Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds nor it's characters. The only character I own is Hannah Prentiss.
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Chapter One: How It All Began
Emily Prentiss frowned as she made an attempt to become a little bit more comfortable as she sat on one of the cushions of her black sofa. She frowned even harder as she stared up at one of the high walls of her loft apartment and spotted the clock.
She was late. Well only by ten minutes, but still her little sister was late. Which rarely ever happened. Hannah Prentiss was never late to anything. Hannah had honestly never been late to anything in her entire life.
Hannah had always done everything early. She'd even graduated high school early. She was only sixteen years old and their mother had made her go to college early.
Emily couldn't help but to worry. She knew that Hannah wouldn't be late to something like this. It had been important to her that they get together tonight. It was supposed to be sort of a late celebration for her twenty third birthday.
They were planning on eating dinner watching a few movies and maybe playing board games like they'd done when they were kids.
Emily had missed her little sister's birthday because of a case and she'd promised that they would get together so she could make it up to her. She had even made her little sister's favorite meal shrimp and crab crepes with a side of ceaser salad.
She couldn't help but to feel a little bit hurt by this even though she knew that Hannah would never miss something like this on purpose. They'd always been so close.
She almost leaped out of her seat on the sofa as she heard her cell phone ringing. She thankfully made it over to her cell and picked it up not surprised to hear her sister's voice.
"I know Em I am so sorry, but something came up. I don't think I can make it tonight". Hannah stated apologetically.
Emily attempted to keep the disappointment out of her voice as she spoke up. "Oh okay is there something wrong"?
"No it's just work. Something came up". Hannah insisted hoping that she sounded believable.
Emily sighed as she heard this. She glanced over at the dinning room table frowning at the food that was probably beginning to get cold. "Okay I guess I can just put the food in the fridge. Maybe we can get together tomorrow then. Maybe for lunch".
"Yeah okay tomorrow. I better go these files aren't going to read themselves". Hannah stated knowing that she hated lying to her sister like this.
Emily sighed as she finally hung up her cell phone. She managed to toss it back in her purse before she made her way over to the table. She might as well put this all up until tomorrow.
Hannah Prentiss frowned as she hung up her cell phone. She shoved it back into her purse as she made an attempt to pay attention to the fact that she was driving at the moment.
She felt a small smile form on her face as she turned the corner and pulled up to his small rental house.
She couldn't help but to feel guilty that she had blown off plans with her sister just to spend the evening with him.
She wanted to tell Emily so badly, but they'd already agreed that when the time was right they would tell every one together including her big sister.
Their relationship had been a secret for months now and trying to keep it all a secret was growing old fast.
After all she was quite sure that a lot of women wouldn't enjoy having to keep their boyfriend that they completely and totally adored a complete and total secret. Having a mystery boyfriend wasn't as fun as some people would think.
She managed to put the car into park as she pulled down her sun visor and checked herself in the mirror.
She made an attempt to check her makeup thankful that she didn't seem to have any of her red lipstick on her teeth. She reached up and ran her fingers through her long dark hair hoping that it wasn't too horribly frizzy.
Her dark hair, her pale skin, and her brown eyes were probably the only three noticeable traits that Emily and she shared. Most people didn't even know that they were actually siblings until they heard that they shared the same last name.
Hannah had always tended to look a bit more like their father while Emily tended to resemble their mother.
She sighed as she managed to open her door and make her way out of her car making sure to grab her purse in the process. She smiled softly as she noticed Reid's car was parked in the driveway and the lights were already on inside. She knew he'd get here long before her.
Yes her mystery boyfriend that absolutely no one knew about was no one other than Dr. Spencer Reid. This was the exact reason that they hadn't told anyone about their relationship. She couldn't imagine how she was supposed to blurt that fact out to her sister.
What was she supposed to say: Hey Ems you know Spencer Reid right? Yeah your coworker, well he's my boyfriend we've been dating behind everyones backs for about three months now. Are you as surprised as we thought you'd be?
Yeah she would never have the nerve to blurt that out to her sister. It wasn't like she'd planned on this all happening.
It had all began exactly three months ago when she'd stared working at Quantico. She had gotten the job as a secretary in the same building as her older sister, thankfully without too many people knowing whom she was related too.
She hadn't wanted anyone to know that her big sister was in fact Emily Prentiss and their mother was Ambassador Elizabeth Prentiss. She didn't want anyone thinking that she had gotten the job because of whom she was related to.
Her job was a bit hard to explain. All she did all day was sit at a desk and proof read files for mistakes or anything else that didn't look quite right. So she was really just a proof reader slash secretary. It wasn't the best job in the entire world but it paid well.
The first time she'd met Reid was when she'd had to go up to the sixth floor and retrieve some sort of file that she had to look over. Her sister had been the one to introduce them as she'd introduced the entire team to her little sister.
To tell the truth she'd expected him to be a bit older considering he was a Dr. Reid not a Mr. Reid. She hadn't seen him again until about two weeks later.
It had been when she was leaving the cafeteria and he'd bumped into to her and made her drop her book. They had gotten into a conversation about the book and the fact that it had been made into a movie that was supposed to come out soon.
She had found out that it was one of his favorite books as well as hers. She had somehow worked up the nerve to ask him to go see the movie version of the book with her. He'd taken her offer though he'd seemed surprised that she wanted to go to the movies with him.
They had sort of formed a relationship after that one date and it had grown quite serious.
They had decided to wait to tell everyone at first. Mainly out fear that it would create a little bit of conflict considering they both worked in the same building and not to mention the fact that she was Emily's little sister.
It had been kind of fun at first. Having something that was so private that they could keep to themselves. It was exciting and it made their relationship even more exciting.
People were starting to get suspicious though. People in her office were starting to notice that Dr. Reid always brought his files to her and he spent quite a bit of time talking to her when he was at her desk.
Then there were the flowers that kept on getting sent to her. One dozen bright red roses that were never signed but she knew exactly whom they came from. Only Reid would be able to remember that red was her favorite color and that she loved roses.
His team was starting to get a little suspicious as well considering he always had plans for lunch. He also always seemed to receive mysterious text messages and the occasional call on his cell phone while he was gone on cases. Text messages and calls that he wouldn't ever talk about or mention whom they were from.
Morgan was the one that was starting to get extremely nosy about it all considering Reid seemed to avoid his attempts to get him out on the town. He was beginning to realize that Dr. Reid whom he had always assumed was completely unaware of the opposite sex, had a girlfriend. A girlfriend that he wanted to keep all to himself.
Emily had no idea she really didn't pay that much attention to Reid's behavior. She knew that her sister seemed to have some sort of secret admirer or something like that, but she'd never connected the two as anything more than friends.
Hannah locked her car and put her purse over her shoulder as she made her way to the front door. She rang the doorbell only once before it opened and she was embraced in a gentle hug by Reid.
"So you called your sister right"? He stated kissing her lips trying not too feel too guilty that she had missed plans with her sister just to spend time with him.
He had missed her twenty third birthday last week though because of a case and he wanted to make it up to her tonight.
He had made them dinner and rented some sci-fi movies that he knew they both liked.
She broke the kiss as she spoke up. "Yes I called her I'm going to meet up with her tomorrow for lunch. Oh and I got the flowers this afternoon thank you".
He smiled grateful that the flowers had made it on time. They hadn't been much just a small bouquet of red and pink roses with a card on them that stated: Sorry I missed your birthday.
He knew that people were getting suspicious about the fact that she kept getting flowers.
He had even heard some girls from her office gossiping and saying that she was sending the flowers to herself. He had almost burst out laughing when he'd heard it, but had decided to keep his giggles to himself considering he was standing in a line in the cafeteria when he'd heard this.
He kissed her once again before he pulled her into the house. He spoke up putting his arm around her as he led her to the kitchenette "Come on I made dinner".
She smiled following him hoping that he could make her forget the fact that she'd had to lie to her sister. Hopefully she wouldn't have to keep on lying for too long.