Hi Everybody, this is my first fanfiction EVER although I have done quite a large amount of reading other posts! I am a huge criminal minds fan, and especially that of Emily's. But anyway, I hope you all like it! Please leave a review so I can improve on my next story! Also, I'm sorry for any inaccuracies with the information, but some things I just had to make up! And Lets just say Prentiss is 39 during this story, I don't actually know how old she is supposed to be in the series.

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Emily quickly walked down the driveway toward Agent David Rossi's doorstep. After five weeks spent in London, she was desperate to see her team again. Despite the too-short visit from Garcia and Morgan, it had been entirely too long since she had last seen her BAU family. Emily hurried up the stairs, and knocked twice on the unnecessarily large oak front door, barely containing her excitement.

"Prentiss!" She was met with the unusually happy face of Agent Hotchner greeting her at the door.

"Hotch!" she exclaimed, being met with a friendly hug from her former supervisor.

Wow. This is strange. He must really be in a good mood to be giving hugs!

"It's so good to see you! How have you been?"

"I'm doing just fine, Emily. Everybody else is in the kitchen, if you come this way."

Eagerly removing her coat and shoes, she followed Hotch as they made their way through the wide hallway towards the sounds of laughter in the approaching room. Although it hadn't been the longest time since she had seen her friends, she was always excited to see them. But, thinking it might be a little strange meeting her replacement for the first time, she tapped Hotch and the shoulder to get his attention.

"What is it?" he replied, spinning around to face her just before they reached the open doorway.

"Well, I was just thinking, the new agent who replaced me is here too right? What do you guys think of her? Is she nice?"

Immediately picking up on the underlying yet well hidden nervousness to her words, Hotch's usually stoic face immediately softened.

"Yes," Hotch said with a small curve of his upper lip, "she is just fine. Everybody is getting along quite well with Agent Blake, and so far she has made quite the addition to the team. I think you two will get along nicely, don't worry Prentiss."

"Okay, thanks Hotch." She said, silently cursing herself for letting him read her so easily.

God Emily, you're not made of stone for gods sake, just let people read you for once! Her subconscious immediately shot back at her as she rolled her eyes to herself and followed him the final few footsteps into the kitchen.

"Emily!" Exclaimed JJ with a full-blown grin as she caught sight of the brunette walking into the room. JJ's loud outburst quickly got the attention of the rest of the team, and several heads turned towards the doorway including that of Agent Alex Blake. As Reid, Rossi, Morgan, and JJ made their way to the pair standing on the doorway, Emily immediately stopped in her tracks. Staring at the face of the so called 'Agent Blake' she gasped and dropped the expensive bottle of wine she had brought from London to share with her friends, not even hearing it shatter on the tile floor with a loud crash.

Confused as to what could have happed to make her drop the wine so easily, Emily's former coworkers looked up at her with surprise. Seeing the blank and confused expression on her face, they realized that she was strangely staring at their newest member of the team. Hotch quickly took control of the situation and started to speak up, so that he could introduce the two agents.

"Emily, this is….." But, when he looked up towards Blake, he, as well as the rest of the team, saw that Blake carried an expression exactly matching that of Prentiss'. Now, completely bewildered, the team repeatedly looked back and forth between the two, soundlessly asking themselves what the HELL was going on.

"Lexi?" Prentiss' voice rang out through the dead silent air.

"Amelia? Is that you?" Agent Blake responded in a timid voice that none of the team had heard before, being used to seeing the overly self-confidant agent.

"Oh my god. Oh my god. Is that really you? It can't be! What…. how…?" Emily quietly said as she slowly crossed the room towards the other agent.

Barely able to breath, Agent Blake stood perfectly still in the middle of the room, petrified from bewilderment.

"Is this really happening? I can't believe you are here! Is this…are you..?" Alex trailed off unsure of how to finish her sentence. There was so much she needed to say to the women standing across from her, but she had to make sure that she was staring at the right person, or worse, that she wasn't just dreaming.

Standing across from her, on the other hand, there was no doubt in Emily's mind that the woman she was looking at was the same girl she had known so many years ago, and had become so close with despite only knowing her for a few days. There were so many things she had to say to her, to express to her, so many years to catch up on. But, before she had time to say any of these things out loud, she was met with the body of her long time friend crashing into her forcefully as she flung herself into Emily's arms.