Chapter Three

The rest of the afternoon goes by pretty quick for Emily. She finished her latest consult ten minutes to 5 and doesn't pick up the last one left knowing she doesn't have enough time to complete it. So she just sits then and straightens up her desk to get ready for work tomorrow. It doesn't take long before its time to go.

She grabs her things and heads up to JJ's office. She pokes her head in and says "Hey I'm out of here. I will see you at your place."

"Alright see you in a bit." JJ said and goes back to work.

Emily heads for the elevator and meets Morgan and Reid getting ready to walk out. She gets into the elevator as they walk in behind her.

"So what are your plans for the night guys?" She asks Reid and Morgan as they ride the elevator to the garage.

"I've been doing some renovation on a property I just recently acquired. A few more things to fix and it should be good to go." Morgan said.

"I think I'm going to go home and read War and Peace." Reid said.

Morgan looks over at him. "That's going to take you what, 15 minutes. What are you going to do with the rest of the night?" He cracks a smile after he asked.

"If I tried it would take about a half hour to read it, but just because I can read that fast, doesn't mean I always do." Reid said.

"Well it sounds like you boys have a full night ahead of yourselves." With that the elevator doors open and they all file out. "I will see you guys tomorrow."

She starts for her car as Morgan calls out for her. "Hey Prentiss." She turns back and faces him. Reid had stopped too. "What about you, what are your plans for the night?"

She was hoping she could get one of them to ask, that way she could torture them today. "Good night boys." She said with a seductive smile on her face, and raises her eyebrows at them, before turning around and climbing into her car.

"I don't get it." Reid said.

"Well Boy Wonder, I think our Princess has a date. I guess we can always ask tomorrow." Morgan said.

"Ah. That might be what the cake she called in earlier is for." Reid said.

"What cake?" Morgan asked.

"Um, something called Better Than Sex Cake." Reid replied.

"Oh wow. She is going all out for whatever she has planned tonight." Morgan said. "Guess it can wait until tomorrow. See ya Reid."

"Later Morgan." Reid said.

They were climbing into their vehicles as Emily pulls out. It take her only about 20 minutes to get to the bakery she had called. She climbs out of the car. Its been a few years since she had been in here.

She walks through the door. The bell jingles throughout the store, when from somewhere in the back Emily hears a "I will be with you in just a second."

"Take your time John." Emily said.

It only takes a minute before John comes walking out of the back with a box in his hands and a smile on his face. "Emily Prentiss. Its been far too long." Said the slightly older gentleman.

"It has. Its been a few years. Hows your wife doing?" Emily asked.

"Oh you know Sarah, nothing gets her down. After the cancer scare she got last year, she has been doing a lot of things she has wanted. She finally got her garden done like she wanted. Now she spends a lot of her spare time maintaining it. But she is happy." He replied.

"What about Monica?" Emily asked.

"Still traveling all over working with that gallery she been with for the last few years. She stops by the house anytime she is in town for an extended period of time. But she does call her mother all the time so we do get constant updates on where she goes and how long she will be there. What about you, you still working for the FBI at the..."he thinks for a minute "BAU was it? We see you on the news sometimes when that blonde Jennifer I think her name is talks on TV." He asks.

"Yes, its the BAU, and yes I'm still there. Jennifer is the communications liaison for our team. I am really loving it. I've got a great team and some good friends from my time there. We have even become somewhat of an extended family." Emily said.

"Well that's good since you didn't really have much of a family growing up." John said. "So are you seeing anyone right now and that's why you came by?"

"No, I'm not. Not many can understand what I do and why I do it. I was going to eat dinner with a friend and her son, and was told if I wanted to pick something up for dessert then I could. So that's why I called." Emily replied.

"This friend doesn't happen to Jennifer does it?" He asks with a smile. When he sees a look of shock cross Emily's face he knows he is correct and continues. "Oh come now Emily. We both know you have a type. A little bit younger than you, blonde, beautiful. Oh and female." he adds as if it's an afterthought.

"Yes the friend is Jennifer. But first off, she is straight since she has a kid, and secondly she doesn't even know I'm gay. I have planned on telling a couple of my friends that I am this coming weekend actually. Jen and another girl I work with named Penelope are two of my best friends, and they are the ones I planned on telling." Emily said.

"Well good. It's about time you start opening up to them. You have been around them about the same amount of time it took you to finally start opening up to my family, after we stopped being hired help. And we work for you mother for years before you started getting to know us." John tells her.

"Oh you know how my mother was. Anyone not of a certain political standing I couldn't talk to. And father was never around at all, so I appreciate yours and Sarah's guidance as I was growing up. I hope you know that. You helped me decide what type of person I wanted to be." Emily said. "You may not be family, but I want you to know that I love you for all you've done. Please let Sarah know."

"I will. She will be happy to hear that you have stopped by. She has asked about you occasionally. Please don't take another few years to come back by. Even if its to talk, and not for my baked goods." He said with a smile.

"Will do John. But you know me, I can't come in here and not "buy" something." She does the air quotes with her hands. "It's all just too good not to leave with one thing or another. Besides, with this cake here, I might just get you some new business." Emily said. "oh, Can I get you to do me an assortment of things? We are having a girls night this weekend and I would love to have you set up a bunch of stuff for them to try. If it's not too much trouble of course."

"Oh Emily dear, it's never too much trouble for you. Yes, I can get you a nice assortment platter set up. Would you like for me to have it delivered to your place?" John asked.

"That would be wonderful John. I will let the front desk know to be expecting you and to let you in. Now if you will excuse me, I really need to be heading off. I will talk with you later. And give my love to Sarah please." Emily said.

"Alright Emily, you take care." John said.

With that Emily grabs the cake and walks back to her car. It doesn't take her long to get to JJ's. Ash she turns down the street, she sees JJ's car pull into the driveway beside Will's truck. Emily parks on the street, grabs the cake, and gets out.