A/N: Thank you for all of the reviews, I love it when I get them! Here is chapter four! This one is not too angsty, but more is yet to come in a chapter or so :) I hope you enjoy

I do not own Criminal Minds

Hotch, Morgan, Rossi, and Reid all arrived at the hotel in the late hours of the night with glum faces. They hadn't gotten any leads all day. When they entered the lobby they were met by Emily and JJ who were on the couches reading. Emily had her foot propped up on a pillow with ice wrapped around it.

"Shouldn't you guys be sleeping?" Rossi asked.

Both of the women looked up at the angry men. "Come on Rossi, how long have you been a profiler? This should be an easy one." Emily tried to lighten the mood.

"I don't know girls; this might be the hardest profiling case I've ever had." Rossi played along.

"Rossi and Reid, go check the rest of us in." Hotch ordered.

"Okay boss." Rossi answered still smiling at Emily.

When Rossi and Reid left, Morgan and Hotch sat down in chairs across from JJ and Emily.

"Have you gone to the doctor yet?" Hotch asked Emily.

"Yes, and I have been cleared for duty."

"Really?" Hotch asked doubtfully.

"Don't worry Hotch; she tried to pull the same thing on me." JJ told him.

"What did they really tell you?" Morgan asked.

"Well aren't you Mr. Nosy." Emily answered back.

Hotch gave both Emily and Morgan a glare that told them to shut up and answer the questions.

Emily suddenly felt self conscious around her team. She had never had that feeling before. Knowing that they already knew she was weak and now them knowing every detail of what had happened to her was not something she wanted. JJ sensing this, call it female intuition, said, "Hey Derek, I'm pretty sure I saw there was a hot tub here. Want to go check it out?"

Morgan was reluctant to get up, but also knew he didn't have a choice, and this would be easier on his pride than being kicked out. "Sure JJ, why don't you go get your bikini on first." He said in a flirting tone.

"Oh shut up." JJ softly punched his arm. The two of them walked down the hallway heading toward the direction of the pool.

When they were gone Hotch looked at her with an expectant face. Pulling her knees in towards her chest self consciously she told Hotch what the doctor had said, "My left ankle is sprained, but other than that it's mostly just bruising and a few cuts or so."

"How bad is the bruising?" Hotch asked. He could tell that she was uncomfortable, and he didn't enjoy that, but this was part of his job.

"It's not terrible. They are a few days old already. Hotch?"

"Yes."

"Could you not tell the team?"

"Well they already know, and they need to know you are not on this case."

"I know. But other than you and JJ could the others just not know the... details?"

"I'll respect your wishes for privacy if you like. But you know that this is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Emily just looked at his doubtfully. Of course this was something to be embarrassed about.

Hotch knew he still needed to ask her about her emotional responses to this, but he figured it could wait until they were all rested and fed. "I think we all need to get to bed." Hotch offered his hand to Emily and she took it. They walked towards the rest of the team and Emily tried to hide her limp.

Morgan and JJ were just getting back from the pool joking about who knows what. Rossi and Reid were sitting at a table seeming to be in an intense debate over something. It was really impossible to tell from this distance. But there were lots of hand motions and exaggerated facial expressions.

"Come on team, we've got an early morning tomorrow." Hotch called everyone.

"Hey Hotch," Rossi called back, "You only got 3 rooms."

"That's all they had opened at this time. Morgan, you and Reid will share a room, JJ and Emily will, and so will me and Rossi."

"I got to share a room with this twerp!" Morgan joked.

"Hey!" Reid shouted back.

"Everyone go!" Hotch ordered.

All six of the managed to cram into the elevator and rode up to the third floor. Their rooms were all in the same hallway. Morgan and Reid arrived to their room first and rushed in. From the hallway the rest of the team could hear them fighting about who got the bed by the window.

Next down the hallway came JJ and Emily's room. The two women had already been in it today so there was no fight like the other agents. They walked inside their room and turned on the lights.

"Man, I feel like I could sleep forever!" JJ said grabbing her pajamas from her suitcase. Emily did the same thing and then walked into the bathroom to shower. She stripped off her work clothes and stepped into the steamy shower. Taking showers at night always helped her wash off the day.

She walked into her apartment holding in tears. Tears both for the physical pain she was in and for memories of what had just happened. She touched her forehead and could feel the dried blood. She limped directly into her shower, not bothering to do anything else. She made a point to avoid the mirror at all costs. When she got into the shower the scalding water burned her skin, yet she made no attempts to change the temperature. Inside the shower was the only place she let herself truly cry. The water droplets hit her face and became one with her tears. She stayed in the shower for what felt like hours, until there was no longer any hot water left. She stepped out of the shower, and although she still felt terrible, she felt better.

Emily stepped out of the shower and wrapped the towel around her body. Despite her better judgment she wiped away the water from the mirror and looked in. Shame filled her as the mirror slowly re filled with mist. She shook the thoughts out of her head and delicately dried herself off. She then put on her pajamas and brushed her teeth. As she stepped out of the shower so did a cloud of mist. She looked over and saw JJ asleep in her bed, book in hand. The lights were still on in the room. Emily walked over to JJ and gently took the book out of her hand and rested in on the bedside table. She then turned off the lights and lay in her bed. It was impossible to find a position that was comfortable. Eventually she just stared up at the ceiling and waited for sleep to come.

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