A/N: Another one!

It was late on Wednesday night when both Sandy and Michael were drawn to the sound of JJ thundering down the stairs.

"Where are you going?" Sandy asked incredulously as JJ grabbed her jacket from the banister of the stairs.

"To kick the shit out of Will," JJ said furiously, heading for the front door.

"JJ... JJ, wait," Sandy called after her, rounding the counter and following her daughter, who was now halfway down the front path. Michael followed, wondering if something else had come up in the drama that seemed to surround JJ lately.

"JJ!" Sandy yelled as JJ stormed off down the street in the direction of Will's house.

"Just let her go," Michael said calmly, holding his wife back with a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Lord knows that boy needs the wrath of Jennifer Jareau to knock some sense into his head"

"Oh, hi JJ... I didn't know you were coming around," was William Sr's confused greeting about twenty minutes later as he tried to keep Cooper from jumping up and licking JJ.

"Hi William, is Will here?" JJ asked somewhat anxiously.

"Sure, he's upstairs...," William trailed off, stepping aside and watching as JJ headed up the stairs to Will's bedroom.

When she reached the top of the stairs, she stormed across the landing towards Will's room. The closed door didn't slow her down, and without even knocking, she simply threw it open. It flew open with a crash, causing Will to nearly jump out of his skin as he leapt up to see who'd come barging in.

"Jesus Christ, JJ, you nearly scared me to death!" Will exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm not putting up with this bullshit anymore Will! I don't deserve to be treated like this, so if you want to break up with me, stop being a fucking coward and just say it!" JJ spat angrily, crossing the room in furious strides and giving Will a hard shove to the chest.

Staggering back, Will looked dumbfounded. "Wha... break up with you? Why would I want to break up with you?"

JJ's eyes filled with tears. "What am I supposed to think, Will, you've done nothing but treat me like shit for the past two weeks, "I don't want to talk to you", "I don't want to see you", what the fuck kind of reaction did you think that was going to get?!"

Realising now why JJ was so riled up, Will relaxed, slowly approaching her. "JJ... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to do that to you," he said softly.

"Well, what the hell is going on?!" JJ asked tearfully.

"My parents are moving back to New Orleans," Will said quietly. "Dad got transferred"

Crumbling, tears dripped down JJ's cheeks as she fought to keep her composure. "So that's it then? We're done?"

Will looked confused. "What do you mean?"

"We have it hard enough as it is Will, without adding long distance into the mix," JJ exclaimed, choking back a sob.

Will shook his head. "JJ, you're not hearing what I'm saying... my parents are moving back to New Orleans... not me"

By now, JJ looked thoroughly overwhelmed. Reaching out, Will took her hands and guided her to sit on the edge of his bed. Sitting down beside her, he took her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"I was going to move with them... but I couldn't be happy there. I love New Orleans and I miss it, but I'm happier here than I've ever been in my whole life, and you're the reason why, JJ. I don't ever plan on letting you go, and I know that adding long distance to our already crazy relationship would be the straw that broke the camel's back. I've been avoiding you because I didn't know how to tell you when they first told me, and I originally thought I would go with them. It was only the other day I made the decision to stay, but I knew you were already pissed off with me, so I was trying to work out how to fix what I screwed up without upsetting you even more," Will explained.

"Will... New Orleans is a long way away," JJ said softly, her tears mostly dried. "I don't want you to be halfway around the country from your parents just because of me"

"It's ok," Will said, a warm smile crossing his face. "I'm a big boy, I'll survive. Besides... I would've moved out within the next year or so anyway, and I'd rather it be somewhere that I know people, have a secure job, and am familiar with"

JJ said nothing, simply moving to rest her head on Will's shoulder.

"I've already found an apartment. It's near the gym, so if you don't feel like driving home after practice, you can just stay with me," Will said with a smile.

"I'm still mad at you for ignoring me," JJ mumbled.

"I know, and I'm sorry. I didn't handle that very well at all, but in my defence... it was a lot to take in all at once," Will said, wrapping an arm around JJ's shoulders. "Are you ok though? I don't think I've ever seen you this upset"

"It's been a shitty month," JJ said, her voice muffled by Will's shirt. "I've been stressing about gymnastics, and then about two weeks ago, I remembered that this year will be ten years since Roz died, and then you weren't talking to me, and I basically spent the whole weekend crying"

"Oh JJ, I'm really sorry," Will said sincerely, pulling JJ into a tight embrace. "I honestly didn't mean to upset you"

Breathing deeply, JJ relaxed into Will's arms.

She was still mad at him. But knowing he wasn't about to end their relationship had certainly lifted a lot of the stress and anxiety from her shoulders.

It was nice to have his comfort to run to again.

When she closed the front door as quietly as possible an hour later, it was with a much more relaxed demeanour.

Turning in the direction of the stairs, she found her mother waiting up for her, reading by the light of the lamp beside the sofa.

"Everything ok?" Sandy asked gently, marking her page before looking up at JJ.

Considering telling her mother everything, JJ hesitated for a moment. Eventually, she chose to just nod. "Everything's fine," she said, taking a step into the room.

"Can I safely assume that you two are still together?"

JJ smiled. "Yes, you can"

Sandy smiled, standing up from the sofa and placing her book down on the end table before approaching her daughter.

"I'll tell you what happened tomorrow," JJ said softly. "I'm really tired... I think I'm just going to go to bed"

Nodding, Sandy gave JJ a quick squeeze, before pressing a kiss to her forehead. "Get some rest. You need it," she said warmly. JJ nodded, turning and heading up the stairs through the quiet of the house.

Once JJ had disappeared from view, Sandy made the rounds of the ground floor, turning off all the lights and checking all the doors.

She was glad that at least something was starting to straighten out.