Chapter 6
The team sat impatiently waiting for the doctor to give them any sort of news at all, it had been hours since they had heard anything at all. Finally a doctor wearing a long white lab coat made her way towards the team. Hotch stood swallowing hard, preparing himself for any news the doctor might have. "Agent Rossi?" The doctor asked ensuring she was speaking with the right people. Hotch nodded not quite able to speak as the anticipation was killing him.
She hesitated at first before delivering the news. "He didn't make it," Dr. Zane said gently as she watched a mixture of pain and disbelief cross the faces of the people in front of her. She had been a doctor for 21 years and you would think delivering news like this would get easier but sadly it didn't.
The team sat there together staring off into space each digesting the news in their own way. Slowly one by one the stood and made their way towards the exit never really aware of anyone else.
3 Days Later
It had been a hard couple of days for the team. Hotch was standing in front of his mirror adjusting his tie a strange sense of déjà vu overcoming him as it felt oddly familiar to the day that Haley had died. The only difference today was he was preparing for the funeral of two of his closest friends instead of his ex wife. He thought about the last few weeks and how much he regretted hot things had panned out between himself and Prentiss. Now he would never get the chance to tell her how he felt. He looked in the mirror sighing as he slid his feet into his shoes. It was going to be a very hard day.
JJ stood in front of her mirror admiring her beautiful black dress. She had a headache already and she still had a big day ahead of her, she was beginning to wonder if she would make it through the day. She felt her eyes filling up with tears for what felt like the millionth time that morning and slowly dabbed them away so they wouldn't smudge her makeup. She took a few deep breaths before walking down the stairs. She stopped at the bottom of the stairs to admire the team picture that hung on the wall, smile plastered on everyone's face. She then began to wonder if it was ludicrous to believe that any of them would ever be that happy again.
Reid stood in front of his mirror combing his hair. He was wearing the baby blue shirt that Prentiss always complemented him on. After Gideon had left the team Reid didn't know what he was going to do, it had been a really tough couple of months for him. Now after losing another two members of the team, Reid was trying his hardest not to fall apart. Although Prentiss and Rossi had joined the bureau not all that long ago they had made a strong impact on his life. No matter how hard the team tried to move past this it would simply never be the same.
Garcia stood in front of the mirror putting on her black hat, a small veil covering her eye. Garcia already had tears running down her face but she didn't care. Everyone expected her to have tear stained cheeks when she arrived and she was almost one hundred percent sure she wouldn't be the only one. Why did this have to happen? They didn't deserve to die so long. Emily her little ray of sun shine would never be there to make her smile, Rossi would never be there to throw in inappropriate jokes. She thought back to the many girls nights she had spent with Emily and JJ and how now her life would be missing a big piece. Garcia could have stood there all day thinking about her fellow team members if it hadn't been for Kevin telling her to hurry up. Garcia took a deep breath before heading for the car.
Morgan stood in front of the mirror thinking he looked pretty good in his suit. Morgan had spent the last few days just laying around doing not much of anything besides throwing back one beer after another. He knew that Rossi would shake his head and Prentiss would want to slap him but he needed a few days to just be sad. He knew that Emily and Rossi would tell him to not be sad but instead to think about all the happy times together but Morgan felt that to be very clichéd. How could anyone ever be happy after two of their friends die? Morgan turned his gaze towards the clock before realizing he had better pick up the pace. He was already running late and he still had to stop and get his morning coffee.
JJ and Garcia followed behind the many men that were carrying the two caskets towards the front of the grave yard. JJ had long ago given up on trying to keep her makeup perfect deciding that she really didn't care, Emily and Dave had seen her at her worst before. The team stood together in a small clump trying their best to console each other. Many tears were shed as the eulogies were said and slowly people began to leave. The team placed a rose on each casket saying their goodbyes to their friends forever.
It took awhile for the team to get back on track after the loss of two amazing agents. They had gone through many members that just didn't seem to be the right fit before finally settling on two when Strauss began limiting their options. The team began to smile again and slowly life became a little easier at the bureau but no one ever lost the sense that there was a huge part of the team missing, Emily Prentiss and David Rossi.