So I've gotten a little distracted doing a couple one-shots and working on my Rizzoli and Isles series, but I'm going to do my best to keep updating both stories! Hope you guys are still with me on this one!
Thanks so much for reading! -J
Chapter 2
When Emily had gone to sleep the previous night she had been feeling better than she had all day. After spending all afternoon at the precinct fighting nausea, the brunette was grateful for her appetite's return as she munched on snacks with JJ in bed. Filled, Emily had fallen straight to sleep, comforted by the feeling of JJ's fingers running through her hair.
Having felt so good before bed, Emily was startled when she was woken rather violently as she bolted out of bed; only making it to the waste basket before emptying the contents of her stomach.
"Em?" JJ was still groggy as she sat up; searching the room until her eyes finally fell on Emily who was leaning over their garbage bin, still heaving. "Oh honey," she sighed, stumbling out of bed and over to her wife. "Are you okay baby?" She asked rubbing soothing circles on the brunette's back.
"No," Emily shook her head carefully, taking a deep breath as she tried to calm her stomach. "I think the twins are trying to kill me. They hate me already."
"I know you know that's not true," JJ chuckled, leaning forward and pressing a kiss against the back of Emily's head. "I know this sucks now but you'll get past it."
"Humph," Emily sighed, leaning back against her wife, too afraid to move, as she didn't want to get sick again. "I smell like vomit," she eventually broke the silence that fell over them.
"I think that's mostly the trash bin, but yeah, you kind of do," JJ couldn't help but laugh. "Come on I'll get this cleaned up and then we'll get you in the shower," she said, once again kissing the top of Emily's head before taking the garbage can into the bathroom where she dumped it and cleaned it out before returning to the main room to find Emily exactly where she left her. "Ready?"
"I don't think I can," Emily admitted, looking slightly embarrassed. "I'm afraid if I move I might get sick again and I really don't want that."
"Well I'm pretty sure you can't just stay there all day Em," JJ replied, kneeling down in front of her wife. "Come on. I'll help you."
Taking both of Emily's hand in hers, JJ helped the brunette stand, giving her a moment to steady herself before slowly leading them towards the bathroom, where she first turned on the water before turning back to Emily. Seeing that her wife wasn't going to make a move to get herself into the shower, JJ immediately began undressing the brunette before pulling off her own pajamas and leading them both into the rather small shower stall.
While normally a shower together would lead to fooling around, JJ knew Emily didn't have the energy today, instead taking care of her as she let the water fall over the brunette's head before pouring shampoo into her hand in order to lather Emily's hair. Emily sighed as JJ took care of her, her eyes closing as the blonde's fingers massaged her head. The brunette felt her whole body relax, wishing she could stay this way for the rest of the day, until the sound of a phone ringing from the other room brought her back to reality.
"No," Emily groaned as JJ's fingers left her hair.
"Sorry Baby, I need to get that," JJ kissed her shoulder. "Will you be okay finishing up on your own?"
Nodding, Emily felt an immediate loss as JJ stepped out of the shower, her shoulders slumping as she rinsed out the rest of the shampoo from her hair, spending a few extra minutes under the hot spray before deciding she better get out. Drying off, before wrapping herself in a towel, Emily made her way out to the main room to find JJ also wrapped up in a towel, just hanging up her phone, the blonde's back to her.
"We've got another body," JJ said without turning around. "Hotch wants Morgan, Rossi and I to go check it out. I didn't tell him you were sick but maybe you should stay back here for a couple hours Em," she finally faced the brunette. "Overdoing it right now isn't going to make you feel any better. Maybe if you get a couple extra hours of sleep you'll…"
"Jen," Emily interrupted, letting out a deep breath as she stepped towards the blonde. "I'm fine okay? I feel better now. I promise," she kissed her wife's forehead. "Plus I won't overdo it if I'm just working from the station. I'll just help Reid and Garcia and if I start to feel sick again I'll get a uniform to bring me back to the hotel. Okay?"
"Okay," JJ nodded, though she was biting her lip nervously. "But I'm leaving Reid in charge of taking care of you. He'll tell me if you're being stubborn."
"Okay," Emily laughed, pulling the blonde in for a kiss. "But just so you know. Reid's way more afraid of me than he is of you."
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"Hey," Alex snuck up behind Spencer in the library during her free period later that day, placing a kiss on her cheek. "Thought I'd find you in here. What are you doing?" She asked as she pulled out the chair beside her girlfriend.
"Just doing some research," Spencer smiled gesturing to the various catalogues and books surrounding her, watching Alex as she immediately picked one up; her brow crinkling in confusion.
"Colleges? Really?" Alex tilted her head. "Spence you do know we're juniors not seniors right? Don't you think it's a little early for all of this?"
"It's never too early to be thinking about college," Spencer shook her head. "This year is going to fly by and there's no way I'm going into senior year not knowing where I want to go after high school. I mean you can't honestly tell me you haven't thought about college at all."
"I don't know," Alex shrugged, feeling suddenly embarrassed. "I mean I guess I've thought about it a little but I haven't thought about it this much," she gestured to the table in front of them. "I guess I always just thought college was still so far away."
"It's closer than you think," Spencer replied, taking Alex's hand in hers. "You really don't have any idea where you want to go? No big dream school?"
"I used to want to go to Northwestern," Alex replied, biting her lip. "But that was when I lived in Chicago and it was mostly because that's where my parents went," she explained. "Now I can't really imagine going there."
"Your Mom went to Yale," Spencer pointed out. "Have you thought about going there? Because it's definitely on my shortlist."
"I don't know," Alex admitted. "I mean obviously I'd love to go there. My Mom loved going there and it's a great school but…I just can't imagine living away from home right now," she blushed. "Henry's so little and I'm going to have two more little siblings soon and I just…I don't want to miss anything."
"Well that makes sense," Spencer nodded, turning a few pages in one of her catalogues until she found what she was looking for. "Georgetown is a great school. I could see us there."
"Us?" Alex raised an eyebrow. "I thought you were going to U Penn," she sounded confused. "Isn't that where your parents went? You've been talking about going there since I met you."
"Yeah but that was before," Spencer shook her head. "I mean obviously I'm not going to go to Pennsylvania without you. I want to go where you want to go."
"What? Spence don't be ridiculous," Alex practically scoffed. "You can't choose where you go to college based on me."
"You don't want to go to college together?" Spencer sounded shocked while her face turned angry.
"It's not that," Alex replied with a sigh. "I would love to go to college together but we can't make our decisions based on our relationship, it's just not…"
"You know what," Spencer interrupted practically jumped from her seat, quickly gathering up her things. "Just forget about it," she said before storming off, not even bothering to look back.
Alex, who wasn't quite sure what had just happened, didn't know what to do, feeling frozen in place as she looked up to find the boy from yesterday watching her from across the room.
"What was that about?" Olivia, who just so happened to be entering the library at the same time that Spencer was storming out, asked as she approached Alex's table. "Are you two fighting?"
"I…I don't even know," Alex sighed. "But I definitely screwed that up. Hey do you know that guy over there?" She asked, nodding towards the boy who was now focused on his books.
"Oh yeah he's new," Olivia, who always seemed to know everyone, nodded. "He's in my political science class. I think his name is Lucas or Leonard or something," she shrugged. "Why?"
"I keep finding him watching me," Alex felt a little uneasy.
"Maybe he likes you," Olivia replied, not overly concerned.
"He saw me kiss Spencer."
"Well then maybe he likes both of you," Olivia laughed, holding out her hand for her friend. "Come on, let's hit the cafeteria before class. I'll buy you a soda and you can tell me how you pissed your girlfriend off."
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"Please tell me you guys found something helpful," Emily said as soon as Morgan and JJ entered the conference room the rest of the team was working in later that day. "Did you get anything from the families."
"Not really much more than we already had," JJ shook her head in disappointment, flopping into the chair next to her wife. "Both men were living on the street because of drug problems they couldn't seem to get a handle on."
"Both families had also offered to get treatment for our vics," Morgan added, grabbing a water bottle before taking a seat next to Reid. "Greg's family was pretty convinced they were going to get him to come back home soon. It's a shame really."
"So we've got an unsub who's targeting pretty easy victims," Rossi stated. "I mean if these guys are using than it can't be hard to get them alone, or to trust you."
"You'd just have to offer them drugs or wait till they're already high," Emily nodded.
"But what is it about these two that drew our unsub's attention?" JJ asked the question that no one could quite figure out yet.
"I think our best bet at catching this guy in action is to get out on the streets tonight," Hotch said. "We canvas the areas and see if anyone has seen anything and if we're lucky we may stumble upon our unsub out hunting for another victim," he said as he turned towards Emily. "Prentiss we could use someone here watching the traffic cameras with their analyst. Think you can do that?"
"Oh…uh…sure," Emily nodded even though she looked like she wanted to argue.
"All right well why doesn't everyone take a break for dinner. We'll meet back here around 7," Hotch stood up. "See you all later," he said before leaving the room, most likely in search of the lead detective on their case.
"Anyone wanna hit that diner across the street?" Morgan asked.
"I think I'd rather go back to the hotel," Emily shook her head, glancing towards JJ, who nodded in understanding. "We'll see you guys later?"
"Sure," Reid nodded, as he, Morgan and Rossi stood, saying their goodbyes before heading out of the room as well.
"You okay?" JJ asked as she turned towards her wife, knowing the brunette wasn't going to like the fact that she had to stay back tonight while she and the rest of the team were out on the streets.
"I don't know," Emily sighed. "I'm really not crazy about staying back tonight but I know it's for the best. I just…I'm not used to being the one staying behind. I'm not sure I'm really crazy about the idea."
"I know baby," JJ smiled, tucking the brunette's hair behind her ear. "But you'll get used to it," she shrugged. "And you have nothing to worry about tonight. We'll all be fine. Now come on," she stood up. "Let's go back to the hotel and call those crazy kids of ours."
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"Ugh," Alex groaned, flopping down on her bed and covering her face in frustration.
"Spencer still ignoring you?" Olivia asked from across the room where she was doing her homework on the window seat in Alex's bedroom.
"She won't answer my calls and she's ignoring my texts," Alex sighed, turning her head towards her blonde friend. "I know she's mad but I wish she would at least talk to me."
"Can you really blame her?" Olivia raised her eyebrow. "I mean come on Lex. You basically told her you didn't want to go to college with her. She's probably really upset. Like not just angry…she's probably really sad."
"I know but I didn't mean I didn't want to go with her," Alex replied, her eyes stinging with tears. "I just…it's…that wasn't what I meant," she said just as her cell phone began to ring. "Hi Mom," she greeted, sounding rather dejected, having been hoping for Spencer to be calling.
"Wow you sound like you're having a good day," Emily replied with a laugh as she put the teen on speakerphone. "Mum's here too. What's going on? You okay?"
"Spencer and I got into a fight at school," Alex replied, not caring if her voice sounded teary. "Now she won't answer my calls or my texts."
"Wait you and Spencer got into a fight?" JJ sounded surprised. "About what?"
"College," Alex groaned. "Spencer was going on about schools today and how we could go to Georgetown together and what not and I told her she couldn't choose what college she goes to based on me and she got all upset," she explained. "But Spencer is so smart and she's been working so hard. She could basically go anywhere and I don't want her to make the wrong choice because of me. I mean I'm not wrong…right?"
"Of course not honey," Emily was quick to assure the teen. "College is a huge decision and you really can't base it off of someone else," she said. "You're just thinking about Spencer and what's best for her."
"I didn't mean to upset her so much," Alex continued. "I mean obviously I would love to go to college with her. I love her so much and it would be amazing to be together but I also don't want her to miss out on her dream school because of me."
"Well did you explain that to her?" JJ asked.
"She didn't really give me a chance," Alex replied. "She ran off while I was trying to explain."
"Well did you follow her?" JJ then asked, receiving silence from Alex, which was answer enough. "You know you Prentiss women are exactly the same," she sighed. "You care so much about other people and you just want what's best for them, which is great," she explained. "But you also forget that sometimes your intentions aren't really clear. Go across the street and talk to her Lex. Tell her exactly what you're thinking honey. But remember this is her choice too okay? Don't discount her feelings about it."
"What if she still won't talk to me?" Alex sounded worried.
"She loves you Lex," JJ told her. "Just get her to listen. You'll be okay Sweetheart."
"Thanks Mum," Alex replied, the smile back in her voice. "I'll text you guys later?"
"We'll be waiting," Emily said. "We love you. And good luck!"
"Thanks!" Alex laughed. "Love you guys too!"