DISCLAIMER: I dont NOT own Derek Morgan or any of the BAU team, I ONLY OWN Nikki, Mary King, Lisa Levy, Mark Levy, and Victors Law Firm! Criminals Minds is a TV Series and I do not own any of it, I simply use it for inspiration.

NOTE: Italicized are dreams and/or flashbacks. Bold and italicized words are thoughts from certain characters.

Chapter 4: The Unexpected

Nikki`s POV

I smiled looking around at the kids finishing up their drawings, their last project was to draw an object that meant something to them, most of these children were 5 and 6 years old and I cannot believe the intelligence of some of these children, their drawings are the best I have ever seen from children this age and it may be the neighborhood, maybe the way the were brought up with morals and smarts in their home environments, or it could just simply be that genetics dealt them a great card.

I walked over to Damien's table; he was sitting along with 4 other students, Jamie, Jessica, Ashley, and Mario. Crouching down to the young boys side, I looked down at his drawing and smiled, it seemed to me he drew some sort of circular instrument, maybe drums "Hey Dae, Are those drums?" I questioned smiling up at the boy.

Damien smiled brightly and nodded his head "Yes Miss. Martins." He quickly replied and added "For you" he handed me the drawing.

"Oh thank you sweetie." I smiled and took it in my hand "Do you want to play drums one day?" I began to lead him into conversation.

He nodded his head and turned his body in the chair to face me "I will play for you!"

That just tugged at my heartstrings, I smiled softly and shook my head "Dae…"

I was soon cut off in mid sentence by a vibrant voice coming from the door of the classroom "Well isn't that a sweet talker if I ever heard one!"

"Hi Miss. Desiree…" Damien greeted politely but then looked down at his hands in his lap with embarrassment clear in his body language and tone of voice.

I giggled softly and stroked Damien`s shoulder "Don't you listen to Miss. Desiree, she`s just starting trouble." I smiled and stood strait up from my crouched position, walking a few steps to where Desiree was at.

She laughed and came in for a hug, I smiled warmly and hugged her back, I sighed as we ended the hug, it was another day I felt like I needed a hug from my best friend. "What are you doing here, the school day doesn't end for another hour or so?" I questioned her early arrival.

Her smile once big and vibrant now faded, as if she were here to give disappointing news. 'She was so happy two seconds ago, what could she have possibly remembered that could be so bad to tell me?' I looked around the classroom to see if all the children were alright, I was about to turn back to Desiree`s worried expression to allow her to speak her story but a small hand began tugging on my denim pant leg, I look down to see big blue eyes and the blonde hair of Allison King.

I looked over at Desiree "Give me a second babe…" she nodded in agreement as I leaned down to the little girls height "Hey Allison, everything alright sweetie?"

The little girl was so very shy, barely spoke, she was not an outgoing child, more introverted and kept to herself, but she was also one of my best kids in this class, never one to start issues at all. She handed me a piece of white paper and just looked at me with big eyes.

I smiled seeing it was the drawing that she had finished, it seemed she had drew a heart, with a string attached to it, maybe a necklace, a locket? "Is this a necklace Ally?"

The little girl gave a small smile and then nodded "Mommy`s." she paused "She wears it a lot." She explained to me.

My smile then faded and my eye trailed back down to the piece of paper. 'I wonder what her grandmother has told her?' Her mother, Mary King, had died last night, it was all over the news already in fact, I'm surprised the little girl hasn't found out. She is already so quiet and keeps to herself so much, I wonder how introverted she will be when she finds out her mommy`s is never coming home. Although I do understand why the grandmother would do such a thing, she needed to keep this naive little girl away from danger and knowing that her mommy is gone forever, is never something to tell a five year old.

"Well its beautiful sweetie, I will post it up on the wall." I tried to force a smile for the little girl and watched as she skipped away to her seat at her table.

I got up and sighed looking over at Desiree and I can tell she had the same sympathetic feeling I did. "She doesn't know about her mother?" she whispered to me.

I nodded "Wouldn't you have it that way if you were the grandmother?" I asked her sincerely.

She sighed with a shake of the head and mumbled, barley above a whisper "I don't know…" she paused as I looked back into her eyes, something was really wrong and I needed to know, now!

"Des, What`s wrong? I know you came here early to inform me of something." I crossed my arms over my chest with a questionable look.

Desiree twisted her keys in her hands and gave a long deep breath, she grabbed my hand and motioned her head towards my desk "Lets…sit…down."

I nodded and followed her to my desk, taking a seat in my chair, while she took a seat on the edge of my desk, seeing as there were really no more chairs around to be found. I took another quick glance around the classroom to make sure all the children were ok and nothing was going on. As soon as I got that confirmation, I turned my head and gave her my undivided attention "Go ahead."

Desiree shook her leg up and down "They found another body, its hit the news already." She whispered and as these words left her mouth I gasped and shook my head in disbelief, and she proceeded "No…that's not the only thing, the body they found was…" she sighed as if not wanting to continue "Lisa Levy`s."

I quickly put a hand over my mouth and bit my lip from screaming in shock, a stray tear fell from the side of my eye "Oh my god…How is this happening?" I questioned, there has never been this to happen, its as if we are dealing with a serial killer, the next question in my head is 'who`s next?' I let out a long deep breathe and heard Desiree`s voice begin to speak again.

"That's not the only thing, there`s something else you really need to know and I don't know how you are going to take it." She looked into my eyes as if trying to find the answer to how she was going to tell me this. 'What can possibly be worse than 2 murdered women, whom we know, and are both parents of children in this classroom?' my subconscious questioned.

Before I got the chance to open my mouth and ask what else she needed to tell me, she spoke ahead of me "My brother is in town…" she paused "He`s working on this case…" I felt my heart stop and my blood run cold "And if I know my brother and his job, I know he will be coming here to get information."

My head was spinning, I felt like I was going to vomit and my hands began to shake, its as if my brain didn't know how to respond to what she just said, well not so much my brain…my heart. I rubbed my palms down my pant legs and swallowed the lump that was forming in my throat and I felt a hand being placed on my right thigh. I looked up into the concerned eyes of my best friend "Nik?" she spoke with a soft and concerned voice.

"Derek is coming? He`s here?" I questioned barley above a whisper as if I, myself didn't want to believe it.

I took another glance around the classroom, I had to keep these children occupied so I could talk more to Desiree about this issue, I needed her here when they came, I could not face this alone, I needed someone who understands. I set my hand on her knee and squeezed it gently reassuring her that I was okay for the moment. I gently got up from my chair at the desk and walked in front of the classroom filled with about 25-30 children.

I tried to put on my happiest smile and got the classes attention "Ok guys!" I began and waited until all young eyes were on me "For the next 45 minutes of class, we are going to watch a movie!" I heard excited scream and voice filled with joy as I said this, 'I only wish I felt that way' I thought to myself.

"Our movie today will be Beauty and the Beast, is everyone okay with that?" I smiled taking the movie out of its case and sliding the TV to the front of the classroom. As I did this I got agreement from every voice in the classroom. I popped the DVD into the player and turned on the TV, making sure it was viewable to everyone.

"Ok guys, we got 45 minutes of movie time, I want everyone in their seats, quiet and paying attention to the movie, understand?" I asked with my finger on my lip for them to be hushed during the production.

When I felt they were all calm and their eyes glued to the Beauty and the Beast movie, I sighed and turned making my way back over to Desiree whom was still sitting and waiting for my on the edge of the desk. I sat in my chair once again and looked up at her, tears threatening to fall from my eyes, she saw this and her facial expression turned to pure sympathy "Oh Nikki, baby…" I shook my head as she kneeled down in front of me "No…don't say anything, I don't want to cry in front of the kids." When I said this she understood and nodded her head.

I took a deep breath and spoke "When they come, I need you to be here with me."

Desiree raised a brow and snickered "Nik are you kidding me?" she paused and shook her head as if in sorrow "No, I cant! How is it going to look that I kept from my brother all these years that I'm still best friends with you and I see you everyday, knowing your whole life story?" she questioned me "He is going to kill me dead and I will be the next body you see on the news!" she exclaimed in a hushed tone putting her hands on her hips.

I have to admit a small laugh escaped my throat at that comment, she saw this and gave a little laugh herself, kneeling back down to my level on the chair "Nik, you wanted us to never tell him where you were again, you remember what you told me the day he left to the BAU and broke up with you?" she asked but she knew all too well I remembered.

I sighed and rolled my eyes, looking up at the ceiling, she was going to make me say it "I told you, Sarah, and Mamma Fran, he broke my heart and I need to protect myself even if it mean giving up the love of my life. I cant let him near me again because I know I will fall right back into his arms and get crumbled into pieces." I ended my quote from that day almost 8 years ago.

Desiree nodded and rubbed my arm in regret "I`m sorry hunnie."

I let a stray tear fall from my eye and quickly, almost furiously wiped it away, it made me mad I was crying for this man! Desiree`s face formed a smirk and I raised my brow intrigued "What are you smirking about?"

"You went from sad and miserable to pissed in .2 seconds because of my brother." She laughed softly "I don't think I've ever seen someone love him as much as you do."

I scoffed and suddenly had no sad feelings in my body, in my heart and in my mind this was my way of creating a wall to never get hurt again "That's all in the past."

"To him it may be…" she started "But to you…" she paused and placed a finger under my chin forcing me to look her in the eyes "You never stopped loving him."

I sighed as she released her finger from under my chin. I had nothing left to say, this was one time where Desiree had beaten me and gave me a loss for words, what was I going to say? I don't know, I`m sure by the look in my eye she can see everything in my soul, its so obvious and that is what I hate about myself sometimes. I`m so innocent you can see everything. 'He broke you Nikki, don't give him any satisfaction of knowing your still in love with him, he took off with not even one look back, or one word in 8 years' she scolded herself 'but that's because you never gave him a chance to, he had no idea where you ended up' she fought with her mind back and forth until Desiree`s voice cut her from her thoughts.

"Alright I will stay here with you until they are done talking to you." She stated with her hands on her hips.

I raised a brow and bit my lip, why would she have the sudden change of heart? What makes her want to now stay with me and get her brother extremely pissed at her for lying to her all these years?

"If your thinking why I changed my mind," she began and I looked up at her knowing she read my mind "Its not because I wanted to, as much as I love you and feel bad, that's not the reason," she paused a bit when she saw the look in my eyes and continued "Its because," she looked to her side and out the classroom door "They are already here."

CHAPTER 4! Nikki is now about to face the hardest thing in her life, she is going to have to come face to face with the man she was deeply in love with in college and the man who she also has avoided for the past eight years. Will Desiree help her through this? Thoughts & Comments anyone? :)