Rossi knew better than to argue with her, but he knew she
hadn’t let herself fully feel the effects of her return, only as it pertained
to JJ.  Thinking about it he thanked God
for JJ.  She had held the team together
when Emily came back and had held Emily together too.  They all had a lot of healing to do.  Emily included.

“So what are we doing with them?”

“Frost is sending them down to lockup for now, they’re being
charged with assault, maybe after a night or two they’ll be more cooperative.”

Two officers came in, paperwork in hand and Frost directed
them to the interview rooms so they could take the gang members into
custody.  As they were escorted out
Maldonado looked for Prentiss, “later” he mouthed.

“What was that about?”

“I don’t know Rossi,” confused as to what Maldonado meant,
“I don’t know.”

XXXXXX

“Derek I really don’t think this is a good time.”

“JJ I can’t just leave it like this, I screwed up, big time,
I have to fix it.” JJ could see that he was kicking himself for his behavior
but she didn’t want to push Jane just yet.
They were standing by the elevators.

JJ told him where Jane had gone but “Derek seriously, give
it a little bit, please.  Let her come
back up here on her own.  She knows
what’s at stake here she won’t take long, but she needs to take this time.”

Frustrated Derek clenched and unclenched his hands “My
problem’s with Emily” he blurted.

JJ looked at him stunned, shaking her head, “Derek, we’ve
been through this…”

“JJ hear me out, I think I went off on Detective Rizzoli not
just because of the case, I do have issue with her, but because I…I still don’t
trust her Jayje, I don’t trust Emily.”
Knowing the admission was difficult for him she let him continue. “I
mean she let us believe she was dead! And then comes back like nothing happened,
like we didn’t mourn her, like I didn’t wake up blaming myself everyday that I
had let her down, dammit she didn’t trust us.” His voice was small and broken
and he looked at JJ.

Pulling him into an embrace, she held the big man
tightly.  “Derek I understand, heck,
Emily understands but we’re a family and family forgives each other.  And Emily was scared for you, for all of
us.  She did what she did to protect us;
I don’t think she saw any other choice.
We need to trust that she made the right decision.  She needs us to have faith in her.  I have faith in her.”  Her commitment to Emily voiced out loud made
him look at her anew.