Hotch got to the office and everyone else was there. He asked them about the case. JJ told them all about it, but no one missed that Lorelai wasn't with him.
Once the case was shared with the whole team. Hotch told them all to head to the jet. They had to head out to Georgia. They all went. On the jet Hotch looked at them. "To clear the questions, you are all silently asking. Agent Davies is taking some time off. No, I'm not sure for how long. No, I will not share anymore about it."
Everyone looked at each other but took that last comment as not to bring it up again. They got to Georgia and started the work on the case.
Meanwhile in Virginia when Rachel got home. Lorelai told her that their dad had gone to Georgia on a case. She had already told her sister that she was taking some time off so there was no surprise that Lorelai wasn't with him.
Rachel nodded. "I guess that gives us a chance to bond."
Lorelai shrugged. "I guess so."
"Something wrong?" Rachel asked
"Just adjusting to the new normal I guess." Lorelai said
Rachel nodded giving her a tight hug. "Of course. I get that."
Lorelai smiled at her sister and gave her a hug back. "Do you want to watch a movie?"
"I have homework I should do first." Rachel told her
"Yes. That is probably the right choice." Lorelai said with a smile
Rachel went and started it.
Lorelai grabbed a book and sat and read. It had been along time since she had read for fun and not for school or something to grow her knowledge and just read some romantic novels.
Lorelai made them a quick dinner. After dinner Lorelai cleaned up while Rachel set up the movie. They watched the movie than Rachel headed to bed. Lorelai checked her phone and had a text from Penny saying if she needed anything just to let her know. Lorelai sighed. Everyone knew. She was not okay. She took a deep breath and grabbed her book and tried to just read till she was ready for bed.
In Georgia, the case was going fine. But Hotch was worried about his girls. He texted Garcia and asked her if she didn't mind checking in on them. Garcia said she would text Lorelai and tell her to let her know if she needed anything which she did do.
Hotch also kept in contact with Lorelai as much as he could to know what was going on back home. He knew this is what Lorelai needed but she was already missed. She had become a very important member of this team. In the end though he knew she wouldn't be any good if she wasn't in a good place mentally. Honestly he wondered if she was just to young to be dealing with this kind of work, but he knew how important it was to her and he couldn't take something else away from her. It wouldn't be fair to her.
