A/N: Hey all this story idea came from my friend . She asked me to co-author with her so I am but we are posting it on my profile per her request so that she can keep her profile for the other stories that she has started writing. So be sure to check her out when she is able to actually post on her account. This is my first time co-authoring a story so I hope this story turns out alright.

Emily Prentiss walked into the bullpen of the BAU at 7:30 in the morning. She knew that she was early but she wanted to get through the day as quick as she could. Last night she did something stupid and she just wanted to get through the day so that she could get home and be alone. She even thought about calling in sick today but she didn't want him to know that he had won. She averted her eyes when she saw him walk in and look over at her. She didn't want to see him, hear his voice and most definitely didn't want to have to talk to him. He hurt her with what he said last night.

Derek Morgan, Spencer Reid, and David Rossi all walk into the bullpen together. Derek looks at Spencer and David with raised eyebrows. Spencer looks over at Emily Prentiss with concern in his eyes and then walks towards her leaving David and Derek alone. David looks from where Emily is sitting with her shoulders hunched together up to where a certain office door is closed and the blinds are drawn.

"I think that maybe just maybe Emily and Aaron have had a falling out." David said.

Derek looks from Emily up to Hotch's office door and shakes his head. "When will those two realize how in love they are with one another?"

Dave shook his head while looking at Emily with his eyes narrowed. "I think Emily has realized it and if I miss my guess with the way she keeps looking up at his office and sighing in relief when she sees that it's closed that she has told him that she had feelings for him. I am just wondering what Aaron has done to Emily to make her look so dejected."

Derek looked back over at Emily and finally saw what David did. Emily may have been here at work but she looks like her life has just ended in some way. Her eyes have lost the sparkle that they normally carry and she looks like she may break down in tears at any moment. Derek looks back up at Hotch's office with an angry look on his face. He wanted to storm up there and beat the shit out of Hotch but decided that for right now he would settle for not having to talk to him.

Dave patted Morgan's shoulder and then walked over towards Emily. "Emily, honey do you want to come and talk in my office?"

Emily shook her head no and gave Dave a sad smile. "Actually Dave I think that I'm going home for the day. If you would take this piece of paper and give it to Hotch I would really appreciate it but wait until after I'm gone for an hour please. Do you think you could do that Dave?"

Dave looked at Emily concerned but nodded his head. "You have my phone number if you need me Emily. Don't hesitate to call if you need to talk."

Emily just nodded and looked around and made sure she got everything. She grabbed her briefcase and her ready bag and left the bullpen. Little did anybody know that this would be the last time they see her for quite a while. She left her gun and her badge in her desk drawer and knew that once Hotch had read her letter he would know where to get them from. She couldn't take the pain anymore and with what HE had said to her last night it was just the last straw.

Emily got into her car and took one last look at the building that she worked in or used to work in. Her hands were shaking as she started her car and tears were starting to fall down her face. She blinked them away or tried too. She pulled out of her parking spot and peeled out of the parking garage never once looking back. Her heart felt as if it was breaking and she was having trouble breathing.

Emily's cell phone went off and when she saw who was calling the tears in her eyes started falling down even harder. She dropped her cell phone back onto the passenger seat and continued driving. Emily stopped at a red light but as it turned green she started driving again but got hit on her side of the car from a car that was running a red light. Emily's head hit her window and then the steering wheel as her car started flipping over from the force that the other car had hit her with. Emily felt pain all over her body and as her head connected to something hard one last time everything went blessedly black.

Dave Rossi went up to his office with the letter that Emily had given him. He was worried about her because she has never left work early before at least not like this. He let the worry override anything else and opened up the letter that she had wrote. What he read made his heart break just a bit and then he felt anger take over him. He stood back up and grabbed the letter and walked out of his office and to the office next to his.

Without knocking Rossi opened up the office door and stormed in. He slammed the door shut making Aaron Hotchner look up at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Is there a problem Dave?" Hotch asked with a raised eyebrow.

Dave took three steps and slammed the letter down onto Hotch's desk. "I don't know Hotch if there is or not. Why don't you read that letter and then come and tell me if there is a problem?! I can't believe you Hotch. I thought that you were a better man than that but now I am not so sure. You do know how to fuck up a persons life Hotch. I just can't believe you would do something that mean and that harsh."

Hotch looked at Dave and calmly said "What in the hell has you so riled up Dave? What did I do that was so bad?"

Dave turned around and threw Hotch a glare. "Read that and then come and tell me if you finally figured out while I'm so riled up. While you're at it Hotch why don't you open up your blinds. Emily is no longer here so you won't see her if you happen to glance out your window."

With that Dave stormed out of Hotch's office and back to his. Once he was in his office he shut his door and then made his way over to his desk and sat down in his chair. He shook his head and put his head in his hands. He couldn't believe that Emily was gone for good. He picked up his cell phone and tried calling her house phone and her cell phone and sighed when all he got was her answering machine at home and her voicemail on her cell.

Hotch watched Dave storm out of his office with confusion in his eyes. He then went back over what Dave said as he left his office and got up and went over and put his fingers in one of the blinds on one of his windows and made enough room to where he could see out into the bullpen. Sure enough Prentiss's desk was empty and her ready bag was gone from its usually place beside her desk.

Hotch sighed and walked back to his desk and sat down. He picked up the letter that Dave had slammed down on his desk and opened it. As he read it his heart got heavy and his eyes filled with sorrow.

Dear Hotch,

I had a lot of time to think last night and I have decided that you're right in so many ways. I thought that I could come into work today but even being near you right now makes my heart break even more. I didn't sleep at all last night as I laid in my bed thinking about everything you said. I came to the conclusion that you were right in saying that I'm not a good Agent. So therefore I'm removing myself from this job. My gun and my badge are in the center top drawer of my desk.

Secondly I'm sorry that I had to inflict you with my prescence for so long. You will no longer have to see me or talk to me. I hope that you have a happy life now Hotch. No matter what you said I still love you but I have came to the point that I can't stand to be around you and not be with you.

Thirdly never blame yourself. You didn't say anything that wasn't true Hotch. I know I'm not Hayley and that I could never be Hayley. I know you don't want me in any part of your life so I'm making it easy for you. Make sure that you keep an eye on Reid. Make sure that Morgan doesn't give him too much shit. Make sure that JJ kisses Henry every chance that she gets. Make sure that Garcia doesn't work too hard and if she does then make sure that she doesn't see gruesome crime scene photos constantly. And lastly make sure that Dave takes care of himself. When he is in the middle of writing a book or when we are away on a case he gets to involved in it and forgets to eat. Make sure that he eats. I don't need to tell you to do anything for yourself because as you said last night Hotch you can take care of yourself and you don't need anybody to worry about you. Tell the team that I love them and that they will always be in my heart.

Goodbye,

Emily Prentiss

Hotch picked up his phone and dialed Emily's number from memory. Her cell phone rang and then went to voicemail so he tried her house phone next. When she didn't answer he slammed his phone back down onto his desk. He closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. He couldn't believe this was happening to him. He never meant to make Prentiss quit. He just didn't want to end up hurting her like he did Hayley so he lashed out at her. Not only did he hurt her anyways he made her run away.

Hotch jumped up from his chair and rushed out of his office and down the steps. He went straight to Prentiss's desk ignoring both Morgan and Reid as he pulled the middle top drawer of her desk open. He groaned when he found Prentiss's gun and badge right where she said it would be at in the letter. He slammed his hand down onto her desk as hard as he could as he started to curse.

Morgan got up from his desk and walked over to where Hotch was standing at Prentiss's desk. "Hotch what's wrong man?"

Hotch looked up at Morgan as he brought his other hand out of Prentiss's desk with the gun and badge in his hand. Morgan gasped and so did Reid who stood up and walked over to stand next to Morgan.

"Why is Emily's badge and gun in her desk drawer and not with her? Where did Emily go to? Is she alright?" Reid shot the questions out one after the other.

Hotch looked down at Prentiss's desk with eyes that held sorrow, pain, and regret in them. After he thought that he had his eyes looking blank he looked back up at Morgan and Reid and just shook his head before loping off back up to his office with Prentiss's gun and badge in his hands. When he got back into his office he shut the door and then walked back over to his desk and sat down in his chair and put his head on his desk. He couldn't help but think that his life just got a whole lot worse and not because once the team learned why Prentiss had quit they would give him hell but because he knew he wouldn't be seeing Emily every day and it tore him apart on the inside. He wasn't sure how to fix what he had fucked up. He just hoped that he could.

With that thought in mind Hotch picked up his phone again and dialed Prentiss's number. Once again her cell phone went to voicemail so he tried her house phone. After having no luck there he sat back in his chair defeated. He made himself a promise that as soon as five O'clock hit he would leave and go by Prentiss's apartment and see if he could get her to talk to him. Little did he know that he wouldn't be talking to her for a while and that the team would be searching for her for weeks to come.

The medics were trying to get the woman in the car out but they couldn't. They had to call in the Fire Department and have them bring the Jaws of Life. The woman in the car was bleeding badly and her pulse rate was low and was getting lower with every passing minute. Alec the paramedic let out a sigh of relief when the Fire Department showed up and came running over with the Jaws of Life. Alec had to step back and he felt bad for having to leave the woman in the car alone even for the short time it would take for the Firemen to use the Jaws of Life so that Alec and his partner could get the woman out of the car.

Alec walked over to his friend who was a police officer. "So do we know who she is? Do we know where the guy that hit her is?"

Jake the officer shook his head. "Her car is so totaled that we can't even get her license plate number. Witnesses say that the car hit her hard and then as soon as her car started to flip it sped off. I'm thinking that it won't be too hard to find because of the damage it must have sustained during the acceded. A couple witnesses have agreed that the car had been stopped at the light but as soon as the woman started going through her green light he backed up and then aimed at her car. So I'm also thinking that this accident was not so much an accident. I think the driver meant to hurt the woman. I'm going to be having officers follow you guys to the hospital and put a guard on her door until we find out one way or another."

Alec nodded and looked over to where the Firemen were working as quick as they could so that Alec and his partner could get into the car to get her out. Once Alec saw that the Firemen had an opening he rushed over to the car with Rick his partner rushing from where he had been standing watching the Firemen work. One of the Firemen stayed close by in case Alec or Rick needed something else from the ambulance.

Alec supported the woman's neck while Rick motioned for one of the Firemen to come over and once he did Rick and the Fireman whose name was James lifted the woman out slowly. As soon as they had her clear of the car they laid her gently on the ground. Alec pulled a blood pressure cuff out of the bag he had beside him and checked the woman's blood pressure. He cursed when he saw that it was low.

"We need to get her on a backboard and onto the stretcher and into the ambulance quick. Her blood pressure is dropping fast." Alec called out.

James ran to get the backboard while a couple other Firemen rushed over to the ambulance and pulled out the stretcher and rushed over to where Alec and Rick were working on the woman. Rick was looking over the lower half of her body and Alec was looking over the top half of her body. They were cataloging her injuries as they went.

"James, do you think you could drive the ambulance? I'm going to need Rick in the back with me. She is losing too much blood for me to be able to try to slow it down by myself." Alec said.

James nodded as Alec and Rick strapped the woman onto the backboard and then lifted the backboard onto the stretcher. Once they had the backboard on the stretcher then put more straps over the woman holding her and the backboard into place and then ran to the ambulance with James running to the driver's seat of the ambulance.

As soon as they are in the ambulance Alec grabs the radio and radios in to the hospital. "We have a thirty something woman who was in a car accident. Her blood pressure is 100 over 60 and dropping rapidly. Her pulse is thread and weak. She has sustained multiple injuries and is unresponsive. Our ETA is ten minutes."

A few seconds later a voice came over the radio saying "There will be Doctors and Nurses awaiting your arrival."

Alec went back to checking the woman over and when he didn't even get a response for pain he grew even more worried. They hooked her up the heart monitor and oxygen tank and soon she was flat lining and pulled the defibulater out. James who was driving put his foot to the pedal and started driving even faster with the sirens blaring. At intersections he would honk the horn for an extra warning so that no cars would come through the lights.

"Charge to 300!" Alec said.

Rick charged it to 300 and said "Clear!"

Alec put the paddles on the woman's chest and shocked her. Rick started doing compressions while Alec breathed into the woman's mouth. They looked and saw that there was no change so the shocked her again. After shocking her six times they finally got a heart rhythm back. By this time they were pulling into the Ambulance Bay by the Emergency Room at George Washington Hospital.

James jumped out of the driver's seat and ran around to the back of the ambulance and opened up the doors. Three Doctors and four Nurses rushed forward and helped get the stretcher out of the ambulance. Once they had the stretcher out with Alec and Rick pushing the stretcher while one Doctor jumped up onto the stretcher to straddle the woman he had flat lined again began doing CPR they rushed into the hospital with the other two Doctors looking at her blood pressure and pulse rate.

A/N 2: Hey all we hope you like the first chapter. Make Denise feel good about the plot of this story so click the little green button and leave a review. The second chapter is mostly finished I'm just going back over it again so it should be up here in a little bit. ~Crys~

Hi all it's nice to meet you and I hope that you enjoy this first chapter. I came up with this idea after watching a show on the Lifetime. I hope that this chapter goes over well with you all and I will be posting on my account in a couple days. ~Denise~