A/N: Very important Authors note. I was told in a review, that the backhandspring, which I had JJ able to do after one day, in fact takes months to learn and would not be able to be learnt in one day. I am sorry about that, and can not go and change it as it will alter other chapters and will take me ages to find those chapters, alter them and come up with an alternative trick, or come up with an alternative scene. I do apologise!!
A/N2: Sorry for the delay! I had the chapter written, edited it then decided it I didn't like it, and then changed part of it, but the rest didn't make sense, so I had to re-do the entire chapter!! It took a while to get it all perfect. So I hope you enjoy!! Oh, and thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far!! You make me day!!
JJ woke up at 6am the next morning and made sure to have a huge breakfast so that she could get through the day. After eating, JJ went back to her room and spent the next half an hour or so getting ready. At 7am sharp Kelly knocked on the door.
"Ready?" she asked. JJ nodded and the pair left the hotel. Kelly had decided they needed to get a run in before they started the work for the day. 'As a warm up' was how she put it. They ran about 3 miles. JJ was slightly out of breath when they got back and took a few minutes to slow her heartbeat.
They started of with a routine and then Kelly showed JJ how to do tricks; cartwheels, handstands, flips and splits. It turns out, that JJ was actually pretty athletic, and, with only a little bit of push she could do the splits. Afterwards, JJ's legs killed her. She'd forgotten how out of shape she was not being in the field.
"You should always stretch." Kelly said shrugging. "Before and after." JJ started stretching her legs. JJ knew this as she had learnt it in high school when she did soccer but she nodded anyway.
After a few hours, JJ could get a cartwheel, handstand and roundoff. She still had trouble with the flip. She managed to get through most of the back flip until it came to landing. Each time she landed on her back. Seeing JJ's frustration, Kelly stopped her.
"Maybe we should move onto something else." Kelly suggested after JJ landed on her back once again.
"No!" JJ insisted standing up. "One more try. I can get it this time." Kelly shrugged. "Just don't over do it. You'll be in serious pain tomorrow otherwise. " She moved out of the way just as the back door opened and Morgan and Emily walked in.
JJ went up into a handstand, and pushed her legs over, concentrating on balancing so that she landed properly. She flipped over, and landed in an arch position on her arms and legs. She then kicked her legs up again and flipped over so that she was standing upright.
"Not bad!" Kelly said clapping. "Now we will stretch and go onto a bit of theory?"
JJ nodded and began a warm down stretch. Kelly smiled up at Morgan and Emily who smiled back then took a seat on a nearby bench to watch.
Kelly quizzed JJ on all the things they had discussed the day before. Kelly was pleased with JJ's memory of the material.
At 5.30 JJ was packing up her belonging when she caught sight of Emily and Morgan coming towards her.
She hugged them both and then continued to pack up her things. "You know what, that was incredible. That flip thing." Morgan said. JJ blushed a little.
JJ shrugged. "Whatever." The other agents stared at her in shock. She gathered up the last of her stuff. "Ready?"
"Wait!" Kelly called out. "I forgot to teach you lifts. Agent Prentiss, can you help us." Emily nodded.
"Ok, now, cheerleaders lift each other into the air, and throw each other around. We will practice picking Agent Prentiss up and lifting her into the air," Kelly said in one large breath.
Kelly spent the next few minutes explaining how to lift someone up, and how to hold them properly. They then crouched down near Emily, and, as per instructions from Kelly stepped onto their hands. JJ and Kelly slowly stood up allowing Emily time to adapt and balance.
"Normally someone would get thrown from this position, but since you are new, they won't allow you up in the air. So you won't get thrown in the air," Kelly explained to JJ. She turned to Morgan.
"Can you stand opposite us? We are going to throw Emily to you."
"What?" Emily asked in disbelief. "If you drop me Derek I swear…" He chuckled before standing opposite them.
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JJ, Morgan and Emily arrived at the police station at 6 for a last minute briefing. Hotch went over everything again with JJ. Especially her cover story, to see if she remembered it. She did. After going through the plan a few more times, she received her laptop and new phone.
"We decided that for the first day or two we will give you an earpiece but you have to remove it during cheerleading," Hotch informed her.
"Yeah, Hotch, I know all this." JJ muttered. After they were finished, JJ and Emily headed to the makeup department. They met the person in charge, Jessica.
"Now, I understand that you and Agent Prentiss bought a few outfits already." Jessica said. She pulled out all of those clothes. "I have checked them all, and they all look fine for this." She began to rummage through the wardrobe. "But you still need a few more."
After three hours of modeling clothes and styling hair and makeup JJ was allowed to go. She went back to her hotel room to try and get some sleep. Tomorrow was her first day back at school.
After getting ready for bed, she sat on the bed and took a breath. JJ fished her cell phone out of her bag, adding a single number. Tossing it back in her bag, she climbed beneath the covers, drifting off into a deep sleep.