Chapter 2
It wasn't the sunlight streaming through her bedroom window that woke Emily up, it was the beeping. Emily opened her eyes and looked around. She saw Joy sitting at the foot of the bed staring at a pager, fully dressed.
"Good morning." Emily said, smiling as she remembered the night before.
Joy turned to Emily and smiled, though it didn't reach her eyes. She wasn't happy about being paged in to work on her day off. For the first time in a long time, Joy wanted to blow off work and just stay in bed, and a big part of that was the gorgeous woman she was looking at right now. "Good morning, how'd you sleep?"
"Mmmm...great, what has you awake so early?" Emily really hoped this wasn't just a one night stand. She liked Joy a lot.
Joy held up her pager, "work. They need me to come in." Joy hesitated a moment then, "I would love to see you again, if you're interested of course."
Emily smiled, then she grabbed a post-it from the night stand and scribbled her cell phone number on it. "I'd like that. Here's my cell number. Call or text anytime. I, um, I travel a lot for work but when I'm in DC, I'm all yours."
Joy smiled as she took the post-it. She then leaned over and kissed Emily. "you are amazing Emily. And if this," she held up the pager again, "wasn't so important I would ignore it and stay here with you."
"Trust me, I know what it's like when duty calls. Do you have time for some coffee before you go?"
"Yeah."
Emily got out of bed and slipped on a robe. She led Joy downstairs and into the kitchen. Emily turned the coffee maker on and was about to turn around when she felt two strong arms wrap around her from behind.
Joy held Emily close, suddenly needing to be close to her. She felt bad about not being honest about her name and she knew it was only a matter of time before she'd have to come clean about that...especially if they were going to see each other again. But right at that moment, she didn't care about the consequences of her deception, she just wanted to hold Emily close.
Joy leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on Emily's neck, wanting more but knowing she didn't have the time for more.
Emily tilted her head back and closed her eyes, enjoying the moment. It had been far too long since she'd had someone shower affection on her like this and she was determined to just enjoy it.
Sooner than they might've liked, the coffee was ready and Emily reluctantly pulled away to pour both of them a cup.
They'd just finished their coffee when Emily's cell rang. She recognized the ring tone as her mother's and she ignored it.
"Aren't you going to get that?" Joy asked, curious.
"Nope. I know who it is and she can wait."
"Oh..." Joy heard the 'she' and realized that someone as beautiful and amazing in bed as Emily would surely have a girlfriend or two waiting in the wings. She felt her happy mood begin to slip away at the thought that she'd been just another notch in a bedpost.
Emily saw the look on Joy's face and realized how her answer had sounded. She was quick to correct the mistaken assumption. "No, Joy it's not like that. That ring tone is my mother's and I am not up to dealing with her right now. She's...she's difficult to handle this early in the morning."
Joy took that in and smiled. "ok."
Soon it was time for Joy to head out and Emily offered to drive her home so she wouldn't have to take a cab. Joy accepted and they set off for Joy's apartment.
Emily dropped her off with a kiss and Joy's promise to call her soon.
Emily drove away smiling. She was looking forward to getting to know Joy better. First thing she was going to ask the woman the next time she saw her was her last name. It was time they at least exchanged those. Emily was determined, though, to not use the information to have Garcia run a check. She wanted to learn about Joy on her own.
Emily was almost home when her phone rang again. Her mother, again. She picked up the phone and sighed as she answered it, knowing it wasn't going to be a pleasant conversation.
TBC...
A/N: Hope this lived up to expectations...more to come soon!!!
This meeting takes place between "In Heat" & "The Crossing" on CM & between "The Baby in the Bough" & "The Verdict in the Story" on Bones. Details from the second eps in each will be leaked into the story...but hopefully it won't be "spoiling" anything because I am guessing if your reading this story then you know both shows and have already seen these eps.
