Criminal Minds One-Shots
One-Shot 9: A follow up to JJ telling Morgan about her sister, in which Spencer finds out
Disclaimer: I do not own CM characters.
By the time JJ arrived home to her small apartment, it was after midnight. It had been one of the longest days of JJ's life. She was grateful that Morgan had all but forced her to come clean about Rosaline. She desperately needed to talk about it and there was no way she was going to bring it up to any of her colleagues of her own volition.
That being said, the phone call she got about twenty minutes after arriving home wasn't entirely unwelcome.
"Hey, Spence, what's up?" the media liaison greeted tiredly.
"Hi, JJ," Spencer spoke slowly on the other end. "Are you busy?"
JJ sighed. "Nope. Is everything okay?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine," Spencer replied, realizing that his friend might think that there was something the matter with him. "It's just that I'm right outside your apartment."
"What?"
JJ walked to the door of her one bedroom apartment and looked through the peephole, and the young genius was indeed standing outside her door. The blonde opened it. "What's going on, Spence?"
"Can I come in?" he asked.
JJ nodded. "Not that I'm ever unhappy to see you, but what are you doing here so late? Is your mom okay?"
JJ led Spencer to the couch in the area she designated as her living room and sat down, gesturing for him to do the same. "My mom is perfectly fine. I'm here because I am worried about you, JJ."
The small-town girl sighed. "Did Morgan or Hotch tell you something?"
"No, if you told either of them something in confidence, I'm sure they wouldn't talk to someone else about it. Definitely not me. I did notice that you seem sad."
"I'm fine, Spence," JJ assured.
"Look, JJ, I don't know what's going on," Spencer started, "but I do know that my friend is hurting, and when I see her in pain, I want to make it stop."
JJ nodded and took a deep breath. "Um, I had a sister."
"Really? I didn't know that," Spencer said.
"Yeah," JJ confirmed. "Her name was Rosaline. She killed herself when she was seventeen."
"How old were you?" Spencer asked.
"I was almost twelve." JJ reached up to finger her necklace. "She gave me this right before…." The blonde sniffed. "It's just this case, you know?"
Spencer nodded. "We all have certain types of cases that get to us. After a case involving kids, Hotch goes home to Jack as soon as possible. Any case involving sexual abuse gets to Derek. I always think of my mom when the unsub is schizophrenic. It's completely normal to be affected by that type of trauma."
JJ nodded slightly. "I was the one who found her."
"Exactly," Spencer pointed out. "You don't need to be ashamed, JJ. You're not weak. You're human."
JJ smiled through her tears. "Thanks, Spence." She reached over to hug her friend. "You really are my best friend, you know that right?"
Spencer smiled. "I've never had a best friend before."
After a moment, JJ pulled out of the hug. "Well, now you do. Thank you for coming over. You and Morgan have been so patient with me today."
Spencer shrugged. "That's what best friends do."
AN: Did you like? I have a few more prompts to write, but I am running out, so please request some! Thanks for reading guys and please review!