"I made your favourite."
"You're telling me, that out of all the places you've lived in, out of all the international cuisine you've sampled, that your favourite food is," JJ paused for dramatic impact. "Macaroni and cheese?"
"Baked macaroni and cheese, thank you very much." Emily corrected with a haughty sniff. They were on the phone, Emily having gone with Rossi to do a custodial review in North Carolina. They'd only been gone a few days, but Garcia insisted they have a Girls Night the second Emily got back. They had settled on doing a more subdued version at JJ's house because she wasn't able to get a sitter for Henry.
"Oh sorry, baked mac and cheese." JJ said sarcastically. "Big difference."
"It is!"
"Well you and Henry have favourite food in common then."
"The boy has good taste."
"Em, he eats dirt if I don't watch him."
"Many cultures practice geophagy, he's just being worldly."
JJ snorted. "Are you still on your way over? Garcia should be here in a few minutes and I'm making dinner."
Emily glanced down at the GPS set into the dashboard. "We should be back at Quantico in half an hour and I'll leave from there, so I'll be there in a couple hours."
"Okay, sounds good. See you soon!"
They said their goodbyes and Emily hung up, making conversation with Rossi in Italian to pass the time. Soon Emily was guiding her car down JJ's familiar street, pulling into a free space and stretching as she got out of the car. She had keys to JJ's house, but she always felt weird about using them, so she knocked on the door and waited.
"Wonder Woman!" Garcia greeted her brightly, pulling her into the house. "Get your cute butt in here!"
Emily laughed at the bubbly blonde and half stumbled past the threshold with the added momentum, following her into the kitchen where JJ was setting Henry up in his high chair. "Em'ly! Em'ly! Em'ly!" the toddler shouted at the sight of her, banging on the tray in front of him.
"Ah yes, the Regional President of the Emily Prentiss Fan Club." Garcia said with a snicker. "Jayje, you want me to grab dinner out of the oven?"
"If you could." JJ said gratefully, smiling as Emily bent down near Henry to babble at him before sitting down across from her.
Garcia returned moments later, her hands covered with oven mitts shaped like shark mouths and holding a casserole dish full of baked macaroni and cheese.
"You made my favourite?" Emily asked excitedly, her mouth already watering.
JJ laughed and nodded. "I made your favourite." She confirmed.