A/n: just a quickie. This story…i'm not sure if i mentioned what the date was…or season this story is set in. But let's make it clear so i don't change it on you guys. April 25. And I'm giving Kaitlin a funny 3 week vacation from school…she apparently goes to a weird school in seattle haha. I didn't know how else to squeeze the vaca in there. And also..i'm not exactly sure that in real life, kids can switch schools as seniors this fast…but she is. So that's that, whether you like it or not. ;) but i hope you like it. 3 Also: Where are you (the first set of this series), took place 1 year after JJ gave birth to Henry. Then there was 1-2 years not written where Kaitlin was living with Emily. Then two years of a gap while kaitlin wasn't living with Emily anymore, and somewhere in the middle of those two years, was when 'Lauren' happened, and Emily started getting the strange calls and stuff from Doyle, and then she gets killed. And this is like 1 year and a half after that. Thought i'd clear all that up….just in case? :) thanks for reading!

p.s sorry that chapter 4 and 5 were the same…i uploaded the wrong one:)

Derek's POV

"What do you feel like eating?" I asked.

"I'm really not too hungry, after…" Kaitlin's voice trailed away as she thought back to Emily.

"Yeah, I know what you mean, kiddo. But you should eat something. And call your friend," I suggested.

"Yeah…I'll call her…" Kaitlin said quietly.

"Alright, and do you like burgers?" I asked.

"Yeah," She nodded.

"Alright, I know a place…" I said and let her call her friend.

"Tess?" Kaitlin asked.

"Yeah, hey. Where are you? I was worried," Tess said.

"I'm sorry Tess. I meant to call you. I'm with Derek," Kaitlin explained.

"Morgan? The FBI guy?" Tess asked, sounding excited, "The uh…am i on speaker phone?" She asked.

"Nope, you're good," Kaitlin said laughing.

"The super hot one?" Tess squealed.

"Hmm…well considering he's like my dad…I'm not gonna agree to that, but uh, Emily sure thought so," Kaitlin said laughing. Derek shuddered when he figured out what we were talking about.

"Ah. This is true. Oh so you're with the 'fam'?" Tess asked.

"Was. Now I'm gonna grab some dinner with Derek," Kaitlin explained.

"That's cool. How are they? How's Emily doing?" Tess asked.

"She's hum…she's dead, Tess," Kaitlin said very quickly.

"Aww, jesus, kid, I'm sorry," Tess apologized.

"Thanks, Tess. Listen I'm moving back home. I'm moving in with Derek," Kaitlin explained. We had planned for her to sleep over at Tess's tonight and then I'd pick her up and she could bring her stuff to my place. Then over the next week, we would head back to Seattle to grab her stuff from where she was staying.

"That's great, Kaitlin. Really good. So you gonna sleep here tonight?" Tesss asked.

"Yeah. Then Derek's gonna grab me and my stuff in the morning. Sound good?" Kaitlin asked.

"Yeah sounds good. I'll see you tonight, hon. Bye." Tess said and hung up.

Kaitlin's POV

"So everything all good?" Derek asked me.

"Yep. It's good." I said nodding. He pulled up to a nice burger joint. As I got out of the car, I felt the nice warm breeze. The sun was setting. It was just about 4:45pm.

We ordered two burgers, fries and drinks, and took them over to the field near the resteraunt. We sat on the hill in the nicely cut grass.

"So," I began, "What's new with everyone? How have you been? What's new with you?" I asked him.

"Well, my dog had two puppies. So now Penelope has a little puppy running around her apartment, and Hotch and Jack have one. Jack loves the puppy," He tol dme.

"Jack…how is he?" I asked remembering the cute little boy. Then I thought of Hotch…and what I had pretended to not hear him and JJ talking about. It was something about deciding when to tell me something…and getting over losing Emily. So obviously it was about Emily. I shook the feeling off.

"He's good. He'll be 11 in a couple weeks..he's in fifth grade now," Derek explained to me.

"That's great. And hum..JJ? Has she been able to spend more time with Henry? Or are the hours at the BAU still the same?" I said laughing.

"JJ…" Derek said sounding alittle surprised, "JJ didn't tell you?" He asked.

'Tell me…?" I was confused.

"She doesn't work at the BAU anymore, Kaitlin. She works at the Pentagon now." He explained. "It's a great job though," He added quickly, "And she gets great hours, so alot more time with Henry." He said.

"She quit?" I asked.

'No…" Derek said slowly.

"She was fired?" I asked.

"Well…transferred. You see, she had been getting the offer from the Pentagon and she kept turning it down, and she didn't tell Hotch about the offers. Then when Strauss found out, she confronted JJ and Hotch about it, and finally the Pentagon wasn't offering anymore, basically, they were telling her. And there was nothing Hotch could do about it, and Strauss, well you know Strauss..she'd lose her job if she did, and she's not gonna do that," Derek finished. There was silence. I didn't know what to say. After a moment I spoke up.

"So much has happened…since I left…JJ was transferred, Emily was…killed…You got a new agent…Jack and Henry grew up… I missed so much," I said sadly.

"You're here now, right?" He asked. I nodded. We finished eating. We drove in silence, pretty much, to tess's house, except for some small stuff here and there. When he pulled into the drive way, and gave him a big hug.

"Thanks for everything, Derek," I said.

"No problem kid. We missed you a lot," He said.

"I missed you too. What time are you gonna be here?" I asked.

"Ah…is 8:30am too early?" He asked.

"What time does Hotch get in? And uh…everyone else?" I asked.

"Hotch…7am tomorrow…everyone else, around 8:30…why?" He asked concerned.

"Hotch and I need to talk about something…privately…Could you come earlier then 8:30?" I asked.

"Yeah sure…7:15am?" He asked.

"Sounds great. Thank you," I said.

"What do you and Hotch need to talk about?" Derek asked, worriedly.

"It's…don't worry about it…I'm not exactly sure yet…either," I added.

"Alright…"Derek said unsure.

"Thanks for dinner, and for everything," I said and walked in the house.

Tess was waiting on the couch for me.

"Hey," She said hugging me.

"Hey," I said.

"You okay?" She asked.

"I'm just…really fucking confused…" i said laughing.

"And tired, probably," She said laughing with me.

"Yes. Definitely." I added.

"Well you're stuffs in my room. Take a shower or whatever and crash," Tess said.

"Alright, thanks, hon," I said and went to her room.

I sat on the floor next to my suitcase. What the hell was i getting myself into?