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XIII

"Think they know we know?" Morgan eyed the dark haired pair as they made their way to the car. JJ shook her head and chuckled softly.

"Look at how hard they're trying to hide it." She pointed out. After the car had arrived, JJ and Dave wasted no time before telling Morgan and Reid what they had seen in the conference room. It came to no surprise to anyone, even Reid, and the team was happy for their friends. They'd be happier of course, if the now established couple wasn't so adamant about hiding it.

"You people are like high schoolers." Mackenzie quipped from behind the blonde, obviously still annoyed at the whole situation.

"And you should still be in high school." JJ turned and turned the girl who had been making it a mission to get on her nerves for the past hour.

"At least it looks like I actually left." The dark haired girl commented, biting her lip to keep from smiling at JJ's expression.

"I'm going to enjoy putting you in prison." The blonde narrowed her icy blue gaze and was only further angered when Mackenzie simply broke into a grin.

"Can you even reach the lock Barbie?" she asked with genuine concern. Before JJ could launch herself at the girl, Morgan stepped in between the two and called their attention to the approaching members.

"Is there a problem?" Hotch sent the young brunette an infamous glare as JJ fumed behind her boss.

"Besides the fact that I'm probably going to be brutally murdered in the next few hours and the FBI is too busy sucking each other's faces to care, no not at all." Each member of the BAU stared at the girl with wide eyes- all except Emily and Hotch; they were too busy blushing. Without a word, Morgan took Mackenzie by the arm and brought her to front seat of the black sedan. Although greatly annoyed by the girl, JJ couldn't help but smirk at the result of her comment as Emily and Hotch took a step away from one another and fidgeted anxiously.

"Check in soon." Hotch said, still avoiding everyone's gaze.

"Yep." Emily nodded and practically sprinted towards the driver's side. Shutting the door behind her, she shot a confused look at JJ who shrugged and followed the rest of the team back inside the precinct.

"Are you gonna put it in 'drive' or are we teleporting there?" Mackenzie's annoyed voice broke the spell that seemed to have taken hold of Emily. Wordlessly, the agent reached over and clanked the metal of her handcuffs against the passenger door and Mackenzie's wrist. "Come on, I'm not going anywhere!"

"Think of it as a precaution." Emily smirked as she put the key in her pocket and pulled out of the precinct parking lot. It was going to be a long two hours.

Back inside the station, Hotch had sent Morgan, Rossi and Reid to put together the final touches on their profile of Hail. Dave and Reid had not learned anything of importance during their visit to the Owen estate, resulting in the entire investigation focusing primarily on Adrian Hail. JJ sat at the conference room table and pretended to look over one of the many files Garcia had sent over-via fax of course.

"I can feel you staring." Hotch called her out without looking up from his own file. JJ cleared her throat and forced back a smile. "I take it you saw?"

"Mhm." JJ nodded. "As did Rossi and Mackenzie." The blonde couldn't help but grin at the red in her boss' cheeks. Rarely did they ever see him show any emotion, let alone embarrassment.

"And?" Hotch still refused to meet the woman's gaze, afraid of what he might find there.

"We're happy for you guys. I thought that was obvious?" JJ frowned slightly and cocked her head.

"Were you surprised?" Hotch's curiosity got the best of him. He wanted to know if the brunette had confided in her best friend about any feelings she might have for him. JJ of course, wasn't having it.

"I'm not spilling. Just know that you didn't do anything wrong Hotch." JJ assured the man.

"Actually," he cleared his throat. "she did it." JJ chuckled and shook her head.

"Of course she did. I should've known."

"I take it…you approve?" JJ frowned again, this time in confusion.

"Are you…asking my permission?"

"Well you are her best friend." Hotch reasoned. "Isn't that a rule?" JJ laughed wholeheartedly. She was seeing a whole new side to Aaron Hotchner that she did, in fact, approve of.

"Aaron," she began the speech she'd been itching to give for months. "We all know you care for her in a different way than you care for us. We've known for a while and it's not that hard to see that she cares for you too. We want you guys to be happy. Part of me still can't believe it's taken this long," Hotch smiled slightly, the red never leaving his cheeks. "but good things take time, right?"

"Right." He agreed, finally meeting her soft gaze. JJ always had a motherly sense about her even before she actually become one and this wasn't the first time that Hotch felt comforted by her words.

"Do you care for Emily?" she wanted to hear the words from his lips.

"Of course."

"Would you risk losing your job for Emily?"

"In a heartbeat."

"Then you have my approval." JJ smiled softly and patted his shoulder. "She likes dark chocolate by the way."

"Thanks for the tip." Aaron had a feeling he would be relying on JJ's knowledge of her brunette friend a lot in the coming months.

"Anytime." JJ smiled and meant it. She was almost as happy for them as she was the day she married Will. The two sat back down and actually began reading the files they had been given with renewed determination. There was a killer to catch and both agents knew it was only a matter of time before he slipped up and landed in their laps.

Pretty short one; expect an update soon.