I'm all in

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Smoke filled the room Emily had ran into. She coughed and tried her best to cover her face and nose before she called out "Hello?! Where are you?" She ran into each room downstairs as she tried to avoid the flames that seemed to tower over her. "Help me please! I'm stuck in here!" Emily frantically tried to locate the location of who she figured to be a little boy. "Can you make some loud noise like hitting the floor or something?" she called out as she kept moving and then she heard a pounding come from inside a hall closet that had a piece of wood blocking it. She tried to open the door but realized she'd have to move it with her hands. Emily took a deep breath and pulled the piece of wood with a cry of pain as she felt it burn her hands. She gave out a deep cough as she tried not to inhale too much smoke, she then pulled the door open to reveal a little blonde hair and blue eyed boy who couldn't have been more than 7. She pulled off her vest and threw it to the side while she removed the button up shirt she had on which left her in a red tank top and gave it to the boy. "Put this over your face and keep your eyes closed" the boy nodded and complied. Emily could now barely see or breathe but scooped up the boy anyways and tried her best to make her way outside. Two fire fighters had met her at the door, one took the boy and one rushed inside to find the parents. Emily tried to take another step forward only to fall to the ground, losing consciousness.

JJ was a mess to say the least. She had to be held back by Derek and even he was struggling to hold her. She had slumped down in his arms as he tried to soothe her into believing that Emily would make it out. Just as she had started to accept that she wouldn't see Emily again, the fire fighters and had made it just in time to see the older agent carry the kid out. JJ gasped and finally broke out of Derek's arms as she watched Emily fall to the ground. "someone help! Medics! We need help over here!" As the paramedics put Emily onto the gurney, JJ stayed right by her side while holding her hand that was covered in soot and dirt. Hotch had motioned for the rest of the team to head out and try and stop whoever was setting these fires. "JJ?" he asked as Emily was loaded into an ambulance. JJ looked at Hotch with puffy eyes and nodded "I'll let you know" Hotch sighed sadly as he ran to join the team in the SUV. He knew the outcome of this situation was most likely not good.

An hour and a half had passed since they had taken Emily into the ER, JJ paced the waiting room while she chewed on her nails. It had been a habit she had when she was younger and had mostly broke out of except in extreme situations. Finally a doctor had come to talk to JJ, she walked up to the doctor trying her best to stay calm. "Is she alive? Is she okay?" The doctor gave a small nod, "Your friend inhaled a lot of smoke today, almost enough to kill her but it did not. We did an X-ray and a Bronchoscopy which is where we sedated her and used a scope to see if there was any soot or debris in her throat which we then cleared out as well as cleaning her eyes and we also treated her for a few minor burns and she is now on oxygen." JJ sat down and leaned back with a sigh of relief "Oh thank God." The doctor smiled "she was very lucky today, a very lucky hero. If she would've been in there any longer it would have killed her." JJ nodded and thanked the doctor before calling Hotch and the rest of the team to let them know how Emily was.

JJ waited alone in the waiting room until the rest of the team finally joined her, each of them giving her a strong hug. Nobody ever said anything, but they all knew how JJ and Emily felt about each other. It was impossible for them not to but this also meant they knew just how much JJ had been worried. She wasn't just losing her friend, she was losing someone she had fallen hard for. The blonde looked up at her superior who took a seat by her. "Did you catch the guy doing this?" Hotch nodded and leaned back "yes we got it all cleared up. He-" he was cut off by a nurse who had come out to speak to JJ. "someone is asking for you, but I can only let one person back at a time." JJ looked to Hotch who nodded in approval, of course JJ would be the one to go back there. She needed to be. The blonde followed the nurse to a room where she saw Emily laying in a bed covered in small bandages as well as some dirt and soot still. "hey Em..." she spoke softly as she approached the bed, tears starting to well up in her eyes. Emily opened her eyes slowly and with a small smile she whispered "JJ...you're here.." JJ sniffled and nodded "Yeah I'm right here Em..." she took Emily's hand into hers and nodded "I'm right here."

Emily laid perfectly still which allowed JJ to use a wet cloth to clean her face. JJ made sure to be very gentle as she cleaned Emily's face. She carefully wiped the black away from the brunette's lips. JJ looked into Emily's brown eyes before looking back to her lips and leaning down to gently place her own against the older agent's. She kissed Emily softly before pulling back to wipe the tears away that had began to fall again. "why'd you do that?" Emily whispered softly while trying to search JJ's face for some answer. JJ sighed and took Emily's hand again before looking back up to the dark brown eyes she loved to get lost in. "Because Emily...you never gave me the chance to kiss you back the last time. You never gave me the chance to tell you how I was feeling." Emily nodded as if to say to continue. JJ tucked a piece of Emily's dark locks behind her ear and let out a small breathe, "Emily I am so sorry I hurt you and I am so sorry it took me so long to figure out how I felt." The brunette furrowed her eyebrows at her friend. "Em..when you ran into that house today all I could think about was how I may not ever get to hear your laugh again, feel your touch...how I may never get to tell you the truth." Emily's eyes had started to water as well, she put her hand on JJ's cheek. "But I'm right here. I made it." The blonde nodded "I know....and I want to be so angry at you for risking your life like that and I want to ask you to never do it again but I know that's the job and you love it, it makes you happy and....well you make me happy and I....I love you." Emily's eyes darted back and forth between JJ's and saw nothing but sincerity. She had opened her mouth to speak but quickly closed it and decided the best way to show how she felt was to lean up as much as she could and kiss JJ's soft lips again, she mumbled an 'i love you' which caused a chuckle to arise from JJ as she leaned her forehead against Emily's. "I love you too."

JJ had fallen asleep holding onto Emily's hand which caused a large smile to crawl across her face. She sighed happily and looked to the door, surprised to see Derek standing there with a smirk. "see? I told you it would all work out." Emily smiled and nodded "You were right. I'm sorry I scared everyone." Derek nodded "We know you were doing what you thought was right but you might not wanna do it like that again." he chuckled softly "That one right there" He pointed to JJ who was still asleep, "she might beat some sense into you if you pull that stunt again." Emily laughed and brought JJ's hand to her lips, planting a soft kiss. "Yeah she sure is scary when she's mad." the two exchanged a few more words before Derek left to allow Emily to rest up.

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