2017

Erin tossed and turned all night she was either nervous about starting her new job or the fact that Jay called her non-stop. She should answer it and tell him she was ok and she loves him, but she couldn't. The first voicemail she received from him after she left Chicago broke her heart. She was halfway to New York, when she pulled into a gas station to refill. She could hear the panic in his voice. He was at their apartment, looking for her. He wanted her to call him back. But Hank told her to not look back, and that's what she did. This was the path she chose.

She crashed with Olivia Benson, till she had enough money to get herself an apartment. It had been a month since she left Chicago. Her new job was on hold for a month as the NY FBI were moving into a new building. She was working part time with Olivia to help her keep motivated.

Erin's first day at work was scary, she knew nobody, well she knew Spencer and she seemed like an alright person. When Erin walked into her new building, she saw how sophisticated it was. The two women who were working at reception gave her the cold shoulder. Erin could tell they were uptight. When Erin approached them, they gave her a side eye. Maybe it was because Erin wasn't dressed as formal as they were. She had a pair of boots, jeans and tank top on. Her boss texted her last night to wear something casual. When they searched for Erin name in the system, they told her she had a new boss. Erin's I.D was already done from when she left Chicago. She was told to scan her hand across the pad, before being pointed towards the stairs. Erin walked up the stairs, where she found herself standing in front of these two massive doors. The doors were tinted from the outside, so she couldn't see anything inside. She noticed a pad to her left, placing her hand onto it. The doors opened. She walked into her new office. The office reminded her of the bullpen back in Chicago, except they had TV's all up on one wall, every TV showing News channels from around the country. The first person that greeted her was the only woman who saw her walking in. She walked over to Erin.

"Hi you must be Erin Lindsay, I'm Rikki James". She says to Erin as she put her hand out to shake Erin's.
Erin notice immediately that she was young, she had to be in her earlier 20s. She reminded Erin of Nadia in some ways.
"Hi, nice to meet you. Is everything so flash around here?" Erin says, while looking around the bullpen.
"I wish they finally upgraded this section of the building. It use to be an old moving company." She said with a welcoming smile.
"Come I'll introduce you to the rest of the team"

Erin followed Rikki to the kitchen where two men are causally sitting at the table. They were eating and goofing around. Two other men walked into another room right next to the kitchen which looked like the locker area.

"Guys this is Erin Lindsay" Both men look up at her and smiled politely. Erin felt like she knew one of them.

"Lindsay this is Jake Thompson-James he's my older brother, he may look tough but he's a big softy" she says while laughing at her older brother.
Erin looked at Jake, of course the first thing she noticed about him is that he didn't look like Rikki. He was this tall, stocky black male. He got up to shake Erin's hand before sitting back down. The other male got up after Jake sat down to shake Erin's hand also.

"This is Mike James, my little brother. I'll warn you Erin. He's got one hell of a temper" Mike looked exactly like Rikki. Mike was Erin type. He was attractive.

"Ha Ha sis, we all know Big Jakey over here would be the first one to keep me in line" he said with a sarcastic laugh. He rolled his eyes at his sister
"You bet ya, little bro" Jake says.

The brothers start to bicker at each other about who will stuff up on the job first.

Rikki continued with the introductions.
Erin see's one of the guys walk in from the locker room to join the brothers at the table.
"This is Jesse Ford, Served with him in the army. He was my partner for a couple of months in the middle east."

He puts his hand out to shake Erin's.

"Look forward to working with you Ms".

"and I believe you know Mouse, right?"
Rikki says pointing to him as he's walking into the kitchen. He's got his eyes focused on the iPad doing some Wiztech thing.

Mouse still looks the same besides having longer hair.

Rikki goes to join her brothers and Ford at the table.

"Mouse…..." Erin says, as he walks into the kitchen.