Chapter One
Fighting off the butterflies in my stomach, I push open the Chief of Detectives Jason Gideon's office door. He had called me yesterday and told me to report to his office first thing in the morning, so there I was. The fact that he had called me personally could only mean one of two things: either I did really well on my detectives exam or I did horrible and was getting fired or something like that. After a year as a patrol cop, I was desperately hoping for the first option. Speeding tickets and traffic violations were not my thing; I was made to be a homicide detective. I just knew it. With a shaky breath I step into his office.
"Chief, you wanted to see me?" I ask, waiting quietly for his response.
"Ahh, Detective Prentiss, come and have a seat." Gideon says, motioning for me to sit in the empty chair across from him.
"Detective?" I question, lowering myself into the chair. Once seated, I start fiddling with my hands nervously in my lap and continue. "Does that mean I passed?"
"Yes, you passed." he says, standing up from his chair. The man walks over to his filing cabinet and pulls a file out of the top drawer before sitting back down and opening the file. I immediately recognize it as my file.
"Not only did you pass, you scored the highest possible in every category. To put it simply, you got a perfect score." Gideon says, looking back up at me. I just stare back at him in shock.
"Prefect?" I ask.
"Yes. It's only been done a handful of times before." Gideon explains. "Congratulations." Gideon extends his hand out over the desk toward me. I shake his hand with a smile on my face, seeing as the initial shock had worn off.
"So what happens now?" I ask, dropping my arm back to my side.
"Well, I have some paper work I need you to sign, you get your new badge, and you meet you partner." The older man says, getting up and walking over to my side of the desk, a stack of papers in his hand. Sitting in the chair to my right, he sets the papers down on the desk in front of me.
"You're basically just resigning the same papers you did after you graduated the academy. Do you need me to go over them?"
"No, I remember what they say." I reply, picking up the pen.
"Okay, I need you to initial here, here and here." He says flipping through the pages and pointing to various lines on the pages "Last but not least, sign here and on the last page." Gideon finishes. I quickly initial and sign everything while he walks back over to the other side of his desk and opens the bottom drawer. My heart skips a beat when I see him pull the blue velvet box out of the drawer. I place the pen down and slide the papers back toward him as he takes the brand new shining gold badge out of the box.
"Great! That's all settled; this is yours. Congratulations, Detective." he says, shaking my hand for the second time as he hands me the badge with his other hand.
"Thank you, Sir. I won't let you down." I say with determination as I run my thumb over the badge number - 20453.
"I know you won't. Please, call me anything but 'Sir'; it makes me feel old." Gideon requests. "Would you like to meet your partner?"
"Uh, yes, please."
"Okay, I'll go get him. Wait here." Gideon responds, walking out the door and leaving me sitting in the office.
'Detective Emily Prentiss' I tell myself, smiling, as I wait nervously for him to return.
A/N: Thank you for reading! and a special thanks to my lovely beta. Review if you want!