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Lets me know if you are still wanting to read this rather longer than expected story. It's been a bit tricky getting back to it.
I'm actually typing this on a computer today rather then my phone so there may be less mistakes….maybe!
Do we think JJ and Emily will get on their date before they have a new case?
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Emily woke up slowly. Her perfectly weighted duvet encasing her at the perfect temperature on her perfectly balance kingsize bed. She yawned and stretched her legs then arms and gradually opened her eyes to the world. The morning sun was slicing through her room from her new blinds she didn't have the energy to close last night. Her bedside clock read 7:32am. There was no case as yet so no rush to get to the office. That was one of the perks of being the boss. Although the quicker she got to work the quicker she would see her friends. Namely JJ. The one who had her sleeping so soundly after such an emotional day. The one who she had loved for years. The one who had asked her on a date tomorrow night.
She reached for her phone and scrolled through last nights texts. She read them all again. She wondered if you could cause yourself an injury from smiling too much. Her stomach was at it again but it was hunger this time.
Emily rose from her bed to shower, eat and get ready to head in to work. All the time she was promising herself not to overthink and not to talk herself out of the date before she even got there. And she still had to face Luke, Matt and Spencer after what they heard last night.
"Ugh"
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Tara was first in the office. It actually felt smaller when no one was there. Which she found odd. It was a large space but her friends made it feel bigger some how. She still thanks her good fortune every day for her job with the people she has grown to love. She started up her PC and headed to get coffee. She greeted the correspondence delivery technician…or mailman…as she still likes to call him. He nodded at her and went on his way with nothing for her.
With her coffee in hand she headed back to her desk to find JJ sitting at it.
"Morning Tara. How are you?'
"Aww…I'm good Jayj. Managed a half decent sleep last night. You?"
Tara saw JJs cheeks flush slightly "Yeah…I'm good too actually. Slept well" She grinned wide at Tara "So….no sign of any of the boys yet then. This is going to be interesting"
"I think they will be fine. Don't you?" Tara asked "I mean….yes….you should expect a major amount of teasing and probably some crude and possibly disgusting jokes, you especially…but to be fair that's probably just from Me and Pen...but I think they will be happy for you no?"
"I hope so. We have a date tomorrow night" JJ said quietly as she shoved her hands back into her coat pockets.
Tara could tell she was anxious about it. "Really? That's great. I am happy for you guys. I really am"
"Don't you think it may change the group? The dynamics I mean. It could undermine Emily's authority with the boys. I don't know. Its hard enough for her" JJ kept looking from Tara up to the Unit Chief's empty office.
"Yeah it may do….if she was working with any other group of guys. These guys are something else and you know that JJ. Are you just trying to trip yourself up before you even give it a go?" Tara pulled another chair up to sit beside the blonde.
"I don't know….maybe" She started playing with her hair.
'JJ….look at me" Tara gave a quick glance around the office to make sure they were still alone "look at me" Tara had never really seen JJ this unsure before. She did not like it "I know for a fact that Pen and I are rooting for you two….I can not see any of the guys having any problem with this either. We have 3 brothers in those men, and auntie Rossi' JJ snorted at that "who want nothing but our happiness. As we do for them. And we will deal with the higher ups when the time comes. For now…It's just you and Emily. Ok?"
'Yeah….I know. Its just a bit daunting, that's all. And Garcia is worried Emily will hate her for her opening her big mouth…her words not mine"
"I don't think Emily could hate Penelope to be honest…So….what do you have planned for the date then Miss Jareau. I presume you asked her…yes?" Tara winked. She saw JJs demeanour change in a flash. Gone was the small, nervous blonde of 5 seconds ago.
"Of course I asked her…you wouldn't expect her to ask me would you? Jeez….I could shake her sometimes you know?" JJ was laughing.
Tara thought JJ could light up the whole block at this point.
"I have a few things up my sleeve Agent Lewis. But that would be telling….and I'll leave that to Garcia as she is sorting something out for me today, so no doubt she will have to tell someone before she explodes"
"Ah….I look forward to seeing her later then"
Both the agents were laughing and shaking their heads when they heard Alvez drop his bag at his desk floor.
"Well hello there ladies" He said with the biggest grin either them had ever seen him wear.
"Luke" The female agents both spoke and rolled their eyes.
"JJ…" Alvez sat down and said no more but continued to smile at them.
"Get it over with Alvez….say what you have to say and move on" Tara commanded.
"Aww….I haven't got anything to say. Nothing. Nada. Zilch! I'm just in a good mood. That's all"
"Well keep it that way" JJ launched a little pack of sticky neon notes at him off Tara's desk. She missed him but only because he ducked in time. "Ooops….sorry" She glared at Alvez as she got up to move to her own desk.
Luke turned his chair to follow her and Tara saw JJ tense as she must have felt him doing so. The blonde stopped at her desk with her back to Agent Alvez.
"Honestly….Jayj. I have absolutely nothing to say" He fired up his computer and busied himself at his desk.
JJ moved to sit down and looked over at the back of Luke's head and then at Tara who just shrugged at her.
"Heyyyy fellow government agents. How are we today?' Matt strolled into the office next.
"Hey Simmons" Tara replied as JJ just nodded at him at he sat down.
"Gooood morniiiing EffBeeEyyyye" Garcia had arrived. As did the volume. And a large tray of coffee for her colleagues. She proceeded to lay a cup at each desk with thanks in reply "No Reid yet huh?"
"Nah….he may be a bit delicate today" Matt said "We went out for a few beers last night….for um…some man talk" He glance over at JJ and back to his coffee.
"The Doctor is a gentle flower….he doesn't drink like you two animals" Garcia looked worried.
"Aw…he's fine Penelope. He had like 2 beers" Luke waived his hand at her just as Reid walked into the room.
"Hey guys" The young Agent spoke as he arrived at his desk. He did look ok. "Why is everyone looking at me?"
"No reason….youngblood…just glad to see ya!" Garcia handed him his coffee. "Agent Jareau….would you be so kind as to follow me to my office? We have some things to discuss. About work….work things…Crime fighting BAU related things….to talk about" She hurried off without looking back at the team.
JJ gave Tara a sly wink as she left to follow the tech analysis out the door.
Tara waited until JJ was definitely out of earshot "Right you lot….spill? What's going on?" Tara looked at the 3 men in turn "You are being mighty reserved this morning after what we know you heard last night"
They male agents all stopped what they were doing and walked over to Tara's desk pushing or pulling their chairs with them.
"Okaaaay" Tara said as the men crowed round her "A wee bit space would be nice, chaps"
'Oh…sorry" They said edging their chairs back slightly.
"So…." Alvez took the lead as he nodded at the other 2 men "We, us, Reid, Simmons and myself went to the bar after the least shocking, shocking news was put upon us last night"
"The least shocking, shocking news?" Tara raised one eyebrow.
Luke cut in "Yeah…well…at first we were a bit stunned. Then we talked about it and realised it shouldn't be unexpected. At. All. We really should have seen the signs to be fair. I think we all need to have a read at our training manuals again" He spun a finger around the group. "But I'm guessing you knew, and obviously Penelope" He added.
"Yeah we did. Not for long though. JJ was with WIll and Emily can be world class at hiding her feelings. We know that as fact. I had to take a step back and deliberately watch them for a while once I had my suspicions" Tara took a drink of her coffee.
"Tara…Where are they actually at….in terms of their relationship" Reid asked.
"Nowhere yet" Tara replied "They have just came to their senses and have their first date tomorrow night….though I never told you that…ok?" She looked around the room again "Are you all good with this?"
"Hell yeah" Luke answered
"Of course" Matt replied
"It will take a period of adjustment but I am happy for them" Reid looked thoughtful.
"Damn right we are happy for them" Luke continued "I mean don't get me wrong….it's a delight for the imagination…." He paused and laughed as Tara swiped at his his leg "But I am a mature human being"
"You sure about that?" Tara swiped his leg again
"Owww….yeah. I can be mature you know" Alvez rubbed his thigh where Tara had hit him "Anyway….I, we, the 3 of us decided last night that we wont say anything to them. If they want to share with us then that's up to them….but until then, we will just have their backs from afar"
Tara almost high fived them all in the face. She could not believe how lucky she was to know these people. "You guys are the best you know" She said as she hugged each one individually.
"Uhh….we know that" Simmons replied "but we will be wanting updates from you…deal?" He winked and went back to his desk trailing his chair behind him.
"Deal" Tara replied as she spied Prentiss arriving on the floor.
"Ummm….Hi….team" The Unit Chief actually looked uneasy as she eyed the male agents.
"Hey"
"Hey boss….what's in store for us today?" Matt replied without even looking at her.
"Nothing yet" She answered back, still waiting for the onslaught of questions and/or inappropriate taunting.
She heard nothing.
Reid looked up at her with a query on his face 'Oh here comes some socially awkward question from Spencer' Emily thought.
"You really like Science Fiction…right? Do you want to join me at the movie marathon this Friday night? I mean if we don't have a case or that"
Emily broke into a big smile "I would love to Spencer. If we do not have a case…then yes"
'Umm….I like it too you know" Tara threw a paper clip at Reid that got caught in his hair "Oh…shoot…sorry" She shrugged as the unit chief carefully tried to pick it out.
"Well…all right then" Reid said ignoring Emily as she tried to latch on to the small metal item without pulling his hair "The 3 of us will go" He looked happy as he clapped his hands "It's a date" Then his face fell and he started to stutter as he looked up at Emily "Or not a date…a meeting perhaps…I don't know anything about dates…what's a date?...I for one surely don't know…who's dating?...What?...Luke?" Reid's voice had gone up about six octaves by the end of his ramble.
Emily left the paper clip to it and turned to go to her office without another word.
"That was smooth" Matt laughed
"I panicked…sorry"
"You don't say" Tara laughed and threw another paper clip at him.
"Oi!"
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'That wasn't all that bad' Emily thought to herself as she sat down at her desk and she did think that Reid's little moment was incredibly cute. She would have liked to have seen JJ but she's guessing she was with Garcia. It was maybe for the best. She would probably do a Reid anyway. And that wouldn't be cute.
She lifted a hand written note form her desk and read it.
'Gone fishing….half and hour away. Message me if we get a case. Rossi'
For the first time in she didn't know how long she didn't have any pending reports or paper work to deal with and neither did any of her agents. 'Maybe Rossi has right idea' She thought. She got back up from her desk grabbed her bag and went to join the team again.
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"Right…..listen up people" Emily stood in the middle of their desk group "We don't have an urgent case right now….we are just off 2 back to back rough as shit cases so finish up whatever the hell it is you are pretending to do and we will pick this back up on Monday. All I ask from you is 2 hours range time at some point this week"
"Serious?" Luke asked. Emily frowned at him "Okaay….I believe you. I'm outta here"
"Matt….Could you go tell Garcia and JJ the same….and obviously…this is only if no case comes in mean time. Understand? If I get the call you all get the call"
"You know it" Luke said as he was almost out the door already.
Emily walked towards Tara 'Umm….before you go Lewis…..could we have lunch tomorrow…I'm due you a chat I believe"
"Sure thing Prentiss. I will message you later with some details. I look forward to it" Tara smiled, nodded and left.
Each of the agents made their way to where ever they were going and wished, prayed and hoped that any murderers out there would have a break for the week too.
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It will be the date next chapter….if they don't get a case. Let me know what you think folks x
