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Furthermore: Thanks again for the reviews! I feel so… honoured. Really, maybe you think I am exaggerating but that's how it feels to me. So do continue ).

Elisacollette – Thanks for your review! I'm not sure if I'll bring back Sophie, Peter and possibly other HG characters, but there'll definitely be references to them. Pretty soon, actually…

SLITH – I don't think I would behave like Emily, either. I would just get in there and hug her to death ). But Emily is different. Emily is a profiler, and -also quite important- quite new to the team. So I don't know how she'd react, really. Also, I haven't seen CM in a while, so my memory might play tricks with me…

Emily pushed open the bathroom door. Something was definitely wrong, JJ always answered.

"JJ?" She yanked the shower curtain aside and stopped short at what she saw. JJ sat against the wall, her legs pulled up and her head resting on her knees. She didn't respond at all, and for one frightening second Emily stood paralyzed, thinking of what could be wrong. Then JJ looked up at her and she exhaled.

JJ's eyes were red and dark, and her lips quivered when she whispered hoarsely: "I can't get him off me."

Her voice sounded so defeated Emily wanted to get right up there and give JJ the biggest hug she had to offer, but she knew she had to stay calm now.

JJ rested her head on her knees again. Emily stood still for a moment, then reached and turned off the water.

"JJ, listen to me," she said softly. Seeing JJ like this was entirely new to her and slightly frightening, but Emily had to help her.

"We're going to get you dry and put some clothes on, okay?"

JJ nodded and started getting up: Emily supported her. She could see that JJ was already distancing herself, putting up the walls again.

Therefore she wasn't surprised when JJ looked at Emily and said, while drying herself off with a towel: "I'm sorry, Em, I'm tired and I kind of fell asleep in the shower. What did Hotch have to say?"

Emily quickly thought of how to react: believe her, or pretend to, anyway, or ask her what was really going on. Her curiosity made her want to go with the second option, but one look at JJ's face changed that. JJ needed the pretence right now: they'd get to talk another time.

"I don't know, he hasn't told yet."

JJ nodded again. "Uhm, could I perhaps get some sleep now, and you can tell me whatever he had to say tomorrow? I'm really exhausted and tomorrow I'll have to hold a press conference, I need my energy for that.

Emily agreed, it was a pretty good excuse. "Yeah, sure, I'll tell them." She watched JJ closely when she said this and she saw that JJ wanted to add something, something along the lines of 'don't tell them what happened in the shower.' But she didn't, and Emily made her way to the door.

In the doorway, she turned around. "And JJ?"

JJ turned around, too, and said, rather nervously: "Yeah?"

"I'll be there when you wake up."

Before JJ could protest, Emily walked out the door. She didn't know how else to express her silent support.

I have no idea what a hotel bathroom looks like, so I just used my imagination. ).

Also, I know Emily would maybe not react like this. But I like to think that Emily thinks JJ will open up when she wants/needs to, and that pushing her will only cause her to close up again.