can't be friends

safety net - 2

Emily's POV

"Okay pick teams!" Derek says. "Girls vs boys?" Elle adds. "No that's boring. Me and Hotch are team leaders so we'll pick." "Who made you team leader?" I say to them laughing. "Me." Derek says. "And since when are men in charge of everything." Elle says.

"Don't hate the player hate the game." Derek says. "That doesn't even make any sense." I say. "Shut up. Pretty boy Reid you're on my team." Derek says to Reid. "WOW I wasn't your first pick?" I say. "Shut up." He adds again.

"Okay um... Elle you're on my team" Hotch says. "JJ you're on my team." Derek says. "You pick the one who doesn't even know how to bowl?" I scoff. "Pen you're on my team." Hotch says. "See and now emily you're on my team." Derek laughs. "No you didn't pick me, you're stuck with me."

"The team are uneven. I'm calling Dave." Hotch says and we nod. Dave's cool. And he gets us alcohol.

"Emily teach me how to bowl." JJ says. I grab her a ball and she puts her fingers into it but instead of ring finger and middle finger, she puts her pointer finger into the ball. "Okay so not quite like that." I laugh and she blushes from embarrassment.

"These two fingers, and then you put your thumb in here." I say. "Maybe that's why I suck." She laughs.

"Okay then I lunge and roll right." She says. "Yeah but make sure you're sending the ball straight, you might have to walk up into it by the side to make sure it goes straight." I say and demonstrate. "Okay." She says and gets ready to bowl.

"You got this JJ!" Pen shouts. "Wooooo!" All of us cheer.

She starts to walk and she goes to roll the ball but she doesn't let go soon enough and sends the ball flying into alley next to us. She turns around quickly in embarrassment and we all start laughing.

"It's okay you get one more turn! Try again but let go of the ball sooner." I say. "No I don't wanna do it anymore." She says. "Nah you won championships you can definitely learn how to bowl." I say.

She goes for it again and the ball goes straight down the gutter, not hitting any pins. "At least it was in the lane this time!" I say. "I suck." She laughs. "You'll get em next time." Hotch says as it was his turn.

The game went on and on and JJ has yet to hit a single pin while the rest of us has gotten at least 3 strikes and a few spares. Spencer suddenly is carrying but Hotch's team was winning, they had Dave now. But I know Spencer has calculated this or some shit because there's no way he's better at bowling than me.

"JJ you're up." Dave says. "Someone go for me." She says as she eats French fries. "JJ if you get a strike we're gonna win." Spencer says. "Exactly which is why someone else should do it. I haven't hit one ball!" She laughs. "No come on JJ I'll do it with you." "Emily just let Spencer go come on." Derek says.

"No i have faith in JJ." I say and pull her up. JJ gets the ball in hand and I hold on to the other side of it. She lunges and throws the ball and I direct it towards the middle. The ball hits the middle pin and all the others fall down.

"I got a strike!!!" She jumps up and down and smiles. The friend group cheering her on. "Emily did most of the work no fair!" Dave jokes. "I just lightly tapped it." I argue.

"Doesn't matter I got a strike!" She says and wraps her arms around me giving me a hug. The scent of her hair invading my nose.

"And we win!" I say and we dance around Hotch.