p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"Chapter 1/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"Emily smiled at the guard. She was wearing a fancy dress, he hair was done, and she was wearing makeup. The young guard smiled at her in a way in which he clearly thought was charming. The boy started speaking in English. Clearly he wasn't fluent, and was just trying to impress Emily./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Hello. Welcome to party. Invitation?" He asked. His thick Italian accent made Emily laugh to herself. Pulling out the invitation Emily had received, she handed it to him. He looked it over, and then stepped out of the way, letting her in, grinning at her as she passed. Emily smiled graciously as she passed, but rolling her eyes as soon as he couldn't see./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"She entered the brightly lit room. A women greeted her at the door./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Emilia Prentiss, it is so good to see you. The last time I saw you, you were still a young girl. Oh how much you have grown!" Lady Vizoli said. Emily shook her hand and br /smiled. There were a few more people coming in, so as soon as Vizoli was occupied, Emily followed the sound of chatter into the ball room. Many important and well dressed people were there, but Emily was looking for one in particular. Recalling the mans features she saw on his picture, Emily found him. He was talking to two women. He was dangerously close to one of them, who didn't seem very happy with where his hand was straying. Emily tilted her head, looking at the man. He was facing her, and she made eye contact with him. Emily smiled suggestively at him, and she could almost see the excitement in his pudgy face. She turned around, and when she did, she knew he was checking her out. She felt a need to take 3 showers. She ignored the feeling however. A few minutes later, she heard him coming up behind her./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Well hello, how are you?" Emily asked him. He settled his hand on her inner thigh. Emily was used to creeps like this. She smiled at him, encouraging him. She poured him some wine./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"6 glasses of wine and this poor of an excuse of a man was about ready to pass out. Emily lead him to an empty bathroom. He excitedly followed, but Emily timed it almost perfectly. Right after she shut the door, he promptly passed out. Emily caught him and lowered him to the ground, the man breaking his skull open was not part of the plan. Emily felt around in his pockets and found the flash drive she was looking for. He never went anywhere without it, not because he needed it with him, but because he couldn't trust leaving the flash drive anywhere else. Humming to herself, Emily pulled a laptop out of her purse. As she was copying it onto her computer, the man started to groan. Emily swore to herself. Finishing they copy, she quickly returned the flash drive to his pocket. His eyes were unfocused and he still seemed half asleep. Praying that he wouldn't remember what had happened when he awoke, or what she looked like, she packed her computer and exited the bathroom. Slipping a ready made 'out of order' sign on the door as she shut it behind her. She tried sneaking out quietly, but was pulled into the party by another women who knew her mother. Emily had to deal with almost an hour of pleasantries and small talk before she was able to leave./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"As she left, she smiled once more at the guard, who looked disappointed she wasn't drunk. Pulling out her phone, she called JJ. JJ picked up on the first ring./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""God Emily you scared us. We told you in and out in a half hour." JJ said./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Sorry about that, you know how diplomats are." Emily said lightly. She heard JJ sigh./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Ok were right around the corner." She said. Emily said ok and hung up. A few seconds later, a black car pulled up. Emily got in, and smiled to the driver. Her good friend, Penelope Garcia./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Hey Em. See Jayje, I told you we didn't need to worry." She said. JJ and Reid were in the back. Reid was reading, as he so often was. Even though it was dark, he was using a small penlight./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Don't do that Spencer, you'll strain your eyes." Emily called. His eyes snapped up, he didn't seem to have realized she had came in./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Oh, hi Emily." He said. He put the book and light away./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Oh, I forgot to mention, we have to move. Preferably out of country." Emily said casually. Garcia swerved./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""What? Why?" JJ asked./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""The guy woke up as I was copying the file." She said./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Probably should've started with that one hun." Garcia said after she recovered./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Aww, I like it here. The food is good." Reid said. Emily frowned./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""I know, I did too. I don't think he's going to remember what happened. But I don't know if we should risk it. What do you think JJ?" Emily asked. JJ sighed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Your right. Interpol is already onto us. We should probably move to the US. The Interpol would have to deal with the international affairs with the CIA, and their all a bunch of idiots." She said. They all nodded. Silence fell in the car. Reid had started reading again. Penelope was humming quietly to herself. JJ was texting feverishly on her phone. Emily leaned her head on the window, watching the streets pass by. She wouldn't be upset to leave Italy behind. She had some memories here that she felt would be best forgotten. She did feel bad for her friends though. They had to be just as flexible as her. It was easy for the four of them though, there was nobody to wonder about where they were except for each other. The four of them is all they each had left./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" Emily and Reid had known each other for the longest. Reid was like a little brother to her. She was incredibly protective of him. They had met in junior high at a boarding school in America. From then on, they kept in touch, and when Spencers dad left and mom admitted to a full time care facility, she was the person he went too. Emily had a large trust fund because of her parents, which is what allowed them to travel so much./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" Together, they started solving crimes. At first for the local PD, but when they saw how many criminals like rapists, pedophiles, and murderers walked free because of the system, they couldn't help the PD anymore. They moved away and started solving crimes themselves, and then giving information of the criminal to the families of the victims, and the families did the rest. It was hard just the two of them. They weren't very coordinated, so they were almost caught many times. Then, in an attempt to get more tech savvy, Emily met Penelope Garcia, who's flair and personality caught Emilys attention. They became friends quickly. Then she introduced Penelope to Reid, and they hit it off really well too. When Garcia's mom and dad died, she would've been lost if it hadn't been for Emily and Reid, who took her in. Garcia's tech skill turned out to be invaluable, and Garcia soon became a full time member of their team./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" The three of them moved back to Europe and met JJ, who was at college there on a scholarship. Reid and JJ hit it off really well, but it soon became clear that they would only ever be friends. But through Reid JJ met Garcia and Emily, and the four of them became super close. JJ was at school to be a press liaison, which turned out to be incredibly useful for the group. Soon, JJ became a part of their team. The 4 of them have had ups and downs, but in the end they always come out on top./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" Emily was kicked from her thoughts when Penelope pulled into the driveway of their rented space. And 2 hours later, they were pulling back out of the driveway, saying silent goodbyes to the place they had called home for so long./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"A/n- so i've posted this on wattpad and on Ao3 but i've decided to post here as well. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"Emily smiled at the guard. She was wearing a fancy dress, he hair was done, and she was wearing makeup. The young guard smiled at her in a way in which he clearly thought was charming. The boy started speaking in English. Clearly he wasn't fluent, and was just trying to impress Emily./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Hello. Welcome to party. Invitation?" He asked. His thick Italian accent made Emily laugh to herself. Pulling out the invitation Emily had received, she handed it to him. He looked it over, and then stepped out of the way, letting her in, grinning at her as she passed. Emily smiled graciously as she passed, but rolling her eyes as soon as he couldn't see./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"She entered the brightly lit room. A women greeted her at the door./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Emilia Prentiss, it is so good to see you. The last time I saw you, you were still a young girl. Oh how much you have grown!" Lady Vizoli said. Emily shook her hand and br /smiled. There were a few more people coming in, so as soon as Vizoli was occupied, Emily followed the sound of chatter into the ball room. Many important and well dressed people were there, but Emily was looking for one in particular. Recalling the mans features she saw on his picture, Emily found him. He was talking to two women. He was dangerously close to one of them, who didn't seem very happy with where his hand was straying. Emily tilted her head, looking at the man. He was facing her, and she made eye contact with him. Emily smiled suggestively at him, and she could almost see the excitement in his pudgy face. She turned around, and when she did, she knew he was checking her out. She felt a need to take 3 showers. She ignored the feeling however. A few minutes later, she heard him coming up behind her./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Well hello, how are you?" Emily asked him. He settled his hand on her inner thigh. Emily was used to creeps like this. She smiled at him, encouraging him. She poured him some wine./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"6 glasses of wine and this poor of an excuse of a man was about ready to pass out. Emily lead him to an empty bathroom. He excitedly followed, but Emily timed it almost perfectly. Right after she shut the door, he promptly passed out. Emily caught him and lowered him to the ground, the man breaking his skull open was not part of the plan. Emily felt around in his pockets and found the flash drive she was looking for. He never went anywhere without it, not because he needed it with him, but because he couldn't trust leaving the flash drive anywhere else. Humming to herself, Emily pulled a laptop out of her purse. As she was copying it onto her computer, the man started to groan. Emily swore to herself. Finishing they copy, she quickly returned the flash drive to his pocket. His eyes were unfocused and he still seemed half asleep. Praying that he wouldn't remember what had happened when he awoke, or what she looked like, she packed her computer and exited the bathroom. Slipping a ready made 'out of order' sign on the door as she shut it behind her. She tried sneaking out quietly, but was pulled into the party by another women who knew her mother. Emily had to deal with almost an hour of pleasantries and small talk before she was able to leave./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"As she left, she smiled once more at the guard, who looked disappointed she wasn't drunk. Pulling out her phone, she called JJ. JJ picked up on the first ring./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""God Emily you scared us. We told you in and out in a half hour." JJ said./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Sorry about that, you know how diplomats are." Emily said lightly. She heard JJ sigh./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Ok were right around the corner." She said. Emily said ok and hung up. A few seconds later, a black car pulled up. Emily got in, and smiled to the driver. Her good friend, Penelope Garcia./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Hey Em. See Jayje, I told you we didn't need to worry." She said. JJ and Reid were in the back. Reid was reading, as he so often was. Even though it was dark, he was using a small penlight./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Don't do that Spencer, you'll strain your eyes." Emily called. His eyes snapped up, he didn't seem to have realized she had came in./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Oh, hi Emily." He said. He put the book and light away./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Oh, I forgot to mention, we have to move. Preferably out of country." Emily said casually. Garcia swerved./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""What? Why?" JJ asked./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""The guy woke up as I was copying the file." She said./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Probably should've started with that one hun." Garcia said after she recovered./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Aww, I like it here. The food is good." Reid said. Emily frowned./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""I know, I did too. I don't think he's going to remember what happened. But I don't know if we should risk it. What do you think JJ?" Emily asked. JJ sighed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;""Your right. Interpol is already onto us. We should probably move to the US. The Interpol would have to deal with the international affairs with the CIA, and their all a bunch of idiots." She said. They all nodded. Silence fell in the car. Reid had started reading again. Penelope was humming quietly to herself. JJ was texting feverishly on her phone. Emily leaned her head on the window, watching the streets pass by. She wouldn't be upset to leave Italy behind. She had some memories here that she felt would be best forgotten. She did feel bad for her friends though. They had to be just as flexible as her. It was easy for the four of them though, there was nobody to wonder about where they were except for each other. The four of them is all they each had left./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" Emily and Reid had known each other for the longest. Reid was like a little brother to her. She was incredibly protective of him. They had met in junior high at a boarding school in America. From then on, they kept in touch, and when Spencers dad left and mom admitted to a full time care facility, she was the person he went too. Emily had a large trust fund because of her parents, which is what allowed them to travel so much./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" Together, they started solving crimes. At first for the local PD, but when they saw how many criminals like rapists, pedophiles, and murderers walked free because of the system, they couldn't help the PD anymore. They moved away and started solving crimes themselves, and then giving information of the criminal to the families of the victims, and the families did the rest. It was hard just the two of them. They weren't very coordinated, so they were almost caught many times. Then, in an attempt to get more tech savvy, Emily met Penelope Garcia, who's flair and personality caught Emilys attention. They became friends quickly. Then she introduced Penelope to Reid, and they hit it off really well too. When Garcia's mom and dad died, she would've been lost if it hadn't been for Emily and Reid, who took her in. Garcia's tech skill turned out to be invaluable, and Garcia soon became a full time member of their team./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" The three of them moved back to Europe and met JJ, who was at college there on a scholarship. Reid and JJ hit it off really well, but it soon became clear that they would only ever be friends. But through Reid JJ met Garcia and Emily, and the four of them became super close. JJ was at school to be a press liaison, which turned out to be incredibly useful for the group. Soon, JJ became a part of their team. The 4 of them have had ups and downs, but in the end they always come out on top./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;" Emily was kicked from her thoughts when Penelope pulled into the driveway of their rented space. And 2 hours later, they were pulling back out of the driveway, saying silent goodbyes to the place they had called home for so long./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"A/n- so i've posted this on wattpad and on Ao3 but i've decided to post here as well. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. /p