It was a week later, and the team had to go back to work. When Emily got in she took a B-Line towards Hotch's office, she had a few weeks of vacation left this year that she hoped to take before she decided what she wanted to do regarding her career. When she reached Hotch's office she straightened herself up and knocked firmly at the door.
"Come in." Hotch said, looking up from a stack of paperwork Strauss had just given him, when he saw Emily walking in, he was actually rather glad of the distraction. "Ah, Miss Prentiss, please, take a seat. What is it I can help you with today?"
"Hello, Sir." Emily started, sitting down in a chair opposite Hotchner. "I'm afraid I have to request that I take all my authorized leave for this year." Hotchner looked at Emily with a concerned look on his face.
"Why is that? Is something wrong?"
"No, Sir. Nothing is wrong exactly, it's just that the work environment between me and another agent has been rather compromised, and, if I'm honest, I am considering leaving the team as a result."
"I'm really sorry to hear that, Emily. Who is it that you are in a compromised situation with? I'm sure we can sort it out without the need for anyone to leave the team."
"I'd rather not say, the situation is rather... Delicate. Like I said, I would like to take all my authorized leave for this year, while I figure out what to do concerning the team." Emily said, not wanting to get JJ in trouble by mentioning her name.
"If you're sure that's what you want, if you can manage to work for the rest of today I'll process the paperwork and you can come and see me at the end of the day." Hotch said, worried about why Emily wanted to leave the team.
"Thank you, Sir. I'll come and see you later." Emily replied, standing up and heading out from the door.
Emily tried her best to keep her head down on her way to her desk. She was almost there when she bumped into JJ, who was carrying a stack of papers that were almost as big as her, the papers went flying everywhere, and both women instinctively bent down to pick them up. Emily gathered handfuls of papers up and clumped them into a pile before handing them to JJ, she almost had a heart-attack when their hands accidently brushed, and bolts of electricity exploded through her body.
"Thank you." JJ said awkwardly, biting back tears.
"No problem." Emily replied, turning her head to look away from JJ and walking past her. Emily sat down at her desk and tried to concentrate on her paperwork, but she couldn't get JJ out of her mind. She had no right to think about JJ, not after what she had done to her, but she just couldn't help it. Eventually she gave up, and let her mind drift off to JJ.
JJ's phone buzzed; it was a text from Garcia,
"Meet me in my office, it's urgent." JJ looked at her phone, she wondered what Penelope wanted, she could use a distraction if she was honest, the whole Emily thing had really been getting to her today.
"I guess I can, give me 5 minutes and I'll be there." When Penelope got the reply from JJ and squealed, she had a plan, and Garcia with a plan was like a pyromaniac with a flame thrower. She clicked 'compose message' on her phone and typed Emily's name in the box.
"I need to see you, come to my office right now, it can't wait." She typed, then she clicked send. She was a genius.
"Okay." Was the reply she got from Emily. Perfect. She guessed now was a great time to go and get some coffee, leaving the two of her best friends to talk out the problem.