hate to love you // Emily Prentiss x oc

2006 November 22nd

I'm working late at the office with Emily and JJ. Emily brings me an iced coffee and I look at it for a split second. "Did mommy poison it for you?" I ask not looking up from my papers. She scoffs and rolls her eyes setting up her desk. She pulls out a picture frame, it has a flower crown and two pictures in it. I scoff and shake my head. "Okay I don't know why you're mad about something my mother did." I laugh "that's rich!" I start writing with more force. "Oh please you're the one that made a move on me" I cackle and stand up "you kissed me! And just because your mom didn't see it doesn't mean nobody saw it. You and your mom can burn in hell." Emily gets up "It was high school okay?!" She shouts "you ruined my reputation and told the cops I kidnapped you!" I see Emily gulp and say "what is with you and holding grudges!? Are you five?!" I groan and pour my iced coffee on Emily. "You have someone accuse you of sexual assault and kidnapping and then come talk to me bitch." She sighs "I'm sorry, I tried to make her stop. I really did." She grabs her bags and walks out.

JJ walks over to me and crosses her arms "what the hell was that?" I sigh. "Not right now JJ." She throws her arms in the air "you poured coffee on her! Go apologize I don't care what happened in high school you're not kids anymore!" I scoff lightly annoyed. "JJ you don't get it! Maybe I'm being mean maybe I'm hurting her feelings maybe I'm mad because I had a huge crush on her and she ruined everything for me! You don't get it. So stay out of it." I walk off and go to get in elevator with Emily to leave when it suddenly stops. "Oh for fucks sake." I grumble sitting on the ground. I shove in my headphones and close my eyes.

When my eyes flutter open again I'm lying on Emily, and she's sitting awkwardly, watching me. I immediately let go and sit up. "Hey." I mutter softly, before a huge yawn and stretch. "Hi." She's still soaked. For a moment I feel bad. I hate that I feel bad. I take off my sweater  and wrap it around her. "How long did I sleep for?" I ask. She shrugs softly and looks at her watch. "Stopped working when you wet it with coffee." She scowls at me and I stifle a laugh. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to laugh, it's not funny. It's not." I giggle and she looks at me making eye contact for the first time in years. I start to laugh harder and finally, she bursts out laughing. "Jesus you are so fucking annoying." She spits out laughing a little harder. As our laughter slowly dissipates, and silence fills the air I can't seem to tear my eyes off of Emily. I'm supposed to hate her, so I don't know why I don't in this moment. I don't even know why we laughed, but I know it's gonna be a moment that will flood my brain forever.

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I pull into the driveway at work, grabbing the two trays of drinks and box of doughnuts from my passenger seat. I quickly rush to the elevator and bring in the treats. I quickly realize that I'm one drink short. I count them to double check, JJ, Penny, Derek, Spencer, Aaron, Jason... Then it hits me, I'd forgotten Emily's. I can't help but feel guilt coursing through me. She may not be my friend but neither is Jason and I still got him one. I sigh giving into my own thoughts, settling on giving her mine.

"For me!" I hear the blonde's squeals and know it's Penelope almost immediately. I turn and hand her hers before passing everyone else their drinks. I see Emily's sullen look and I softly smile to myself handing her what was supposed to be my drink. "You cut off caffeine right?" I ask. She smiles and I can't help but smile back even if I don't want to. "Yeah, thanks." she replies after a moment. I nod and I sit back at my desk, leaving the doughnuts in the kitchen so everyone can take. As I'm working I notice a few different things around me, my friends laughter, their smiles, everyone is expressing some form of joy and I feel a slight ache in my heart knowing that I haven't smiled that way since high school.

JJ pulls up her chair. "Where's your usual fruity drink?" She asks me confused. My eyes flicker from her to Emily and I smile a bit looking back down at my work. "Oh?" She smirks a little. "I know that look, JJ knows something we don't" Derek cuts in sitting on my desk. "JJ knows something? Spencer's attention is caught and the group causes a bigger crowd when Penelope sees. "Who knows what? Spill everything!" She's sipping her drink when I turn to look at her then back at JJ. "I don't know anything." She says smiling at me. "Ask Essie, she definitely knows something." She puts her hands up in surrender jokingly and for a split second, I scowl. "There's nothing to know, I gave Emily my drink cause I didn't get her one." I spit in a more harsh tone than I intend. "OMG!" Garcia squeals and I roll my eyes. "You gave her your Frutti tutti no caffeine bullshit?" Derek teases. I groan tossing my head back. "It's just a refresher it's no biggie." They all look at each other knowingly, except Spencer who appears to be conflicted. "It's just a drink I don't get it?" Spencer thinks a little harder when Derek interrupts his thoughts, "It's not just a drink kid it's a sign. She's sharing, and not even one case ago they were gonna slit each others throats. Something changed." I laugh a little, "I'm just being polite guys." I grumble standing up. "I don't even like Emily, she's annoying and toxic and she-" Derek cuts in "Essie!" The whole group is mortified and when I turn around a heart broken Emily is standing there with an iced coffee that has my name on it.

She quickly puts it on the desk and I feel that same  ache in my heart all over again. "Emily I didn't mean it like that." I sigh as she turns walking away. "Emily I didn't-" She turns and looks at me sadly. "Ya know I really thought we could be friends again." She quivers holding back emotion for the best friend she's missed. "We can they just-" "Just what Esmeray? Because I know for a fact they didn't make you say those things. You're right, I owe you a major apology, but that really hurts." I sigh softly guilt consuming me whole as she stalks off leaving me to sit with my guilt.

(A/N: omg I'm alive???? Crazy Ik but I've been trying to come up with a good idea on where I wanna take this and I think this is gonna be a painfully slow Enemies to lovers. Also anyone else ever wonder how celebrities would react to these?)