'Hey, JJ', said Emily as she walked into the Communications Liaison's office. 'You okay? You seem pretty down after that case...'
'Yeah, I'm okay, well...I will be – the case really got to me, what with it being so close to Christmas, and no family deserves their child to be taken away from them.' She sighed, 'and I can't stop thinking about Henry, I know I only saw him a few days ago, but I really miss him, and It's Will's weekend to have him this week.'
Emily saw the look of sadness in her eyes, 'I know sweetie, come on – hug it out.' She smiled, and JJ got up and allowed Emily to embrace her.
JJ could smell Emily's shampoo, mm, coconut, she thought, inhaling the brunette's scent. Emily wrapped her arms around JJ even tighter, and rested her head on the blonde's shoulder. It was then that she noticed the green plant hanging from the ceiling above their heads. Mistletoe.
'Hey, Jayje?' Emily asked. JJ looked up at her friend, almost awoken by Emily suddenly calling her name?
The truth is, Emily didn't actually have anything to say to JJ, she just wanted them to be looking at each other. Emily lifted JJ's chin gently, and softly closed the gap between their lips. The kiss started out as timid and shy, but as they pulled closer together, and Emily moved one of her hands and began to run it through the blonde's hair, the kiss grew more and more passionate the longer their lips were pressed together. Tongues battled for power and the brunette's won due to the blonde opening her mouth letting out a gentle moan, JJ allowed Emily to explore new territory. Neither woman had felt a connection so strong before. The two were joined at the lips for what seemed like hours. JJ pulled back for breath, and Emily let out a deep sigh. She looked into JJ's eyes, not believing what she had just done.
'I love you Jayje...' she murmured. Realising what she had just said, she looked embarrassed, and ran out of the room.
'Hey! Emily! Wait!' the blonde called after her, 'come back!' she pleaded, but Emily was gone.
Emily ran back to her apartment, her mind swirling, and thoughts about what had just happened battling for priority, when all she really wanted was to compartmentalize everything, and lock the incident away in a little box in the back of her head. Is that reaaaally what I want? She thought, considering the idea that maybe she didn't want to forget about what had happened, and maybe she wanted to pursue her relationship with JJ. She reached the front door of her building, and entered. She reached her apartment, walked to the couch and flopped onto it, breathing heavily. Her phone rang; she checked the screen, JJ. Emily didn't answer, she just couldn't face speaking to her best friend yet, not before she completely understood what had happened, and what she was going to do about it.