Disclaimed!

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JJ watched her son happily pass the soccer ball back and forth between his cousins in her mother's front yard.

It had been three days since she had retreated with her young son to her hometown and was grateful that her son was promptly distracted from his absent father, by her cousin's children.

Will had started calling the house the previous day after allowing his former fiancée some time to collect her thoughts.

JJ cleared her throat as she leaned against the porch railing.

She had resigned herself to being the former fiancée and probably ex girlfriend.

The profiler had seen the look in Will's eyes during his wedding revelation. It was as though a light been switched on in his mind. The kiss between the detective and Ambassador's daughter meant more to him than he was letting on. The kiss was all he could think of. And the kiss had opened his eyes to the fact that his relationship with the mother of his son had been running on fumes.

JJ was certain that they had moved passed their differences years ago. The wedding was her way of telling him that their relationship was forever, but that thought was quickly dashed after that fateful day in the country's capital.

JJ and Will had always been different, but as Will had always commentated, opposites attract.

Their personalities weren't huge opposites, they were just different. They had different beliefs. Different likes and dislikes. They were raised with different values, family styles and social classes.

JJ was North. Will was South.

At first they balanced each other out, but then they begun to repel each other even if neither wanted to admit it, which caused more friction in their relationship than should have.

That was another big issue in their relationship. They rarely argued or addressed the issues which affected their relationship. After all, Will favoured passive aggressiveness and JJ liked to run from her issues.

Humming to herself, JJ recoiled. She should have known they wouldn't last.

She should have realised what their relationship was, and it was not enough for a marriage.

If anything, the blonde profiler didn't hate Will for stopping the wedding. He knew that they wouldn't make it.

But why had he destroyed everything in the process?

Sure, end their relationship if they weren't in it for the long haul but why kiss one of her best friends and ruin her already fragile trust?

As though she had summoned her face from her thoughts, Emily Prentiss stood at the gate at the bottom of the yard.

JJ groaned as the brunette met her eyes with a worried lip tremble.

"Boys, why don't you see if Grandma Sandy has some lemonade?" She called out, ushering the children inside the small home.

Prentiss shuffled on her feet awkwardly before greeting the impatient blonde profiler. "Hi."

"What are you doing here?" JJ asked quickly as she wandered down the path towards the gate.

"I... I wanted to see you." She replied meekly.

"I don't want any apologies, Emily. I don't want to understand nor do I really want to talk to you right now." JJ stated stubbornly.

Before she could escape, Prentiss sighed dejectedly, stopping her friend's movements. "I'm moving to London next month. I don't want to go like this."

"You should have thought about that before kissing my boyfriend." JJ retorted softly.

"I'm sorry." The older woman apologised quickly.

"I don't want to be a bitch to you, or act like we're back in high school, but what happened between you and Will, shouldn't have happened and you should have definitely said something to me before the wedding." JJ stressed in attempt to hide her anger.

"I know JJ, but I honestly have no idea how it happened. It just did and I..." A car parking up behind her, caused Prentiss to falter her words.

JJ hissed in disbelief as the driver got out of the silver vehicle and approached the two women. "Unbelievable."

"We didn't come here together, JJ. I swear." Prentiss assured the former liaison.

JJ stared between the two people she used to be extremely close to. "I'm going back into the house. Both of you please go."

"JJ, wait," Will spoke out for the first time since he joined them, "I want to talk. I want to see Henry."

JJ scoffed lightly. "It's only been three days. What don't you understand about giving me space?"

"We messed up, we know that. We just want to talk." Prentiss pleaded while she stayed on the street side of the gate alongside the detective.

Will met her baby blue eyes and cringed. "Don't run away from us, JJ."

"Why shouldn't I?" She practically yelled in response to their closeness.

Will was the one to stop her again escaping again. "JJ..."

Turning around on her heels, JJ waved her arms to the side of her emotively as she voice her anger. "You kissed Emily, twice. Fine, I could have perhaps understood. You thought you were going to die and so you kissed the woman who saved your life. But it wasn't just a kiss was it? It wasn't just a grateful peck on the cheek?"

"No." He admitted quietly.

JJ inhaled slowly to steady her beating heart. "And when you kissed her, it meant something to you. To the both of you?"

"I don't know." They both said shakily, in unison.

"You're not in love with me, Will." JJ revealed knowingly. "Are you in love with her?"

"No, I don't think... so. I, just... when we kissed there was something different there, something I've never felt with you." Will stuttered in confusion.

JJ laughed regretfully. "Why did you say yes to marrying me, if you knew you weren't in love with me?"

"Is that what you're most concerned about?" Will groaned in despair. "JJ, I said yes because I've been waiting years to get you down the aisle."

JJ sniffled back her tears. "I wanted to show you how in love I was with you. I was so scared that I lost you, all of my fears about commitment and ruining everything, just left and I took that leap of faith. Only you for you to throw it back in my face."

Will shook in frustration. "I do love you, JJ, and I wanted to marry you, I'm just not..."

"Say it." She prompted her ex as he stalled.

"I'm not in love with you." He whispered apologetically.

JJ nodded and steeled herself with a fortifying breath. "Well then."

Prentiss glared at Will before meeting her younger friend's glassy eyes. "JJ. Please, we're..."

JJ shook her head. "I'm not mad. I'm sad. I'm really sad. So please go. Deal with whatever this is, going on between you. I hold no grudges and you have my blessing with whatever you guys decide."

"JJ, don't walk away from us." Will said loudly as the emotional agent retreated further towards the house.

"I have too. Because this hurts," She indicated between them. "But, I'm sure I'll get over it."

Without a second glance, JJ walked into her childhood home and focused on calming her breathing as a wave of pain hit her core and her chest tightened suffocating the damaged profiler.

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