My little blackbird

He's gone

Emily POV:
We got to the office around 10:30. We didn't have a case so it wasn't so bad. We were filling out paperwork, as per usual. All of a sudden hotch comes out of his office. Emily, I need to see you now. I spun around on my chair and followed him into his office, closing the door behind us. "I am going undercover for a few weeks, and while I'm gone I want you to run the team." "With all due respect sir, there are a few more agents here who could take it on before I do." I replied, shocked at his statement. "I understand that, but what no one else knows is I probably won't be coming back, and once my assignment is over, you can break the news. I chose you because you are a natural leader. From the moment you started here you stayed late to finish your paperwork, you always have the most important input in cases which leads us to catch the killers. I know you are more than capable. If you don't take it they will bring in someone else, someone who doesn't know this team and ruin what you all have." He replied, knowing I couldn't say no after that last sentence. "Alright, you got it." I replied sighing. I walked out of the office and back to my desk. I was so focused on the files on my desk I didn't notice JJ approach my desk and sit next to me. "What was that about?" she asked, making me jump out of my skin. "Omg JJ, you scared the shit outta me." I squealed at her. "Sorry" she replied smiling and taking my hand to calm me down. "I'm not supposed to say until after it unfolds, and you'll know once that happens. Trust me baby" I told her. All of a sudden I heard her phone ring.

JJ POV:
My phone was ringing, I quickly ran out of the room to take the call. What I was told on the other end made me scream and cry. I walked back out "What the fuck did you do?" I yelled in Emily's direction. Emily got up and ran to me. "Don't touch me, don't even look at me" I said as I pushed her away and ran outside the building. As I ran outside I realised I'd left my car keys inside, but I was not going inside where she was. Will was dead. That's all I could think about. I hated his guts, sure but I never wanted him to die. I walked down the side of the building away from everything and everyone and screamed. After about 10 minutes I walked back inside to my desk, grabbed my keys and walked back out. Emily tried to stop me to ask what happened but I pushed her away. I was lost and confused. Should I go home. Should I stay with Emily even tho I hate her so much right now. Just as I pulled up outside Emily's house, Hotch called. "The prison called to inform me that Will had passed away, I am very sorry JJ." He said. "Take a few days off and come back when you're ready." "Okay sir, Thankyou" I replied before hanging up the phone. What I didn't expect was what happened next. Emily drove up and parked next to me. She tapped on my window. "I know you're mad, but do you wanna come inside and talk?" She asked me. I looked up at her and nodded my head, trying not to cry. As she unlocked her door, I stood back and waited, not looking up. "I'll order some takeout and we can sit on the couch and I'll tell you what you need to know" she said to me. I nodded my head in agreement. 30 minutes later food arrived, she set it all up, grabbed some cutlery and a couple of drinks and we sat down. "So what you saw when we went to see Will was me paying the guard to keep him safe. I've known him since we were kids and I wanted to make sure if he ever did go into general population that he was protected as much as he could be." She confessed. "Obviously it wasn't enough and I should've done more. Because I know even though he hurt you, you loved him at one point." She continued. I looked at her in her beautiful big brown eyes, tears flowing down my face. "I didn't know you did that, I thought you paid to have him killed that's why I yelled at you. I'm so sorry." I said as I watched her run her palms along her legs.