A/N: Math homework gave me a headache and I still have time to kill before my next class so here we go. Last time I checked I still do not own Criminal Minds… wish I did though!!

The first day back at the BAU went fast for both agents. Emily had been out of the office most of the day interviewing people and JJ had a press conference she had to write and prepare. It felt like forever since the last press conference she had written and she was going in pretty rusty on this one, only being briefed on the case the morning of said press conference. The team had informed her that they were extremely glad she was back, as the agent who had filled in for her, wasn't quite as comfortable doing press conferences, and not actually being a media liaison and all. JJ knew it was going to be a long day with the amount of paperwork piled up on her desk, but she knew she could actually take her work home with her if she wanted to, in order to spend more time with Emily. The two had agreed that they would try and get out of the office earlier than 8 o'clock every night but if work piled up, they had agreed it would be ok for Emily and JJ to bring reports home to work on, on a minimal basis. JJ could already feel a migraine coming on as she rubbed the bridge of her nose, which made her smile at the thought of something Emily had told her over the weekend.

"I love it when you do that Jayj. Every time you get stressed or feel a headache coming on, I can always tell. You always rub the bridge of your nose, rub your temples, scrunch your nose, or put your hands on your face and wipe away whatever you think is on there. When you had been taken, I thought I'd never get to see you do that again," Emily told JJ about her stress relieving antics. JJ laughed knowing it was true that she did these things when she had a headache coming on after hours of looking at files or writing up a press conference.

The long night wasn't something that JJ dreaded after being away from work for what seemed like an eternity. She was sure Hotch would want them to stay and try to crack this case before the next robbery because it seemed the victim count was escalating with each one. When Emily returned she went up to JJ's office, it was late afternoon and JJ was still working on perfecting the press conference before she ran it by Rossi and Hotch.

"Hey, we're back. Hotch wants to know how the press conference is coming along?" Emily asked smiling at her girlfriend hard at work. Emily could swear that the only place other than with her that JJ belonged was right here doing what she did best.

"Almost done. Tell him I'll need the team in the conference room in about 10 minutes to run this by. He can schedule the press conference for the 5 o'clock news," JJ explained in her work voice. It had just been a habit, not something she had done on purpose to block out Emily at all.

"Jayj?" Emily asked softly.

"I'm sorry Em. I was caught up in this. Are you ok? This day is going to be a long one. Are you any closer than before?" JJ asked in her normal tone.

"I'm fine. Great actually, you belong here Jayj. But unfortunately, no we aren't any closer. Hotch is depending on your press conference to hopefully get some more clues from people and possibly the unsub himself. The reason he's leaving trinkets is because he wants us to find him, he wants recognition for his crimes. He's also copycatting some robberies that happened about 10 years ago in Alexandria and just changing a few elements to focus on himself," Emily described to JJ what they had figured out at the crime scenes they had visited today.

"Did talking to the families of the suspects help any?" JJ asked curiously.

"No, every family swears that their son couldn't have done it, isn't capable. I swear some people sometimes. We are all capable of doing things we can even imagine at some times in our life, but what causes us not to do those unimaginable things is what makes us who we are," Emily contemplated deeply. It had been something Hotch had told her after a victim had asked her how an unsub could do something like they had done and her response had been that they think differently.

JJ then had an idea when Emily had mentioned son.

"JJ, you look like you just spaced off on me for a sec, what's on your mind?" Emily asked a little nervously. She wasn't sure if it was a good thing that JJ was remembering or thinking about or if it was flashback to what happened to her. Emily suspected that JJ didn't remember much, because she didn't talk about the specific events. It was different to be told that one thing happened to you than actually reliving. She knew what had happened, she knew how they found her and the events surrounding it, but she didn't remember it herself.

"The unsub leaves trinkets correct? Something left behind to remember them by?" JJ asked.

"Yeah, some are little charms, others are just odds and ends with the unsubs signature on it, a star and a moon," Emily explained how things had each been found.

"What if our unsub isn't a man? What if it's a woman? Tell Hotch it's going to be a few more minutes, I need to change some wording around," JJ said as she went back to her press conference she needed to finish.

"A woman? Well it's rare, not impossible, but very rare Jayj, what makes you think it could be a woman?" Emily asked. Emily knew JJ wasn't a profiler but she assisted the team regularly with her ideas. Hotch had even suggested that JJ take the last profile class that was required to be an actual profiler but JJ had told him she wasn't interested. She liked the part of her job where she related to the families and was allowed to care just a little bit.

"The trinkets. Why would a man leave behind trinkets? Why would a man have trinkets in the first place unless it's from a daughter but I mean it's a possibility right Em?" JJ asked waiting for confirmation.

"Yeah, it's a possibility. Look, how about we go down to the conference room and you can present the idea and then Hotch can tell you if you need to change the wording around of your press conference," Emily suggested.

"Good idea. I love bouncing ideas off of you," JJ smiled. She was beginning to love the relationship she had with Emily so much more now that they were back at work because Emily could now hang out in JJ's office without looking suspicious that they were spending too much time together. It was always a good thing when the two bounced ideas off of each other. They no longer had to work around each other trying not to touch each other, trying not to send each other mixed signals which cleared way for actual dedicated work to be done.