Do You Believe In Second Chances

Chapter One

The Truth

JJ stood in the little kitchenette and stared up at Hotch's office. She could see him sitting at his desk and staring down into the bullpen and she followed his line of vision knowing where it would lead. It had been almost seven months since Emily Prentiss had been killed by Ian Doyle. She was the only one on the team that knew the truth about what happened that night that seemed like it was yesterday.

She knew that Emily had survived and had gone into hiding till they could catch Doyle. There must be something she could do to ease his pain. Everyone on the team knew how he had felt for Emily, everyone but Emily and even himself. He would never admit his feelings for her and JJ saw that it was tearing him apart. That's when JJ got an idea and went to talk to Rossi about it. She would have to let him in on her little secret but it was a chance she would have to take to save her friend from self- destructing.

"Rossi, can I talk to you for a minute? Can I shut the door because this is a top secret matter?"

"Hey JJ. Yeah sure go ahead. What can I do for you?" Dave said as he leaned back in his chair. JJ walked over and sat in the chair directly across from Dave. "Rossi, I am worried about Hotch. We all know how he felt about Emily and we all saw how hard this has been on him. I don't know how much more he can take." She sat there for a minute before she continued. " I need to tell you something but it has to stay between us. You can't tell anyone no matter what; it's a matter of life or death Dave. You know at the time when Emily died I worked with the State Department. Well here it goes, Emily is alive and I put her in hiding. There I said it, I'm sorry I had to keep this from everyone but it was to keep her safe till we caught Doyle."

Dave sat there in silence for a moment and then turned to look at JJ. "I suspected as much JJ. What can I do to help?" They talked for a while and came up with a plan but now they just had to put into action.