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"Spence, have you seen my sandals?" JJ called out. In a short span of one week, they decided to leave their fair share of clothes on each other's residences "for convenience".
"Brown?" Spencer yelled back from the living room. "It's on the drawer on your wardrobe."
JJ rummaged through the drawer until she found the footwear she was looking for.
"Okay, got it. Let's go.:"
Sandbridge Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Spencer and JJ were the last to arrive, with Emily meeting them.
"Finally! And-" She noticed the interlocked fingers, and Emily raised an eyebrow. Both parties quickly dropped each other's hands.
"Uh, right. Where are the others?" JJ stammered,
"In the cabin." Emily replied, before shooting JJ a knowing you and I will have a talk look.
"So, what should we do? We have," Garcia looked at her watch, "exactly one and a half hours until midnight."
"Ooh, what about Truth or Dare?" Emily suggested. Both Spencer and JJ tensed, which was fortunately unnoticed by the rest of the team.
"All right," Morgan said, "I'll go first. Garcia, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth." Penelope said confidently.
"Any embarrassing incident in high school?"
'Oh, this is gonna be good." JJ chuckled,
"First, screw you. Second, I may or may not have called my Chemistry teacher 'Mom'. It was an accident!" Garcia protested as the rest of the team laughed, with Hotch even smiling a little.
"Sure, sure." Emily said, still grinning.
"That's right, laugh it off. Emily, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare. Do your worst." Emily replied.
"I dare you to... kiss Reid."
Spencer paled, and JJ all but growled, subtly staring daggers at the other blonde. Unfortunately Emily heard the clearly possessive sound, and she smirked. Interesting. Standing up, Emily planted a kiss on Spencer's hair.
"You never specified where. JJ, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth." JJ ground out.
"Is there any special man in your life?"
JJ's eyes widened, and from beside her Spencer choked on his drink.
"I knew it!" Penelope said triumphantly.
"Know what?" Spencer squeaked in a high-pitched voice when he recovered.
"Dude, you do realize our job, right?" Morgan said. "Even if you're not physically showing it-"
"-and hopefully never will in public." Emily muttered.
"-it's pretty obvious."
JJ winced. "Well, cat's out of the bag. Yes, Spence and I are together."
"Since Christmas." Spencer added.
"Good for you." Rossi said. "Ever since I've been in the team, you have been dancing around each other unknowingly."
"And you weren't in the team from the start." Morgan said. "Imagine how infuriating it is for us."
"So that's why you looked like you wanted to rip my throat out." Emily said to JJ, and the blonde rolled her eyes.
"Hardly."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Hotch said then. "You did look ready to commit murder."
JJ and Spencer decided to wait on a different spot, spreading out the blanket they brought on the sand. Spencer was sitting with his legs outstretched, JJ between them with her head resting against Spencer's chest.
"I guess it was my fault." JJ said.
"What is?" Spencer asked, confused as he played with the blonde's hair. JJ turned her head and raised an eyebrow at her boyfriend.
"Right. Although it's not like they wouldn't figure it out." Spencer pointed out.
"Fair enough," JJ admitted, then looked at her watch. "Will you look at that. Ten seconds to midnight."
The couple stood up, hand in hand as they looked up and began counting.
"Ten."
"Nine."
"Eight."
"Seven."
"Six."
"Five."
"Four."
"Three."
"Two."
The two faced each other.
"One."
Spencer gave JJ one of his smiles. "Happy New Year, love."
JJ grinned. "Happy New Year, Spence."
And when Spencer leaned down to kiss her, this time, he didn't miss.