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So here's my newest M/G story…more angst again :) It's my specialty! Hope you enjoy :) Please review and leave me your thoughts!

"Get the hell out of my office!"

"Why are you insulting my girlfriend?"

The sound of something crashing made JJ pause and look up from the file she was reading and she rose swiftly from her chair to start towards the noise that was very clearly coming from Penelope's office. She hurried towards the lair and stopped short when she ran into Rossi.

"Dave?" she asked with her brow furrowed in concern. "What's going on?"

He shook his head. "Morgan and Garcia are fighting again," he muttered in exasperation. "What's going on with the two of them? One minute they were totally in tune with the other, the next they hate each other's guts. And neither of them are saying anything to anyone about what's crawled up their asses."

She rubbed her temples, but the sound of Penelope's door opening made her look up sharply. Out stumbled Derek Morgan and a coffee mug whizzed by his head, smashing into the wall and splitting into a dozen pieces. A very angry Penelope Garcia was now stalking out towards him and glaring at Morgan. "Come in here again and I'll make damn sure something hits you next time!"

"Garcia, the next snide comment you make about Jackie is going to send me so far overboard that you won't want to be within ten feet of me when it happens!" he thundered.

"Maybe if you told her to stop harassing me then this wouldn't be a problem!" she shrieked back.

By now the hallway had people streaming into the hallway to see what the commotion was, including Hotch. Hotch stomped towards the quarreling pair and put his hands on his hips. "Both of you need to end this now. I will be speaking to both of you separately when you have calmed down," he said in a dangerously low voice. When Penelope and Derek continued to glare at each other, he added more harshly, "Now!"

Penelope stalked back into her office while Derek went in the direction of his. Everyone continued to stare at them until they heard the slamming of not one, but two office doors. One look from Hotch sent the bystanders scrambling for their original posts. Rossi and JJ waited silently until they were alone with Hotch in the corridor. He sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I am not looking forward to these conversations," he muttered. "Neither of them has budged the last three months on anything."

"I'm really worried about Penelope," JJ said sadly. "She's been acting terrible lately. She even yelled at the barista at the coffee shop…Garcia never yells at anyone. Unless they deserve it, that is."

Rossi nodded. "Right," he agreed. "But I agree with JJ. I'm really worried about her."

Hotch was going to speak again but they were interrupted by a perky voice. "Hi BAU gang!" They all turned around to see Jackie, Derek's latest fling, clicking towards them in her four inch heels. In her arms she was holding a paper bag which apparently held lunch for her and Derek. She was extremely beautiful with soft blonde hair and twinkling blue eyes and a pair of breasts that nearly rivaled Penelope's.

Everyone thought she was a substitute for the one Derek truly wanted.

JJ smiled thinly at Jackie. "Uh, hi Jackie," she said with an awkward wave. None of Derek's teammates enjoyed Jackie. She was worse to them than Tamara Barnes. "What's going on?"

"Well, I'm just bringing Derek some lunch before I have to conduct the final walk through of the gallery before the opening tonight then I have to get my dress picked up," she babbled. "I hope you're all still planning on coming to it tonight?" She batted her eyelashes.

The three nodded. "Yes, we'll be there," Hotch said grudgingly for the three of them.

"Oh wonderful!" she chirped. "And Spencer, Alex, and Penelope will be there as well?"

JJ almost bristled at the way Jackie said Penelope's name, like she was a piece of garbage she'd stepped on in her three inch high heels. "Yes, we'll all be there," she said coolly. "Thank you for the invitation."

"No problem," Jackie said with a grin. Her eyes caught sight of Penelope exiting her office once more with red eyes. JJ could almost swear she saw her smirk. If she could, she would shoot it off with her gun. "Oh Penelope?" she cooed.

Penelope looked up and wiped her eyes hurriedly. "Yeah, Jackie?" she asked coarsely.

"Do wear something nice tonight for the gallery opening, dear," she said with a sugary sweet smile. "It's a very posh event and there will be a lot of people who are of great importance in DC. I think even a few Congressmen will be there."

Smiling back tightly, Penelope said, "Oh, I have the perfect dress for the occasion. Don't you worry, Jackie."

Then she was gone and around the corner.

Jackie huffed. "Well, I just don't know what her problem could be," she said innocently. "Well, no matter. I'll just go see Derek I guess."

"You do that," Rossi said coldly as Jackie waved at them.

"Toodles!" she called.

JJ scowled. "God, I hate that woman!" she spat. "And the way she treats Penelope. That's what pisses me off the most!"

"Don't get me started either," Rossi said, shaking his head. "If Morgan wants Garcia, he needs to date her and not a substitute. It's just pathetic. I oughta kick his ass…Italian style."

"My biggest question is how much are they're fighting," Hotch said, crossing his arms stoically over his chest. "This has been going on for three whole months right now. Neither of them has budged to anyone on what happened. She hasn't said a word to you, JJ?" he asked.

She shook her head sadly. "No," she murmured. "Even when she got hammered that one night last week she didn't say a word about what happened. She just mumbled about how much she hated Derek."

"They're best friends," Rossi muttered. "What could've happened to them?"

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Penelope retrieved the papers from the printer that she needed and looked them over to make sure she had everything she needed. Nodding decisively, she made her way back to her office. Groaning internally, she remembered Hotch would be coming to have a chat with her. That wasn't something she was looking particularly forward to.

What was worse was the gallery opening that very night. JJ told her it would be good for her to get out and about, telling her to buy an extremely sexy dress and show Morgan that she didn't care about their feud.

Sighing, she finished working on her search for Hotch while bracing herself for his lecture that was coming.

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When Jackie entered Derek's office with lunch in tow, he was so not in the mood to hear her incessant ranting about the gallery opening. He had no interest in the whole event and he most certainly had no interest in listening to his girlfriend talk rapidly about what she was going to wear.

He knew he was going to have to get rid of her before Hotch came over to shout at him about his behavior earlier with Penelope. He wasn't looking forward to it at all.

Grunting, he rubbed his face before smiling tiredly at his girlfriend and accepting her peck on the lips.