A/N- About time! Chapter 5 is here. Sorry I haven't uploaded, I went interstate and went on a road trip for a few weeks, and suffered major writer's block during that time, I wrote all of this just now! :O Anyways, you know the drill: follow, review and favourite! xox

~MBL

5 HOURS SINCE MISSING

Rossi was just finishing up his questioning with Mrs. Brown. She didn't really know much, just her daughter didn't come home from school the night before. She immediately called 911, terrified that something had happened to her - the reports about the Pittsburgh Rapist not helping - and spent the day in wait.

Rossi thanked her for being so strong during the whole ordeal and for calling the local police. They decided to wait for the younger blonds to finish their questioning before the two agents would depart.

For a few minutes, the older pair sat in an uncomfortable silence.

"Uh, can I offer you something to drink? Tea? Coffee? Water? Scotch?" Natalie's mom asked, smiling a little at the last option.

Rossi chuckled in response and shook his head. "Thank you for the offer, Mrs. Brown, but a coffee would be just fine." His eyes crinkling with his smile.

Mrs. Brown nodded. "How do you like your coffee?"

"Black with just one sugar, please."

The victim's mother nodded and hurried into the kitchen, busying herself with the new task.

While the older woman was finishing off the coffees, Rossi could hear sets of footsteps down the stairs. He looked up from his seat to see the younger agent and Natalie walking down the stairs.

It was evident that the young girl had been crying. Her whole body was slumped and her eyes were bloodshot red and tearstains were evident on her cheeks.

With a small frown, Rossi realized that something was also wrong with JJ, yet he couldn't quite figure it out. He raised an inquisitive eyebrow at the blond agent when their eyes met, but she just shook her head and mouthed 'later'.

Mrs. Brown came back in the living room with a coffee for Rossi who took it gratefully and quickly drank it.

JJ turned to the mother.

"Thank you very much for your time, Mrs. Brown." she then turned to Natalie. "And thank you for telling us everything you can. Please, if you have any more information, do not hesitate to call us."

Mrs. Brown nodded her head quickly, taking the coffee mug out of Rossi's hands. "Thank you for coming, please contact us if you have any more questions." She looked over at Natalie, who just looked down at the floor, not saying a word.

With final handshakes and goodbyes, the two agents departed the Brown residence and made their way to the FBI-issued SUV. Gingerly, JJ climbed into the passenger seat, not saying a word to the senior agent.

After five minutes of driving in complete silence, Rossi abruptly slammed his hands in the steering wheel, causing JJ to jump out of her trance with a jolt.

"What the hell, Rossi?" the blond almost shouted.

The senior agent turned to her while driving. "Are you going to tell me what the hell happened in that bedroom with Natalie, or is the rest of the BAU to remain in the dark about what progress you've made regarding the case?"

JJ looked at him, jaw slightly slacked after his small outburst. "Eyes on the road, Dave." she responded, turning back to face the road, intentionally not answering his question.

"Are you going to answer me?" Rossi asked.

"Eyes on the road." she responded again.

"Jennifer," JJ visibly flinched at the sound of her first name, but remained staring at the road in front of her. "Does this have something to do with Holly?" Rossi knew that he had just struck a nerve, but her shouting at him and telling him what was going on was better than her remaining silent for the rest of the drive.

"David Rossi, keep your goddamn eyes on the road before we both die in a fucking car crash!" JJ quickly put her hand over her mouth after the words slipped through her lips.

Subtly smirking, so that the passenger could not see his smile, Rossi immediately swerved out of traffic onto the shoulder of the road and stopped the car, facing the blond.

"Rossi, I-"

"Now I don't think I've ever heard a sentence as harsh or as cold as that come out of my favorite mother's mouth. Spit it out Kid, what happened when you talked to Natalie?"

JJ sighed, knowing she couldn't avoid the topic any longer. Licking her lips, she blurted out, "Holly's with the Pittsburgh Rapist."

Leaning back in his chair, eyes wide open, Rossi raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"Not with him. He has her." JJ retorted rolling her eyes. "She gave herself up in exchange for Natalie going home. He never raped Natalie – Holly got there just as he was about to." JJ had started playing with a loose thread on her pants.

"Where is the house?" Rossi asked. JJ let in a sharp intake of breath before she responded.

"Natalie can't remember. Most likely the adrenaline rush just sent her home blindly, or she wound up on a street that was familiar after a few minutes of running in any direction."

Rossi nodded. "That's not uncommon for someone who had suffered a great deal, especially at her young age." After a moments' silence, he asked another question that had been at the forefront of his mind. "Did she get a name?"

JJ shook her head. "Well, she did. But she wouldn't tell me. Something about Holly specifically telling her she couldn't tell me his name. Not even her name, for that matter. I figured it out that it was Holly and she just confirmed." JJ's voice had cracked slightly at the mention of her old friend's name.

Rossi placed a comforting hand on her knee, stopping JJ from fiddling with the loose thread any more, and started up the car again, heading back into traffic.

After another minute of silence, JJ turned to Rossi once more. "I think she knew."

"Knew what, Bella?" Rossi asked, without taking his eyes off the road.

"I think she knows who he is. Heck, he probably went to the same school as us. Natalie said Holly knew him. But why doesn't she want this guy to be found? Why didn't she want us to know she was with him? She's fucking confusing, always was."

Rossi raised an eyebrow, hearing the new profiler swear for the second time that evening. "Maybe she has her own skeletons in her closet. You said she disappeared when she was eighteen?"

JJ nodded in response. "A few days after the championship match."

"Well, I have a feeling – call it an Italian's Intuition – that whatever happened fifteen years ago is related to what is happening now."

"You reckon Holly caused this?" JJ asked, shock plastering her face.

"God no! I'm just saying, she could be connected."

"Do you reckon I overlooked something back then? Maybe she was telling me what was happening and I was too selfish to pay attention?"

"Jayje, you are the most selfless person I know. She could have been closed off, and decided to run from her situation than face it head on. You do realize we will have to profile her to profile this son of a bitch?"

The young blond sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose with her thumb and forefinger. "Yeah, I know. I'm not going to like it."

"None of us like profiling our own, especially if she's only been here a day."

She let a forced laugh escape her lips. "Amazing huh? Trouble always seemed to follow Holly Green. I guess that's never changed. After one day she's just been kidnapped- or whatever has happened to her."

Rossi shifted in his seat slightly, something that didn't go unnoticed by the less experienced profiler.

"What?" She asked, a smirk pulling up the corners of her lips.

"Nothing."

"Uh huh. Spit it out, Rossi."

The older profiler sighed, running a hand through his facial hair. "You know that you're going to have to tell us everything you know about her. To what toothpaste brand she used to use. And anything you don't know, we need Garcia to find out."

JJ focused her attention back to the thread. "I know. It's just- She obviously has some secrets, I guess I'm worried about what they are. She never used to be secretive. Not until her parents died, but at least she talked to me. Whatever happened after that championship match is going to answer a whole lot of questions."

"Do you want me to call Hotch, tell him we're on our way?"

Gratefully, she nodded.

He pulled out his phone and quickly told Hotch they'd be there in five minutes. He then turned back to his passenger.

"We are going to find her, JJ. You know that."

JJ scoffed slightly. "Yeah, I know. I just want to find her before it's too late."

A/N- Here you go! Hope I didn't disappoint! Anyways, I'm not sure which of my stories I should update next; this or Secret Santa (My Higher Ground fanfic). Please let me know! :)

Also, after this is done (which won't be for a long time, I swear!), I was thinking of doing a prequel about Holly and JJ's schooling life, before she mysteriously disappeared. Let me know if you guys would be interested in that!

Also thank you to all those who have reviewed, favourited or followed! I just want to give you all Criminal Minds hoodies!

Kay thanks :) xxx

~MBL