The following week, JJ had received the good news that she had been accepted into the BAU's apprenticeship programme. Her and Emily celebrated with Italian takeout, and a very nice bottle of champagne Emily had been keeping for a special occasion. It wasn't often that Emily let people this close to her, but she knew JJ was worth every bit of worry and concern she had. JJ's birthday was fast approaching, November 22nd was the day, and Emily was battling with what to get the blonde as a present. She had even recruited the help of Penelope, in hopes that she'd know what to get.
Luckily, she had a few tricks up her sleeve, and with the recent developments towards JJ's future career, she hoped that the blonde would enjoy what she had planned.
"Em! Where are you taking me?!" JJ giggled; eyes covered with a blindfold as Emily pulled into the parking lot of the venue.
"We're here. You can take the blindfold off now Jen." Emily laughed, fumbling with the ribbon on the back to release it from JJ's eyes. She gave JJ a very light kiss on the lips before pulling the material away completely.
"What is this place?" JJ looked around for a sign, furrowing her brows when she couldn't find one.
"Come on, I'll show you." Emily patted JJ on the thigh, unbuckling her seatbelt and sliding out of the car. She circled, letting JJ out and taking her hand to lead her into the secure looking building.
"Good afternoon, miss Prentiss." the guy behind the counter greeted Emily, only making JJ's even more confused.
"Hi Brandon. Have you got everything ready for us?" Emily asked politely.
"Yes, it's all set up, and we're made sure no one else is here for the duration of your visit. Good luck and be safe." Brandon smiled at Emily and then JJ, stepping out from behind the desk and leading them through another door.
"You brought me to a gun range?!" JJ squeaked, looking gobsmacked at Emily.
"Is this okay Jen? I just thought after what happened in the BAU and-"
"Yes! Oh my god, yes this is awesome!" JJ flung her arms around Emily to show her appreciation.
"You've got a Glock-26, SIG-Sauer P228 and a Smith & Weston revolver for pistols. I also added the HK416 in there seeing as it's her birthday." Brandon smiled at JJ.
"You're the best Brandon. Thank you." Emily smiled brightly at the young man, then watching him disappear from the room. She put the safety glasses on her face, passing a pair to JJ. "Okay, before we start, the anatomy of a pistol." Emily started. She began showing JJ each part, not that the blonde was completely oblivious, having done a bit of research after the incident at the FBI office the week before. When Emily was confident JJ understood, she passed the blonde a pair of ear protectors, putting her own on and pulling her own weapon from its holster on her hip. She fired 6 rounds, nailing the middle of the target each time before making the gun safe and placing it on the bench in front of her. She took the protectors off, JJ doing the same before she spoke again.
"The guns are mostly the same, just different names and some have different specs. In Virginia, you can legally carry a handgun as long as it doesn't hold more than 20 rounds. Here-" Emily put her protection back on, guiding JJ between the dividers with her and handed her the firearm.
"Ready the gun." Emily raised her voice so JJ could hear her. JJ clicked the safety off and aimed at the new target. Emily took a step back, allowing JJ the room she needed to be able to fire safely and tapped her on the shoulder to signal she should start. JJ let off 6 rounds, the same as Emily before making the gun safe and placing it on the bench.
"Jeez." Emily breathed before laughter rolled through her. "Are you sure you've never fired a gun before?" the brunette looked at the target, seeing the tight grouping in the middle.
"Never. Is that good?" JJ nodded towards the target, then turning to look at her the older woman.
"I've never seen a first timer get them so close together... and you hit the middle." Emily chuckled. JJ looked at her with a raised eyebrow, her question seemingly not answered. "Yes babe, you did really good."
"Awesome. Can we do more?" JJ grinned like an idiot, keen to continue. Emily nodded, smiling back just as brightly. They fired the remaining handguns, taking their turns and JJ impressing Emily even more with her newfound skills. She was a natural, Emily just wondered how much more talent JJ had hidden away, yet to be discovered.
"Okay. This is an assault rifle, it's what the SWAT teams use. If you don't want to use it that's fine, I will say it is good fun though." Emily smiled, picking up the pre-loaded rifle. Emily readied the firearm, signalling JJ to move back and observe from a safe distance as she opened fire on the targets at the back of the range. Going through the clip, she chuckled to herself when she returned the rifle to the bench.
"Holy shit." JJ's mouth was open slightly, finding herself unbelievably turned on by watching Emily.
"I miss having these at my disposal." Emily turned to look at the blonde. "What?"
"Oh- Um, nothing." JJ shook herself out of her thoughts, ignoring the heat creeping onto her face. Emily raised a knowing eyebrow, walking towards where JJ stood and took the blonde's ear protection off.
"I know that face." Emily whispered.
"You do?" JJ swallowed harshly at the closeness.
"If I put my hand in your panties right now, just how wet are you going to be?" Emily pulled back, eyes dark and glistening with desire.
"Fuck." JJ whispered, eyelids shutting quickly when she felt Emily's hand on her hip.
"Do you like watching me shoot? Does it turn you on Jennifer?" Emily's said, low and husky, her own arousal evident through the tone of her voice. JJ nodded, not trusting the words to come from her mouth. "There's cameras all over this place, you're just going to have to wait for me." Emily whispered, quickly pulling away and walking back to the bench. She reloaded the rifle, setting it up ready for JJ to have a go. JJ stood there for a second, regaining her composure before she stepped towards the weapon. Taking the same stance Emily had done moments before, she felt Emily's hand leave her shoulder and she fired at the target. The adrenaline flowing through her made every nerve feel like it was on fire, only making her arousal so much more intense.
"Are we done?" JJ turned to ask once she was finished.
"We can be, if that's what you want my love." Emily smiled warmly.
"Yes, please." JJ nodded.
"You did so good Jen, I'm proud of you." Emily wrapped her arm around JJ's waist, pulling her close.
"Thank you for bringing me here, I had fun." JJ kissed Emily's cheek to show how thankful she was.
"You're more than welcome. Come on, I do believe Penelope has a surprise for you at home." Emily let out a little laugh, guiding the blonde out of the room, saying goodbye to Brandon before leaving the building. Once buckled up in the car, Emily made her way to her apartment instead of JJ's dorm, which confused the blonde.
"I thought you were taking me home?" JJ asked, glancing over to Emily as she turned onto her street.
"I meant my home." Emily smiled.
"Penelope's at your apartment?" JJ gave the brunette a suspicious look, wondering just what they were up to. Emily pulled into the underground parking, turned the engine off and left. JJ followed quickly, grabbing her coat and running to join the brunette at the elevator. "What's going on?"
"You'll see." Emily smiled, hand coming to JJ's back to guide her. As soon as the doors closed, Emily had JJ against the back wall, kissing her slowly. It was immensely passionate, making JJ weak at the knees. It lasted for what felt like forever, only being interrupted by the ding of the bell signalling they had arrived at Emily's floor. The brunette pulled away reluctantly, lacing her fingers into JJ's and pulled her to the front door. Once safely in the confines of Emily's apartment, she relaxed. That was until Penelope came running through from the kitchen and jumped on her anyway.
"Happy Birthday JJ!" Penelope squealed.
"Thanks Pen, but you literally saw me this morning." JJ chuckled, patting her friend on the back as she returned the embrace.
"I know – I just wanted to say it again." Penelope gave her an extra squeeze before letting her go.
"Is it all ready?" Emily asked Penelope.
"Yes." Pen nodded, grinning to the brunette as she did.
"Is what ready?" JJ's eyes flitted between the pair, scowling at the devilish look they had on their faces.
"Come on." Penelope laughed, grabbing her and dragging her into the living room. When JJ stepped through the open archway, the first thing she saw was Spencer and Derek stood by the fireplace. Then she noticed the table to the side, covered with an assortment of food and alcohol, all set for them to sit and eat. On the coffee table sat several presents, all varying in colour and size.
"What's all this?!" JJ laughed, looking around the room.
"Your 21st birthday." Spencer beamed.
"You voiced your annoyance for big, flashy parties, so we thought a small and personal affair would be best." Penelope chattered away.
"I love it, thank you guys." JJ grinned. "I love you all."
"Let's eat before the food goes cold!" Derek piped up, walking over and pulling out the chair at the head of the table for JJ, and then doing the same for the chairs next to her for Emily and Penelope. They sat chatting and eating the Italian inspired spread from Emily's, and now JJ's, favourite restaurant. Penelope was on cocktail duty, concocting some of the most horrendously strong combinations you could possibly think of. Before long, they were all a little buzzed and Spencer was herding the adults to the couch so JJ could open her presents.
"You didn't have to get me anything!" JJ rolled her eyes, she secretly hated being the center of attention, even if it was her birthday.
"Pipe down and open the presents, blondie." Derek joked, Penelope punching him in the arm playfully. JJ chuckled, accepting the gifts Spencer was passing over to her. The first was a framed picture of them all in costume from Halloween, sat in the booth at O'Keefe's. The second was a book titled 'The Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were'.
"Thanks Spence." JJ held up the random book, giving him a look.
"I think you were drunk when we discussed it, but you had a fascination with wizards and fairies. I saw that and thought of you." Spencer explained the gift.
JJ started giggling, knowing exactly what Spencer was talking about. Their first weekend at Georgetown they were all huddled in the girl's dorm room, doing their assignments and drinking vodka. The conversation got completely carried away and JJ ended up talking about fairies, vampires and werewolves.
"You remembered." JJ smiled brightly.
"Duh, eidetic memory." Derek chipped in, rolling his eyes.
"Thank you, I can't wait to read it." JJ shot Derek an evil glare, before returning a warm gaze to the young man.
"Here." Penelope grabbed her giftbag and passed it over to JJ. Rifling through the bag, JJ grasped onto silk material, carefully pulling it out. A dusky blue dress unfolded before her eyes, the length hitting the floor before she had a chance to stop it.
"Pen, this is gorgeous!" JJ looked awestricken at the garment.
"That's for tonight, we're hitting O'Keefe's for a couple drinks!" Penelope clapped excitedly. "There's more in there by the way." JJ peered into the bag. On seeing the items inside, she blushed furiously, shooting a 'I'm going to kill you' glare at Penelope before placing the bag back on the floor.
"I'm not getting that out in front of those two." JJ raised an eyebrow, eyes shooting to the two men opposite her.
"What is it?" Emily tilted her head quizzically.
"No!" Penelope shot up from her seat. "Later."
"Riight." Emily chuckled, looking over to JJ and smirking.
"Jayje, open mine next." Derek handed her the gifts off the table.
"Sure." she took the small presents from him, tearing open the small one first. "You got me Redskins tickets?!"
"A buddy of mine has a box, I thought you could take Emily." Derek smiled.
"Oh no, you go with her Derek." Emily piped up.
"Don't like football Prentiss?" Derek joked.
"Eh, can take it or leave it. But you should go with her, it's your gift to her." Emily shrugged.
"Are you sure?" JJ looked between the two of them.
"Yes, my love." Emily smiled.
"Oh, this is gonna be so awesome!" JJ clutched the tickets between her hands, smiling brightly at her best friend. JJ tore open the next gift from the young man, pulling out a team jersey with her name printed on the back. She was excited to go to the game with her friend, and now she had something to remember it by. The last person to give her a gift was Emily.
"Okay, I've got 2 things here from Rossi and then mine." Emily smiled, handing her over the two heaviest gifts on the table.
"Jesus, what the hell is this?" JJ giggled, lifting the wrapped gift in her hands and giving a little show. She opened the tall one first, pulling out a very nice-looking bottle of scotch. She looked over at Emily a little confused.
"He's got a thing for expensive scotch. Even if you're not a scotch drinker, you will like that one." Emily chuckled, taking it from the blonde so she could open the flat present. She already knew what this gift was, and she watched JJ intently as she unwrapped it carefully.
"Holy shit, is this what I think it is?!" JJ looked gobsmacked again. Holding it up to read the words on the front page, a little squeal of excitement came from her mouth and made the others laugh. "It's his new book!"
"No fucking way!" Derek stood up, moving behind the couch JJ was sat on to get a look.
"Why would he give me this?" JJ asked.
"He knows how much you liked the others, and how it influenced your decision to go into psychology and profiling." Emily offered a warm smile.
"I have you to thank for this then." JJ smirked at Emily, leaning over and kissing her on the cheek. "Thank you."
"Don't thank me, thank him. He only gives the manuscripts to people he really, really likes." Emily joked.
"What did you get me?"
"It seems that me and Spencer had the same idea for one of them." Emily passed JJ the small rectangular gift, who opened it quickly. Turning it, she found the image of the two of them from the night of the Homecoming afterparty, both pulling a silly face. It had the date on the corner of the frame.
"I love it, thank you Emily." JJ kissed her on the cheek again, going back to look at the photo.
"Right! Go get your asses ready, O'Keefe's is calling my name!" Penelope interrupted the moment, standing up and disappearing into the kitchen.
"Would you mind if I had a shower?" JJ looked back up at Emily.
"Go ahead, I'll hang this up for you. I also have a pair of heels that would look amazing with this." Emily picked up the dress as she stood, holding her free hand out for JJ to take. JJ grabbed the bag that had the remainder of Penelope's gift in, knowing that would be safest left in the brunette's bedroom and not for the nosy men in the room.
JJ walked into the bar in her new dress, the slit in the side making the material flow as she walked. On her arm, was Emily, in a tailored black suit and red lace body. They looked a very attractive couple, and they certainly turned a few heads as they made their way to the bar. JJ fumbled in her purse, pulling out the small booklet. Emily couldn't hold her laughter when she noticed what the blonde was holding, flicking it open to make her decision for the night.
"I'll have a screaming orgasm, a warm blonde and two vodka sodas please!" JJ shouted to the barmaid over the loud music.
"More than happy to give you a few of those later." Emily spoke in her ear, watching the blonde shudder in response.
"I should hope so, it's my birthday after all." JJ played, winking at the brunette.
"It's your birthday?" the barmaid overheard their conversation, punching the two shots out on the card.
"Yes!" JJ grinned.
"On the house." the young woman smiled. "Happy birthday!"
"Would you look at that, free drinks." JJ giggled, taking the first shot and knocking it back. The second one quickly followed and then they went to join their friends in the booth.
"I have practice first thing so I'm going easy tonight." Derek held his hands up.
"Sure, we've got plans tomorrow too so I'd rather avoid the hangover if possible." Emily chuckled.
"We've got plans?" JJ glanced at the brunette.
"Yep." Emily nodded as she took a swig of her drink.
Two hours passed them by in a flash, and before they knew it, they were stood outside saying their goodbyes for the evening. Emily took JJ back to her apartment, thankful to finally get the blonde to herself for some much-needed alone time. She pulled the blonde straight into the bedroom, ridding herself of her suit jacket and heels as they kissed passionately.
"What else did Pen get you?" Emily asked, slightly breathless.
"Why don't you have a look." JJ sniggered, handing Emily the bag. Emily dipped her hand in, pulling out a pair of pink fluffy handcuffs.
"Really?" Emily chuckled. "I still like my one's better."
"I'm yet to see those." JJ titled her head; a seductive look painted her face as she stepped towards the brunette.
"Was that it?" Emily asked.
"No - I thought I'd give you the pleasure of unwrapping that one yourself." JJ stepped closer again. Emily furrowed her brow, watching JJ lift the skirt of her dress to reveal lace underneath, her eyes going wide when she realised.
"Thank you, Penelope Garcia." Emily tilted her head upwards, hands coming together as she praised the bubbly blonde. JJ laughed, kicking her shoes off and closing the distance between the two of them completely. Lips crashed together and hands attached themselves firmly to hips. JJ shrugged the straps on her dress down, and Emily caught the rest, peeling it away from her athletic figure. JJ stood before her in baby blue lace, intricately patterned and gorgeous against her tanned skin.
"You look beautiful Jen." Emily rasped, pulling away and taking in the sight stood before her. "God, I love lingerie."
"Me too... you're wearing far too much." JJ's fingers quickly worked the brunette's pants button, pushing them down until they pooled at her feet. Emily stepped out, hands wrapping around her back to undo the butterfly fastenings of her bodysuit. Once done, she slipped out of the lace, standing completely naked in front of JJ.
"Better?" Emily smirked.
"Much." JJ grinned. She watched Emily jump onto the bed with enthusiasm, crossing her legs as she sat upright and made grabby hands for the blonde to join her. JJ complied immediately, crawling up the bed and sitting in Emily's lap, legs settled behind her as she was pulled closer. Emily got her chance to 'unwrap' JJ as she sat on her thighs, making sure to pay extra special attention to the blonde's perfect pink nipples before hands went roaming further.
After her second screaming orgasm, JJ made sure to repay the brunette well, giving her a few of her own before they collapsed onto the bed, exhausted from the vigorous activities. That's when Emily got up and disappeared into her closet. She came back holding a small blue bag, passing it to JJ before returning to her original position.
"What's this?" JJ asked, a little confused.
"The last present of the day." Emily smiled warmly at her. JJ shook her head slightly, a small laugh escaping her mouth as she pulled the box out of the bag. She gave Emily a look, before opening it. Laid against the soft satin was a silver crescent moon pendant, hanging from a dainty chain. She plucked it from the box, holding it between two fingers as she took in every small little detail on it.
"Emily..." JJ breathed, eyes stinging with tears. She heard Emily move next to her, the bedside table drawer opening and then shutting again seconds later. Emily turned to JJ, a golden sun pendant in the palm of her hand, noticing the missing crescent sized section to one side.
"Have you ever heard the story of the sun and the moon?" Emily asked quietly. JJ shook her head. Emily recited the story, word for word, watching JJ intently the whole time until those beautiful blue eyes met hers. Emily was almost in tears seeing that JJ had tears of her own. JJ closed the space between them, laying a gentle kiss to Emily's lips and then pulling away. JJ handed Emily her necklace, silently asking to help put it on. When she did, JJ took Emily's from where it sat on the covers in her lap, doing the same for the brunette.
"You are my sun, Jennifer." Emily whispered, foreheads resting on one another.