Emily walked into the room to find Hotch cleaning up the table with all the papers from the case. Emily looked down quietly and started to gather some of the papers into her hand. She looked up at Hotch.

"I could take her," Emily said quickly.

Hotch looked up confused "Take her?"

"Carrie," Emily replied. "To DC."

"You mean to live with you?" Hotch asked as he noticed a different side of Emily he had never seen before.

"Yeah," Emily responded.

"Why would you want to do that?" Hotch asked knowing that she had no prior involvement in children and how she usually distanced herself from cases.

"I have room," Emily started, "money, and you know, she smart. Two, three years she goes to college."

"Prentiss," Hotch responded sternly. "This is the job and I need you know you can be objective."

Emily looked back at him shocked, "And I need to know that I can be human."

The two stared at each other for a few moments to be interrupted by a small sound of someone clearing their throat at the door. The two looked over to the door to find JJ leaning awkwardly on the frame. Emily blushed in embarrassment from knowing that JJ had heard the conversation.

"I just heard back from the relatives and I'm not sure if the situation would be the best for Carrie," JJ sighed. "Apparently they are going through a divorce and the son just got expelled from school for drugs and may be facing charges."

"Well that is the only family she has so it will have to do," Hotch said going back to the papers.

"Hotch!" Emily exclaimed. "That girl is going to suffer more than she already is if she goes there. They clearly are in no position or want to take on the responsibility of this child."

"Then arrange for her to be put in foster care," Hotch responded.

"Hotch," Emily started never being more agitated by him. "How would you like it if that child was Jack who had to face all of this? Let me take Carrie. I offer the strongest place for her to stay. I can make sure she is coping and is able to get back on her feet."

"Emily you are stepping out of line," Hotch warned. "Do not bring my son into this."

"Actually Hotch," JJ spoke up, "I think Emily has a point. Carrie would most likely do a lot better with Emily than anyone else. And Emily does have a foster license."

"How do you know that?" Emily asked.

"I was reviewing your files because I saw the way you guys were interacting earlier and thought that it would be a strong possibility."

Hotch sighed, "Emily, fine. You may take her in, but I warn you that if the legal system gets upset at you for this I will not fully defend you."

"Fine, Sir," Emily said back.

"We are flying out in two hours so have her ready by then," Hotch said walking past JJ leaving the two women alone.

"Do you think that that is enough time to get her ready?" Emily asked JJ.

"I don't think there is much that girl wants to keep from her house," JJ responded. "I packed all her clothes and her other things earlier for her."

"Where is she?" Emily asked.

"Down the hall in one of the waiting rooms," JJ smiled. "You should go talk to her. I will come with you."

JJ and Emily made their way down to the room. Emily peered in before walking in to see the teen sitting in a chair by the corner of the room and peering out the window with a blank face.

"Carrie?" JJ said as the two agents took a seat across from her and as the girl turned her attention to them.

"Did you get ahold of my family?" Carrie asked looking hopeful.

"We did," JJ started, "But it isn't going to work. There is a lot going on with them right now."

"I figured," Carrie sighed and looked out the window to hide the tears that were forming in her eyes. "So what now? Am I just going to go into the foster system like the guy told me would happen to the strays?"

Emily and JJ's hearts sunk at the sound of the girl's voice.

Emily look to JJ who nodded giving her the okay, "Actually Carrie." Emily started. "I didn't want to you to face that and I was wondering if you would want to come live with me in D.C.?"

Carrie turned to look at Emily, "Really?"

"Yes," Emily said and then panicked, "I know it is kinda short notice. I mean it's across the country and I know it will be a big change and so it's up to you."

Carrie wiped her eyes and tried to smile, "Can I? I don't really have any reason to stay here and I will just get reminded of everything…"

Carrie started to cry and pulled herself into a ball. Emily knelt down in front of her and placed a comforting hand on the girl's knee. Carrie looked up an wiped her eyes and sniffed. Emily smiled at the girl.

"I would like that very much," Emily smiled. "We leave in little under two hours to head back. Do you need more time?"

"No," Carrie responded. "I don't have anything I need to do.

"Okay," JJ said. "I think we should go get our stuff and head over to the courthouse where we can talk this over with the social worker and fill out the paperwork."

The group headed out to the car from the court house. Carrie had grew more reserved and silent as they had filled out the papers. JJ drove as Emily kept looking into the mirror watching Carrie who silently stared out the window. JJ drove into the airport and made her way over to where the jet was parked. Emily got out of the car and grabbed her bag before turning to help Carrie with hers.

"Wait you have a private jet?" Carrie asked.

"Yeah, it's pretty nice," JJ said smiling at the girl. "Lets go get on."

Emily and JJ helped Carrie get all her stuff to the people loading the plane and then led the girl on to find the other agent already on the plane.

Emily spoke, "Hey everyone. As you know this is Carrie and she is going to come live with me from now on. Carrie, find a spot and make yourself comfortable."

Carrie nodded as different agents made their way up to greet her.

"Hi Carrie," Morgan said. "You can just called me Dereck or Morgan. Whichever one you want to. If you ever need anything here is my card and you can call me."

"Okay," Carrie nodded.

"Spencer Reid," Reid said looking up from his book.

"The resident genius," Emily said into Carrie's ear. "And over there is Hotch and Rossi. They are busy writing up reports."

Emily gave Hotch a stern look and stood as she watched Carrie make her way over to the couch and curl up in the corner. Emily settled next to JJ on a chair facing towards Carrie. Emily dozed off within minutes of the flight taking off and woke halfway through the flight to franticly look to Carrie to make sure the girl was okay.

"Em," JJ said. "I'm keeping an eye on Carrie. She is fine for now. Get your sleep while you can. I'll watch her."

"What has she been doing?" Emily asked.

"Just listening to music and reading," JJ responded. "I let her borrow my iPod because I thought it would distract her from everything for a while and Spencer loaned her a book."

"Okay," Emily sighed. "I feel like I am going to fail at this. My mom was a bad role model."

"You'll be fine," JJ smiled. "Carrie just needs someone to comfort her, and help her understand everything to get back on her feet. You can definitely to that."

Emily shrugged, "I hope."