A/N: Henry doesn't exist yet for the sake of this story. Will had moved up here to be with JJ but she hasn't gotten pregnant yet! Thanks! Enjoy! As always I own nothing!

Emily Prentiss was a woman with rules. Her rules included things to stay away from, such as roadside motels, and things to not do, such as date a coworker. In the midst of her rules was one she broken a long time ago. She had made a rule not to fall in love with the one and only Jennifer Jareau. She knew it would lead to heartache and disaster. Emily let herself get lost in those blue eyes too often these days and she wondered when she had become such a masochist. The tall, lean agent poured herself another glass of scotch as she felt the warmth spread through her from the alcohol.

Emily knew that she broken that rule and a million rules after that, made only after she had broken the first. The first night JJ had come to her after Will and her had their first fight and Emily found herself staring at JJ's lips and JJ caught her and captured Emily's.

"I'm so sorry Em. I didn't mean that. I just, I don't know, I'll leave now," JJ had said with tears that had already stained Emily's white shirt running down her face. She had gotten up and ran away sooner than Emily could tell her to wait.

After the accidental kiss the two agents pretended as if nothing had ever happened but in all reality, Emily thought about it every night when she let her mind go there. She was sick of feeling numb which explained the recent slip-ups where she had allowed herself to get close enough to smell the jasmine of JJ's shampoo or to brush against her arm feeling the electricity flow through her body. She knew that every touch, every smell, and every word that Jennifer Jareau said or did would haunt her for nights to come. Emily swallowed the last drink of her second Scotch and decided that enough was enough. She was going to make herself feel an entirely different kind of pain and decided to run off the pain of a heart break. It probably wasn't the greatest choice after returning home from a tough case and it was dark in D.C. but Emily needed to feel the adrenaline pumping through her blood. Adrenaline was a drug for Emily, just as much as JJ was a drug to her.

Emily laced up her running shoes and threw her hair back with a ponytail holder and began her run. She knew it was a bad idea when her body began to burn halfway through the fun. Emily went a little further and did her best to keep all images of JJ out of her mind. She had no idea where the blonde was tonight, probably home with her man. Will had moved up here a month ago and given up his shield as a detective for New Orleans to be closer to JJ and she had let him move in with her. Emily had assumed that meant that the relationship was going well which hurt her more than the idea of JJ being heartbroken over the detective. At least if she was heartbroken, Emily could comfort her, but for that wasn't the case.

Emily returned from her run and entered her apartment and went to get in the shower. It was then when her doorbell rang. It's nearly midnight who in the world? Emily thought to herself. She knew it hadn't been a good idea to go for a jog so late at night but she didn't regret it one bit. Emily looked through the peephole and cursed when she saw the blonde hair through the small hole. JJ? What the hell? Emily asked herself in her head before opening the door.

Emily could clearly see that JJ was a mess. It was obvious that the blonde had been crying for quite some time.

"JJ? Come in, what's the matter?" Emily asked ushering JJ in the door.

"I'm sorry Em, I know it's late. We, uh, we got in a fight and I didn't know where else to go," JJ cried as Emily grabbed for her and broke her rules again. Emily wrapped her arms around JJ and squeezed allowing JJ's tears to run onto her shirt once again.

"Sit, do you want something to drink?" Emily asked. She needed to regain composure. Part of her wanted to run over to JJ's apartment and kill him while the other part of her want to console and comfort JJ hoping it would turn into something else, something she knew wouldn't happen.

"No I'm fine. I had just gotten home and he was in a bad mood. I shouldn't have provoked him like that. I was just in such a bad mood and I came home and the apartment was like a disaster zone and he asked me why I was late coming home. I told him it was the case. Garcia and I had gotten a drink before I went home but only one Em. It got pretty heated and I had to leave. I couldn't stand there and just let him scream at me," JJ said as she sobbed into Emily. Emily stroked her hair and noticed a red mark around JJ's eye and cheek.

"Jayj, did he touch you?" Emily asked feeling her anger boil in her blood.

"God no. He just screamed. He puts up with a lot. I've been crying for awhile now. This case really got to me and I'm exhausted. I smacked myself a couple of times to wake up and stop crying to drive over here. I didn't see any lights on so I sat in my car until I saw you come back. Why did you go running so late Em?" JJ explained and asked Emily why she had been out running so late. Emily flinched. JJ didn't realize just what calling her Em did to her.

"I had a lot on my mind too, so I needed to clear my head. Here, take some tissues," Emily explained, not lying as she handed her friend some tissues. Just then, JJ's cell phone rang and Emily could clearly see it was Will. Emily left the room to give JJ some level of privacy, knowing that JJ was a very private person. Working with profilers was hard on JJ, she had always wanted to keep her personal life personal and working with a bunch of profilers, she found it hard.

Emily walked back in when she heard JJ hang up the phone with Will.

"Do you mind if I crash on your couch tonight? I want to let him cool off a little bit more before I go back. I'll be gone before you know it in the morning," JJ pleaded with those blue eyes.

"Yeah that's fine. You don't have to stay on the couch, I have a spare room if you'd prefer it," Emily offered.

"Couch is fine. Really, Em, I won't be here long. You won't even notice it," JJ mentioned. Yeah right, I would notice if you walked into the room Emily thought to herself.

"Yeah let me get you a blanket. Are you sure you're ok hun?" Emily said slipping out the term of endearment accidentally breaking yet another one of her rules.

"I'm fine. Thank you. You really are a great friend Emily," JJ said.

"I try. Get some rest Jennifer," Emily said as she handed JJ the blanket. She cursed mentally as she let JJ's first name slip out of her mouth. She didn't notice the look on JJ's face as she hid her own face and headed up to her room.

"Goodnight Em," JJ called out.

"Night."