A/N – I know that people are waiting for the team to appear well they do in this chapter, as for Milly you may have to wait a little longer, I don't want to rush the story, give the game away too quickly that's not really my writing style! On the up side I have just finished writing chapter 8 and sketched out chapters 9 & 10 so there is a definite story line and one that will be kept to. Thanks to everyone who is alerting and reviewing this story I hope that you are not disappointed...

Chapter 5 –

Tuesday 8th November 2011

Emily chucked another completed file onto the tray on the edge of her desk, but she had misjudged the distance and the power she had used as it skidded off the top and went crashing to the floor.

"Great."

Emily muttered under her breath as she pushed her chair back and walked around her desk, bending to pick the file up, her mind elsewhere as she suddenly realised that the file was no longer there.

"You looking for this?"

JJ smiled warmly as Emily pulled herself upright and felt her cheeks redden slightly.

"Oh yes, thanks."

"You certainly got some power on it!"

"Hmm yes, sorry about that."

Emily reached out and took the file, quickly placing it in the right position before she went to turn to walk back to her desk but she stopped as she felt a hand on her elbow.

"Emily?"

"Jen."

"Is everything ok? You seem, I don't know, quiet."

Emily smiled, she knew how hard it was to hide secrets from this team of profilers.

"Fine, I'm just a little tired, Sergio brought in a mouse early this morning."

"Eww and I thought that being woken up by Henry was bad!"

Emily managed a light laugh as JJ rubbed her elbow.

"Well I'd better get back to my mini mountain of paperwork."

"Ok Em but if you want a break to grab a coffee or something then you know where I am."

"Thanks Jen."

Emily smiled as she turned and walked back to her desk, getting her mind firmly on work as she picked up yet another file.

Wednesday 9th November 2011

Emily was stood at the break area, making her, actually she had lost count of the amount, yet another cup of coffee, lost in thoughts about nothing in particular. But then Emily's cell beeped loudly, causing her to fumble horribly.

"Oh crap!"

The coffee went everywhere except for in the mug as Emily put the pot down and reached for her cell with her right hand and paper towels with her left, concentrating on the mess she had created rather than the message she had received. But then her eyes caught sight of the photo in the message and she immediately dropped the paper towels and clasped her cell with both hands.

"Emily?"

Emily heard the male voice but didn't respond as she was still staring hard at the photo as a pair of hands reached around and started to clear the rest of the spillage up. It wasn't until Emily let out a breath, the photo of the injured female was not Milly, that she noticed the person standing next to her.

"Oh sorry Dave, I've made a bit of a mess."

"Is everything ok?"

Dave spoke quietly as he turned to face his friend, he knew that she had taken some time off unexpectedly last week and had obviously just received some news that wasn't good.

"Oh yeah, just a friend having a bit of trouble and I'm trying to help her out."

Emily smiled as she quickly closed the message and put her cell away.

"Anything I can help with?"

"No, no I'm good thanks."

"Well if it changes you know where I am."

"Thanks Dave, will do."

Emily smiled once again as she picked up her coffee and walked back to her desk, mentally counting down the hours until she could return to Dallas and praying that the team wouldn't get called away on a case.

Friday 11th November 2011

Emily shut her eyes and a said a silent 'thanks', it was nearing the end of the week and soon she would be able to escape. Earlier in the day Emily had received an email from her mother, she had booked Emily on a flight leaving Dulles at 6:05pm, which was great news and Emily knew that she had enough clothes in her go bag to see her through the weekend.

"Hey Em."

Emily quickly opened her eyes and looked startled at JJ who was sat, perched on, the edge of her desk.

"Oh hi JJ."

"You look like you need to get out, Garcia Morgan and I are all going out for a few drinks straight after work, why don't you join us?"

"Sorry I've already got plans, I need to leave as soon as possible."

Emily gave a faint smile as she looked up at the clock, knowing that any minute now it would be safe enough for her to leave.

"Oh, ok."

JJ frowned as she got up off the desk and stood in front of Emily.

"You'd tell me if something was wrong?"

"Of course Jen, it's just a family thing, you know what my mother is like!"

Emily forced the laughter out of her mouth and could see that her blonde friend was not convinced.

12:18am Saturday 12th November 2011

Emily had been sat in the diner since 11:45, waiting impatiently for Sally, she was now on her second cup of coffee and now had a plate of pancakes sitting in front of her. As soon as Emily had landed at Dallas she had sent a text message to Sally and they had agreed to meet in the diner but because of the nature of her work there was no definitive time. Emily sighed as she picked up a small piece of pancake and chewed it thoughtfully, she had spent the early part of the evening ringing around the hospitals and morgue again but luckily she had drawn a blank.

"Well hello there sugar."

Sally beamed as she slid into the booth and sat opposite Emily, quickly eyeing the pancakes.

"Here you have them, I'm not hungry anyway."

Emily smiled as she pushed the plate across and signalled to the waitress to bring another cup of coffee over.

"Thanks."

Sally smiled as she quickly tucked into the plate of food.

"Busy night?"

Emily waited until the waitress had left them alone before she asked the question.

"Can't complain sugar, how about you?"

"Well it's been kind of quiet, I made myself busy making some phone calls."

Sally nodded her head as she reached down and rummaged around in her small clutch bag before she brought up a crumpled piece of paper.

"Here this might help you."

Emily frowned but gratefully accepted it and unfolded it to reveal a list of websites and addresses.

"It's all I could get this week but I've got a few more people to speak to."

"It's great Sally, thank you."

"Not a problem sugar."

Sally smiled as she finished her coffee and went to stand up, Emily quickly followed suit, the two of them walking silently until they were outside the diner.

"Well I'd better get back to work but you've got my number sugar."

"Thank you Sally, take care out there."

Emily smiled as she passed several notes to Sally who nodded and accepted the cash before she bent across and kissed Emily on the cheek.

"I always do sugar."