As the sunlight streamed in through the windows, Emily rolled over shielding her eyes from the harsh rays. With her arm outstretched, she quickly realised that the other side of the bed was disappointingly empty. Switching off her alarm clock before it had even signalled she should be awake; she almost missed the note on the other bed stand on her way to the ensuite bathroom. Picking it up, she couldn't help the grin which spread across her face.

Morning beautiful!

I have the early shift this morning so I had to run, and I couldn't bring myself to wake you up. There's fresh coffee ready to go in the machine 'cause I know you can't go fighting criminal ass without your fix…

I'll call you on my lunch break,

I love you,

Taylor

xx

Emily thought about just how deep she was in this relationship and how lucky she was as she stepped under the spray of the shower.

She was still crying. God how he loved it when they cried, it showed he'd broken their body completely and their spirit would soon follow. Once one died the other one began to beg, beg to that he would end it all. And he would kill them. Eventually. Once he had the answers to the questions he always asked-

Do you understand now how wrong you were?

Have you learned to enjoy what is right?

Do you want to die?

Emily stepped off the elevator and headed straight for the break room to get more coffee. Never as good as the stuff she had at home, not even close, but it would have to do seems as it looked like she'd be facing another day of the never ending pile of paperwork that was her desk.

'Morning Princess' Derek greeted her as she walked to her desk.

'Hey Morgan' she smiled at him. She wondered what she must have done subconsciously to earn the grin that spread across his face.

'Get lucky last night Em?'

She rolled her eyes 'Nope, why Derek?'

'You just look extremely 'satisfied' this morning in a way I only see after the ladies are lucky enough to spend the night with Derek Morgan' he said, his grin spreading even further.

'Is that right? I just had a quiet night in actually' she said, opening a file and therefore preventing the conversation progressing any further into this territory.

The truth was, that yes, she was in a relationship, and yes, she'd love to tell Morgan that she did indeed get lucky last night – more than once in fact – but the team had been unaware for too long for her to spring it on them, and she knew if she just told them outright now it would look like she purposefully lied to them and she didn't think she could deal with the aftermath of her deception. She'd been in the BAU for over a year now and she knew she'd finally become a real part of the team. Hotch had a respect for her now he never had before after the whole Strauss vs. Prentiss fiasco; Rossi had bonded with her straight away, seeming more like a father to her every day. Reid had finally accepted her, and now she knew he had been using, she really wasn't mad at him for being off with her in the beginning. Morgan was her partner, and she trusted him with her life, as he did with her. And then there was Penelope and JJ. They had taken her out on a 'girls night' basically as soon as she joined the team, and now they were best friends, telling each other little secrets and having a laugh at the expense of their other team mates sometimes. That was the part that tore her up the most. She wasn't lying to her team; she just wasn't telling them the whole truth, right?

She told JJ and Garcia about dates, good and bad…she just didn't mention they were all with Taylor.

She told them about the mind-blowing sex she had the night before whenever Garcia called her out on her rushed appearance… she just didn't tell them every wild experience was with Taylor.

She told them of the first real love she met in college, the one she fell for hard and fast… she just didn't disclose the fact that she was still with said lover, even after a break up for a few years, and that they were more in love and stronger than ever.

And she never mentioned that Taylor, the one person she'd go to hell and back for, was a woman.

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