can't be friends

as it seems

{AN. i promise u, u know this song :) }
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May 6th.
JJ's POV

Pen, Spence, and I take our caps off and throw them upwards into the air as we just graduated college. We hug each other, tears were streaming down her face and nothing but pure bliss and happiness was radiating from me.

"I'm so proud of us. Going into the FBI!" Pen says. "I can't believe we did it! I can't believe we got the job!!!" I hug Spence again and he smiles brightly. "I can't believe I'm going to a different school to get another degree!" Spence says and we laugh. "You'll always be my boy genius Spence." I smile.

Afterwards the stadium filled with parents coming down and everyone taking pictures together and parents trying to get pictures with their kids.

I wrap my arms around my parents as Pen takes a picture of us and my smile beams through.

I haven't been this happy in a very long time, and it's scary. Putting myself back together is one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. And I'm still healing. It's painful to admit but I don't love Emily anymore, I still clapped for her tho when she walked across the stage. I wish her nothing but the best in life.

I see a dark haired woman approach me and I look over.

"ELLIE!" I yell giving her a huge hug. Emily's mom.

"Hi baby." She hugs me back, giving me a kiss on my forehead. "How have you been? I'm sorry I haven't reached out, I've been busy but that's no excuse." "It's okay! I've been good lately." "I'm proud. So proud of you darling. And I was so sorry to hear about you and Emily and what she did to you. But I am so happy to see that you're doing good. We miss you." She says.

"I miss you a lot!!! Like actually." "Don't hesitate to reach out. Don't be a stranger. And congratulations on the FBI. I heard." She says. "Thank you so much. And I won't forget to keep in contact." I say

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The full team met at the bar that night.

Rossi. Hotch. Derek. Me. Pen. Spence, and Emily.

This is the first time I've seen pretty much all of them except for Spence and Pen since December.

We decided to have one last night out as a friend group.

Emily and I didn't speak, or really hold eye contact for longer than a second. It wasn't uncomfortable at all and there was no animosity or feelings. We were just living in the moment with our friends.

"And cheers to the whole group finally being out of college!" Rossi says and we raise our glasses. "Finally!!!!" Pen says and we drink.

We laugh and joke around and it's just like old times.

"Okay, I have something I've been keeping from you guys." Hotch says. "What????? Don't tell me Haley's pregnant." Pen says. "Nope. But we are engaged. I would love for you all to be at our wedding." He says and we all start cheering and congratulating him.

"You're the first of us to get married!!!" I hug him. "Yeah come on I always thought it would be Rossi." Derek says. "Okay I'm working on it?" Rossi says. "Rossi come on you switch girlfriends as much as Penelope switches her glasses." Emily says and we all laugh.

"Switching glasses is a trend now. I started it." Penelope jokes.

We chat for a few minutes more until we ran out of drinks. And emily announced she was going to work at Interpol. That's a huge opportunity for her and I'm proud. We all cheered for her and David bought us all another round of shots.

Minutes passed and we ran out again so I went up to the bar to get us more.

"Hey, mind if I buy you a drink?" A random, really hot man says. "Uh, I'm getting these for my friends, thank you tho." I smile. "Oh well rounds on me." He passes me a 20.

"Why thank you." I smile.

"Still on the clock?" The bartender asks him. "Yup." He says as the bartender passes him a drink.

"On the clock?" I ask. "I'm a police officer. I don't live here I'm here for work" He says. "You always drink when you're on the clock?" I ask. "It's a cultural thing honey." "Oh okay." I say sarcastically. "Where are you from." "A little town about an hour or two from here." "Okay well I guess we will do things Pennsylvania style tonight." He moves his cup to the side."

"What brings you out tonight?" He asks as I sit down. "Graduated today, I'm celebrating with some friends." I say. "Nice, any plans for what you're going to do now?" "I'm going into the FBI. Communications Liaison." I smile. "Oh so we're gonna be in the same line of duty." "Yeah, we are." I say.

"What's your name beautiful?" He asks.

"Jennifer. My friends call me JJ. You?" "William LaMontagne. You can call me Will." He smiles.

"Nice to meet you Will." "It's nice to meet you JJ."