Help, I Need Somebody
Disclaimer: CBS owns Criminal Minds, not me...
Summary: Emily only asked JJ to do one simple thing for her, to pick her up from the dentist. Unfortunately she couldn't and sent someone else in her place...
A/N: Here's the final chapter of the "Help" series. Enjoy.
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"Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill." Johnny Carson
"Emily Prentiss?" a nurse said looking up from the clip board.
"That's her" JJ said shoving the brunette forward, "It's not that bad."
"Not that bad?" Emily repeated looking over at the blonde, "They want to knock me out to pull out my wisdom tooth. Knock me out? Why can't I stay awake for that?"
"Because it's more than one, Em" JJ said rubbing her arm sympathetically, "Don't worry, Em. I'll be back right here. Then we'll get you home where you can eat all the ice cream..."
Emily rolled her eyes, "I'm not Henry, JJ. Ice cream as a bribe? Please who the hell do you think you're... Any kind?"
JJ smiled, "Yep."
Emily turned around walking towards the door, "Wish me luck. Hope my dentist doesn't try and grope me while I'm knocked out."
JJ shook her head as she sat down and picked up a magazine to read becoming engrossed in the story.
She set it down when her cell phone rang, and answered it.
"Hello?" JJ said, her eyes widening, "Now? But I can't. I'm at the dentist with Emily. Because she needed a ride. Wisdom teeth are being pulled as we speak."
JJ sighed as she rubbed her forehead, "Can you come and take her home then? Because she'll be knocked out from the anesthesia and pain killers."
JJ looked at her watch, "Ok, I'll be there in ten minutes. It's the Gold Creek Dental Center. You know where it is? Ok. Just ask at the front desk for Emily, bye."
Emily groggily opened her eyes when she heard a woman call her name.
"Emily?" the older woman said, "It's Irene, your nurse. Can you walk?"
"Uh, huh." Emily said wincing, "My mouth hurts."
"I know, dear" Irene said, "We've got you some Vicodin to take for the pain. You're friend out there filled the prescription for you. Here take one now."
"My friend?" Emily repeated staggering to stay up, when she felt the older woman held her still, "JJ?"
"I think so" Irene said, "Works with you at the FBI?"
"Yeah, that's JJ" Emily said grabbing her sweater, "Where's the prescription?"
"JJ's got it" Irene said handing her the pill and water, "You take this first, and every few hours if you're in pain take one. It's a weeks supply."
"Thanks" Emily murmured taking a sip of the water.
The two women walked to the door, as it opened the nurse called out, "Emily Prentiss?"
Emily felt herself becoming less groggy but still out of it.
"She'll be fine" Irene said, "She took one of her Vicodin. She's still a little disoriented from the anesthesia and the medication will help her sleep for a few hours."
"Thank you" Emily heard the reply but couldn't really focus on the the speaker because her eyes fluttered close and she felt Irene pass her off to her friend.
'Huh' Emily thought to herself 'Since when did JJ get so strong? And musky smelling?'
"Come on" the voice replied, Emily frowned as she was lead outside and put into a dark SUV.
Wandering up to her apartment door, Emily groggily tries to put her key into the door but she keeps missing the door.
"Here let me" the voice said soothingly taking the key out of her hand.
She liked the warmth that the other hand emitted, it made her heart beat a little faster, but she just attributed that to the pain medication and anesthesia.
"Thanks" Emily mumbled stiffing a yawn while she felt a sharp pain in her jaw. All she wanted was to hurry into her apartment and get some sleep.
As she was led inside, Emily stumble over to the couch, throwing her coat and purse on the end as she sat down.
"Emily?" the voice said, "Emily are you awake?"
Emily's eyes popped open, "I'm up."
"Lets get you to bed" the person told her, "Can you stand up?"
She looked up, "Hmm? What?"
The man shook his head, chuckling lightly, "Come on."
Grabbing her hand, he helped her up when she wouldn't budge further he sighed and carried her bridal style.
Groaning as he carried her upstairs he walked in to her bedroom and smiled as he felt the sense of home here. As he walked her over to her queen sized bed, he set her down, looking down at her with admiration.
He had always admire her strength, compassion and her beauty. She was an amazing woman and he was absolutely in love with her.
He knew he'd always feel something for her but he could never tell her. They worked together and relationships between agents in the Bureau were looked down on. They could only ever be friends.
He couldn't help himself, he ran his hand through her hair, moving a strand behind her ear.
Leaning down to her, he kissed her cheek, smiling when he heard her sigh in content.
Emily woke up, groaning as she felt an arm on hers. She turned around and was surprised to see Hotch in her bed.
"Hey" Hotch said smiling at her.
"Hi?" Emily said confused, "Where's JJ?"
Hotch took a deep breath, "JJ was needed to help out on an case and she asked me to take care of you because you needed a ride home from..."
"Getting my wisdom teeth pulled" Emily said grimacing as the pain hit her.
"How are you feeling?" Hotch asked sitting up, handing her a bottled water and her pain medication.
Emily smiled gratefully as she took the pill and drank the water, "Thanks. I've had better days."
"Would you like something to eat?" Hotch asked seeing her wince at that idea, "You know something soft like yogurt, pudding, jello..."
"Not a lot of options there" Emily joked, "I guess I could go for some jello. Not a big fan of yogurt."
Hotch chuckled, "Come on."
Hotch helped pull her up, she grabbed his arm giving him a grateful look, "Thanks. Thank you for being here to help me."
"No problem" Hotch said as the two walked into the kitchen, "You'd of done the same for anyone including me."
Emily snorted and he turned around to look at her with a raised eyebrow, "What?"
"You wouldn't?" Hotch asked, his feelings a bit hurt "But I thought..."
Emily tilted her head to the side, "I wouldn't for Dave or Morgan, you know why?"
Raising an eyebrow, "Why?"
Emily leaned in and whispered co-conspiratorially, "Because they snore."
Hotch chuckled, then paused, "Wait how do you know that, how do you not know that that's not me?"
Emily rolled her eyes as she dug her spoon into her red jello, "Some of the hotels we stay at have paper thin walls. And I don't doubt that you don't snore but you don't seem the type to mutter in Italian while you're asleep."
Hotch laughed, shaking his head.
"I honestly don't see why we can't fit it into budget for him to have his own room." Emily said, "At least with Morgan, Reid can wear his ear buds. I bet you sometimes wish for that hearing loss to come back during the nighttime."
Hotch leaned on the island separating the kitchen from the dining room.
He never failed not to be entertained by Emily, whether she intended it or not.
Emily looked up, "So why'd you crawl into my bed?" Emily smirked when she seen Hotch nearly spit out the jello, "Oh it's not like I'm mad or anything but it's not everyday I wake up with my boss in my bed."
That was another thing about her, Hotch admired. Her brutal honesty.
"Well when I brought you home, you could barely walk to your couch, so I brought you up here, putting you here and I was about to leave when you started whimpering. So I..."
"Watched over me?" Emily asked, "You know what, that's really kind of you. But can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Hotch said.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" Emily asked setting her spoon down, "Because I woke up with your arms around me and I didn't want to seem like a bother and it's ok if you have somewhere to go."
Hotch placed his hand on Emily's, "I did try to wake you up but those pain killers knocked you out pretty good, and the only way to calm you down was holding you."
"Oh" Emily said, feeling her cheeks to pink but looked up when she felt his hand rub hers comfortingly.
"And I have no where important to be" Hotch said, "Jack's going to spend time with Jessica, and the team has the case handle. And if it's ok with you, I'd like to spend the day here with you."
Emily licked her lower lip, "You like watching bad old movies?"
"What kind of bad movies" Hotch asked, "Like those Mystery Science Theater movies?"
"Yeah" Emily said, "I love that Mystery Science version of Mitchell."
Hotch grinned, "Me too. Do you like Manos, The Hands of Fate?"
"I've got that one too" Emily said dragging him over to the couch, "Which one do you want to watch?"
"Both" Hotch said sitting down on the couch, "We can watch both."
Emily settled in next to Hotch who wrapped a hand around her keeping her close. Both happy with the slight change in their friendship that seems to be moving forward to something more.
"Why not learn to enjoy the little things - there are so many of them." Author Unknown
The End
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