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"He hit you in the back of the head with a shovel!" Will growled out over the phone in his thick accent.

J.J. was glad to hear his voice, even if it was angry, this case had been very stressful; especially today.

She had gone to talk to one of the murder victims' friends and had found out rather painfully that the girl was one of the unsubs and she had a partner. Said partner had hit her over the head with a shovel and then tried to get the first unsub to kill her. Thankfully the team had gotten there before that could happen. They had rushed her to the local hospital where the doctors told her she had a concussion and should not be flying for the next two days. The team had insisted they stay with her and fly back as soon as she got the okay to fly.

So now she was back in her hotel room trying to get some rest. The team had decided to go out and get some drinks; they told her to call if she needed anything. She had decided to call Will after they left and before she went to be just to let him know she was okay.

"Will I'm fine, honestly. It's just a concussion; I'll be home in two days and besides the team is taking really good care of me."

Will sighed "You sure?"

"Yes!" J.J. exclaimed "Now, how's Henry?"

"He's good" Will said and J.J. could hear the happiness in his voice as they changed subjects. "He made a new friend today at the playground."

"Did he?" J.J. asked with interest.

"Yeah" Will told her with pride "A little boy named Joshua, he shared his toys with him and I talked to his dad Steven while the boys played. Steven told me that Joshua is one month older than Henry. They seemed to really get along and Steven seems like a nice guy too. I think we met our first playground buddies."

J.J. smiled into the receiver, she loved hearing about her son, especially when she was so far away from him or on a tough case; he always made her smile.

Her and Will talked for about an hour until Will said he better go and let J.J. get some much needed rest. J.J. hated to hang up so soon but she really was getting tired.

She had been off the phone for about half an hour and was almost asleep when there was a knock on her door. She groaned into her pillow in annoyance and slowly opened her eyes. "Who is it?" she called out, not wanting to get up. If it was Hotch or Emily they both had a key card to her room.

"It's Morgan" Morgan's voice rang through the door.

'Morgan?' J.J. thought to herself in question, she was sure he would still be out having a good time; he was after all the biggest partier of the group.

"Yeah...sure" J.J. called out starting to get up to let him in but the door opened before her feet could hit the floor.

"Wait, don't get up" Morgan said waving his arms to stop her when he saw her "Prentiss gave me the key card."

"Oh..." J.J. said moving back onto the bed, she propped her pillows up behind her so she could lean back against them.

"I just wanted to check and make sure you were alright" Morgan said with a concerned look.

"Yeah I'm fine" J.J. said "My headache is gone and I'm feeling much better."

Morgan visibly relaxed "That's good. Is there anything you'd like me to get you before I head to bed myself?"

J.J. smiled at him, they were all so lucky to have the team that they did, everyone cared so much about everyone else. "No I'm good, thanks though."

"Hey no problem" Morgan said turning to leave.

"Wait Morgan" J.J. called to him before he got to the door.

"Yeah?" he asked turning back around.

"What are you doing back here so early" J.J. asked him "I didn't think I would see you guys for at least another hour or so."

Morgan frowned and then turned towards the door like he was checking to make sure they were alone.

"What?" J.J. asked confused by his behaviour.

"Well we got to the bar like two hours ago right?" he began.

"Yeah" J.J. said waiting for him to continue.

"Well Reid said he didn't mind being the designated driver and so he got a diet coke while the rest of us ordered a round of beers" Morgan continued and J.J. wasn't surprised that Reid had offered that since he wasn't much of a drinker himself.

"We were sitting around laughing and having a good time but Prentiss seemed kind of distant. Within the hour, while Rossi, Hotch and I were still on our first beers, Prentiss had managed to have three. Now let me tell you Prentiss cannot hold her liquor. She could barely stand up so we decided we better get her back to the hotel."

"Oh wow" J.J. said stunned "Is she okay?"

"Yeah" Morgan answered "We got her to her bed but she's going to wake up feeling really bad tomorrow."

"No kidding" J.J. said then she sighed in thought "Emily was acting rather weird this whole case."

"I know but I haven't had any luck figuring out what's bothering her. I mean I've seen her down before, like last year when her friend Matthew died but this is different, I've never seen her like this."

"Yeah" J.J. agreed "Hopefully we can talk to her about it tomorrow."

Morgan nodded "Well you should get some rest. See you in the morning."

"Night" J.J. said before Morgan closed the door to her room.

...

J.J. had just gotten back home and she was pulling up into the driveway. As soon as the doctor she had seen had given her an okay to fly the team had gathered their things and hoped on the jet.

Sadly neither she nor Morgan had been able to get any information out of Prentiss. J.J. could tell her friend was embarrassed about the other night but other than that she acted like nothing had happened.

When Morgan tried to bring it up with her she had brushed him off. J.J. was worried about her but she knew pushing the other women would get them nowhere.

Now however J.J. was home and she could relax, she would worry about Prentiss when she got back to work on Monday.

J.J. opened the door to her and Will's home and stopped. There was a trail of red rose pedals leading from the front hall towards the kitchen and the house was dark.

J.J. had the instinct to reach for her gun but quelled down that nervous habit. "Hello Will?" she called out flipping on the light switch.

"It the dining room sweetheart" she heard Will's voice call out from down the hall.

J.J. breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the dining room following the trail of rose pedals they led her to Will who was standing there, beside the table, in a black tux with a cute bow tie around his neck. He had a candle light dinner set up for them.

"Oh Will" J.J. said taking everything in "What is all this?"

"I wanted to surprise you with a nice dinner to welcome you home" Will explained with a smile.

J.J. smiled back and moved to peck Will on the lips "Thank you."

"Of course my lady" he said pulling out her chair and she sat down. He then moved to open the wine bottle that was in the middle of the table; he opened it and poured first her glass then one for himself.

He sat down across from her and lifted his glass to hers "Cheers" he said.

She smiled at him "Cheers" she said back.

The dinner Will had prepared was delicious; he had made her favourite, fresh herb salmon with jasmine rice.

"Mm this is amazing Will" J.J. said taking a bite of the salmon.

"Only the best for you" he said with a cocky grin.

Throughout dinner they talked about their weeks, about Henry and how everything was going here at home. Will told J.J. that Henry was at the babysitter's for the night and that he was going to pick him up in the morning.

J.J. was glad, she missed her son but it was nice to spend some quality time with Will.

Once they had finished their meal Will stood up and collected the plates, bringing them into the kitchen. "Now it's time for desert" he said.

When he came back though he wasn't carrying any dessert plates, J.J. looked at him questioningly.

Will walked over to her and got down on one knee "J.J." he said emotion filling his voice as he pulled a beautiful engagement ring out of his pocket. "When you called me two days ago and I learned what had happened to you I was filled with fear because I knew that it could have been so much worse. I started thinking about how much I loved you and how I couldn't live without you. You and Henry are my life, I love both of you so much and I want to be with you forever. That's why I'm asking you now Jennifer Jareau will you marry me?"

J.J.'s mind had gone into turmoil the moment he had gotten down on one knee. She always had a problem with marriage, her parents had gotten divorced when she was younger and she didn't know any couples who had ever stayed together for longer than twenty five years. She liked the way her and Will were living, it worked for her and she knew that if they moved forward they were bound to end up breaking up at some point. With her work schedule and him only being on male maternity leave for a few months she knew it probably wouldn't work out. At least if they weren't married she wouldn't feel so bad if it ended. She didn't even want to think of the impact it would have on Henry if her and Will got divorced some day. She remembered her older sister, who had had depression all her life, after their parents had gotten divorced her sister had been so overly stressed that she had killed herself.

"J.J.?" Will asked, snapping her out of her thoughts, she looked at him in the eyes and saw the concern there.

"Of course I'll marry you" she said throwing her arms around Will, surprising both him and herself. But what else could she say. If she said anything but yes now it would ruin the relationship they had.

Will wrapped his arms around J.J. "Thank God" he said "You scared me for a second there."

"Sorry" J.J. apologized "You just surprised me that's all."

"This is great! I can't wait to tell everyone!" Will began pulling away from J.J. and looking her in the face "I love you" he said taking the ring and sliding it onto her finger.

"I love you too" J.J. said trying to smile at him; she hoped her face didn't betray how she really felt.

However if it did Will didn't notice, he was too caught up in the moment.