BULLETS | JEMILY

some home truths

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You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant.

Rupi Kaur - milk and honey

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{JENNIFER}

Emily's holding a bouquet of flowers and I give the biggest smile that I can manage. My mom holds my arm as I walk down the long aisle, beaming from ear to ear. I can't believe that this day has finally come. Emily looks amazing in her dress, and her hair has been curled and it falls perfectly over her shoulders. She's smiling too and her eyes are glistening with tears. Happy tears. "Emily!" I say, waving excitedly. I don't care that I look like a small child, I'm just so happy to see her standing there. Her face lights up even more when she hears her name. She waves back as I reach her and we immediately hold hands. 

Taking a quick glance at our families sitting before us, the entire team is there with big smiles and Penelope is already sobbing. The wedding is about to start.

"I believe you two have prepared vows?" The ministers asks. We both nod. Emily goes first. "Jennifer Jareau, I will firstly promise to never let anyone hurt you ever again. I will protect you with my life and I don't want to live another day without you in my life, by my side. I've never felt comfortable with myself, always hiding how I really feel to please others around me, but you made me see that there is nothing wrong with wanting to be yourself and be free. You helped me to become a better version of myself and I have grown so much ever since we met. I love you so much, JJ, and I promise that that will never change." 

I swallow to stop the tears and look into her deep brown eyes. "Emily Prentiss, I've always believed that everything happens for a reason. I'd like to believe that my heart was broken so that it could be fixed by you, my true love. Ever since I laid eyes on you, I couldn't stop thinking of you and every time I heard your voice, or saw you smile, my heart would soar and I'd get butterflies in my stomach. Spence would probably give us a scientific reason behind it, but I choose to believe that all of those things happen because of you and how much I love you. I don't want to spend another day without you, either, and after today, I know that I won't have to. I will always love you and take care of you, no matter what, because you are my whole world and without you, I won't be me." 

We exchange rings and then the minister says, "You may now kiss." And we do not hesitate to do so. Her lips taste so sweet and I don't want to ever let go of her. Everyone else erupts into applause and cheers and when we eventually break apart, I can't believe that we've finally done it. Emily is officially my wife.

{THIRD PERSON}

Garcia sits alone in the waiting area, her laptop balanced on her lap as she waits for news. Her phone rings and she answers it, despite not having anything to report. "Any news?" Derek asks. "No, Derek, and I'm really worried. It's been hours." "I know, baby girl, I know. But listen, I need your help with something." "What do you need?" She responds but not in her usual bright tone. "A list of employees at Giovanni's Pizza, specifically any who are called Dan or Daniel, or something similar." "That's going to be a long list, Derek, is there any way to narrow it down?" "We're working on it, baby girl. Try between the ages of 25 to 45 and see if any of them have any ties to Emily." "Alright, I'll let you know." She puts her phone away and breathes out slowly. Sometimes the job isn't easy, and some days it's pretty terrible. Today is one of those days.

Garcia is typing when a doctor approaches and she shuts her laptop quickly, bouncing to her feet. "How is she? Is she okay? Can I see her? Is she awake?" Garcia blasts the doctor with 101 questions before giving him a chance to respond. "Ms..." "Agent. Sorry, doctor." Garcia interrupts and then apologises. "Right. Agent Jareau suffered a rather big blow to the head and there was some bleeding but she is stable now. We're giving her brain time to heal and rest before waking her up, but she's stable for now." "So she's going to be okay?" "Things are looking good so far. I'll let you know." He pats her arm before heading off to see another patient.

Penelope rings Derek immediately. "Derek, Derek, oh my goodness it's so nice to hear your wonderful smooth voice, I have something, the doctor came out and..." "Whoa, whoa, slow down, Baby Girl. From the top?" He says with a slight chuckle. "Right, right. The doctor came out, and apparently she was hit pretty hard on the head which is why she was then unconscious because there was some bleeding but they've kind of patched her up so she's asleep now and they'll try to wake her up after she's had some time to heal, but he says things are looking good so it should be okay, right?" Morgan breathes a sigh of relief. "That's great news, Penelope. I'll let the rest of the team know." "Any sign of Emily?" Penelope asks. "Not yet, but we're working on it. Rossi and Reid have gone to talk to the pizza place whilst we're just finishing up at Emily's apartment. Hey, did you know JJ moved in here?" "What? Like, actually moved in?" "Well there's a lot of her stuff here. I mean, I thought she was just spending a few nights but looks like she might actually be staying a while." He says. Garcia can't tell if he's genuinely happy, or if there's a twinge of jealousy in his voice. "Something you want to tell me, Chocolate Thunder?" She asks. "I'm happy, honestly I am, I just want to find Emily and bring her back, is all." He reassures her. "I'm working on that list for you. I'll call you back." 

Derek hangs up the phone and relays the information to Hotch who nods. "That's good. With such force, I'd say that either Emily or JJ, or both, knew the unsub, even if they didn't realise. A stalker that resorts to such lengths to abduct the object of their obsession is definitely reaching his breaking point. And now he's got who he wants, we're running out of time." He says seriously. "We need to look into both of their lives to see if there are any red flags." Derek adds. "Call Garcia." 

{EMILY}

"What are you doing? Where's JJ?" I scream as he closes the door. "Nice to see you again, Emily." He says in his Southern drawl. "Answer me, Will, where's JJ?" I repeat. "She's fine, at least she's resting in a hospital." He answers with a grin. "You son of a bitch, what did you do to her?" "Me, I didn't do anything. My friend gave her a nasty head wound, though. She might not wake up." He's enjoying this and it's making me sick. I stand my ground as he walks closer, trying not to look away from him. I don't want to give him the satisfaction. 

"You know, JJ and I had something, a long time ago. But she used to spend days away from me, sometimes a week or two, and I just got so lonely." He says in a softer, more soothing voice. I know what he's trying to do and I try my best to block out his words. "The first girl was an accident, but after we had sex, I felt something that I'd never had with Jennifer. It was different, you know. Better. Tell me, how does it feel when you do it with Jennifer?" He stares straight into my eyes. My god he's disgusting.

I don't answer him and he slaps me across the right cheek. I only just manage to keep my balance; he's quite a strong guy. But now I know that I'm starting to get on his nerves, maybe I can use it to my advantage. "JJ knew all along that you were a lying, cheating scumbag." I say with delight. "She deserves so much better than you, you lowlife." "JJ was just like the others, all soppy and delusional, like there's such a thing as a happy ever after. Marriage was her idea, not mine. She should have seen it coming." He spits. Now he's angry. "She did, Will. She saw it coming whenever she saw you, but she believed in her love and in you, and she thought that you could change. That's who JJ is, she sees the good and the bad in people, and she sees the potential that they have. She opened up her heart to you because she loved you, and you took that from her and stomped on it and threw it back in her face. And for what? For cheap sex with a drunk girl or a prostitute? I mean, come on, don't you at least have standards?" I laugh. 

That earns me another slap but this time it's just getting hilarious. He's so wound up. "Loosen up, Will, I'm just messing with you. Isn't that what you really want? You want to spend time with me, right? That's why you took me, and not JJ." I take a step towards him and place my hand on his arm. He takes a deep breath in and gently put his other hand on top. "You're so beautiful, you know." He whispers. I take one more step forward until we're practically touching, before digging my fingers into his arm and kneeing him in the abdomen as hard as I can. "In your dreams." I say angrily as he doubles over in pain. I don't care what happens next, I'm just glad I got to let my frustration out.

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