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"Jayje," I whispered quietly to JJ. Her hair was gorgeous, and she was dressed to go to work, pencil skirt and a button down blouse, "I'm not going to work today, I'm exhausted. You don't have to either," I joked.

"Actually Hotch did say that we could play hooky today," She said, "After I had already gotten dressed," She smiled.

"I'm gonna call Will…now," She said after a moment. I sat down at the table with a cup of coffee for myself.

"Ok…I'll leave you to that," I said. She wanted her privacy to fight with her ex. I knew she did.

"Thanks," She said with a small smile.

"Where's Declan?" I asked.

"Declan's in the living room watching tv," She said gesturing to the living room.

I smiled and starting walking to the livingroom. I stopped and kissed her on the lips before I entered the living room.

JJ slowly picked up the house phone and dialed.

"Hello?" The man, with his thick cajun accent, answered.

"Will," JJ began slowly.

"Who is this?" He asked, already sounding angry.

"Will it's Jennifer," JJ said with a frustrated sigh.

"What do you want?" He spat.

"My son," She said angrily.

"Want to talk to him? One sec," He hissed.

"No, Will," JJ said quickly.

"No?" He asked.

"I want him. I want him to live with me," JJ said firmly.

"No. I won't let that happen. You're not a good enough mother," Will said rudely.

"Yes. I am. I love my son, and I take good care of him. You keep him away from me because you're pissed, not because I'm a bad mother, and you know it," JJ yelled. There was silence, so she continued, "Now you can either agree to an equal, easy custody agreement, or I can call my lawyer and take you to court. I have a good lawyer who'll make sure you never get to see Henry again," JJ threatened. Of course, this wasn't true. We didn't have a lawyer, not a good one, not a bad one, "He needs his mother," JJ said, her voice cracking.

"Well call your fucking lawyer, because as long as I can, you're not getting him," Will hissed and hung up.

"Fuck," JJ groaned, punching the table.

"You stay here, honey," I whispered to Declan. We had been snuggling together on the couch. I stood and walked to the kitchen to see JJ, who was wiping a few tears from her eyes and redialing the phone.

"Who are you calling, now, Jayje?" I asked with a sigh.

"Hotch. I need a lawyer," JJ said with a shrug. I sat down next to her and held her free hand.

"Hello this is Jack," Hotch's son, Jack answered the phone.

"Hey Jack, it's JJ," JJ said softly.

"Do you want to talk to my daddy?" Jack asked with a giggle.

"I do, please," JJ said.

"Ok, hold on!" He exclaimed. She could hear Jack in the background yelling for Hotch.

"Hey JJ," Hotch greeted.

"Hey Hotch," She said.

"What can I do for you?" He asked.

"I need a favor…is the offer to help get Henry back still open?" JJ asked feebly.

"Of course. Anything. What do you need?" He asked.

"A good lawyer…" JJ said softly.

"You already tried talking to Will, huh? And it didn't work," Hotch said sympathetically.

JJ got angry again, squeezing my hand, "That fucking-" JJ stopped her self and took a deep breath, "He wasn't into making an agreement," JJ said slowly.I rubbed her shoulder and the walked back into the room with Declan.

"I'm sorry, JJ…I'll do my best to get you the best lawyer possible," Hotch promised.

"Thank you, so much," JJ said.

"Of course," Hotch said, "I'll set something up and let you know."

"You're the best," JJ said, "Have fun at work," She teased.

"Thanks. Just remember who gave you two the day off," He said with a laugh, "How's Declan?"

"He's doing well. Adjusting quickly. He missed Emily, and she's great with him," JJ explained.

"Well that's great, Jayje. I'll see you soon," He said.

"Bye, thanks," She said hanging up. I eyed JJ curiously, to see if her emotions would show through. She eyed me back, giving me the 'don't profile me' look. I broke the eye contact quickly.

"Hey, Declan," JJ called. He looked up from the game of chess we were playing.

"Yeah?" He asked, still some what focused on the game.

"Do you want to do something fun today?" She asked.

"Like what?" He asked, almost giving 100% of his attention to JJ.

"Well I don't know. We can go to the park? Go see a movie. You can come meet the rest of our team," JJ rattled off suggestions.

"Hm….I want to meet everyone..especially if you're all friends. Then…can we go to the park?" He asked.

"Sure," JJ said smiling, "Sound good, Em?" She asked me. I was still trying to read her.

"Emily?" Declan asked again, when I hadn't responded.

"Oh, sorry. Of course. Sounds great," I said ruffling Declan's hair. He laughed.

"Let's clean this up and-' I began, but Declan cut me off.

"Wait…" He said slowly, "Check mate," He said after a moment. I looked down and he had beaten me.

"Of course. You're father was good, too," I said, remembering a time, long ago.

"Check mate, love," Ian said with a grin.

"No! Again?" I said with a chuckle.

"Yes. Again. You need to get better at this. You're almost too easy," He teased.

"I'm only easy in chess," I teased back.

"Lauren," He said, scooting next to me, wrapping his arms around my waist, kneeling behind me, kissing my neck.

I gave a soft laugh, "Yes, Ian?"

"I love you," He said kissing my lips. The foul, tough, murdering terrorist weapons dealer, had a soft spot- for me.

"I…" As I tried to respond, get kissed me again, "I love you, too," I replied when I had a break.

He laughed. He turned me around, and pulled my legs, so I was straddled around his waist. He kissed me more, his tongue beckoning for entrance into my mouth, which I allowed. He pulled of my shirt, and I responded by taking his off. He unclasped my bra and through it. As he began to unzip my pants, his cell phone rang. Thank god. That's what I remember thinking. I hated having sex with him. It scared me, and upset me.

"I'm," He paused to kiss me, "sorry. I have to take this, love," He said. He stood from the floor, and walked out the living room door. I quickly found my bra and put it back on, and pulled my tee shirt back on. That was one more time I had dodged the bullet and one less time I had to get naked with him.

"Em," JJ whispered into my ear. I had spaced out. Declan had gone out of the room to get his sneakers from his bedroom. JJ and I were alone.

"I'm sorry," I apologized, wiping my eyes. A few tears had fallen.

"Shh…" She wrapped her arms around me, "You're ok, Emily," She whispered.

"I'm sorry… I.. I don't know what happened. I just…remembered…being with Ian. We used to play chess together. It triggered a bad memory. I'm sorry," I said.

"Stop apologizing, Emily. It's ok," She told me. She kissed my cheek. Then she moved closer and began kissing my lips.

"I love you," She whispered.

"I love you, too," I said as I kissed her.

"WOAH!" Declan exclaimed when he walked into the livingroom to find us making out.

"Shit," I hissed. We pulled off each other and jumped. Declan had shielded his eyes.

"Go ahead and kiss! I'm just not gonna look!" He exclaimed. I smiled and laughed.

"We're done, honey," I told him.

"Thank. God," He exclaimed.

I pushed him a little, "Get out of here," I teased. He laughed and headed towards the car. He chuckled and we followed him out, JJ and I holding hands.