Once again I haven't updated in quite a while and I'm sorry but I do have a reason. My father is in the hospital because Tuesday morning he donated his kidney to my 27-year-old cousin who was in total kidney failure. They are both doing fine and that good news gave me the motivation to attempt to write this difficult yet important chapter.
Derek found himself staring into the eyes of his expartner, his friend, who he hadn't talked to in months and he was so shocked by her appearance that he didn't even say anything. Emily looked alot worse close up then she had from far away, which was really bad because from far away she had still looked bad. She was so skinny it looked like the flesh had just melted off her body and the bags under her eyes were so big and dark that it looked like she hadn't had a good night's sleep since she left the BAU 4 months ago.
Emily didn't say anything either. She had just sat down after leaving the groceries on the table when she heard the knock on the door. Thinking it was her manager or a neighbour (as they were the only people who ever came to her apartment) she had slowly walked over and opened the door only to be suprised by seeing Derek Morgan, who she hadn't seen in months, staring at her. She knew she looked horrible, it was one of the reasons that she had cut off contact with the BAU family so that they didn't see her and suspect that something was wrong, and Derek was certaintly reacting to how much she had changed.
After a couple minutes of staring at each other, Emily slowly stepped aside and opened her apartment door wider to let him in. Still without either of them talking, Emily moved over to her couch and sat down while Derek followed and sat in the chair facing her. He had a pained look on his face like it was hurting him to see her like this while she just looked resigned that she finally had to talk to someone. After waiting a couple more minutes to see if he would say anything she decided that she would have to start. "I knew that if anyone found me, it would be you." Derek looked at her stunned. "How could anyone else find you if they didn't even know you were in the city? I only found you because I saw you walking down the street! Why haven't you talked to any of us? Why did you even leave?" he demanded, raising his voice to almost a shout when he asked the last question. Emily just looked at him calmly for a moment before she answered. "I didn't actually expect anyone to find me but I knew that if someone actually managed to it would be you. I haven't talked to anyone because I've been busy and I left because I wanted and had to."
"What do you mean you had to? Did Strauss pressure you again? And how busy could you be if you didn't even leave the city and you don't look like you have a job?" Derek asked angrily.
Emily laughed without any humour. "I wish. No, Strauss didn't pressure me into leaving. And I have actually been doing a lot."
Derek decided to drop those lines of questioning, even though she hadn't answered them, and ask her one that was weighing on his mind. "No offence but you look like shit and from what I've seen you're really weak and tired-looking. What's going on with you and don't tell me that nothing is wrong." He then softened his voice and pleaded. "Please Emily. I'm still your friend and your partner, you can trust me. Just tell me what's going on and I can help. I know that you want to be the strong Prentiss that everyone sees you as and i know that you want to be completely independent but I want to help you and you look like you need help. So please just tell me what's wrong."
Emily was saddened and stunned by the speech and wondered if she should actually tell him what was wrong or if she should lie. A small part of her really wanted to tell him everything, she was tired of being alone and she knew she needed help. A large part of her brain also knew that he would not leave until she told him the truth.
Reaching a decision she looked up at him and said, "You're right there is something wrong with me. The real reason why I left and haven't talked to anyone and why I'm not looking to good is," she stopped and cleared her throat to try and keep the tears at bay, "I have Stage 2 Breast Cancer."
Soo was that any good? The second part of their conversation will be in the next chapter. Was the different characters thoughts too confusing or did you understand it? Any mistakes are mine. Please review it makes me really happy. :)