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Emily Prentiss lay on her couch and reached into the plastic bag next to her. She groped and when she couldn't find what she was looking for, she put the book that she was reading down on her tummy and picked up the bag. She peered inside and gasped. She put the bag down and picked up her cell phone. She quickly dialed the number, slightly panicked.
"Hey Em! What's up?" Came the voice on the other line.
"I ate it all! I ate an entire box of Fruit Loops! In 3 hours! A big, giant box, that was supposed to last me 10 days!" Emily said, looking at the empty plastic bag in dismay.
"Oh my God! Why would you do that? You're not a binge eater! Is everything okay?" The voice said.
"I don't know! I was re-reading Vonnegut and munching on them and the next thing I know, I've eaten it all JJ! Is it okay? Should I get my stomach flushed? It's a lot of sugar!" Emily said, sounding worried.
"With your junking abilities, you should be fine babe. But wait for about an hour and see how you feel. If you're too hyper or feel sick, I'll come get you okay?" JJ said. She was at her parents' house for their anniversary. Emily had decided to stay back, because she was a little uncomfortable with meeting JJ's entire family so soon! Parents, she could handle. About a 100 relatives, there was no way!
"Okay. I'll call you in an hour." Emily said, sighing.
"You're crazy! I'll see you soon okay?" JJ said. She was going to Emily's place after the party. It had been two weeks and two cases since that fateful Friday. They had successfully hidden their relationship from their team, both deciding to wait and see if it goes somewhere, before announcing it to the world. Morgan and Garcia had been the hardest. Morgan knew Emily was seeing someone and wouldn't let it go!
JJ and Emily hardly spoke to each other and remained cordial and friendly at work. They really didn't want to jeopardise their jobs or put the others at risk by telling them and making them keep the secret.
When JJ finally got away from the clutches of her family and came to Emily's condo, she knocked and thanked the Lord that she had moved out and lived 45 minutes away! She knocked a little louder and waited, while tapping her foot. It was a little chilly outside and she really wanted to snuggle with her girlfriend. When there was no answer, she remembered the Fruit Loops and got concerned. She called Emily, while banging on the door. A groggy voice answered the phone and there was some shuffling noises. The door opened and a sleepy Emily gave her girlfriend a lopsided smile.
"Hey! Sorry. I was so sure I'd stay awake." Emily said, and yawned. She moved aside to let JJ in, who gave her a light kiss on her lips before walking past her and sinking on the couch.
"Today has been a really long day! My family drove me insane! I love them, but not for more than an hour and not all of them together! And then, my girlfriend ate a whole box of Fruit Loops, and I expected her to be wired, which is why I had an espresso shot before coming here, except her super fast metabolism kicked in and now she's almost asleep as I talk and then I had this long make out session with a cow in Iowa." JJ said, grinning as Emily's head shot up. Emily was half asleep, but she was listening.
"A cow? I always found goats more attractive personally." Emily said, stretching out on the couch and snuggling up to JJ. JJ put her arms around Emily and Emily immediately fell asleep, listening to JJ's heart. JJ was about to wake her up and make her stay awake, but she looked so peaceful, that JJ just picked up the Vonnegut book that Emily had been reading and started reading it.
Emily woke up and stretched. She rolled and groaned. She opened her eyes to find that she was on the floor, next to her couch. Last night came flooding back and she assumed that JJ had kicked her off the couch at some point in time. She must have really been sleepy if she didn't realise she was sleeping on the floor. She looked at her phone and it said that it was 5:30am. She sighed and stood up. She stretched and went to make a pot of coffee. She was humming to herself as she mixed batter to make waffles. She wanted to make up for being on a sugar crash when JJ came over last night. She was suddenly startled when a phone, different from hers, rang. She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard JJ's voice in the living room. She went over to see what was happening, taking the mixing bowl with her.
JJ hung up and yawned. She looked awake though. She looked up and saw Emily mixing something, a questioning glance on her face.
"We have a case. Strauss has requested we work on this personally." She said and yawned again.
"Do we have time for coffee and waffles?" Emily asked, speeding up the mixing.
"Coffee and waffles to go? I have to get back home and then go to work." JJ explained. She got off the couch and kissed Emily's cheek. "You have flour there." She smiled and went to freshen up. Emily laughed and went to the kitchen to make the waffles fast. She poured a mug of coffee for JJ and left it on the counter.
JJ came back after freshening up to find Emily putting a waffle into a box for her. She felt a sudden rush of affection and went up to her and gave her a tight hug. "You're awesome!" JJ said, before grabbing the mug and the box. "I gotta go babe. I'll see you in a bit at work.
"Bye!" Emily said, kissing JJ lightly. She went into her room and picked out clothes for the day and went to take a shower.
A couple of hours later, Emily walked into the bullpen. She dumped her stuff on her desk and looked up to see if JJ had come in or not. She heard some noise behind her and turned to see Reid slinking into his chair. He didn't look too good. She walked over to him concerned. "Reid, are you okay?" she asked the young doctor.
He nodded." It was a long night. I was with Morgan." He said and slumped on his desk, muttering "Never again" over and over again. Emily chuckled softly and went to the pantry. She came back with a few bananas. She handed them to Reid and said "Trust me. They've saved my life on many an occasion."
Morgan came up behind her and heard what she told Reid. "My my, Emily Prentiss. Party Girl. I like the sound of that!" He said, smirking. He caught the stress ball she threw at him and laughed.
"Hey guys, conference room in 5 minutes please." JJ's soft voice was heard as she made her way from Hotch's office to the conference room. She was holding a waffle in a piece of tissue and gave Emily a small smile as she caught her eye. The others didn't notice as they were too busy switching on their computers and logging in. Emily smiled back and got to work logging in. She had forgotten her password again and called Garcia to get it for her. She had an abysmal memory when it came to things like these. The team made their way into the conference rooms where they were each given a file.
JJ pressed the button on the remote and an image flickered on the screen. Emily literally gagged when she saw it and turned away. She inhaled deeply trying to calm herself and took the bottle of water Rossi passed her. The team chose to ignore her reaction as the images changes with each second. There were 8 images in all.
Emily opened her file and quickly overturned all the pictures and looked up at the team, who were all looking at her curiously.
"So we're going where now?" Emily asked, like nothing had happened. She took another sip of water and looked down.
A/N: Sorry bout the delay. But hope you liked the chapter! Reviews make for a happier author. Just saying! :P