heart like yours (jennifer jareau)

2. twenty one

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"i am good at walking away. rejection teaches you how to reject." - jeanette winterson

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"So, tell me about Liv's friends," JJ said.

She was sat on the counter in Delilah's bathroom, curling her hair while Delilah did her makeup in the mirror, the record player in Delilah's room playing Oasis quietly as background noise.

Liv was already gone, meeting her friends for some food before they started bar hopping. It was six pm and they were meeting the group at seven thirty, but they knew the taxis would take a while and both wanted to drink, so, they had to be ready to leave earlier than usual.

"What do you want to know?" Delilah said, blending her foundation into her face.

"Just tell me about them," JJ smiled.

"Okay. Well, Julian Bryant is chief of all of the surgical departments. He's Liv's boss. He's an absolute sweetheart. He's like... Imagine my dad and Gideon had a baby who was a pensioner and great at surgery, that's Julian," Delilah said, grabbing her bronzer and blusher.

"I am never going to get that imagine out of my head," JJ grimaced. "But I get what you mean, I think. And he has three kids?" she asked.

"Jace, Inessa, Inaya. Jace is the oldest, he's Liv's age. Ness is three years younger, and Naya is a year younger than me. Jace is one of the nicest guys ever, he's a single dad, and he's funny, like, actually funny. Ness is pretty much job focused, doesn't want to date or have kids. She's a bit of a genius, too. Graduated school at the same time Jace did. She's so sweet and she'll say things how they are," Delilah said.

"And Naya?" JJ asked.

"Naya is chaos in the best way. She never really wanted to do surgery, so, she decided to save lives a different way. She's really funny. She's probably my favourite," Delilah said.

"And then Marlene and Cecelia," JJ said.

"Mar is an army brat, got her license on uncle Sam and then transferred here a few weeks after Liv did, so, they stuck together as the newbies. She's very go with the flow and is, like, a human sunshine. And Cece is from Italy, she's obsessed with babies and is still, somehow, into women after watching god knows how many babies being born. She's also a great cook, so, we share recipes from time to time," Delilah said.

"Sounds like you know them really well," JJ said.

"Eh, I see them a lot whenever I'm at the hospital, and I've picked Liv up from girls' night with them a few times. And Jace was the surgeon who restitched my neck a few weeks ago after that explosion," Delilah said.

"They sound nice," JJ said.

"Yeah. Why are you asking? Not that it's a bad thing. I just... I'm confused," Delilah said, looking at JJ through the mirror.

"They're Liv's friends," JJ shrugged. "And we'll all be drinking together. If Liv's friends are gonna get on with ours, it might become a regular thing. And maybe I'm spending too much time about profilers and would like to know some people who don't hunt serial killers," JJ smiled.

"That's fair," Delilah said.

"Do you think they'll like the team?" JJ said.

"Knowing my luck, you'll all get on amazingly and this will become a regular thing and my social circle will expand even more than it should have," Delilah sighed, picking up her mascara and opening the tube.