Knocking on Hotch's door, JJ nervously fiddled with her keycard. She heard him call out "just a second" and waited patiently. About 30 seconds later, Hotch opened the door, and looked surprised to see JJ standing there.
"come in JJ, what's up? I'm sorry I had to come down hard on you and Rossi earlier, but we have jobs to do. Our personal lives cannot get in the way out here." Hotch told her, not unkindly.
"Hotch, I came to apologize. I'm sorry, and I'm here to assure you that this won't happen anymore. In fact, the phone calls should be at an end. I broke up with Will. He's not happy, but then, I haven't been for awhile. I'll be there in the morning, and I will be on my best behavior. Rossi was right, I had a job to do." JJ surprised herself by admitting that, considering she'd wanted to throttle Rossi for his comments earlier. She'd been hurt more than she realized by the cutting comment, and anger briefly welled up in her again.
"It's okay, JJ. I know you mean what you say. I know I was no picnic to work with when Hayley and I had our split. Every one is allowed some leeway. Just as long as you can focus on the job at hand now, I see no problem." Hotch, being considerate, let her know that way that there would be no repercussions on the job tomorrow, things were back on track.
"Thanks Hotch. I won't let you down. I have to head over to Rossi now. As much as I hate to admit it, he was right, and I need to do another apology. I also have to phone Garcia later, find out if she has Henry yet. Will was pretty angry with me. I just want to make sure he's safe for the night."
"Well, you do what you have to JJ. I'll see you in the morning then." Hotch didn't question why Henry would be at Garcia's but figured the breakup had been pretty brutal. He thought JJ was holding up well, probably the reality hadn't hit her yet. But he'd be there for support when the time came. Holding the door open for her, he headed out also, intending to grab a late supper.
"Do you want to go catch a bite to eat? " he asked her.
"No, Hotch, you go ahead. I have another apology to make. I don't think it's going to go quite as well as my apology to you. Rossi was supremely pissed with me today." JJ grimaced, think of the angry agent from this morning.
Hotch let out a laugh, then commented "if you think you're personal problems were let out, you should have seen Dave when he was breaking up with his second wife. She was as bad as Will for phone calls, accusing him of screwing every female agent on the team." Startled, JJ looked at Hotch, almost blushing, as she'd been accused of virtually the same thing by Will.
"Well, I don't think I'll bring that up with him, but I am going to apologize. I want to make sure we are good. No more problems on the job", JJ smiled at Hotch.
"Well, good luck then, JJ. See you at breakfast then" Hotch took his leave of her, and JJ headed up in the elevator. Somehow, Rossi had gotten a room on a different floor then the rest of them, so she figured she might as well get this over with too. She got out on his floor, walking toward his room. Little did she know the change that was going to happen next, never once expecting how the rest of her evening was going to go.