A/N - SO SORRY that I have taken so long to upload, and I know it must seem like I just keep making excuses for myself, but I've been getting really bad headaches lately, it kinda feels like I have a Duvet stuffed inside my skull, and it makes it hard for me to sit at a computer screen for too long, but I'm trying to work through it. I WILL NOT GIVE UP! ~ R

"Jennifer," Emily said softly, kissing the other woman's nose, "Jennifer, please stop crying." She brushed the blonde's hair out of her face, "Please, tell me what's wrong, I want to help you. Please, I'm here for you."

"It's nothing." JJ said through sobs.

"It must be something if you're crying about it. Talk to me, Jennifer." Emily really didn't know what to do, she had helped JJ through so much in the past, but now they were together, so it was different. She wanted to know why her girlfriend had suddenly burst into tears.

"My Mom's ill, and Dad just called; She's disorientated and asking for Rosaline. It's just brought stuff back up, you know? I'm sorry to drag you into this." JJ said, knowing that their relationship was less than a day old, she didn't want to ruin it by acting to clingy and scaring Emily away.

"Do you want to go and see your mom? We can go together." JJ shook her head, and Emily kissed her on her perfect lips. "Don't you dare apologise to me. Ever. I'm here for you Jennifer, not just for when you're happy, if you need to 'drag me into' anything, please don't hesitate." She followed her statement by more soft kisses. JJ smiled a little when she felt Emily's lips on hers, the kisses weren't seductive or expectant like they had been with so many of her previous girlfriends, they were caring and protective.

"What did I ever do to deserve you?" JJ asked, wiping the tears away with the sleeve of her sweater.

"It's more like what did I do to deserve you." Emily said, pulling the blonde into her embrace. "You're so perfect." This statement took JJ by surprise, nobody had ever called her perfect before. "Do you want me to make you something to eat?" Emily really was JJ's dream girl.

"Yes, please. That would be marvelous. You know where everything is." JJ answered.

"I do. I won't be long, don't go anywhere." Emily said, standing up and helping JJ up at the same time.

"I wouldn't dream of it." JJ assured her, she was surprised when she felt Emily's lips moving against hers. "What was that for?" She asked when Emily eventually pulled away.

"It was for you being you. And because I'm really going to miss you."

"Em, you're literally going into the next room." JJ pointed out.

"I know that, but it's still too far away from you. I wasted time, not telling you how I felt sooner, I want to spend as much time as I can with you." Emily said, walking towards the kitchen, not letting go of JJ's hand until her arm could not stretch to her, thus leaving JJ to ponder how much her life had changed in the last week.

A short while later, Emily returned to the living room carrying a tray, which was adorned with potato salad, sandwiches and fruit.

"That's a lot for just the two of us don't you think." JJ asked,

"Perhaps." Emily replied vaguely, tilting her head a little, "But, we're going to have a picnic." JJ smiled at this.

"A picnic huh? Well, you picked the perfect day for it." She pointed out, gesturing to the still raging thunderstorm outside.

"A carpet picnic." Emily stated, sitting down on the floor.

"Carpet picnic?"

"Yeah, just sit down, it's a pretty simple concept; the clue is in the name 'Carpet Picnic'." JJ nodded, acknowledging that Emily was right; Emily was always right, and sat down on the carpet. "Jennifer, there's something I need to tell you," Emily started, JJ looked up, half a sandwich already in her mouth.

"Oh God! Here it is. Here's the part when she tells me this was all some kind of twisted joke." She thought. "What is it?" She said.

"I've asked Hotch to give me all my authorized leave for this year, it was before all of this happened."

"Why?" JJ asked, looking rather confused.

"I... Uh, didn't want to rub what I did to you in you're face. I'm sorry, I should've spoken to you before hand. In hindsight I don't actually know what I thought it was going to solve. I mean, I really can't live without..." Emily was interrupted by JJ kissing her, a raw, fiery kiss that was broken only by the need for oxygen. "That was a really nice way to tell me to shut up." Emily smiled.

"It was, wasn't it? Well, here's what you're going to do; You're going to call Hotch and tell him you changed you're mind, then we're going to go to work on thursday and kick some serious criminal ass." JJ told Emily.

"What about the 'No Inter-Office Fraternization' rule?" Emily asked, worried that one of them would have to leave the team.

"That's where the serious kicking of criminal ass comes in; We prove that we can still work together prior to telling Hotchner." JJ said wisely, actually rather proud of herself.

"You're so smart." Emily told JJ, tilting her head and batting her eyelashes.

"How do you think I pulled off being straight for so long?"

"That's true." Emily nodded. JJ smiled, the happiest she had been for a long time, and then a wicked grin spread across her face.

"So, how about you tell me that secret now?" She asked,

"Jennifer Jareau, you are impossible." Emily told her.

"I know." JJ acknowledged. "But that's what you love about me."

"You're right there." Emily admitted, kissing her girlfriend.