A/N: Well, it seems as though I've decided to start another story, I'm on intersession from school, so I've got a week off to do some writing and reflect on the things that make the world go round, like reviews and alerts and comments and love for the author of stories that involve Emily and JJ and the team and criminal minds...


The Babysitter's Club...

Didn't Michael Myers kill babysitters?


She had been back all of two months, and despite a few words exchanged in the beginning everything seemed as though it were back to normal.

Or as normal as things could get with the BAU, Emily had been reinstated at full capacity; however Strauss wasn't above the new humanity she had come to find over the last fourteen months.

Emily was to be punished; her punishment had been yet to be decided up until this morning, when she had phoned the agent, at home none the less to tell her to be at the office for eight am sharp.

Now on this bright October morning Emily sat across from Aaron Hotchner in his office with Erin Strauss seated next to her. Emily had her elbows on her knees nervously picking her fingernails chewing on her bottom lip.

She was not happy about this arrangement she would have preferred her recertification training over this going through cadet trainging, anything but this.

Hotch broke the silence first.

"With all due respect ma'am, maybe this isn't a good idea, it's only been eight weeks and agent Prentiss has been reinstated to the field only six of those weeks, and although she has shown exceptional work I'm not doubting that, I just don't believe putting her in charge of a rookie agent would be beneficial for the team right now."

From the look on Strauss' face Hotch could see that he was fighting a losing battle. Strauss had made up her mind...

Hotch gave Emily a sympathetic look and Emily tried to plead her own case.

"Ma'am agent Hotchner is right and considering my recent judgement history do you really think that this is a good idea"

Chief Strauss narrowed her eyes further, she did in fact think this was a good idea, the fellow agent she had in mind would be the perfect fit and maybe she could use this as leverage, after all agent Prentiss and the rest of the BAU for that matter were under the microscope now,

They had to do what they were told, with as little to no resistance as they could muster...Strauss had them and Hotch and Prentiss were beginning to see that.

"Yes, Agent Prentiss I do, because I don't think you're stupid enough to make the same mistakes twice in one year and maybe having something to be accountable for will help you with your transition back"

This woman was such a cretin.

Emily left Hotch's office in order for the two to discuss the terms of this 'mentoring arrangement' that was what Strauss had called it.

Emily sat at her desk to pout she looked up as she saw Morgan approach,

"That good huh?"

Prentiss nodded, "Oh yeah"

She took the offered cup of coffee and Morgan sat across from her,

"So what did good old Straus have to say?"

"I'm being put into a mentoring arrangement program, it's pretty much a pretty term for a babysitter...to some new kid that has been transferred into the BAU. Can you believe that?"

Morgan shook his head and gave Emily a sympathetic smile, their job was difficult there was no denying that, but Emily had taken on a protégé before and although she enjoyed it she didn't feel like she could handle it right now.

Morgan stood and headed to his office,

"Don't worry Prentiss; you'll be just fine you both will"

Emily watched as Chief Strauss exited the bullpen in a flurry of expensive perfume and hurried footsteps, she had other lives to disrupt after all. She turned on her heel as she approached the double doors and addressed Emily in that condescending way that only she could muster and said,

"You meet your protégé tomorrow at 8, don't be late"

And that was it.


A/N: I know it isn't much so far, and I know what you may all be thinking...however the review button is just over there...so the more reviews and love I get the faster I type the second chapter...pronto?