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While the BAU team were packing up their belongings to prepare for their flight back to Quantico, Ronnie was pacing back and forth across the hallway.
Finally, finding her voice, she walked right up to the door she'd been trying to get up the courage to enter.
She rapped on the door to Emily's Interpol office and called out, "Em, can I come in?" Hearing a reply in the afermative, Ronnie turned the knob.
"You okay, Ronnie?" Emily asked, when the door opened. While searching through some paperwork, she mumbled to herself, "The team's about to leave and I'm just sorting through some files so I can leave with them'.
Ronnie didn't really hear her mumble, not that it mattered to Ronnie. She had her own topic she wanted to discuss.
"Emily, can I talk to you for a second?"
Sensing her nervous, tense, tone, Emily dropped what she was doing and collapsed into her office chair, "'Sit." she directed, pointing to the chair opposite her. "What's wrong, Ronnie?."
Ronnie sat in the chair, and sighed deeply.
"Emily, I can't do this job here, anymore," She confessed, "Interpol, these cases. I just had to arrest my own brother. I've been thinking of transferring to the FBI."
"The BAU?", Emily asked, then bit her lip to keep from smiling. She already knew the answer. What other unit would she possibly want to move to?
She only been hanging off Reid's hip for the whole trafficking case, after all.
"Kinda." Ronnie said uncertainly, "But I wanted to talk to everyone here first, you know?"
Emily didn't answer her question. She just looked her colleague in the eyes and bowed her head, slightly.
"Emily?", Ronnie double checked, "Is that a yes or a no?''
"You already know my answer." ,Emily responded
"Which is?." ,asked Ronnie, Nervously
"Ronnie, you couldn't find a better team to transfer to." ,Emily continued
That was enough of an answer.
Emily stood up, motioned for her to follow and McCormick, Andrews, and Simmons were pulled from their duties. Easter was asked to Join them as well.
"I just wanted to talk with you guys about something." Ronnie felt her cheekbones turn red when the group all clumped together.
"We are still working on Case G590897. Now that the kids are back you can join us.", Clyde said. Then ,noticing a pained look on the inspector's face, he added, "What's this all about, Ronnie?"
"Are you okay?" Simmons added.
Ronnie looked out into one of the other rooms, where she could see the BAU packing up; Reid, Rossi, Garcia, JJ, and then her eyes fell on Henry and Jack in the corner.
Just from her gaze, McCormick realized what Ronnie was about to say. She wanted to leave. With them. With the BAU.
He raised an eyebrow, "You're going to Quantico ,aren't you. "You're leaving us."
"Yeah." Ronnie replied, with another sigh. Emily squeezed her shoulder supportively, understanding how difficult it was to tell a group of colleagues that she would no longer be working with them.
"You'll be back though after the pregnant agents return to work,right? You'll be back like Emily will?", asked Simmons. Ronnie just shook her head, sadly. She hated to hurt her friends, but this is what she had to do.
"Well.", Andrews said as he folded his arms, "That's that, then."
From the other room, the BAU noticed the Interpol team, gathered.
"What do you think they're talking about?", Penelope asked.
"I've got no idea." Reid answered, unconsciously not realizing what he was saying.
"That's a first." JJ mumbled to herself, teasing.
Rossi commented, "I don't know, but Ronnie looks upset."
While the team observed the out-of-earshot talk and continued to pack, Reid just couldn't help wondering if Ronnie was upset at Interpol itself. If she was, what were the chances of her coming back with the BAU?
He thought about how Kate and JJ were both pregnant, and how Ronnie could possibly be a maternity leave replacement. Mainly for Kate, Since he had heard she wasn't coming back for a year after she had the baby.
But realizing it wasn't his right to offer the suggestion, he turned his attention back to the files in front of him and he packed one of the bureau laptops in a protective suitcase. The items felt a lot like his heart; currently locked and unattainable, until the right user came along.
Back in the conference room, the Interpol team was hugging Emily and Ronnie
If Ronnie resigned, she wouldn't be joining their G590897 Case, and therefore wouldn't be in a position to say goodbye to them again.
Simmons and Easter then headed back to their work, while Emily decided to go talk to the BAU about the offer.
She said something about the BAU being a great family; a group who always supported each other through thick and thin.
This time, Ronnie heard her, and focused on her words.
''We are the good guys, we have each other's backs.'' That was the theme surrounding what BAU was all about. It really was what Interpol was all about too, but something had changed for Ronnie.
Her eyes met McCormick's ,the only one who'd been surprisingly silent since the whole transfer talk had begun. He didn't look happy. She started to speak to him, but he wasn't in the mood to listen.
"We can all talk about it later.", McCormick waved and cut her off.
He started to head towards the nearby elevator, and Ronnie followed him.
"I'm sorry Kenneth." she stopped him just as he stood in the Elevator doorway, " I love you all, I really do. Like Emily just said; Family. You are my family, too. There's just something about this choice that makes me feel safe."
She looked at the BAU one more time, "They make me feel safe," she finished.
"We ARE your family." McCormick told her, "We had your back. But, that team , especially Spencer obviously make you feel a whole lot different.
The lift doors shut, ending their conversation, and separating her from him.
McCormick didn't dawdle around Interpol issues or any of his assumptions. she knew that from working with him.
But he had been right. Interpol had always had her back. So why was it that when she was the BAU, it didn't feel enough?
She looked at the BAU one more time and Spencer came out to join her in the hallway, after seeing her staring.
"Emily told us about the idea.", he said, his hands in his pockets, "Are you really happy about it?."
Suddenly, a feeling came over her, and she knew why Interpol didn't feel enough, and why the BAU did. The BAU had something that Interpol didn't have.
"I feel great!" she said with a nod.
"Okay, we're good . We're leaving", Rossi announced, exiting into the hallway with a bag strapped on his shoulder. The other members following him with the four kids.
"To go home." Meg cheered tiredly to Markayla and the boys, "We're going home." This earned tired smiles from the other three.
"I get to see my dad?", Jack said.
"Yeah, Jack. You will.", Meg replied, ruffling the boy's hair.
"Me too?", Henry piped up?"
"You too, Henry.", said Markayla giving the boy a hug," And I get to see my parents!"
"I am never gonna NOT listen to my Aunt and Uncle again.", Meg said.
"Same here with my parents!", Markayla agreed.
Meanwhile JJ was staring at her mobile, her eyes glued to the screen.
"Morgan and Hotch just took Kate to the hospital. She's not feeling well, and the doctors are thinking that it's Braxton Hicks contractions.", she explained to the others.
"Okay, now we really have to go," Rossi noted, and he motioned for everybody to follow him to the exit.
An Interpol discussion had prompted Ronnie's exit paperwork to a later date, but Emily worked it out with Clyde for her to leave with the others as well.
Now it was time for the entire group to head back to America.
"You need to meet the rest of them." Emily had teased, and Ronnie found herself excited to do so.
She had heard stories about the legendary Aaron Hotchner, the 'hot' (according to Penelope) Derek Morgan, and newcomer Kate the whole ride to the airport.
She knew she had to still apply properly for the transfer, take the needed exams, and talk more to the chiefs in Quantico in regards to her acceptance. Sitting around with the group, though, she never felt more like home.
Falling asleep in Reid's arms had nothing to do with it. Much.
"Kate's water hasn't broken but they want to keep her at the Hospital to be safe.", JJ gave those still awake an update from her phone, "She's probably going to stay there until she goes into labour."
"Excited to be a sister, Meg?", Garcia asked, and that was when it was noticed that Meg, Markayla, Henry and Jack were all slumped over in their seats, in seemingly dreamless sleeps.
After everything that they'd been through , a dreamless night was all that was wanted for those poor kids.
One by one, the others followed suit, and soon everybody had their eyes closed.
It was only going to become more hectic back in Quantico, with more cases to be profiled and transfers, and citizen applications to be sorted. Then of course there was Kate's situation. But in that moment, everybody savored that little time of sleep.
It was a well deserved reward and and they all hoped for it to last for the whole ride home.
Well, they are on their way home now! Thanks for reading! The next chapter should be posted by tomorrow! It will be by Hippiechick81. Again ALL reviews are much appreciated!