The Little Things – 01

Summary: Emily Prentiss left the BAU 10 years ago for personal reasons, the personal reason left her with a daughter. Emily decides to go back to the BAU. No one knows about her daughter or that the father is someone in the BAU. But they'll find out, soon enough.

Authors Note: To clear things up, I'm just letting you know what this takes place PRESENT DAY (aka, 2011) because I don't like writing stories that are in the future, so just pretend that Emily was at the BAU 10 years ago please. It should clear things up. I know it sounds complicated and I thought about that, but it's just better if you don't focus on that little detail :]

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"I feel like I'm forgetting something!" Emily Prentiss sighed as she ran back and forth around her apartment, grabbing things and throwing them into her bag.

"Mom," her 10 year old daughter giggled as she took a bite of cereal. Emily stopped and looked at her. "Where's your FBI badge thingy?" she asked as she moved her spoon around in the cereal bowl.

"Darn it!" Emily said as she ran upstairs quickly and grabbed her ID and gun and put it in the holster on her hip before walking back down stairs. "Now," Emily let out a sigh of relief. "Are you all ready for school?" she asked as she dropped her bag off at the door, she nodded and said 'mhm!' as she took another bite. "Avery, I can not believe you have-" Emily said as she looked at the small animal on the granite counter, hesitating to say the name.

"Billybob." Avery smiled and giggled.

"Billybob," Emily said, still not believing her daughter named the hamster 'billybob', out of all the other names to name a hamster, she had to pick 'billybob'. "Avery, do you really think it's appropriate to have him on that table while you're eating? Or on the counter at all- I eat there too."

"I'll put him away." Avery said with a smile as she got up and walked towards the stairs.

"We have to leave when you get back down here Avery, I don't want you to be late on your first day of school!" Emily called as she let out a sigh and walked over to the cereal bowl that had no cereal left in it. She smiled and put it in the sink before taking a lunch bag out of the fridge.

"A lunch bag? C'mon mom, that's so forth grade." Avery said as she walked downstairs while putting her back pack on her back. Emily raised her eye brows.

"Avery that was last year."

"Things change mom. I'll take 3 bucks though." Avery said as she held her hand out, Emily raised her eyebrows and took 3 dollars out of her pocket and handed it to her. "Thanks mom, now c'mon! You don't wanna be late for your first day!" she said with a smile as she walked towards the door.

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"Are you sure this is okay with you Avery? Me going back to the BAU... you know what the job involves and if you feel for one second that you don't-"

"Mom, I told you. I'm totally fine with it, it's what you want. I can't have you all to myself all the time, You told me that you could be gone for more than 3 days at a time a lot. I can live with that. Besides, I'll be staying with Kayla when you go away. I'll be like her sister." Avery said with a smile, which made Emily smile.

"Alright, go. Don't be late." Emily said, Avery smiled and un buttoned her seat belt and leaned forward to kiss her moms cheek. "Remember to give that note to the principle so you can go to Kayla's everyday!" Emily called after Avery, who shut the door and waved, telling her mom that she heard her. Emily sighed and watched her walk up the stairs. It was 7:45 and she had to be at work by 8, it's only a 15 minute drive, she was hoping she wouldn't be late on her first day back in 9 years. She left when she was 3 months pregnant and starting to show.. Just thinking about how many years it's been made her realize how old she was, she was 30 when she left the BAU. 39 felt so old when you're thinking about your 10 year old daughter.

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"Look who it is, arriving fashionably late, I see." Derek Morgan said with a smirk as Emily walked over to her desk, it was the same desk she had before and she figured it was her desk because there was her name tag on it again, Emily let out a sigh.

"Thanks, Morgan." she said as she let out a sigh. "I had to dr-" Emily stopped mid sentence, realizing what she was going to say. "I mean, I got stuck in traffic, I forgot how early I have to leave when I'm coming here." Emily corrected herself, he nodded slowly. "And by three minutes," Emily said as she looked at the time on her watch, Derek chuckled.

"Which you will be docked for." Aaron Hotchner said as he walked by, as if perfect timing. He looked up from a file and looked at Emily. "It's a pleasure to be working with you again, Prentiss." he said with a small nod and a slight, very slight, smile. Emily gulped covertly and nodded.

"You too, Hotch." she said with a nod, Hotch looked at her and then Derek before walking off to his office, Spencer Reid walked over with a cup of coffee in his hand. "Which number is that?" Emily asked as she raised her eyebrows and looked at Derek.

"4th," Derek said. "Maybe 5th."

"Very funny. It's my second." Spencer said as he sat down at his desk. "It's nice to see you back here, Emily." Spencer told her, Emily smiled.

"You too, Reid." she said with much more humor then she said to Hotch earlier.

"Hotch has some more case files for you," Derek said as Emily looked at the two on her desk, that was going to take no time at all, she knew she needed more. She looked up at him.

"Hotch does?" Emily dreaded that question, Derek nodded slowly as he opened one of his, Emily pushed her lips together and hesitated to get up and walk over to his office. She knocked on his door hesitantly.

"Come in." Hotch said, Emily opened the door slowly and looked at him.

"Morgan said you had some case files for me?"

"Yes," Hotch answered as he grabbed a pile of case files and got up to hand them to her.

"Thank you." Emily said as she turned away.

"Emily..." he said before she walked out, Emily turned to look at him.

"If you're going to ask me why I left just like you did when I was leaving... I'm going to give you the same answer I gave you when I did leave." Emily told him.

"I was going to ask why you didn't return my calls." Hotch told her in his normal voice, Emily looked at him.

"This isn't the time or place to be discussing this," Emily told him before she walked out of his office. Hotch sighed, although he really wanted to to talk to her about it, it wasn't the time or the place.

I know it kinda sucks so far, but It'll get better, I promise :] Don't forget to review!