Hotch left not too long after finishing Carrie's room, wanting to spend time with Haley and Jack while he had the chance to. Rossi excused himself at the same time, saying he had plans, the others not wanting to ask about the smirk on his face. An hour later, Morgan had invited Garcia to join him for dinner, an offer she wasn't going to pass up, Reid getting a lift off them, saying he had a new book series to read.

Emily, not wanting JJ to leave, asked her if she wanted to stay for dinner, not catching the smirk on Carrie's face as JJ accepted without hesitation. Waiting for the Chinese food to arrive, Emily excused herself to change into clean clothes, the others had changed earlier but she hadn't felt comfortable changing with guests still there.

JJ couldn't help but stare as Emily descended the stairs. The brunette was wearing check pyjama pants, slung low on her hip bones, a white tank top and a Yale hoodie, half zipped and hanging off one shoulder. The blonde was completely taken by the older woman. She had seen Emily in many situations and settings, at work, in workout gear, going to some of the Ambassadors events, but this, this was quickly becoming one of her favourite looks. The brunette was so relaxed and the look was stunning on her, hair up in a messy ponytail, no make up and pyjamas. It was not a look JJ had seen often, anytime they had been in bed, pyjamas had been the last thing on their minds.

JJ also understood the significance of this moment. Emily had not been able to change while the rest of the team had been there, the team they all saw as family, but having changed with JJ still there she looked completely comfortable. Emily had been with the team a year and she was really starting to open up to them all but the blonde knew in her heart that if anyone else had been the last one here, Emily wouldn't have asked them to stay, never mind change into her pyjamas. Emily was letting her in. JJ realised that she could get used to this. She could get used to this very quickly.

"See something you like there Agent Jareau?" Only then did JJ realised that she had been unabashedly staring at Emily, mouth hanging open ever so slightly. "Never seen someone in their pyjamas before huh?" The brunette continued teasing as JJ's cheeks flared red, only making Emily laugh more at the blonde's reaction.

"I...eh...I...yeah, yeah I have." She seemed to have completely lost the ability to speak, that was what Emily did to her. She heard the buzzer of the door and the older woman's laughter moving down the hall, and she couldn't help thinking that she had been saved by the bell.

JJ had been doing a lot of thinking about what Carrie had said to her. She knew what her and Emily had was just casual but she also knew that she wanted more, she had from the start, from before the start, that's why she had eventually made a move that night in Milwaukee. Emily had her enraptured from the moment she saw her, there was an instant attraction on her side.

But now she had to figure out what Emily wanted. The profiler's life had become much more complicated in the past week, she now had Carrie to take into account too. JJ couldn't help but think if things would be different between them if the teen hadn't come into their lives. Would their relationship have progressed? Emily had asked her on a date in Denver but they hadn't spoken about it since. Was that something she had said when she was nervous? Or was it something she really wanted? JJ really didn't know.

JJ decided to just enjoy her night with the two and stop over-analysing her relationship with the profiler as she came back in with the food. The conversation flowed freely between the three now, Carrie being much more open with the two, realising that it was okay to open up to them, enjoying the banter between the two. As the last of the food was eaten, Emily informed the teen that Monday would bring a visit to the school she was looking to enroll her in, the other two realising that the real world did, in fact, exist outside their little bubble.

After the food cartons were cleared away, it was just taken that JJ would stay for the movie that they were putting on, Carrie curling up in the armchair and the two older women making themselves comfortable on the couch.

Half an hour into the generic chick flick they put on, Emily looked over at JJ only to see the blonde's eyes drooping, clearly tired after their day of painting and assembling furniture. Catching her sleepy eye, the profiler gestured to her to lie down on the couch. JJ complied, resting her head on Emily's lap, too tired to think about what this meant as she felt the older woman's fingers stroking through her hair.

Emily looked down at the woman in her lap, she really was strikingly beautiful. Carrie had put the seed in her head. The seed of hope. Did they really act like a couple? Was that what JJ wanted? She had agreed to a date in Denver but had she just said that because that was what she wanted to hear? Emily was confused and lacked confidence when it came to JJ. She honestly didn't know what the younger woman saw in her, why she would want to be with her, she deserved so much better than her. Now she had impulsively taken in a teenager, not that she regretted it, not one bit, but was JJ ready to take Carrie on too?

The profiler realised that she had spent the rest of the movie deep in thought, staring at the blonde and lightly running her fingers through the golden locks in her lap, when she saw Carrie move off the armchair.

"I'm going to bed, I'm absolutely beat." The teen said around a yawn as she moved to give Emily a light hug as she passed.

"Okay, I set up the bed in the spare room, the paint isn't dry in your room yet. Sleep well and don't hesitate to come in if you need anything." She whispered, not wanting to wake JJ, as she placed a kiss on Carrie's cheek.

She took a few moments to just take in the beauty in her lap as she heard Carrie get ready upstairs. Bending over, slightly awkwardly, she placed a soft kiss on her temple. "Hey Sleeping Beauty, it's time to wake up." When there wasn't any reaction from JJ, the brunette laughed and shook her ever so slightly, "Jennifer, wake up, come on."

This seemed to get some response from the blonde as she rolled over on her back, still not opening her eyes she whispered, still too taken by sleep to talk. "Say it again."

"Say what again?"

"My name."

"Jennifer." With this JJ's eyes flew open and she realised how close Emily was, without thinking about anything else she wrapped her hand around the back of the older woman's neck and pulled her into a kiss. A kiss that started slow and tentative but as the brunette responded it heated up quickly. Realising the awkward position Emily was in, JJ moved to sit up and then to straddle the older woman, never breaking their connection.

Shaking the remnants of sleep and remembering that Carrie was upstairs, JJ slowed the kiss, moving down Emily's jaw, placing light kisses on her neck, eventually ceasing altogether and wrapping her arms around the profilers neck, feeling her returning a strong hug, pulling the blonde right into her chest.

"Stay tonight, please?" It was barely a whisper and if her head hadn't been buried in her neck, her ear near her mouth, JJ might not have heard Emily's voice, her plea.

"Carrie?" She was very apprehensive, even if the teenager had expressed her support already.

"We don't have to do anything, I just want to hold you tonight, feel close to you." Pulling back and seeing the depth of emotion in the older woman's eyes she couldn't help but nod in response and place a soft kiss on her lips.

"JJ, I know I haven't mentioned it since but what I said in Denver, about going on a date, I meant it, I want to take you out. Right now things are just really hectic."

"I really want to go on a date too but I totally understand that your priority right now is Carrie, and she always will be. I also understand that if I want you, which I do, that I have to want her too. I know this may be moving fast but I do want it, I've done a lot of thinking about it and I do want it. I want this. With you." Hearing JJ's words, Emily's eyes starting tearing up, she couldn't believe how open and heartfelt the blonde was being with her.

"I want that too, more than anything. I know we may need to slow it down a bit, but I'm in this and I need you to know that. I don't want to be with anyone else, just you." With that she caressed the media liaison's face and pressed their foreheads together.

"I don't want to be with anyone else either, I haven't for a long time now." With that JJ kissed Emily again, stood up, taking her hand and pulled her towards the stairs.

Fifteen minutes later, after Emily had checked on a sleeping Carrie, JJ had changed into some borrowed pyjamas and the two had brushed their teeth, they climbed into the bed, both gravitating towards the middle. It felt so natural for Emily to lie on her back and pull JJ into her chest. This, this was what she wanted.

So I wanted to focus a bit more on the relationship between JJ and Emily in this chapter, I hope that was portrayed well. I plan having much more Carrie in the next chapter. Thank you for your continued support.