The Needa Know (A Demily Fanfic)

Party Scene

*Explicit twerking ahead*

Mariana's flat smelled heavily of the tequila and quinoa lasagna they'd long since abandoned in the kitchen, and were now grouped into the den. The small, off white sofa had been folded and stood up against the closet door to make room for all six of them. Her tan,  wooden coffee table had slid closer to the wall where the tv had been mounted, but hadn't completely lost it's purpose....

Emily's jet black curls hung over her head while sweeping  rhythmically across the table. Both her palms were flush against the wood while she stood bent over with her elbows bent, using the table for support. Barefoot, she stood almost completely on her tip toes, rapidly moving her hips in circles to match the chorus of the song. Her black basketball shorts weren't the most flattering, but offered ample room for her back situation to move freely, and that it did.

They were all shouting their cheers, though Mahalia's high pitched one especially made it to her ears. "Make that ass twerk then bean!", she loudly applauded over the music. A face splitting grin reached both of Emily's ears, as she pulled her bottom lip under her teeth and looked back, reeling.

.....

JJ couldn't help the chirpy attitude she had by the end of the workday, a fact obvious to her other coworkers as she nearly skipped down the steps of the office to Emily's desk. "Pen's finishing up some transcriptions from the last case interviews, then we're good", she spoke in a near hushed tone before parking on the opposite side of her desk. 

It was a Friday, and through some (threatening) persuasion, JJ had convinced Emily to invite her and Garcia to the dinner party she and her friends were having. Right now she was wearing a simple black pencil skirt and a white button down, but Emily advised that she and Pen wear something casual and comfortable, so she opted to pack some leggings and her college sweater in her go bag. 

"Headed somewhere you two?", Morgan's voice turned each of them around at the same time. He and Emily were pretty much their normal selves with each other lately, and JJ couldn't help but mentally pat herself on the back for being the reason. 

"Just a girl's night", she casually slipped out with a glance of approval from Emily. A playful smile grew on Emily's lips, one that she thought was hid by her hair, but was nonetheless caught by Morgan. He wondered what they were up to. 

.....

The three of them were fifteen minutes out of Quantico in Emily's car, with Garcia in the passenger seat and JJ seated in the back. Penelope had been bubbling over with excitement at the chance to finally meet the friends Emily had been telling them so little about. She wondered how they acted around each other, how long they'd been friends.... and weirdly how they dressed.

JJ had been tasked with staying sober for the night in case they needed to drive back home, which she wasn't entirely bitter about since it gave her the chance to see her friend (and her friend's friends) with an eye different than that of a coworker. 

Emily, on the other hand, was simply looking forward to the rush of the tequila they'd be drinking. She and Dereck had been on good terms lately, but that still didn't take away the stress of trying to keep the tension between them secret from they're coworkers. 

It also didn't change the fact that the team hadn't had a chance to wind down at all from their last case in Texas, since it brought a shit load of paperwork with them even after it was closed. That on top of the consults they'd already had before they left for Texas made Emily not want to give a shit  about anything anymore, which is exactly what they tequila would do for her. 

Mariana's place already smelled heavy of lasagna and Italian ciabatta bread when the three of them stepped in. They could already hear music playing lowly under the chatter of several women beyond the hallway. Garcia and JJ followed Emily's lead as she took her jacket off and hung it in the coat closet to the right, then took her boots off and placed them neatly against the wall.