Accidental Attractions

Chapter twelve

"Hey! Hey! It's gonna be okay. Your okay. Your okay!" I say to JJ trying to calm her down. My voice in a shaky tone. I'm trying to stay calm so she can stay calm but I'm not doing very well. The pit of my stomach feels like someone is twisting it in a ball. My lungs refuse to inflate properly leaving me breathless. That could be in part of the small dagger sticking from my side. The pain is unreal. Its a weird feeling, having a foreign object sticking you in the side. I'm fine though, the knife is steady and I'm not losing that much blood. JJ on the other hand.

Five hours earlier
"Ugh!" I hear JJ groan. She rolls over and snuggles up against me, maneuvering her head in the crook of my neck. "I don't wanna goooo."  She says in a sarcastically pouty tone. "You know you sound like a fourth grader right now." I say chuckling. She grabs a pillow from her side of the bed and smacks me playfully with it. The pillow making contact directly on my forehead. "I would not if I were you. I have not had my coffee yet." I say pointing two fingers from my eyes to her. She sits up, her hair a rat's nest, her hands in the air as if she's surrendering.

This is the way I would like to wake up every morning. Her beautiful face staring back at me, maybe a little playful banter as well. Moments like these are what makes me happy. She makes me happy. So very happy it makes me want to scream, Or punch a wall or something, I don't know. It scares the shit out of me though because she's so perfect and amazing. I fear the day something or someone comes into her life and hurts her, damages her. I fear that person could be me, but I cross my fingers I don't screw this up. She's to pure for that.

At the BAU

"Hey em, hows it going? Wanna hear about a new study I read about? It's in the topic of fungi it's really quite fascinating." Reid said in his normally cheery voice. I smile at him, he is also so pure I fear for him too. But he's tough, he's been through hell and back and is still standing in this building, with a smile on his face, politely asking if I would like to hear about fungi. "Of course I would." I say sweetly. His grin grows wider and my heart grows warmer knowing I made my friend a little happier.

"I'm sorry that is going to have to wait until the plane ride, we have a case." Hotch says sternly. I look at Reid and I help him gather all of his books and trinkets and such. I've been thinking, to an onlooker Hotch would probably seem like an emotionless ass. He's also incredibly strong, like JJ and Reid. They have to be, in this line of work. We've all lost a little piece of ourselves over the years. A piece of hope, of joy, of willingness to continue what we do. But the team, our work and out of work family, we fill in each others holes where parts of us have been chipped away. Over the years I've noticed JJ has become less sarcastic, but also that when she talks with Reid, her smile is a little bigger. I have become less of a jokester, but when Garcia strikes up a joke or two, I can't help but reciprocate. The same goes for Rossi and Reid. Reid was broken after Gideon, after Elle. His hole is filled by the fatherly love graciously given to him by Rossi. The kind of love he never got the chance of experiencing as a child. And Hotch, Hotch has the largest hole of us all. I like to think we fill the hole, as much as we can. He has his bad days, which seem like every day since he refuses to smile in front of people, but I catch a glimpse of his secret grinning when Reid and Morgan goof around, or when Rossi gossips with him. I just love all of them so much. They are my family.

A/N srry for the fluff I got carried away

We arrive in California, some place named Moreno Valley. The case consisted of twenty two men found dead from the mid 2000s until now. The unsub has murdered twenty one men, gay and straight and without any noticeable age or race specificities. Witnesses say he dressed in drag and lured men out of bars.

"Ok JJ and Prentiss stay here and set up shop, the sherif will assist you both. Rossi and Reid to the crime scenes. Morgan you and I will visit the coroner. Garcia see if you can find regulars that attend all bars in question or with ties to the murders. Maybe he likes to take the edge off first." He says, seemingly never taking a breath. "Oh and girls, two witnesses will be arriving here shortly to be interviewed if you could also prepare a room suitable for questioning." He nods our direction then waves at Derek and then everyone leaves towards their respective SUV's.

"Well this case is interesting. Usually we don't have an unsub with this many victims." JJ says stacking some files. "Ya this is a really long timeline. The last time we had that was Foyet and that did not end well." I reply. JJ grimaces slightly at the remark. We both know what happened with George Foyet, we will never forget. "Well I sure hope this case doesn't escalate further a lot of men have died already, and I'm sure a lot more will if we don't find him soon." At that we get a call from Garcia.

"Hello my pretty little gremlins," she says in a chipper tone. "- im afraid I have some not so great news." Her voice less happy. "The local PD has just discovered another body. The coroners report so far says he was killed a couple days ago but no specifics yet. But it's ok because you guys are going to catch this psycho and bring him to justice. Anyway, I have to get back to work so, PG, Out!"

JJ has her two fingers resting on the bridge of her nose, obviously frustrated with the grim news. "Hey, don't beat yourself up. We were not here when this happened. The local police hadn't had called us yet. There was nothing we could have done." I say, getting closer to her. I rest one hand on her forearm and she puts her hand on top of mine. She sighs "You're right." Wiping a single tear from her eye. I don't know why this case has her so worked up, usually only cases involving kids have this affect on her. She clears her throat. "The uh, witnesses will be here shortly we should prep the conference room across the hall." I nod, we link hands, and make our way across the hall.

The witnesses were two men who had both seen the unsub stalking in a gay bar downtown. "Well he was really heavy, kinda gross looking honestly." The leaner of the two men said, pretty flamboyantly. "Yes very unattractive, he certainly was not getting many willing onlookers." The second man spoke, his voice scratchy and low pitched with an almost southern twang to it. "Forgive me for being so blunt, but are you gay?" He says, pointing to me. I'm kind of taken aback. I had never thought of myself as looking gay before this moment. As stunned as I was I looked at JJ, who was wearing a fake look of confusion. "Uh, ya. I am -er, gay." I said looking at JJ for help as the two men looked at each other knowingly.

"Oh my god! Emily you're a, a lesbian?!" She said trying to hide her amusement. The two men look at each other once more. The skinnier one looked as if he knew he probably should not have mentioned it. "You know I'm sorry it was just a hunch I have amazing gaydar." He said trying to pull the attention away from JJ making a scene. "It's obviously not that great." She says softly. I giggle to myself, trying to stifle the rising excitement. The men looked confused. The petite one looked almost insulted. "Excuse me?" He said. "I said, your gaydar is not that impressive seeing as how you couldn't sense I am also gay." She said with sarcasm. The two men giggle as JJ returns from her seat she had previously jumped out of in the heat of the initial realization.

After interviewing both men separately, who turned out to be together, together, JJ and I met back with team, and we created a profile. Now it was time for the press conference. JJ and I usually handle them, mainly because the women usually get starstruck when they see Morgan or Reid, the serial killer nerds feel the same about Rossi, and Hotch, he's just so stern. So JJ and I collected our info and delivered the profile.

A/N this new serial killer was based off of a serial killer from my hometown. I hope you enjoyed this chapter because I had fun writing it. I also want to thank y'all for 500 and something reads it means a lot to me. Keep reading and keep voting. Also comment I love reading comments.