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I'm glad you all liked the previous one. I always enjoy throwing in a little Norah with my Morcia. Again, I would like to thank you for your patience with the release of these chapters. It means a lot to me that you continue reading this even though it takes me way too freakin' long for me to release the chapters! I sincerely hope you like this one :)

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"I think it's fair to say we are more than grateful that you all came to help us catch this son of a bitch," Cragen said, holding his hand out to shake Hotch's. "We're just sorry this had to happen to your technical analyst. She's a breath of fresh air from a lot of different people I've worked with in this field."

Hotch nodded. "She certainly is," he said. "She'll be here another week, provided that her vitals remain good and her strength is up. The rest of us, minus Agent Morgan, are going back tomorrow to Quantico." He nodded to the rest of his team who were packing up. "We're all glad to have been of service." His eyes drifted around to look at the detectives who were there. Both Fin and Munch were getting cups of coffee while Eliot was looking around as if in search of someone.

He came over to Cragen and asked, "Hey Captain, you seen Liv?"

"I thought she was coming in with you," he responded in confusion.

"Well, I haven't seen her," Eliot said. "I wonder where the hell she is..."

XXXXX

"So, when do you guys leave?" Olivia asked JJ. The both of them were walking through the chilly fall day in Central Park, each of them carrying cups of coffee in their gloved hands.

JJ looked down at her coffee cup. "We leave tomorrow morning," she said softly. "Derek is staying with Penelope until she can come back. You'll have to go visit them."

Olivia nodded. "I will," she said. "And I know Fin will want to spend some time with Penelope. The two of them seemed like they were getting to be good buddies." She shook her head and smiled. "Hey? What happened to the tech analyst that Derek was glowering at the entire time he was there?"

It took everything in her for JJ not to burst out laughing. The fate of Kevin had been hilarious in her mind. She had been there to witness what had happened to him; It hadn't been something she heard from someone else.

"Derek?" Penelope asked sleepily as she started to wake up. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked around with sleep glazed eyes.

JJ leaned forward and took her friend's hand gently. "He went to get coffee," she murmured softly. "He'll be back in a few minutes. How are you feeling right now? Do you want me to get the nurses, get you some pain medications?"

She shook her head. "I'm okay," she said. She blinked several times at JJ before saying anything. "I feel like it's been forever since I've seen you."

"It feels like that for me, too." Shaking her head, she wiped a few tears from her cheeks. "Penelope, I'm so sorry this happened to you. God, I can't believe that bastard took you!"

Before Penelope could say any more, a knock sounded from the door and she and JJ's gazes were drawn to it. Penelope's attention was at it with anticipation, hoping it was Derek. JJ bristled at the sight of who it really was. In the doorway, in all his greasy-haired presence, stood Kevin Lynch, a parcel of flowers in his arms. The disappointment at who it was was clearly written all over Penelope's face.

"Er, hi Penny!" he said anxiously, stepping into the room and placing the flowers on the table at the end of her bed. "I wanted to drop by and bring you flowers. I - I would have come earlier, but Agent Morgan...well, he wouldn't let me even come in the hospital."

"There's a reason for that," JJ muttered under her breath. Penelope shot her a look and shook her head. Nodding, she clamped her mouth shut. Her best friend knew what she was doing. All that was left for JJ to do was sit back and watch as she lit Lynch's head on fire. And something told her this was a show she didn't want to miss.

Penelope's lips pursed as she glared at Kevin. "What are you even doing here?" she demanded. "What makes you think -"

Kevin, unwisely, chose to interrupt her. "Penny, does Agent Jareau really need to be here? I was hoping we could talk, in private if possible."

"She's not going anywhere," Penelope snapped. "You are. You're the last person I want to see."

He laughed nervously. "Well, I - I thought that after what happened with us, you might want to...get back together?"

JJ bit her lip to keep from laughing at Penelope's reaction to his statement-turned question. "You thought after what you did to me that we would get back together?" she spat. "You thought that after going out with me, sleeping with me, then treating me like crap the next morning and for the time after that was going to lead to us getting back together?"

His eyes grew wide behind his glasses. "Whoa, whoa!" he said, holding up his hands. "I -"

He didn't get the chance to finish for the second time since coming into her room. Although this time, instead of Penelope reprimanding him viciously, it was Derek Morgan.

"He did what?" Olivia sputtered with laughter as JJ concluded her tale. "Are you serious?"

JJ snickered. "Hand to God," she said. "Morgan grabbed Kevin Lynch by the ear and pulled him out of the hospital room."

Olivia shook her head and sipped her coffee. She and JJ sat down on a bench and sat quietly, sipping their coffee as they stared at the gray sky and the people passing by on the paths. Looking over at her again, Olivia asked, "So...how do we want to...look at this? This thing going on with us, I mean."

JJ sighed. "I don't know," she murmured. "We're about two hundred miles away from each other. I won't lie: I want nothing more than to try with you. I - I think I might be...falling in love with you." Seeing Olivia's eyes go wide, she backtracked. "I mean, I could fall in love with you. I haven't felt this way about anyone other than my husband before. I miss him still, but I can't stop what I'm feeling for you. And I just -"

Leaning forward, Olivia cupped her cheek with her gloved hand and placed her lips gently over hers. "We can try," she murmured as she broke away. "I want to try. Because while I may be hesitant with love, I think I could fall in love with you, too." She smiled and looked JJ in the eye.

JJ, on the other hand, was speechless. The kiss that Olivia had just bestowed upon her lips wasn't a full blown, carnal kiss. It was just a simple, ordinary brushing of the lips that was filled with passion. The gesture was purely...beautiful.

"We shouldn't tell anyone yet, though," she insisted. "I just..."

Olivia nodded in agreement. "I'm fine with that," she said firmly. "We're not going to be able to keep Derek and Eliot from knowing...they already know that there was something between us."

Putting her head on Olivia's shoulder, JJ sighed softly and murmured, "That's okay," she murmured.