A/N: To make up for the last chapter, here is a new one :)
The following morning, JJ was the last one to arrive to the bullpen. It was very unlike her to come in late, but staying inside her car for ten minutes rehearsing on how-to-act-like-nothing-wrong-ever -happened didn't help her punctuality. Entering the BAU's bullpen meant confronting Emily and keeping the team unaware of what happened between them. And she didn't know how to do that.
Once the elevator doors opened, the blonde tried to seem as relaxed as she could. She entered the bullpen, and gazed around. Derek, Reid, Emily and Rossi were all there.
She took a deep breath and put on her very own JJ-smile.
"Good morning guys." She said.
They all greeted her back. All, except Emily, which merely gazed at her and looked back at the files she was holding.
"So, how was your night, JJ?" Derek Morgan asked, a playful grin on his face. He was obviously referring to the fact that the day before she didn't go to work to stay with Henry and Will.
"That's none of your business, Morgan." JJ smiled at him, whilst putting down her suitcase and taking off her coat. Morgan laughed. Emily rolled her eyes.
At the end of another day of filling in paperwork, the BAU team started leaving the bullpen and heading home.
JJ and Hotch, as usual, were the last ones out. But this time, Emily stayed back, waiting for JJ.
When they were leaving for the elevator, the brunette showed up.
"Hey JJ, can I talk to you for a second?"
JJ glanced at her, questioning her timing with just her gaze. She looked at Hotch, who said he had to go, and left both women alone.
The blonde waited for him to get in the elevator.
"Couldn't you have waited for another time to approach me? Did it have to be with Hotch right by my side?" JJ asked, with a shocked expression. She looked around, making sure no one else was in the bullpen.
Emily couldn't believe that those were the words that left JJ's mouth after an entire day without saying a word to her, two days actually, if she was to count the day before. She was speechless…
"Seriously JJ?"
Staring into Prentiss' hurt eyes made JJ retract her aggressive defense mechanism.
"I'm sorry Emily", the blonde pressed her hand against her forehead before letting them fall freely beside her body. "What do you expect me to do? I messed up… with you… I'm trying to…." JJ rabbled, but Emily interrupted her.
"You can't pretend like nothing happened between us, Jayje. It's not just a kiss anymore."
"I'm not pretending it didn't happen!" JJ exclaimed. She turned away, trying to calm herself.
Emily too was starting to get stirred.
"You're not? Is that why you didn't come to work yesterday? Is that why you haven't even looked at me today? Gosh JJ, you just ran back into Will's arms after you left my bed! Can you imagine how that made me feel? Didn't it mean anything to you?"
JJ was walking back and forth. At Emily's last question she stopped on her heels and gazed at her. The blonde moved towards Emily, till they were just inches apart. Her voice came out no louder that a whisper.
"I love Will. I have a family with him, a son, a house. I can't ruin that! What happened between us was a big mistake, Emily. It should never have happened!"
Emily watched JJ's lips move as they sculpted those offending words. She shook her head.
"Then why did it happen JJ? Why did you come to my house the other night?" The brunette gently grabbed JJ's arms with her hands, pulling the other woman closer, "Why did we end up moaning each others names, JJ?" She continued.
But JJ flinched, moving away from Emily's grip.
"Emily, remember where you are. There are cameras here." The blonde dodged.
"Then just answer me!" Emily demanded.
JJ turned her back on Emily again. She started walking to the exit, in a quick pace. Emily noticed it, and she tried to stop the blonde.
"JJ, answer me!" Emily shouted, reaching out to grab JJ's right arm.
The blonde turned around in one swift move.
"I cannot have feelings for you, Emily. Don't you see?" JJ said, whilst freeing herself from Emily's grip and exiting the bullpen, leaving Emily behind, motionless.
Prentiss couldn't see it, but the moment JJ turned away, tears started forming in her eyes.
A/N: Tell me what you thought of this chapter in a review. I really appreciate it.
Happy Easter to all of you*
