Chapter 3
Emily laid by the pool at the Prentiss mansion in the Hamptons with JJ fussing around her.
"Sweetheart, please come and sit down, talk to me, please." Emily asked
JJ smiled and sat down smiling at her wife
"Are you still mad at Hotch and the team?" She asked smiling at her wife
"Yes! He nearly killed you! I don't think I will ever forgive him. The thought of loosing you makes me feel physically ill." JJ answered with a lot of anger "Morgan and the rest off the team possibly in time." She sighed
Emily was afraid of this, "so, your never going back to the FBI?" She suddenly asked her wife
JJ just looked infuriated that she had the nerve to ask her that question. She just shook her head.
"NO! Don't dare tell me you are considering returning to HIS! team?" Asked a obviously furious blonde
"I earned my place on the team, it's family." Emily replied
"FAMILY!" JJ Shouted "Yeah, Family, I forgot sorry sweetheart." JJ looked at her wife in disbelief.
Jennifer reclined her sun chair and just tried to calm down, Emily was starting to annoy her.
"Can we talk about this later? I need to calm down and I don't want to start an argument." JJ asked Emily
"To be continued." Emily replied with a sigh.
JJ's cell phone rang to pierce the deadly silence.
"Hello." Elizabeth
"How's Emily? I have a possible job offer for you. Can you phone me when you both return to Washington?" Her Mother-in-law asked
"She's being infuriating, she is thinking about returning to the BAU. Off course, I will call when we return." JJ replied
"Would you like to speak to gimpy?" JJ asked with a smile
JJ passed the phone to her smirking wife after she said good bye to the ambassador.
EJ
The BAU team had returned to Quantico late last night. Hotch and Morgan sat in Chief Strauss outer office waiting to see her as ordered. They both had to answer the complaint JJ had brought against them both.
Strauss herself asked both men into her office.
"Take a seat agents. I have former SSA Jareau's statement from the night in question. She claims your mishandling of the incident almost cost her wife her life. I have spoken to SSA Prentiss Physician with her consent. He has explained how serious her allergic reaction had been. Why did you remove Prentiss NOK from the ambulance?" She asked
"We needed to inform the press our UnSub Alfred Thomas had been killed during our raid." He replied justifying his decision.
"I have spoken to Mayor Billings, he had informed the press almost immediately. He wanted to make sure the information was circulated as soon as possible. You knew that, he phoned and told you. Knowing that why did you insist Jareau leave her wife and conduct the press conference. Which could clearly wait. Former SSA Jareau, claimed you were pressurised into it by the town's mayor. A fact she overheard you tell your team in the hospital. Is that correct?" She waited for his answer
"Yes, in hindsight I should have let Jareau go with her wife in the ambulance. SSA Prentiss would never have gone into Anaphylactic shock, because she would've informed the doctors of her new allergy." He answered honestly
Strauss turned to Morgan
"SSA Morgan did you agree with his order, when he refused to allow SSA Jareau to go with her injured wife?" Asked Strauss
"At the time yes, but now I think he was wrong. But hindsight is a marvellous thing." He answered
"SSA Morgan you broke your restraining order within 30 minutes of being served. You had to be refused entry into SSA Prentiss hospital room by security. Unfortunately for you her wife witnessed your actions, she decided to save the FBI the embarrassment of your very public disregard for U.S law. She is willing for you to be punished by the FBI. Not what I would expect from a federal agent. Do you have anything to say?" She asked annoyed
Morgan just shook his head "No ma'am, I have no excuse. A contrite Morgan replied
Strauss continued asking the two agents questions for the next few hours. She repeated her question trying to trip them up.
"Thank you. I will review everything and come to my conclusion. I will have my recommendations in a few days for you both. Aaron off the record it was a poor decision. Looking at your face you know how close we came to losing Prentiss." She dismissed the pair.
EJ
"You stubborn, woman!" Shouted Emily at her wife
"Stubborn! Look who's talking? I Learnt everything from you sweetheart." Snarked JJ
"Rescind the restraining order, I want to talk to my friends. You know the people we have worked with for years. Who's being stubborn now?" Shouted Emily
"WHAT!"
The two women stood glaring at each other waiting to see who broke first.
"Fine!" Snarled JJ
She sent a text to the family lawyers to cancel the orders with the issuing judge. She received a reply telling her it would be done by the end if the day.
"Happy! It's done." JJ snapped
"Peachy!" Snapped Emily and walked away
"Use your walking stick! For the millionth time!" JJ shouted at her wife flinging herself onto the settee.
"Bitch!" JJ shouted
"Cow!" Floated in from the sun room loud and clear.
The two well educated women only communicated with single words and grunts at each other for the remainder of the day. Eventually the ambassador asked to see Jennifer back in Washington to discuss a job offer she had for her. JJ and Emily decided to fly back to their condo the next morning much to the delight of the house staff. They had grown sick of hearing the bickering couple all day.
EJ
The bickering couple returned to Washington the next day so Jennifer could meet with her Mother-in-law. Tension between the couple was high just waiting for the first woman to snap. JJ couldn't believe her wife, she seemed not to care she had nearly died. She even wanted to return to the team once cleared by her doctor.
JJ left The condo without a word or grunt to her wife she was still pissed at her. Elizabeth had sent her car service over as she had decided her daughter-in-law was far too emotional to drive safely.
Elizabeth greeted JJ as she entered the sun room. Smiling she sat down and looked at the cold glass of vodka sitting to the side of two Prentiss Corp folders on the side table next to her chair.
"Cheers! Elizabeth." Smiled JJ as she emptied her cold shot glass of vodka.
"Are you two still fighting?" Enquired her Mother-in-law
Taking a slow breath she nodded "She…..She is just so infuriating. She is being so nonplussed….about nearly….I nearly lost her Elizabeth. She even wants to go back to the BAU. I hate her at the moment, But i still love her with all my heart. I'm so confused." A very upset Blonde managed to tell Elizabeth.
"I need a head of communications in our European headquarters. You would live in Manchester. The initial contract is for 6 months…" Elizabeth stopped noticing JJ was crying.
Elizabeth pulled her out of her seat and put her arms around her Daughter-in-law gently rubbing her back. They stood silently Elizabeth letting JJ cry, after a while JJ sniffed and pulled away her eyes red from crying.
"Thank you, Elizabeth. Can I think about your job offer?" Asked Jennifer
"The job is there for you when ever your ready sweetheart, time apart from Emily might be what is needed for you Jennifer." Smiled Elizabeth "Fancy another one?" She enquired
A weak smile appears on JJ's face as she nodded in acceptance of the offer.
EJ
After leaving the ambassadors house JJ asked the car service driver to just drive around. She wanted to think before she returned home.
"You need to be the bigger woman, Jennifer and talk to her sensibly. We are both grown women…..[Hotchner].." Ultimately she was still furious at her old boss. He kept appearing in her thoughts, not in a good way. Just as JJ managed to calm herself he kept popping up, whipping up her emotions again.
"Take me home please Trevor." She asked her driver
We can have a long talk on our own tonight. I love her and will not let the BAU interfere with that. She thinks as she watches the other cars passing as she thought about Emily.
EJ
Emily had decided to be the peace maker between her wife and the team. She had decided to invite the team over for pizza and beer to try and clear the air and get everything back to normal. She hoped she could act as mediator between her annoyed wife and the team. JJ loved the team as a family, one incident shouldn't end that. Just to be safe she hadn't told Jennifer about her cunning plan.
"I didn't die after all." She told herself. "How long can she stay mad at them?" It is my stubborn assed wife she thought with trepidation
'Knock! Knock!'
Emily smiled as she walked to open the condos door, she had missed talking to her friends.
"Hi guys." Emily smiled at the sight of the whole BAU team stood before her smiling..
"Hi, Princess." Smiled Morgan leaning in and kissing her on the cheek.
The members of the team walked in after greeting Emily.
"Where is she? Has she calmed down yet? Emmster." Garcia asked
Emily sadly shook her head "We are hardly speaking at the moment pen. She went out to speak to mother about a job offer. She should be back soon." Emily smiled
The whole groups noticed the doubt in Emily's posture and voice, she had no chance of hiding from the groups of profilers her usually impeccable firm walls had started to crack under the pressure of arguing with JJ.
"Let's order Pizza." Smiled Emily
With pizza ordered the mini interrogation commenced
"Do you know Blondie made an official complaint to Strauss? We had our inquisition in her office, she isn't a happy bunny. I don't think she will keep both of you on the team when JJ decides to come back." Morgan asked his partner.
"No! I knew about the restraining orders but she omitted to tell me about the official complaint." Answered a surprised Emily, she was angry at her wife's little omission.
Morgan watched Emily and noticed the fire behind her eyes.
The condos door opened "Emily I'm back." Announced JJ
She walked into the lounge and found the whole BAU team looking at her. Turning angrily to her wife her blue orbs almost black with fury,
"Kitchen, Now!" She viciously ordered her wife and walked off
Emily walked in the kitchen to find a very angry wife waiting for her to arrive.
"Really!" Shouted JJ pointing in the vague direction of the team.
"Some one has to try to be a peacemaker. Your too stubborn to pull your own head out of your ass" shouted Emily
"Your the one kissing ass, sweetheart. Does Hotch like it?" Smirked the blonde "trying for another baby? Will you keep this one? He can hold your hand with Derek." Shouted a furious Blondie.
Emily was furious at her wife she knew how to push her buttons. Her last comment went too far. Emily's eyes instantly locked onto Roslyn's necklace around her wife's neck. She was too mad to realise what she was about to say.
"No wonder your sister killed herself having to live with a spoilt bitch like you. It's a wonder I haven't slit my wrists, I deserve a medal." Snarled Emily
Looking shocked at her wife mouth open at her last comment. JJ punched her in the face just under her right eye. Flinging her out of the way she ran off up the stairs to her bedroom. A few seconds later Emily's sleep shorts and FBI tee shirt were flung down the stairs.
"Sleep in the spare room!" Screamed JJ as she slammed her bedroom door shut and locked it.