Somebody's Watching, Somebody's Waiting - Part 15
Title: Somebody’s Watching, Somebody’s Waiting
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: Jennifer Jareau/Maggie Lowe
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds is property of CBS and I don’t own anything.
Rating: PG
Summary/Spoilers: This is a retelling of the episode ‘Somebody’s Watching’. The BAU team is on the hunt for a killer stalking an actress. Meanwhile Jennifer Jareau begins dating the actress’s best friend, unaware she’s the stalker they’re searching for. Yeah that’s right I just revealed the ending of the episode, but it’s not possible to write this story without revealing it anyway. Numerous story revelations are revealed.
A/N: This episode not only had two women I really like (A.J. Cook and Katheryn Winnick) together, but the first portrayal of gay characters on Criminal Minds, with Katheryn being one of them. It had so many things going for it, but instead it was disappointing. A.J. and Katheryn’s screen time was minimal, they never appeared onscreen together, and the gay portrayals were terrible. Ironically Maggie Lowe is probably still the best portrayed gay character on the series. So I decided to write this episode the way it should’ve gone. Oh and that “lesbian” crushing on Gideon earlier in the episode because he reminded her of her dad? That scene alone warrants her getting erased from the story.
A/N 2: Special thanks to my beta talos13
Part 15
The crisp Saturday morning air seeps in through Maggie’s bedroom from the window that they left open for the night. Jennifer opens her eyes, the smell of fresh air a pleasant way to wake up from a dream. She looks at her surroundings. Her girlfriend is naked under the sheets with her.
*****
Over at Lila’s home, Derek has just gotten up. He sees Lila cooking breakfast over the stove. “Morning,” the FBI agents greets.
“Morning,” she replies. “You want any breakfast?”
“I would appreciate that a lot.”
“It will take a few minutes before it’s done, but I believe the coffee maker should be finished brewing by now. So help yourself.”
“Thanks,” he smiles at her, then grabs a mug from the rack on the counter.
*****
Later that day Derek receives a call from the police station, “Morgan here. Alright… so who will be replacing me? Really? Alright then.”
“That was your bosses I take it,” Lila asks from the couch.
“You guessed right.”
“So who’s watching me this time?”
“Actually, no one.”
That really got Lila’s attention, “No one?”
“That’s right,” Derek confirms. “They believe due to the inactivity of the stalker, that you don’t need watching anymore. Also it’s the weekend and the station doesn’t feel the need to drag someone from their day off.”
“Hmm... interesting.”
“Well I’ve been relieved from my duties here, so you take care Miss Archer,” he gives her one more look before heading out.
“Take care Agent Morgan,” Lila waves.
Lila now can’t help but feel a bit relieved. Though she also can’t help but wonder if they truly believe she doesn’t need watching anymore or is this some elaborate plan to bait the stalker out of hiding?
*****
Meanwhile over at Maggie’s place, Jennifer is getting her things ready to return back to her hotel room to finish off some more paper work.
“Got all your things?” asks Maggie watching her girlfriend as she is getting ready to leave.
The agent double checks, “Should be everything. Alright I’ll see you later tonight.”
The two blondes are about to walk towards each other for a goodbye kiss until they hear ringing. “Hold on, it’s my cell,” Maggie fetches her phone off the living room coffee table. “Hey Lila… is it just for the weekend or is it over now? Okay I’ll let her know. Bye Lila.”
Maggie hangs up and looks at her girlfriend, “Guess what Jennifer? Apparently your colleagues aren’t watching Lila anymore. It’s back to the three of us again.”
“I’ll try to finish early then,” Jennifer leans into Maggie at last and gives her a goodbye smooch. Afterward she heads out the front door and waves goodbye. Maggie smiles and waves farewell too.
*****
Later, and the paper work is really starting to get to the media liaison. Jennifer honestly doesn’t believe there’s anything they missed, but orders are orders. The blonde puts the files aside to take a break. She runs her hands over her face and lies down on the bed for a bit.
She waits a while before sitting back up again. Not wanting to look over the details just yet, she opts to think of other things that might help the case. The last meeting they had in the police station comes to mind; how the stalker has been inactive for a week now.
She thinks to herself, ‘Spence, Derek and Elle’s explanations are strong possibilities. Hmm, what other reason would there be for the stalker to disappear on us?’ She tries to conjure up some explanations that haven’t been brought up yet. After coming up with blanks, she then reminds herself that she’s in Hollywood, and starts thinking of explanations that sound like they came from a movie or TV series.
‘Well he could have gotten amnesia; he has an evil split personality; then there’s always alien abduction,’ Jennifer smirks to herself. She’s having a bit too much fun with this. ‘There was that person who thought the stalker was a masked supervillain. So it’s only natural someone who’s a masked vigilante by night took revenge on the stalker and his body is probably laying somewhere in the gutter; he stumbled into terrorists, no wait, mutant cannibals and is now being held captive somewhere; he fell in love with someone else.’ She stops at that thought, ‘That one actually might be plausible.’
The FBI agent now starts to ponder the possibility of that idea, trying to think of anyone the stalker might have fallen in love with. Jennifer realizes they’re going to have to search for any other actor that has been receiving letters from an obsessive stalker recently. Then the thought of what tonight with Maggie might be like creeps into her mind. And at that moment the two thoughts cross paths.
Before Jennifer is able to toss that thought away, another thought creeps into her mind, this one the image of Maggie’s weekend with Lila during their college years - when both of them felt love for the first time, as Maggie puts it.
The blonde wipes her forehead, ‘Come on Jennifer Jareau, you’re starting to lose it.’ However she’s now on pause for the moment. As much as she wants to forget about this, she knows she has to explore the possibility further for both the case and her own sake. She reaches for a file on the desk and starts skimming through it. She knows what she is looking for. Then finally she reaches the pictures of the sport bikes the stalker could have been riding. The police took pictures of a number of possible sport bikes. They varied in specifics, but gave a basic idea of the model. One thing they all shared in common however was a black with white stripe paint design.
‘Maggie has a bike like this. But they said there are thousands of bikes like these out there, it’s probably all just coincidence,’ the media liaison tries to assure herself.
However the thought is really getting to her and the large waves of anxiety rapidly build up. Jennifer tries to clear her head, trying to think of the logical thing to do. The blonde knows she can’t figure this out on her own and that she’s going to need help. Yet at the same time she also knows she can’t go to the team for this. She’s well aware how badly it could go over, how the team would tell her to be professional about all of this and not to let her feelings get in the way. And she knows that if they thoroughly believe her girlfriend is the unsub, that there’s no turning back after that point.
After thinking long and hard about it, Jennifer calls the only person she knows she can talk to. The only person who can both help her solve this puzzle and trust to keep this matter between them. The blonde picks up the phone and dials a number.
*****
Lila’s in the kitchen when her cell phone buzzes, “Hello JJ.”
“Hey Lila,” Jennifer does her best to hide her emotions from seeping into the tone of her voice. “Um, I’m wondering if you can come over to my hotel room. It’s a… concerning the case.”
“Sure thing,” Lila confirms. “Where are you staying?”
“Do you know where the Beverly Hotel around North Western Avenue is?”
“The one on Beverly Boulevard?” Lila answers. “Yeah I know of the place.”
“I’m staying there. I’m room number 507,”
“Who is it Lila?” Maggie calls out from the other room.
“It’s JJ sweetie,” she tells her. Jennifer heard Lila calling out. “As you were saying?” Lila continues.
“Was that Maggie?”
“Yes it is. She arrived a while ago; the two of us been waiting here for you to finish your work ever since. You want to talk to her?”
“That won’t be necessary,” answers Jennifer. “I’ll... talk to her later tonight.”
“Well Mags might know some useful things too. You want her to come as well?”
“Ah no, no. It’s important I talk to you alone. Just so we don’t get anything mixed up.”
“Okay then JJ. I’ll be there.”
“See you here,” Jennifer hangs up the phone.
Lila does the same thing and goes to grab her keys.
“What did Jennifer say?” Maggie asks as Lila strolls towards her bedroom.
Lila pauses and turns to look at her friend, “She wants me to go over to her hotel room and discuss the case with her.” The actress heads into her bedroom, she keeps the door open to keep up her conversation with Maggie.
Maggie raises an eyebrow, “Did she give any details about what she wanted to talk about?”
Lila walks back out of the room with her keys in hand, “I don’t think so. She was pretty vague. Sounded quite stressed out too.”
“I hope she’s alright,” Maggie replies.
“Probably just the paper work. I’m sure she’ll be fine,” Lila says confidently.
Maggie smiles, “Do you think I should come with you?”
“JJ actually told me not to bring you,” answers the actress. “Said it will get things mixed up.”
“Understandable. Should I go back to my place until you two arrive back?”
Lila lets out a smile, “Mags I know you could watch over my house. Just stay here until we get back.”
Maggie nods, “No problem Lila.”
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 16
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: Jennifer Jareau/Maggie Lowe
Disclaimer: Criminal Minds is property of CBS and I don’t own anything.
Rating: PG
Summary/Spoilers: This is a retelling of the episode ‘Somebody’s Watching’. The BAU team is on the hunt for a killer stalking an actress. Meanwhile Jennifer Jareau begins dating the actress’s best friend, unaware she’s the stalker they’re searching for. Yeah that’s right I just revealed the ending of the episode, but it’s not possible to write this story without revealing it anyway. Numerous story revelations are revealed.
A/N: This episode not only had two women I really like (A.J. Cook and Katheryn Winnick) together, but the first portrayal of gay characters on Criminal Minds, with Katheryn being one of them. It had so many things going for it, but instead it was disappointing. A.J. and Katheryn’s screen time was minimal, they never appeared onscreen together, and the gay portrayals were terrible. Ironically Maggie Lowe is probably still the best portrayed gay character on the series. So I decided to write this episode the way it should’ve gone. Oh and that “lesbian” crushing on Gideon earlier in the episode because he reminded her of her dad? That scene alone warrants her getting erased from the story.
A/N 2: Special thanks to my beta talos13
Part 15
The crisp Saturday morning air seeps in through Maggie’s bedroom from the window that they left open for the night. Jennifer opens her eyes, the smell of fresh air a pleasant way to wake up from a dream. She looks at her surroundings. Her girlfriend is naked under the sheets with her.
*****
Over at Lila’s home, Derek has just gotten up. He sees Lila cooking breakfast over the stove. “Morning,” the FBI agents greets.
“Morning,” she replies. “You want any breakfast?”
“I would appreciate that a lot.”
“It will take a few minutes before it’s done, but I believe the coffee maker should be finished brewing by now. So help yourself.”
“Thanks,” he smiles at her, then grabs a mug from the rack on the counter.
*****
Later that day Derek receives a call from the police station, “Morgan here. Alright… so who will be replacing me? Really? Alright then.”
“That was your bosses I take it,” Lila asks from the couch.
“You guessed right.”
“So who’s watching me this time?”
“Actually, no one.”
That really got Lila’s attention, “No one?”
“That’s right,” Derek confirms. “They believe due to the inactivity of the stalker, that you don’t need watching anymore. Also it’s the weekend and the station doesn’t feel the need to drag someone from their day off.”
“Hmm... interesting.”
“Well I’ve been relieved from my duties here, so you take care Miss Archer,” he gives her one more look before heading out.
“Take care Agent Morgan,” Lila waves.
Lila now can’t help but feel a bit relieved. Though she also can’t help but wonder if they truly believe she doesn’t need watching anymore or is this some elaborate plan to bait the stalker out of hiding?
*****
Meanwhile over at Maggie’s place, Jennifer is getting her things ready to return back to her hotel room to finish off some more paper work.
“Got all your things?” asks Maggie watching her girlfriend as she is getting ready to leave.
The agent double checks, “Should be everything. Alright I’ll see you later tonight.”
The two blondes are about to walk towards each other for a goodbye kiss until they hear ringing. “Hold on, it’s my cell,” Maggie fetches her phone off the living room coffee table. “Hey Lila… is it just for the weekend or is it over now? Okay I’ll let her know. Bye Lila.”
Maggie hangs up and looks at her girlfriend, “Guess what Jennifer? Apparently your colleagues aren’t watching Lila anymore. It’s back to the three of us again.”
“I’ll try to finish early then,” Jennifer leans into Maggie at last and gives her a goodbye smooch. Afterward she heads out the front door and waves goodbye. Maggie smiles and waves farewell too.
*****
Later, and the paper work is really starting to get to the media liaison. Jennifer honestly doesn’t believe there’s anything they missed, but orders are orders. The blonde puts the files aside to take a break. She runs her hands over her face and lies down on the bed for a bit.
She waits a while before sitting back up again. Not wanting to look over the details just yet, she opts to think of other things that might help the case. The last meeting they had in the police station comes to mind; how the stalker has been inactive for a week now.
She thinks to herself, ‘Spence, Derek and Elle’s explanations are strong possibilities. Hmm, what other reason would there be for the stalker to disappear on us?’ She tries to conjure up some explanations that haven’t been brought up yet. After coming up with blanks, she then reminds herself that she’s in Hollywood, and starts thinking of explanations that sound like they came from a movie or TV series.
‘Well he could have gotten amnesia; he has an evil split personality; then there’s always alien abduction,’ Jennifer smirks to herself. She’s having a bit too much fun with this. ‘There was that person who thought the stalker was a masked supervillain. So it’s only natural someone who’s a masked vigilante by night took revenge on the stalker and his body is probably laying somewhere in the gutter; he stumbled into terrorists, no wait, mutant cannibals and is now being held captive somewhere; he fell in love with someone else.’ She stops at that thought, ‘That one actually might be plausible.’
The FBI agent now starts to ponder the possibility of that idea, trying to think of anyone the stalker might have fallen in love with. Jennifer realizes they’re going to have to search for any other actor that has been receiving letters from an obsessive stalker recently. Then the thought of what tonight with Maggie might be like creeps into her mind. And at that moment the two thoughts cross paths.
Before Jennifer is able to toss that thought away, another thought creeps into her mind, this one the image of Maggie’s weekend with Lila during their college years - when both of them felt love for the first time, as Maggie puts it.
The blonde wipes her forehead, ‘Come on Jennifer Jareau, you’re starting to lose it.’ However she’s now on pause for the moment. As much as she wants to forget about this, she knows she has to explore the possibility further for both the case and her own sake. She reaches for a file on the desk and starts skimming through it. She knows what she is looking for. Then finally she reaches the pictures of the sport bikes the stalker could have been riding. The police took pictures of a number of possible sport bikes. They varied in specifics, but gave a basic idea of the model. One thing they all shared in common however was a black with white stripe paint design.
‘Maggie has a bike like this. But they said there are thousands of bikes like these out there, it’s probably all just coincidence,’ the media liaison tries to assure herself.
However the thought is really getting to her and the large waves of anxiety rapidly build up. Jennifer tries to clear her head, trying to think of the logical thing to do. The blonde knows she can’t figure this out on her own and that she’s going to need help. Yet at the same time she also knows she can’t go to the team for this. She’s well aware how badly it could go over, how the team would tell her to be professional about all of this and not to let her feelings get in the way. And she knows that if they thoroughly believe her girlfriend is the unsub, that there’s no turning back after that point.
After thinking long and hard about it, Jennifer calls the only person she knows she can talk to. The only person who can both help her solve this puzzle and trust to keep this matter between them. The blonde picks up the phone and dials a number.
*****
Lila’s in the kitchen when her cell phone buzzes, “Hello JJ.”
“Hey Lila,” Jennifer does her best to hide her emotions from seeping into the tone of her voice. “Um, I’m wondering if you can come over to my hotel room. It’s a… concerning the case.”
“Sure thing,” Lila confirms. “Where are you staying?”
“Do you know where the Beverly Hotel around North Western Avenue is?”
“The one on Beverly Boulevard?” Lila answers. “Yeah I know of the place.”
“I’m staying there. I’m room number 507,”
“Who is it Lila?” Maggie calls out from the other room.
“It’s JJ sweetie,” she tells her. Jennifer heard Lila calling out. “As you were saying?” Lila continues.
“Was that Maggie?”
“Yes it is. She arrived a while ago; the two of us been waiting here for you to finish your work ever since. You want to talk to her?”
“That won’t be necessary,” answers Jennifer. “I’ll... talk to her later tonight.”
“Well Mags might know some useful things too. You want her to come as well?”
“Ah no, no. It’s important I talk to you alone. Just so we don’t get anything mixed up.”
“Okay then JJ. I’ll be there.”
“See you here,” Jennifer hangs up the phone.
Lila does the same thing and goes to grab her keys.
“What did Jennifer say?” Maggie asks as Lila strolls towards her bedroom.
Lila pauses and turns to look at her friend, “She wants me to go over to her hotel room and discuss the case with her.” The actress heads into her bedroom, she keeps the door open to keep up her conversation with Maggie.
Maggie raises an eyebrow, “Did she give any details about what she wanted to talk about?”
Lila walks back out of the room with her keys in hand, “I don’t think so. She was pretty vague. Sounded quite stressed out too.”
“I hope she’s alright,” Maggie replies.
“Probably just the paper work. I’m sure she’ll be fine,” Lila says confidently.
Maggie smiles, “Do you think I should come with you?”
“JJ actually told me not to bring you,” answers the actress. “Said it will get things mixed up.”
“Understandable. Should I go back to my place until you two arrive back?”
Lila lets out a smile, “Mags I know you could watch over my house. Just stay here until we get back.”
Maggie nods, “No problem Lila.”
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 16