"No, no, it's my treat"
"I don't think I've ever eaten so much in my life." JJ admitted, patting her over-full stomach. She was definitely putting on sweatpants when she got back to the hotel.
Across from her, Emily laughed and nodded. "I'm ten seconds away from undoing my belt." She admitted.
They'd had a child abduction case in Vermont that had wrapped up relatively painlessly, but they were grounded until the next day because of a severe storm in DC. The team, minus Hotch, had all gone for drinks at the hotel bar. Rossi had begged off early, followed a few hours later by Morgan and Reid, leaving JJ and Emily alone, neither of them wanting to retire for the night. When Emily suggested they go grab a bite to eat, JJ had readily agreed, thinking they were going to go to the hotel restaurant. Instead, they ended up at a place swank enough that JJ felt underdressed even in her work clothes where Emily seemed to know some of the staff. She explained that she went there with her Mother sometimes (Emily always had this way of saying 'mother' when talking about her own that implied the first letter was capitalized) and they had eaten richly.
They'd finished dinner quite a while ago and were nursing the rest of their wine to prolong the evening. Truthfully, it was the best meal JJ had probably ever had. That, coupled with the company had her feeling okay about probably having to dip into her savings to pay for such extravagance. As if on some telepathic wavelength with the staff, the suited man who had been serving them breezed by and placed the bill on the table between them with his thanks before disappearing again. JJ reached for the billfold that contained the bill and looked up in surprise when Emily snatched it away quickly.
"No, no, it's my treat." She said, flipping the billfold open and giving the bill a perfunctory glance before fishing a card out of her wallet and putting it in so it stuck out of the top. "Honestly, it's no big deal." She reassured JJ who had raised a dubious eyebrow.
"Emily…" JJ started. She knew Emily had money, though she hadn't quite conceptualized how much until she saw the location and size of her apartment for the first time but that didn't mean she wanted to take advantage of her friend.
"Forget about it." Emily insisted firmly with a shrug. "I was going to come here before we left anyway and you saved me from having to do it alone."
JJ let out a small sigh but leaned back to show she was folding. She knew Emily was telling the truth. Emily liked to show people she cared about them through the thoughtful use of money; she had that in common with Rossi. Similarly, fighting either of them about it was tantamount to telling them you didn't want their affection and far be it from her to give Emily even a remote idea that she didn't want her affection.