Author's Note:

Here is another short entry. Seaver hasn't been on the show long enough to make any real opinion about her, but I came up with this anyway. Next and final chapter will be longer, I promise. Also, it should be up tomorrow or perhaps later today.


March 30, 2011

Ashley Seaver:

The newest addition to our team. She has a lot to learn still, as she's just finished up her training as a cadet. Prentiss had been the one tasked with showing her the ropes. After Emily's death, Rossi took that role. I think Rossi is the person on the team she's closest too. He looks after her, like a father would a daughter. It reminds me of the days when I first started at the BAU and Gideon took me under his wing.

Garcia teasingly commented I had a crush on her. Okay, she's pretty I'll give you that. But I don't know. She just isn't my type. It isn't because of her secret either. Well, Seaver's secret isn't so secret. Everyone on the team knows that her dad is a convicted serial killer. It just isn't common knowledge to everyone else because she legally changed her name, so the connection isn't made. Anyway, she'd caught me off guard when she asked for specific details about her father's case file. To be honest, I found it a little off putting. That, and I'd been reluctant to say anything and caught a break when the case we were working was progressing and needed our immediate attention. She hasn't asked me about it since and for that I'm thankful. It's not that I don't think she deserves to know, I just wouldn't be comfortable telling her. I get it though, why she wants to know. I was driven by that same need to know when I pursued that case in Vegas about Riley. But the answers didn't really bring me closure. I suppose they never do.

While I don't have a problem with her being on the team, I do find it a little odd. I suppose there are people less qualified to be in the BAU but I'm sure there are also people more qualified. She has a lot to learn still, that's for sure. She seems to doing well so far though. I think in a year or so, she'll be fine. For now though, she is still learning the ropes.