Garcia

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If you have one true friend, you have more than your share, Thomas Fuller.

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Penelope Garcia turned her face toward the sun. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon. A absolute perfect day off. Sitting under an umbrella in the backyard of her best friend, sipping chablis and watching a little boy chase butterflies; Almost too perfect to be believed, but here she was.

Her reverie was broken when a tiny delicate hand took hers.

"Aunt Garcia,do you have any candy?" asked a unbelievably cute voice. Garcia smiled down at the beautiful face of her godson Henry. She gave his tawny curls a ruffle.

"You bet Kiddo, when don't I have treats for you? "She picked up her beaded purse and pulled out a bag of jelly babies. "For you sweetie."

Henry took the candy and gave her an enthusiastic hug.

"Henry!" Admonished his mother, who had just walked out of the house. "You don't ask people for candy."

Henry bit his lip and and looked properly chastened.

JJ wasn't finished, she turned to her long time friend " And you Penelope, please don't encourage his sweet tooth; he'd live on candy if I let him."

Garcia pushed out her lip in a pout."Ah c'mon JJ. let me spoil him a little bit." She put her face down beside Henry's and imitated his look."

"Please Mom!" She batted her lashes for good measure.

JJ tried hard not to laugh. "Ok Henry you can have a couple, save the rest for dessert tonight."

Both Henry and Garcia grinned at the same time. Henry removed two candies from the bag and dashed off into the yard.
He climbed into the little wooden playhouse Will had built for him.

JJ sat down across from Garcia and poured them both another glass of wine.

"He gets cuter every day JJ." Said Garcia, smiling after him.

JJ only nodded. She was staring down into her wine glass. Garcia saw a solitary tear run down her cheek.

Garcia leaned toward her. "JJ, what's wrong." This scared her; Jennifer Jareau did not cry easily.

JJ rubbed the tear away, she didn't want Henry to see her cry.

"It's ...it's Will, he's moved out."

"What!,when, why?" asked her shocked friend.

JJ didn't answer right away, she merely stared out into the yard and stared at her little boy in his playhouse.

Garcia followed her eyes and she suddenly understood. She grabbed her friends hand.

"Oh JJ, no! Will knows doesn't he?"

JJ looked up at her friend stunned "Will knows ?" She repeated."Knows what?"

Garcia leaned closer and looked JJ straight in the eye; she lowered her voice.

"He knows Henry is not his son,"

JJ couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Garcy, is it that obvious?"

"Oh honey no, of course not, it's just that...well I kinda, I sort of saw you and ..." Garcia was unable to look her friend in the face.

JJ's eyes widened ,"What do you mean you saw, saw what?"

Garcia began to fidget nervously in her chair." Well first of all it was an accident, I didn't mean to."

"Garcia, just say it, how and what did you see?"

Penelope clasped her hands together and closed her eyes, she thought if she just blurted it out quickl;y it would be less painful, like pulling off a bandaid.

"Ok ok! well sometimes I watch security footage from the BAU room from the night before, I do it to protect you guys. I want to make sure no one is going in there and causing trouble. I usually only see cleaning crew .".She opened her eyes hoping her best buddy wasn't going to throw her out.

"Go on," said JJ.

"One day on the footage I saw him sitting in the conference room. He looked so sad and then you came in and .. I guess I don't have to tell you what happened next.

JJ covered her face with her hands. "Oh Garcia, you watched us?"

"I didn't mean to! and then I was really happy for you guys. I kept waiting for the two of you to come out so to speak, to make an annoucement , but the next thing I know you're pregnant and Will is moving in with you." I'm sorry JJ."

JJ patted her arm. "It's ok Garcy, as long as only you saw it." JJ stopped, a horrible realization struck her.

"Garcia, how many others saw it?"

"oh no, don't worry, I deleted it, nobody else saw." Garcia reaasured her.

"Thank you, thank you." Said JJ relieved. The last thing she needed was for Will to somehow see vidoes of her betrayal.

JJ turned to her friend "Will's given me an ultimatum He wants me to leave the BAU and for us to move to New Orleans. If i don't he's gone, I lose him forever."

Garcia squeezed her hand. "You love Will right?"

"Of course I do."

"Then it's easy, JJ. I love you and I'd miss you, but save your family any way you can, go with Will" Garcias eyes began to well with tears.

JJ looked out into the yard and watched her small son race around the yard. He meant more to her than anything in the world. Garcia was right. This decision was easy.

The somber silence was then broken by Henry racing toward them, breathless and excited.

"Mommy, mommy! come look mommy, there's a butterfly in my playhouse. I think it's a El Segundo Blue just like the one you showed me in your book."

"Hey, that's amazing honey, may Aunt Penelope see it too?"

'Yeah yeah. hurry before it flies away."The little boy grabbed the hands of both women and quickly led them out into the sunlight.

FIN

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I debated whether to continue this story, but i did have a plan for it, so on it goes.