She walked into the BAU with her head held high. She's got this; she can start new. Hell this is not the first time she has had to do this.

Over to her right she see's Aaron Hotchner walking over to her. She gives a small smile, well Pen you need to make the best of this. Smile, be nice, but this time keep yourself guarded. I can't be ripped from a family if I never start one.

"Garcia! It is good to see you again. We hope this transition will be a smooth one for you. After your work on the case in Boston we knew you were the TA we needed. I am not gonna lie, John put up a fight for you." Hotch started leading her to the round table where the team was waiting.

"Hello again, Sir. I can't really complain, they set me up with a great apartment not far from the office. Yeah, John told me he wasn't thrilled about the idea of the transfer, but he had no say in the matter."

Hotch placed his hand on the small of her back to lead her into the room. "As you all remember this is Penelope Garcia our new analyst. She made our job a hell of a lot easier on the Boston case and we know she will be a great asset to the team."

The blonde haired women jumped up and ran to Garcia "PG! I am so glad you're on the team. Even though the case was horrible you always seemed to make our day brighter. You are just what we need around here… Don't forget what I told you in Boston call me JJ!" she said giving her a hug.

With a bright smile Garcia hugged her back, "I remember JJ." She turned and looked at the team, " Well I guess we are going to get to know each other much better, not that the 3 weeks you were in Boston were nothing." Everyone laughed as Derek Morgan walked over to her to give her a hug and whispered into her ear "Hey Mamma, long time no see; looks like you and I will be getting better aquatinted don't you think?"

"Well Agent Morgan, you never know?" With that she walked right past him and sat next to Reid "Hey Boy Genius, got any new facts for me?" She smiled at him. Before he could answer there was a growl from Rossi, whom she had dub the Italian Stallion and Morgan. She shot them both evil looks. "Don't worry Reid, I will always think your facts are interesting."

Prentiss was talking to JJ when she finally walked over to Garcia, "So, I heard this the other day from a friend of mine over in the Boston field office…" Garcia instantly snapped her head around to look at her. "How is Ricky doing, by the way?"

Garcia could feel the blush rise. She made a fake cough noise "I have no idea what you are talking about Prentiss? Ricky and I are just really good friends." She said making sure not to look at anyone else.

She needed to get a handle on this situation real fast. She can't fall for another group of people; she won't put herself through the heartache again. She looked around at the room and walked over to Rossi, "Good to see you again old man."

Rossi chuckled "Kitten, I see you are still as feisty as ever. Good to have you on our team."

With that she walked back over to Hotch "Can you take me over to my office so I can get set up? I have a lot to do before you all start a case." She knew a room full of profilers could tell she became somewhat cold.

"Right this way, Garcia" as Hotch lead her out of the room she tried to place a wall around her heart. She will not let this happen again. This was going to be a hard task; this group of people already accepted her as one of their own. She will need to find a way to put up a block.

"Well that was weird…" JJ said looking at her friends in the room.

"She has just been taken from her home, forced to change locations and jobs, not to mention a certain person accosting her about a Ricky…" Rossi said looking over and Prentiss.

Morgan looked over at her with a quizzical look.

"Hey, she is really cool. We talked like that back on the case in Boston. I just figured that we could, I don't know… I guess girl talk. Ricky has been one of my friends for years. He was telling me last week that he and Pen were really getting somewhere."

"She has a boyfriend?" was the only thing that Morgan said to the room.

Reid looked over at him "From what Prentiss just said and the way Garcia reacted I would say that would be a correct assumption." Reid gathered his papers that were on the desk in front of him and made his way out of the room.

Shortly everyone but Rossi and Morgan were making their way over to their desks.

"Morgan, I can see the wheels turning in your head. She is not one of your girls she will be working her everyday just like you. Keep that in mind."

"Rossi, I have no idea what you are talking about?" with that Morgan made his way over to his office.


"This is my office? No freaking way! Holy Shit, this is awesome!" She looked around at all the computers and monitors. This is fucking awesome! I am moving up in the world.

Hotch gave her a small smile, "Yes Garcia, John told us what you liked back in Boston so we did our best to make this as easy as possible for you."

"Thank you for making this easy for me. It looks like all this place needs is a little Garcia love and I will be all set to work." With that Hotch turned and left.

Alright Pen, you got this. All we have to do is make this place you. She grabbed her phone and put on some music. She started to hum and dance around while she put her knick-knacks all around. All she needed to do was make herself her own home. It seems that time just flew by. She was dancing all around when she heard someone clear their throat. She whirled around to see none other than Agent Morgan.

"What can I do for you, Morgan?"

"You can do me for free, baby." He said with his 100-watt smile.

"What's with the Morgan? If I remember correctly, you had many names for me and Morgan was not one you used."

She placed her last item on her desk next to her fuzzy pen set. "I'm not sure what I remember stud. That whole case seems like a blur. What can I do for you?"

He walked over to her and placed his hand on her arm " Hotch let us out early. We are headed to the bar, wanna come?"

"Not this time, Hot Stuff. If Bossman has let us go I need to head home and finish unpacking. Thanks for the offer." With that she grabbed her purse and headed out the door past him leaving a stunned Morgan in her wake.