Hey guys, sorry for the delay in this update, as those that read the Connected as One main story may know, I had been in hospital the past week after having an operation I had been waiting some time for but was rushed in rather unexpectedly due to a cancellation, I'm home and healing now and back to writing woo.
Again sorry for the delay here, hope you like this one. Thank you to everybody who is reading and reviewing these one shots I love to hear your thoughts and what you make of these so please continue to do so and if you have any ideas and thoughts I will try to write them in here.
One shot name: Drunk & Drunker.
Synopsis: Morgan has been waiting a long time to play his hand for the pranks wars, he decides the BAU staff Christmas party is the perfect setting, thought the prank does not play out how he had planned it to, it does have some interesting results.
Rating: T.
Twelve: Drunk & Drunker.
Emily was exhausted.
The BAU Christmas party was always a fun night, a long night but a fun night.
It was always filled with cheer and plenty of alcohol.
Although this year too much alcohol for some people.
The consumption of said alcohol wasn't particularly their fault.
That was a set up by one Derek Morgan.
Thinking back on it, Emily knew that she should have seen this coming.
Morgan had all but promised retaliation for the cake incident on her Birthday, he had gloated about how good he was at pranks.
It had been almost two months since then.
Emily had forgotten all about it, she shouldn't have.
She should have read the signs, she should have realised what Morgan was up to and got out of there as soon as possible.
She should have picked up on the fact that Morgan seemed to be supplying herself, JJ and Garcia with lots of drinks tonight, and that the more of those drinks they drunk the more hyperactive and more energetic they became.
The main reason she didn't really notice this till after was due to the fact she was enjoying seeing JJ act so freely, so confident, it wasn't till the younger agent jumped up on a table to dance and almost fell off it onto Gideon that Emily realised she was drunk out of her mind.
The other reason she had not noticed is because she herself had drunk a far few of Morgan's cocktails and was well on the way to getting completely wasted herself too.
She should have just continued on and got wasted herself, but that little voice in the back of her head was nagging at her, telling her she needed to stop drinking, telling her that someone needed to be sober enough to help the girls out if needs be.
She knew the guys would have taken good care of them, but she also knew that was what Morgan wanted, he wanted to get them all drunk out of their minds so he could record them doing ridiculous things to embarrass them with.
The other reason she knew she could let the boys end up taking care of them all was JJ, she knew JJ was extremely distrusting of men and would not allow them to take care of her and probably injure herself trying to look after herself.
Something Emily had picked up on in her time knowing the younger agent was that she had a distrust towards men, which in itself is not a bad thing, but was something that intrigued Emily to no end as she had no idea why JJ held this distrust.
JJ always knocked men back she met on nights out, she to Emily's knowledge had not been on a date since they started working together saying she had yet to find anyone she liked.
Emily had noticed JJ was very tactile after she got to know a person.
She was tactile with the whole team, she would always give out little touches of affection to team members shoulders or arms, and frequently gave out hugs, but even with the team Emily had noticed she was more likely to do this with herself and Garcia first over the boys.
The thing that really baffled her was that the blonde distrusted men greatly, but to her knowledge was completely straight, not that she thought JJ's distrust in men meant she way gay.
This distrust she noticed, was the reason she had decided to stop drinking tonight, so she was available, and sober enough, to take the girls home and look after them if needs be.
She really wished she hadn't done that now, she would give anything to be in her room in her large comfortable bed fast asleep, but instead she was stuck with one extremely hyperactive playful drunk, and another who could barely keep her eyes open long enough to walk a few steps on her own.
Garcia and JJ it seemed were both hyperactive drunks, however the later had moved into the tired drunk stage.
After the team left the party it was clear neither of them would be able to get home and look after themselves after the amount of alcohol they had consumed, which meant the three of them had got a taxi back to Emily's for the night.
Upon returning to Emily's apartment, the three of them had made a mess trying to get a now very sleepy and intoxicated JJ to the bedroom, who had knocked a fair few things over on the way.
An overly excited Garcia, had started building a couch cushion fort half way through the attempt to carry JJ's half asleep drunken body to the bedroom abandoning Emily with that job.
Emily had managed to get JJ to her bathroom and set her up with clothes to change into to go to sleep in before leaving her to her own devices for ten minutes as she went to find Garcia to stop her from destroying her living room further.
Upon returning to the bathroom Emily had found that JJ had managed to change in to the sleep shorts she had given her, but had fallen asleep sitting on the closed toilet seat her forehead against the bathroom sink before being able to change into the old t-shirt Emily had given her.
Now she was left with the task of trying to change a very drunk, very sleepy JJ.
Sighing Emily couldn't help but find the sight rather adorable before she walked over to JJ and gently lifted her head from its leaning place against the sink and gently pushed her back a little on the closed toilet seat so she was leaning against the back of the toilet with her head against the wall.
As soon as Emily's hands left the blondes head it lolled to the side again her eyes opening to blink once before closing again.
"Come on Jay, help me out a little here." Emily said, more to herself knowing the blonde was too far gone to really pay attention to her.
Right, Emily thought to herself, you can do this. You can change her into this old t-shirt without stopping to oogle her.
With all those thoughts racing through her head she couldn't help feel bad, she was a 28 year old FBI agent who was getting excited at the prospect of seeing one of her best friends, who she had developing feelings for, with her top off.
Yes, Morgan was really going to have to die for this one, he may have thought he had won, but the war had only just begun, Emily would and will get him back for this.
Pulling herself together Emily placed her hands at the hem of JJ's top and began to gently pull it upwards revealing the blondes stomach.
"No, get off, leave me alone." JJ Drunkenly mumbled trying to swat Emily away, her eyes opening up again, barely.
"It's just me Jay, I'm just helping you finish getting changed." Emily told her friend after dodging another swat as JJ began to struggle a little more against her.
"Stop it, don't wanna." JJ whined pulling herself away from Emily, her top falling back down.
"Don't want you to see." She continued her arms coming up to cross around herself almost protectively.
Emily sighed standing, she was tired and already beating herself up about the thoughts that had been running through her head, and now JJ was all but saying she didn't want Emily looking at her.
"Just because I'm gay, doesn't mean I'm going to stare at your boobs or anything like that Jennifer." Emily said turning to leave, she turned half way around when she felt a sudden pressure on her back and arms around her waist holding her in place.
"No wait! I didn't mean it like that I swear. I'm sorry Emily, please don't be mad. I didn't think that at all, I just hate anybody seeing my body." JJ said quickly, her speech slurring in some places.
Emily sighed again, she should have known JJ didn't mean it to sound that way, JJ has been nothing but supportive and had not changed the way she acted around her since she came out to her one bit.
Emily placed her hand on top of JJ's that was on her stomach holding her in place, letting her know through touch that she believed her and that they were okay.
"Why don't you like people seeing your body?" Emily asked, wondering what it was JJ didn't want her, or anybody else to see.
"I have some…marks…they look strange…people don't like them; I don't like the look I get when people see them." JJ said releasing Emily while talking, her hands wrapping around herself self-consciously again as she looked down.
Emily turned to find her in this position and was stunned for a moment.
She had never seen her friend look so self-conscious before, nervous yes, but not like this.
"Where are the marks?" Emily asked crouching down in front of JJ again, she wanted to know what they were but could tell asking now would not help.
"On my back." JJ replied swaying slightly on the toilet seat, she was still very drunk, though the conversation had sobered her mind a little bit it hadn't her body.
"Well I doubt I would be able to see them helping you change while in front of you like I am and I promise I won't try to look, but if you are still uncomfortable I can get you a jumper to wear over your top instead." Emily offered.
"You promise you won't look at my back." JJ said after a moment's thought.
"Promise." Emily assured her.
Emily watched as JJ nodded before trying to take her top off herself right in front of her, however with her drunk limbs not working as well she found herself stuck in the head hole with her arms above her head.
Emily laughed as she helped JJ remove the top and placed it to the side before helping her into the old T-shirt she had given JJ to wear to bed that was a bit too big for JJ and looked slightly baggy on her.
The process took just under a minute and by the end of it JJ was fully changed and ready for bed, now completely exhausted leaning her head against Emily's shoulder slumped forward now on the toilet seat.
"See that wasn't too hard now was it?" Emily joked laughing slightly.
"Emmmilllyy. I'm sleepy, stop moving." JJ whined her forehead still attached to Emily's shoulder.
"Come on, let's get you to bed." Emily said pulling herself and JJ up to a standing position, her one hand on the sink to steady them both as she allowed JJ to lean on her, her other arm around her waist keeping her upright.
"You trying to get me into bed now Prentiss? First undressing me now this, you flatter a girl." JJ teased tiredly with a smirk.
"You wish Jareau. You have been spending far too much time with Morgan this evening." Emily said as they stumbled out of the bathroom and into the bedroom.
Together they managed to make it to the bed where Garcia had now passed out, lifting back the covers with one hand Emily guided JJ into the bed with her other hand before covering up and turning off the bedside light.
"Get some sleep, yell if you need me." Emily said to the already half asleep JJ before turning to leave the room.
"Emily." JJ said softly just as Emily was at the door causing her to turn back around and look at her.
"Yeah?" Emily replied.
"Can you stay with me?" JJ asked sounding more awake now.
There was something in her voice that Emily couldn't pin point, it was as though JJ was afraid to be left alone, even though she wasn't.
Or it could be that JJ was just drunk and emotional and Emily was reading far too much into things.
Emily just wasn't sure which one it was.
"You have Garcia with you Jayje, you're not alone, and I'll be right down the hall." Emily said.
"I want you to stay though, please." JJ said sitting up in the bed causing Garcia to mumble and turn in the other direction.
Emily sighed rolling her eyes, as soon as JJ had asked her she knew she would be staying.
She couldn't say no to her, especially when she looks at her with those eyes she can tell the blonde is using even if the light isn't on.
"Budge up a bit." Emily ordered as she walked up to the bed again, climbing into the space that JJ had made for her and laying down on her back next to her friend.
She smiled to herself slightly as she felt JJ wriggle up next to her and cuddle into her side her arm draping across her stomach.
She laughed as JJ nudged her a couple of times before rolling her eyes and lifting her arm so JJ could snuggle up to her side closer and she could place her arm around JJ's back.
"Better?" Emily asked as she felt the blonde settle against her, JJ's head resting on her shoulder and upper chest.
Emily chuckled after feeling JJ nod her head against her.
"Should have guessed the only reason you wanted me to stay was to be your personal hot water bottle, you know Garcia would have happily cuddled up with you right?" Emily joked.
"I like her but I didn't want Garcia, I wanted you. I like it when you hold me." JJ mumbled sleep in her voice.
"I've noticed." Emily replied the hand around her friend back rubbing her arm gently.
"You make me feel safe." JJ confessed drunkenly, half asleep.
"You don't feel safe when other people hold you?" Emily probed, the profiler in her curious of the comment.
"I don't let other people hold me." JJ breathed out barely awake.
Emily thought for a moment and realised that what JJ had said was truthful.
In her time knowing the younger agent she had noticed JJ was always the first to pull back from a hug, and she would never hug people for a long time, expect from when hugging herself.
JJ hugged her longer than others, JJ allowed Emily to hold her, invited it even granted she was drunk both times this had happened but she still invited it all the same.
It was clear JJ had self-confidence issues in her personal life that she hid very well in her professional life, but at times like these when Emily got to see these issues and see behind the walls JJ had built up she found herself feeling privileged.
Privileged that JJ trusted her enough to allow her to see them, even if she didn't realise she was doing so.
Privileged that JJ allowed her to hold her this way when she wouldn't let others.
It gave her hope, that maybe her feelings where not one sided.
For JJ to trust her like this she must have feelings for her, even if those were just very strong friendship feelings, it gave Emily something to work with, to work towards.
Smiling Emily pulled the now sleeping blonde a little closer to herself and closed her own eyes, settling down for sleep herself.
She knew if Garcia woke to find them still in this position that there was would endless teasing that it had happened again but right now she didn't care.
All that mattered was that JJ had wanted her and Emily wanted her back.
AN: let me know what you thought, also who would like the next morning one shot to this, I have an idea to write it but I'm not sure if you guys wanna see it, let me know and if you do, well i guess this one will be a two shot haha.
