Listen To Your Heart (4/11)
Story title: Listen To Your Heart
Summary: What happens when Will leaves JJ, and Emily is there to help her? Eventual JJ/Emily
Pairing: Emily/JJ
Rating: PG (I think? I have no idea how these ratings work, but there's no adult content or anything)
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds does not belong to me.
A/N 1: English is not my first language (not even my second, actually) so there probably will be some mistakes. Feel free to point them out to me, so I can improve.
A/N 2: I have the complete story on my computer, so if anyone is interested, I can guarantee regular updates (probably every other day or so). Comments are very much appreciated!
Chapter 4
The team walked into the lobby of the New York hotel they were staying in. The case they were working was difficult, and they were all tired. Emily was worried about JJ. She looked more pale, and more tired than the rest of the team, so she took her aside.
“JJ, please be careful on this case. I’m worried about you, with everything that’s going on.”
“Is there a problem?” Hotch asked suddenly.
Shit, both of them thought. They hadn’t heard him coming closer. JJ let out a sigh and turned around to face the team. It was time to tell them.
“I’m pregnant.”
“WHAT?” was the collective answer.
And since she was already at it, she figured she should just tell them about Will too.
“And ehm… Will left.”
“WHAT?” was again the response of the rest of the team.
“Come on guys, you’re supposed to be the greatest minds in the country, and that’s all you can say?” JJ tried to joke. The team didn’t find it very funny though, they all just kept staring at her.
“What-? Why-? How-?” Reid tried to form a question, but he got lost in his words.
“What happened? I got pregnant. Why did he leave? Because he’s a coward and couldn’t deal with it. And how? I thought you were a genius, you should know how babies are made.”
This time her joke did receive some laughter from the team, except for Reid, who was blushing.
“Well, I’m sorry Will left, but at least he did something good before that, right?” Morgan said with his characteristic grin.
Before JJ could answer, a wave of colors came toward her, and suddenly she was caught in a hug from Garcia - a very tight hug.
“Garcia, you do realize JJ has to breathe for two now, right?” Emily laughed. She could see JJ was starting to struggle to breathe, but Garcia didn’t seem to notice.
“What? Oh God, I am so sorry!” she said, and immediately she let JJ go. “I’m just so happy. I’m gonna be an aunt. Oh, this child is going to be spoiled!”
The rest of the team just watched and laughed at Garcia practically bouncing up and down, then Hotch walked away. JJ went after him, she figured she owed him some kind of explanation.
“Hotch,” she said to stop him.
“JJ, you could have told me,” he said, turning around.
“I know.”
“I understand if you need to take some time.”
“No I… I wanna be here.”
“Okay. 7 a.m.” Hotch gave her a nod and walked away. When JJ walked back to the rest of the team, she received a round of hugs from them, after which they all went to their rooms.
Emily felt bad about forcing JJ to tell the team. If she had just waited until she could talk to JJ alone, it never would have come to that. So as soon as she had dropped her ready bag in her room, she quickly went over to JJ’s room to apologize. She knocked on her door, and waited for JJ to answer.
“JJ, I am so sorry. I had no idea Hotch could hear us, otherwise I never would have said anything,” she said as soon as the door opened.
“I know, Emily. And don’t worry about it, I was planning on telling them anyway. Maybe not quite like this, but still…”
Suddenly Garcia stood next to them, clearly not in her usual bubbly mood.
“You knew? You told Emily, but you didn’t tell me? Why didn’t you tell me, JJ?”
“Oh God, I just keep screwing up, don’t I”, Emily sighed.
“No, you don’t, Em. But why don’t you come in, so we can talk properly,” JJ suggested. Emily realized she was still standing in the hallway, so she quickly stepped inside JJ’s room.
“You haven’t answered my question. Why did you tell Emily and not me?” Garcia insisted.
“Well, Emily kind of found out on her own. We had to share a room a while back, and it was pretty obvious when she found me hugging the toilet.”
“Okay, but that doesn’t explain the fact that you didn’t tell me. I’m supposed to be your best friend.” It was clear Garcia was really upset about it, and she wasn’t about to let it go.
“I didn’t tell you because I was scared something would happen. If I told you, and something went wrong, I just didn’t think I could handle it, so I didn’t say anything. I’m sorry.”
When she heard that, Garcia fully understood why JJ didn’t tell her, and she felt selfish for not considering JJ’s feelings more. She was probably having a hard enough time as it was, and her attitude didn’t really help.
“Oh God no, I’m sorry. I completely understand, I shouldn’t have acted all jealous like that. I guess I’m still adjusting to the idea,” Garcia tried to apologize.
“Well, you and me both,” JJ replied with a smile. “But, ladies, I think I’m going to kick you out now. We do still have a case, and I have to sleep for two now, so…”
Emily and Garcia didn’t need more encouragement than that. They left JJ’s room, and in the hallway they both said goodnight, and went to their own rooms to catch some sleep.
Part 5
A/N: Okay, so, the lack of comments is a bit unnerving. If you're following this story, and you're interested in reading the rest, could you please let me know? 'Cause right now, it looks like I'm posting this for nothing, and there's really no point in that...