Disclaimer: I do not and will never own criminal minds. If I did AJ would be staying and Paget would be given the golden treatment along with her. I do own Chris and a few OC's

CHAPTER 3

Chris was woken up by Carrie's screams. The security tried to calm her but Chris shoved them away and took her in her arms.

"Carrie! Wake up!" Chris yelled and Carrie snapped her eyes open just as Emily and JJ ran in. "You're ok." Chris said softly running a hand through Carrie's hair.

"It was daddy." She sobbed.

"We brought a change of clothes." Emily said hoping to help her out.

"From the house?"

JJ nodded. "I didn't know what to get so I just grabbed three of everything." JJ said with a smile and Carrie nodded.

"It looks like a flower shop in here."

"Yeah, they came in shortly after the news cast." Carrie said swallowing hard.

Emily relayed the information and they went to find the UnSubs. But they found a crime scene instead.

They had Carrie come in later and identify one of the UnSubs.

Chris was reading a parts magazine when Carrie sat down next to her.

"Hey." Carrie said and Chris looked over the top of the magazine.

"Hey, what's up?" Chris asked turning the page.

"Nothing much, do you ever think there are happy families?" Carrie asked and Chris sighed.

"I heard your talk with Emily after you identified Ervin. No family is perfect, Carrie, you just have to remember that. There are happy moments and perfect moments but they aren't constantly perfect." Chris said.

"What was yours like?" Carrie asked.

"My family was a bunch of business people, I spent more time with Emily than I did them and it got to a point where I would call Emily mom and I still do occasionally. But Emily told them about it and they started sticking around longer." Chris explained.

"So you didn't really relate huh?"

"Never, we fought constantly." Chris laughed. "But even though I still loved them and I knew the loved me."

"How can you be sure?"

"They wanted me to grow up strong and I could understand that, so many people were trying to take them down and when they died I got everything, sure I can't touch it till I turn eighteen but my parents did love me no matter how many times we argued."

"Think my parents were like that?" Carrie asked.

"I don't know much about your parents, so I wouldn't know." Chris said truthfully.

"The night it happened we went out for Chinese and I wanted to go on a weekend retreat with my friends and they said no, I tried persuading them but I got mad and called them out on their high school experience." Carrie sighed.

"This have anything to do with your many extracurricular activities?" Chris asked.

"Yeah, they had me join all of them to pad my resume." Carrie said.

"You didn't have to do them Carrie; your parents just wanted you to have a better high school experience than they did and to get you into a good college." Chris explained. "At least that what it sounds like to me." Chris shrugged.

"I am such a horrible daughter." Carrie sobbed as Chris gathered her into her arms.

"No you're not. You're a great daughter and your parents wouldn't want you to think that, you were angry and they understood that, you're the one being hard on yourself." Chris said rubbing her back.

"Really?"

"Really, now come on, let's go get some food, I haven't really eaten anything in two days and I would love some Mickey D's." Chris said as Carrie wiped her tears away and nodded.

When they returned Emily was looking for them.

"Where were you?" Emily demanded hugging both of them taking Carrie off guard.

"We went to eat." Chris said holding up a bag of food to Emily. "Brought you guys something back in case." Emily handed the bag to Reid.

"We need you to help us get Ervin to talk; can you do that for us?" Emily asked as Carrie looked at Chris and nodded.

"Remember he will be in handcuffs, so you have nothing to worry about." Hotch assured her.

"And I will be in there with you." Emily put in.

"Ok." Carrie nodded.

"You don't have to do this if you don't want to Carrie." JJ put in.

"I do." Carrie said firmly.

"Remember we're interested in Gary, his whereabouts, his next move…" Hotch continued.

"I will keep him on point about that Carrie; just try your best to keep him engaged." Emily said as Carrie nodded.

Hotch showed her to the room.

"Ok, I'm sorry, can…can we just stop and think about this for a minute?"

"She'll be ok." Emily assured.

"She's a kid. What is she trying to prove here?" JJ asked.

"That she's a good daughter." Emily and Chris sighed and JJ let her go.

Once they got the information they needed Emily comforted Carrie before leaving her with Chris and heading out with the others.

"I can take her." Emily said after they closed the case and she was cleaning up their case files with Hotch.

"Take her?"

"Carrie, back to DC, I already have one kid staying with me and they seem to be attached to each other." Emily said.

"Why would you want to do that?"

"I have room, money and you know, she's smart, two or three years and she goes to college."

"Prentiss, this is the job and I need to know you can be objective."

"And I need to know I can be human." The words were out before she could stop them.

Hotch sighed. "JJ couldn't get a hold of the family in LA, see JJ and get the papers drawn up." Hotch said as Emily looked at him shocked.

Emily went to find JJ while in the bull pen Carrie and Chris were talking.

"So, what happens now?" Carrie asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I have no where to go, do I go into foster care like those guys?" Carrie asked as Chris shook her head.

"I don't think Emily will let that happen and neither will I. If I have to bribe a judge to push it through I will." Chris said.

"Why?"

"Because I like you, you're a great person and you have to show your parents that you're gonna do your best and succeed in life, you can't really do that from a foster home." Chris said. "Plus, having a sister around would be nice; I am an only child you know."

"How old are you?" Carrie asked.

"Seventeen in three months." Chris answered.

"Dang it, I'm younger." Carrie said as they shared a laugh and JJ and Emily came up.

"Carrie?"

"Yeah?"

"Uh, we wanted to know, well, I wanted to know, how would you feel about coming to live with me, I mean, us, me and Chris?"

Carrie looked at Chris who gave her a knowing smile. "I'd love to; I don't really have much left here."

Emily looked between the two teens. "What did you say?" Emily asked Chris who shrugged.

"Nothing much, I just get to say I told you so." Chris smirked at Carrie who bumped shoulders with Chris.

"How long till the paperwork gets through?" Carrie asked.

"A few days, so we can pack up what you need and we'll either fly or drive back." Emily answered as Chris smiled.

"I have a bike, you can fly." Chris said.

"Well in that case we might be driving so I can stuff the thing on the roof." Emily said.

"Don't be a buzz kill Emily." Chris said as Emily smiled.

"Come on, Garcia got us a suite at the hotel." Emily said as they nodded and grabbed their things. "And no detours Chris." Emily said as they headed out to the cars.

"Fine." Chris said.

Emily, Carrie and JJ got into the SUV and Chris got on her bike. Emily started the car and rolled the window down. "Helmet."

"I know, get off my back woman." Chris said in a teasing tone as Emily chuckled.

"Someone has to look after you, cause god knows you don't."

Chris laughed pulling the helmet on and started the bike waiting for Emily to go and she followed.

JJ, Chris, Emily and Carrie all get personal in the next chapter. But just how personal?

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