This took a lot longer than it should have! School has been keeping me really busy. I know it's short, but I figured a short chapter was better than no chapter? Let me know what you think! Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last chapter!

Jennifer Jareau sat at her desk trying to figure out what to do. She knew she couldn't stay there all day, but she didn't want to leave and have to confront Derek Morgan. She was content just watching him from her window where he couldn't see her. Emily had stopped by earlier to see how she was doing and to tell her to talk to him. J.J. said she'd think about it. She cursed the lull in case files they seemed to be having, wishing for something to come up and take everyone's mind off of her recent incident with Morgan.

J.J. had been absently staring out her window watching Reid spout mindless facts to Emily and Morgan much to their amusement when Aaron Hotchner came into her office. "We've got a case J.J." he said.

"Nothing came across my desk." She replied, confused.

"I know. It came straight to me. Can you get the team in the conference room?" J.J. nodded her response and Hotch left as she collected her things and called to Reid, Emily, and Morgan, telling them they had a case. They arrived in the conference room to find Rossi already there and Hotch ready to present the case. J.J. took a seat next to Rossi and was relieved when Emily sat next to her, leaving her as far away from Morgan as possible.

~*CM*~

The case took them to California where a man was killing women. Under the darkness of night he broke into their homes and killed them, leaving their bodies for friends or relatives to find. In the beginning he killed just once a week, but it was quickly becoming an everyday occurrence. The team was at a loss with J.J. and Morgan both being distracted, not to mention avoiding each other like the plague. Emily and Garcia had been watching them, but they knew nothing would change unless they talked.

Finally, they got a break in the case. With the UNSUB's rapid escalation he'd also gained a new level of sloppiness. He'd been extremely careful before. They could find no DNA, fingerprints, or other evidence. Then he slipped up.

"The forensic techs found a fingerprint!" Reid informed the team with a smile.

"Any hits yet?" Hotch asked as a new air of hope filled the room.

"Garcia's running it now." Reid sat down next to J.J. and looked to Emily and Morgan. "Any luck on victimology?"

Morgan mumbled an unaudiable response and Emily said "Aside from the obvious we got nothing." Each victim had blonde hair and though J.J. didn't seem concerned, the others worried.

"Garcia's still running background checks on the latest victims." Rossi reminded the team. "She could still find a way to connect them."

"She better do it fast." Morgan voiced what everyone was thinking. "The longer we take the more women are killed."

"Then let's get back to work." Hotch instructed.

J.J. had remained silent throughout the whole exchange. She was unable to focus, but she couldn't help it. Her mind was in overdrive thinking of Morgan. Her friends had told her he couldn't have possibly meant to make her feel bad and he genuinely cared for her, he was just scared and unsure of the way she felt. The most common piece of advice she'd gotten was to talk to him, but how could she do that when after almost a week he could still barely even look at her? She was at a loss and so after shaking thoughts of that night from her mind she tried to bury herself in the case.