The Necklace and Chinese Food
A/N Well... I've been thinking about JJ's hardships, and I just felt like I had to... this is set after that case in s8 or 9 I dont remember. The one where the girl killed her mom and sister and blamed it on her dad who had DID. R&R hope you enjoy! And again, prompts anyone?

She looked down at the necklace in her hand with the pretty pink stone, before pulling it's box out of her desk. That necklace had comforted her in the first few weeks after her sister's death, but since then she could barely look at it. It was just a reminder of what she didn't have, and could never get back.

She couldn't understand how a teenage girl, even if she was a psychopath, was able to kill her little sister. And then not feel bad about it. Little sisters looked up to their older sisters. Trust them. Its just wasn't fair. Any of it- what she saw every day, what happened to her sister... She felt a tear roll down her cheek just as she heard a knock on her office door.

"You okay?" Reid asked her, as she looked up in surprise.

JJ wiped away the tear and gave him a half smile, "Yeah, I'm fine Spence."

"You sure, cause while I'm not a genius or anything, you don't look fine," he joked, but there was serious beneath it.

JJ smiled at his joke and his concern, "Really, Spence. I'll be alright. This case just... hit a little close to home," she replied.

Reid nodded, "You know, it's only 5o'clock. You can call Will and have him and Henry meet us all for dinner," Reid said.

"That would be great," JJ smiled. "Where are we going?"

"Morgan and Garcia were talking about that Chinese place that just opened, if Henry will eat that," Reid replied.

JJ nodded, "Yeah, I can just get him some chicken and rice. He loves rice," JJ said with a smile.

"Well we're leaving in 15 so, we're meet you there?" Reid asked.

JJ nodded and Reid left her office to go pack his stuff up. JJ looked down at the necklace again before replacing it to it's designated spot in her right desk drawer and picking up her cell phone.

"Hey, Will? You two want to meet me and the team at that new Chinese place I've been telling you about?" JJ asked him.

"I dunno, you wanna ask Henry?" ask Will said with his usual southern drawl.

"Mommy!" Henry said rather loudly into the phone.

"Henry! How are you baby?" JJ asked her four and a hald year old.

"Good. I miss you mommy. When you come home?" Henry asked.

"I'm on my way. Do you and Daddy want to come with me to dinner?" JJ asked him.

"Yeah! Yay!" Henry said happily.

"Okay, good. Can you hand the phone back to Daddy, sweetheart?" JJ asked.

JJ heard the muffled noises of the phone changing hands before Will asked, "So we'll meet you guys there?"

"Yeah, I'm about to leave now," JJ replied.

"Alright Jayje, we'll see you in a few," Will said.

"See ya," JJ said, hanging up her phone and sighing deeply before gathering her stuff to leave.

She walked out of her office and joined the team and they all walked out together, ready for some food and conversion that didn't involve UnSubs and signatures.

"You good?" Reid asked her as she was getting into her car.

"Yeah I'm good. Thanks Spence," she smiled at him and he nodded, walking towards his car. She took a deep breath and started the engine of her car. She looked at the picture on her dashboard of Will, Henry, and herself and smiled, realizing just how lucky she was to have them. The drive to the Chinese place was a short one, and the rest of the team and Will and Henry were already there, waiting when she go there.

"Mommy!" Henry squirmed down from Will's arms and ran towards JJ as she walked towards them.

"Hey Henry! I missed you so much," JJ picked her 4 year old up and gave him a hug.

"I missed you too mommy," Henry said, hugging her back. JJ saw the rest of the team smiling at her and she carried Henry over towards the rest of the group.

"Ready to eat?" JJ asked them.

Everyone gave sounds of agreement and they all walked into the restaurant to get a table. They were seated and ordered their food, talking about everything and anything as long as it didn't have to do with dead bodies.

JJ smiled at the scene around her: Reid playing with Henry, Morgan, Hotch and Will joking around, and her, Penelope and Alex talking. She wished they could do this more often, but their busy schedules didn't allow that.

JJ snapped out of her little moment and went back to telling the story with Penelope about the time at a bar when they humiliated a guy pretending to be an FBI agent by pulling out their badges. And she knew that days like these, surrounded by their family, is what kept her whole team sane. Because apparently all you need to counter serial killers is a night out with your family.