3rd October 2011
AmeliaPOV
This was it. Today is the day. Today is my first day back at the BAU since my kidnapping. And I honestly felt ready for it. I felt like I had been off for too long; it was time to get back into the swing of things.
I woke early, showering and dressing in a pencil skirt and blouse before moving to make breakfast for the pair of us. I looked to Spencer, finding it odd that he never used to sleep in before he moved in here; it always used to be me that was struggling to get out of bed.
"Spencer darling, wake up." I said, peppering sweet little kisses on his jawline, smirking at the hickey I had given him in revenge for mine.
Speaking of which, I turned to the mirror and examined it. I sighed; it was still very red and noticeable. We were going to get roasted today off the others, especially Morgan.
I moved back towards the bed, throwing a pillow at his head, "wake up, we're going to be late." I said, moving towards the kitchen.
As I moved away, I heard him groan, sitting up before moving to get ready. I laughed, treating him to a Les Miserables medley as he had confessed to missing my singing during breakfast. It was fast becoming part of our morning routine.
As soon as the pair of us were ready, we jumped into my car to head towards the BAU. "It feels good to be going back. I feel ready."
"Well it works out quite well that this is one of our off weeks. So unless an emergency comes up, we'll be at the office all week." He added, holding my hand as I drove.
The BAU had two teams of profilers that went to different states to work on cases; us, the alpha team, and Anderson's team, the beta team. Our team worked on the cases for four weeks, before getting two weeks in the office in which Anderson's team took to the cases, unless there was an emergency or special request.
Last week was an off week as well, meaning next week I would be back to working cases all over the country, which suited me perfectly.
During the off weeks, we mostly worked on cases sent to us which did not require our presence; simply an email detailing the sort of person you are looking was still interesting, though not as much as seeing it all first hand.
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After a day of work filled with teasing, banter and laughs, I was ready for quitting time to come around. "So are we doing anything exciting tonight?" I asked, filling in another bit of tedious paperwork.
Prentiss looked over, "all of us except Hotch are heading out to karaoke night at that Bar on Main Street. You and Reid should come! It'll be good fun."
I looked to Reid, "what do you say Spence?" I asked, giving him the puppy dog eyes.
He crumbled instantly, "fine, but I'm not singing."
I giggled, kissing his cheek, "yay! Thanks dollface."
Prentiss smiled, "you two are so cute, okay we'll meet you there at seven then?"
I nodded "sure"
Morgan smirked, "Can you sing curlytop?" he asked
I smirked back, "As they say in Glasgow, I'm an alright chanter."
After we started working again, Spencer and I shared a look; he was the only one that knew about my musical background.
All throughout my childhood and adolescence, I was involved in professional youth theatre. I had played many lead roles in musicals. My mother had a copy of a performance of each one of my productions. Considering I participated in 3-4 shows a year for 12 years, that's a lot of DVDs. Also considering I did ballet for the same amount of time, she had a whole DVD case dedicated to my performances.
Tonight was going to be interesting, I just knew it.
So, at seven, we reached the karaoke bar. It seemed each night had a theme; tonight it was musical theatre, movie and television songs. It's like they knew I was coming.
We saw the others at a booth, moving over to join them we slid in. There wasn't enough space, so I had to sit in Spencer's lap, not that either of us minded that much. We poured over the song selections, deciding what we were going to sing. I decided on 'someone like you' from Jekyll and Hyde, agreeing to sing 'take me or leave me' from RENT with Garcia if the opportunity arose.
This karaoke bar was different; everyone that was singing put their name in a hat, and they chose the order randomly.
First up out of all of us was Derek, who treated us to a kind of beautiful, slightly drunken version of 'sweet transvestite' from the Rocky Horror Picture show, which had me crying with laughter in my seat. Trust Morgan to pick a song like that.
I was called on next. I climbed onto the stage, beginning to sing. I ended to great applause, dancing back over to the table with a big grin on my face. Everyone looked shocked, except Spencer. "I was in Youth Theatre." I said with a shrug, kissing Spencer's cheek.
Unfortunately mine and Penelope's duet opportunity never arose, but we did promise to do it next time we got together like this. I walked with Spencer back to my car, "Their faces were a picture!" I said, giggling again.
Spencer laughed, "I know. You know Garcia will be trying to find your Youth Theatre productions right?"
I nodded, "I know, and they're all online too. But, I acted and danced under a different name, so it might take her longer to find them."
"Really? What name did you act and dance under?" he asked
"Julietta Maurizio. Julietta is my middle name, Maurizio my grandmother's maiden name. It was the easiest way to escape all the 9/11 stuff."
He wrapped his arms around my waist, "there is so much to learn about you, Amelia."
I smiled, kissing his cheek, "What's life without a little mystery?"
A/N: so that's your last update for two weeks until I leave my grandparents, which has no internet. I will be writing though so you will get an update then. Tata for now!
