Different Measures – Part Seven

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When the back-up arrived they brought the man, who was identified as Kenneth Keller, and Charles Thomson down to the station to be questioned, and they brought Joshua Burlington down to the station where his parents were waiting. Detective Hale and Rossi went with them to try to question them to figure out where the kids were. Spencer was sent to the hospital to pop his nose back into it's socket. JJ, Emily, Derek and Hotch searched the house to see if they could get any information on where the children might have been.

"What's missing?" Hotch asked JJ as he looked at the desk.

"A computer?"

"In this day in age, who doesn't have a computer?" Hotch asked as he opened a drawer on the desk.

"This is pretty organized for him," JJ said as she walked around the study with Hotch. Derek and Emily were both in the basement, trying to find something. "He has to be hiding something," JJ mumbled as she looked at the books in the bookshelf. She noticed one that looked out of place. The rest were all Adult Fiction and Fantasy. Like Harry Potter. This one was about the philosophy of architecture. "Hotch," JJ said as she reached towards it and tried to pull it out. It was attached from the bottom, it was like a lever. Hotch looked over at her as the book case unhooked and opened a crack. JJ and Hotch pulled their guns out and JJ looked at Hotch as he pulled the door open and held his gun up in front of him. JJ held hers up as they cautiously walked into the room that had a computer set up on a desk top and a repeat of Gavin and Alexis tied up in a stone room. JJ looked at it, then down the hall to a door.

"We didn't find..." Emily began as they walked towards the room they were in. "Whoa," Derek walked in behind her and saw the tape of the kids.

"I think we did.." JJ said, she was the only one that saw the door.

"Come on," Derek said as he walked past her while holding the gun up. He tried to open the door but it was locked. Derek gave JJ and look and she nodded. He kicked the door open and there were the kids. JJ put her hand over her mouth and teared up a little, they didn't make it.

"There was little for us to work with, but we still did a great job. We got Joshua back to his family before the same thing that happened to Charles happened to him." Derek said, they were all on the plane about to take off to get back to Virginia. "Get some sleep," he said as the plane took off. JJ stared out the window, glad that she picked the case that she did, although it could have ended different. They saved Joshua from becoming just like Charles. She was also glad that they were case free-guarantee for a week. Unless if it was completely horrific, which has happened a few times.

"How's your nose, Spence?" JJ asked Spencer, who was sitting across from her.

"Have you seen the thing on my nose?"

"Yes, I have. And I was wondering if you were okay, not what's on your nose." JJ said with a smile, Spencer sighed.

"It hurts a little. But that's what I get for being nosy." Spencer said, JJ let out a laugh and he gave her a weird look.

"Nosy? Get it?" JJ asked as she laughed, Spencer just raised his eyebrows and JJ stopped laughing because she felt like an idiot. Spencer was too smart for jokes like that. JJ got up and sat next to Rossi, he lifted his head from his hand and looked at her. "Hey." she said with a smile.

"Hey..." Rossi said, he was skeptical, wondering why she was all smiles at 1am.

"What's up?" JJ asked him, he looked at her.

"Nothing..." JJ nodded and got up and walked towards the coffee machine.

"Please, don't." Rossi said, she turned around and looked at him. "You're hyper enough as it is."

"Rossi. This is me being over tired."

"Go to sleep, JJ." he said and put his head on his hand again. JJ rolled her eyes and went back to her seat that was across from Spencer. He was reading a book, JJ leaned her back on the chair and pulled her legs to the side of her and went to sleep.

When the plane landed around 2 hours later. And everyone went home and for once in 4 nights, JJ was back in her OWN house. She slept like a baby, and missed her bed so much. They didn't have to come in until 10 then next morning. Hotch took the next three days off to stay with Jack, Strauss cleared that.

JJ had to go with Rossi and Spencer to a lecture at a local college, a forensic psychology class and a criminology class, the day after that. So they had to meet there at 8:30.

"Sorry I'm late." JJ said as she walked into the room Rossi and Spencer were at. "I parked at the wrong parking lot and had to walk all the way across the campus." Rossi chuckled.

"No worries. We have to be in room 102 in 10 minutes." Rossi said, JJ nodded as she looked at Spencer.

"Hey Spence," she said as she hit her shoulder on his lightly, Spencer looked at her and smiled. "I see your nose is better?"

"Not better." Rossi said, JJ raised her eyebrows at him.

"I don't want to look like an idiot in front of them."

"Spencer." JJ said as she raised her eyebrows, he looked at her. "Now the doctor said you weren't supposed to take that off for 2 weeks."

"Technically I am a doctor and I say that it is okay to leave it off so that I don't look like an idiot in front of them."

"Eh, it's your nose." JJ said as she sat down on the chair next to Rossi and took a sip of the coffee she bought this morning.

"It's 8:41." Rossi said as he stood up, it was 4 minutes later. "Let's go." Rossi was out the door with JJ and Spencer following.

"Don't be nervous, Spence."

"I'm not."

"Spencer." JJ said as she looked at him. "I'm not stupid."

"It's just, how many times have I told them not to invite me here? I suck at talking to people."

"You're young and appealing."

"So are you." Spencer said to her, JJ raised her eyebrows.

"I'm 32. You're 27."

"That's not much of a difference."

"You're a genius. I can't really compete." JJ said as Rossi opened the door and they walked in.

"And they are David Rossi, Supervisory Jennifer Jareau, and Dr. Spencer Reid." the professor said. "Take it away." Rossi scanned the room.

"I'm just going to give you a quick introduction about my job, then so will Jennifer Jareau and Dr. Spencer Reid." Rossi said, he began to tell the people about his criminal profiling, how many years he's been in the job, and hostage negotiation. Then he took a few questions, basically ones like 'have you ever shot anyone' and 'have you ever gotten taken hostage', 'what does 'BAU' stand for', ones that didn't fully satisfy him. "Now I'm going to pass it on to Jennifer Jareau." JJ smiled at him and looked up at everyone in the lecture hall.

"My job in the BAU is communications director. I have to go through each of the case files and I decide which ones should be presented from the team. I deal with case files starting from kidnappings to serial killers. I also, speak to the press in an effort to get the media to indirectly assist in out investigations. Do you have any questions?" A few people raised their hands. JJ picked on a boy that was sitting in the front. "Yes?"

"Do you, by any chance, have a boyfriend?" there was a wave of laughter from the class, then the became quiet waiting for JJ's answer.

"Let's keep these questions appropriate. We took the time out of our day to come see you and talk to you about our jobs not our personal lives." Rossi jumped in, JJ mentally hugged him and smiled.

"Any other questions?" she asked, she chose a girl that was sitting towards the middle.

"I was just wondering, what inspired you to join the FBI?" JJ smiled in relief about the question.

"After I graduated college, I met Dave," she looked over at him to indicate that's who she was talking to. "At a book store while he was on tour. We had a brief discussion that inspired me to join the FBI." She answered with a smile, the girl nodded. "Any other questions?"

"What is the worst thing about your job?" a boy called out, JJ cleared her throat.

"Well, sometimes our cases don't end as well as we'd like them to, and it takes a big tole on us." the boy nodded.

"What about the best thing?" Another girl asked.

"The best thing about my job," JJ said as she thought quickly. "Working with the team. And by the end of the day, no matter what the out come of the case everyone's really supportive of each other." JJ turned to Spencer, he got the gist that she was finished answering a bunch of questions. Spencer took it away, he talked about himself. Not in a stuck up way, but an informative way.

"Any questions?" Spencer asked, the room was quiet.

"Okay, we have a profile to tell you of an unsub; an unidentified subject. Then each of us will explain 3 different people and the petty crimes they have committed and pull up a picture of each of them and you will tell us witch of the 3 it is. You better be paying attention because we'll pick on someone randomly." a boy raised his hand.

"How do we know how to tell you the correct one?"

"I'll tell you how." JJ stepped in. She explained to them how they would relate the petty crimes and their appearance to figuring out a case. Rossi explained a fake crime about a person that would kill people who were leaving from work in the middle of the night, then explained a woman that had a petty crime of robbery. JJ explained a man that got a restraining order in high school for stalking then again in his late 20s. Spencer explained a man that had sexually assaulted a minor in his 20s and is now in his late 30s. JJ glanced around the room to find someone, the boy that asked if she had a boyfriend was laughing about what he just said, she heard him say something about how 'hot' she was. She walked over to him and got his attention. "Which one is it?" the boy raised his eyebrows.

"Me?"

"No the idiot sitting next to you." she said as she stared at him, the whole class broke into 'ooo's and JJ smiled. "Do you know the answer?"

"The last one."

"Wrong." JJ said. "Now tell me, why did you pick that one?" JJ could tell the boy became nervous. He opened his mouth to say something. "You weren't paying attention? Well let me tell you something, you don't get a second chance in the real world. This could be a life or death situation for another innocent person." JJ said. "Can anyone else tell me the answer?" a girl raised her hand and answered the question, explaining why. "Great job. You'll be answering the next one, so pay attention this time." JJ said to the boy as Rossi began explaining the next one, they did it one more time after that then went back to the BAU.

JJ stopped to grab food they everyone ordered and brought it back. She was there 20 minutes later. She brought the food directly into the conference room where they usually ate.

"I heard you brought it at the lecture;" Derek said as he walked in with Emily. JJ looked at him as she put the bag on the table.

"He asked me if I had a boyfriend. He was a prick. Of course I brought it." JJ said with a smile.

"I'll go grab Spencer, Rossi and Penelope." Emily said as walked out.

"How about we grab a drink after we get out?" Derek asked JJ when Emily was out of earshot.

"No way," JJ laughed. "I am not going out for a drink after last time. And the time before that." Derek let out a chuckle as JJ grabbed the sandwich she ordered and set it in front of her. "I'll cook ya dinner though." she said with a smile. Derek raised his eyebrows.

"You cook?"

"Why is that such a surprise?" JJ asked him, they heard Emily and Penelope's voice coming from the hall. Derek grabbed his food.

"I'll be by at 8."

"Perfect." JJ smiled as she bit into her sandwich.