already knew this relationship wasn't going to last much longer. They just hoped they'd at least find more capable soul-mates before the year was over.

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David "Dave" Rossi didn't like dating. He liked having regular friends more. They lasted longer. Plus, they weren't as needy. He didn't have to worry about how long he spent with one particular friend over another. He didn't have to reserve dinners ahead of time. He didn't have to plan special dates just to make a person happy.

Dave had many friends. In fact he knew pretty much every student and every teacher in the school. Dave was special. He was the one that connected Aaron, Emily, JJ, Spencer, Penelope and Derek to each other.

Aaron to Emily. Spencer to JJ. Penelope to Derek. Dave connected friends. Dave connected people. Dave connected souls.