I'm Here For You

Chapter 3: Flowers.

A week and a half later, Emily, Garcia and J.J. were sitting at headquarters, trying to work through their large stack of paperwork. They hadn't had a case since before they went to Seattle for the conference. It was a good thing, because no one was dead, but at the same time, the women were drowning in paperwork and were perpetually bored.

"So ladies, boy wonder and I were having a very interesting conversation the other day." Garcia said, tossing a rubber band ball back and forth between her hands. J.J. glanced up at the colourful woman, trying to concentrate on her papers.

"Really? What was it about?" she asked, placing her finished papers on the too small pile of completed work. Garcia smiled.

"Well, it seems that the genius noticed something going on between the two of you the first night we were in Seattle." She explained, a sly smile on her lips.

"Really, and what was that?" Emily asked her friend, not even looking up from her paper work. Butterflies were beginning to form in the pit of her stomach. The woman knew exactly what Reid had talked to Garcia about. She wasn't sure exactly what had happened between her and her best friend, but she hadn't stopped thinking about it. How warm J.J's touch was, how Emily's face tingled in the spot after she touched her. How beautiful J.J. looked when she laughed.

Emily shook her head, trying to clear her mind of these thoughts. Jennifer was her best friend, nothing more. And, to top it off, J.J. was married to possibly the nicest man she had ever met. Well, outside of Quantico that was.

"Well, it seems that you two had a bit of a 'moment' that first night" Garcia said, using her hands to air quote the word moment. J.J shut the folder she had in front of her and looked between Emily and Garcia.

"What are you talking about Pen?" the blonde asked the technology wizard. Emily's head remained cast towards her desk, although she wasn't really reading the file in front of her.

"Reid told me what happened after Emily walked out of the bathroom...and it ended with you two on the floor." Garcia said with look of mischief in her eyes. J.J laughed, tucking her blonde hair behind her ear.

"Oh please. She just fell on me. Nothing happened Garcia. Right Em?" J.J. asked the raven haired woman who was attempting to keep herself busy. Emily looked up at J.J. and nodded.

"Yeah Garcia, nothing happened." She told the other blonde woman. Garcia simply smirked and continued to toss the ball back and forth between her hands.

"Okay, if you say so." She said slyly as Derek came running towards them. Garcia put the ball down on the edge of Reid's desk that J.J was sitting at. "What is it, my knight in shining armour?" she asked as the man walked towards them.

"Ooh, that's a new one." Emily whispered to J.J. The blonde woman smiled as she put her now finished folder on the too small stack.

"Hotch needs the team in the conference room stat. We've got a case. You too baby girl." Morgan told the women. They got up from their desks and followed the agent into the conference room. Garcia took a seat between Morgan and Reid, Emily and J.J. next to Rossi.

"Okay, now that we're all here, we have a, sensitive, case. Reid?" Hotch started, handing the floor over to Reid.

"Raleigh, North Carolina. Six murders in the last month. It seems that our unsub has been attacking same sex couples. In particular, lesbian couples. All of the victims have been found at dumpsites along the edge of the city. They were all found with severe bruising around their wrists showing bondage was used; deep cuts across their backs and chests, and all but the last two victims were sexually assaulted. None of the cuts were fatal however; it appears that they died of dehydration, showing that they were held captive for at least a few days." Reid explained, passing out folders to everyone. Emily opened the cover and winced. No matter how long she worked at this job, looking at the pictures of the victims never got easier.