Someone Like You
Disclaimer – I own nothing but the ideas.
This is it – for now anyway. I will start the sequel as soon as I can.
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Emily sat nervously chewing on her nails. Spencer couldn't help but smile at the habit she just couldn't seem to break. He thought it sweet that with all her bravado and confidence, one little act could show the extent of her vulnerability.
"What's so funny?" Emily asked, noticing the look on his face.
"You," he answered, in his usual overtly honest way.
"Well I'm glad one of us is enjoying this," a sullen tone evident in her voice, "How long do I have to wait?"
"I told them to turn up anytime between seven and nine. JJ is on her way and I'm surprised Hotch isn't already here. Guess I'll find out soon how hard it is to get out on time when you have a child to consider. Anyway they will be here before anyone else, as long as no one else is early!"
Emily sighed, picking at her nails again.
"What are you so worried about?" Spencer asked softly.
"I wonder," Emily's usual sarcastic element rose to the surface, "Let me see, would it possibly be something to do with sitting here waiting to see if any of the people I called my friends, my family, will turn up now they know I am alive. Or on top of that, the worry of what they will do and say if they do turn up."
"Emily we have been through this," Spencer tried to reassure her, "I won't claim that this is going to be easy, but they will be here and they will accept it, eventually. Your actions hurt us all, but more importantly we wanted you to be safe, and you are."
"I lied. I deceived. I can't do this," Emily stood up to leave, just as JJ entered with Hotch. Rolling her eyes she sat back down. There was no escape now that it was three on one.
"Are we still the first ones here?" JJ questioned, looking worried and glancing at her watch, maybe she wasn't as late as she thought.
Emily bit her tongue as a thousand sarcastic answered raced across her mind, but she decided against it.
"They'll be here," Spencer said, with more confidence then Emily had ever imagined him having.
Hotch nodded in agreement.
"They took the news better than I imagined. Personally I feel they were more angry with us then you," Hotch explained.
Emily felt a pang of guilt as she realised what JJ and Hotch were going to go through for her, and what they had already faced.
"I'm sorry," she muttered.
"Don't be, it will all be worth it," JJ sat beside her friend, a comforting hand on her arm, "By the time Pen has finished making a fuss of you, it will feel like you have never been away."
Emily smiled, she had never forgotten the positive influence Penelope had on the team, and she could definitely use some of that in her life again.
Spencer had always like Emily's smile, and was pleased to see it again. It had been a tough month, and he knew they were still closer to the beginning of their journey, then the end, but he was looking forward to reaching the final destination.
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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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