An hour and a half later they had all showered and were all ready.
"Hey Taylor, we need to check on something at the BAU, do you want to come?" JJ asked.
Taylor looked unsure about it and looked like she was afraid to ask something.
Both Emily and JJ noticed this, but this time it was Emily who went over to the young girl.
"Listen, I know you don't know us for too long, but it's okay to trust us." Emily said gently.
Taylor nodded and took a deep breath.
"I know this sounds childish, but I'm still a little scared to be alone with strangers, can I stay with you all the time? I mean I know you have a job to do and everything, but I just-I mean it's okay if you don't want to-I just-I'm sorry." Taylor responded defeated.
By now, JJ was beside Emily and in front of Taylor.
"Well first of all, it's not childish." Emily said with a small smile.
"Second of all, we wouldn't have it any other way, we will never leave your side, you'll be with us at all times." JJ said with a smile, imitating her girlfriend.
"Third of all, stop saying you're sorry for things that you don't have to apologize for. It's okay to be scared sometimes, everyone is scared of something." Emily grinned when she remembered something.
She leaned down and whispered something into Taylor's ear, that made Taylor giggle and JJ look confused as to what Emily told her that made her giggle.
"What?" JJ asked.
Taylor laughed a little and looked at Emily. Emily nodded and Taylor was trying to contain her laughter.
"You tried to shoot a spider with your gun?" Taylor asked incredulously.
JJ just smacked her hand to her forehead and shook her head.
"Oh Lord." She mumbled making Emily burst out laughing.
"I don't like spider's. I'm scared of them and I just conveniently had my gun in my hand and I reacted." JJ said sticking out her tongue like a 5 year old.
Taylor felt comfortable enough and instead of trying to stop herself from laughing she started laughing harder, making JJ and Emily laugh too.
"Okay, that was funny." Taylor said giggling a bit.
JJ shook her head.
"Alright, let's go." She said.
Taylor and Emily followed JJ out the door and into the SUV.
When they got in, Taylor looked around.
"Wow, this is awesome. Don't you guys feel like 'Yeah, I'm a boss' or something when you're driving this?"
JJ and Emily burst out laughing.
"Sometimes when we get to turn on the sirens to get somewhere faster." Emily replied with a smirk.
Taylor shook her head and giggled.
JJ then started the car and drove towards the BAU.
When they got there, Garcia immediately went over to them.
"Hey my fighting cupcakes, and who is this little princess?" She asked in her usually chirpy tone.
Taylor seemed to have frozen on the spot at Garcia's words. JJ looked at her confused before nodding to Emily.
Emily understood and she and Garcia went over to Garcia's lair to get what they needed.
"Who is that?" Garcia asked Emily confused, after they had sat down in Garcia's office.
"That is our neighbor, her name is Taylor and it's a long story, so you better sit down."
Meanwhile, JJ led Taylor to her office.
JJ was getting worried, Taylor seemed like she didn't know what was going on around her, her eyes were empty and she hadn't said a word yet.
JJ sat her on the couch and knelt in front of her.
"Taylor. Taylor, can you hear me? Come on, sweetie, come back to me. Focus on my voice baby girl, come on." JJ tried to coach the girl.
Taylor then snapped out of it and suddenly jumped - pushing JJ's hands away from where they were resting on her knees - and hugged her knees to her chest, before she started to cry.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Taylor kept apologizing.
JJ sat down next to the girl and carefully reached out, putting her arms gently around the girl's shaking body, hugging her close.
"I got you. Shh, it's okay. You're okay now, it's just me. Shh. There you go." JJ said as she tried to calm the girl down.
The shaking and crying eventually subsided, but JJ still held her close.
"Better now?" JJ whispered.
Taylor nodded. "I'm sorry."
"You don't need to apologize, what happened?" JJ asked quietly.
"I-can-can you please tell her not to call me that again?" Taylor asked.
"Who and what?" JJ asked confused.
"You're friend Garcia, can you tell her not to call me little-little pri-little prin-" Taylor tried to say the words, but the only thing that came out was vomit. She threw up right into the trash bin in JJ's office. JJ held her hair back and rubbed her back until she had stopped vomiting.
"Okay, I'll tell her. Nobody will ever call you that again, I promise, okay?" JJ assured. She didn't know the reason as to why Taylor didn't like that name, but she wasn't going to push her right now.
'I'll ask her later at home with Em.' JJ thought to herself.
"Alright, let's go find Em so we can go home, okay?" JJ suggested and Taylor just nodded.
