𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞//𝐣𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲

𝓬𝓻𝓾𝓮𝓵 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭

"I shared my body and my mind with you"

I woke up in bed with an attractive woman beside me. I admired looking at her. I slightly moved curls from her hair, so I wouldn't wake her up.

Today I took a day off. It was Natalie's birthday, and I wanted to celebrate it with her. We were thinking about heading to our hometown. To visit places where we were going when we were younger.

I get out of bed and go to the kitchen. I pour myself a cup of coffee when my phone rings. I pick it up. It's Aaron. I'm a little confused about why he's calling me, but I don't question it; maybe he forgot.

"Aaron, hey," I say.
He doesn't even say hello, which shocks me with this question.

"Is JJ with you right now?"
A weird feeling runs through my body.

"What? No, no, she's not with me." He gets quiet. I'm starting to get worried.
"What happened?" I ask.

"I think you should get to BAU, as fast as possible."

I end this call and immediately put my jacket and shoes.

"What's going on?" Ask Natalie, standing in my shirt's next to the door.

"I have to go; it's an emergency," I say, taking my back and running through the door.

"What? Emily! What about our trip?" she yells at me, but I don't even hear her anymore; I'm too far gone.

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When I get to BAU, everyone is already there. Everyone expects her. "What happened?" I ask, crossing my arms.

"Jennifer's fiancé called; she didn't come back home last night. He wanted to know if she was with any of us," Reid starts.

"She is not," says Penelope, with worry in her eyes.

"What about her parents?" i ask

"She's not there, Emily," Hotch says.
I take a deep breath.

"Her phone is off." Says Morgan.

"She, um, she stopped by my house yesterday. She fought with Will."
I look at the ground.

"She wanted my help, and I just didn't help her."

Everyone is looking at me.
"When was this?" Hotch asks me.

"Around 11 or maybe 12...it's my fault; I shouldn't have let her go. What if..." I say, but Penelope cuts me off.

"Stop it; we have to keep our heads cold, okay? It's not your fault; we are going to find her."

I nod. But I'm overwhelmed with emotions right now. I shouldn't have let her go.... I look at Hotch.

"We have to find her," I say. And I meant it, with all my heart.

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I went to get some air. My head is spinning from all of this. Everyone else is inside. We are trying to find some clues that could get us somewhere.

I can't stop thinking about her. I swear to myself that if something happens to her, I'm going to lose it.

I heard the door open, and Derek walked in with a jacket and coffee in his hand.

"You are going to catch a cold," he said.

I give him a slight smile and take the jacket.

We were both silent for a while.
"It's not your fault. We're going to find her common. Maybe It's nothing serious, you know."

I know he is just trying to help, but he's really making it worse.
"It's JJ. She always tells us where she's going, if she's not coming to work. It doesn't make sense. Plus, I saw her yesterday. She wasn’t okay, and it's my fault I didn't let her in."

"Emily, stops with this self-pity; it's not going to help us with anything."
I need these harsh words. I know he is right.

"Look, when I thought you died, it was the lowest point in my life. There wasn't a day I didn't think about you. But JJ, she's alive, and she's there somewhere, and she needs our help. And we are going to help her because we are her family. Understand?" He says.

Our relationship has changed so much since that dark time in my past. To better. Our bond and trust are so much stronger. I nod. I sip from coffee and head back to the office.

"Got something?" I ask.

"Maybe. I checked the area between your apartment and hers; she stopped by a bar called Lavender Haze, and she was there about one am."

"Okay, we are going there."

"Wait, there is more. There is a man who went a couple of minutes after she left. I don't have any other look at the streets from there."

My anger is building up in my veins. "So she met the guy in a bar. They talked. She left and he followed her." Spencer said.

"Reid, stop!" I say, putting my hand on my head.

"Do you want to go home?" Hotch asks.

"What? No. I'm not leaving."

"Then act like this is any other case. We are looking for a young man. He has a cap over his head, and he is looking down while he is passing the cameras. That means he is from here; he knows about the cameras, which is probably why he...took her to a place where you can't see it," he starts.

"It has to be planned. He walks confidently and with clear reason in his mind, so... I'm thinking maybe it's actually personal towards JJ," says Rossi.

"She didn’t have any enemies," Spencer says.

"We all have them, Spencer" I say. "Are we going into the bar?"

Hotch nod. "You, Reid and Morgan go. Rest of us will be finding more information," said Hotch, and all of us nod.