Her Oldest and Biggest Fan
AN/ I don't own Criminal Minds. Here's the next chapter. Hope you all are enjoying it so far. I didn't get more then one review last time, so I didn't know if you guys were still liking the story. So I hope you guys would tell me what you think. Anyhow, enjoy. Thanks for all the readers and reviewers.
Chapter 3
In JJ's car, Tom sat in the passenger seat and waited for JJ to begin her explanation. When she says nothing, Tom does.
"JJ, please tell me what is going on. What tape are we picking up and why can't it wait?" Tom asks, placing a large, warm hand on JJ's hand.
"It's about the caller that doesn't say anything. He took up calling my Aunt Melody. And this last call, he said one word. So now we have his voice on tape." JJ didn't take her eyes off the road. Tom knew it was because she was afraid he might see the cold hard fear in them.
"What was the word?" Tom asks. He can see her jaw tighten and her body tense.
"Jennifer." JJ's voice sounds so mechanical to Tom. And at that moment, Tom realized he had fallen in love with JJ. It just snuck up on him. This was NOT something an under cover cop normally does.
"Do you have a clue who this might be?" Tom watched her face closely.
"No. But doing this to me is one thing. Doing this to my family is a whole other thing. And it pisses me off. I don't like hearing my Aunt scared like that. So whoever this is picked the wrong person." JJ says with anger and a mix of fear.
"I don't like you being scared either." Tom runs his hand over JJ's cheek.
"I'm sorry to put you through this. He's escalating. This could get dangerous. I would understand if you didn't want to see me anymore. If what I hear, it will keep escalating until he attempts to kill me. He could try to kill you. I don't want you thinking you have to stay for any reason. I don't know what I'd do if something would happen to you." JJ places her hand on his that is still held there.
It ripped his heart out to hear her feel responsible for anything negative. To think JJ would blame herself made all this 100 times worse.
"JJ, I'm a big boy. I can handle myself. And you should know that you are not responsible for a nutcase to gravitate to you. HE is to blame. Lets get that CRYSTAL clear now. Why haven't you told any of your collegues?" Tom waits for her to get a thought, then answer. He knows her so well.
"I didn't think this was anything too major. Up until now, he was just calling me. No messages. Just dead air, then hangs up. Nothing too scary. But mel says he started calling her and doing the same thing. But tonight he says my name. not on my machine, but hers. The FBI in me gets that when he called Mel and said my name, he might have been giving her a warning. Mel says his voice was creepy . So now I'm going to take that tape to Garcia. See if she can get anything from it. No need to bring the rest of them in on anything after I talk with Garcia. But Garcia is not known for keeping secrets. So they might know before I tell them." JJ smiles and a couple of little giggles slip out. This warms Tom's heart. She had the most beautiful smile and her laugh was music to his ears.
"So are you saying one Penelope Garcia is a gossip?" Tom tries to lighten the moment.
"No. what I am saying is that you can look up gossip in the dictionary and a big picture of Pen is right there. She thrives on gossip. But God bless her, I still love her." JJ chuckles. JJ continues. "I remember when Will and I were seeing each other. No one else knew. But all she had was suspiocion and then the whole team knew. It didn't last much after that. But it was just very irating." JJ's face darkened a little after that small nugget of memory.
Tom noticed. So he grabs her hand and squeezes it.
"That Will really hurt you, didn't he?" JJ just nodded and went on in silence.