Who Said Emily Prentiss

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Summary: A little glimpse into the early life of Emily and Alison Prentiss.

Timeline: The Past

A/N: So yeah we know Emily was born in 1970 and Hotch in the 1960's but for the sake of the story they'll both be the same age so disregard their canon rule.

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"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." Graham Greene

Ambassador Elizabeth Prentiss looked down at her identical twin daughters, Emily and Alison and sighed as she saw the eleven year old twins boarded the Virginia trolley streetcar.

"Emily, Alison" Elizabeth said watching both brunettes look up at her "Behave for Rose and your Grandmother, understand?"

"Yes, Mother" both girls answered in unison.

"You'll only be staying with your Grandmother for the weekend while your father and I make the political circuits" Elizabeth reminded "Now come kiss Mother goodbye."

Emily looked over to see Alison roll her eyes as she went over and kissed their mother's cheek.

"Emily?" Elizabeth asked seeing her other daughter's hesitation "Come on."

Emily went over and pecked her mother's cheek then returned to Alison and their Nanny Rose's side.

"I'll take good care of them, Ambassador" Rose said.

Standing up straight, Elizabeth stated "I know."

The three girls watched as Elizabeth got into the back of the limo and wave goodbye.

"Thank God" Emily said as she watched her mother drive away.

"Gee, that sounds like you miss her" Alison teased her sister as they awaited the streetcar to start.

"So, what sounds like a fun thing to do when we get to your Grandmother's?" Rose asked looking at the map for their final destination.

Both brunette look over at Rose laughing "There is nothing fun to do at Grandmother's" Alison said "Tell her, Emmy."

Rolling her eyes at the nickname, Emily turned to their nanny, "Grandmother is like Mother times ten."

Rose's eyes widened at that, "Sorry to hear that. Well we can have fun. We can go to the zoo, or the carnival we saw the sign for..."

"Can we go to the movies?" Emily asked "They're replaying Star Wars."

Both Alison and Rose flashed her a horrified look as they took their seats on the streetcar.

Sighing at the idea of missing out on one of her favorite space adventure film, Emily listened in on how Rose planned the carnival trip and horse riding they'd do at their Grandmother's.

Looking up as a woman with a young black haired boy of maybe twelve or thirteen hopped on with a small blonde headed toddler as the streetcar started it's descent.

"Aaron, find us a seat" the woman said glancing past the twins with the young red headed nanny.

"Found one" Aaron said sitting across from Emily.

"Shh, Sean" the woman murmured comforting the fussy toddler.

Aaron looked over in Emily's direction seeing her stare at him, he just gave her a piercing gaze trying to intimidate the young girl from staring at him.

"What is wrong with that boy?" Alison whispered to Emily and Rose.

"I don't know but it's not polite to stare" Rose whispered to Alison then turned to look at Emily "Don't stare Emily."

"Why?" Emily asked, narrowing her dark brown eyes on the boy "I'm not going to let him win."

"Huh?" Alison asked confused "What do you mean win?"

"He thinks he can intimidate me with a look" Emily whispered still staring at Aaron "He's wrong."

Aaron's mother turned her attention from her baby to her son and saw him staring at the little brunette.

"Aaron, it's not polite to stare" the woman said.

"She was staring at me first" Aaron replied keeping his gaze on the brunette.

"Aaron" the woman said warningly "Knock it off."

Aaron huffed out a sigh and tore his eyes away from the little brunette who annoyed him with a smirk.

"Rose?" Emily asked "Can I have my book?"

Rose pulled Emily's books, and said "Which one?"

Emily grabbed the Slaughterhouse-Five, while Alison said, "Do you have to read that here?"

"Shut up" Emily said opening her book, the streetcar made an abrupt stop causing Emily to fall forward in the middle of the streetcar with her book flying out of her hand.

"Emily" Alison called out being held tight by Rose "Are you ok?"

"Fine" Emily said searching for her book "Where the fu.."

"Emily" Rose said warningly at her.

"Heck is my book?" Emily asked searching at the under seat where Aaron and his family sat.

Aaron peered down seeing the book, he leaned down and picked up the book as he got out of the seat offering it to the little brunette who flashed him a bright smile.

"Thank you" Emily said.

"You're welcome." Aaron replied back smiling, his dimples making an appearance.

As the trolley came to a stop, Rose looked up at the street sign "Emily, come along. This is our stop."

"Bye" Emily said smiling back at the boy as she grabbed her bags and walked over to Alison and Rose.

"Goodbye" Aaron said watching the brunette, her sister and the nanny.

"Emmy's got a boyfriend, Emmy's got a boyfriend" Alison teasingly chanted.

"Shut up" Emily muttered, looking over her shoulder at Aaron as she climbed off the streetcar.

"Aaron" the woman said, "Pick your jaw up off the floor and sit down."

Aaron sat back down watching the little girl go into the back of an expensive looking car with the others.

"Emily?" Hotch called out walking into the bedroom "Emily? Earth to Emily, come in Emily?"

Looking up from her picture, "Hmm?"

"What has do you got there?" Hotch asked walking over to the couch sitting next to Emily as he placed her legs in his lap.

Looking down at the photo album in her lap, "Oh, old family photos."

"Oh, let me see" Hotch asked taking the album from her lap "Now which twin is this and were was this taken?"

Hotch held up a photo of Ambassador Prentiss, her mother and the back of either Emily or Alison.

"That's Ali" Emily said "And that was the summer of 1982. Mother shipped us and our nanny off for a weekend to go campaigning."

"Oh" Hotch said knowing how the Ambassador was, he peered closely at the photo shaking his head.

"What?" Emily asked seeing the action.

"Just thought..." Hotch said "Nah never mind, I thought I was remembering something but it couldn't be."

"Now really," Emily asked confused "What?"

"Just remembering a little girl from my childhood who at first annoyed me then dazzled me." Hotch said.

Emily raised her eyebrow at that, "Ah a first crush, huh?"

Smirking at Emily, "Something like that. But I got you and that's all that matters."

Looking over at Hotch, Emily smiled and said "Good to hear that."

Hotch kissed her forehead as she placed the picture back in her album placing it on her coffee table and wondered whatever happened to the weird little boy during her summertime arrival at her Grandmother's.

Shrugging her shoulders at that, she turned her attention to Hotch who made a trail of kisses down her neck.

"In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In our memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in." Robert Brault

To Be Continued...

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