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Author's Note: First off, I'd like to say a HUGE thank you to all those super awesome people who took the time to review! It was GREATLY appreciated!

Second, I forgot to mention this at the end of the last chapter. I picked out who the characters of "Aiden Cardoza" and "Lena Hayes" are played by. Aiden was Eddie Cibrian, just because he totally works the last name Cardoza. . . Anyone who watched CSI: Miami will understand. Lena is Rhona Mitra because for some reason, I can picture her and Paget Brewster as a couple. . . .

So, anyways. . . Here's chapter 6!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Chapter 6

"WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!?!?!"

Emily and the mystery woman broke apart when they heard Morgan's exclamation. The unknown woman still had Emily pinned against her desk, with the newcomer standing between her legs. They two women looked at each other sheepishly, before looking at the people who were gawking at them.

JJ had been halfway down the stairs when she had witnessed the kiss, causing the blonde woman to nearly topple down the remaining stairs. She now stood in front of them with a look of complete and utter shock, her mouth opening and closing at random, with absolutely no sound coming out. Garcia had been standing next to Derek's desk, and after getting over her initial shock; she stood there looking highly amused. After all, out of all of them, Emily had always been the first one she'd peg to bat for her home team. Derek had been moving between Reid's desk and his own, and stopped walking to give the girls a slightly horrified look; complete with his eyes bulged, while he blinked rapidly. Reid just stood at his desk looking downright confused.

Hotchner and Rossi were another story altogether. The pair had been talking outside Hotchner's office, and then turned to lean over the banister as the kiss took place. While everyone stood wearing looks of shock and surprise, Aaron Hotchner and Dave Rossi wore very big smiles.

"Emily, what are you doing?" JJ asked, "You aren't gay."

"No," Emily smiled at her friend, "I'm bi."

"But you don't date girls!" Derek was desperately trying to get an explanation for the situation.

"And how would you know that?" Emily frowned slightly at Derek's reaction, "Lena and I have dated off and on again for the past 21 years. You've only known me for three years, and I certainly don't tell you all of my secrets. How in the world could you possibly know that I am in love, -" Emily turned and gazed into the mystery woman's eyes, while cupping her cheek in her hand, "-with the most beautiful woman I have ever met."

Emily leaned in and kissed her 'girlfriend'.

"Come on!" Derek looked very uncomfortable, "Emily you can't be gay. You and lesbianism is just . . . wrong!"

Emily stepped around the other woman, going at Derek with fire in her eyes, "Excuse me?!? First off, for the record, I am BISEXUAL! I have dated men before. And secondly, since when am I not allowed to love whomever the HELL I want, no matter what their gender?" Emily's voice dropped down to a dangerous-sounding octave, "You are not my father, you are not my brother, and they will never have a say in who I am dating. And since you are now broaching the line where you will not be my friend either, what makes you think that you do? You can accept the fact that Hotchner might be gay, and not the fact that I am bi? What kind of bull is that, Derek?

Garcia picked that moment to cut in, "Sweetie, he didn't mean that he thought you being g- bi is disgusting or anything. He is just trying to handle the shock," Garcia shot Derek a look, "Albeit, badly."

Derek looked a little upset as the realization of what he had said hit him. He had not meant to say that at all. He was just very confused. Very, VERY confused. So he decided to apologize. He never got the chance, because he was cut off before he had even started.

"Maybe you shouldn't say anything else for the time being," Lena stated to a man she had just met, "I don't think Em is capable of talking to you rationally right now."

Lena turned to look at her 'lover', trying to gently pull her back from Emily's state of anger. The British woman spoke soft words to her in Spanish as she tried to keep Emily's anger at bay. Lena knew that Emily hated when people tried to tell her what to think or feel in the way that her mother used to. Even if it hadn't been Derek's intention, the way he had stated what he'd said, came out sounding like that was what he was doing in Emily's ears.

For the first time in the entire conversation, Hotchner spoke up, "Emily, why don't you and. . . your girlfriend go home now. We don't need a blowout between this team."

Emily nodded mutely as she picked up her bag, "Thanks Hotch. And see you on Monday everyone."

As the rest of the team bid her goodbye, Emily took hold of Lena's hand, and the two walked out of the FBI building.

* * * * *

Later on that night, Emily, Lena, Dave, and Aaron sat in Emily's living room, with Jack sleeping upstairs. The four of them were drinking wine, eating chocolate-covered stawberries and laughing.

"Did you see everyone's face?" Rossi asked, "No one saw that coming!"

Hotchner nodded at Rossi's statement, "He's right. You two deserve awards for your performances. You two made a very convincing couple!" Hotchner picked up his wine glass and held it in the air, "A toast to Emily and Lena. And their deviousness."

The girls laughed as the four glasses clinked together. After the girls had walked away, Hotch and Rossi had impatiently waited for the rest of the team to leave. As much as they would have loved to walk out with them, the men knew that they could not risk having anyone notice that they were going in the same direction as Emily, when everyone knew that they did not live in the same direction. Instead, they sat and waited until everyone had filed out, before jumping in their cars and driving over to discuss the next phase of the plan. Of course, that was before Emily had pulled out a bottle of Shiraz, which naturally called for dessert. That is where the chocolate-covered strawberries came in.

"Do you think we will be able to keep this up for much longer?" Emily asked, "I mean, we are one of the best teams. Eventually, they are going to catch on . . . or at least I hope they eventually catch on."

"They will," Rossi smiled widely at the two women, "And if they don't, I guess you two are going to have to keep up the charade!"

Emily and Lena exchanged a glance before Lena picked up a strawberry, stuck the stem in her mouth, and offered the rest of the strawberry to Emily, who happily took it. When Emily took a bite of the very sensual dessert, the women's lips came together in a kiss that had Hotchner and Rossi almost wishing the women would go at it right in front of them. Instead, they just sat back, and acted like it had been the men's imaginations.

"Don't you ever get worried that Emily might realize how much she misses Lena and go back to her?" Rossi asked Hotch.

"He shouldn't," Emily went and straddled her fiancé, "I said yes when he proposed."

As Emily and Hotch kissed, Rossi leaned over to Lena, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively, "So . . . Lena, would you ever consider dating an older ma-"

Lena cut him off, "Don't even bother. I am gayer than a tennis player!"

At that reply, Emily and Hotch pulled apart and stared at the other woman. Everyone sat in silence before the group of four burst out laughing. It was obvious that this ridiculous prank was somehow bringing a group of friends closer together, which was something that no one was complaining about.

The group sat around drinking and talking for a while before Emily spoke up suddenly, "Lena, do you want to be my Maid of Honor? I know it's kind of out of the blue, but I thought now was as good a time as any to ask."

Anyone who knew Lena Hayes knew that she wasn't one for crying. Tears were not something she could waste her time on. Yet as she sat looking at her best friend, she shed a few tears of happiness.

"I would love to," Lena hugged Emily tight, as a rush of unusual emotions came over her.

As he watched the girls hug, Hotchner leaned over to Rossi, "Now that the wedding has been brought up, if we ever get ourselves out of the wacky situation and can make it to an altar, would you be my Best Man?"

Rossi looked as though he was contemplating the question for about a millisecond before he agreed. The fact that Lena and Dave had agreed to partake in the weeding party, of course called for another round of drinks.

"Um, not to be the killjoy of this mini-celebration," Rossi stated a while later, "But what are we going to do about the 'reason' why Jack proposed? We still haven't figured that one out yet."

"I have actually been thinking a bit about it, and I thought something up," Lena stated in her polished British accent, "Aaron, would you kindly call up the rest of your team and ask them to meet up for dinner tomorrow night?"

Aaron nodded and immediately got up to go do as he was told.

"Em, did the agency say that you could spend time with Zara tomorrow?" Lena asked, causing a look of confusion to pass over Rossi's face.

Emily nodded, "Yeah, they want us to be able to get to know each other better before the adoption is pushed through."

Lena gave a slight evil smile, "And you told me that she is quite the actress."

"Yes I did," Emily and Rossi exchanged a worried glance, "Okay, what are you planning?"

Okay, that was the next chapter! I had EVERY intention of posting this after I posted the next part of Don't Hate Me, but this was floating through my head soooooo, I decided to go ahead and finish it.

I REALLY hope you liked it!

The next one should be up soon.

XOXO ~ Sid.

P.S.- Just so you are all aware, reviews DO in fact help a person write. . . . Just putting that out there! lol ;)