The wrong choice | Emily Prentiss

8. Dark red

- Emily Prentiss

We had no cases for the rest of the week. It was an absolute relief. I'm sure there was a few cases that jj debated going to however they obviously didn't need the fbi there. Everything had been normal this past week. I say had because today something had changed. The moment I walked into the unit something was off. I scanned everyone's faces, they were all happy. My eyes then trailed to her office. She was the reason. I wanted to go and talk to her but Jj put a hand out to stop me.

"I wouldn't try right now, we all tried. She politely kicked us out. She'll come find you when she's ready em. I'm sure if it" her words brought me comfort. Atleast knowing other people had tried to get her to talk made me feel better. Knowing it was just a reports day I felt more relaxed. I had completed the reports in cases I needed to do, knowing hotch he would send me something to do when he realised i hadn't done anything. I was right, when he went to fill up his coffee he passed by my desk.

"You have nothing to do?" He questioned

"Nope! Please could you send me something. It's quite boring" I replied, he nodded his head before making his way over to the kitchen. My eyes returned to her office, she was now pacing. This time she was on the phone. What was going on? She had been in the office for two hours now.

When hotch passed by me he placed a note on my desk.

'She's okay, someone she used to know has called her.'

I looked up at him, he turned to face me from the stairs, when I nodded he gave a tight smile, that's when I noticed the two mugs in his hands, he went into his office placing his down before walking into hers. We all looked up to her office when the door was shut, our eyes lingered through the windows, that's when he shut the blinds. Okay. What the fuck was going on.

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- Felicity jones

I was at the office earlier than usual, I hadn't got anything to report on, all my work was completed. It's a shock to think that. In a job like ours. As I walked up the stairs I popped my head into Aaron's office. Of course he was here before me. When I opened the door he looked up and smiled.

"Morning felicity" his eyes had a glimmer to them. Since when was Aaron Hotchner happy.

"You and haley slept together" I absolutely hated myself the moment the words slipped out. I watched as his jaw dropped.

"Is that anyway you speak to your boss" he scolded. His short anger quickly turned into a chuckle when he noticed my shocked face.

"No but it's how I speak to my friends. I'm sorry Aaron about that. It's just because you're unusually happy and well, you have the after sex glimmer to your eyes." There she goes again. Word vomit

"Oh. I didn't know that was a thing, well if you're interested. Me and haley did not complete any extracurricular activities last night, we just sat and watched some movies with jack" that smile was back. His eyes stared into hers as he smiled.

"That sounds like a lovely night Aaron. But I'm sorry to say this, but why are you so happy." I blurted out. His eyes scanned over me, before finally meeting mine again.

"I don't know, I just had a good feeling about today." With that answer felicity was stumped, so she just nodded and walked out, once I was sat at my desk I pulled out some paper, I had nothing to do so why not make paper swans.