"JJ! JJ! Are you okay?" Morgan's voice sounded in her ear.

JJ's eyes shot open in a panic. Around her she could see metal, bricks and a lot of glass. She couldn't believe that they had both survived considering how close they had gotten to the building. Around her she saw that the SWAT team was starting to make their way through the rubble. Her ears were ringing, making it hard to understand most of what Morgan was yelling at her. It was bizarre. To her, it seemed peacefully quiet. She could barely hear anything except for the ringing. All the voices were muffled and everything looked like it was happening in slow motion.

"I-I'm okay." She answered shakily, managing to get herself up. Even her own voice sounded muffled in her own ears. She didn't feel any broken bones, but her head started throbbing again just like it had when she'd gotten the concussion. She remembered that the doctor said that people who got concussions were most susceptible to getting them a second time.

She didn't care. There wasn't time for that.

"Are you sure?" Morgan's voice was still quiet, but the ringing seemed to be fading. He looked over her quickly for injuries and nodded when he was done. "You're good." That sounded very clear. Her hearing was coming back fine.

"Where's Reid?"

"Where's Emily?"

Adrenaline pumped through JJ's veins. "Come on Morgan! We have to go find them." Despite having just been knocked several feet backwards by a bomb's blast, JJ sprinted through the rubble. Had anyone else gotten seriously hurt? She saw Hotch helping the SWAT lifting up the rocks.

There was one of them, three more to go.

As she passed the station she saw Rossi sitting in an ambulance. It looked like he was getting a few stitches above his eyebrow. He waved a little bit as she passed by.

Two more.

JJ could hear Morgan's footsteps behind hers. He may be more muscular, but she was smaller and could move faster than him. They were getting closer and closer to the left side. There was a large pile of rubble blocking their path. They would have to go all the way around it. On the other side they found Emily. Her face was bloody and she was cradling her wrist. She was dragging someone across the ground, away from the rubble.

Reid.

They both dashed over. JJ was at Reid's side in seconds, examining him.

"What the hell happened?" Morgan asked, crouching down too.

"The bomb was on our side. It exploded and I fell straight into a pile of rubble. Once I got myself out I saw that Reid was lying on top of the rubble too. I think he just lost consciousness because I don't see a head wound. I am sure that his arm is broken though." Emily nodded to his left arm.

JJ looked down at his disfigured arm. "Come on. We'd better get you both to an ambulance." She started to stand up and so did Emily, but as she did it looked like she didn't have the energy to hold herself up. She fell straight into JJ almost knocking her over. Luckily Morgan swooped in and scooped Emily up in his strong arms. She smiled a little bit at that because the connection between them was so adorable. Morgan could be chivalrous if he tried. He carried Emily to the ambulance and then came back for Reid a few moments later. Both ambulances sped off, but neither JJ nor Morgan could ride along. They had gotten specific orders to stay and sort out this mess, but as it turned out there was really nothing for them to do. They ended up being the ones who had to take care of the press. JJ had secretly hoped that someone else would have taken care of that. As they waited for everything to get set up they both had to change into clean clothes and clean themselves up.

Morgan was the first to emerge from the bathroom and JJ joined him a few moments later. There was a moment of much needed silence between them.

"I'm worried about her." Morgan spoke, his eyes seemed faraway.

JJ sighed, "Why haven't you told her yet?"

"Told her what?"

JJ smacked Morgan on the shoulder, "We all know that you like her! And she likes you back Derek! Close the deal." She said incredulously. Men were so short minded.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yes! So when we finish here you need to grow a pair and then get your ass down to that hospital. It's time Derek. You have to make the move because Emily won't." JJ shook her head and let out a small sigh.

Morgan nodded, "I will." He smiled a little bit, now excited. "You know…Reid has a huge crush on you Jayje. It's been going on since you joined the team."

"Really?" JJ asked sarcastically. "You think I don't know that?"

Morgan sighed, "I know you're with that other guy, but he-well…I mean, he cares about you and you care about him too. I guess I could see you guys together…that's all I'm saying." He gave her a nod.

"He's cute, but…" JJ shook her head, not knowing where to go with this. "I only really think of him as a brother." She lied easily. That was what they would all be expecting her to say, so she would say it even though Reid was way more than a brother to her.

Way more.

"Okay…" Morgan sighed again, "We'd better get out there before the press start attacking the guards."

JJ nodded, walked through the door and up to one of the podiums. Morgan walked up to the other one. There were a lot of people there. The space for the crowd was packed and there were flashes of cameras coming from all directions.

"Did a bomb go off?"

"How many people were killed?"

"Why didn't the FBI know where it was?"

They started to yell more, but JJ put her hand up in the air. "Stop." She said firmly. "Save your questions until the end." Surprisingly all of the questions seemed to stop on the dime. It was probably because the sweet, smiling liaison that they had seen before was gone. She had changed into the serious, mission-oriented blonde standing before them now.

"A bomb has exploded from inside the library, but the only people that were inside at the time were the kidnappers. All of the hostages made it out safe, but the kidnappers were killed by the blast. No FBI members or any other personnel were killed. The blast came from the left side. This seemed at the beginning to be a normal kidnapping, but later we realized that the kidnappers were suicidal so we knew that we had to make sure that the hostages got out safely. With the help of a negotiator they were all saved, but it as we started to make out way in the bomb went off. The SWAT team has already cleared the rest of the building and there is no sign of any other bombs." Morgan reported calmly.

"The rubble will be cleared by the end of this week and the library will be rebuilt. The rest of the campus will be check for explosive materials, but as for now…it is a secure area. All students are scheduled to return to school next week." JJ ended, "We will take any and all questions now."

"No one was killed, but was anyone injured?" One shouted as JJ pointed at her.

"Two FBI members were injured, but it was nothing severe. All civilians were far away enough to be safe." She explained.

"Were the kidnappers students?"

"Yes." She didn't give any details.

"What kind of bomb was it?"

"All of the pieces will have to be collected and examined before that information can be released to the public." She told them.

"Were you at the scene?"

"Yes we were."

"Were you near the building when the blast went off?"

"Yes."

"How did the FBI not know that a bomb was inside the building?"

"Like I said before," JJ was getting annoyed, "We were preoccupied with getting the hostages out. We knew that the kidnappers were suicidal, but never did we get any kind of hint that there was a bomb inside the building."

"Will any reporters be allowed on the scene?"

"No."

"Do you believe that this is a terrorist attack?"

"No."

"Why is the behavioral analysis unit here? Do you believe that these students were serial killers?" Someone asked.

"No. We are here because Homeland Security is overseas and they needed hostage negotiators." JJ looked around. There were no more hands up. "Any other questions?" Still no hands. She nodded and then started to walk off of the stage.

Morgan followed her as they made their way back towards the now crowded rubble scene.

"I think they have this handled." Morgan said to JJ as they looked over the scene. "Do you want to come to the hospital with me?"

As they started walking to the SUV, Hotch ran up to them. "Where do you two think that you're going?" He asked, tilting his head. He looked appalled that they would even think about leaving when there was so much chaos, but the thing was; that there really wasn't any chaos. It was almost strangely calm.

JJ, thinking quickly, put a hand on the back of her head. She looked up at Morgan, who played along.

"JJ hit her head in the blast and she said she felt a little dizzy. We were just going to go down to the hospital just in case she has another concussion." Morgan explained, "The doctor did say that if you get a concussion once it is easy to get a second one."

Hotch nodded, "Alright…" He looked at them with suspicion, but when neither of their gazes wavered he finally jogged off.

They turned and started walking towards the car again, "You know…" Morgan started, "Maybe we actually should get that checked."

JJ shrugged, "My head does hurt, but there are a lot more symptoms of a concussion. I think I might have just hit my head, it's not a concussion. Trust me, I think I would know." She smiled a little bit. "If I did have one, how would I have come up with a brilliant plan like that?"

"That was pretty clever. You're good, Pennsylvania. I'll give you that." Morgan climbed into the driver's seat. After she got in and they both buckled, he pulled out. It was a long drive down to the hospital because of all the traffic in the city. It took 45 minutes to get to a hospital that should've been 15 minutes away. By the time they arrived they were both desperately in need to see their loved ones.

"We're here to see Emily Prentiss and Spencer Reid." Morgan told the nurse as they arrived.

"What is your connection to the victims?"

Morgan lifted up his FBI badge, "I have specific orders from my unit chief to come down here and check on them." These lies were just rolling effortlessly off of his tongue.

"Oh I'm sorry. Let me just get their room numbers…" She typed quickly. "Emily Prentiss is in room 402 on the fourth floor and Spencer Reid was discharged a half an hour ago with a broken arm." She told them.

Morgan nodded, "Alright." He looked back at JJ. "He must have left."

"Yea, let's go see how Emily is doing then." JJ said and walked over to the elevator. She quickly pressed the up button. The elevator came quickly as if it knew how much they both wanted to see her. They both walked in and Morgan pressed the 4th floor button. It was a quick ride. The doors slid open and they both rushed out.

"What did she say, 401?" Morgan asked.

JJ shook her head. That didn't sound right. "No…no. I think it was 403."

"402! It was 402, come on!" Morgan exclaimed, rushing down the hall. After they passed 401, he turned into the next doorway. Inside was Emily lying on a hospital bed with Reid sitting to her left. She had temporary stitches on her cheek and her wrist was in a cast.

"Hey." Morgan smiled and sat down in the chair on her other side. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm okay. I don't know why they're keeping me here; all I really needed was some stitches." Emily shrugged like it was nothing.

Morgan smiled, "You'll probably get discharged later."

Their conversation continued as JJ sat down in the chair next to Reid. As they Emily and Morgan spoke she scooted closer to him. "Hey, are you okay?" She asked, looking down at the large cast that was on his arm. It looked like it almost seemed to be weighing him down.

Reid smiled a little bit at her. "I'm good. I've been waiting for you to get here, what took so long?" He asked, tilting his head.

"I'm sorry. Morgan and I had to take care of all the press. You can only imagine how bad they were after the bomb went off." JJ rolled her eyes.

"Don't act like you weren't one of them once. We all know that you were JJ." Reid teased lightly.

JJ let out a small sigh, "I'll let you have that once just because you're hurt. Next time you won't be so lucky." She paused shortly, reached down, after making sure that Emily and Morgan were deep in conversation, and entwined her fingers with his. "But tonight...don't think that the cast is going to get in my way. I'll work my way around it." She whispered seductively in his ear and watched as his eyes widened.

"Jennifer Jareau, you are bad." Reid shook his head. "But its sexy…that's why I put up with it."

JJ pulled away a little bit. "Put up with it?" She scoffed, "You couldn't live without it."

"Okay, you caught me. You're right." Reid wanted more than anything to kiss her. He wanted to feel her lips against his, but with Morgan and Emily sitting there he knew that it couldn't be done, not here. They would have to wait until they went home that night. He was quickly reminded of the previous night. A chill went down his mind. That had, by far, been the best night of his life, but maybe tonight would be better…he could only hope.

After Emily was finally discharged and they signed all the papers, everyone left. Morgan called Hotch and asked if they still needed help, but he said no and that they should go home. Secretly, they were all glad. The plane was only 15 minutes so there wasn't much talking between them. It was mostly just a thinking time. When they landed JJ went to her office to grab some case files before she left. As she turned to leave she saw Morgan standing in her doorway.

"Go home Derek." JJ shook her head with a smirk on her face.

Morgan smiled, "I'm going out to dinner with her and I think I'm gonna tell her then. I just wanted to thank you. Without you pushing me, I would never have ever considered doing this, but you're right. It is time."

"Yes! Finally! I'm so glad you're finally doing this, good for you. I hope everything turns out good." JJ turned off the light and exited her office with Morgan walking down the catwalk with her. "You two are going to be really cute together."

"Have you considered what I said?"

"I have," JJ started, "but it's still a no, sorry."

Morgan shook his head. "Alright, Jayje, but you'll regret it. I know you will because Reid's gonna be rich after he wins the Nobel Prize. Then you'll wish you'd taken my advice." He joked with a big grin on his face. It was easy to tell that he was excited.

"Good luck, Derek." JJ smiled and watched him walk out with Emily.

She walked over to Reid, "Derek is gonna tell Emily that he likes her tonight. It's so sweet."

Reid nodded. He hadn't listened much to what she had said, "Come on…" A smile creeped onto his face. "We have somewhere to be…don't we?" His voice was smooth and filled with craving.

The drive back to his house was silent. Reid took the time to prepare himself for what was about to happen for the second time in two nights. This was the best thing ever. He couldn't even imagine doing anything better, not even reading a good book could beat it and Reid had loved doing that. He felt excitement welling up inside him.

JJ, however, with every passing moment felt her head starting to throb again. It was weird, the pain had returned.

Maybe because of all the lights that came during the night time.

Maybe it was just car sickness.

But JJ had the nagging feeling that it had really never left.

It was getting worse. She was having trouble concentrating on anything. All she wanted was for the pain to go away. It was a pounding pain and the only thing she really wanted was to be able lay down, but she also didn't want Reid to be worried.

It would go away on its own like it usually did.

They came to a stop in his driveway and Reid hopped out of the car quickly so that he could around to the other side and open her door for her. He was such a gentleman. He took her hand and helped her out before, while still holding her hand, he led her into his house and then immediately into the bedroom. In an instant she was laying down and he was hovering over her, kissing her neck. This shy, sensitive guy was much different behind closed doors.

But her head was still aching.

"Stop…"JJ said quietly while he was kissing her neck.

He pulled away for a split second. "What is it, can't take the heat?" He joked lightly before going in again and kissing her neck.

"No, Reid…" JJ pleaded, "Stop…stop!" She exclaimed pushing him off. The pain was too great. She couldn't enjoy this, in fact, it was making it worse.

He got off of her with a hurt expression on his face, had he done something wrong? Before he could say anything she was up and out of his bed. He watched her run into the bathroom. From where he was on the bed, he could hear her throwing up into his toilet. Hastily, he rushed in and held her hair back while she crouched over his toilet.

When she finished he lowered himself on to the ground and wrapped his arms around her.

"JJ, what's going on?" He asked, very confused.

JJ was on the verge of tears. Her head was pounding and whenever he spoke, it was worse. It was almost like a hangover, except she hadn't drunk anything. "My head…it hurts again." She whispered quietly.

"Did you hit your-"

"Stop…please stop." JJ sobbed, holding her hands over her ears. Just the sound of him talking made her head throb with searing pain. She didn't know what was wrong, but it was definitely causing her a lot of pain.

"Sorry…I'm sorry." Reid whispered, wrapping his arms around her again. He held her like that while she sobbed in pain. He hated seeing her like this; it almost caused him pain, especially since he felt like he had practically caused it. It seemed like forever until she composed herself.

"Well…" he made sure to still talk softly, "I don't think it's another concussion because…that would be a lot of other symptoms too. It may just be pain from hitting your head after having such a big head trauma a month ago."

JJ nodded in understanding, tears still racing down her cheeks. "What about the pain…?" she breathed.

"Ummm…" Reid bit his lip, "Do you still have your medication from your first concussion? That is probably the best thing." He nodded.

"In my purse." She started to get up, but he shook his head.

"No, JJ. I'll get it. Stay right here." Reid walked off and went to her purse. Inside he found the small bottle of pills that he was looking for. He filled up a cup of water and then went back to her, handing the cup of water and pills to her.

She swallowed them, desperate to get the pain to go away.

"Are you okay to get up?" Reid asked quietly.

JJ nodded and slowly started to get to her feet while holding onto the counter. He quickly came to her side and helped her back over to the bed where she laid down happily. It was a lot more comfortable there. He laid down next to her and wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, knowing that he wanted this to be a fun night.

"No, it's okay." Reid whispered back, rubbing his hand along her arm. "Tomorrow night you can make it up to me." They both laughed a little and then he turned the light off so that they could drift off into the sweet release of sleep.