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It had been a whole month since Jennifer had moved from her small town in Pennsylvania to New York City, she was loving it that much she definitely knew, with the high buildings and parks and the lighting at night for once in a very long time she felt at home.
As she rounded the corner heading towards the financial district, she ran face first into a woman ‘oh god I am so sorry,’ she mumbled as she stopped most of the paperwork the woman was carrying from landing on the floor.
‘It's fine,’ the woman sighed as she took back the documents and attempted to straighten them out, as she looked up at the woman, ‘Jesus.’
‘I am so sorry,’ Jennifer repeated, not listening to the woman properly. ‘Can I buy you a coffee to make up for this?’
‘No, no, it's fine. Don't worry about it,’ the woman smiled this time before holding her hand out, ‘I'm Emily, Emily Prentiss.’
‘Shit,’ Jennifer gasped, finally realising ‘no, oh god no,’ she sighed as she hit her forehead with her left palm.
‘You okay?’
‘Yes, sorry, I'm okay. I’m Jennifer Jareau,’ she smiled as she shook Emily’s hand. Of course, she just had to crash into one of the wealthiest women in the world and basically throw all her important documents to the floor.
‘I should be going, I'm already running late,’ Emily smiled to the blonde ‘it was nice to run into you,’ she laughed before smirking at Jennifer as she continued walking.
‘Oh my god,’ Jennifer groaned as she watched Emily leave before continuing towards the subway. She raced down the steps and stood impatiently waiting for the next train to come before climbing on and standing by the doors.
When she finally got to her stop, she raced out and up, rushing along the streets before going into their dorm building and up to her floor.
She jammed the key in the lock, rushing to open it before slamming the door shut behind her ‘Penelope, oh my god.’
‘What is wrong with you?’ she asked, looking at Jennifer ‘was someone following you?’
‘No,’ she said, looking at her best friend ‘I wasn’t being followed, nothing like that,’ she said, dropping her bag by her bed before she fell face-first onto it.
‘Then what’s up?’
‘So I was in the financial district seeing how long it would take me to get there on average for when I start my internship, and so I know the way, and so I’m walking, and well, I erm, well ran into someone.’
‘What, who?’
‘Emily Prentiss,’ she muttered, turning to look at Penelope.
‘You’re joking. You ran into her?’
‘Yes, do I look like I’m joking?’ she asked, glaring at her ‘I literally walked around a corner, we slammed into each other, and basically all the paperwork she was carrying was just floating around. I helped her get everything before she rushed off. It was weird.’
‘It’s Emily, of course it's going to be weird,’ Penelope laughed ‘I’m surprised she didn’t give you her number or something.’
‘Why would she?’
‘Hello, you're blonde, just her type,’ she waved, ‘short, blonde, a woman.’
‘Well, I wasn’t exactly thinking about that, was I?’ she mumbled, moving to lie on her back ‘besides, isn’t she like what, twenty years older than us or something?’
‘Twelve,’ Penelope corrected.
‘What lessons did you have today?’ JJ asked, changing the subject.
‘Operating systems and computer algorithms.’
‘Yep, that sounds horrible,’ JJ laughed.
Several miles away, Emily Prentiss was sitting in her office looking out at the view, arms folded across her chest as she thought back to her encounter with Jennifer. She knew there was something about the younger girl that was keeping her on her toes, but she had no idea what. Just as she was about to ring her assistant, the woman knocked on her door ‘come in,’ she smiled as the woman walked in.
‘Your three o’clock meeting was just cancelled. He rang up and unfortunately isn’t very well,’ the woman smiled as she leaned on the door.
‘That's fine,’ Emily smiled towards her ‘will you come in and close the door behind you? I want to speak with you.’ At that, her assistant closed the door before making her way to the seats on the other side of her desk. ‘There is something I want to ask you.’
‘Okay.’
‘I need you to search for a Jennifer Jareau, she is small-ish, blonde hair, blue eyes, that is all I can really give you. Just find me those that match the description, and I can take it from there.’
‘Okay, that’s fine, I'll get on it now,’ she smiled, ‘is that all?’
‘Yes, for now,’ Emily smiled to her assistant before watching her leave. No sooner had the door shut did Emily turn back towards the window sighing; she knew today would be a waste. The one important meeting that she had to attend was over as soon as it began, and the only other meeting she had scheduled had now been cancelled. She bit her lip in thought before shaking her head as she stood up and grabbed her coat, tugging it on and shoving her phone in the pocket before opening the door to her office. She stopped by her assistant's desk, ‘email me later with what you find. I'm heading out for the day if anyone asks,’ she smiled before the two of them said goodbye, and she made her way out.
Halfway home, and her phone went off, she quickly grabbed it and checked to find her assistant, Natalie had sent her an email, ‘oh thank god there is only the one,’ she sighed as she read the information, ‘works part-time at Dunkin' Donuts and is about to start an internship with Thornton Industries through her university. Okay,’ she grinned before continuing her drive home.
When she got back, she parked her car in the garage before entering her house. She turned the alarm off before sliding out of her shoes and making her way to the kitchen to begin cooking. As she opened the fridge, she looked down at her phone to find a message from Natalie: “her phone number just in case you wanted it.” She replied with a thanks before opening the email her assistant had sent her.
She pulled some items from the fridge before closing it and placing them on the side, and wandering off, returning quickly with her laptop. She opened it up and brought up the email before beginning to read it properly while preparing food.
Once the food was cooked, she sat and ate it while looking through the information. She couldn’t help but chuckle as she scrolled down her Facebook before she paused on a photo of Jennifer with Penelope. The two of them were standing closely, Jennifer with her arms around Penelope’s shoulders as she kissed her cheek. Emily could instantly feel jealousy rising within her. She took a deep breath before reading the caption, “looking forward to the years to come with you”. At that Emily slammed her laptop shut before cracking her neck as she stood up. There was absolutely no way she could like someone in a relationship already.
She washed her dishes and dried them before putting them away and walking to her bedroom. She pulled out a clean pair of blue jeans and a white shirt and slid into them before grabbing her white Converse and making her way back out to her car.
Half an hour later, she parked her car in a parking lot before making her way out and into the Dunkin' Donuts across the street. As soon as she walked in, she landed her eyes on Jennifer, who was busy serving the customers. She smiled lightly before making her way to the counter. ‘Alright, what can I get you today?’ Jennifer asked her before looking up ‘Emily,’ she gasped, not expecting to see her ever again.
‘Hello to you too,’ she smirked, ‘I'll take a black coffee, and a donut of your choosing,’ she smiled before taking her wallet out and pulling a card from it. She then pulled another card out while Jennifer rang her up.
‘That’s eight dollars,’ Jennifer smiled, ‘cash or card?’
‘Card,’ Emily nodded, waiting for Jennifer to finish off so she could pay. Once Jennifer held the machine up, she tapped her card against it before placing it back in her wallet and tucking it back into her jeans.
A short while later, and she had everything she’d requested ‘oh one more thing,’ she smiled before handing her card over to Jennifer ‘call me sometime. Preferably sooner rather than later,’ she winked, ‘have a good evening, Jennifer,’ she smiled before making her way out and back to her car.
No sooner had Emily left did Jennifer excused herself to go to the toilets. Only once she had locked herself away in a cubicle did she look down at the card. She read the name of the company and Emily’s name below before looking at the numbers on it. She knew they were both office numbers and sighed, ‘why does she even care?’ She groaned before she noticed a small arrow on the bottom of the card. She furrowed her brows before turning the card over ‘oh my god,’ she gasped as she ran her fingers over the writing, “call me beautiful” before reading the numbe, she muttered, ‘Ohh my god,’ before pulling her phone out and sliding it between her phone and its case. She then went out and washed her hands before returning to work.
Four hours later, she closed the door behind her in their dorm, dropping her bag and peeling her uniform off, throwing it in the washing basket ‘I swear to god,’ she stated, sitting on the chair by her desk.
‘What happened now?’
‘Emily.’
‘Again?’
‘She came into my work Penelope, she knows where I work?’ she said before looking up at her, ‘oh god, what if she's been following me and I just don’t know?’
‘Honey, I doubt a multibillionaire like her is going to be stalking you, no offence.’
‘Ugh, none taken,’ she sighed, flicking through the pages of her notebook.
‘Why was she there?’
‘For food?’ she said questioningly, ‘what else is she going to be getting from there? A book?’
‘Alright, alright, easy on the sarcasm,’ Penelope laughed ‘What I meant was, did she ask anything?’
‘Yes, she asked for a coffee and a donut of my choice.’
‘Anything else?’
‘No, but she gave me this,’ Jennifer mumbled, handing the card over ‘turn it over and read the back.’
‘Wow, well, I think it's clear to say she likes you. Have you called her?’
‘No, I haven’t. Why would I? Why would she like me?’
‘Same as what I said before, you’re blonde and a woman just her type and call her, text her, whatever.’
‘What do I put?’
‘Just say "hi, how was your day, it's JJ".’
‘Okay,’ she muttered, adding Emily’s numbers to her phone before texting her, ‘why am I doing this?’
‘Intrigue?’
‘Maybe so, yes, but I’ve never even had a crush on a woman before. I don’t know what I’m doing, plus if my parents found out god.’
‘They aren’t going to, I’m not going to tell them, and I doubt you are.’
‘God no,’ she said, looking to her.
‘Exactly, so when you end up dating, don’t panic.’
‘Pen no, it won’t come to that, there’s no physical way it can, I mean, have you seen her? She’s all tall and beautiful and I’m me.’
‘And she clearly likes you,’ Penelope said before Jennifer's phone went off ‘Well?’
‘She said her day was good, she only had one meeting as the other was cancelled, so she went home early,’ she mumbled as she hit send ‘I suppose you can if your family owns the business.’
‘That’s very true. I wish we were like that, born into a rich family,’ Penelope sighed as she looked at Jennifer, ‘just imagine what we could do with all that cash.’
‘Pay my parents' house off for one,’ Jennifer laughed ‘I'm in mega early tomorrow, so I'm calling it a night and going to head to sleep,’ she smiled before turning her lights out and climbing into her bed properly ‘Goodnight, Pen.’
‘Goodnight, JJ,’ Penelope smiled before continuing to play her game.