The plane ride was long and stressful. This case was going to be a ticking time bomb. They had 2 ½ days at the maximum to find this girl. With no leads. This was definitely going to be challenging.

"Look, we're here." JJ said as the plane landed at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport.

No one replied. Rebecca knew it couldn't be like this all the time. The tension was so uncomfortable.

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A couple hours later the black SUVs containing Reid, Emily, JJ, and Hotch were pulling into the middle school. It was about 11:30, so the teachers were probably at lunch. Morgan and Rossi were going to talk to some of the families. Rebecca was settling in at the hotel.

"Excuse me? Can I help you?" the lady controlling the front of the office asked.

"We're FBI, here to address the murders and kidnappings. I'm SA Aaron Hotchner, This is SSA Jennifer Jareau, Emily Prentiss, and Dr. Spencer Reid."

"Of course, the classrooms are right down the halls. Here's a map of all the different teacher's classrooms. You may find most of the eight grade teachers in the lunchroom right about now."

"Okay, thank you. Come on, guys let's go."

As they walked into the lunchroom, nervous stares glared back at them.

"Look, there's most of the student's teachers." Reid said.

"Okay, Reid, JJ, you take Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Bowden. Emily and I will take Mr. Roberts and Mrs. Brown. I don't see the Spanish teacher in here anywhere."

"Alright, let's go Spence." JJ said.

"Hello, do you two have a minute?" JJ asked as they walked up to the two women.

"Sure, please sit down." Mrs. Walker replied.

"Hello, I'm Special Agent Jennifer Jareau and this is Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid. We're with the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI. We're here concerning the recent murders and the most recent disappearance, Brittany P." JJ explained.

"Behavioral Analysis Unit? Brittany wrote a paper about Behavioral Analysis not too long ago. It was her best one." Mrs. Bowden explained.

"Oh, what else can you tell us about her?" JJ asked.

"Brittany was so sweet! She would come in homeroom everyday with a smile on her face and say 'Good Morning Mrs. Walker!' Goodness, that really made my day. I've been missing it lately because she hasn't smiled very often since her best friends deaths."

JJ smiled; it sounded like something she would have done.

"What about you Mrs. Bowden?" Reid asked.

"Same. She would come into my classroom with a smile and a willingness to learn. She never complained about the work like most of my other students. Her outlook on school was so different than the others."

"Meaning?"

"Most other teenagers her age look at school as a have to, a chore, but she looks at like a privilege."

"Was there anyone that you noticed that particularly disliked her?"

"I really didn't notice anyone. She was pretty well liked by everyone." Mrs. Walker said.

"Neither did I." Mrs. Bowden said.

"Okay, that's it for now. We will be in contact in case we have any more questions." JJ said.

"Come on Reid. Let's go."

"I hope Hotch and Emily found some other stuff. That was completely useless. We have nothing new." Spencer said.

"I know. Let's just hope." JJ replied.

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"Hey, guys, did you two get anything new?" Hotch said as they met in the hallway outside the cafeteria."

"Zilch. What about you?" Reid asked.

"Nothing. Only we did learn that she had surgery on October 8." Emily said.

"Okay, I think the Spanish teacher has an open period right now." Hotch said.

"Then, what are we waiting for?" Reid asked as they headed down the hall.

Author's Note:

Okay, I know this chapter wasn't necessarily exciting, but I kind of had writer's block. Besides, the teachers had to brag on me, I mean Brittany. Lol. (: Hopefully, they will discover some more evidence in the next chapter! Please review!! It would mean bunches to me! I promise the next chapter will be better!

Britt !!