"You can tell me anything."

"Okay, spill it." JJ demanded as she closed the door to Garcia's layer behind her.

The blonde hacker spun in her chair and looked at JJ with a frown. "Spill it? Spill what?"

JJ crossed her arms. "Tell me why you and Emily have been going out so often and why she's been acting so weird at home."

Garcia's eyes grew wide and she waved her hands back and forth in a 'no way' gesture. "Oh God! JJ! She's not cheating on you!" JJ's loud laugh cut off the panicked babble that was threatening to spill past Garcia's lips.

"Cheating on me? Garcia, why would I think she was cheating on me?"

Penelope shrugged. "Acting weird? Incessantly going out without you? Late nights?" she stopped listening reasons when JJ held up a hand.

"Okay, fair. If you weren't you and Emily weren't Emily, I might be suspicious, but we both know that Emily isn't a cheater and even if she was, there's no way you'd keep that to yourself."

Garcia grinned at that. "True! But I can't tell you what's going on."

"Why not?"

"Because it's definitely something you need to hear from her." She clasped her hands in front of her and her expression turned pleading. "Please don't make me tell you, JJ! I promised and it's a super important promise this time!"

JJ bit her lower lip in thought and nodded. "I'm going to figure it out, you know." She promised.

"Just be patient for once in your life!" Garcia called after JJ as she left her office.

The ride home from Quantico was quiet, but not in an uncomfortable way. JJ had been observing Emily most of the day, trying to figure out what her girlfriend was up to. Whatever was weighing on Emily, it was something she wasn't willing to talk to her about and it was something that had kept her tightly wound recently. JJ felt like she had a good suspicion, but daren't even entertain the idea in case it was wishful thinking.

"Em," JJ started a bit haltingly.

"Hmm?" Emily acknowledged, glancing away from the road for a second to look at her.

"You can tell me anything, you know that, right?"

Emily smiled warmly though her expression was a little confused. "Of course I do. Did you have something in mind?"

"No, I just wanted to make sure you knew."