Dani sat in front of the tv, mindlessly watching a French soap opera. She decided to take her sister's advice, even though she wasn't sick, and stay home today. She was still in her pyjamas, she had just tossed her hair into a messy pony tail after waking up and now she sat on the small couch half-watching two sisters fighting over the same man on tv.
She sighed out loud over nothing in particular and glanced at the clock hanging above the small decorative chair her Aunt loved. Dani never understood why, it was terribly uncomfortable to sit in, yet her Aunt would chop the hands off whoever tried to move it.
It was nearing 3pm and her Aunt wasn't home yet. Dani frowned after realizing she should have been home two hours ago since she had only left to pick up groceries. That was at 11am.
Suddenly there was a loud knock at the door which startled Dani. She turned the tv down and walked cautiously towards the door, unsure who was waiting on the other side. Peeking through the small window to the left of the door, she saw two police officers waiting patiently for someone to answer.
"Can I help you?" Dani asked in confusion after unlocking the door and swinging it open. The police officers had no expressions visible on their face and they looked at each other awkwardly before the older one spoke.
"Are you Dani Lereux?" He asked slowly with a surprisingly deep voice. Dani nodded and motioned for the officers to come in. They gratefully accepted and mumbled thanks as she closed the door behind them.
"Mademoiselle, you may want to sit down…" The older one said as soon as Dani turned back around to face them. She frowned quickly and studied both of the men carefully before she replied.
"…Why would I want to do that… Is something wrong?" She demanded and looked the older man in the eye. He shifted his gaze away, the other younger cop was avoiding her stare as he casually looked around the living room.
"…Dani, your Aunt Hélene… She has been in a car accident…"
Dani wasn't sure she comprehended what the older man was saying. Her heart suddenly stopped and she felt paralyzed as she struggled to pay attention to his words.
"…by another car, she died instantly. I'm terribly sorry…"
Dani tried to look up to the older man's face to see if he was lying, but she couldn't seem to focus her gaze on anything. She tried to move, she needed to sit down right now, but her feet wouldn't cooperate and suddenly everything was fading to black, just before she hit the hard floor beneath her.
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DANI has logged online
SPENCER REID: Dani! Are you ok? I tried calling you, but it kept going straight to voicemail every time. What's going on? I got your last email, is everything alright?
DANI: Oh, Spencer nothing is alright right now…
SPENCER REID: What happened?
DANI: My Aunt… She was in a car accident the other day…
SPENCER REID: Is she ok??
DANI: No… She died Spencer… The police told me she died on impact, another car hit her when she was leaving the grocery store.
SPENCER REID: Oh my god, Dani I'm so sorry…
DANI: I don't know what to think. I feel kind of numb right now.
SPENCER REID: Maybe you should go to the hospital. Is there anyone who could take you?
DANI: No, I'm ok. I don't want to go to the hospital.
SPENCER REID: Is there anyone with you right now?
DANI: No, but it's ok. I kind of want to be alone right now. My sister is flying in tonight. The funeral is the tomorrow.
SPENCER REID: Dani, I'm so sorry.
DANI: I wasn't really that close with her… I mean she let me live with her, but we never really had anything in common. Sophie was the one who was close with her. She's pretty devastated. I was closer with my mom. My mom and my Aunt were sisters, yet they were different. It's like Sophie and I. I take after my mom and Sophie was more like my Aunt. It's weird how things work like that, hey?
SPENCER REID: Actually, it's not weird at all. Genes and DNA are made up from the parents. Your mom could have similar genes that your Aunt had received from their parents, and Sophie just happened to take the dominant ones that were a minor make up of your mom's DNA, but that minor part was the major part of your Aunt's DNA.
DANI: …Thanks Spence. Don't ever change.
SPENCER REID: Er.. Sorry.
DANI: Don't be sorry. You always make me smile with your little bursts of knowledge. It's the first time I've smiled in a while. But I have to get going… I have to clean up before Sophie gets here, I have to pick her up at the airport later. There's going to be a few people coming over. How is it that when people want to be left alone the most, it's the time where people figure they need to have company?
SPENCER REID: Even though people think they want to be left alone, they're usually grateful for so many people being around. It helps relieve your mind from the stress it can bring on itself.
DANI: Thanks Spencer. I'm sorry for being so distant lately. I've been going through some issues…
SPENCER REID: Did you want me to fly out there? I can see if I can take a couple days of work…
DANI: No, no. Don't worry about it. I know you've been busy with work, I can't ask you to do that. Sophie will be here tonight, I'll be ok. I'll try to call you sometime soon.
SPENCER REID: You know I'm always here if you need someone to talk to.
DANI: Thanks Spencer, that means a lot.
DANI has logged off
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Dani, I'm so sorry for your
loss. Reid told us what happened. I'm always here if you need to
talk. I contacted le fleuriste, I hope you like the flowers, it's
from all of us here at the BAU.
Contact me anytime.
-Emily
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To: Dani Lereux
From: Derek
Morgan
Subject: You'll be ok.
Hey girly. Reid told us what happened, I'm really sorry to hear. But don't ever think for a moment that no one is there for you, ok? You've got 7 people right here in Quantico who any one of us would be ready to hop on a plane to come see you any time if you need it.
Take some time off. I know what you're going through and don't worry, things will look up eventually.
Give our regards to your sister for me. You can write, call or message me any time. Day or night. I don't sleep anyways.
-Morgan
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To: Dani Lereux
From: Sophie
Lereux
Subject: Back in CA
Hey sis,
I just got back to the States, and I'm now safely at my dorm. Jen is out somewhere with some friends, but it's kind of nice to have some time to myself.
I'm sorry I couldn't stay longer… You look like you've lost weight and like you haven't slept in a week. I wanted to stay with you for a week, but I couldn't miss my exams coming up. Maybe you could get some friends to stay with you for a while? How about you come to CA, I'm sure they would let you sleep in our dorm. It might be squishy, but I could sleep on the floor and you could have my bed. Think about it, it could be fun…
I still can't believe that Aunt Hélene is gone… It seems like some kind of bad dream. It was nice that so many people were at the funeral though, it was good to see she was loved by many people.
I better go study now. Or maybe I'll take a nice long nap first. I'll try and phone some time tomorrow.
Take care,
Sophie
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DANI has logged online
DANI: I was hoping you would be online.
SPENCER REID: Hey, how are you feeling?
DANI: I'm doing ok. Sophie left just yesterday so now I'm by myself.
SPENCER REID: Do you want to be by yourself?
DANI: Yeah I think so. I need to have some alone time to think about things. It's just so strange no having my Aunt here… I have no idea what I'm supposed to do with the house or her bank accounts.. For some reason that's all I can think of. I'm worried that come Monday everyone is going to be dropping at my door asking questions.
SPENCER REID: Don't worry about it. All you have to do is tell them you need more time and they'll give it to you. You don't have to do anything right now.
DANI: That's true. But can we talk about something else? How is work going?
SPENCER REID: It's going ok. Today was a paper work day because we had no cases, but we had a lot of reports to finish up.
DANI: Sounds exciting.
SPENCER REID: Well, it's alright. I mean finishing off a report gives you such satisfaction. It's all done and organized and ready to be filed away.
DANI: Spencer, I was being sarcastic…
SPENCER REID: …Oh…
DANI: lol
SPENCER REID: Dani, did you just "laugh out loud"??
DANI: Yes, I guess I did.
SPENCER REID: That's good. I wish there was something more I could do to cheer you up.
DANI: Reeeealllllyyy…. Well, in that case….
SPENCER REID: Yeah?
DANI: Je ne sais pas. I don't know. Just talking with you cheers me up. Tell me, how is the weather in VA?
SPENCER REID: Really. You want to talk about the weather? That seems so… Dull…
DANI: Well fine then. YOU think of something to talk about.
SPENCER REID: I read this quote the other day that was by André Gide. He said that French people are Italian people in bad mood.
DANI: What. That's entirely untrue.
SPENCER REID: Are you sure… He got the Nobel Prize of literature…
DANI: Spencer Reid, are you telling me I'm always in a bad mood?
SPENCER REID: What?! No!
DANI: How hurtful…
SPENCER REID: I didn't mean you! It was just something interesting I read!
DANI: Ok, ok, I'll forgive you this time.
SPENCER REID: Thanks.
DANI: But, mon ami, I think I am going to try and get some sleep. I haven't been sleeping much lately. Sophie thinks I look sick.
SPENCER REID: Ok, go get some rest. I'll talk to you tomorrow or something.
DANI: Sure. Thanks for talking Spence.
SPENCER REID: No problem. Pleasure's all mine.
DANI: Good night :)
SPENCER REID: Night
DANI has logged off
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To: Dani Lereux
From: Emily
Prentiss
Subject: Re: Thanks
Hi Dani,
I'm glad to hear you're doing better. I know it's a terrible thing to go through. Everyone at work is doing ok, Morgan still bugs Reid whenever he gets a chance about you. I've heard him saying you're his "Français Amour" a lot and Reid just blushes and starts stammering something about the French language. I know you guys are just friends, and I think Morgan knows it too, but that boy will just not pass up an opportunity to embarrass him.
I have some much needed holiday time coming up, I've been thinking of coming to see you. Let me know if you would want to meet up or not sometime in the near future, we can hang out and do girly stuff. I'm around men too much at work.
Take care,
Emily
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You're received a new text message!
From: Dani
spencer,
something is wrong… very wrong.
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A/N: Ok, sorry to leave it hanging again! I think the next story is going to start after this. Let there be a part 3! Watch for it!
