Chapter 2.

30 minutes later

Rossi went down and purposely made noise outside of Garcia's office. He wanted them to know they were not alone. He acted surprised when they came out to investigate the noise.

"Rossi...Oh my God...you scared the shit out of us. We thought we were the only ones here" Emily said.

"I thought the same thing. I was up in my office doing some writing. I was just getting some water before heading out. How long have you girls been here?"

"For a few hours... we were just...um" stammered JJ.

"We were having a girl's night out, sir" slurred Garcia.

Rossi peered over her shoulder. "Judging by that empty blender and the margita mix, I say it was a pretty wild girl's night out".

"Well our night didn't start here. But Emily left her Blackberry, so we ended up here. Had ourselves some girl talk" Garcia replied. All three women started giggling. It was oblivious they were beyond tipsy.

"You girls aren't planning on driving...how are you getting home?"

"Cab" they all said at once.

"I'm just heading home myself; I'll give you ladies lift".

"Are you sure, we can call a cab?" asked JJ.

"I insist" he responded with a smile.

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Dave dropped of Emily first. When he got to Garcia's house, he not only had to help her out of his truck, but he had to unlock her door for her. She kept dropping her keys and giggling. As he was getting back in the SUV, she yell "you kids have fun, don't do anything I wouldn't do".

"She is nothing if not colorful" Rossi said of Garcia as he climbed back into his SUV.

"Yeah she is crazy, but she can be very sensitive. That's kind of why the three of us got together tonight"

"You mean this girls night out isn't a regular occurrence?"

"No, Pen and Kevin had a bad argument. Emily and I didn't want her to be alone tonight. I think they will be okay. They're actually a cute couple; just hit a bumpy patch".

"If you don't mind me asking, is that what is happening between you and Will?" Dave knew the answer, but he was hoping to get JJ to open up with him.

"God no, it is over between me and Will. He left Henry and I not long after Henry was born. Couldn't handle having a family. I haven't heard from him since. I heard from several sources that he is living with his new girlfriend".

"What a complete asshole. I can't believe that he left a wonderful beautiful woman and his newborn son. It is his loss"

JJ couldn't help but blush when Dave referred to her as beautiful.

"What hurts the most, is not that he left me, but that he left Henry. Without looking back. He never even calls to see how he is doing. He just moved on".

"Maybe that is what you should do. You need to find a man who will treasure both you and Henry"

"Well it's just difficult right now. Between Will leaving and just having a baby, I guess I'm not feeling that desirable right now".

"That's just your perception...believe me that is not the reality".

JJ thought she was either drunker than she thought, or Rossi was flirting with her. Maybe he was just trying to make her feel better.

They arrived at her door step a few minutes latter. He got out, held the door for her, and walked her to her front door. He wanted to confess to her that he heard everything she said about him and admit to her that he felt the same way about her. But he knew she was fragile and that he would have to take it slow. Plus he didn't want to embarrass her.

"Dave, thank you for everything".

"No problem. It was my pleasure". He leaned forward and gave her a kiss on the check.

JJ closed her door and lifted her hand to the check that David kissed. She smiled and giggled like a school girl. She hadn't felt this good and a long time.

"What the hell am I doing" she thought. "There is no way a guy like David Rossi is interested in me. He's not the type of guy that wants a ready made family. He was just trying to make me feel better. Wasn't he?"

Dave was half way home, when he realized that she left her purse on the floor of the SUV. He was about to turn around when he got another idea. He called her on his cell.

"Hey JJ it's me Dave. I just realized that you left your purse in my car. Do you want me to bring it to you now...or I can drop it off to you tomorrow".

"Oh, I don't want to have to go though any more trouble than you already have. If it wasn't for my license and credit cards I could wait til Monday...um".

"I'm going to be out your way tomorrow around 11am" he lied. "It's not a problem".

"Thank you Dave. I see you then. Goodnight"

"Goodnight JJ"

Dave laid in bed for hours trying to get to sleep. He couldn't get JJ out of his thoughts. Every time he closed his eyes he pictured her using Mr. Buzzy while thinking about him. If she only knew that he fantasized about her when he...took matters into his own hands...so to speak.