A/N MORE, MORE, MORE
AJ x
JJ closed her office door and a soon as she sat down on her chair, she broke down. She was so angry with herself for leaving Jess, fuming at the people that were meant to protect her but obviously didn't and then boiling with rage at the monster that caused it all in the first place. JJ stood and took out her anger on a stack of files piled on her desk. Her arms went flying at them and they scattered on the floor, paper going everywhere. With the locket still in her fist and the file in her hand JJ crashed to her knees sobbing into her hands.
"Jayje are you…." Morgan was first through the door closely followed by Emily and the others. Upon seeing the distraught blonde they both rushed to her side and Emily pulled her close to her chest, comforting JJ as best she could
"Baby girl, what happened? What's going on?" Morgan rubbed her arm as another form of comfort. JJ didn't answer him but curled into Emily more. The team looked at each other, the fear obvious upon all of their faces. What had Strauss told her to cause this kind of reaction they all wondered as JJ's sobs turned into silent tears.
After another minute JJ sat up and wiped her face finally pulling her self back together a little bit. Hotch lowered himself down to JJ's level on the floor and rested him self on the balls of his feet.
"JJ what's going on?" He asked in a rarely heard soft voice.
With Emily's hand resting on her lower back for comfort and support JJ answered "I'm sorry" in a whisper. Although she said sorry she didn't know what for. Was it for completely breaking down in front of them or for lying to them all for so long? She didn't know.
"You have nothing to be sorry for angel, just tell us what's hurting you so much." Garcia joined Morgan, Hotch and Emily on the floor with JJ.
"I…I can't" JJ shook her head refusing to hurt the people she cared so much for.
"Please let us help you with what ever it is, we just…" Reid was cut off by Hotch shaking his head at him. Hotch knew JJ wasn't going to tell them if they just asked. He noticed JJ's left hand held so tight in a fist that her nickels had gone white. He reached for her hand and when she didn't move it away he held it.
"JJ what's in your hand?" He asked circling his thumb on her wrist. He looked in her eyes and could see a battle going on.
She didn't want to tell them, she didn't want to see the disgust in their eyes but then she knew she was never going to be able to avoid it now no matter how hard she tried none of them were going to let her just get up and leave.
JJ locked eyes with Hotch and slowly started to open her hand reviling the long silver chain with a heart locket attached. Hotch pulled it from her fingers and opened it to reveal a picture of two children.
"Who are they JJ?" Rossi asked leaning over Hotch's shoulder looking at the pictures.
"It's me and my baby sister." JJ whispered as Hotch handed the locket to the others to look at.
"But JJ you don't have a little sister." By now Hotch and all the others thought JJ was having some kind of mental breakdown "You had a big sister who committed suicide when you were a teenager. Remember?"
"No that was a lie. It was all a lie. I'm sorry" JJ was looking at the floor she didn't want to look at any of them and see what they were thinking
"That's my baby sister and…erm…and she's…she's dead." Tears stained JJ's face again as she struggled to admit it.
"Is that what Strauss and the United States Marshals came to talk to you about?" Hotch asked treading carefully.
"Yes." JJ answered looking into Hotch's eyes. As he looked back he could see a wall go up in JJ's eyes and all of a sudden she got to her feet causing Emily and Morgan to jump back as they were close to either side of JJ.
"Jayje are you ok?" Emily placed her hand on JJ's lower back again.
"Yes I…I erm…need to make some phone calls, some arrangements for her funeral." JJ walked over and picked up her phone which had landed in the floor with the other files.
"Ok JJ, you do that, we will be just outside the door if you need us." Hotch guided the others out the room as JJ sat at her desk and dialed a number.
Hotch pulled the door so it was still open a crack and turned to the worried looking team in front of him.
"I'm not a profiler so does someone want to explain to me what is going on with my buttercup." Garcia asked in a panic.
"Honestly I don't know. I think…" Hotch turned his head and looked at JJ threw the gap in the door "She'll tell us when she's ready until then we'll just have to watch, keep an eye on her and be there for what ever she needs."
"She's defiantly hiding something." Rossi walked to his office with one final glance at JJ.
JJ dialed an oddly familiar number and held it to her ear. Deep down she didn't want anyone to answer the phone because then it would mean that both worlds had finally collided.
The ringing on the other end stopped and a comforting voice answered.
"Peter Scarbrow." The man said. JJ took a deep. Many times JJ dialed the same number but bottled it before anyone could answer and she always hung up, but not now. Now she had to do this for Jess.
"Peter…" JJ almost whispered sounding just as broken as she did all those years ago.
"Shelby…is that you?" He would recognise that little lost voice anywhere.
"Hi." More tears were falling down JJ's face.
"Oh Shel, I'm so glad to hear from you. Are you ok?" The worry was obvious in the man's voice. He could hear JJ sniff on the other end of the phone "Shelby, What is it? What's wrong?"
"She's dead peter" It took all of JJ's strength to tell the man she had seen as a father what was wrong "Jess is dead."
"No…" Peter whispered both lines were silent for a few minutes "I'm so sorry Shel."
"Erm…" JJ came right out with her question "I was wondering if…if I could bury her at Horizon. She always loved it there and it was the only place I ever saw her truly happy after….Erm…"
"It's ok Shel. You don't have to explain. I think it's a great idea and I think Sophie would too." Peters reassuring voice lifter a tiny bit of weight of JJ shoulders.
"Thankyou peter"
"Don't mention it. When are you going to get here?"
"Erm" JJ took a few seconds to think about it. She was going to say that evening but she had something she needed to do first "Tomorrow afternoon or maybe the next morning if that's ok."
"Yeah that's fine." You could hear peters sad smile down the phone "I guess I had better go and find Sophie."
"Ok I'll let you go. Oh erm…" JJ paused and looked at the photo on her desk. It was a picture of the whole team taken on one of their few evening's out "I might have some friends with me, is that ok?"
"Of course it is. We'll see you in a few days then."
"Yeah. Goodbye Peter."
"C Ya soon Shel and take care of your self for me ok."
"I will." JJ hung up the phone and rested her head on her desk. When she woke up that morning she didn't expect it to turn out like this.
A/N Im planning on putting the next oneup tomorrow. Review for cyber love!
AJ x
