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"Can I have one too?" Asked Reid as Prentiss took the teams coffee order. They had just finished a serial arsonist case in Augusta, Georgia and were all ready for a good nights snooze when JJ ventured down from her office to hand them the paperwork telling them it had to be done asap! Plans for bedtime scrapped, They had agreed to stay in for and extra hour and finish up the papers. The paperwork was always worst when they killed the UNSUB! "Right is that everyone?" asked Prentiss holding back a yawn "Hotch, JJ, Me, Rossi, Morgan, Reid and Garcia. Cool. ok I'll be back in a minute!" just as she walked off JJ once again decided to visit the Bullpen.
"Hey JJ! What's up?" asked Morgan noticing the expression of gloom on his friends face. "What do you think?" she bit back, annoyance seepng through her words.
"I'm no expert, but does it hve somthing to do with the fact that we just spent a week in Georgia running on only 3hrs sleep each night, If that, and now we're stuck here finishing off paperwork because Hotch decided to shoot the guy?" asked Morgan light heartedly, trying to brighten the dull mood hanging over them all.
"Add to that the fact that I have just been sent another case that apparently is more important than sleep in the eyes of the bureau that we have been told to start immediatly no matter how tired we are!" JJ was pissed and Morgan could see it but a pissed JJ was not a JJ anyone wanted to be around! "Look I'm sure Hotch will be able to get us some time to regenerate! You know that we can't work our best without sleep anyway, we'll sort somthing out!" Morgan reasured ligtening JJ's mood a bit "Besides You know how I need my beauty sleep!".
"Hey why the dull faces?" asked Prentiss and she entered the Bullpen carrying 7 cups of coffee. She just about gripped one as it threatened to fall on to the floor.
"We got another case!" Reid told her as quietly as possible so as not to alert JJ the the subject of the conversation again. "Oh" was all that came out of her mouth at that statement. "Where?" "Washinton DC" spoke up JJ "Apparantly we are needed ASAP at NCIS! Hotch is trying to get us a little sleep time first though!"
"good!" yawmed Prentiss as she handed them their cups of coffee which had been sitting on her desk for a good 5 minutes already. "I'm just gonna go any hand these to the others!" she shouted before making her way to the stairs and Hotch's office.
5 minutes ater she came out again, a gleeful look across her face. "Wonder what she was doin' in there" stated Morgan saucily before JJ hit him across the back of the head "All I'm saying is 5 minutes is a long time to hand him a cup of coffee!" He shut up as he noticed her walking towards them still smiling. "Hey Prentiss, why you smilin' like some retarted clown?" asked Morgan but soon apologised when he saw a look of hurt cross her face at that comment. "Don't take the mick out of me Derek Morgan!" came her voice matter of factly "I just got us and 5 hours of sleep time before the case!" the Gleeful smile returned to her face as she glanced at JJ who near enough shared the same smile! "How d'ya do that?" asked Morgan puzzled at her answer to his previous question. "Yeah I thought Hotch was sorting that out!"
spoke Up Reid who until then hadn't really said anything in the conversation just listened. "Well, Ya know! Hotch was playing tough guy of which I know from experiance doesn't work with NCIS because they are just as strong minded as we are!
so I took the phone and just had a little chat! You see the guys over there might seem all big and tough but actually they are just big flirts! besides I have friends over there so it wasn't that hard!" The others just looked at her unsure what to say.
"you snatched the phone off Hotch?" piped up reid utter disbelief visible on his face "Well no I did ask for it first, and besides I bought his coffee so he should be grateful!"
Just at that moment Hotch appeared on the catwalk outside his office door. "Ok everyone, You have 5 hours to get some sleep before we start the next case so make the most of it" he shouted towards them, catching the attention of a couple of agents just packing up their things at some desks nearby. "Thanks Hotch!" came Rossi's voice across the room as he exited his office for the night! I never thought you were gonna be able to crack down on them! They were pretty stubborn!"
"Thank Prentiss" Muttered Hotch as he ventured back into his office. Rossi glanced over breifly to the woman in question before once again picking up his bag and walking towards the elevator. "What d'ya do" asked he whispered to Prentiss as he walked by her desk. "Connections!"she smiled at him briefly before returning to her work.
"Has anyone told Garcia that we have the all clear to go home?" asked Morgan suddenly thinking of the tech goddess in her lair! "Don't think so!" came JJ's reply "Lets go tell her now, I don't want to know the punishment that we will recieve if we don't tell her she can go home!" A chill ran down Morgans spine at the thought of an angry Garcia prowling the corridors of the building waiting to find one of her team members to feast on! Scary! "Are you coming with us Prentiss?" asked Morgan as he and JJ reached the door to exit. "I think I'll just get this file done!" came her reply as she lifted a brown folder into the air "I'll leave when I'm done!"
"Ok" said JJ "Just remember that we only have 5 hours, it's not that long when you think about it!"
"OK mom!" retorted Prentiss childishly as Morgan and JJ left the Bullpen, leaving her all by herself.
7 case papers and 20 minutes later she was ready to leave but before she could go she had to sort out the thing that was bugging her. As she climbed the stairs towards Hotch's office she wondered if it was true that he never left the BAU besides for work. He seemed to spend all day here! "Hey Hotch!" she chortled as she pushed open the door to his office. "I thought I told you all to go home!" He retorted but she knew he was paying her minimum attention "And I thought that that included you too!"came her reply brightly as ever. "I'll go home when I've finished this file" he whispered still focussing most of his attention on the papers infront of him. "But will you really?" came her quetioning reply "Excuse me?" He spoke with venom in his words "Will you really go home after finishing that file Hotch? you spend all your time here you're always first in and last out, if you ever leave, You don't even stop for lunch!
You need to relax! you need rest as much as the rest of us ya know!"
"I understand that you are concerned Prentiss, But what I do in my time is my business and not yours so will you please leave?" His full attention was now on her his eyes were lit like fire and Prentiss was sure that he would blow at any minute!
She really had hit the Danger button! "Sure I'll leave but only when you do!" came her stubborn reply "You will do no such thing!" She was sure that ould leave at that comment. "Look Hotch, You have a beautiful son to go home to who thinks a lot of you! Are you really saying that this paperwork is more important than him?"
It was a low blow and she knew it but if it worked to get him outta the office then it was well worth it! "Prentiss!" His voice held a warning tone but she wasn't about to back down. "Hotch please" her words must have finally got to him as he sat up and began to pack up his things ready to leave. "Are you happy now?" he questioned sarcastically "Not till you get home!" came her stubbon reply as they exited the office and entered the Bullpen "Are you gonna drive me home how!" he retorted sounding much like a teenage boy "No believe it or not I have a comfy bed to get back to! as do you!" He let a smile grace his face as she said that. She had used a low blow to get to him but for once in his life he didn't mind. The thought of going home had been crossing his mind for a while but he always felt that he needed to get just one more file done but then after that one there was another one and another one and another. It was like a never ending cycle. It was only as he walked into his car door that he realised he was in the parking garage. He took out his keys and stepped in the car before shouting a goodbye across the lot he didn't really know why he had bothered the with the last action, He wasn't even sure if Prentiss was there and even if she was he didn't know where her car was. It was only when he heard her reply of "Goodnight Hotch, Now go home and get some sleep!" that he began to feel a little less stupid."The sound of her car leaving left him in complete silence.
He sat in the car for a few moments wondering why he had just let a cow worker force him out of his office before he slid the key in the ignition and drove away.
4HRS till another case would sweep it's way through his mind but what he didn't know was that this case would it a little closer to home!
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Now obviously the story will get more interesting when we begin with the case but if you have any ideas that you think could happen then pease don't hesitate to let me know as I am all ears for anyones thoughts! This is my first multi chapter fic and I wanna make it count! :) :) :) xxx