Kate could feel the eyes on her as she walked into the conference room. She was new, so it was to be expected, but it somehow hurt. She could feel slight amounts of doubt emanating from the people gathered around the table, although they were quite minor. She knew she was a good agent, had proven so many times, but it was downright irritating and hurtful to have to prove this again, to another team.
As the case dragged on, with disarticulated bodies spread across Bakersfield, she could slowly but surely feel the team begin to warm up.
Garcia opened her heart the fastest, with a simple conversation about cute pictures to combat the horrors of the job. Morgan and JJ soon followed, with the conversation on the jet about battle scars. She knew that she would have to face the team's judgment, but, for now, at least, she was accepted, as much as she could be, into their little family.
"Welcome to the team, Callahan." It was in these words that Kate knew that she would fit in with the eccentric team.