This story is set between the first and second part of Chapter 1 of I'm coming home.

Hopefully I will be adding onto It's only New Years Eve and Crossing the Line within a couple of weeks, as well as my Harry Poter fanfic and my National Treasure fan fic, please be patient as I move twice within three months. :)

Enjoy!

May 6th 2011

Emily Prentiss stepped off of the plane in New York City, took a deep breath, and looked around. At least she knew she hadn't been followed. Her tracks had been covered pretty well, she had a new identity and she was on her way to Italy. She could relax, but she had an important stop to make first.

If not for her peace of mind, then for her heart. The consequences could be deadly, but what the hell, she was already dead. If she had to die for real, then she wanted to see his eyes one more time- to know that the sacrifice she made for the BAU was worth it and hadn't all been in vain.

She quickly made her way to baggage claim and grabbed her bag, then she made her way to where she could rent a car. After getting the car she began driving to her destination. Nearly 5 hours later, she crossed the Concord city limit.

Pulling over at a gas station to fill the car up, she stepped inside and grabbed a pregnancy test, a large bottle of Sunny D and a fudge brownie to add to her total. After paying she went back to her car and began driving to the closest middle school. If she'd done her research right, Declan attended there.

She parked the car and got out a book since school didn't get out for a couple more hours and she had some time to kill. Quickly unscrewing the top off of the bottle of Sunny D she drank some and glanced at the box of pregnancy tests in the bag that was sitting on the passenger seat. It was entirely possible that she wasn't pregnant; she couldn't remember a single time when she'd had a normal cycle. But then, that was the scary part, since she'd never had a regular cycle she couldn't tell 100% when her period was supposed to come.

"Damn you Ian." It wasn't the first (or likely the last) time she'd said the words.

Children's voices made her look up. A long line of students came out of the school; she glanced at the time: 12:15. The children had backpacks and school books in their hands. Clearly school had let out early today. "Oh please let me recognize Declan," Emily prayed to a God she was unsure was there.

The students were slow, and Emily tried not to get too annoyed with them. After all it was a Friday, they had gotten out of school early, and they didn't have to hurry home to do homework. Although it annoyed her a little bit, Emily understood that they would dawdle and take their time.

Finally though, after 5 excruciating minutes she saw him. His blonde hair was darker but his eyes, Ian's eyes were still the same. He, along with a few boys and a girl were walking down the sidewalk, towards her.

Emily moved to start the car, she'd seen him, now she could go spend the night at some non-descript motel, take her pregnancy test and either get drunk after getting a negative or cry herself to sleep after getting a positive.

Something made Declan look up though; something made him look straight at her.

For a moment their eyes locked and Emily tried to keep herself from crying, she'd covered Declan and Louise's tracks well enough that no one would have been able to find them…hell she'd hidden them and she'd had a hard time finding them. But still - his standing there was proof that Declan was still safe. She hadn't failed.

Emily looked through the glass at the now 11 year old, his mouth worked for a moment before he mouthed "Lauren?"

Emily couldn't help but smile a little, he hadn't spoken to her personally, but it was still nice to hear Declan's voice.

"Hey lady, can I use the hood of your car?" Declan's voice suddenly spoke loud enough that she could hear him.

Surprised, Emily nodded. "Yeah sure, kid," she responded.

"What are you doing Robert?" One of the other boys spoke now; the group halted on the sidewalk.

Emily's stomach flip flopped. She wondered if she had made a mistake in who Declan was now.

"I'm going to hang out with Lauren this weekend, but she needs my address," Declan said. He pointedly looked at Emily and she smiled; now knowing she hadn't made a mistake. Declan got out a piece of paper from his backpack and grabbed a pencil. He began writing on the paper.

"I thought Lauren was the most annoying person in our Science class," the second boy in the group remarked, clearly teasing Declan.

"This is a different Lauren," Declan corrected. "Lauren…" he trailed off for a moment before continuing to speak. "Lauren from History." He glanced over his shoulder at the group. "Go on without me; I'll catch up."

"I want to know who this Lauren is." A third boy spoke up now, "Robbie, you're not holding out on us are you?"

"Go on," Declan ordered, more forcefully. "Or I'm not going to tell you who Lauren is."

"Come on, if we want to know who she is we should go on ahead," the girl spoke now and grabbed the arm of the first boy who had spoken. "Come on Vince; let's go."

"Fine," Vince said, he shot a disappointed look at Declan, "I'm insulted though Robbie, since you're not letting me help you. I've had more experience then you-"

"And you've also gotten into loads more trouble," Declan interrupted Vince, still writing something on the paper. "I think I'll try this my way. Now if you don't go, I'll never tell you who Lauren is."

"Fine." Vince, the girl, and the other two boys turned and kept walking. Declan waited until they'd turned the corner before moving to the passenger side window.

Emily lowered it and Declan dropped the paper onto the passenger seat. "I know we can't talk here, but there are directions to my house," he said. "Mom should be getting home at about 4:00."

"Could I come before then?" Emily surprised herself by asking the question.

Declan lowered his voice. "Yeah. I'll make an excuse that my mom said no friends today, so Vince, Terry and James don't come over." He looked around. "I should be home without anyone there in about half an hour."

"Okay." Emily smiled.

"Is there another name I should call you?" Declan asked. "I'm Robert now."

"Emily." The name slipped out without her permission.

"Great." Declan grinned. Emily couldn't help but smile back, his grin was infectious.