Ch.1 Meeting Megen
The team was asked to Albany, New York to help on a case. (Several skeletal remains were found around the lake near a camp ground) As they discuss the case, Hotchner tells them "A forensic Anthropologist will be meeting us at the station." Everyone looks at him curiously but he ignores it as he tells him that they will be leaving in the hour.
At the Albany PD, the team just walks in when a female voice says "Dave?" Rossi glances over his shoulder then slowly turns to see who was calling his name. His eyes widen & he breaks into a smile. "Megen?" he says happily as a young woman with chestnut hair pulled back in a ponytail , wearing jeans & boots walks up to him & they hug. The others turn to see this. Megen giggles a bit then breaks the hug. "Hello, Agent Hotchner" she says quietly. Hotchner looks at her curiously. "You know her?" Morgan asks. Before 'Hotch' could answer, a male voice says "I see you met the Anthropologist" Everyone looks to see a tall, black haired man in uniform walk up. Rossi looks at Megen impressed. "You're the anthropologist?" 'Hotch' asks. Megen nods. Reid looks at her intrigued by this. "Shall we?" the black haired man says motioning all of them to a room. Once inside, introductions are made. Reid & Megen smile shyly at each other then quickly avert their eyes.
"I wonder how Rossi knows this girl." Morgan says quietly to Prentiss who shrugs as the briefing starts & Megen plugs in a flash drive to a laptop. She tells everyone what she found & that's when Reid speaks up & disagrees with her. Megen arches a brow at him. Everyone glances at the young man. (He interrupted her) Reid spouts off on his usual terminology as he gets up & points to a bone on the photo. "Reid!" 'Hotch' says firmly causing the young man to stop in midsentence & look at his boss. "Sorry, but she's wrong" Reid exclaims. Megen smirks. "Oh really, Dr. Reid?" she says then spouts off facts & truths about certain details he himself missed. Reid looks at her. Prentiss & Morgan look at each other. "Seriously, he did not just do that?" Prentiss says quietly to Morgan as Megen explains pointedly to Reid that if he had just waited a minute she would've gotten to what he said she missed. 'Hotch' tells Reid to sit down & when Megen was done; he could put in his opinion. Reid presses his lips together then sheepishly, he averts his eyes & sits down. 'Hotch' told Megen to continue. Everyone asks her questions a short time later. As the team sets off to do their jobs, 'Hotch' approaches Rossi. "Is that the Megen I think it is?" he asks the older man. Rossi nods. The two men glance over at Megen who was walking towards them. She smiles at them as she walks past them & bumps into Reid accidentally. Megen apologizes to him & he tells her" it's ok" nervously & swallows. Megen gives him a slight smile then hurries past him.
Rossi meets up with Megen outside. "Do they know about me?" she asks him. Rossi shakes his head. "Good" she says then tells him she needed to get to the morgue. He smiles at her then walks over to where 'Hotch' was waiting.
At the morgue later, Prentiss & Reid walk in to see Megen have her face very close to the remains. Prentiss made a face. "How can you do that?" she asks in a repulsed tone. Without looking up, Megen says "It's how I work" Reid watches her intently. "You wondering what I'm doing?" she asks. "Not really" he tells her then spouts off about the use of Forensic Anthropology helps in law enforcement. Megen looks up. "I have a PhD in Anthropology Dr. Reid" she says. Reid looks sheepish as Prentiss bites her lips to keep from laughing. "I also did four years of interning at the Body Farm during college" she says. Reid looked at her impressed. He spouts off about the Farm making Megen grin. She then spouts off herself (sounding just like Reid). Prentiss stares blankly at Megen then at Reid. "Help me" she murmurs.
Reid & Megen look at her. Prentiss grabs Reid by the arm leading him out as he sputters that he wanted to stay & talk with Megen. "You can talk to her after the case!" She tells him. Resigned, he follows her out talking about how fascinating forensic anthropology is & the certain studies of the subject. Prentiss sighs to herself as they walk down the hall.
The next morning, 'Hotch', Morgan, Prentiss & Reid walk into the dining area of the hotel they were at for breakfast to see Rossi already there sitting at a table with Megen talking animatedly. "She's young enough to be his daughter" Morgan says as they walk to the buffet. "In a way I think she is" Reid says then explains about Rossi's & Megen's body language towards each other. Morgan looks at him curiously as he grabs a plate. The agents fill their plates & grab coffee then join Rossi & Megen at the table. Everyone says "hi" then as Prentiss sits down on the other side of Megen, she notices scars on the young woman's wrist as she reaches for her coffee. Megen notices her looking; she pulls her hoodie sleeves down to cover the scars. "Excuse me, I have work to do. Dave, I'll see you later" she says hastily getting up & almost runs out of room. Rossi looks at Prentiss who looks chagrined. "It's not you, Emily" he says then excuses himself & says "I'll catch up with you guys at the station" then quickly leaves.
Rossi catches up to Megen, who looked upset. "Megen, what's wrong?" he asks gently. Megen absently rubs her fingers along the scars on her wrists. "She saw them" she says softly. His face softened. "Sweetheart, we all have scars some are hidden well more than others." He tells her. She looks at him sadly. "I have work to do" she then says walking away. He let her.
Later that day, Reid walks into the break room reading a file. He glances up & notices Megen sitting there at the table writing. "Sorry, I didn't know anyone was in here" he says kind of sheepishly. Megen looks up, blinking. "Um, it's ok. I'm not much for being around a lot of people" she tells him. Reid grins a bit. "Me either" he says quietly. Megen looks at him curiously. "But you're a profiler" she says then shifts her eyes as Reid licks his lips. "And you're an anthropologist. Don't you work with a lot of people?" he says walking over to the coffee pot. "They are dead when I work with them" she says wryly then notices him dosing his cup of coffee with sugar then winces. "Yeh, that's why I never drink cop coffee" she says holding up a Starbucks on the go mug. Reid looks envious at it. Megen laughs softly as she reaches in her bag & pulls out a thermos setting it on the table. "Have some" she offers. Looking grateful, he dumps the bad coffee then grabs a fresh cup & takes some of hers from the thermos. "What are you working on?" he asks. She tells him & he sits down beside her & she shows him her work. (she was doing sketches of a skull)
After the case ends, everyone heads back to Quantico (except Megen) Rossi asked her before leaving NY to stay with him for a while so they could catch up. She agreed.
A few days later, Rossi walks into the BAU carrying two large coffee to-go cups. Reid & Prentiss were at their desks talking when Rossi walks up to Reid's desk & sets one of the cups on his desk. Quizzically, the young man looks up at Rossi then to the cup. "Hey, where's mine?" Prentiss exclaims. "It isn't from me" Rossi says walking up to his office. Prentiss looks over at Reid who slowly smiles then picks up the cup & takes a sip. "Who's it from?" she asks him. Reid just smiles behind the cup. "Reid!" Prentiss exclaims then pouts a bit.