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Chapter 5

Garcia was not about to let this go, she needed to know if her initial suspicions had been right all along. Had her own mind, induced by the cruel images she saw on a daily basis, what caused her to worry so much about her friend. By now it was already clear that she could safely put all of her previous worries aside; both JJ and Henry were okay. It was just JJ's mixed up feelings which had been weighing her down. Knowing that, made it a little easier for Garcia to breathe, to be quite honest if her suspicions were right it would become increasingly harder to hide her smile.

JJ looked down at the joined hands on the middle of the table; her skin flushed a dark shade of pink. She tried to breathe in and out deeply. "It's... its Emily." JJ said so softly that it was hardly audible. "I... I never ehhm… expected... this to happen, but..."

"I knew it!" Garcia exclaimed in a shrill high pitching tone of voice. All attention in the bar was suddenly shifted towards them; the few other occupants as well as the personnel had their eyes on them.

JJ's head snapped up, her eyes sought out her friend's delighted face. JJ couldn't help but feel a little bit of fatigue and weight leave her body. She released the breath that she unknowingly had been holding. "You knew?"

"Yes." Garcia smiled; "Yes, I knew. I am the omniscient; you can't keep that sort of information from me. Well, not for long anyway, Gumdrop."

"But… how? I am only realizing this myself!"

"Your subconscious mind realized it long before you actually did. Besides you couldn't hide the flirting or the stolen glances from me, if you had even wanted too. That was, until you all of the sudden showed up with Will. You really surprised me, no blindsided me would be a better word, but I guess that I was not the only one who was blindsided by it. I mean we all knew that something was going on, but it wasn't until Will showed up in Miami to identify his friend that we put two and two together. We hardly had anytime to get over that surprise before he revealed your pregnancy to us." Garcia knew that no one on the team had expected that too happen so fast, least of all probably JJ herself. "Honey, believe me I knew."

"But why did you not say anything to me?"

"Jayje, it wasn't my place to tell you that I thought that you were making a mistake." Garcia smiled. "Besides if I had told you that you were making a mistake Henry would not have been here and though he might not have been planned per se…"

"You are right about that. I can't imagine not having Henry around now it seemed as if life was pointless before I had him. Garcia, what am I supposed to do?" JJ asked biting her lip.

"Oh Gumdrop, you should tell her, obviously." Garcia rolled her eyes and smiled while she watched the other woman's reaction.

"I can't... what if... No, I can't."

"Oh no, you can't back out now!" Garcia said, while she tightened the grip she had on JJ's hand. "Since Haley's death, this realization has been dragging you down." Garcia smiled; "They might not have said it to you personally but I know that everyone on the team has been worried about you. Emily included, and it won't take long before she will come to you to talk. Knowing Emily, she has been giving you your space in hopes that you will come to either one of us and tell us what has been going on. How much longer do you want to keep pretending that you're okay?"

"I risk everything, Pen. Everything..." JJ said while she looked up defeated, tears brimming in her eyes. Garcia knew that JJ has been giving this a lot of thought over the last few weeks and she could already imagine what her objections were going to be.

Garcia slid along the booth closer towards JJ, their surroundings forgotten some time ago, she wrapped an arm around JJ; "Jayje, maybe by risking everything, you'll gain everything you have been dreaming about."

"Pen!" JJ whined; "What if I tell her and she decides that she never wants to see me again, ever. I can't afford to risk her job or mine for that matter. And if I tell Will that I don't love him anymore he might take Henry away from me, which is a risk I can't take."

"Jayje, you have to stop this, now." Garcia said sternly, effectively shutting her younger friend up. "You are going to drive yourself crazy, Will is not some horrible monster and Emily she won't run away from you because of a love confession, she is your friend." Garcia reasoned with JJ, she couldn't remember ever seeing the woman this unreasonable before and it just showed her how much pressure the whole situation was putting on her friend. "In fact I think that you might be surprised by her reaction. Remember what one of the first things you noticed about Emily when you met her?"

"That she was gorgeous and that she would not take no for an answer?" JJ asked more then she stated; she smiled at the memory of Emily sitting in Hotch's office waiting for the team to return from their case.

"Well, yes... not quite what I was aiming at but I'll ask the question differently. What did you noticed after working a couple of cases together? Especially after the Henkel case, I know that we have discussed this to great length so I am sure you must remember what I am talking about."

JJ looked up at her friend, the Henkel case was the one she rather forgot about. She still hadn't forgiven herself for what happened to Reid on that day after they split up. "Compartmentalizing..." JJ said softly after what seemed like an eternity.

"I doubt that she will need it, but I am sure that Emily would not run away. She would compartmentalize the situation if she couldn't deal with it any other way, but Jayje I don't think that she will need it. You're both adults I am sure you can deal with it." Garcia smiled; "Have a little faith." Garcia turned around in her seat and waved to the waitress to bring them another refill. "I don't know about you but I can surely use another one of these." She said while she downed the last bit of her beer.

"This is gonna be the last one, I have to get home sooner rather then later. Garcia, as much as I hate to admit it you are right. Will needs to know the truth; I have to be honest with him. I just hope that everything turns out alright."

"Jayje, I am the all knowing." Garcia said with a smile. JJ smiled back, for the first time tonight it wasn't forced.