Disclaimer: See last chapter
~ Chapter Four ~
~ "Time is up, my love." ~
The team looked over the body of the fourth victim, each of them sighing, watching as Reid picked up the note,
"Her time is up, and soon she will be mine. Say goodbye, my friends." He looked around the group, his eyes settling on JJ, wondering if this had been about her all along, he could tell the team was thinking the same thing as they followed his eyes to the woman who was trying to calm the press down.
"We need someone watching her around the clock, nobody tell her though, not at the moment. I don't want her to worry." Hotch looked at her, walking up to her slowly, he wondered if she already knew, if that was why she had seemed so scared recently. He shook the feeling off, JJ was fine, JJ was a big girl and she would tell them if she had a problem. Wouldn't she?
He sighed as he lightly touched her shoulder, nodding towards the group as they walked back to their cars, she nodded, not bothering to say anything to the pestering press as she walked away – not realizing how close Hotch stayed to her, with his hand on his gun ready to shoot at any moment.
"Was there a note?" She asked him as they walked back to the cars, he nodded a little and sighed, trying to convince himself he was making the right decision by keeping it from her.
"Well?"
"He said something about her time being up." He muttered, watching her face go impossible paler as she heaved a huge sigh,
"What is it?" He asked kindly, touching her arm and turning her to face him, both of them stopping in their tracks – it was then he saw the tears in her eyes before she looked at the ground to hide them.
"JJ, tell me." He whispered,
"I think he's after me." She admitted, looking back up as the tears she had been holding back finally fell down her face, he nodded, scared to tell her that everyone else thought the same, and then he did the one thing nobody had expected him to do – he wrapped the crying woman into his arms, hushing her as he rubbed her back. He looked back at the group and shook his head, signalling for them to go on without them,
"Sorry." She muttered, trying to pull away and pretend like nothing was wrong, he shook his head though, pulling her closer to him as he dragged her into the small alley way so nobody could see them.
He looked around before pushing her gently against the wall of a large building, leaning down to kiss her on the lips, she moaned in pleasure at the sudden contact, her arms wrapped around his neck as she asked for more. Hotch grinned at the woman when he finally pulled away, wiping away her tears with his thumbs,
"Thanks." She blushed,
"I won't let anyone hurt you, don't worry." He muttered, wrapping her into him once again, they had been seeing each other secretly for little over a month now and he was glad that nobody had found out yet, but then again if this guy was stalking JJ then he would know and it would all come out after this case. He sighed, breathing in the scent of strawberries in her gorgeous blonde hair, kissing her again before grabbing her hand and pulling her back out, not caring who saw them any more.
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I watch them as he pulls her away from the crowd, I look at how he looks at her.. damn I should have seen this before. How could she betray me like this? Doesn't she know that I am waiting for her? And then she starts to cry, why did he have to be there when she did that? Why did he have to be the one to hold her when her best friend was standing right over there.
I tried to control my anger as I clenched my fists, watching him drag her into that horrible alley way and kiss her, I should have known, this is why she wouldn't turn up at the house after a case sometimes! I should have kept a better eye on that whore. How could she do this to me? She is supposed to love me.
I hold the gun tight in my hands, stopping myself from ending all of this now. It doesn't matter, I mutter to myself, soon she is going to be mine, just mine. And it will be tonight. And I will kill anyone who tries to get in my way.