When Love Lasts x Jemily

Chapter 7

Emily's pov:
*1 week later*
JJ is doing better. Or at least that's what she's telling me. I still check her wrists every night. She never told the team what happened. She claims she doesn't need too.

"Hey you ready to leave." I call to JJ. She comes down the stairs looking tired, but ready. I stop her as she tries to walk out the door. "How bad is it today?" I ask her. "Uh 6." She says staring at the floor tapping her finger against her leg.

"Didn't sleep well?" I put my arm around her. She nodded. "Alright let's go to work." I said getting into the car and starting the short drive to the bau.

When we got to the bau we were met by Garcia. "Hey we've got a case. Wheels up in 20." She said.

We got to the jet and we were the first ones there. We were flying to Seattle. People started to file onto the plane and when everyone was here Garcia started to debrief the case. "We've got 2 victims both in..." I stopped really listening. I was too worried about JJ.

*they solved the case the same day*

We had finished the case and we're headed back to the rooms. We wouldn't be able to take off for a little while because of all the fog and rain. Garcia called us to tell us where we were staying. "There was a shortage of rooms, so Hotch you're with Rossi, Derek, Spencer, and Tara you're all together, and Emily's with JJ and Jess. Goodnight my lovely's stay safe." Garcia said hanging up the phone.

Jess and JJ both had funny expressions on their faces as we made our ways to the hotel room. When we got in there was two queen sized beds. I thanked god that it was this instead of one king sized one.

We all put our stuff down. "Hey so JJ you could take your own bed and I can share with Emily if you want." Jess said.

JJ gave her a 'I'm gonna punch you in the face' look so I decided to step in. "I'll share with JJ. You can take the other one." I said quickly. Jess didn't look happy about it.

JJ just seemed off. She was having a hard day. "You wanna just head to sleep?" I asked her. "Yeah can we?" She whispered. Jess was sitting on one of the beds on her phone. I go into the bathroom and brush my teeth before changing into shorts and a T-shirt.

JJ goes in after me and comes out with a tank top and sweatpants. I turn the lights off and Jess puts down her phone so I assume she's sleeping.

I crawl into bed and JJ cuddled up next to me. Her head was resting on my shoulder. Then I remembered. I looked over to Jess, she looked asleep. "Hey I need to check your wrists." I whisper. A look of panic washed over her face.

"Jess is here." She said her breathing starting to get faster. "Babe Jess is sleeping." I said. "No she might not be." JJ whispered. She was picking at her hair and wouldn't look me in the eye. "Okay then we'll go in the bathroom."

I dragged JJ out of bed and into the bathroom locking the door behind us. I sat down on the floor and let JJ crawl into my lap. I pulled down her sweatpants and saw nothing on her legs.

But then I lifted the bottom of her tank top up. There was over a hundred red lines going up her stomach. They covered the older scars and creating new ones. Tears streamed down her face. "Jayje what happened?" I asked her softly. She was doing good for a while.

"I don't know." She sniffed. "You should leave me. You should be with Jess not me." She cried.

"Okay JJ that's it. What is going on with you and Jess? Why are you so convinced that I like her better than you? Why would I leave you for her?" I asked her.

She just shrugged her shoulders. "She's prettier and she's skinner." She said quietly. "That's not true. And that's also not the whole reason." I responded.

"She's younger than me. I just- what if you wake up one day and you wish that you were with someone better than me. Someone who's not used and broken. I'm just damaged goods." JJ cried softly.

Hearing JJ say that broke my heart. How could she think that stuff about herself? "Oh sweetie you're not damaged goods. You're not broken or used. And every single day I wake up and realize how lucky I am to be with someone like you. Someone as smart, talented, beautiful, and funny as you. Someone who makes me smile. Someone who loves to hug me when their scared. Someone who I want to spend the rest of my life with. Nothing you do is going to make me stop loving you."

"I love you Emily." She said softly. "I'll be better I promise."

"It's okay. I love you Jennifer. To the moon and back and back again." I whispered. I got up and turned off the light to the bathroom and then we both got back in bed. JJ way laying on my chest and I could feel her heart beat. I held her close. "It's sleepy time now." I whispered to her.

General pov:
Jess was the first to wake up. She looked over to the other bed and saw JJ and Emily still asleep. JJ was curled up in Emily's arms. Both of the hair was mixed together splattered all over the pillow.

They would probably be leaving later that day. She decided to go out and get a cup of coffee.

A little while later Emily woke up. She looked down at JJ who was still asleep in her arms. She checked the clock. 9:30. It was late for them to sleep in until. "Hey sleepyhead time to wake up." Emily whispered to JJ gently shaking her awake.

"Nooo." JJ groaned as she started to wake up. "I want to sleep." She said rubbing her eyes. "You can sleep on the jet we need to leave soon." Emily said.

They both got up and got dressed for the day. Emily finished packing both of there bags up so they would be ready to leave. "We have a little time. There a cafe downstairs want to get something to eat?" Emily asked.

"Yeah sure." JJ said grabbing her coat. They headed down the elevator and into the cafe. Emily got a cup of coffee and banana bread. JJ got a breakfast sandwich and hot chocolate because she's a child at heart.

They sat in a little booth in the corner. They are their breakfast and talked for a while. Then they headed back to the hotel room to get their stuff. Jess wasn't there but her stuff was gone so she was probably already on the jet.

"Hey you ready to go?" Emily said as she was heading out the door. "Yeah let's go." JJ said. Emily took JJ's hand as they walked to there car. She held her hand the whole way in the car to the airstrip.

The flight was long but everyone was mostly just sleeping. Jess stared at Emily a few times but Emily never noticed. Eventually they were home. JJ collapsed onto the couch the second they got home. She was exhausted.