Author's Note: Just a little Christmas present for us JJ/Hotch shippers. Special thanks to Jamnut, cannybairn (LOL – yeah, I'm not going for subtle with this one!), MegKate, sweber22, and whimsical-one-ga (my thoughts exactly!) for the reviews!

Wednesday, December 14:

"Whatcha got there, Jayje?" Prentiss asked, walking over to JJ's desk.

JJ jumped in her seat, dropping the gold bracelet in her hand. Heat rushed to her cheeks drawing a curious look from Prentiss. JJ turned to face Prentiss. "Uh, it's a bracelet."

"A bracelet?" Prentiss repeated. "Who's it from?"

"Um, actually, I'm not sure." JJ sighed when Emily raised her eyebrow. "I found it on my doorstep last night. There wasn't a card; just a tag that said 'JJ.'"

"And you have no idea who it's from?"

JJ shook her head. "None at all."

Prentiss picked the bracelet up from the desk. She studied it closely. "It's beautiful. Is that a pear?" JJ nodded. "Does that mean something to you?"

"No." JJ took the bracelet back from Prentiss. "It made me smile, though."

"Henry still away?" JJ nodded again. "When does he come back?"

"On the 23rd. He's having a good time. I talked to him about an hour ago. Will's neighbors have two little boys right around his age. It's nothing but play dates since he got down there."

Prentiss smiled. "That's good. I'm sure he misses his mama, though."

"A little. It's been rough a bedtime, for both of us." JJ slipped the bracelet into her pocket. "Speaking of being alone, any chance you'd be up for a girls' night?"

"Tonight? I can't tonight, but that sounds like a great plan for Friday... unless you've plans with your secret admirer."

JJ tossed her a glare. "Friday would be great." She stopped Prentiss as she started to walk away. "Hey, Em? Do me a favor and don't tell Garcia about the bracelet. She'll have surveillance set up outside the apartment."

"Sure, no problem."

JJ grabbed Chinese on her way home from work, deciding to indulge herself. She was munching on an egg roll as she reached her front door, the smell of the food in the car too intoxicating to resist. On the center of her mat lay another wrapped box in the same paper as the one before it. JJ swooped down and grabbed it, her heart beating a little faster than normal.

Inside her apartment, she again dumped her coat on the couch and her back on the kitchen table. She grabbed a fork from a drawer and took a bite of her fried rice. She picked up the box and examined it from all sides. Tonight, the tag read "You." JJ chewed, slowly, pondering what that could mean. She unwrapped the gift to find another black box. She opened the box to find another gold charm. This time, she recognized the bird as a dove. She tried as hard as she could to think of why someone would be sending her bird charms, but she drew a complete blank.

Sucking the side of her mouth, JJ slipped the dove onto her bracelet. She grabbed the tag and taped it to the refrigerator next to the tag from yesterday. Clearly, someone was trying to send her a message. It looked like she would need a few more clues to find out just what they had to say.