As David Rossi began working on the sliding door, Aaron Hotchner walked to the far side of the room and motioned Heather to follow him.
"Miss Heather," he started, "I am not accustomed to having people mock my agents. What you did back there with Dr. Reid was uncalled for."
Heather suppressed a smile. He looked so terribly serious. "I know, and I am sorry. I plan to apologize to him just as soon as I can get him somewhere where the apology won't embarrass him further. But, I just couldn't resist," she confessed.
"That's acceptable," Hotchner was still in serious mode. "Just so you understand. And, Thank You."|
Heather couldn't resist taking it one step further. "Just one question, if you don't mind – Out of curiosity - He gets that a lot – Doesn't he?" she asked.
Agent Hotchner gave her a ghost of a smile. "Unfortunately, more than he would like," was his reply.
"That's kind of what I figured," she said.
Heather gestured at a white board and conference table set up on far side of room.
"Will this do?" She asked. "I spoke with your Ms. Garcia and then had my maintenance men move these in here from one of our classrooms. Office supplies are in that box." She pointed at a box sitting on an end table.
"That looks good," Hotch told her. "You have WiFi?"
Heather smiled, "Yes, but please don't tell our other guests. We try to convince them that part of our program is to get completely out of their offices and concentrate of what we are teaching."
Rossi walked over and handed her the screwdriver and hardware from the door. "How does that work?" he asked with a smirk.
"Not particularly well, unfortunately. One time I tried confiscating cell phones, and had a near riot on my hands!" Heather smiled at the memory.
Hotch's cell phone rang and he checked the screen. "Excuse me. I need to take this," he said, while walking to an area where he couldn't be overheard.
Heather put the screwdriver and hardware in a desk drawer, picked up the folder from the top of the desk, and handed it to Rossi.
"Another thing," she told him. "Here are copies of the personnel files on all our employees, including several that were recently let go. Your computer guru can probably find all the necessary information on line, but I thought you might appreciate some paper copies to get started with."
Rossi stared at her. "You are efficient, aren't you?" he commented.
"You have no idea!" was Heather's reply.