Listen To Your Heart (9/11)
Chapter 9
The next day, Emily came into the office to find she was the last one there. Reid and Morgan were already sat at their desks, and the door to both Rossi’s and Hotch’s offices were open, meaning they were inside. The door to JJ’s office, however, was uncharacteristically closed. Emily knew she was inside though, because the lights were on.
“Still no progress?” she asked Morgan while pointing in the direction of JJ’s office.
“I don’t know, she was already in there when I got here,” he answered.
“Looks like we’re about to find out though,” he added when he saw JJ’s door open.
“Emily, can you come up here, please?” JJ asked.
Both Reid and Morgan shot her sympathetic looks, obviously under the impression that JJ was still in the foul mood from the day before. Emily ascended the stairs a bit worriedly, hoping she hadn’t overstepped any boundaries with her gift.
As soon as Emily was in the room and closed the door, JJ’s arms were around her neck.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!”
“I take it you liked your present?” Emily asked laughing. She wrapped her arms around JJ’s back, basking in the feeling.
“Very much so,” JJ responded, pulling Emily in a bit tighter.
They stayed like that for a while, both of them enjoying the feeling of having the other woman in her arms. When they pulled back, JJ wanted to give Emily a kiss on the cheek, as an extra ‘thank you’. It didn’t work out the way she intended, though. Somehow, JJ managed to kiss Emily fully on the lips. When she realized what she was doing, she started freaking out so hard she didn’t even notice Emily didn’t really seem to mind. JJ quickly pulled back, and tried to come up with an excuse.
“Oh God, that wasn’t meant to happen. It was, ehm… Pregnancy hormones?” she offered as an explanation.
She knew it was a stupid one, even she wouldn’t believe it. And she could tell Emily didn’t believe it either.
“Was it really hormones?” Emily asked.
JJ thought about lying for a minute, but she quickly rejected that idea. She knew it wouldn’t do her any good. Emily was a trained FBI profiler, she would see through the lie in an instant. And even if she weren’t a profiler, Emily would still know. She knew JJ too well not to know.
“No, it wasn’t,” JJ hesitantly admitted.
“Good.”
And with that, Emily stepped forward to kiss her again. It was a chaste kiss, and after a few seconds, Emily broke off the kiss.
“Don’t you have a camera in your office?” she asked worriedly.
“I do, but it doesn’t work now. I asked Garcia to turn it off yesterday. I knew I wasn’t my enjoyable self, and I didn’t want anyone else to see my hormonal rages,” JJ explained.
It was all the reassurance Emily needed. Without hesitation she went in for another kiss. This time, JJ did get the chance to respond and she threw her arms around Emily again. The kiss became much more heated and passionate than the last, and they only broke apart when the need for air became an issue.
“Wow,” Emily breathed. “That was…”
“Just wow,” JJ finished her sentence. Emily smiled.
“So, does this mean that, if I were to ask you out, you’d say yes?” Emily asked with a hopeful look in her eyes.
“Probably,” JJ answered, also smiling.
“Okay, good. JJ, would you like to go out with me next Friday?”
“Oh shit, no, I can’t!” JJ said while hitting herself in the forehead.
“Oh, okay,” Emily said, feeling a bit rejected.
“I have a meeting with Strauss next Friday. But I’m free on Saturday,” JJ added, hoping for a second chance.
“Okay, Saturday it is,” Emily said, glad that she finally had a shot with JJ. Then she chuckled.
“You really are unpredictable. I like that about you, keeps things interesting.”
“Oh, well, I aim to please,” JJ laughed.
“I think I’d better go back now, or Morgan and Reid will think you’ve killed me.”
“Was I really that bad?” JJ asked worriedly.
“Well, to give you an idea: Anderson was thinking about going on sick leave ‘till you give birth. But don’t worry, I thought it was cute,” Emily teased while JJ’s eyes widened comically.
With a last peck on JJ’s lips, Emily left the office. She went to sit at her desk, where Morgan and Reid were constantly shooting looks at her.
“Everything’s fine, guys. She was just a little tired yesterday,” Emily said when the looks started to bother her.
“We didn’t ask anything,” Morgan said.
“Yes, you were not asking very loudly.”
“So, she really is okay?” Reid asked, wanting to be sure.
“Yes, both of them are fine, and in a much better mood than yesterday. So you don’t have to flip a coin anymore to see who has to go in her office. Yes, I saw that,” Emily said when both Morgan and Reid looked surprised. They didn’t know anyone had noticed that. At least they had the decency to look ashamed.
Emily started her computer, ready to finally start the day. Morgan and Reid also went back to work, but not after one last worried glance in the direction of JJ’s office.
Part 10