JJ went into her office and looked over the new file that she was to debrief the team on in 10 minutes. She glanced through her window and looked towards Emily's cubicle. She was laughing with Morgan, Reid, and Hotch.

"God only knows what they are laughing about." JJ continued to read and she began to realize just how much this case needed their attention. An unsub in St. Louis was raping young women and then maliciously torturing them. He would then dump them in a pretty open place and slit their throats. No trace evidence was left behind at any of the 4 crime scenes but a signature was. It was a small design, carved about the left breast, just about where the heart is. It was the alchemist symbol for silver, three arrows pointing up but in 45 degree angles. The papers in St. Louis were calling this unsub The Alchemist. JJ's hand started shaking as she looked at the victims. They were all 5'4-5'7, athletic, and blonde with blue eyes. JJ wasn't sure how Emily was going to handle this. She knew Emily would become very protective especially since she was now considering this baby hers. JJ checked her watch and looked up as there was a small knock at her door.

"Hey gorgeous, we are ready when you are." JJ was a little disappointed because it wasn't Emily, it was Morgan, bummer.

"Ok then. Let's go hotshot." JJ smiled but it wasn't her happy smile.

An hour later the team was boarding their private jet and their destination was St. Louis. Emily's apprehension was growing but she knew it shouldn't be. The only reason why she was worried was because the victims all looked like JJ. The plane ride was relatively uneventful. They sat in silence, reading the current file, but what mattered was where each person was sitting. Morgan was sitting next to Garcia and they were awfully close and Hotch was on one side of JJ. After the ascent into the atmosphere, Emily sat so close to JJ she could have been in her lap. The blonde watched her lover and a small smile crept up on her lips before she could catch it.

"Hey JJ, what you smiling bout over there?" JJ's head snapped up and so did Emily's. They looked at each other and Emily gave JJ the silent go ahead to tease Morgan.

"Well I only have the sexiest FBI Agent sitting next to me." Hotch, being the profiler that he was, didn't say anything but he knew exactly who she was talking about.

"So, is it finally official now? Are you two finally done dancing around each other?" Morgan's question brought Emily's heart to a stop but she was the first one to answer.

"Yes, it is official now. Wait, was it really that obvious?" JJ was totally surprised that Emily chose to answer truthfully. But she was relieved because she knew they didn't have to be too sneaky now.

"Prentiss, you have an entire team of profilers surrounding you all the time. To us it was very obvious."

"But don't worry, Director Strauss doesn't have to know." Hotch finally chose to chime in because the worry finally came out on Emily's face."

"Thank you so much Hotch. You have no idea how much this means to us. Oh, and our personal lives won't effect our professional ones either." JJ knew that Emily was lying but she knew that it was going to be hard on her too.

When the team landed in St. Louis they were greeted by a very eager detective.

"Hey, I'm Detective Jason Russ, you must be SSA Jareau." As he shook JJ's hand he looked her up and down and smiled. JJ glanced over at Emily and she saw a hint of anger in her eyes.

"Hello, Detective Russ, why don't we find a place to get my team settled." Emily noticed that JJ smiled but it was a very guarded one. She smirked inwardly knowing that JJ would probably want to tease the poor detective and she felt bad for him.

"Why of course, Agent Jareau. We have 3 cars ready to escort you to our precinct. Why don't you come in my car so we can go over our case on the way." He flashed a smile and Emily could feel her anger start to flare.

"Alright, JJ and Emily can ride with Detective Russ and the rest of us will follow in the other cars." Hotch was actually proud of Prentiss for not killing the man yet. He wasn't sure if he had that much resolve when it came to his wife Amy, well now ex-wife. The smile fell off of Det. Russ's face when he saw who SSA Hotchner was referring to when he said Emily. He noticed the blonde walked right to her and the brunette put her hand on the small of the blonde's back as they walked toward the car.

"You know JJ, I don't like the vibes I'm getting from him at all." JJ saw that Emily looked uneasy and wasn't sure why.

"Baby, was it just because he was openly flirting with your girlfriend. Because you know I'm all yours." JJ smiled at Emily but it wasn't returned. Emily looked preoccupied with her thoughts.

"Well that too but he seems too eager and happy about this case. I was thinking about a profile on the way here and Morgan and I agree that the unsub would most likely try to inject himself into the investigation. I'm not saying that automatically means he's a cop but the unsub is a power seeker and a very dominating man. And Detective Russ seemed a little too interested in you and you look just like the victims…"

"Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I lose my frontal lobe function." She got a slight chuckle out of Emily but she knew that until this case was solved, Emily would be distracted. "I'll let you know if I feel anymore threatened, ok? I'll excuse myself to the restroom and text you."

"Ok, I guess that's the best we can do. But do you think you could excuse yourself to the bathroom for a little play session?" Emily smiled and hopped into the waiting car and when JJ sat down next to her she looked a little flushed. "What's a matter? Cat got your tongue?"

"Shhh, Detective Asshole is back. And the answer is of course I would love to do that Emily." JJ smiled and she made sure Russ noticed this and slid closer to Emily. She noticed him glance at Emily. She gave him the 'you touch her, I kill you' look and it took all of JJ's strength not to laugh.