A/N: Just a short little story with Prentiss leaving, most likely just a one shot unless I want to or a lot of other people want me to do more...

Things Change

"Why didn't you tell me you were leaving?" he said storming into the woods behind Emily. She had gone out to the woods to be left alone, all she wanted was to think without the whole team around. She couldn't stand the questioning stares anymore. But he found her; he knew where she would go. He knew her too well.

"I was going to,"

"When? Were you just going to leave a note? Maybe a phone call? You're leaving in three days Em, did you ever think about what this is going to do to the team?" he said, his voice rising.

"That's all I thought about!" she whipped around. "Do you know how much this hurts? This is my family!"

"You don't abandon family Emily! You stick with them even when it's hard. How do you think Reid feels about all of this? He's been abandoned by enough people-Gideon, Elle, his father. Now you're just adding one more to the list. They all abandoned him without a goodbye or an explanation, except for a letter in Gideon's case, and you were planning to do the same,"

"I'm not abandoning them! I just can't handle this anymore!"

"Handle what?" he asked confused. "C'mon Princess, talk to me,"

"It's all my fault,"

"What is?"

"The team falling apart," she started to explain at his confused look. "Reid will barely even talk to JJ anymore, nobody trusts each other like before, we can't function as a team anymore. Not like we used to anyway," she sighed.

"Em, none of this is your fault. If we wanted to keep you safe we had to send you off to Paris. Hotch and JJ couldn't risk any more people knowing that was necessary. This could have happened to any of us,"

"It could have happened to any of us but it happened to me. You'll all be better off without me there," she said with tears welling up in her eyes. "I don't want to leave you guys. You're my family, the closest thing that I have, but I have to, if you guys are ever going to be a team again," finally letting a few tears fall.

"You're my partner Em. I-I can't lose you. Not again," he finally lost his strong demeanor, finally showing some weakness as evidenced but the tears slowly building up.

"You won't, I'm still staying here, I'll still be around, just not on the team anymore,"

"It won't be the same Em and you know it," he finally realized what he was feeling; fear. He didn't want to lose her again. He loved her, more than just a friend. He couldn't let her leave without her knowing. Whether she felt the same or not. And it was time for him to tell her that. "I'm not gonna lose you again Princess,"

"Derek, wh-what are you-" she stuttered as he leaned closer.

"I can't let you leave without you knowing," he said, touching his lips to hers. They pulled apart, Morgan resting his forehead on hers. "I can't imagine the BAU without you, it's just…" he trailed off.

"Not the same," she finished.

"Exactly," he sighed. He leaned down capturing her lips in a kiss once again. "Are you sure you still want to leave?" he asked pulling apart.

"Now I'm not so sure," Prentiss said with a smile.

"I thought I could make you stay," Morgan said, matching her grin. "Let's go," he led her out of the woods, his hand firmly on the small of her back.

She suddenly stopped and turned to face him. "What is this?"

"What do you mean?"

"Is this going to be a 'thing'?"

"I want it to be,"

"Me too," she smiled at him.

"Good,"

"Do we tell the team?" she asked after a moment.

"I normally would say no but…I mean we work with profilers. They're gonna find out sometime whether we say something or not and you know that they're going to ask why you decided to stay. What are you going to say? They're going to ask for an explanation for why you were planning to leave and why you decided to stay after all,"

"I know, I can easily give them an explanation for why I was planning on leaving but what do I say about staying? I don't want them to know about us just yet, I can't deal with twice as many questions," she laughed slightly.

"You'll come up with something Princess, I know you will," he leaned down kissing her once again. "I'm glad you decided to stay Em,"

"Me too, thanks Derek,"

A/N: Thanks for reading! Please R&R and PM me if you have any suggestion-I'd love to hear them! :)