Hello all, hope you are all well, here is your next one shot.
Shout out to Thalie57, who came up with the idea for this one shot, hope it is all you imagined and more, if possible hehe.
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One shot name: Damn Pot-holes.
Synopsis: While driving to an interview for a case Emily and JJ run into a few problems that take them on a interesting road for help.
Rating: T.
Fourteen: Damn Pot-holes.
"Hey Em?" JJ said looking over the top of the SUV where Emily was crouched down trying to connect the car jack under the SUV's one tire.
"Jayje, for the love of god! I know how to change a tire okay?" Emily replied, frustrated as she couldn't get the jack connected right.
"I believed you the first time, but I don't think it's going to help changing just that tire." JJ answered.
"What?" Emily asked, clearly confused.
"I think this one has punctured too." JJ answered her.
Throwing the car jack that was in her hands down, Emily wiped the dirt from her hands on to a cloth before standing and walking over to the other side of the car where JJ was stood looking at a very flat tire.
"Well that's just great!" Emily exclaimed.
"Damn pot-holes." She continued.
The two of them had been driving out to interview a victim's family for the case they were currently working on, when the SUV hit a massive pot-hole in the road and had suddenly spun out of control.
Emily had managed to regain control of the SUV and park up safely on the side of the small road they had been driving down.
After getting out the SUV to check the driver's side tires Emily had noticed that the back driver's side tire was completely blown out due to hitting the pot-hole when the car had spun out of control.
It seems that the passenger's side front tire had also been blown out from the impact of hitting the pot-hole.
"I take it there's only one spare?" JJ asked, receiving a nod in response.
"Any ideas for a plan B?" She asked.
Emily took her phone out of her pocket and looked at it.
No reception.
Not at all surprising considering they were in the middle of nowhere having just driven through a woodland road.
Emily looked in the direction that they were travelling, she had remembered seeing a sign a few miles back that had told them the nearest town was at least 15 miles away, which would be a very long walk.
Emily turned to look towards the woodland road they had just driven through, she remembered seeing a small diner on the side of the road which they passed just before the road sign, possibly three or four miles back.
Right now, it looked to be their best bet, the area the diner is in may have better cell reception, and if not, could have a payphone they could use to contact the team.
There was only one problem with this plan.
JJ hated the woods.
"Kinda, but you're not going to like it." Emily replied turning back to face JJ.
"I think we should head back to that diner we passed a few miles back that way." Emily said pointing to the woodland road they had just passed through.
Emily watched as JJ looked from her to the road behind them, then back to her again with her eyes wide.
"You're not joking, are you?" JJ asked gulping.
"The nearest town is over ten miles away, and we can't stay here." Emily reasoned.
"Why not? The team will come look for us when they realise we haven't come back." JJ argued, she did not want to have to walk back up that woodland road, right now she would do anything to make sure that didn't happen.
"We have been on the road for nearly two hours Jay, they won't even realise we are missing till morning, they won't be expecting us back till late. Do you wanna spend the whole night in the SUV on the side of the road." Emily replied.
"Well, no. But I don't want to walk through the woods either." JJ said folding her arms and pouting.
"I promise I won't let any grizzly bears eat you." Emily joked while she walked over to the other side of the SUV and began to pick up the tools she had been using to try and change the flat tire with.
"Not funny Emily!" JJ said turning her back and leaning against the SUV away from Emily who chuckled to herself as she placed the tools back into the boot of the SUV.
Looking back to JJ, Emily could see the blonde was sulking while leaning against the passenger side door, usually she would find the sight hilarious, as well as the slightest bit adorable.
Right now though, she found her heart quenching a little for her friend.
All joking aside, JJ did look rather scared, Emily could tell by her posture.
JJ's shoulders were drawn in tightly together, her jaw was clenched, her arms were wrapped around herself tightly.
JJ had not been joking when she told the team she was afraid of the woods.
Silently, Emily picked up their go bags that had been in the boot of the SUV and closed the boot before locking the SUV and placing the keys in her pocket.
Emily then walked up to where JJ was leaning against the passenger door and dropped their go bags to the floor before turning to fully look at her friend.
"I know this isn't ideal, but it's the best we have right now. I don't like this any more than you do Jay, but the faster we get going the faster we can get out of these woods, okay?" Emily reasoned.
"Stupid damn pot-holes." JJ muttered angrily looking to her feet.
"Come here." Emily said as she pulled the blonde into her arms frowning at how tense the younger agent was while she began to gently rub a hand up and down her back.
JJ sighed before resting her forehead against Emily's shoulder not yet returning the hug but also not pulling away from it either.
"You know, it's not fair that you keep using my drunken ramblings against me. Just because I told you I feel safe when you hold me, it doesn't mean you get to do it to stop me from being moody too." JJ said her voice muffled by Emily's shoulder.
"I'm not, I can see that you are scared and I don't want you to be. But, if it also stops you pouting that can't be a bad thing either." Emily said jokingly towards the end.
"Shut up!" JJ said slapping Emily on the arm before wrapping her arms around Emily's waist to return the hug causing Emily to laugh loudly.
"I'm not scared." JJ continued adamantly, before pulling away from the embrace and re-crossing her arms over her chest as Emily looked at her disbelievingly.
"Sure you aren't." Emily replied picking up JJ's go bag and handing it to her before picking her own go bag up and throwing it over her shoulder.
"Why are we taking our go bags?" JJ asked confused.
"Tell me we are not staying the night out here!" she exclaimed her eyes going wide.
"We are only taking them in case we have to find somewhere to stay. Hopefully we won't have to, but this way if we do, we won't have to come back through the woodland road to get them." Emily replied trying to calm her friend.
"It's just a precaution, okay?" She continued, watching as JJ nodded.
"Just a precaution." JJ repeated to herself.
"Come on, let's go." Emily said turning towards the woodland road and beginning to walk up it, JJ following closely behind her.
"Em?" JJ called after they had been walking around ten minutes.
"Yeah?" Emily called over her shoulder.
"If, we have to stay here, can we just get the one room and share?" JJ asked quietly, speeding up a little bit to catch up to Emily and walk beside her.
"Of course, I was going to suggest we do that anyway." Emily replied to JJ who smiled gratefully to her in return.
"Em, you were right." JJ said suddenly twenty minutes later as they were still walking along the woodland road, the road was darker now as the sun was setting due to it nearing night.
A small wind had picked up making the tree branches blow around noisily, other than that the road had been quiet, not a single car had passed them.
"I am scared." JJ admitted quietly with her head down, she felt embarrassed, but she knew Emily probably had guessed she was scared already.
Emily had called her on it before they even started walking, and that was before she had begun to jump at any sudden sound made by the wildlife living in the woods.
Looking towards her Emily could see JJ was very tense next to her, tense and afraid.
Not liking seeing JJ that way Emily swapped the hand in which she was holding her go bag in and wrapped her one arm around JJ's side, pulling her a little closer towards herself in the hopes of making her feel a little more at ease with the situation.
"I don't think it's too far now. We'll get to the diner, you can have some of that disgusting ice-cream and fry dip you enjoy so much and then we will see where we go from there, okay?" Emily said smiling when she saw JJ laugh about the ice-cream and fries.
"Long as you try them this time." JJ replied moving herself closer to Emily and wrapping her own free arm around Emily's waist to keep her close.
"No way Goldilocks, you can keep what's in your bowl to yourself." Emily joked bumping JJ with her shoulder and laughing as she nearly sent the blonde flying to the floor, who had not been expecting the bump, with a squeal causing a flock of her birds to fly away squawking loudly.
The sound of the birds mixed with JJ's unbalanced footing caused JJ to fall on her butt in a muddy patch on the ground looking around herself confused as to what had just happened.
Emily paused her laughter for a moment to see if the blonde was okay before bursting out in even more laughter.
"Emily!" JJ exclaimed.
"You said you wouldn't let the bears eat me, not that you would throw me at them." She continued scowling at Emily who was still laughing with her hands on her knees for support.
"You're face, that was hilarious." Emily said through her laughter as JJ continued to look at her unimpressed, trying to stop her lips from curling into a smile as her friend continued to almost cry in laughter.
"I hate you right now, just so you know." JJ said while picking herself up from the ground, she crossed her arms and shook her head as Emily finally calmed her laughing down.
"Aw Jayje, don't be like that. I'm sorry okay? I couldn't help it; your reaction was pretty funny." Emily said trying to apologise, she didn't want to hurt the blonde's feelings.
"For you, maybe. I thought we were being attacked or something!" JJ replied sulking.
"Attacked by what? Flying bears?" Emily said with another laugh at which JJ didn't respond, although her cheeks did start to pinken slightly in embarrassment.
"I don't think I have ever heard you squeal like that." Emily said still chuckling to her herself.
"You really suck." JJ replied annoyed.
"I'm sorry, really I am. I didn't mean to scare you like that honest." Emily said walking up to JJ and wrapping her in a one-armed hug, seeing her friend was annoyed with her and pretty shaken up.
"If you tell anyone about this I'll shoot you in your sleep." JJ said resting her forehead against Emily's shoulder again as she tried to calm down her thumping heart, fear still pulsating through her.
"I won't, I swear." Emily promised as she ran her hand along JJ's back before pulling away.
"Can we get out of here now." JJ said looking around them nervously seeing how the road was now getting darker, the night time drawing in closer.
"Sure." Emily said grabbing both of their go bags in her one hand and JJ's hand in her other as the two of them continued along the woodland road towards the diner together.
"I want a large fries and large ice-cream when we get to the diner." JJ said side glancing at Emily as she tightened her hold on Emily's hand, who smiled in return.
AN: So there we go, dont forget to drop me a review and let me know what you thought :)
