Three month and a half months later-
It's after 2am, JJ walks in the front door of the house she shares with Will and Henry. It's dark and quiet. She pads into the bedroom to find Will asleep. She changes into her pj's before pouncing down on the bed next to him. She nudges his shoulder. "Are you awake?" She asks. She gets no response so she nudges him a little harder. "Hey, are you awake."
Will groans. "Huh?"
"Are you awake?" She asks a third time.
Will rubs his eyes and rolls over to look at her. He answers in a groggy voice. "I am now. What time is it?"
"It's just after two am."
"You just gettin' home from work?" Will runs his hand over his sleepy face wondering why JJ is waking him up in the middle of the night.
"Yeah, so what did you and Henry have for dinner?"
"JJ, you did not just wake me up at two am to ask what I fed Henry for dinner?"
JJ sighs. "No... I can't sleep."
"What's up?" Will props himself up on his elbow. "Did your case go bad?"
"No. We caught the unsub but the team is falling apart."
"Over Emily?" Will asks.
JJ nods. "Yep."
"They'll get over it." Will rubs her arm.
JJ explains. "Garcia, Morgan and Rossi are handling it well. I mean, they were shocked to find out Emily was alive but they understood why we had to do it. They're not holding a grudge."
"But Reid is?" Will asks.
"He's being mean and distant. He's making it really uncomfortable to work with him."
"What did he say?" Will asks.
"He kept dropping these remarks about trust and betrayal when I was in the field with him today, then when I confronted him he yelled at me. He said he almost started taking Dilaudid again after Emily died and he implied it would be my fault if he did for lying to him."
Will rubs JJ's arm to offer comfort."You can't make anyone take drugs, JJ. If Reid went back on the pills it would be of his own doin', not yours."
"Spence is so mad at me. I can't work like this." JJ rubs her hand across her head in distress.
"What about Hotch and Emily? Isn't he mad at them?"
"Not so much at Hotch but he's giving Emily the cold shoulder."
"That's because you and Emily crossed the line as co-workers with him. You were more than just co-workers, you were friends and he feels he was betrayed by his friends."
"So, you agree with him for holding a grudge?" JJ asks.
"Not at all. You did what you had to do to protect Emily's life. Let me ask you something, JJ, if you had to do it all over again would you change anything you did?"
JJ thinks a moment before answering. "No. I wouldn't risk putting Emily's life in danger, not even if it cost my friendship with Spence. I'd never do that to Emily."
"So, there you go. It's not your problem. It's Reid's problem. Ain't nothing you can do about it. The boy will come around in time."
"I hope so because work has been real awkward lately. We have to trust and depend on each other in the field." JJ tells Will.
"Listen JJ, as angry as Reid is at you, I know he would have your back in the field. You know, when my sister and I were little we could go at it like cats and dogs with each other in the house but if anyone else ever done wrong to my sister I'd have her back covered in a second."
"I guess you're right."
"I know I am." Will rubs JJ's arm.
"Do you have to work tomorrow night?" JJ asks Will.
Will sighs. "Yeah, you just got done with your case and now I'm working on a case. Yep, I'll be working tomorrow night. Why?"
"Rossi invited us over for a cooking lesson. He invited the team too."
"Sounds like fun but I doubt I'll have this case wrapped up by tomorrow evening." Will tells her.
"I'll have to ask Debbie if she's free to watch Henry." JJ sighs. "Or maybe I just won't go."
"Why wouldn't you go? It sounds like fun and I want to taste whatever Rossi teaches you to cook."
"Spence doesn't want to go because me and Emily will be there."
"That's his problem, JJ. Don't make it yours." Will rubs her shoulder. "Go have fun with your friends."
JJ looks in his eyes. "I love you."
Will leans over to give her a kiss.
JJ grins. "Since I can't sleep you wanna….-"
"Oh... yeah." Will rolls over on top of JJ and they're off, hot kisses and touches until they're both exhausted and fall asleep in each other's arms..