You Found Me=Kelly Clarkson

You found me

When no one else was looking

How would you know just where I would be

You broke through all

Hotch had the whole team assembled in the round table room… Everyone but JJ. He pulled Garcia aside. JJ had never missed a briefing. If anyone knew why she wasn't here it would be Garcia.

"Where's JJ?" Hotch asked quietly."I thought she would've been in today…" Garcia said.

"Why isn't she in today?" Hotch asked.

"No reason…" Garcia said eyes wide. She walked back into the conference room, followed by Hotch. "Ok…" He presented the case to the team. "Wheels up in ninety minutes."

Hotch hurried to his office. Garcia knocked on the door and entered. "Her mother called her yesterday… Her cousin died in a car accident… And Will broke up with her last night… All in all it was not a good night for her…"

Hotch was shocked. "I have to find her." He grabbed his coat and shrugged it on.

"Hotch… Couldn't she just have a week or two off just to…" When Hotch turned to face her, she knew he wasn't going to be looking for her to bring her to work.

"Where is she?" he asked.

"I honestly don't know…"

Hotch arrived at her apartment. She wasn't there. Her favorite coat was nowhere to be seen and her cell, wallet, keys and purse weren't there. He tried calling her but was cut off. He looked everywhere. He looked in her favorite coffee place, he looked in her office, the bathrooms, he checked out Garcia's and Emily's places. He even checked his own house, hoping maybe she would have looked for comfort in him. He checked the park, thinking maybe she'd have gone there to see the butterflies. But she was in none of the places.

He called Garcia. "Track her."

She found the signal. "I can't. She has her cell turned off."

"I've looked everywhere. I can't find her." Hotch could see the sea. It hit him. "I know where she is… Tell the team that I'll fly out later."

"Yes, sir."

Hotch drove quickly to the beach. He ran to an old unused lighthouse at one end and took the stairs four at a time. He barged through the door; JJ was sitting in the dark of one side of the room. As he got closer to her he could her makeup was ruined, her hair a mess and tears had stained her face. He didn't care. He knelt next to her. "Hey..." he said. "I've been looking everywhere for you."

She looked at him. "What?"

"I was worried."

"Why?"

"'Cause… I don't know…"

"My, um,-"

"I know… Garcia told me. I needed to find you."

"Let me guess… The whole team sticks by each other so much every one's gonna start running in?"

"They're in Jersey… I looked everywhere for you and… I don't know… I wanted to believe you'd look to me for comfort and when you weren't at my office or my house I didn't know where to look but then I saw the sea and I remembered the day we really talked outside of work and I figured it was worth the look…"

"You remembered the carnival?"

"Of course… How could I forget? It was the day you told me you collected butterflies as a child, that your favourite colour was grey, your favourite flower was a rose, and your favourite song is Rain by Patty Griffin because you love the rain… It reminds you of Christmas and of your childhood…"

"You remembered all that?"

He smiled. "JJ I could never forget a word you say… Now how about I get you back to your place you get cleaned up and I'll get you something to eat, OK?" He held out his hands.

She took them. "Yeah," she said.

Late that night, as Hotch was getting ready to leave, JJ smiled. "Hey Hotch, thanks… I can't believe you found me when a million other guys wouldn't even think about looking…"

"I'll always look for you JJ… I'll always wait…"