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Chapter Ahead!

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Emily sat at the table with the rest of the team, waiting for JJ to come in with Hotch. She didn't envy JJ's position at all, having to choose which case they picked and which they didn't. The rest of the team didn't have to deal with phone calls from desperate detectives asking for their help; JJ did it all...and very rarely complained. She knew it sometimes got to the blonde. When they had gone out for drinks, JJ sometimes questioned whether she could carry on with it, but she was tough, and Emily knew she would never walk away.

She did her job, and was still able to have a family. Something jumped inside Emily's stomach as she thought of Henry. The brunette adored him, and if it was any other woman she had fallen in love with, she wouldn't break up the family. But this was JJ, and she was going to do everything in her power, to show the blonde, that she was the one she was meant to be with; to have a family with. And that included Henry. But she would never stop Henry from seeing his father, every child deserved to have two parents that loved him and would do everything they could to protect him. Maybe in this case, he would have three.

Emily was startled out of her thoughts as a coffee was put in front of her, and when she looked up she found Morgan smiling down at her.

"Hey girl, you looked deep in thought there, everything okay?"

Morgan enquired, as he took a seat next to the brunette. A soft smile spread across Emily's face as she turned to look at him. He was a great friend, probably her best friend on the team, and she thought herself lucky to have someone like him around.

"Yeah, everything's fine Morgan. Thanks for the coffee."

Emily answered sincerely. She wasn't ready to tell anyone about what was going on between her and the press liaison, she wasn't even sure JJ wanted anyone to know. So for now it was remaining between the two of them, but she was pretty sure that Garcia knew.

"Good, then you can hear about the hot chick I pulled last night!"

"When don't you?"

Reid piped up, and Emily couldn't help but chuckle. After things had stopped being tense between the brunette and the genius, Emily now considered him a good friend. He never failed in making her smile; either with his rambling or his awkwardness.

"Ewww, I really don't want to hear about it, thank you."

Emily laughed again, as Morgan opened and then closed his mouth, and she winked at Reid. The banter between them continued for a few minutes, before JJ walked in with Hotch following closely behind.

Their eyes met as JJ went to the front of the room, and she saw the tips of JJ's mouth turned up. She looked so beautiful, and all Emily wanted to do was stand up and kiss her, and maybe take her right there and then on the table; obviously without anyone there watching! But she knew that would have to wait, they still had things to talk about. She watched as JJ handed out the case files, and started to look through her own as JJ filled them in.

"We have a serial killer, here in Virginia. So far there are seven victims, all white and between the ages of 25-40. This is the first victim, Anthony White, killed four months ago."

JJ started, as she brought him up. There was no damage to his face, only a slit along his neck.

"He was killed by a single cut to the neck, which nicked his anterior jugular vein and made him bleed out. In the last 3 months, six other people have been killed; all of them the same way. A slit to the throat."

The press liaison brought up the other six victim's faces.

"They all have one thing in common; all the victims are on the sex offender's register. Three of them were on it because of children's pornographic images being found on their computers. Two for child molestation, and the last two for sexual misconduct. All the victims had finished their prison sentences. The bodies were found in a land fill site in Richmond, wrapped in some kind of plastic."

"But sex offender's names and addresses are now made public; it could be anyone."

Emily voiced her concerns, knowing what a big task they had on their hands. JJ nodded, with a hint of sadness, Emily noted.

"Anthony White and the second victim were a month apart, but this latest one; there were only a few days between them."

"So, the Unsub's devolving, getting more confident with each victim. Maybe getting a thrill out of killing them, and needing to do it more often, to fulfil that."

Morgan spoke up, and Emily was inclined to agree.

"The first two victim's slits look jagged, like the UnSub hesitated. The remaining five look like very clean cuts, so I don't think he's done this before. I doubt we'll even find the UnSub for any priors."

Rossi chipped in, and Emily turned to look at him and then back down at the pictures. He was right, the two first victims were very rough. The UnSub was probably nervous about it, and as he devolved he got better and better at it, until he perfected it.

"There are no defensive marks."

Emily muttered, and she turned to look back at JJ and then to the look at the rest of the team, who were all looking at the files.

"There was nothing found in the toxicology reports, you would think the victims would have fought back if they had a chance."

"Unless he didn't them a chance too, either by jumping them or coming up from behind."

Morgan and Emily exchanged.

"If he does come up behind, it suggests he's a coward, doesn't want to be hurt. Perhaps indicates the UnSub has a family, and doesn't want an injury because it would be enquired about. Probably has a job too, lives a pretty normal life."

Rossi suggested. Emily always loved being part of this, giving her input in to a profile, bouncing ideas about with her teammates. You were part of a team here, a family, and Emily never regretted taking Strauss's offer, even if there was some trouble at first.

"Looks like we have a lot to look in to. Morgan and Rossi, you go to the land fill site and talk to people there, see if maybe they saw something. Reid and I will go and confer with the local police, and Emily and JJ, you go to the latest victim's house, and see if you can find anything else. We'll meet back here after."

Hotch gave out the orders, and they all stood up. Emily waited as the four men walked out of the room, and turned to look at JJ who was gathering her things up. Reaching out, she put her hand on the blonde's arm, which made her look up.

"JJ, are you okay?"

"Is it wrong for me to not feel sorry for the victims?"

"No, it's perfectly normal, but they're still victims. Someone still killed them. There is a serial killer out there somewhere, and we need to find him."

JJ looked down at Emily's hand resting on her arm, and then looked back up into brown eyes. The brunette's touch instantly made her calm, and able to focus on her work again. She had a son, and if anyone did do anything to him, she would do anything to do justice. In this case, the victims' families were the first suspects, but like Emily said, it could be any member of public.

"But there are so many suspects! Anyone can check the register! It gives name and addresses!"

"I know, and we won't stop till we get the right person. As much as I hate these people, they don't deserve to be killed like this."

"You're right, it's just..."

"Henry, I know. I understand. So why don't we get going to the latest victim's house, and see what we can find?"

JJ nodded, and Emily removed her hand. The blonde missed the touch immediately. She started walking towards the door but turned back round to look at the brunette.

"Thank you, Em."

Emily shook her head, and walked up to JJ, slowly pushing them out the room as her hand rested on the small of the press liaison's back.

"No need to thank me."

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The profiler and the press liaison walked out of Nicholas Watson's house, a bit fed up that they hadn't found anything further out. They had seen the place where he was killed, in which a pool of blood was located, from where he had bled out. There was no forced entry, which made Emily think that the victim either knew the UnSub or he was a person with authority. It had been wiped clean of prints, and the room was spic and span. If it wasn't for the pool of blood, you wouldn't suspect someone was killed there.

Emily had phoned Hotch, in which he relayed the news that it seemed to be the same for every scene. No evidence, no forced entry, no nothing. Morgan and Rossi had found out nothing from the land fill sight, and no-one had seen anything. Then he had informed them that they could go home, there was nothing else to do tonight as it was getting late.

Getting into the driver's seat, Emily waited till JJ was in before setting off back to the BAU to collect their things. There was silence between them, neither knowing what to say to the other. Things were new between them, and then there was Will and Henry to consider. She hated that it would hurt other people, but she wanted JJ, all of her and that included her little boy.

"JJ..."

"Emily..."

Both of them chuckled as they went to talk at the same time, cutting each other off. Emily glanced at JJ who was looking back at her, before turning back to the road. She felt a hand cover hers, and she squeezed it gently as she drove.

"Em, I want to be with you...I just need to think about things, like Will and Henry. I can't risk losing Henry, but just know that it's you I want to be with."

The brunette could hear the sincerity in the blondes' voice, and knowing there was no rush to get back to the office, she pulled over on the side of the road. Shutting off the engine she finally turned to look at JJ, who was looking out the window now.

"JJ, look at me."

The press liaison turned her head slowly, and Emily leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on JJ's lips. Moving back, she smiled as JJ had closed her eyes and she caressed the blonde's face with her fingertips. JJ slowly opened her eyes to look at Emily.

"I want to be with you too, and because of that, I will wait as long as it takes to be with you. You and Henry."

Emily wasn't sure if JJ's smile could get any bigger, and it made her feel amazing that she had been the one to put it there.

"I love you."

JJ whispered, and Emily leaned forward pulling JJ into a deeper kiss before pulling back and whispering against her lips.

"I love you too."

Smiling, Emily started up the car again. Though she didn't want to, all she wanted to do was stay with JJ, and talk things through, hopefully in more detail later.

"Do you want to come round later? Bring Henry too?"

Emily asked, as JJ reached over again and interlocked their fingers together. Neither of them could get tired of it, they fitted perfectly.

"I'd love to."

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