I'm all in

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Emily's POV

Emily had been with the BAU for a few months now and while there had been ups and downs she enjoyed most of it. She loved how her team looked out for her and how she looked out for them. She loved learning all the quirks each person had from Spencer's constant flow of facts to the way Hotch seemed to never smile but her favorite part of it all was getting to see JJ every day. Emily had grown fond of the blonde, she had become her best friend, her shoulder to cry on, her person. Emily spent as much time as she could with JJ, they'd go to each other's place and watch movies or play games with the rest of the team.

Emily yawned as she got ready to start her day. She swung her legs over the side of the bed and shuffled lazily to the bathroom to take a shower. She leaned against the sink and stared at herself in the mirror and sighed. She grabbed her towel and hopped in and hummed to herself as her thoughts began to wonder to JJ, as they usually did. After her shower she got dressed and pulled on some black pants that hugged her body tightly while still looking professional, she paired it with a white long sleeve shirt and her boots. Emily put a small amount of makeup on grabbed her go bag, keys and a cup of coffee before walking out the door. She knew she'd be early which wasn't unusual for her. Once she got there she  walked through the doors to her desk and  pulled out some files she had been studying at home and placed them down when she felt tight arms wrap around her waist making her jump slightly and turn. "JJ! You scared me!" The blonde just laughed and flashed her bright smile "you're here early, how was your night?" Emily sat down at her desk and leaned back into her chair, her heart was beating quite violently but it wasn't solely due to the fact that she had been scared, it was also that JJ had her arms around her for just a moment. The blonde pulled her chair over and sat next to Emily, Emily shrugged "I just felt like getting an early start. Hey JJ, would you wan-" she was cut off as Hotch came through the doors with the rest of the team in tow. He sighed "conference room now everyone. We've got a case."

Everyone followed him into the room as Garcia hurried to pull up all of the information she possibly could. Emily took a seat next to JJ and sighed as she saw the images of four young girls that had been murdered. Hotch passed out files to everyone and opened the one he had kept for himself "Okay everyone we were contacted by police in Miami, Florida about a string of murders. Each victim was of high school age and female." He closed his file and crossed his arms, "The first two girls, Katie Gallagher and Leah Smith were found together and the cause of death was drowning. You can see the ligature marks on all four of them but unlike Katie and Leah the most recent two were found in shallow graves and their cause of death was asphyxiation."

JJ sighed and brushed a hair behind her ear "So how do we know they are connected then?" It had to have been the question everyone else was wondering as well because they all murmured in agreement. Hotch grabbed the remote off the table and flipped to the next side which revealed two notes with identical handwriting. "Both sets of girls were found with these stuck to them in some form or fashion. The PD in Miami already ran the writing and confirmed that they were the same so this links them together in that manner as well as this." He flipped one more slide over and showed that an X had been put into each victim. "Each girl had one in the exact same place so it's gotta be the same unsub. Also, these girls knew each other." Emily frowned and looked through her folder before looking up "They were all on the same swim team?" Hotch nodded "Yes the same high school swim team an-" he was cut off due to his phone ringing, he stepped out of the room to answer then briskly walked back in "everyone grab your things, wheels up in 30." And with that the team quickly dispersed to get onto the jet.

The team had about a 2 hour flight ahead of them which gave them time to do some final relaxing before they were sucked into the world which they were all too familiar with. Hotch sat towards the front of the plane content with the files of the case, Spencer was quietly talking to Derek who had put earbuds in while the youngest hadn't noticed, Rossi was already in the middle of what seemed to be a great nap and then Emily and JJ sat towards the back.

"Hey Em, could I tell you something?" JJ whispered softly to the dark haired girl, Emily turned her body more towards JJ and smiled "Sure, What's up?" JJ shifted slightly "So do you remember that cop we met in Louisiana? The one that had the thick accent?" Emily nodded "yeah I remember him, why?" JJ looked around then back at Emily "Well..his name is Will and he asked me out a few days ago. We've been seeing each other..don't tell the rest of the team yet. I want to make sure it works out before I tell them. I wanted to tell you because well..you're you. You're my best friend." Emily felt a tightening in her chest but she forced a smile anyways "I'm..I'm happy for you JJ." She patted the blondes knee before getting up and walking to the bathroom. Emily could feel tears wanting to fall but she refused to let them, instead she put her walls back in place which was something she was a pro at.

JJ had noticed how odd Emily had acted, how could she not she was a profiler after all. It had been almost 15 minutes and JJ wondered if her friend was doing okay, just as she was about to get up to go check on her the door opened and Emily walked over and sat down. The fair skinned woman leaned back and before JJ could say anything Emily pulled on her headphones and stared out the window for the rest of the flight.

The team of crime fighters landed in the sunny state and made their way to the police station as quick as they could. They sat down with the sheriff as well as the swim coach of the girls and began to work out who could possibly be hurting these girls. They finally stumbled across a name Michael Shaffer. He used to be the assistant coach to the girls but had been fired due to sexual harassment claims made by none other than the four victims. "Garcia do we have an address?" The clicking of Garcia's keys could be heard all around the room as she searched "Got it sir! 28th street, apartment 7!" The team all stood and got ready to leave. In the car Hotch went over where he wanted everyone. "Prentiss and Morgan you two breach the door. Rossi and Reid you two watch the exit to the roof and JJ you and I will watch the downstairs exit to make sure he doesn't get away." As everyone agreed to their jobs, JJ tapped Emily who had been sitting in the seat infront of her on the shoulder, "Hey are you okay? You've barely said a word since we got off the plane." Emily nodded "Yeah. I'm fine." She gave a brief smile before turning her head back to the window she had been staring out of. As they arrived Emily and Derek went in first and made their way to the door. JJ took a deep breathe, she knew that Emily was one of the best and could take care of herself especially with Derek there but she couldn't help but worry every time she was the first inside. Emily knocked "Mr. Shaffer! FBI, Open up!" No reply, Derek shrugged and kicked the door in to find Shaffer trying to sneak out a window. Before he could get far Derek grabbed him and pulled him back in and cuffed him. Emily helped him down to the police cruiser that was waiting to take him away.

The plane ride back was silent, everyone seemed tired and nobody really wanted to talk. JJ watched as Emily fell into a soft slumber across from her and sighed. She wasn't sure what was wrong with her but she decided to wait and address it another time and eventually fell asleep herself.

They had all landed and were about to head home for the night when JJ caught up to Emily who had been walking to her car, "Hey! wanna go grab a coffee?" Emily shrugged and nodded "Yeah sure." JJ was relieved to know she wasn't avoiding her but could still tell she was a lot more tense than usual.

As they walked and drank their coffees while briefly talking about Sergio Emily's cat JJ finally stopped her and sighed. "Em what is going on with you?" Emily shook her head and stared into the street "Nothing, just tired. It's been a long day." JJ didn't buy it for a second but when she finally met Emily's eyes she could tell that it wasn't something she should press so she just mumbled a soft okay. The pair had made it to JJ's car, Emily looked into her eyes and gave her a short hug before returning to her own car and heading home.

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Authors note:

I AM SO SORRY THIS TURNED OUT LONGER THAN I WANTED. but anywas