A/N: You guys are awesome! It is very true that we never know what we will do in a situation until we are in that situation and that leaving is not always the easiest thing to do. And yes, Will does deserve a punch in the nuts… but he will get what is coming to him, I promise! Unfortunately that's all I can tell you and to as always expect the unexpected. Things will get worse before they can get better and before these two star crossed lovers can be together. By the way, tonight's episode was amazing!!! Loved the interactions between our two favorite ladies especially when Emily stood up for JJ in front of Derek!

JJ slept fitfully on Emily's couch that night, she was still shaken from the fight she had with Will but there was something else troubling her as well. JJ had noticed Emily's reactions and the question of why she stayed with Will and that there was someone out there that loved her and wouldn't hurt her was stuck in JJ's mind. That night she dreamt of Emily and it left her very confused in the morning when Emily came downstairs ready for work.

"Good morning. You ok?" Emily asked with a very concerned look on her face. She saw the look of contemplation when she allowed herself to look into JJ's eyes. The bruise of the black eye was beginning to fade and JJ could nearly cover it up all the way with makeup but she couldn't hide the tears that she been crying most of the night.

"It was a long night. I just want to make this right Emily," JJ said with a sad look of desperation. JJ wasn't even sure why she wanted it to work out with Will. Possibly because she had been too afraid to face her emotions when it came to Emily and her feelings or maybe it was because she was comfortable with Will. She had grown to love him but if anyone were to ask her if she was in love, she knew she wouldn't be able to answer that question, and that wasn't what love was supposed to be like. It had weighed heavy on her mind last night.

"Only you know what is right but if he's hurting you, I can't just stand by and watch. I want you to know that. I love you JJ and I can't stand to sit by and watch you get hurt. You don't deserve that," Emily knew she could get away with saying she loved JJ and it coming off just as a concerned friend and she allowed herself to embrace JJ. Thirty seconds into the embrace and JJ was sobbing into her. Emily just stood there rubbing circles on the blondes back with one hand and the other hand holding her head. Inside, pieces of Emily were breaking right along with JJ.

"Thank you Emily. Please, just let me deal with this with Will on my own. He's just stressed because he can't find a job and he's not a fan of it up here but I refuse to leave the BAU. He'll come around I hope. We should probably get ready for work," JJ said when she was done sobbing. She wiped the last evidence of the tears away from her eyes and went for her go bag to get ready. She had been living out a go bag quite frequently lately between cases and the nights she had spent at Emily's but what Emily didn't know was that JJ had been spending the night at Garcia's too.

The women got ready for work and JJ drove them to work. The car ride was silent and Emily didn't want to make the awkward silence even worse by breaking it by cracking one of her horrible jokes so they rode in silence.

"Em?" JJ asked before they got out of the car.

"Yeah Jayj?" Emily replied softly.

"Thank you again. I appreciate the spot on your couch and the shoulder. You're a great friend that I'm honored to have," JJ said softly looking down at her hands.

"Je…JJ the spots open, the door is open anytime but you can't put yourself through this ok? And you're welcome, you're the best friend I have JJ and I couldn't stand to lose you, so I'm here for you but remember what I said. There is someone out there who wouldn't hurt you and would love you no matter your flaws," Emily mentioned one last time before they got out of JJ's car and walked into the BAU.

A few days later, Emily's couch had thankfully been unused the previous few nights and she figured it meant that JJ and Will had worked things out and as much as she hated it, she needed JJ to be happy. It was her own sick way of saying what she was doing was the right thing. Emily's nights had been filled of dreams and nightmares of sorts of the blonde and she couldn't get those blue pleading eyes out of her mind.

While Emily was working on some reports, she realized she was missing a file and knew that Garcia had it. Emily made the trek to Garcia's "lair" as she called it with her "babies". If there were two things Garcia was passionate about, they were Derek Morgan and her computers. Emily walked into the room to be greeted by a working Garcia.

"Hey sugar plum. What can I do for you?" Garcia asked thinking it was JJ who had walked into her lab. The blonde had been frequenting the office quite frequently.

"Garcia, do you have the Jenkins file? I need it to finish that damn report," Emily said. She didn't mind reports but the team had spent the last few days catching up on reports and she could only imagine the hell JJ was looking at in her office regarding cases.

"Oh Em, I thought you were JJ. Yeah, here it is," Garcia handed the file over without ever actually looking at Emily.

"Garcia, what's going on? Why did you think I was JJ? Is she ok?" Emily asked with her tone of voice changing to a demanding need to know tone.

"Yeah, she's fine. I just thought since she's been spending some time down here that it was her, no big," Garcia said quickly.

"Garcia, you're lying. What's wrong with JJ?" Emily asked as her heart sank.

"I hate working with profilers. Look I promised I wouldn't tell you, but she's been crashing at my house every so often because her and Will are fighting pretty badly. He's been drinking more and sometimes she's afraid to even go home," Garcia blurted out.

"When has she been crashing at your place? She's been crashing on my couch a few nights too," Emily asked with conviction behind her voice.

"The last two nights, and the night before we went on the case. I let her stay and she made me promise not to tell you that she lied about Will being sick. Please don't tell her though Emily. I know you love her but she needs to see this on her own. She'll come through, I know how she feels about you," Garcia mentioned.

"Is she ok though Garcia? And you do?" Emily asked astonished. Her anger was subsided by the fact that Garcia had just mentioned that she knew how JJ felt about her. What does she mean? Emily thought in her head.

"She's fine. Just give her time. Yes I do, I spotted the connection from day one. Silly girl, you know I'm the love goddess and oracle of all knowledge. I'm practically omniscient. So you say she's been staying at your place too?" Garcia confirmed her knowledge.

"Yeah, Garcia I can't stand and watch her get hurt. Have you noticed bruises on her other than that black eye?" Emily asked curiously.

"No, god no, he's just gotten pretty angry with her and I think she's nervous it will happen again," Garcia concluded.

Emily went back to her desk and got nothing done the rest of the day. She wondered why the blonde hadn't come to her the past few nights if things had been bad again. She realized that she was probably just trying to not make Emily worry but Emily knew that she wanted to be the one there for JJ. She hoped she would get the chance if there were to be a time when JJ needed her. Emily heart warmed knowing that JJ reciprocated the feelings for her but then was angered by the fact that JJ was so insistent on making things work with the detective. The anger was enough to put Emily in a bad mood and she avoided the blonde the rest of the day subconsciously. It was going to be a long night that involved a few scotches and she hoped for her own sake and for JJ's sake that Will was a little less violent tonight and that JJ wouldn't feel the need to show up on her doorstep.