Bobbie would stay with Emily for a while longer, that was for sure. Emily had no intention of letting Bobbie go to a family that didn't know how to deal with a victim of abuse any time soon. She would keep her at her place- at least until that man got what he deserved and Bobbie was able to handle all of her emotions. But it was difficult, Emily cared- and she knew that she cared too much. She was beginning to think that Bobbie was probably right, she was starting to feel protective over her. She had to find the right balance between helping her and keeping a certain distance. If she didn't succeed, they would both get hurt in the end. Emily didn't know how much time they had, but as off now, it looked like Bobbie would be staying here for a couple of weeks, which made Emily face another problem: How was she supposed to handle her job and the team?
If Bobbie was back in school, things would eventually get easier as she could stay at home alone for an hour or two, but right now she wasn't ready to go back and Emily still didn't want to leave her alone for an entire day. And what would happen when the team would have to work on a case in a different state? She couldn't have Bobbie join her. That's something Emily would have to figure out really fast.
She had received a lot of calls from her team over the last few days, everyone was wondering what Emily was up to and were concerned because she had never taken any time out before. Emily knew that she was not going to be able to stay at home with Bobbie for several weeks. Working for the BAU was a full time job, the team needed her, they had to be able to rely on each other. She would have to show up at her work place tomorrow and at the moment she didn't have a better idea, than to bring Bobbie to the BAU with her.
Bobbie wasn't too happy about that, she would rather stay at home by herself, she liked being alone, but after Emily had told her countless times, that this option was not up for debate, she had given in at the end of the day.
They arrived at the BAU at around 7 am, Bobbie felt really insecure as they were walking through the building, the bruises on her face and arms were still visible and the people walking past them kept staring at her. She felt relieved when they finally stopped walking and were standing in front of an office door, Emily knocked and the door was opened only seconds later. Emily entered the office and Bobbie attempted to follow her inside, but Emily told her to wait outside for a minute.
Now she was left alone standing in the hallway, she felt the agents around her looking at her and tried her best to ignore them, instead she focused on the office door.
"Are you alright?"
Bobbie flinched, she had been listening to the quiet voices coming from the office, trying to understand some parts of the conversation, she hadn't noticed the tall man standing behind her.
"You're Bobbie right? Emily told me about you." Morgan said, looking down at the tomboyish girl. She nodded, but didn't look up. All of her attention belonged to Hotchner's office and the two people talking. Then she thought about the man's words, what did he mean? What had Emily told him, how much did these people know about her and her past? All of a sudden she felt really uncomfortable.
"What did she tell you about me?" Bobbie asked, but the look on Morgan's face said it all.
"You'll get justice ok, we'll make sure of that." Something about Morgan's deep voice was incredibly calming, but Bobbie could also hear an angry undertone in his voice. A part of her knew that he meant what he said, she also knew that Emily really cared about her, but she couldn't help but being mad at her right now.
She had no right to tell other people what had happened to her.
Morgan saw the frustrated look on Bobbie's face, he knew what was going through her mind, he had been there.
"Emily is just trying to help you. I know what you're thinking, but you can't just let this man come away with this. You need to-"
"I don't need to do anything. You know nothing." Now she was angry on Morgan too. He couldn't look inside her head, he didn't know what she was feeling, he hadn't been in her shoes. She was about to open the door to the office, get Emily and tell her that she wasn't going to stay here, but the next moment, the door was opened from the inside and Emily came out of the room, followed by Aaron Hotchner.
"You're going to stay with our Technical Analyst Garcia while I am working, ok? You can stay in her office, I should be done around 5 pm and I will try to come and check on you as often as I can, alright?"
Bobbie nodded and tried to fake a smile, but Emily noticed her anger right away.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Emily asked quietly and pulled Bobbie a few steps away from Morgan and Hotch.
"Nothing" Bobbie said, while rolling her eyes.
"Are you mad at me?"
"Emily, how much did you tell them? I don't even know these people." Bobbie whispered angrily, she was clearly upset. She had trusted Emily and opened up to her and now all of these people knew her story.
"I know" Emily said reassuringly "But I do know them and I trust them. Bobbie look, I had to tell them what is going on, you know, I can't just show up with a kid that they've never heard of before at work and ask them to look after you, without telling them anything. Do you understand?"
Bobbie said nothing, but followed Emily, who took her hand and showed her the way to a small, dark room. At first sight, it looked like a normal office for a Technical Analyst. There were big screens on the walls and the whole room was full with computers, but as soon as Bobbie stepped inside, she felt like she had left the BAU. There were stuffed animals on the desk, just like cute decoration and a lot of mugs with Disney characters on them. The entire room seemed much more warm and friendly than the rest of the building, like a little home. However, she didn't have much time to let the first impression of the room sink in. Before she could take another step into the room, she was pulled into a tight, cordial hug.
"OMG hi, you must be Bobbie, I am Penelope! I can't believe what happened to you, who could possibly do something like that to you, you're absolutely adorable. Oh, I suppose you don't want to talk about that, right?" Garcia said and finally let go of Bobbie, who was feeling slightly uncomfortable. The words were streaming out of Garcia's mouth, she was talking like a waterfall and Bobbie could tell that she was a very bubbly and happy person. Bobbie gave Emily a questioning look, but Emily smiled at her and whispered "Thank you" to Garcia before closing the door quietly, leaving Bobbie alone with Garcia.
