Friends with Benefits – Part Twelve
Authors Note: Thanks for all the reviews on the last part, even though it took me more than a month to update. It'll probably take me about a week or so to update from now on because I usually don't have the time to sit down and write one full part that's about 3,500 words.
I hope you like this part and please review! (:
"Hey Em..." JJ said as she opened the door for Emily, it was 10 minutes to 7. Derek was just finishing buttoning his shirt up when JJ headed down stairs to get a something to drink and then heard a knock at the door.
"Hey Jayje." Emily smiled as she walked in with a bottle of wine in her hand. "Can I put this in the kitchen?" Emily asked, even though she knew they'd crack it open right away and was already heading into the kitchen. JJ nodded.
"Yeah." JJ smiled. "Morgan's he-" JJ began to say that Derek was still there, but Derek's voice came from the other room as he was walking over.
"Should I come back later so we can continue-" Derek began to say with a cocky smile, but when he saw Emily in the room he immediately stopped what he was saying and his smile fell. JJ pressed her lips together and looked at him and then over to Emily, who was just finishing opening the wine bottle. The cork popped out with a subtle pop. Emily looked up at them. "Emily..." Derek said quickly, as if he'd seen a ghost.
"Oh hey Morgan." Emily said with a big smile. JJ looked from Emily to Derek, she wasn't sure what would happen next, so she decided to say something.
"So Derek's on his way to see Penelope..." JJ mentioned, Emily nodded.
"Tell her I said 'hi'!" Emily said, Derek nodded slowly; unsure if Emily had heard what he said. If she did, Emily was playing it off well. He figured she would taunt him about it if she heard.
"Okay, I will.. bye guys." he said as he quickly walked out, JJ turned towards Emily once she heard the door shut. JJ shut her eyes and shook her head when she saw the look on Emily's face.
"Don't." she warned.
"I wasn't going to!" Emily said, putting her hands up in defense as she started pouring the glasses of wine. JJ nodded and leaned against the counter. "So should I come back later?" Emily asked in a deep voice, imitating Derek, but stopped because she started chuckling, JJ shook her head. She couldn't help but laugh.
"So..." Emily pondered the different things she could say, all of which would get JJ to spill the beans. Particularly about her and Morgan. Emily took a sip of her wine as she thought. "Kinkiest place you've had sex?" she asked as she glanced over at JJ. It was 30 minutes into their first episode and there was a commercial on. They usually spent the commercial breaks asking random and embarrassing questions. JJ raised her eyebrows as she lowered the glass from her lips.
"You asked that question the last time we played this..." JJ recalled the last time they had played, which was a quite a while ago. They haven't gotten that much time to actually sit down and watch TV by themselves, let alone together. Emily made a face as if she were thinking, and then shook her head, playing it off that she didn't remember. They both knew very well that Emily remembered. "Uhm... I'm pretty sure you did." JJ said, she wasn't backing down until Emily admitted that she did, and then hopefully the show would come back on so she wouldn't have to answer the question
"Mmm, Yeah, I know. But that was before you were doing it with Morgan. So cough it up." Emily demanded, but in a subtle tone. JJ raised her eyebrows, but could tell by the look on Emily's face she was not going to win this. JJ nodded as if to say touche, but was still reluctant to tell her. Emily laughed, knowing that she was. "Come on!" she encouraged with a smirk as she took a sip of her wine.
"It's not really kinky..." JJ began, lowering her voice unintentionally when she said the word kinky. The only reason why Emily didn't mention that was because she wanted to know the answer, so she raised her eyebrows with anticipation. "Either on his back porch or on the washing machine while I was doing laundry..." JJ said nonchalantly as she took a sip of wine, looking at the TV as, just SVU came back on. She figured she was going to have to say where anyway, so she might as well not be embarrassed about it. Not hearing anything from Emily after a few seconds, she pulled the glass from her lips and looked at her. Emily's eye's were widened and her mouth hung open slightly. "What? You wanted to know." JJ said simply.
"I know," Emily said as she took a sip of wine and looked at the TV. "But damn..." she emphasized as she shook her head in slight disbelief. "You haven't even been hooking up for 2 months and you're already doing it on the washer? I thought you'd wait until at least month 3." Emily scoffed. JJ smiled and started laughing.
"Yeah, well, we don't exactly stay in the bed most of the time." JJ said with a small chuckle as she took a sip of her wine. Emily's eyes slightly widened as she blew into her wine glass, just before she was going to take a sip of wine. If she had, she would have done a spit -take. What other places are they doing it in? Emily automatically wondered. JJ had a devilish grin on her face as she watched her friends reaction. "You did want to know." JJ laughed.
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The whole car-ride Derek's mind was preoccupied, thinking about how he was going to tell Penelope. He almost ended up missed her street he was so deep in thought. Nothing has every bothered him this much. It was the first time he ever felt guilty about sleeping with a woman. He really valued his and Penelope's friendship, and he knew that was why he felt guilty about it. He didn't know how she'd take it... it's an odd situation him and JJ. He wasn't expecting her to be gung-ho about it right off the bat, but he was hoping she'd at least understand. So he figured he'd start by telling her how he was feeling when it all started... but then he thought that would be a stupid way to tell her. What was he going to say? I was drunk and didn't have sex in about a week and was really horny. Yeah, that was perfect. That brought him back to square one as he walked up the stairs to her apartment and knocked on the door. Everything he did up to the point when Penelope opened the door was self-less. He didn't even realize he had parked the car he was thinking about it too much. Derek looked at Penelope as she stepped back once she saw it was Derek, bringing the door with her. Derek gave her a smile as he walked in. Derek let out a small sigh as he heard the door shut.
"I came here-" Derek began to say at the same time Penelope spoke.
"So I-" Penelope's voice was far more shakier than his, but she stopped once she heard Derek begin to speak. They ended up finishing at the same time. "Uhh, you go first..." Penelope said as she pulled out a seat for herself and sat down, Derek followed her actions and pulled the seat next to hers and turned towards her.
"I came here to tell you something..." Derek said, looking down at the floor as he collected his thoughts. He know how to ease into this and his mind was sort of racing with ways that he could, so he kind of just gave in. "JJ and I are uh..." Derek paused. "Having sex.." he said as he looked up at her. "We have been for more than a month... and I know this is weird for you to hear-" Derek began, but Penelope caught him off guard by speaking up.
"I overheard Emily and JJ talking about it the other day..." Penelope said as she looked down at her over-sized bird ring and started to play with it using her thumb. She let out a breath after a long silence. "So how does this work... I've never been in a situation quite like this before..." Penelope asked slowly. She didn't want to sound upset and was trying hard to hide the fact that she was to him. Derek felt his heart drop, he could tell she was upset even though she was trying to hide it. The tone of her voice and her slightly glassy eyes gave it away.
"Listen, baby girl... I don't expect you to be okay with this right off the bat... I'm sorry you heard that way and I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner.." Derek said as he looked at her, Penelope didn't say anything. Derek waited, he wasn't sure what he could say at this point.
"You could have told me..." Penelope said as she looked up at him. "I might not have understood, but at least I would have known... I sat here thinking you two were just so busy with work to hang out with me. I thought there was this whole 'let's never hang out with Garcia or come up with stupid reasons why we can't hang out with Garcia pact'... JJ would be a month ahead of case files if she was actually working on them. I can't believe I was so stupid!" Penelope exclaimed, at this point, Derek was confused as to what was going on.
"Hey, don't talk like that." Derek scolded as he grabbed her hand to calm her down. "I'm sorry that I lied to you.. and I promise you, that will never happen again. It has been eating me up and I felt guilty not telling you, and I now I know why.. you're my baby girl. And you deserve to know." Derek told her, Penelope nodded and let out a breath. "Do you forgive me?" he asked, Penelope looked up at Derek, and then back down as she pouted her lips.
"Of course I forgive you. Look at you." Penelope said as she looked back up at him. Derek smiled, causing Penelope to smile. "We're not done with this conversation... and just wait til I corner miss JJ about this." she told him, Derek nodded. "It's just a lot to take in." Derek knew exactly what she was talking about and understood where she was coming from. So, he didn't push. They spent the rest of the night laughing and watching TV. Something he always loved doing with his baby girl.
x x x
"You know, I love drinking wine with you. We always have a great time!" JJ gushed as she took the last sip of her 4th glass of wine, Emily had a big smile on her face as she took a sip of her 2nd glass of wine. JJ was clearly drunk, and all Emily could do was grin. It was pretty funny. "You're a really fun person!" JJ said as she put the glass on the coffee table with a clink.
"I'm glad you think so!" Emily laughed as she took the last sip of her wine and got up to bring both of their glasses into the kitchen.
"Can I have another one?" JJ asked from her spot on the couch, Emily laughed to herself and shook her head as she put the wine glasses in the sink.
"The bottle's empty Jayje." Emily said as she grabbed the bottle. "Crap." she mumbled to herself when she felt there was about a half a glass left, she stuck it in the cabinet anyway and decided not to tell her. JJ let out a loud sigh as she looked back at the TV. She wasn't taking anything in, however. She wasn't really focusing on anything in particular. She only realized what was going on when Emily walked back in the living room after washing the two wine glasses. "What'cha thinkin' about?" Emily asked curiously as she sat next to JJ, she knew that look very well. JJ let out a sigh and looked at her.
"I don't know." JJ answered simply, right before she let out a loud yawn. Emily laughed.
"You tired?" Emily smiled, JJ just shook her head. It was obviously a lie, Emily could tell. JJ looked like she was almost forcing herself to keep her eyes opened. "It's already 9, I should be getting home.. c'mon, lets get you to bed." Emily said as she stood up, JJ raised her eyebrows and looked from Emily to the TV. "Stabler will be on tomorrow night... besides, you had a long day." Emily said as she shut the TV off and JJ got up. "Between that case and Derek and the bed..." Emily added with a smirk as she followed JJ to the stairs.
"Actually, Derek was between me and the bed, thank you very much!" JJ stated as she walked down the hall towards her bedroom.
"I bet." Emily laughed as JJ walked into her room. She was better at walking than Emily expected her to be, considering her condition. JJ did, however, bump into the wall a couple of times, but it was better than her falling down, which happened quite a few times on other occasions. Normally, JJ wouldn't be this intoxicated after drinking 4 glasses of wine, but she didn't have a chance to have dinner. And normally Emily would be that intoxicated, but she had to get home to feed Sergio, otherwise she would get bombed and crash on JJ's couch, which she has done on more than one occasion.
"He's a really nice guy, you know... it's not all about the sex..." JJ said as she reached down to pull her socks off, loosing balance each time before Emily grabbed her. Emily raised her eyes and JJ continued before Emily could say anything. It was almost as if JJ was telling Emily because she thought Emily thought Derek was just using her and was bad news. Emily would most likely be thinking that if it were anyone but Derek. Emily knew Derek always has his friends close to his heart. "Even when it is, he never cares about his own pleasure, he always makes sure I'm ready and he never pushes for us to have sex! We just make out, he even stayed over once when I had my period and he didn't care." At this time, Emily was trying not to laugh, but was also focused on getting JJ into bed. "He's so good at it, too! And not the sex, I mean, he's great at that, but he's also good at cuddling! Em, he really likes cuddling." JJ assured Emily, who nodded with a smile.
"That's great, JJ!" Emily said, sounding enthusiastic so JJ didn't become upset that she wasn't, which tends to happen when she's drunk. Emily pulled back the comforter and JJ got into bed. Emily watched JJ's face turn to sadness right when she stopped squirming around and looked like she was comfortable.
"I always feel so safe when he's here, I sleep better, too." JJ said as she pulled the comforter close to her as if to get the same security she has when Derek's there. JJ then looked to Emily. "Thanks Emily.." JJ said once she fully grasped the fact that Emily had been helping her into bed and taking care of her. Emily rubbed JJ's arm affectionately.
"Anytime. I'll set your alarm for you..." Emily said as she looked at JJ's alarm clock and pressed the 'set' button. 5:30 was already pre-set as the time, so she clarified: "5:30, right?" JJ nodded. "Alright, Call me if you need anything, okay?" Emily asked, JJ nodded. Emily smiled as she turned out of her room, turning the light off on the way. She had a goofy grin on her face, mostly because of what JJ said about Morgan. She totally knew it.
x x x
"Hey, thanks for taking care of me last night..." was the first thing JJ said to Emily the next morning as she walked over to Emily's desk to give everyone files. JJ got into work about 30 minutes before everyone else got in, which was 15 minutes ago. The first thing Emily did was laugh, partly because JJ was thanking her and partly because of last night.
"Anytime." Emily laughed. "Let's not forget how many times you take care of me..." Emily mentioned, JJ laughed a little and nodded. There were many times JJ has taken care of Emily and vise vera. It wasn't a burden to either of them, it was just what friends did for each other.
"Well," JJ scoffed. "I have new case files for you guys." JJ said as she glanced over at Spencer, who was focused on a book he was reading. She figured he finished up the case files she gave him already, he usually finished much quicker than Emily or Derek. Emily glanced over and laughed a little as JJ put some files on Emily's desk, just as Derek walked behind JJ.
"Hey JJ... you have time to talk?" he asked as he stood to her left with a coffee cup in his hand, JJ looked over to him and nodded.
"Yeah.. just let me give these files to Hotch. You wanna wait in my office?" she asked, Derek nodded.
"Sure." he said as he turned and headed for JJ's office. JJ glanced behind her and watched him walk away for a moment before looking at Emily, whose eyebrows were raised. JJ shrugged and gave Spencer some files and greeted him then put some files on Derek's desk. She went up to take a pile of files to Hotch, who asked her about how the case went yesterday and asked if she could see him after the briefing at 10. After that she headed back through the bullpen.
"Oh, JJ.." Emily said just as JJ was going to walk by her, JJ stopped. "Reid and I were just talking about getting a drink after work tonight and getting everyone else on board, you up for it?" Emily asked, JJ thought for a moment.
"I'll let you know, but I most likely can." JJ said as she started walking away again, Emily nodded, understanding that she had to get to her office. That's how most of their go conversations at work. JJ headed to her office and got there about about 10 minutes after she had talked to Derek. She opened the door and saw Derek sitting in one of the chairs that were across from her desk.
"You know, you really need to clean out your office..." Derek mentioned with a smile and a small chuckle as she shut the door behind her. The table behind her desk was stacked with files a few feet tall and her desk even had a couple of piles on it.
"It's harder than you think." JJ said as she went over and sat at her desk. "Hotch wants me to look over a case before the briefing.." JJ said as she sat down and started looking for the case Hotch had been talking about in the stack of files that was on her desk. "How'd it go with Penelope?" she'd been itching to know. She couldn't stop thinking about it the other night because she was worried about what Penelope would think. Hence the reason she didn't really hesitate to get drunk; which she wasn't too happy about the reason she got drunk.
"It went surprisingly well... there's still some stuff to talk about on that subject, but it's a little touchy now. Which, I expected." Derek explained, JJ nodded as she pulled the file out of the stack and set it on her desk.
"Good... I think I'm going to go talk to her sometime today. I think it would be the best thing to do, seeing as it's not just you that's in this situation." JJ said, Derek nodded.
"That's a good idea. She was plannin' on cornering you anyway." he chuckled, JJ laughed and nodded. Her smile fell slightly. Until now, Spencer had been in the back of her mind for quite some time now regarding this situation. She knew he couldn't stay there any longer. His friendship means as much to her as Emily's and Penelope's do. She was kind of worried about what he would think of her and she couldn't pin-point why she was feeling that way.
"I'd hate to kick you out, but..." JJ trailed off as she looked down at the case file, Derek chuckled and nodded as he stood up. "Hey..." she said, Derek looked at her. "You busy tonight?" she asked, Derek raised his eyebrows. "Not like that... Em and Spence are trying to get the whole team to grab a drink after work if nothing comes up." JJ answered, Derek nodded.
"Yeah, I'm in. I'll see you later."
(So that's it for this part, It was getting pretty long. I hope you liked it and please review! Next part will be out soon!)
