Twin Flames X Jemily

14- Bruised Knuckles

Emily's pov:
When we got home JJ sat on the couch and I went to get some ice.

I sat next to her and handed it to her. She pressed it against her face. "I'm sorry." She said quietly. I didn't answer her.

"Say something. Yell at me. Scream. Hit me. Punch me. Do something!" JJ shouted. I stayed silent.

"Emily please." She burst into tears. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her close to me. "What are you doing." She whimpered.

"I'm hugging you." I responded. "Why? You're mad at me." She sniffed.

"JJ I never said I was mad at you." I said. She pulled away.  "You're not?"

I shook my head. "I'm not mad at you." I kissed her gently. "We need to clean your hand." I took her upstairs to the bathroom.

She sat on the edge of the counter. I poured some rubbing alcohol onto her cut up knuckles. "That hurts." She whined.

"I know I'm sorry." I rinsed her hand under cold water before drying it off and wrapping it in a bandage.  

JJ got off the counter and walked into the bedroom laying down on the bed. Her eyes filled with tears.

I sat down next to her. "What's wrong." I asked her softly. "Nothing- I'm fine." She sighed.

"JJ come on, look at me." She reluctantly looked up at me. "What is it? What's going on?" I asked her. She didn't say anything.

"You wanna talk about it?" I whispered. She shook her head no. "Well you know we have to, right?"

She looked back down again. "Remember what the psychiatrist said? No holding it in ever. We bring it home we gotta get it out."

JJ looked out the window. "You know him don't you?" I asked her. She nodded her head holding back tears.

"Yeah. Come here." I kissed her temple and pulled her into a hug holding my hand on the back of her head.

She pulled away and I kissed her on the lips. We both sat against the headboard of the bed. "JJ tell me how you know mark."

"Mark was my classmate in the academy. He was always a jerk and we weren't ever friends. Then when we graduated we all went out to a bar and I had a lot to drink." She stopped talking and her words turned into tiny sobs.

She pulled out her phone and opened an old case file from 3 years ago. The digital file had marks name on it. She handed me the phone and then laid down and covered her face with a blanket.

She just hid there not moving. I decided to just play the video to see what she was talking about.

When I saw it my heart stopped. JJ looked younger but it was her. She would have been 21 but she looked 19.

She was unconscious on the bathroom floor surrounded by guys who looked older than her. The one on top of her was mark. He was having sex with her. He was raping her.

There were people cheering him on and laughing. I couldn't watch it anymore so I turned it off. I got it now. Why she hated him so much. I hated him. If I ever see him again I might actually kill him.

I looked to JJ who was still hiding under the covers. "JJ." I said softly rubbing her back. She didn't move.

I pulled the blanket off of the face and she glared at me. Her face was covered in tears and her eyes were bright red from crying.

I leaned down and pulled her into my arms.  She started coughing really hard. Probably because of the  hyperventilating. "I'll be right back I'm going to get you some water." I kissed her forehead and got up.

I walked down to the kitchen and grabbed a glass. Then I heard my phone ring. I looked down and saw it was a FaceTime from Derek.

I picked up the phone and his face, Reid, and Penelope's face popped up onto the screen. "Hey what's up?" I asked them.

"Something happened to JJ." Garcia said. "Do you mean she got into a fist fight in the fbi building? Because I know about that." I laughed.

I filled up the glass and started to walk upstairs. "No we went to her apartment to see if she was okay but she still hadn't answered the door." Reid said.

I walked into the bedroom where JJ was and saw a pen go flying at my face. "Hey!" I exclaimed.

"Emily is someone with you?" Derek asked. JJ threw a pillow at me. "No sorry I have to go. Trust me JJ's fine just go home. Don't worry about it." I said. They all looked confused but I just hung up.

I picked up the pillow and pen off the floor. I set the glass of water down on the end table. "What was that for?" I laughed.

"The team is starting to think that we're dating." She said. I was a little surprised. "How do you know that?" I asked.

"I heard Derek and Reid talking about it with Tara." She said. "JJ is it really the worst thing in the world if they do find out? Do you just never want to tell them?" I asked her.

"No I do- it's just so much else is happening and what if they're mad and-" I cut her off. "We don't have to tell them right now. It's okay."

"I'm sorry." She whispered. "Stop apologizing." I told her. "Sorry."

"Dammit." She rolled her eyes. "I can't even do that right."

"I love you." I smiled. She gave me a small smile back. "I love you too Emily." "Alright now I think we may need to show the team proof of life or they'll start getting worried." I laughed.

JJ giggled. "You can call them back." I grabbed my phone. JJ was still cuddled into my side but she didn't move.

I FaceTimed Derek back. He picked up and was still with everyone else. "Hey Emily." He said. "Hey."

"So do you know where JJ is?" He asked. I pointed the camera down at her but you could only see her hair splattered over me and her arms tightly wrapped around my waist. "I think I have an idea." I laughed.

"Is she okay? What happened? What's the deal with her and that mark guy?" Garcia asked. JJ squeezed my leg which I'm pretty sure meant you better keep your fucking mouth shut.

It's not like I was going to say anything about what she told me though. "She's fine. Her face is swollen up pretty bad though that's why she's hiding right now."

"So what happened?" Reid asked again. "Not my business to share." I said simply. "I should go anyways I just called you to tell you she was okay."

"Alright bye." Derek said. "Bye." I responded hanging up the phone.

It was only around 7pm and JJ was already half asleep. "Wake up sleepyhead you need to eat dinner." I kissed her and she opened her eyes. "How about pizza?" I asked her. "Okay." She nodded laying her head back on my shoulder.

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