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Note: This is written for the December 1st drabble prompts on the Criminal Minds Weekly Prompts Forum. The promts is "The First Snowfall"

Word Count: 389

Characters in This Chapter: Emily Prentiss, Derek Morgan


First Snowfall

"So that's it, you're just going to run away from this, from us?" He asked angrily as she started for the door.

She turned around. "There is no us, there never was, not in the way you thought. And I'm not running away."

"Right, because doing what you're doing isn't called running away. Please, enlighten me on what it's called." He responded viciously

"Derek, you don't understand." She said.

"Then help me understand, Emily." Something changed in his voice and his eyes.

Whatever it was it made her tell him. "I care about you but I don't love you, I can't. I lost that part of me when I was growing up and although I tried, I've never been able to get it back."

Seeing his confused face, she went on. "Being the Ambassador's daughter left me alone, without much affection. I learned that I had to grow up and take care of myself at a young age, younger than I should have. I buried everything bad in a box deep inside me. And when things got too tough, I ran away, instead of dealing. It's always been that way.

"It doesn't have to be, now." He told her, not ready to give up

She gave him a sad smile. "It's too late for me Derek. Please, don't try to fix me, I'm beyond prepare. Many have tried and failed, you'd just be wasting your time. I know that and I'm okay with that. The feelings that you have for me will go away, just give it time."

"Emily," he started

She raised her hand to stop him and repeated. "The feelings that you have will go away, just give it some time. Besides, I'm sure that you'll find a woman that'll be able to call you her prince."

He hadn't said anything when she apologized. "I'm truly sorry for the pain that I'm causing you. I wish things could be different but they're not." She told him softly and with that she walked out, closing the door quietly behind her.

When she got outside, she wandered around the streets. After a while it started snowing

"The first snow fall of the year," she mused as she sat down on a bench and watched a young girl twirl around in circles trying to catch the snowflakes with her tongue.

AN: I'm attempting to write one daily or every second day. Thanks for reading and please review.