Forgotten Lies – Part Three

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"Hello, and welcome to my humble abode!" Penelope exclaimed as she opened the door after JJ knocked.

"You're 10 minutes late." Derek taunted from the kitchen as he put a piece of pizza on his plate. JJ rolled her eyes as she walked in.

"I was getting wine." JJ said as she placed the bottle on the counter. "You really think I'm gonna spend my Friday night with you without alcohol?" she was joking, but it came across as serious. Penelope smirked and Derek's jaw dropped.

"I see how it is." he said as he put another slice of pizza on his plate, brining his count up to 3. "You only get one." he was just short of sticking his tongue out with the taunt as he walked into the living room. JJ shook her head.

"You got salad right?" she asked Penelope, who nodded.

"Of course." she said as she grabbed JJ a plate and grabbed wine glasses as JJ put some salad on her plate and a slice of pizza. "Want me to take this in the living room?" Penelope asked as she held the wine glasses, JJ had no other hands between her plate and the wine bottle. They both walked into the living room, Penelope set the wine glasses on the table.

"Want some?" JJ asked Derek as she poured the wine into the glasses, Derek shook his head and pointed to the beer bottle that was sitting on the table as JJ nodded and poured her and Penelope a glass, then set the bottle on the table and sat down on a chair that was next to the couch.

"So, we got any cases coming up?" Derek decided to asked, JJ nodded, his face slightly fell. He was hoping there wasn't.

"I'm pretty sure we'll have one on Monday," she said. "If not Sunday." he groaned. "We already sent the profile out a month ago, but they want a more extensive one."

"A month ago? And they still didn't catch the guy?"

"Yeah, there kind of short with officers... it's a village in Bison, South Dakota... the towns people are revolting because the officers aren't doing anything."

"Great." Derek said sarcastically. "We all know how the FBI showing up in a small town that already got somethin' against their officers is gonna work out." He continued, JJ nodded and Penelope winced.

"Let's talk about someone besides my wonder team having to go to dangerous places without me." Penelope said, Derek smiled and JJ laughed.

"Your wonder team?" JJ asked, Penelope nodded.

"You guys are my wonder team. And you, my dear, are wonder woman." Penelope said simply, Derek smirked and JJ nodded.

"I shouldn't have asked." she said as she ate her salad, Penelope laughed and so did Derek as they finished eating. "You don't mind, do you Pen?" JJ asked after they all finished eating, and cleaned up.

"I have some stuff to do on my computer anyway." Penelope said. "You guys can set up anywhere you want." she offered, Derek and JJ nodded as they walked into the kitchen to sit at the island in the middle of it. Penelope's chairs were definitely unique, and surprisingly comfortable. "You, my precious knight will not fail me." Penelope said as she opened her lap top and pulled it on her lap, JJ looked at Derek.

"That's some interesting work," she joked, Derek laughed as she pulled out a case file. "So there are two women that were both strangled with a rope..." she said as she pulled out the pictures, Derek was sitting back; he didn't want to say anything and just let her ideas flow. The only reason Hotch asked him to work with her was because of Strauss and protocol. "They were found in pretty secluded areas... parking lot in the middle of the night, a parking garage..." she read. "So it was probably a blits attack while they were going to their cars after work."

"So how would go about alerting the public?" Derek asked. That was something she was good at, after picking up things throughout the years, she didn't even have to think about it.

"I'd tell women to be extra vigilant, if they notice someone watching them or following them throughout the day they should contact the police department, and not to walk alone late at night and in a group with 2 or more people. And if anyone sees anything suspicious they should contact the police department." she said, Derek nodded. "Right?"

"You got it," Derek said, JJ smiled. He wasn't looking for the entire profile she would write up, just that she had the idea of it. "What about the next one?" he asked, JJ opened the file and read the report.

"Two bodies of a 25 and 26 year old male were found in a an abandoned factory, the bodies were found 3 months later and know they were not killed in the same day, they're not sure the exact time difference..." she read. "Their necks were sliced, hitting all the major arteries.." she said then she looked up at him. "There's hardly any information here." she retorted, Derek nodded.

"That's where you gotta learn to work with what you got, regardless of how little it is. Now they knew submitting this information that it's just a rough idea. There's an page that gets sent to them with all the information." he said, JJ nodded. "So it says their necks were sliced, where the wound jagged or more clean cut?" he asked, JJ looked down.

"Clean cut." JJ asked.

"So he probably has prior experience... and the clean slice hits all the major arteries, which means he's not afraid to get messy." he said, JJ nodded.

"So he probably works, or has worked by doing something that involves making clean cuts and getting extremely messy with fluids?" she asked, kind of sarcastically, Derek nodded.

"See it's not too bad." he said, JJ looked at him. "Now just do that with 100 files a week and you're good." he said, he was clearly joking, JJ nodded.

"Well, I do control how many case files each person gets," she said as she leaned back with a "relaxed" sigh, Derek raised his eyebrows and JJ smiled.

"Are you two done talking about sickos?" Penelope asked, JJ and Derek looked over at her, they just started talking less than 10 minutes ago, but they all knew it wouldn't take too long.

"Yes, baby, we are." Derek chuckled.

"Yes, and now I can have another glass of wine." JJ said as she put the files back in her bag and stood up, Penelope smiled as she shut her lap top.

"Great!" she said. "I love my knight, be he is not my prince charming. He's a real dud, actually." she said as JJ and Derek walked over, they both couldn't help but laugh as JJ poured herself more wine, she only got her glass filled about one fourth of the way before the bottle emptied and JJ looked up with her eyebrows raised. Penelope had the same look that Sergio gets after her knocks the treat bag off the counter so the treats fall all over the floor, the guilty one. Sergio became Penelope's after Emily... Anyway, he was somewhere around. The window was open, so he could have been either under Penelope's bed or out and about. "I might have snuck a glass while you guys were talking..." she said as she looked at her glass, it had a little bit left. "Or two.." she said, JJ nodded and laughed as she looked at Derek, who laughed. "I have vodka and club... oh, and I think I may have some cranberry juice." she said as she stood up, JJ opened her mouth to retort, and tell her not to get anything. But when she thought about it, a drink would be nice. Derek chuckled as he took a sip of his beer.

"What are you laughing at?" JJ asked, Derek shook his head.

"Nothing." he laughed. JJ raised her eyebrows.

"What? Is that a "girly" drink?" she asked, Derek shook his head.

"That's not what I'm laughing about." he told her.

"I thought you said it was nothing." JJ said with her mouth open and a smirk, Derek chuckled again.

"Ow!" Penelope started to mumble. "Come on cran-cran." she mumbled as she tried to open the bottle, with no luck.

"Need some help there princess?" Derek asked as he stood up and walked over, Penelope put her finger up.

"I can do it my self." she said.

"Whoa-ho-oh." he said, JJ smirked as Penelope continued to try and open it.

"I don't need you and you're mustley arms to help," she said, waving her left hand as she said 'mustley arms', Derek nodded.

"I got it." he said as she tried again and opened it.

"Ah. See, a girl can do well for herself." Penelope said as she poured it into a glass.

"But it is nice to have a man around," JJ said as she walked over to them and stood next to Derek. "You know, to help with the 'tough things'." she said as she hit his arm with her shoulder, Derek rolled his eyes and JJ smirked. "Whoa, Pen. What are you trying to do?" JJ asked after watching Penelope fill up three fourths of the cup with vodka, Penelope looked up. "As much as I'd love to drink that, I'd rather get home. You know, in one piece." JJ said, Penelope looked up at her.

"What did you have? One glass of wine? You'll be fine." Penelope said as she finished pouring the other glass and slid one across the table to JJ.

"Are you sure you're going to be?" JJ asked, Penelope didn't listen to that, but no one was stopping her. She already had 3 glasses and was already slightly tipsy. JJ glanced over at Derek as she took a sip of her drink, Derek was just smiling at the situation. He loved when Penelope got drunk, she was always hilarious. Unfortunately, Penelope was not right about JJ being fine after that drink. She wasn't drunk, but she didn't drink for a while before then, besides the occasional glass of wine, so her tolerance was definitely on the lower side. JJ glanced at Derek as Penelope got up to make herself another drink, Derek shrugged with a smile as he got up to grab himself another beer.

"Want another one buttermuffin?" Penelope asked, JJ looked up at her and raised her eyebrows. Penelope couldn't keep a straight face as she tried to hold back a laugh.

"Buttermuffin?" JJ asked. "What am I? Morgan?" she asked.

"Hey," Derek said as he looked over at her. "It's not buttermuffin." He retorted.

"Yeah. It's chocolate god of sc-" Penelope was cut off by her own laughter as she leaned over the counter with the vodka bottle in her hand and laughed. JJ stood up and walked over.

"Yeah, I think that's your limit, Pen." JJ said as she pulled the bottle out of her hand, Penelope continued laughing. JJ raised her eyebrows at Derek, who smiled as he opened a beer. "Can I have one of those?" JJ asked him, Derek moved the beer in her direction and she nodded. "What? Too manly for me?" she asked, Derek shook his head and grabbed her a beer and handed it to her.

"How come I don't get one?" Penelope asked as she walked over to the couch.

"Because you're walking away," JJ said as she walked over. "And you said you didn't want any." she said, Penelope thought.

"I did?" she asked, JJ nodded as she took a sip of her beer, Penelope looked down.

"Oh." JJ looked at Derek, who shook his head as he drank his beer.

"Where's Penelope?" JJ asked after about 30 minutes later, her and Derek started to get into a debate about how he has a dog and is never home, which never really came up. But JJ always wondered. Derek thought and was confused, he noticed she walked away a while ago, and so did JJ, but their debate was getting so heated, they didn't notice she didn't come back.

"Hey baby girl.." Derek called.

"Yeah?" she asked from her room and the light was out. She sounded confused.

"What are you doin'?" he asked as he stood up, JJ raised her eyebrows.

"I got tired of hearing about that." Penelope said, she sounded drunk, JJ laughed and smiled.

"Do you want to go to bed?" JJ heard him ask, and didn't hear Penelope's response because she was in the next room. "Well why didn't you say so? Sleep tight baby girl." she heard him say. "I'm gonna head out. I'll call you tomorrow, alright?" JJ heard Penelope's response.

"Sleep well god of knights.." Penelope mumbled, her first intention was to say 'god of sculpted chocolate', but then thought about her knight in her game and instead of just saying 'precious knight, she combined the two. Of course, without noticing. JJ laughed to herself. Derek chuckled as he walked out. JJ looked up at him.

"I'm headin' out. What about you?" he asked, JJ nodded.

"Yeah, I probably should." she said as she looked at the time on her phone, it was already 11:30pm. "Wow, is it really that late?"

"You okay to drive?" he asked her, JJ nodded.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." JJ said as she stood up and it immediately hit her, she got slightly light headed and things were blurry. She noticed it before, but when she stood up it really hit her. Derek gave her a concerned look. "Yeah, I am not okay to drive," she said, Derek smiled. "I'll stay here." she said.

"You sure you don't want a ride home?" Derek offered, even though it didn't make much sense because her car was at Penelope's.

"Nah, I'm good." she said, Derek nodded.

"Alright, I'll see you Monday." he said as he grabbed his coat, JJ nodded as he headed for the door. JJ sat back down and looked at the table, noticing Derek's cell phone, she grabbed it quickly and got up.

"Derek!" she said as she ran over, Derek turned behind him and watched JJ run over and come to a quick stop, losing her balance and stumbling into the wall, hitting her left side.

"What in the world are you doing?" he asked her, JJ held out his cell phone with her head down, he squinted his eyebrows and grabbed it. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." JJ defended, Derek nodded slowly as she turned around, it was starting to hit her even more. Everything was happening in intervals, Derek watched her to make sure she really was okay. JJ didn't realize she was falling to the ground until she actually hit it with a thud.

"Whoa." Derek said as he pulled her up. "JJ,"

"I don't know why..." JJ didn't finished her sentence, but Derek helped her to the coach and she sat down.

"Just sit down..." he told her, JJ nodded.

"Sorry.. I'm just..." JJ sad, her thoughts were jumbled. "Tired." she said.

"You'll feel better if you sleep.." he said, JJ nodded.

"Thanks. I'm okay now." she said, Derek looked at her. "I'll go to sleep." she said, even though she was looking at him , she still wasn't fully concentrated on him. Derek could tell, but he nodded anyway. "You're a really good friend..." she mentioned with a nod. Derek smiled.

"You are too, JJ." he said. "I'll see you Monday." he said as he patted her leg, JJ smiled and laid down, pulling the blanket to her chest. Derek laughed to himself and turned the light off before walking out.

x x x

She walked in at 4am with her head down, the only reason why she'd ever be waking up this early was because she opened her eyes for a second because she was thirsty, then realized she was still at Penelope's house and had to get home before Will woke up. She admitted that last night was not her most responsible night. But at 4am, that was the last thing she wanted to think about. The first being sleep. She got her shoes off with her feet and set her bag down on the floor as she pulled off her jacket.

"JJ, what are you doing?" Will asked, he was half asleep, and slightly confused, JJ looked up at him with slight guilt in her face. She wished he didn't walk downstairs, this was the last thing she wanted to deal with.

"Nothing..." JJ defended, Will just looked at her.

"JJ, this isn't like you..." he commented.

"What isn't like me?" JJ defended. "I had a few too many drinks and stayed at Penelope's. Would you have rather me drive home?" she asked, realizing she had an angry tone in her voice, and Will looked even more confused and a little hurt. "... I'm sorry, I..." she began, Will shook his head.

"We'll talk about it in the morning." he said as he walked into the kitchen. JJ nodded and walked up to their room, changed into her pajamas and laid down. She waited about 5 minutes, wondering where Will was, but fell asleep.

x x x

JJ woke up to the sound of her phone vibrating against the night stand. She hated that noise, her first reaction was that it was a case, she reached over and looked at the phone. She was shocked to see what time it was, 12:30 pm. She was mostly surprised that Henry didn't come in and wake her and Will up. But then focused on the message. Penelope sent her a text at 9am that said, 'Hey JJ, did you go back home?' and a missed call at 9:10 with a voice mail, that she listened to.

"Hey, JJ... It's Penelope. Derek said you spend the night and I just wanted to make sure you're home and well.. give me a call when you get this? Thank you!" JJ couldn't help but smile, then she noticed another text that was sent at 9:20 that said 'I guess you're sleeping, please call me when you wake up'. Penelope was so caring, JJ smiled as she heard Henry's voice from downstairs, she then smiled again and got up, leaving her phone on the bed she headed downstairs.

"Hey you two," JJ said as she walked into the kitchen. "Are you cooking something?" JJ asked, looking at Will, who was standing with his back to her. Henry was sitting on the stool.

"Pancakes!" Henry exclaimed, JJ laughed.

"Pancakes? For lunch?" she asked as she walked over to Henry and kissed his head.

"You breakfast mommy." Henry said, JJ smiled.

"Well, thank you for thinking of me." she said as he hugged her tight.

"Hey, Henry," Will said as he turned around. "Why don't you go watch your cartoons and I'll bring this out for you." Henry nodded, JJ helped him off the stool and he ran into the living room, JJ looked up at Will.

"Hey.. about last night-"

"It's okay JJ, I understand." he said.

"No, Will.. It was irresponsible of me and I'm sorry I didn't call, it wont happen again." she said, Will put the last pancake on a plate and turned around.

"I'm just worried about you is all." Will said as he looked at her, JJ looked down. "Ever since Emily passed away, you seem like you blamed yourself." JJ hated when he brought Emily up.

"Will, can you just do me a favor and not mention Emily?" she tried not to seem aggravated, and Will knew that, he nodded and made a plate for Henry.

"Oh, Penelope called the house a couple of hours ago. I told her you'd call her back." he said, JJ nodded, remembering she needed to call her.

"Is it okay if I take Henry to the park today?" she asked, Will looked at her. "I've been working a lot and you should have some time to yourself..." she tried to explain. "But, I mean if you don't want me to.."

"You can go with Henry.." he said.

"Let me cut that," JJ offered, Will put the plate in front of her.

"He can tell when his mom doesn't cut his food." Will mentioned.

"That's because you make jagged lines," JJ said simply.

"He's 4, I didn't think he'd notice." Will said, JJ laughed.

"They notice everything." she said as she got up to bring Henry his food. "Hey Henry, you gotta sit at the table, okay?" she said as she put the plate on the table, Henry nodded as he ran over. "I'll be right back." JJ said as she walked back into the kitchen.

"Hey, I was thinking of goin' over Jimmy's, is that alright?" he asked, JJ nodded.

"Yeah, that's fine." she told him. "When were you thinking of heading over?" she asked.

"Well, he's having a football party that started about an hour ago." he said, JJ nodded.

"Well, I don't mind. You can go whenever." she said, Will nodded. "You wanna go now, don't you?" she asked with a smile.

"I'd be nice," Will said.

"Go for it." JJ said as she kissed his cheek. "Give me a call later though, okay?" Will nodded.

"Thanks Jayje." he said as he walked over to say goodbye to Henry.

"Oh right, Penelope." JJ said as she ran upstairs to grab her phone.

So so far, it's not all that interesting, but guess what, it'll start to heat up the next part! I hope you liked it. PLEASE REVIEW.