My Note: This is my first ever fan fiction story so I hope that if you leave me a review that you are nice about it. I am a huge Criminal Minds fan and I especially love Hotch and Rossi. I have to say that if I could I would marry either one of those two in a heartbeat. I will be writing oneshots until I am comfortable enough in my writing to write more than one chaptered stories. I will also be using forums for inspiration in my stories.
In my dreams I own Criminal Minds but unfortunately this is real life and I don't own Criminal Minds or the song from the song title forum that I will be using.
My Prompt: Forget About Us by Tim McGraw
Prentiss was tired of feeling like she was coming in second best to her boyfriend of six months. It wasn't so much that she was tired of it but she was really tired of the fact that she was coming in second best to a ghost. She loved Hotch with her whole heart but she just couldn't do this anymore. It was weighing her down and she was becoming sad and depressed when she should have been happy because she was with the man she loved and was in love with.
Prentiss looked at Hotch with sad eyes and finally said "You know what Hotch? Just forget about everything. Forget about us and anything to do with us. I can't keep doing this. I can't keep loving you and having my heart stomped on by you. I love you Hotch but I refuse to let you break me even more than I already am. I refuse to let you break me completely and you're pretty dang close to doing just that."
Hotch nodded and looked at Emily with his own set of sad eyes. "I'm sorry Prentiss I really am. I guess I wasn't ready to move on like I thought I was. I hope that one day you can forgive me for all this hurt that I've caused you. I hope that maybe one day when I am really ready to move on finally that the person I move on with is you. I love you Prentiss but I can't keep doing this to you because it's not right nor is it fair."
Prentiss swiped at the tears that were falling down her face like rain and turned on her heel and walked towards Hotch's apartment door and opened it. Before she exited his apartment and his life even if she wasn't leaving his life altogether she turned her head and looked at him. "I won't wait for you for forever Hotch."
With speaking those words she walked out of his apartment and shut the door. She didn't even make it to the stairs before she was leaning against a wall and letting the sobs take over. She had just walked away from the one man she has ever truly been in love with. She had walked away from the one man who made her feel complete.
Prentiss knew though in her heart that it was for the best. If she didn't walk away now she never would and then she would just end up being a shell of her former self. She knew that she needed to let him go. She also knew that it was going to hurt to do so but she never suspected that it would make her feel as if she was dying. She just hoped that the old adage if you love something or someone set it free and if it's meant to be they'll come back to you. She hoped with every breath and every cell in her body that Hotch would indeed come back to her.