(Emily Prentiss x OC) WILL NEVER BE FINISHED

Back Again

TW: none :)
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I was never perfect, I just know what parts to hide, and what parts to show. It is a talent to put yourself together every morning and never get tired of it, I find solace in getting ready every morning, showering, doing my makeup, doing my hair, getting dressed, making breakfast drinking coffee. It's always been relaxing, today is not relaxing. Even though I have worked at the BAU for 3 years prior to leaving to work for the CIA a few months after Gideon left, it still is nerve racking going back. I have heard that Aaron Hotchner left and that Emily Prentiss took over as Unit Chief. I heard David Rossi took Gideon's spot, he is iconic with how many people he put away along with the books he wrote, I have copies of all of his books and read all of them. So I wont only be meeting one new person but having to learn their name and get to know them. I have always sucked at learning names. Unlike Boy-wonder, aka Spencer Reid, I don't have an eidetic memory, although we have a lot in common, that is not one of them.

I don't think I have slept one ounce of sleep because of how excited and nervous I am with coming back. I don't even know if I will have the same desk, I'm going to have to say, with Gideon gone I don't know how I will be able to fully come back and not feel like something is missing. I guess I will get used to him being gone but at the same time he was like a father to Pen (Spencer) and I. He was always making sure we were comfortable since we had joined the team so young, he mentored us and took us under his wing. I was only 20 when I joined the team, but it was definitely a fast paced environment and Gideon was one of the reasons I made it through when I interned there for 2 years during my intro classes for the BAU.

I finally decided on what to wear after about 2 hours of overthinking. I started getting ready about 3 hours early so that if I ran into a problem like this I was able to have time. I decided on a white long sleeve turtle neck and a light brown pleated skirt and my think tights underneath, along with a dark evergreen cardigan to go with it. I put on my short black heeled boots. Giving I am only 5'1 I need all the height I can get and with these I am about 5'4 I'd say. I had curled my hair earlier which has loosened a little but not enough so I brush through my long dark brown almost black hair. I then put on my necklace that my Abuela and Mama gave me, the chain gold and has a ring with a crescent moon on it, it was one of the only things she brought from Mexico, it has been passed down from mother to daughter, every generation. My Abuela and Mama gave it to me at my Quinceanera, I have been waiting for so long to wear the ring. I never knew why they never wore it as an actual ring rather than on a gold chain but when I asked they said they would explain once I am older, I guess I just never asked.

I finished putting in gold earrings that went up the sides of my ears on both sides, then put on a couple of rings and bracelets. I grabbed my glasses, book bag, my office boxes, and my go bag and left my apartment. Maya and Luna will be ok on their own for a while, with their litter boxes cleaned last night and their food tanks being filled that automatically refill their bowls, they will be set. They are extremely spoiled but I don't ever spend money on myself, so I take it out on my cats.

I start my car and get my playlist ready for the car ride to work, I only like 15 minutes away which is nice, but the rate im going at ill be at least 30 minutes early so I decided to stop at my favorite coffee shop that Garcia took me to once and got me addicted. I order a toasted vanilla oat milk shaken espresso to go and head on to work. I do still need to talk to Hotch about where my stuff will go, the desk, etc. Once I pull into the building I only grab my book bag and coffee and decide I'll bring everything else up with Derek once I figure out where my desk is.

By the time I open the glass door to the BAU I am about toppled over by Garcia and Pen rushing at me to give me hugs, I swear I almost spilled my coffee which would have put me in a horrible horrible mood.