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JJ watched as the blonde moved in closer to Emily, "she'spracticallyhumpingherleg" "Are you kidding me?" walking back to the table, she sat down abruptly, her tone of voice sent shivers down Garcia's back, it was like ice, cold and unforgiving. Following her line of sight, she saw the blonde at the bar counter with Emily and her audible gasp let JJ know that she had seen the same thing.

"Oh my"

"Yes oh my…what the hell is she thinking?" JJ sat there fuming while Maura and Jane finished dancing.

Jane had spoken with the MC about Emily's and her interest in being drag kings and had been invited behind the scenes as the kings finished getting ready. As they sat down Jane looked around quickly searching for Emily. "Em not back yet…JJ?" turning her head she watched as the blonde moved in to nuzzle Emily's neck. "Oh shit…" turning back to Jennifer she could see that she wanted to get over and interrupt, but a hand on hers stopped her.

"Don't JJ"

"Jane do you see what's going on?" the hurt in JJ's voice was more than noticeable.

"It's not real JJ" Jane forced JJ to look at her, "its not real." Watching as she tried to relax, Jane hazarded a glance at Maura. The intense look in her eyes told her she wasn't too happy either, 'shit'.

Letting her eyes rest on Garcia, "Pen, the show's about to start and we have a chance to go in the back with the kings, can you...uhm...go get Emily?" Turning her attention back to JJ and Maura, she steeled herself to deal with the shit storm Emily's act was creating.

Striding over to the bar, Penelope was angry with Emily for hurting her JJ. She knew it was all an act, but that didn't make the behavior any less hurtful.

Watching them at the bar, it took Penelope two attempts to get Emily's attention. "Yeah? Oh hey PG" she said sweetly.

The blonde visibly bristled at Garcia's presence and seemed about to say something to her until Emily turned back to her and passed over her number, silencing her.

"What do you think of drag kings Reggie?" Emily's voice was like silk.

"I love drag kings, why?" Refocusing her attention on Emily, she looked at her hungrily before continuing, "don't you?"

"Actually I just wanted to let you know that I should be here next weekend, performing." Emily smiled at the woman and was rewarded with a grab at her crotch.

"Will you be packing lover?"

Getting over her shock at the intimate contact, Emily nodded, "most definitely, call me?" tapping the card she gave her, Emily flashed her a smile and turned away.

"Count on it." Reggie rubbed the card with Emily's number along her bottom lip as she watched her accompany the woman who had interrupted them.

"Who the fuck are you blondie and why are you interfering in my life?'

Emily obviously knew her; she would be able to kill two birds as it were. Satisfy her attraction to Emily and take care of the blonde bitch that took Jordan. She thought it was going to be a bad night, but she actually felt calmer than she had earlier. Emily was sexy as hell and the confidence she exuded was intoxicating. Bringing her hand up to her face she took in her scent. Emily was only the second person not to flinch when she did that. Jordan was the other.

The only setback tonight had been that new king, Don Diesel, stupid jerk, "whothefuckdidhethinkhewas? He had slapped her hand away after she had tried to get too close. He had been all over her until then, but the moment she became the least bit aggressive, he had pushed her away. She could feel the heat of her anger overtaking her as she looked toward the stage and watched him laughing with another woman. Looking around she caught a glimpse of Emily with a group, including that blonde. She could tell that Emily was agitated and thought briefly about walking over but Emily walked away with another brunette and headed toward the backstage area with the other kings.

Reggie turned her attention back to the blonde it was easy to see that she was a source of Emily's irritation. She could imagine her hands around her neck as she questioned her about Jordan and Emily. Unclenching her hands she smiled and shook her head as she refocused on Don as he took the stage, setting up for his performance. "Prick," she thought, "nobodyturnsmedown."

Garcia was irate, "Emily Prentiss I cannot believe you let that woman grab you like that!" hissing at her she could not even begin to imagine what could possibly be going to Emily's head.

"Pen, it was part of the act, that's all." Emily was just as shocked as Garcia about the crotch grabbing but it seemed to be almost a dare on the other woman's part and Emily never passed over a dare. Her only concern right now was that if Garcia was this upset, she didn't want to imagine JJ's reaction. Didn't take her long to find out.

"Dammit Emily! I cannot believe you…I mean how could you…she was…" Jj's stammering was so unlike her that even Garcia couldn't say anything.

"JJ come on…you know why I did that, so far she's our only suspect. It had to be believable." Emily could see the hurt in her eyes, it pained her, JJ had never looked at her like that before but then JJ had never seen Emily in full on pick up mode either. "crap"

The stunned look on JJ's face was enough for Jane.

Seizing the opportunity, Jane took her by the arm, "Come on Emily we have an invite to go backstage…come on," she urged pulling the other woman by the arm.

Emily allowed herself to be led, "JJ is pissed…shit…shit…shit" she looked at Jane, "how do I fix this?"

"Don't look at me Casanova, remember when we first met? Maura thought I was flirting with JJ, what distracted her was the fact that I go punched in the face by that guy who had been hitting on JJ." Looking around her, "I don't think we wanna go that route though."

Sighing deeply as they reached the other kings, "why would anyone but an idiot do our jobs" she shook her head at the prospect of facing JJ again.

JJ could feel the tenseness of her body as Jane took Emily with her. Turning around abruptly to face Garcia, she demanded answers.

"I saw the look on your face Pen, what else happened over there."

Looking to Maura for help, Garcia was grateful when the other woman stepped in, "JJ…Jennifer…" that got her attention, "you know Emily doesn't mean anything by this, it's her job and unfortunately this woman is the only person so far to stick out so…"

Pursing her lips she exhaled and looked at her. "I know dammit" she closed her eyes as the vision of that blonde with Emily danced around in her head. " I hate undercover," she said quietly.

"I know," Maura said, "the last time Jane went undercover it was at a place called Merch…

Laughter interspersed Maura's storytelling as they regaled themselves with Maura and Jane's first lesbian encounter of sorts.

"Did she really bring you her neck to swab?" Garcia could just picture her cannoli doing just that.

"Oh yes, she was quite smug about it too…to be honest I wanted to go down to that club and hunt that woman down…but we hadn't declared our feelings for each other, so that would probably have been a bit inappropriate." Maura said the end so simply that JJ couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Thank you Maura," JJ smiled at her friend, "that helped, a lot"

The lights brightened and dimmed letting everyone know the show was about to start. Seeing no sign of Emily or Jane, the girls settled in to enjoy the show.

The show was all they expected, and more. As prospective kings, Emily and Jane had been put to work helping set up for the performances. In the meanwhile they had been able to talk to almost all of the kings trying to find out if anything stuck out to them. By the time the show was over, they had four names, one was Emily's Reggie, who appeared to have disappeared, and of the other three, only two were present tonight. Emily and Jane each sought out the women after having them pointed out and made the same play for them that Emily had done previously, successful, they returned to their table with telephone numbers in hand.

Emily cautiously smiled at JJ as she sat done and was rewarded with a small smile.

"We okay?"

Patting her knee, JJ nodded, "we're talking later, but yes we're okay."

Letting out the breath she hadn't realized she was holding, she grinned at her, talking was good, better than yelling.

"So, are we done for the night?" Garcia stifled a yawn and smiled at the others, "sorry"

"Don't be sorry, its been a long day and at least this wasn't a waste of time," looking over at Emily, JJ's eyebrow rose as she continued, "and some of us certainly had a good time."

She opened her mouth to object and then thought better after catching Jane's eye, the subtle shake of her head told her not to go there right now.

"I'll go get the car then," Emily threw her jacket on and walked somewhat dejectedly toward the entrance.

"Uhm…I'm gonna go keep her company." Jane quickly got up and grabbed her jacket as she hurried after Emily. "Em! Wait up…"

Garcia looked at her best friend as she stared at Emily's retreating back. "You're not still mad at her are you?"

"No, Pen, but I can't let her think that was okay."

"Yes but" JJ's glare silenced her and she looked over at Maura who only shook her head.

Maura could understand how JJ was feeling, she remembered that feeling all too well, but she also knew that JJ was not angry with Emily as much as she was scared for her. She just hoped Emily could see that or that Jane could help to.

"You okay Em?" Jane pulled her jacket on as she caught up with her friend.

Hands shoved deep in her pockets, Emily continued walking, "I'm fine Jane" the matter of fact way she said it let Jane know she wasn't fine, not at all.

"You know she's not mad at you right?" Jane was never good at this and wished Maura was out here instead of her. "She's just scared."

"I know, she's worried about this case, she's worried about me…I don't have the most stellar record going undercover" at Jane's quizzical look, "I uhm…I tend to lose myself when I go undercover, get single minded you know?"

"But its different now, isn't it? You weren't with JJ then were you?"

"No but…"

"No buts, let me ask you something Em, when you were with that woman at the bar, who were you thinking about?" Jane had stopped walking and was looking at her. "Who Emily?"

"JJ," she said quietly. Eyes opening wide she saw what Jane was getting at, "I was thinking about JJ" the wonder in her voice made Jane smile.

"That's right. She's scared because of this case, not because of you…okay?" Jane squeezed her shoulder encouragingly.

"Thanks Jane" Walking companionably toward the car Jane smiled as she saw Emily's mood change in response to their conversation.

It was 1:30am before new drag king Don Diesel left Phase 1. It was his first show and instead of changing, he did like other new kings and left the club as he was. He relished this persona; it felt powerful, turning women on, turning women down. Who wouldn't like that power? The only glitches tonight had been the blonde who grabbed his crotch and her stupid friend who egged her on. He didn't know what the hell that was about. "Whodoesthatshit?" Slinging his bag over his shoulder he headed toward the Metro. The train stopped running at 2am so he had just thirty minutes to catch his train.

Pausing at the top of the escalator, he fished around his bag for his metro card, cursing when he got bumped from behind.

"What the…" the curse died in his throat when he found himself facing the same blonde from the club. His first thought was to rail at her for bumping into him, but the look in her eyes unnerved him.

"Hey…"

With an odd little smile, she looked back at him, "Hey yourself, lover."

I know, I know…how could I…well darn it, how couldn't I…of course I left it there…it was a natural break after all. Thanks for reading, and as always, more reviews=quicker updates.

More Jordan and Penelope coming up as well as the debut of Joe Cannoli and Sergio Prince