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Synopsis: It's the morning after JJ and Reid's Birthday drinks, and Emily is in a foul mood due to something she thought she had been able to get away with actually finding a way to get out.

Rating: K+

Important information: This one shot takes place directly after the flashback scene of 2 years in Connected as One the main story, where the gang go out to celebrate Reid's Birthday as well as JJ's that had passed a few months ago without them knowing.


Six: Fries & Ice-cream.

How could it only be 11 o'clock?

Would this day, this morning even, ever end?

It had been a long morning for Emily, a long boring paperwork filled morning at her desk.

They currently, for the first time in a very long time, didn't have a case that required their immediate attention to be working on, so Hotch and Gideon had the team catching up on paper work.

Emily hated paperwork.

She hated it even more when hungover.

Beep. Beep.

Her phone notifying her of a new text message brought her out of her annoyed pen tapping movement.

Throwing the pen down on the desk in front of her Emily picked up her phone and flipped it open.

She had one new message from Garcia.

A picture message.

Opening the message Emily's eyes widened in shock before she quickly flipped her phone shut again.

How the hell did she manage to take that photograph?

Emily had thought she had been the first person to wake up this morning, she had thought that both JJ and Garcia were still passed out.

Upon waking this morning Emily had found herself trapped underneath JJ, who had obviously found her a very comfortable pillow to sleep on through the night, when they had fallen asleep watching a movie together on the couch.

So comfortable in fact, that the younger blonde had made it really difficult for Emily to be able to slip out from underneath her without disturbing her.

She thought she had done so successfully, when after standing from the sofa she had seen JJ sigh and curl into herself tighter in a ball and Garcia had been seemingly still asleep in the same position she had fallen asleep in last night.

So how the hell did Garcia manage to have that photograph?

"Where is she?" Emily nearly shouted standing from her chair abruptly before making her way up to the stairs towards Garcia's lair as the bubbly tech liked to call it.

She had been walking so fast she almost bumped into JJ who spilt her coffee over her arm and nearly completely all over her, again.

Turns out JJ was even more accident prone when tired from a night out, she had already split coffee on Emily once this morning.

"Damn it Jayje!" She almost screamed brushing the coffee that had split onto her arm off before continuing past her to Garcia's lair.

JJ's eyes bulged at the tone Emily had used, she had never seen her this, well, angry.

Was this the wrath that Morgan had been talking about all these months that she had so far been yet to witness?

If so she was really glad it didn't seem overly projected at her at the moment.

Poor Garcia though, she thought to herself.

"It's not you, believe me. She just can't handle a hangover is all." Morgan said chuckling he had witnessed the whole thing and found the confused and worried look on JJ's face hilarious.

"Penelope Garcia! What the hell, is this?" JJ and Morgan heard Emily shout from Garcia's lair, they both looked to each other confused.

"Pretty sure it's a phone sweet-cheeks." Garcia replied, at a normal tone.

"I know that! This!" Emily shouted again, though a bit quieter this time.

"When did you even manage to take it? Why did you take it? Who have you sent it to?" Emily continued, ranting.

"Should we maybe go in there? See if they are okay?" JJ asked Morgan, slightly concerned.

Emily seemed really angry, more so than when the rockets had both hit her that one morning, if that was even possible.

"I'm staying out of this one!" Morgan replied his hands up in the air as he backed away.

JJ knew she should probably do that same too, but she couldn't just leave Garcia alone with Emily when she was, well like the way she was right now.

After standing at the bottom of the stairs for a few more moments and still hearing Emily who seemed to be getting if possible more angrier by the second JJ came to a decision and started to make her way towards Garcia's lair.

She knocked once on the door before entering.

"Um, guys?" JJ said quietly interrupting Emily mid-sentence causing both Emily and Garcia to turn and look at her.

Garcia looked grateful to see her, while Emily's eyes narrowed once seeing her as she saw that JJ was still holding her coffee cup in one hand.

"Come to throw the rest on me?" Emily snapped crossing her arms.

"No! Sorry about that, I erm, didn't see you." JJ replied instantly, the hand not holding the coffee cup coming up to scratch the back of her neck.

Emily's eyes softened slightly at the sight, she knew that to be one of JJ's nervous habits, one of a few she had picked up on in the short time she had known her so far.

"Are you okay?" JJ asked, the question was directed at both of them, but her eyes found Emily's when she asked it.

She was worried, she had never seen Emily so mad, she had no idea what Garcia had done to make her so angry.

"I'm fine Jayje. Sorry I snapped at you. I didn't sleep very well I guess." Emily apologised, it really wasn't JJ's fault she was mad, to be honest she didn't really know why she was mad.

Well that was a lie, she did.

She just didn't want to admit that yet.

"Looks like you slept fine to me." Garcia sung out quietly turning her chair back to her computer screen in front of her.

"Shut it." Emily growled at her, her eyes narrowing down at Garcia once again.

"Do you wanna go get some lunch?" JJ asked suddenly, not liking the tension that was growing again in the room.

"Sweetness it's only 11 in the morning." Garcia reminded her gently with a smile.

"Brunch then?" JJ replied.

"Sure, why not." Emily said, instantly perking up at the idea of being able to get out.

To get away from paperwork.

"You girls go ahead without me, I'm not overly hungry yet." Garcia replied, a slight twinkle in her eye and a smile on her face.

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Emily and JJ had made their way out of the building and down the street to a local café called 'The Cooper' that the team visited often, it was one of their favourites.

Emily had asked JJ to order for her telling the blonde what she wanted while she went to the toilet to 'freshen up' as she had said.

Really she just needed a few minutes to calm herself down.

She felt terrible for snapping at Garcia and JJ the way she had, she knew she could be a grump at times but it really wasn't needed.

She just had not expected that.

She honestly thought no one had seen the position she and JJ had ended up in last night.

The problem was that she liked how it felt when she woke up, having JJ close like that.

She wished it could happen again, but knew it couldn't and wouldn't.

To her knowledge JJ was completely straight, and to JJ's knowledge so was she, she hadn't told the blonde yet that she preferred to date women and men.

She had been unsure how to tell her, it had been the same with the rest of the team as well, eventually she had told them but not for a long time.

Not till she had felt the need to, she had learnt when young to keep personal things like this to her chest, having an ambassador for a mother taught her that.

She knew she should tell JJ, she knew that she should trust that JJ wouldn't treat her any differently, but she was scared.

Emily had had a soft spot for JJ since day one.

The younger agent was slowly wriggling her way into her heart and Emily felt herself suffocating with feelings for her.

She didn't want to tell her and possibly scare her off and lose her friendship all together.

She would rather have her as a friend than nothing at all.

The problem was that now Garcia would be watching, she would see it.

All the feelings that Emily tried to hide on a daily basis.

That's what had made Emily so angry, she wanted to pretend everything was normal and that nothing had changed.

It had though.

Garcia had seen them.

Even more so, she had unknowingly used Emily's own feelings against her as a joke by taking and sending her that photograph.

Sighing, Emily pushed her from the sink she had been leaning on while collecting her thoughts and made her way back into the café.

Making her way up to where JJ was sat she could see their food had already arrived, she must have been in the toilet's longer than she thought.

As she approached the table she almost came to a complete stop before taking a seat opposite the younger agent.

She had asked JJ to order her a bacon and mushroom baguette fancying fried foods to help with her hangover, but she had no idea what the blonde had ordered herself.

She had witnessed before that JJ would eat some strange combinations of food, but this one was completely beyond her belief.

What the hell was she eating?

"Jayje, that's gross! You call that lunch?" Emily said in disbelief as she watched her friend dip a fry into vanilla ice-cream before eating it.

"What?" JJ asked confused, her expression on her face matching the confusion in her voice.

"Fries and ice-cream are the best. It's hot and cold while being sweet and savoury all at the same time!" She continued before proceeding to dip another fry in the ice-cream and holding it out to Emily.

"Try it!" She insisted.

"No, I'm good thanks. You weirdo." Emily said laughing lightly as she pushed the offending food away from her.

JJ shrugged in response before eating the ice-cream covered fry herself and smiling to herself, causing Emily to laugh harder.

Yeah JJ was completely wriggling her way into Emily's heart.

Though as Emily watched her friend, laughing at her strange antics, she found herself becoming okay with that fact.


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