I went over and knocked on Hothc's door.
"What?" he sounded impatient.
"Hi Hotch." I said poking my head in.
"Hello Melissa, come on in."
I entered his office and closed the door.
It was silent for a while as I noticed he was looking over some case files. I was waiting for him to say something when he looked up and gave me one of those scary Hotch looks.
"So I think I may have found a new case for us."
When he looked up again, he looked interested. So I repeated the story to Hotch, word for word, what I had written down.
"Melissa, if you expect us to ignore serious cases just because your friend thinks someone is stalking her, you are out of your mind. If we aided someone who thought they were being stalked all the time, we wouldn't get anything done.
"But Hotch, she doesn't think, she knows! This is serious! Sarah wouldn't make something like this up!"
"Melissa, do no raise your voice at me. I'm not saying she is, I'm just saying we have more serious cases that need out attention. Tell her to call local authorities and they will handle everything."
"Hotch, what good are they going to do for her?"
"Just about the same thing we could do for her. My answer is final. Get back to work please."
"But Hotch!"
"Agent Rossi, if you do not leave me office in the next few minutes and get back to work, I will have good reason to suspend you."
"Fine!"
With that I opened the door and slammed it shut behind me. I went back to my desk to look through more case files.
How could he not take Sarah's claims seriously? She never made stuff up when we were younger. She was in serious trouble, and they were only waiting for something even worse to happen.
"Lissa?"
My train of thought was interrupted and I was about to tell the person off, so I looked up and my eyes met Spence's.
"Lissa, just wait a few days. Call your friend everyday to get updates, and have her call you if anything serious happens."
After the last part I just looked at him.
"Not that this isn't serious, but like if he starts leaving threatening notes, or he tries to break into her house or something like that."
"Hotch just doesn't get it, Sarah wouldn't freak out unless it was truly serious."
"What he's trying to tell you is, yes this is serious, but nothing serious has happened to her yet, and that's what we need to wait for."
"Whatever."
"Just call her, and let her know Lissa. Please."
I looked up again and met his big brown eyes. God, it was hard to stay mad when I was talking to him.
"Okay."