𝑗𝑢𝑛𝑜, 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑠

chapter three.

Juno had only ever seen two places in her life, East Allegheny where she was born and raised and DC so when they landed in New Orleans, Aaron hadn't been surprised when everything caught her attention. Growing up they had always said she had the attention span of a bunny something that landed her in trouble a lot. 

Her already large eyes seemed to grow when she stopped in front of a restaurant. Inside two girls were sharing a bowl of spaghetti, the blonde seemed shy, almost like she didn't want to be seen. The redhead was just happy to be there and if you looked close enough you could see they were holding hands under the table. 

A smile crept onto Juno's lips and this pit grew in her stomach but it felt good, it felt right. She had been so caught up in the moment that she didn't realize there was someone behind her until Emily cleared her throat. 

"Sorry, Hotch wants us to go with Reid to the autoposy." Emily placed with her ring finger as Juno turned to face her, her dark eyes bright as she nodded. "Yeah, sure." She cursed herself for not saying anything else although there wasn't much to respond with. 

"We should get coffee when we come back." Juno found herself stood between Emily and Spencer when she saw Spencer roll his eyes from the corner of her eye. "You've never seen a dead body before, right?"  Emily asked as Juno decided to look at her rather then the guy who seemed to hate her for no reason. 

Emily had still been looking at the road ahead, only letting Juno see her face from the side. She found herself tracing the woman's sharp features with her eyes, resisting the urge to touch the woman. Juno had never felt that strong urge before but she had never seen anyone that lovely before.

"I have," Juno responded, placing her nail between her teeth as she faced the road again. They got closer and closer to the corner's office or that's what Juno thought as she scanned the people they passed. "Funerals don't count." Spencer's bored voice broke through as she opened her mouth to say something but she decided against it.

Juno didn't know how much of their past had been revealed to Spencer or Emily so telling them about the incident with her father really wasn't a smart plan. Thinking about it wasn't even smart, all it did was drag her back to that day so she lied. "I guess then I haven't." She answered and luckily for her, they had just arrived at the corner's office. 

Emily opened the door, letting Juno pass her and walk through before Spencer followed leaving Emily for last. Common pleasantries were shared with him before the three federal agents found themselves standing in front of a dead body covered in a white sheet. 

The corener leaned over, pulling it back and Juno bit into her acrylic at the sight. His ears had turned a plum shade and the first thing she saw as the cut along his throat and the stitches on his chest. Spencer was right, this was nothing like a funeral. 

"Four layers of fat, sliced through like butter." The man spoke and Juno realized that there was a strange scent to the room as if death it self was in the room with them. The smell was hidden beneath this sharp sterile smell that made Juno's head hurt but she preffered it to the former.

"I've only seen that three other times." The corner shook his head while Emily leaned in closer to the corpse something that made Juno's stomach turn and twist. 

"You worked this case intially?" Spencer had his hand beneath his skin as Juno slightly hid behind him from the body, as if the man would rise from the dead and if he did, he'd have to get through Emily and Spencer to get to her.

"You don't forget victims like this. They were dissected," The man answered and Spencer took a step away from Juno as she crossed her arms over her chest before following his lead. She had to put on her big girl pants and face death like she had done all those years ago.