Walking into the bullpen, I felt like I was walking towards the scariest, most exciting thing I had ever experienced. I saw the faces of my new teammates huddled together around what I assumed was the desk of the very good looking black man. In taking it all in, I saw a beautiful blonde woman who had a motherly way about her, the good looking black man who seemed like a bit of a player, a quirky looking red head that seemed very bubbly and looked like she could befriend anyone, a dark haired woman who seemed to be pretty new to the team as she wasn't completely comfortable around everyone else yet, a nice looking older gentlemen compared to the others who I recognized as David Rossi, the man, the myth, the legend. The final person that I noticed appeared to be the youngest of the group, and also the cutest. He was standing, and like the others, he was, unsuccessfully, trying to not stare at me. There was something about him that seemed to enrapture me, but I would worry about that later, right now I needed to focus on what Uncle Aaron was saying.
"Everyone, as I am sure you have already noticed, this young woman beside me is a very close friend. As of now, she is currently on the team, and I hope that you will all forgive her for her relationship with me and treat her as normally as possible." He said in a sarcastic way, while subtly rolling his eyes. "Tori, this is agents Jennifer Jareau, Derek Morgan, Penelope Garcia, Kate Callahan, David Rossi, and Dr. Spencer Reid, your new teammates. Guys, this is Victoria Wilson."
"Tori, please," I requested, I despised being called Victoria and Uncle Aaron knew it. "Agent Rossi, it is a pleasure to meet you, I have read all of your books and you are quite the legend around the alphabet."
Rossi laughs, "I'm sorry, the alphabet?"
"Yeah, you know, the FBI, CIA, NSA, for some reason our government loves their acronyms." I reply rolling my eyes. Everyone gets a good chuckle out of that one, even Uncle Aaron.
"Well, I suppose it is an honor to be so well known," laughs Rossi.
"I guess your reputation precedes you once again, Rossi. You seem to have fans everywhere," Derek comments with a smirk. Rossi gives him a look that clearly says "shut up".
At this point, Uncle Aaron squeezes my shoulder in reassurance and takes his leave to go back to his office.
Just as Uncle Aaron leaves, the bubbly red head, Penelope, comes forward and startles me by giving me a huge hug, "Welcome to the team," she states, "You are just going to love it here." She pulls back with one of the biggest smiles I have ever seen. "I'm Penelope, but most people call me Garcia, were kinda on a last name type thing here, well all except for JJ, but you can call me Penelope or Garcia, your choice." I laugh as she seems to continue rambling on, she seems like me when I get word vomit and just can't quit talking, though I have a feeling that she is like this all the time.
"Hi, Penelope, it is really great to meet you, I've heard so much about you all from Uncle Aaron." I respond.
"Uncle Aaron?" Derek questions, looking very confused.
"Oh, he isn't really my uncle, but I have known him since I was a young teenager and I kind of adopted him without his permission. I've grown on him I think, though."
"Okay," Derek draws out, "Well anyway, welcome to the team, like Hotch said, I'm Derek Morgan." He reaches out his hand for me and we shake. "You said your name is Tori?"
"Nice to meet you Derek," I reply. "And yes, my name is Tori, I'm not really into the whole last name thing, so if you guys don't mind, I'll just call you by your first names."
"That is fine with me," Kate voices, as she gives me a small wave, "I always feel kind of strange when I hear someone call me by just my last name anyway," she laughs.
Jennifer speaks up stating, "I'm only called Jennifer if I am in trouble, so everyone calls me JJ." She softens the comment with a sweet smile.
"Well then, it is nice to meet you JJ," I smile back at her. I turn to the only person who hasn't spoken, Dr. Spencer Reid. "It is a pleasure to meet you Dr. Reid, I have read all of your articles and there are many things that I would love to discuss with you if you have the time."
"Uh…please call me Spencer, and of course, I would love to talk to you about anything," he blushes cutely.
Before I can respond Uncle Aaron steps out of his office and addresses us, "We've got a case."
As soon as those words are out of his mouth, it seems like a fire has been lit under everyone as they all stand and head to a room upstairs.
"You coming, Tori?" Derek questions with a smirk.
"Of course," I quickly follow behind everyone else toward a large room with a table that can sit at least 10 people and 3 TV/computer screens hanging on the wall. In front of 6 of the chairs is a tablet and a note pad while in front of one chair there is a file with a note pad. We all take seats around the table and I notice, with a questioning look, that Spencer takes the seat with the hard copy file in front of it.
"Reid prefers a hard copy instead of a tablet," Derek says. Spencer blushes and ducks his head, though we all know that Derek was not trying to embarrass him, just trying to answer my unasked question.
"I get that, sometimes it is nice to go back to basics," I smile at Spencer as he glances at me.
I notice that Penelope doesn't sit down; instead, she pulls a tablet from a side table and stands in front of the TV's preparing to get us all up to speed on our new case. I sit back in my seat knowing that I made the right decision by joining the BAU. I really think I'm going to like it here.