The Bet

The bet: Chapter 7

JJ POV

It has been almost a week and I haven't talked with or seen Emily.

I have talked and seen the other members of the team, but not her.

Morgan explained a little about the bet. How Reid and Morgan bet Emily on telling me her feelings.

I took it the wrong way when I overheard their fight, but still they shouldn't have done the bet.

I was at the new job and it was different. I missed the team.

A lot of things had changed since I left. Reid and Morgan got married, Garcia and Kevin were having troubles and Hotch was seeing a new woman named Beth.

So tonight the guys were going to meet up at a local bar to grab drinks and relax.

Morgan said Emily wasn't going to be there. Apparently she had other plans.

I wanted to sit and talk to Emily. I just wanted us to work this whole thing out.

I didn't get why she would go through all the trouble with the bet and then walk away.

I needed to stop thinking about it, or I'd be thinking about it all night.

I got to the bar where everyone was.

Morgan got up and walked over to me.

"JJ, it's good to see you."

"You too Morgan"

We walked over to the team at the table.

"JJ."

"Hi Reid."

"Have you seen Emily?"

Everyone looked at me and I put my head down.

"I haven't seen her since Morgan's and Reid's wedding, but we didn't talk".

"JJ, she is destroyed. I haven't seen her like this."

Hotch had to say his two cents. Before I could reply a lady started to talk.

"Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to our open mic. Tonight welcomes Emily."

My head shot up. It couldn't be my Emily. Well she isn't mine, exactly.

How wrong I was. On the stage the women I fell in love with appeared.

EPOV

Well tonight was the night that I was going to pour my feelings out to JJ.

See, we all planned this so that she could come and now I have to hold up my end of the deal.

I walked up on the stage and I looked for her. When I spotted her she looked more beautiful than I've ever seen her.

Her eyes met mine and I knew she wouldn't get up and leave.

"Before I start to sing I would like to say something. In the past couple of months I haven't been me because I fell hopelessly in love with my best friend. But I did something to ruin that love I had for her and our friendship. I'm here now to try to show her what she means to me. All I can say is that you can't help who you fall in love with. This song is called It Will Rain."

I looked over at JJ and I saw tears coming from her eyes. I knew I had to hold back.

The music started to play and I knew that this was now or never. I began to sing.

"If you ever leave me, baby,
Leave some morphine at my door
Cause it would take a whole lot of medication
To realize what we used to have.
We don't have it anymore.

There's no religion that could save me
No matter how long my knees are on the floor, oh.
So keep in mind all the sacrifices I'm making
To keep you by my side
And keep you from walking out the door."

As I reached the chorus, I saw JJ getting up and walking closer to the stage. I closed my eyes and threw all of my emotions into the chorus.

"Cause there'll be no sunlight
if I lose you, baby.
There'll be no clear skies
if I lose you, baby.
Just like the clouds,
my eyes will do the same if you walk away.
Everyday, it will rain,
rain, rain.

I'll never be your mother's favorite.
Ah, your daddy can't even look me in the eye.
Oooh, if I were in their shoes, I'd be doing the same thing.
Saying there goes my little girl
walking with that troublesome girl.
But they're just afraid of something they can't understand.
Oooh, well little darling watch me change their minds.
Yeah for you I'll try, I'll try, I'll try, I'll try.
I'll pick up these broken pieces 'til I'm bleeding
If that'll make it right."

I saw that JJ had reached the middle of the bar floor and I jump down from the stage.

I walked over to where she was and took her hand. I started to sway with her, but I never stopped looking in her blue eyes. Then I finished of the song to her.

"Cause there'll be no sunlight
if I lose you, baby.
There'll be no clear skies
if I lose you, baby.
Just like the clouds,
my eyes will do the same if you walk away.
Everyday, it will rain,
rain, rain.

Ooooh, don't just say
goodbye, don't just say, goodbye.
I'll pick up these broken pieces 'til I'm bleeding
If that'll make it right.

Cause there'll be no sunlight
if I lose you, baby.
There'll be no clear skies
if I lose you, baby.
Just like the clouds,
my eyes will do the same if you walk away.
Everyday, it will rain,
rain, rain, rain..."

After the music stopped I still kept eye contract with her.

"I love you Jennifer. You're my world and I'd do anything to let you know that I love you."

JJPOV

I can't believe that Emily had the guts to do this, and all for me.

I started to walk up to the middle of the floor. Emily saw this and she jumped of the stage and walk over to me.

We started to dance. She never broke eye contract with me and she threw all of her emotions into the last of the song.

I was now crying and she was too. She looked right at me and said:

"I love you Jennifer. You're my world and I'd do anything to let you know that I love you."

All I could do to respond was to kiss her. I leaned in to bring her lips to mine and when we met fireworks went off.

It was slow and steady. I was putting everything I had into the kiss.

Once we pulled away I looked right at her.

"I love you Emily and I will never leave you."