The next morning both of them slept in. Derek had woken up with his alarm but texted Hotch letting him know he needed a personal day. He was going to get to the bottom of this. He went back to sleep for a couple hours. When he finally got out of bed he went to the kitchen and started coffee.

It wasn't long before Rebecca was up as well and went to grab some coffee.

"Morning." Derek said

"Morning." Becca replied

"You hungover at all?" Derek asked

"No. I drank a lot of water before I went to bed." She told him

"Good." He said

"Derek. I'm sorry." She said

Derek nodded. "I hear you. But doesn't change what you did. But lets get some food first." He said

"Got it." She said

Derek made them a quick breakfast and they ate.

"Don't you have work today?" Becca asked

"I took a personal day." Derek said

"Oh…" She said

"You know you're in trouble. Did you want to wait to deal with it?" he asked

"Well no. I suppose not." Becca said

"Do you want to tell me why you choose to drink?" He asked as they were finishing up

Becca looked down.

"Come on we need to talk to this." He said

"I wanted to piss you off." She said

"What? Why?" he asked clearly confused

Becca didn't say anything

"Rebecca look at me." He said

Rebecca looked up

"Did I do something?" He asked

She sighed. "I got scared…" She said

"Scared? Of me? What?" He said

"No. Not of you. Of course not." She said quickly

"Than what?" he asked

"You made a comment yesterday of me doing well and you might not be needing to be on my ass much longer…" She said.

Derek sighed. "Becca. I am not going -anywhere." He said. "I also told you not long as I see you as my daughter." He said

Becca nodded

"You thought pissing me off would keep me from going somewhere?" He asked

"Yeah…I'm sorry." She said

"Rebecca. You need to talk to me about these things. Not go run and do something stupid to get my attention. Because -this is not the attention you want from me." He said

"Yes sir." She said

Derek took a breathe.

"Go to your room. I will be there in a few minutes." He told her

Becca nodded and got up and went to her room and sat down on her bed.

Derek took a breathe and called Hotch he needed advice for someone who had dealt with someone as stubborn as Rebecca.

"You know what you have to do Derek." Aaron told him. "Look. I have been where you have been debating what I should do. So, I will give you the same advice I was given. You know what you need to do its just hard, so you don't want to do it. But she needs you to. Be her dad." Aaron told the man

"Got it." He said

"Because if you don't. It will only push her away." Aaron told him

Derek sighed. "You're right"

They finished their call and Derek got up and went gabbing his belt before going and knocking on the door.

"Yes." Becca said

Derek went in.

Becca saw the belt and took a breathe. "I really not getting off easy…"

"Nope." He said

Becca nodded and she stood up

"Turn around. Over the bed." He said

Becca did as she was instructed

Derek folded the belt in half and took a breathe. He brought it down

Becca whimpered

It wasn't long before Rebecca was sobbing.

Derek gave her one last whack with the belt before he put the belt down and started to rub her back. "Okay when your ready you can stand up." He told her

Rebecca stood up Derek pulled her into a hug and let her sob into him.

She calmed down after a couple minutes.

"Sit." He told her

She sat cringing a bit

"I will be right back." He said. He went to his room and got a file from his desk and went back to the room and handed it to her

"Open it." He said

Becca opened it and looked at it. The file had the paperwork for an adult adoption. Her jaw dropped and she started to sob again.

Derek knelt by her and wrapped her in a hug. "Hey. I thought this would make you happy?" He said

She looked at him "It does." She said between sobs.

Derek just held her till she calmed down.

Becca looked at him. "You really want to adopt me?"

"Do you think I would have take the time to do all the paperwork if I didn't?" He asked

She shrugged.

"But you have to decide if its what you want." He said

"It is. It really is what I want." Becca said

"Than I will get the lawyer to take the next step. You will need to sign somethings." He said

Becca nodded.

"But for now, your okay?" He asked

She nodded. "I'm sorry I screwed up…Wont happen again… dad." She said

Derek nodded. "Wont be long before you are twenty-one."

She nodded.

"I do have a question." He said

"Okay. What?" Becca asked

"The bartender last night." He said

She tilted her head and smirked. "Ask. Go ahead." She said

"Did he seem to treat you differently than the other customers?" He asked

"You're asking if he hit on me?" Becca asked

"Yes that is what I am asking." He said

She let out a breathe and nodded. "Yes. But it doesn't mean anything is going to happen."

Derek nodded.

"I'm not going to be single forever though." She said

"I know Becca. I don't expect you too." He said

"And I'm not going to talk to you about ever man who hits on me." She said

"Again, I don't expect you too. I just saw the way he looked at you." He said

"Like what? He was being inappropriate?" Becca asked confused

"No. He looked like a schoolboy with a crush on a classmate." Derek said

Becca smirked and chuckled. "Really? Well, I mean he did flirt a little. But I'm sure the fact that I could have costed him his job doesn't sit will."

"Well, there are consequences for the choices we make." He told her

"I know." She said nodding

"But he was looking at you that way after he knew the truth." He said. "So, if you are interested you can go talk to him and see where things are."

"What are you saying you approve?" She asked

"No. I'm not saying either way. I'm saying if you want go for it." He said

Becca nodded.

They spent the rest of the day just hanging out and watching movies