The short drive from the BAU back to Emily's apartment was filled with nothing but silence. Bobbie was staring out of the window, watching hundreds of cars pass bye, even though she couldn't really see them. The world in front of her eyes was blurry, the colors washed out by the tears threatening to leave her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall. Emily was eyeing her closely, only wondering now, why she hadn't noticed the sweat on Bobbie's forehead or her shortness of breath before.
"Hey, look at me" Emily inquired; Even though she had kept her voice quiet and rather soft, she couldn't help but see Bobbie quiver slightly.
Bobbie took her eyes off the road for a split second, not meeting Emily's gaze, only to lower her head again, this time looking at her own lap. Emily took one hand away from the steering wheel and slowly wrapped it around Bobbie's ice cold one, that was clenched into a fist. Bobbie muttered something incomprehensive and removed her hand from Emily's light grip and moved it to her head, to tuck a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
"What's wrong?" Emily asked eying Bobbie closely, but her words were only met with silence.
"Nothing…. I just-"she tried but a lump in her throat stopped her from finishing the sentence she had started.
"Did Doctor Tyson say anything to make you feel upset?" Emily suggested carefully, knowing that the therapists at the BAU were used to working with the agents rather than with children.
"I am not going back there again. " Bobbie said resolutely and cast an angry look at Emily, when the older woman attempted to open her mouth to argue against her
"No don't" she suddenly yelled, causing Emily who was still driving to panic for a split second "You said that I only have to try it once. I did. I don't like it." Bobbie said stubbornly. There were no more tears glistening in her eyes, instead all she felt was boiling anger that was eating her up from the inside and making it hard for her to breathe.
"I know that and I am really proud of you for trying it" Emily quickly said in an attempt to give Bobbie some reassurance, before the situation could even start escalating.
"What happened?" Emily tried again and pulled over to the parking lot in front of her apartment, before turning off the engine and giving Bobbie her full attention.
"Nothing." Bobbie repeated irritated "nothing happened, she just kept talking shit"
"Hey language" Emily scolded, but the warning didn't seem to reach Bobbie at all
"What? It's true, she doesn't know what she is talking about" Bobbie snapped and leaned back in the car seat, her arms crossed.
"What did she say to you?" Emily asked with a more soft voice again- she knew that she wouldn't get anywhere if she would try to discipline Bobbie now. The kid had never learned how to deal with her emotions and the fact that Bobbie had actually started to talk about her feelings was much more important than her word choices.
"It was the way she said things that bothered me, I am not a five year old and I am not stupid." Bobbie muttered bitterly and rolled her eyes
"Nobody said that" Emily corrected her patiently and quietly waited for Bobbie to speak again
"But that's what she thought" the kid mumbled with a defeated look in her eyes
"I am sure she didn't mean it like that" Emily said soothingly while reaching over to hold Bobbie's hand again
"You are gonna make me go back right?" Bobbie asked, even though she already knew the answer
"I don't want to force you, okay? But it's really important that you try it again. We will make a deal, alright? You try going again in a few days and I will call Doctor Tyson and tell her that you don't wat to be treated like a little kid." Emily suggested and looked at Bobbie expectantly
"Fine" Bobbie finally answered several minutes later "Can we just please stop talking about this now?" she asked while unbuckling her seatbelt and getting out of the car
"Yes we can" Emily gave in and got out of the car as well, she didn't want to risk upsetting Bobbie any further now that they had come up with a solution
Wordlessly she made her way around the car and started walking next to Bobbie who had her eyes fixed on the ground again
"I'm sorry" she heard the girl whisper quietly
"I know. It's okay."
Hey guys I am SO SORRY that this took me SO long to update :( I just realized that I don't really like the way I wrote the previous chapters and didn't know what to do with this story for a while. Also what do you guys want me to focus on: EmilyxBobbie bonding, more MorganxBobbie, Emily at work, therapy sessions or is there anything else you want to see? What can I do better ?(both writing style wise and content wise)