Opening doors, Slamming gates
XxSashaxX
New story, new ideas, new life.
I hope you'll bare with me, the prologue and first chapter will be around 900 words so relatively short just so i can ease myself and you into the plot line. I hope you enjoy it and intend to review, thank you in advance XxxX
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PROLOGUE
She walked into the BAU office clenching the strap of her bag tightly. The heavy wooden doors slammed behind her, though they made little noise compared to the rustle and bustle of the office. The darkly furnished interior did nothing to lighten her mood but the smell of coffee and hot chocolate did and offered warmth and comfort.
As she walked over to her desk she smiled, as she always did when she found it in exactly the same way she left it. Being in a building full of profilers puts you on edge, especially if you aren't one too keen to be profiled.
She had moved the desk a few inches back years ago, nearly 4 years roughly. It was only a few weeks into being moved to Quantico and she couldn't deal with being so close to people, so she shuffled her desk back and never felt as relieved since. Those few extra inches really relaxed a girls mind.
She walked over to her desk and kept up her confident 'I don't take no shit' attitude until she got to her chair. She took everything out of her bag she needed and kept it in one arm as she propped her bag up against the filing cabinet behind her desk. She proceeded to take out a thin metal box out from under a crimson ring binder and laying it carefully on the table ensuring it was in line with everything else she laid down from her bag.
She felt herself released a breath she knew she had been holding as everything was in its place. The disorganization in the office did not bother her just so long as her desk was tidy, neat, and just as it should be; how she left it.
The pile of files on her desk suggested she had work to be doing but she couldn't bring herself to do it yet. Her mind was elsewhere as she tried to grasp back some energy from at least her third sleepless night. However, she knew she had responsibilities and pushed away the thoughts of her loved ones scattered around dead around her as she took the first brown folder of the pile.
She rubbed her eyes as she logged her desktop on and then proceeded to sharpen her pencil and lay it parallel to the folder that had yet to be opened. The smell of coffee and chocolate wafted through again and she decided before she began to work that she should get something to drink that either had sugar of caffeine in it; or possible a mix of both.
Whilst at the BAU she had learnt that to succeed you have to follow your heart, trust your instincts. It was a flawless motto that hadn't led her into any trouble yet. Yet, she still felt on edge, no one knew why she came to the BAU to start with. No one really cared, she was only the decoder, and not many people even knew her name. They just shoved paper at her and roughly stated a time they wanted it back by.
She was startled out of her day dream when she heard another persons clinking of a spoon as they stirred sugar into their mug also. She looked up and saw a blond, seemingly tired lady in colourful clothing hunched over her mug bracing herself on the counters. She hadn't even realized she was making her hot chocolate; sleep was needed, evidently.
"Remind me never to fall asleep at 3am on the sofa with a bowl of popcorn again" the lady was obviously talking to herself as she muttered and stirred but she felt compelled to reply,
"Will do" this caused the lady to look up and smile,
"Hey, I don't think I know you, are you new? I'm Penelope Garcia" Penelope offered her hand and she took it firmly, no need to make her think you only just scrambled your way into this position; even if she was one of the best hackers in the world and part of the most successful BAU team in the country.
"Mornin', no, I've been here for nearly four years now, I'm Maria Mendez" Penelope blinked a few times,
"I can't believe I didn't dig up some dirt on you, I'm sorry" she laughed lightly and she snapped out of her gobsmacked and guilty expression,
"You wouldn't have liked what you found"
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