The planets bend between us

Chapter 50

After the team had yelled and complained about Foyet's escape from prison for the fifth time, Hotch left the bar in anger and Emily got up and muttered under her breath, "I need another drink."

The liaison watched her girlfriend walk to the bar and she noticed that the others had seen that she was staring at her. She tried to turn their attention away from herself so she said, "I hope that Emily's doing okay."

"I think she's doing just fine," Rossi mentioned as he took a sip of his scotch.

"I second that," Garcia said as she clinked her glass with the older profiler.

JJ ignored his comment, realizing that he knew about their relationship. She turned to the other boys and waited for them to change the subject.

"Even though Emily is attracted to women, does she purposefully continue to flirt with men?" Reid asked his friend, confused as he watched Emily talk to a charismatic man at the bar.

"What?" JJ choked on her drink and she turned to the direction that Reid was looking at. She felt her grip on her drink get stronger.

"She playfully flirts," Morgan answered as he watched the interaction. "She's just trying to get away from this guy. You could tell by her body language. She's annoyed with him."

JJ could tell that as well. She felt the anger rising up her throat. She wasn't mad that she was talking to him. She was mad that this guy couldn't tell that Emily wasn't interested.

They all watched as Emily tried to dodge him, but he stepped in front of her. They watched as Emily's eyes became daggers. They couldn't see this guy's face, but from Emily's, they could tell that whatever this guy was saying, it wasn't good.

"Do you think that I should go-" Morgan stopped talking when he was startled when JJ jumped up from the table and walked to her girlfriend.

Rossi chuckled and said, "I think she's got it." He took another sip and watched the scene as if it was a soap opera.

As JJ neared them, she heard Emily say, "Please, get out of my way. I don't want to hurt you, but I won't hesitate to."

"Yeah, sure. How can you say that you aren't interested in me? You think you're a lesbian, but you just haven't been with a real man before," The gross asshole said before JJ tapped his shoulder. He turned around and looked the blonde from top to bottom. "Hey, sexy. Wanna get with-"

He couldn't finish his sentence due to JJ's fist hitting his mouth.

"No means no, douchebag. She's my girlfriend. Not yours. Get out of here." JJ snarled at him as she took Emily's hand.

Emily was in awe of what had just occurred. She didn't even see it coming. She watched the blood drip from his mouth before he hurried away. She turned to JJ, who looked embarrassed of what she had done.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I know that you could have handled that. I know that I shouldn't have hit him. He just made me so angry. I didn't even know-" JJ was interrupted with a kiss.

Emily held onto her and whispered, "Thank you."

"They all know now," JJ muttered as she turned to look at their friends.

Garcia was clapping exuberantly, Rossi was giving them his thumbs up and a grin (again), Derek was whooping, and Reid looked like he was a deer caught in headlights.

"Yep," Emily agreed as she took her hand and led her back to their table.

Derek gave Emily a huge pat on the shoulder and said, "Damn, Princess. You got your knight in shining armor."

"Good punch," Rossi commented approvingly. "Though I might have wanted to take out some of his teeth."

Garcia squealed and wrapped her arms around her best friend's shoulders. "You guys are so cute!"

"Reid," Emily said, waiting for Spencer to close your mouth. "Are you trying to catch flies? Are you alright?"

"I thought that Remi left because you two were in two different places," Spencer declared unhappily. He got up from his chair and walked to the exit.

Emily followed him out the door and grabbed his coat. "Spencer, wait. Talk to me for a second. I want to explain."

"Explain what?!" The genius asked when they walked into the parking lot. He glared at her, trying to figure out how she could do such a thing. "You told me that Remi left because she wanted to leave the country. A few days after she leaves, you are kissing JJ? Did you leave her for JJ?"

"No!" Emily told him, her head shaking rapidly. "Oh, no. Spencer, I would have never done that. Listen to me for a second. I liked JJ. Long before I dated Remi. But when I was with Remi, I was a hundred percent with her. I didn't cheat on her. I loved her to the best of my ability. But we weren't meant to be."

"So what, now you go on to JJ like it is no big deal?" Reid asked, obviously hurt.

Her eyes softened. She knew that his problem wasn't with her relationship with JJ, it was with how Remi had left. "You know, you're right. I know that it is probably too soon. But JJ and I have been waiting so long. And you know how it is in this job. People die every day. I don't want to lose what I have with JJ just because I was with Remi before. Remi wouldn't want me to be unhappy."

Spencer's glare dissipated. "I know. It's just that... I miss her. There aren't too many people that I meet that like the same things just as much as me. Besides you."

"I get it. And I'm sure that she misses you. But I'm also sure that she would love to hear from you."

He nodded and replied, "I know. I'm sorry. If you and JJ are happy, I'm happy for you guys. I just- I don't know. I wish things were easier."

Emily wrapped her arm around his shoulder and said, "Don't I know it, pal. Adulting is hard."

"I've been an adult the second I was born," Spencer joked.

Emily snorted and laughed. She ruffled his long hair and told him, "Yeah, yeah, funny guy. Come on, let's go back inside. I'm sure I have many more embarrassing questions to answer from Garcia and Derek."