JJ lay in bed, eyes wide open as she watched the rays of sunlight peaking through the slats of her blinds. She had only gotten a few hours of sleep the night before, the case they had just returned from having haunted what little sleep she could muster.

The blonde knew she should probably get out of bed and start her morning ritual but she still held out hope that she could get another hour or two of sleep. Though she wasn't really holding her breath on that one, sleep seemed to be just out her grasp.

She rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling, watching the light creep across it. Just as the tension left her body and her blue eyes started to slide closed, her bed suddenly dipped and a small body was shaking her enthusiastically.

Resisting the urge to sigh at the interruption, she cracked an eye open and looked at her son. "Momma! Momma!" The little blonde haired, blue eyed boy yelled excitedly, his tiny little hands jerking his mother to wake her up.

JJ couldn't help but smile as her hands shot out and playfully tickled her son. "What has you so excited this morning, Henry?" She asked, her lack of sleep quickly forgotten as she relentlessly tickled her son's feet and stomach.

"Momma! Park!" He squealed happily, having been looking forward to their playtime in the park all week.

Her hands stilled and she smiled brightly at her son, almost as excited as he was to spend the day together. With her job at the BAU, quality time with her son was limited, but when she finally got the time, she cherished it.

"Well let's get ready then!" She had barely gotten the words out of her mouth before Henry was jumping off the bed and scrambling towards his bedroom.

With a light laugh, she rolled out of bed and quickly got dressed.

After getting Henry ready and gathering their things they left the house, Henry vibrating with excitement as he was buckled into his car seat and JJ smiling happily at her excited son.

A short twenty minute drive later to Henry's favorite park, they walked hand and hand down the graveled walkway and towards the jungle gym. As soon as the play equipment was within sight, Henry took off at a mad dash as JJ screamed for him to be careful.

She dropped down onto a bench where all the other mothers and nannies took up residence when their kids were busy playing. The blonde didn't mind sitting there and watching her son, it was probably one of the more relaxing activities she found herself doing.

She pulled out her phone and quickly checked her messages before looking back at the swings where Henry had just been, except, he wasn't there.

Normally, she would take a moment and calmly look for him but after the case she had just had where children were kidnapped and abused for days on end; she was more than a little on edge. Moments where her mind immediately jumped to the worst case scenario was an unfortunate side effect of her job.

JJ jumped up from her seat and ran to the jungle gym, looking from the swings to the slides, over to the monkey bars, her eyes frantically searching the area for her son.

"Henry!" She yelled, trying to keep the frantic tremor from her voice. "Henry!" She screamed again, eyes never staying in one place for very long.

Her mouth opened to scream again when there was a tap on her shoulder and she whirled around, eyes wild and hand clenched in a tight fist and coiled to strike.

A tall woman with captivating brown eyes and shoulder length black hair stared at her wide eyed before regaining her composure. "Uh, you're looking for a blonde boy with blue eyes, right? Henry?" She asked, her voice sounding deep and sensual and the perfect embodiment of sex, at least, according to JJ.

The blonde smiled sheepishly, her hand unfurling, "Yeah, Henry, my son."

"Right, I didn't want you to freak out and wonder where he was but I can see I'm a little late," the raven haired woman said, her voice light and carefree as she waved her hand towards the little boy who was playing with a yellow lab. "He saw my dog and wanted to pet her." She said as an explanation, her brown eyes darting from JJ to the Henry.

"Oh thank God," JJ muttered, finally feeling like she could breathe. "My mind tends to jump to the worst case scenarios first," JJ said honestly, her eyes now solely on her son.

"I completely understand. The world is a dangerous place," the woman replied, a hint of knowing lingering behind her eyes before she started to walk towards her dog and the boy who seemed completely infatuated with the animal.

JJ followed behind the woman, her eyes automatically raking over the woman's body. Normally, Jennifer wasn't one to outright stare but this woman seemed to stand out amongst all the other people here. It also didn't help that she was one of the most beautiful women JJ had seen. (The fact that JJ hadn't been on a date in a very long while probably didn't help matters either.)

The woman crouched down by her dog, petting it behind the ears. "Henry, your mom is here." Her smooth voice whispered loudly to the boy, causing his eyes to snap towards his mother.

"Momma, look!" Henry shouted excitedly, his hand running through the Labradors short hair as he scratched its back.

"Henry, you know better than to just run off like that," JJ admonished, though seeing her son playing with the adorable dog was making her anger fade quickly.

The boy frowned instantly, tears threatening to spill from his blue eyes, "Sorry," he whispered guiltily.

JJ looked to the woman who just stood there and watched the interaction silently, "Sorry, I'm JJ and you already met Henry," the blonde said, giving her son as stern as a look as she could muster.

The woman chuckled before sticking her hand out, "Emily," JJ reached out and shook her hand, ignoring the little burst of electricity that seemed to shoot through her arm once their skin touched.

Emily showed no signs of feeling the same thing but her brown eyes were twinkling with amusement. JJ stared at the woman before her, feeling the need to stir up conversation. "Cute dog, what's her name?" the blonde asked, feeling incredibly lame for having spewed that question out.

"Aurora," Emily responded, her eyes never once leaving Jennifer's baby blue ones.

There was an awkward pause as they stared at each other, but Emily cleared her throat and looked down at their still joined hands, a smirk pulling at her full lips, "Mind if I get my hand back?" She asked, humor lacing her words.

JJ nearly smacked herself in the forehead but opted instead to gently extricate her hand from the extraordinarily long handshake, a nervous smile spreading on her face, "Sorry," she muttered.

"We…we should get going." JJ finally managed to spit out, feeling like a nervous dork and hating every second of it. Jennifer was used to being the calm, collected and smooth woman who had no problem flirting with anyone. Be it man or woman, she could usually just bat her eyes, throw out a line or two and end up with a number and a date. She wasn't used to being flustered and nervous.

Emily smiled brightly, her white teeth on full display, leaving JJ a little dazed. "It was nice meeting you Henry," she smiled at the little boy and then turned towards JJ, "and you too, JJ."

JJ smiled widely at the other woman before ushering her son away, mumbling "You too," and making a hasty exit.

It was only after Henry was buckled into his car seat that JJ started to chastise herself for not asking for Emily's number. JJ rarely met women she felt an instant attraction to and who seemed to enjoy being around kids, it seemed like a big leap but the raven haired woman struck a chord with JJ.

The blonde just wished she had mustered up the courage to make a move instead of awkwardly shaking the woman's hand for five minutes and smiling like a dope.

"Let's go home," JJ said to her son before they pulled out of the lot and made their way back to their house.

On Monday morning when JJ strolled into the office, her mind was elsewhere but she was determined to stop thinking about the raven haired bombshell she had met and who had taken up residence in her thoughts all weekend. 'Stop thinking about her' JJ's mind growled.

"What has my cupcake so distracted?" Garcia asked, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.

JJ stared at her bubbly friend for a moment, wondering how in the hell she could be so perceptive. "Uhh..." was all she managed to muttered before Garcia squealed and plopped herself down in a chair.

"Who is it?" The tech analysts asked, needing all the details.

"Uhh..." JJ responded for a second time, feeling her brain stuttered to a stop as her best friend fired questions at her. 'Overload. Overload.' her brain screamed at her.

"When did you meet?" Garcia fired another question, her annoyance at lack of response starting to bleed through.

JJ's brain finally jumpstarted and she held out a hand to stop the barrage of questions being thrown at her. "Whoa! Calm down Pen!"

Garcia smiled sheepishly before a full-blown grin appeared on her face, "So... Details!" she shouted, unable to contain her joy for more than a few seconds.

"I'm not seeing anyone. There is no special someone. There's nothing, so please calm down." JJ tried her best to reign in the terror that was Penelope Garcia but that didn't seem like a viable option today.

"Oh, sweetness, you can't fool me. I'm the all knowing after all." Penelope said cockily, her eyebrow raised in a silent challenge. JJ didn't take the bait.

"Seriously Pen, there's no one." Even JJ had to admit that she didn't believe the words coming out of her mouth.

"Ooh! I knew it!" The tech analyst squealed again, bouncing up and down in her chair with unbridled excitement. "Details!" She all but shouted, leaning forward expectantly in her chair.

JJ sighed loudly, her hands toying with her empty coffee cup. "I met a woman at the park the other day." The media liaison finally muttered, her eyes sparkling as she remembered the encounter.

"So, did you get her number?" Garcia asked, happy to see her friend finally taking an interest in someone.

JJ's wistful smile fell and her eyes dropped to her desk, "Uh, no." Her hands started fiddling with the coffee cup again. "But I'm really wishing I had. Pen, you should have seen her." Blue eyes unfocused and fogged as they thought about the tall and gorgeous raven haired woman. "She turned me into a blubbering mess just by looking at me. If she hadn't been so gorgeous I might have been a little peeved." another smile pulled at the liaisons lips.

"Ooh, she sounds promising," Penelope gushed, not missing the goo-goo eyes her usually distant friend was sporting. Not only was the tech analyst happy to see her friend so clearly smitten but it was nice to see her finally showing an interest, even if it was for a stranger she probably only met for five minutes.

Since getting pregnant with Henry, JJ hadn't had much time to put herself out there. Combine taking care of a son with her busy job as Media Liaison at the BAU and her docket was pretty much full. Plus, there was the fact that not many women wanted to jump headfirst into a relationship with someone who already had a child.

Garcia had seen far too many days of slumped shoulders and defeated baby blue eyes and was hoping beyond hope that this mystery woman might finally be JJ's ticket to happiness. Sure, Henry was adorable and brought happiness to not only his mother but anyone else he met but Penelope firmly believed JJ needed more than that. JJ needed someone to talk to when a case hit particularly close to home (not that Garcia was abdicating her throne as best friend but there's only so much comfort a best friend can provide), she needed someone to provide quiet support and even someone who wouldn't mind a date consisting of a trip to the zoo because JJ had missed her son too much to be away from him, even if it would only be for a few hours.

The tech analyst prided herself on being able to read people and with the spark she could see lighting behind JJ's eyes, she had a feeling this mystery woman could do all that and more. It also didn't hurt that this woman already knew JJ had a son so if she hadn't been interested JJ wouldn't still be obsessing over her.

Pulling herself from her musings, Penelope leveled her friend with her best 'I'm-getting-to-the-bottom-of-this' stare and started firing off more questions. "What's her name? What do we know about her? What does she look like?"

JJ's laugher bounced off the walls of her office and put an abrupt end to Garcia's never ending questions. "Whoa! Calm down Pen!" The media liaison would never willingly admit it, but she was glad Garcia had a way of making things seem so light and jovial. "Her name is Emily and the only thing I know is that she has a yellow lab named Aurora."

The analyst huffed at what little information JJ had, "Jayje, I have a lot of skills but I don't think I'll be able to find princess charming with such little to go on." Even as she said it, Garcia was still trying to work out a way to get this woman's information, at the very least, her full name.

"I don't need you to find her, Pen." JJ automatically replied, though there was a trace of disappointment in her eyes as she said it. "Wait, princess charming?" She finally asked after the words registered in her brain.

Garcia just laughed in response and got up from her seat, pulling her friend into a tight hug, "Of course, what else would she be?" The analyst asked as if it were the most obvious nickname out there.

JJ laughed, "Thanks Pen," she muttered with sincerity before taking her seat and beginning the endless piles of paperwork that sat before her.

Walking out of JJ's office, Penelope was determined to work a little magic, even if it meant hacking a few cameras and security systems. JJ was her best friend and she was willing to break a few laws if it meant giving her friend a shot at something special. Garcia was determined to track down this Emily woman with the yellow lab named Aurora.