Chapter 9

The sound of her phone was what woke her up; it took her a while to wake up enough to pick up the phone. She tried to look at the caller id but her eyes hurt too much to open them. Her heavy eyelids hurt when she tried to blink. She picked up the phone without knowing who was on the other end. "Jareau." She mumbled, before she cleared her throat.

"Jayje? Are you okay?" The person on the other side of the line asked.

"Hmm, yeah I was asleep." She said while she said up. "You woke me up that's all." She said clearing her throat again. It was only half a lie after all she was asleep when her phone rang.

"You sure?"

"Yes." She said more firmly this time; "Yes, Emily I am fine."

"I am sorry I woke you up, I just wanted to check if you where okay since you where late this morning and then you left early again in the evening. Henry is fine, right? He's not sick is he?" Emily asked suddenly worried about her friends young son.

JJ prayed that her voice sounded steady when she spoke up again, but she doubted that it would. Her friends concern brought tears to her eyes. If only ... No, Jen don't go there not now. She told herself firmly before she answered Emily's question; "We are both fine, he's actually at Garcia's right now. Garcia's going to send me pictures of Henry playing with Kevin. She says that it is a priceless thing to watch."

Emily chuckled on the other side of the line; "Jayje, why aren't you there watching it with Garcia?" Emily asked knowing that JJ was probably trying to divert her attention from the initial question but Emily wouldn't let go. She was a profiler after all and she knew that JJ was hiding something from her.

"Oh Em, Will left ... we ... I ... he left." JJ said between sobs, she wasn't able to control the flood of tears which were streaming down her face.

"Jayje, do you want me to come over?" Emily asked suddenly uncertain of what she could do to help her friend. Should she just stay on the phone and comfort her or go over to JJ's house to offer a shoulder to cry on. Emily questionedif she would be able to give JJ enough comfort. "I will get in my car and drive over if you want me too."

"I don't want to bother you with my problems."

"Jayje, it's no bother. I'll be there before you know it." Emily answered leaving no room for an argument, she was already out the door and on her way to her car. "I am almost at my car, I'll see you soon. Bye." Emily said while punched in the disconnect button before JJ could protest. She reached her car and immediately she pushed her phone into her car kit and dialed the number of their Tech Analyst. "Garcia, this is Emily. I just called JJ, I am on my way over there now, can you tell me what's going on? She told me that Will left and that you are taking care of Henry tonight?" She said before the usually bubbly and fast speaking Tech Analyst had time to interrupt.

"Emily, you know I love you but it is not my job to tell you what's going on. All I can say is that JJ and Will had a disagreement of sorts and that I offered to take Henry so that they could talk. But you already knew that." Garcia was interrupted by a squealing little boy who ran towards her to seek for help while he was being chased around by a growling Kevin. "Emily, if you are going over there right now then I am sure that JJ will tell you what's been going on. I am sorry I can't tell you anything besides that. Now if you'll excuse me I have a kid here who is cute as a button who is being chased by my crazy boyfriend and right at this moment I am not sure which one of them needs my help more." She said with a raised eyebrow while she watched Henry hurl a toy car through the air towards Kevin. Kevin who was shocked by the action of the little boy stopped dead in his tracks in the middle of a screaming roar. Henry watched him and together with Garcia he chuckled so hard that he almost fell over.

"Em, I gotta go before things get out of hand here." Garcia said between laughs; "Take care of our Gumdrop, she is having a hard time. I am going to take some pictures of Henry to send to her right now. Bye Emily."

"Bye Garcia." Emily said with a smile, no matter how bad the world seemed hearing that little boy laugh could brighten up any day. Emily sighed, seeing JJ with Henry once more made her realize how much she longed to have a child.

Although that same little boy brought up some unresolved personal issues for her as well. She wished that she could see him more often but then again same goes for spending more time with JJ outside of work. She would like that. But that was not important now, she needed to get to JJ's house to see if she could help her friend.

Impatiently she swerved to a different lane to pass some other cars and ten minutes later she finally parked her car in JJ's driveway. Surprised why JJ's own car was parked in the street. She shrugged and walked up to the darkened house. She rang the bell and waited for JJ to open the door. It seemed to take forever and Emily was wringing her hands in a nervous gesture. Finally the door opened and she found the younger woman standing at the other side of the door hidden in the dark shadows. There where no lights on inside the house and when Emily stepped inside and the door was closed behind her she found herself in utter darkness.

She could feel JJ pass her in the hallway walking towards the living room where she put on a light illuminating the hallway and Emily followed her friend. JJ was moving around the room; closing the curtains and putting aside some magazines. She was doing everything to avoid looking at Emily. She knew that Emily would be able to see straight through her. "Would you like some coffee?"

JJ asked while she passed Emily on the way to the kitchen to prepare the coffee. She knew that she could use some, she was lost in thought and didn't hear Emily answer. She stopped dead in her tracks when Emily's hand gently wrapped around her arm.

"Jayje, stop." She said gently; "What's going on?"

"I am sorry you had to come all this way, I am sure that you had other plans."

"Jayje, cut the crap! Stop being such a professional." Emily softened her voice before continuing; "You are not okay, since that phone call, no actually since this morning when you showed up late at work I have been worried about you. Your call was a cry for help, if you didn't want me to be here you wouldn't have called me. So put aside whatever you are ashamed off and tell me what's going on."

JJ closed her eyes before she turned towards Emily, she knew that if she looked up into those dark brown caring eyes she would not be able to hold her emotions in check any longer. Emily choose that moment to release her grip on JJ's arm and reached up to cup the other womans cheek. She pushed a strand of hair behind JJ's ear and smiled sadly. She knew that JJ was using all of her strength to keep her herself together, a battle which she was loosing quickly. Emily did what she had wanted to do for a long time; she pulled the younger woman towards her and wrapped her arms around the younger woman.

In less then a second she could hear the first sob escaping from JJ's mouth and soon tears soaked through her shirt. Emily couldn't care less, she knew that in due time JJ would tell her what had her so upset and Emily would be there to listen to her.