Chapter 6
Emily's point of view:
I finally get back home around 11:30 am. I walked into the house and could hear music playing. I smile. A few seconds later, Charlie walks into the room but doesn't notice me. She just continued singing and dancing. She screams when she sees me, then turns down the music. "Well, hello to you too." I said to her smiling. "You scared me!" She told me. "Clearly!" I said as I walked past her to walk to my room. Charlie followed. "I missed you!" Charlie says and comes over to me and hugs me. I hug her back and kiss her head. "I missed you." Charlie sits on my bed as I put my bag away. "How was the case?" Charlie asked. Before I could answer, I heard my phone go off. I quickly looked at it to make sure we didn't have a case. It was a text from Rossi. "Hey Emily! I hope you and Charlie will be able to make it this weekend! We would love to meet her! Let me know." I smile to myself and then toss my phone on my bed. "It was, umm… very interesting." I said as I was folding my clothes. Charlie frowned. "What does that mean?" "Well, we went to California and me and Derek had to talk to a witness…a mr. Hayden." I told her. "Dad?" She asked. I smiled and nod my head. "Well that explains why he texted me earlier." Charlie told me. That was a surprised. "Really? What did he say?" I asked. "He just said that he missed me and wanted to know what I've been up to." "Well good. I'm glad." I said smiling. "So, tell me more. How was the rest of the case?" "Well Hotch wanted Christopher at the police station for protection since he was a witness." I told her. "Really? How did that go?" She asked. "It was actually okay. We all went to the bar after. The team found there that we have a daughter together." Charlie was shocked. "Really? How was that?" "They had LOTS of questions." I told her. Charlie chuckles. "I bet. How well did you guys answer them?" She asked. "Pretty good… They kinda hate Christopher." I told her. She nods. "So, Rossi is having the team over to his lake house this weekend." "Are you gonna go?" She asks. I smile. "Well, since the team found out about you, your invited too. Do you wanna go?" She nods. "Sounds good. All weekend?" "Yeah, but we are driving, so we can leave early if you want too." "Okay! Cool. Yeah, it sounds fun actually. I would like to meet them."
I hear my cell phone ringing as I was getting ready. I sigh. Hopefully it's not a case. "Prentiss." I answered. "Hey Emily! It's JJ and Penelope. Your on speaker." "Hey guys. What's up?" I asked. "Well, we're at Penelope's house and we were getting ready to leave when my car won't start. Kevin has her car and Will and Henry are on their way to the lake house from visiting his sister. And we still have to pick up Derek. So, we were wondering if you could pick us pick? I'm sorry!" I laugh. "Yeah, no problem. Just text me the address. I'm trying to get us out the door now, it's not working well." JJ laughs. "I'll text you when we are close. See you soon!"
Me and Charlie pulled into Penelope's driveway an hour later. Lucky, they were watching for us and they came right out. They both hopped in the back. "Hey, thanks so much for picking us Em." JJ said then she smiled to Charlie, as I pulled out of the driveway. "Yeah, no problem. Oh, this is my daughter, Charlie." I told them. Charlie turns to face them and smiles. "Nice to meet you!" "Oh, my goodness! Your so cute! Your like a mini Emily! I'm Penelope and this is JJ!" Charlie smiles at me. "Yeah, I've been told that before… Oh I'm sorry! Did one of you want to sit up front? We can switch." Charlie offered them. "No way hon! You can sit up there with your little hot momma! Me, JJ and Derek will be fine back here." Penelope told Charlie. Charlie smiles and then turns to me. "Music?" She asked. I nod and hand her my phone. Charlie stops from setting it up and turns to the ladies in the back. "You guys don't mind if we listen to music, do you?" "No, go ahead hon." I hear JJ say. "Thanks!" Charlie plugs the music in and plays our playlist. Of course, the first song is me and Charlie's favorite. Right away, Charlie starts jamming out, normally I would be too. I love that Charlie doesn't care what people think. I look at Charlie as she's singing and dancing and I smiled. Then I looked at JJ and Penelope in the mirror. Pen's dancing and laughing. JJ is smiling and laughing. This might not be as bad as I thought.
We pull into Derek's driveway. We wait five minutes and still isn't coming out. I sighed. I started getting annoyed, so I laid on the horn. I see Charlie roll her eyes. "Mom." I looked at her. "What?" I asked. "Your being inpatient again." She tells me. Now, I rolled my eyes. Finally, Derek comes to the car and hops in the back next go JJ. "Well, hello to you too Princess." Derek said to me then smiled at Charlie. Charlie looks at me. "Princess?" She asked. I ignore her. "Done putting your makeup on Derek?" I asked him. He chuckles. As I'm pulling out of the driveway, Charlie introduces herself to him. "Nice to meet you baby girl." He says than gives her the famous Derek Morgan smile. "I thought I was your only baby girl." Penelope says kinda hurt. "Wow Charlie, look what you already did." I say teasing her. She looks at me like a deer caught in headlights. "What?" She asks. I laugh. "Wait, hold on ladies…I'll call you… Dimples." I laugh again. "What? That's a good name. When she smiles she has those adorable dimples! It's perfect!" Penelope said. Charlie smiles at us. Then she turns to me. "Are they together?" She asks. I hear them laugh. "No." I tell her. "No, me and my chocolate God are not together, we are just very flirty." Penelope told her. Charlie now laughs. "I get it, moms kinda like that with the men around town." "Charlie!" I say. "What? You are." She tells me. "Me and the men around town have a completely normal relationship." I tell her. She rolls her eyes. "Yeah, because everyone calls their pizza man "hot stuff." I hear JJ, Penelope and Derek chuckle. "Oh and your constantly flirting with Ayden." I looked at her with shocked. "Oh and when Tom got us new doors, you told him that you loved him like a two dollar whore." I hear the group in the back laugh more. "Oh and whenever we need a table at Ayden's, you always flirt with someone so we can get a table… You flirted with Kirk and that time at the town meeting you told Thomas how sexy his beard was… Oh and.." "Thank you Charlotte!" I said interrupting her before she could say more. Charlie laughs. "All I'm saying is that I understand their relationship. I've seen it. That's how you are." Charlie tells me. I rolled my eyes. "You make it sound like I'm the town's whore." I said laughing. Charlie smiles. "Like that time Thomas asked you to be the prostitute in the play?" I nodded. "Yeah, that was the highlight of that day!