Disclaimer: I own nothing in this chapter. Except for the dog named Frisco.


Chapter Seven

Prentiss is Strauss' fifth victim.

"Good evening, Miss Prentiss. Please have a seat." Strauss said, as Prentiss walked in.

"Good evening to you too, ma'am. And thank you." Prentiss said as she sat down.

"Do you know why you're here?" Strauss asked, smiling.

"No, but do you know why I'm here?" Prentiss asked.

"I called you in here because I need you to tell me a secret about each of your team mates. Do you understand?"

"So let me get this straight. You need me to tell a secret about each of my team mates, right?" Prentiss asked.

"That is correct." Strauss said.

"Alright, then! Let's get started! I've always wanted to do this! Who's first?" Prentiss asked, pretending to be excited.

"What can you tell me about Derek Morgan?" Strauss asked, giving Prentiss a strange look.

"His six pack abs are actually painted on."

"Really? They looked real to me." Strauss asked surprised.

"When the hell did you see Morgan with his shirt off?" Prentiss thought to herself.

"I know. I thought they were real too, until the day I caught him spray painting abs on his stomach." Prentiss said.

"I guess some things are not what they seem to be. Is there anything you can tell me about Aaron Hotchner?"

"There is a lot I can tell you about Hotch, but I'll only tell you one thing. Every time a store gets a new Barbie Doll on the shelves, he gets excited and starts jumping up and down, screaming."

"Really? I didn't know he was a fan of Barbie. Has Jack ever been with him, when he does that?"

"Oh, yes. Jack is with him every time he does it. Every time Hotch does it, Jack gets embarrassed and walks away."

"Does Hotch know that it embarrasses his son to see him do that?" Strauss asked concerned.

"Umm… No because no one has the heart to tell Hotch that his son is embarrassed by him over a Barbie Doll. So we just tell him that Jack had a very important business meeting with the store manager."

"And does he believe you guys?"

"All the time."

"Wow, this day keeps getting stranger. What can you tell me about David Rossi?" Strauss asked, taking a bite out of the donut she had ordered earlier.

"You know that Hannah Montana concert that's going to be in town, next week?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, it turns out that Rossi is a huge Hannah Montana fan, and bought every single ticket."

Strauss nearly choked on the donut when she heard what Prentiss said.

"Excuse me, but did you just say that Rossi bought every single ticket to the Hannah Montana concert?"

"Yep, those were my exact words."

"Why would he waste all his money on thousands of tickets to the same show?"

"I know. I'm not a fan of Hannah Montana either, but you can never take a person's love for something away from them."

"Okay… that's not what I meant. I meant to say that, there are probably children who wanted to see Hannah Montana next week. But since Rossi bought every ticket, then it's ruined for the children. Strauss said.

"Right… I knew you were going to say that. I was just trying to see if you could come up with a better answer, and you did! So who's next?" Prentiss asked, pretending to be embarrassed.

Strauss thought for a few moments.

"Tell me something about Jennifer Jareau."

"She covers Henry is green Paint."

"Why on earth would she do that?" Strauss asked, shocked.

"Because she always wanted an alien baby."

"Is she crazy or something?"

"Well, seeing that I have no idea what "or something" means, I'm going to have to go with crazy. Because if I choose "or something," then I'm going to look like an idiot. We wouldn't want that, would we?"

"No… I guess not." Strauss said, giving Prentiss a strange look.

"Good, I'm glad were on the same page here. How about I tell you something about Garcia?"

"Sure, what can you tell me about Penelope Garcia?"

Prentiss looked up at the ceiling and pretended to be thinking.

"Garcia has an imaginary dog, named Frisco." Prentiss said, looking at Strauss.

"Really, when did you find out about this?" Strauss asked, concerned.

"About three months ago, when I was at Garcia's home, visiting her."

"Well, what happened?"

"I was sitting in a chair, and Garcia was sitting on the couch, when all of a sudden, she said, "Frisco stop biting Emily's shoes!" I asked her who "Frisco" was, and she said that it's her pet dog. Then I told her I couldn't see him, and she told me to go have my eyes checked out because I must be blind."

"Then what happened?"

"I went to the eye doctor to have my eyes checked out. The doctor said my eyes are fine. Thanks for the concern, Mrs. Strauss." Prentiss happily said.

"Umm… You're welcome, I guess. Moving along to our final victim. What can you tell me about…"

"Wait, don't tell me! Let me guess. Is our last victim, Spencer Reid?" Prentiss asked, guessing.

"You are correct. So what can you tell me about Spencer Reid?" Strauss asked.

"He can quote every "chick flick" that has ever been made."

"He can quote all of them?"

"Yep, every single one."

"Why does he do that for?"

"Mrs. Strauss, if we can't figure why Reid does all the things he does, then I doubt we'd ever figure out why he quotes chick flicks."

"I guess you're right. Well, thanks for being here."

"You're welcome. So what did I win?" Prentiss asked, not getting up from her seat.

Strauss was now confused.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I did just reveal secrets about my team. And I was hoping to get a prize." Prentiss said.

"Oh, right. You get to leave my office. How does that kind of prize sound?" Strauss asked, hoping to get Prentiss out of her office soon.

"Well, to be honest with you. It sounds very cheap." Prentiss said, sounding disappointed.

"If I give you a $100.00, will you get out of here?" Strauss asked, holding up a $100 dollar bill.

"Deal, thank you!" Prentiss said, jumping out of her seat, grabbing the money and walking out of the office.

"Thank God, I got rid of her. I thought she would never leave." Strauss said to herself.

As soon as Prentiss stepped out of Strauss' office, she was crowded by her team mates.

"So, what happened in there?" JJ asked.

"Oh, we just ordered pizza and talked about the weather."

"Really?" All of Prentiss' team mates asked together.

"No, I'm just kidding. I told her a secret about each of you." Prentiss said, laughing.

Once again, the team goes into panic mode.

"Oh, my God. Not again." Rossi said.

"You're officially the face of evil." Garcia said.

"We treated you like family, when you first arrived here." JJ said.

"Of all the things we've done for you, this is how you thank us." Morgan said.

"I don't think your mother will be proud of you." Hotch said.

"Am I being punished because I didn't take the blame for being the FBI agent, when you and I were being held hostage in a church for 72 hours?" Reid asked.

"Wow, you guys have got to stop doing that. And no Reid, you're not being punished. Does anyone want to know what I really told Strauss?"

The team just stared at her.

"Okay, I'm going to take that as a yes. So, here's what I told her… Morgan's abs are fake. Hotch jumps up and down each time the store has a new Barbie Doll. Rossi bought every Hannah Montana ticket for next week's concert. JJ covers Henry in green paint. Garcia has an imaginary pet dog, named Frisco. And Reid can quote every chick flick movie."

"She believed you, right?" Garcia asked.

"Yep, and she gave me a hundred dollars."

The team breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wait, why did she give you a hundred dollars?" JJ asked.

"Well, Strauss claims that it was my prize, but I really think she just wanted to get rid of me." Prentiss said.

"Oh, okay then. I was just wondering." JJ said.

"Who wants something from the snack machine downstairs? I'm buying." Prentiss said, holding up the $100.00 bill.

"Prentiss, you do realize that nothing in that machine costs $100.00, don't you?" Morgan asked, concerned.

"Of course I knew that. I just wanted people to think that I'm rich."

"But your mother's an ambassador. So you are rich." Morgan said.

"I knew that, too. Just testing you out. So are you going to join the team and I for a snack?"

"Sure, why not?"


End of chapter seven. Please tell me what you thought. :)