This time, I've decided to take this to another path, and hopefully, especially the next chapter, will be filled with a new sort of excitement... Thanks to the ever so lovely tazlvr2001 for beta-ing this :) I hope you like it and please R&R!

The rest of the weekend, JJ found herself in complete awe. Struck by the wonder that is Emily. She knew deep down in her soul that she never wanted to go back now that she had tried what it was to go on a date with the woman. She had been a complete gentleman through the whole evening, or maybe a gentlewoman would be a more right term to use. She had left JJ wanting so much more, and JJ was almost certain that it had been the raven haired woman's plan all along. She smiled to herself at the thought, and even though her head was running with questions, suspense, memories and knowledge, she knew that as long as she could just stay in Emily's arms, none of it would really matter. She was fully aware, now more than ever, of how much she wanted the brunette.

So when JJ found herself parked in the driveway at work that Monday morning, her feelings were completely torn. One part of her couldn't wait to finally see Emily face to face again, wanting to walk right up to her and kiss her senseless. But, she was also terrified because this was work and she couldn't show her affection for Emily to the others. It would be completely painful to just stand there and not be able to do or say anything at all. What about Emily? Would she feel like she was being rejected again?

At the same time, Emily couldn't get her mind off JJ. She had thought about calling her thousands of times, but had decided to let JJ be. She wanted JJ to be in this just as much as she was and wanted her to be able to make her own move, but she knew that she had to take things slow. She didn't want to frighten JJ or push her into anything. Most of all, she wanted to do this right instead of just jumping in to things. She wanted to be able to build a relationship. Those were also the reasons that she didn't kiss JJ on the lips, though she felt that she had too many tempting opportunities.

They had planned to meet again Wednesday evening. Emily had said that she knew this perfect place to take a long walk alone. JJ, who was the one proposing a new date had immediately agreed, secretly not liking the thought of Emily using big favors or money just for her pleasure, even though the date had been all that she had ever wished for.

And coming up to Emily's door, heart jumping in her throat, she somehow knew that this was the right choice. This time, she also knew exactly how she wanted to greet the brunette.

So as soon as Emily opened her door, the blonde was on her, swinging her arms around her neck, and pressing her lips firmly against her own. As Emily closed her eyes, all she saw was fireworks exploding like crazy. As JJ pulled back, she had a giant grin spread widely across her lips.

"Hi there," she said, and JJ blushed, having completely forgotten about greetings in her rush.

"Hi," JJ answered with an even bigger grin on her face. "Too soon?" she asked, not wanting to push Emily or to make things awkward for them or anything.

"Definitely not," JJ's heart started coming to life as Emily leaned forward to capture her lips in the sweetest and most loving short lived kiss, as her arms found their place around JJ's waist.

"But I think we have to go now if we want to see the sunset. I also have a place I want to show you." Emily smiled, grabbing her purse and locking the door after her.

"Okay," JJ seductively took her hand and let her lead the way into the streets. "Then by all means, lead the way my lady." She grinned, as she pulled Emily closer to her.

As Emily quietly walked them to a small road buried in a wooded area, they laughed and talked and enjoyed themselves. The night was warm and it didn't take long for Emily to take her jacket off to bind it around her waist. Underneath she was wearing a tight red t-shirt with a rather low cut, making JJ stare more than normally at her cleavage. Emily saw that and couldn't help but to smile.

For JJ, walking hand in hand with Emily as they watched the sun go down, igniting colors of orange and pink from a dark red sun, was one the most romantic things. She had always enjoyed looking in the sky; it gave her some sort of peace. She remembered when she was younger, how she and her father had made their way up on the ceilings at the break of dawn and watched the stars together. She had always admired her father's knowledge of astronomy as a child. She still to this day enjoyed spending time with her old man, looking at stars and signs. It was kind of a tradition by now - a thing just between the two of them. Especially when her sister died, it had become important for the family to keep close in times of sorrow.

"I like this," she said, leaning in to rest her head on Emily's shoulder.

"Just a bit more, then we're there," Emily kissed her on the forehead, putting her arm around JJ. Having completely forgotten about Emily wanting to show her something, JJ looked curiously up at the raven haired woman.

"You never told me where you're taking me," she frowned.

"Didn't I?" JJ shook her head. "Well, when I was a child, there was a time when my mother had to be here for some business for about half a year, so I decided that I wanted to go with her. I must've been about 11 years old. So we rented this old house near the woods and lived there. It wasn't too big, with a first floor an attic and a basement, but there was something about it that I didn't like. I was really scared to be alone in the house, with the creeping floor and doors. It had a very ill feeling about it that made me paranoid and I wanted to run screaming out of there. The boys in the neighborhood didn't make it any better either, scaring me with ghost stories and stuff. Anyway, when I moved back here as a grown-up, I had completely forgotten about it, until I stumbled across it by accident when I was taking a trip to clear my head. It turns out that the owners had abandoned it and no one had wanted it, but I like visiting. It makes me think of my childhood of where I was and where I am today. It reminds me of who I am and I like that. So I wanted to share it with you."

When Emily was done, she was attacked by the blonde, hugging her tightly in her arms. She had been touched by Emily's words and wanted some way to show her appreciation.

"What was that for?" Emily asked, smiling, when JJ pulled away.

"It would be an honor to see your old home," she merely answered, kissing Emily on the cheek. Emily smiled as a small blush crept onto her face.

"But I have to warn you, it looks like it could fall apart any second. It's a miracle that it's still standing."

"It doesn't matter how it looks, as long as it holds a meaning to you." Emily flashed JJ a smile, glittering all the way to her eyes. "But I'm curious. What did the boys say that could scare the tough Emily Prentiss?"

Emily chuckled, remembering.

"They told me this story about the family that used to live there." Emily paused, directing them to a bench on the side of the road so they could rest while she told the story.

"What about the family?" JJ asked once they were seated. Emily turned her body toward the blonde so she could look her in the eyes and lay her arm on the bench, stroking JJ lightly on her shoulder. JJ rested her head on Emily's arms, looking her deeply in the eyes, encouraging her to continue with the story.

"Well, as far as the story goes, the family didn't do too well. The father was a mean drunk and the mother a harsh control freak - a person you definitely didn't want to cross. The two children, a small boy and a bit older girl, they were beaten up so often, coming to school with bruises everywhere, always sitting by themselves and minding their own business. Whenever someone walked up to them, the sister was always quick to bite back, trying to protect her younger brother, no matter the intention of the intruder. She was like a mother for that kid, taking care of everything and always taking the blows at home."

Emily paused and smiled when she saw how enchanted JJ was by her story.

"One day, a group of young boys talked about the dysfunctional family and in a drunken haze decided that they wanted to sneak out to the house to scare the family a bit and maybe beat the freaks up a bit, all just for a laugh. The girl was the first to hear the steps from outside. Desperately, she ran as fast as she could downstairs in an attempt to warn to parents. But the father, whom had been drinking as well as any other night, merely met her by a slap in the face, yelling at the girl to go to her god forsaken mother and shout with her demon words to her instead. But the steps were only getting closer and she had to do something or nobody would, so she went to the mother instead."

Emily paused for a dramatic effect, wanting to see if she could scare JJ a bit by her story.

"Again, she desperately grabbed her mother's sleeve and told her that somebody was coming and they had to be careful and get out of there. The mother turned around. She looked at her with angry and red shot eyes.

'How dare you come and say what I have to do and not, you little devil!' But then she saw the shadow of a laughing face in the window.

'We have to get out!' the girl shouted in despair. But nobody would listen. So instead, she ran up to her little brother as fast as she could. She told him to hide where no one would ever find him. That was when she heard the window smash. Her father was quick to get up, but they were quicker. Grabbing her father's shovel from the closet in the hallway, she held the heavy thing protectively up in front of her, nearing the staircase.

'Get out of my house!' she screamed with her tiny voice at the top of her lungs. When the boys heard her, they turned away from father and made their way to the staircase. When they saw the little girl with the shovel, they laughed so hard.

'And what are you going to do about it?' one of them asked. 'Poke us with your little shovel?' they laughed. And then they went towards her and all went black…"

"What happened?" JJ asked with a huge curiosity, completely lost by the story. Emily smiled.

"Nobody knows. But it is said that the little girl is still haunting in the house, trying to protect her house and family. Trying to get all whom dare enter out of the house."

JJ felt a small shiver run down her spine, but smiling she tried to get it out of her system.

"That's bullshit," she said, a small chuckle nearing her lips but never really escaping.

"I don't know Jennifer. They say that when it's dark and the moon is up, just like now, you can sometimes hear her scream with that small and tiny voice."

When Emily saw the scared expression on JJ's face, she couldn't hold the mask anymore, bursting out in laughter.

"You don't seriously believe that do you?" she smiled.

JJ felt almost a bit offended by Emily's laughter and shove her playfully in the side, shaking the story and scariness off of her.

"You're such a meanie sometimes, you know that?" she said.

"I know." Emily still couldn't still her chuckles. "I just couldn't resist!"

JJ looked away for a second with a grin on her face, still playing offended.

"I'm sorry. But you should have seen yourself, it was so worth it," Emily said as the chuckling subsided. She lightly stroked JJ with her thumb, smiling at her with a look in her eyes saying that she truly didn't mean anything about it and wanted to make sure that JJ didn't take it any other way.

"You silly girl." JJ reached up to tuck a stray of hair behind Emily's ear before cupping her cheek. From there on it was like her whole body gravitated toward the brunette as she carefully captured her lips in a sweet and loving kiss. Emily was in heaven, but quietly pulled away before she could lose all her senses to this woman. She still wanted to wait a bit more even though it took all her strength. She still didn't want this to go too fast.

"We should get going if you want to see the house before it gets so dark we can't see ourselves."

"Only if I can hold your hand when we're walking." JJ didn't really want to go when the moment just seemed so perfect. A small part of her felt like Emily was constantly pulling away when they got too close to each other. She was beginning to think that maybe it was her whom were causing the problem, which scared her. She really liked Emily a lot and she felt like she had really given a lot up just being there and was in reality extremely frightened about what would happen if it got serious, or what would happen if Emily merely rejected her. She didn't think she would survive that, and what in the world would people think of her when they found out? She really needed Emily to be in on this.

"Of course," Emily smiled, kissing her on the nose. JJ relaxed a bit. Emily being the talented profiler that she is saw that, "Are you okay JJ?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be." It was more of a statement then a question and JJ quickly rose, hand already entwined with Emily's.

The rest of the walk was in silence. Emily didn't feel like pushing the subject and JJ was deep in her thoughts, but never letting go of Emily's hand no matter how awkward Emily felt in the situation. She couldn't afford to let go. Not now.

That was when they arrived at the house.