The brunette girl sat up in her creaky bed, her tired brown eyes looking to the small girl beside her slipping her sweatshirt from her body. She opened her mouth to let out a big yawn, her tiny fists rubbing the crust from her eyes. "Morning."

Jennifer turned around, looking up to the older girl that sat in her bed, feeling the cold hit her barely covered body. "Hi Emily."

Emily frowned as she watched the blond look around her bed, shifting through the backpack that sat on top of her pillow. "Watcha lookin' for?"

"Clothes."

Emily gently nodded her head.

Jennifer bit her lip as she riffled through the few things she had taken from her house, her blue eyes saddening as the realization hit her.

"What's wrong?"

The blond looked to her new friend, her chin trembling. "Ms. Higgins took my clothes to inspect."

Emily quickly slid off of her bed, leaning towards the younger girl and pressing a kiss to her cheek to make her tears disappear, just like her brother would do for her. "I have a dress for you."

"You do?"

The older girl nodded her head, slipping a ratty blue dress from under her bed and handing it the the blond. "I got four more if you need one. Ms. Higgins takes long with clothes."

Jennifer smiled gratefully to the brunette girl before slipping into the thin dress, waiting for her new friend to change into one of her own before wrapping her arms around her in a tight hug. "Thank you!"

Emily giggled into the younger girl's hair. "You're welcome." She looked over the blonde's shoulder and watched as the other girls began running around the room and making their beds, and she quickly pulled away from her friend. "We gotta hurry."

Jennifer frowned, watching as her friend shoved everything under her bed and quickly did her best to make her bed. "What's wrong?"

"Roll call. Make your bed!"

The blond quickly spun on her heels and threw her blanket over the pillow she hadn't used.

The girls of the Rowood Orphanage turned their heads and straightened their shoulders as the room door flew open, watching with fright as Ms. Higgins stepped in wearing some purple lingerie poorly hidden by the robe over it. "Good morning children."

"Good morning Ms. Higgins!"

Jessica Higgins wickedly smiled to the young children, walking through the maze of the beds to get to her favorite little children that lived with her. She gazed down to the ten year old before her, bending down to be at her level. "Good morning Miss Prentiss."

Emily did her best to subtly back away from the older woman. "Good morning Ms. Higgins."

The owner of the building scowled, picking up her hand and slapping the brunette girl firm across the cheek. "You look at me when you speak!"

Jennifer's jaw dropped, watching as her friend's eyes immediately filled with tears, her voice cracking as she let out a cry. She quickly pushed the woman away from her friend, angry tears rolling down her cheeks. "Get away from her!"

Ms. Higgins glared down to the pair of girls, watching as the blond kissed away Emily's tears. "Jennifer Jareau!"

"Don't you touch her!"

She felt her anger boil inside of her. Her hands hastily grabbed fistfuls of both girls' hair and pulled them along as she made her way out of the room and down the stairs, shoving both into her office. "Get up off the floor!"

Emily sniffled, helping her friend up off of the ground before bending down to wipe the dirt off of both of their knees.

"Now you two sit in here until its time for chores. You get no breakfast today."

Jennifer winced at the sound of the slam. "I'm sorry, Emily."

"Why?"

The blond shrugged her shoulders, sitting herself on the cold floor. "I got us in trouble."

Emily quickly shook her head, finding a spot next to the younger girl and grabbing onto her hand. "No you didn't. I don't get breakfast a lot. She doesn't really like me."

"Why not?"

Emily shrugged her shoulders before leaning forward to once again kiss the blonde's cheek. "You ok?"

Jennifer gently nodded her head.

The brunette's eyes sparkled when she saw the book she had dropped yesterday lying on the floor. She quickly scrambled across the floor to get it, turning back to her friend with a smile. "Want me to read for you?"

Jennifer felt herself smile before she nodded again.

Emily took the smaller girl into her hug before opening the book in her lap, her fingers running through her friend's golden hair.