Rossi knocked three times rapidly against the door. He waited for permission to enter then plopped down in the seat located in front of the desk. "Did you see our girl today?" he asked with a smile on his face.

JJ looked up from the file she was reviewing and arched an eyebrow. "Who? Emily? No, why what's wrong?" she asked quickly, looking out of her office window searching for the brunette but seeing her seat empty.

"She is wearing a skirt, and her hair is curled." JJ's eyes widened in surprise. "And the shirt she chose to wear…well let's just say it shows off her assets."

The blonde couldn't contain her excitement. She clapped her hands together quickly and bounced in her seat. "She's testing my theory," she informed Dave. "She wants to see if I'm right. Did Hotch see her yet?"

"Oh yeah he saw her," Dave smirked. "In fact he couldn't take his eyes off of her. He called her into his office, then she came out with a smile on her face, grabbed some files off of her desk then went back into his office. I don't know what's going on but I guess they're working together today."

Rossi watched as JJ's eyes gleamed with hope. "We still need to make sure they're on track today. You know those two, they'll find a way to act like working alone together in his office is an every day occurrence."

The pair sat in silence for a few minutes trying to figure out a way to get the two to admit their feelings for each other. Finally JJ locked eyes with Dave and a mischievous smile crept across her lips.

"Uh oh, why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Dave chuckled.

"Don't worry," she waved her hand, "it's nothing bad. But since Emily apparently already looks sexy, I figure the whole team could go out tonight. That new place down the street has Karaoke tonight and we could maybe get one of them to sing a song about their feelings which will lead them to kiss, which leads to them going home together…and we both know what that leads to."

"Sounds great," Dave smiled. "I'll go inform the duo that they're going out regardless of if they want to or not, and you invite everyone else."

JJ jumped out of her seat and did a small dance. Dave looked at her questioningly. "Are you alright?"

"I'm great," she beamed. "Those two are going to bang it out tonight. Maybe there will be a smile on Hotch's face tomorrow. Why aren't you as excited as I am?" she finally asked when she saw Dave just staring at her with a smirk on his face.

"I'm dancing on the inside Jay, I'm dancing on the inside," he said as he left the office and headed towards Hotch's.

Without waiting for a reply, Rossi opened the door and barged in. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Emily sitting comfortably on the couch with a file in her lap. Ignoring her for the moment he marched up to Hotch's desk. "We're going out tonight. The whole team is going to be there and that includes you, so I hope you didn't have plans because if you did you need to cancel them."

Hotch looked up at the older man in disbelief. "Actually I do have plans, sorry."

"Cancel them. This is important."

"We can go out another night Dave. I'm not cancelling."

"Aaron Hotchner unless you are going on a date tonight, which I doubt that you are, you are cancelling your plans before I cancel them for you! You need a drink. So don't argue with me."

Just as Hotch opened his mouth to protest again, Emily finally chimed in. "Come on Hotch, it'll be fun."

Dave turned around and faked a surprised look on his face. "Emily, I didn't know you were in here," he turned and gave Hotch a look before focusing his gaze on the brunette again. "You're coming right?"

Emily nodded, "Yeah I'll be there."

"Great! And you look amazing today." Rossi smiled to himself as he saw Emily blush lightly at his compliment.

"Thanks Dave."

"So," he clapped his hands together, "we will be leaving here around 7:30, so make sure you finish all your paperwork because that will not be used as an excuse for you not being able to come." He started to make his way towards the door. "I will let you two get back to work, and Hotch," he looked at him, "don't forget to cancel your plans." And with that he left the two agents alone again.

Hotch let out a frustrated groan once the door shut. Emily bit her bottom lip then cleared her throat. "Is everything okay Hotch?"

He looked up at her and felt the need to express to her how he felt. He also wanted to know if Dave did the same thing to her as he did to him, but there was something stopping him. He just couldn't do it for some reason and he didn't know what that reason was. Finally realizing that he was staring at her without answering her question he looked away and mumbled "I'm fine," before getting back to work.

Twenty minutes of silence passed before Emily softly called his name.

"Yes Prentiss?"

"You didn't cancel your plans yet," she informed him.

"I know."

"Aren't you going to? Don't you want to go out tonight?"

Hotch looked up and saw the longing in her eyes. Did she want him there that bad tonight? He discreetly let his eyes look over her body again and then snapped back up to her face. "I didn't have plans tonight actually. I just told Dave that so he'd leave me alone which we both can see didn't go as planned."

Hotch felt the butterflies roam around in his stomach as he watched her smile and heard her let out a small chuckle. "That's understandable," she agreed. "But you are coming tonight right?"

"I'll go if you go."

Emily looked down slightly then returned a sultry gaze back at him, "Oh I'll be there."

Those four words were the last ones spoken for the next three hours as they both tried to calm their nerves of what tonight might possibly bring. Emily was now sure that Hotch had feelings for her. The way he looked at her was enough to let her know, and Hotch realized that she did want him there tonight. They just needed those hours of silence to prepare themselves for all the possibilities.