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Chapter 11 – Don't Let Me Go

"Yes," Emily replied before she paid the cab driver and told Carina to get out of the car. "We'll see you there," Emily explained before she hung up her phone and took Carina's arm and began to run.

"How are your running skills?"

"Not bad, yours?" Carina asked with a smile before they continued to run down the main street. "what's this about?"

"Garcia did something to the system; we have ten minutes to get there." Emily explained before they turned to their right.

Derrick hung up his phone and turned to Garcia and JJ. "They're on their way." Garcia unplugged her laptop and walked out the back to sneak it back into her car as JJ told Derrick to stay here until the lights turned on so he could claim the glory for fixing a problem that never truly existed. He nodded his head in agreement before she slipped away to talk to Will and comfort Henry who was scared about where his mummy was.

"Well how is this for a warm up?" Emily asked with a smile making Carina laugh.

"Better than what anyone else would have been through," Carina joked before they turned to their left again. "Not far now, one more right and it's on the left," Emily explained as Carina picked up the pace.

Derrick looked to his watch, its hands glowing in the dark to help him know the time. "10:05am, come on Em hurry up." He mumbled to himself.

Emily and Carina turned right and then saw the car park on the left. More and more people were beginning to return to the hall because the twenty minutes Derrick announced was almost up. Instead of running Carina and Emily walked to the building. Carina found the woman that she needed to talk to and said that she was stuck in the bathroom so that's why she couldn't sign in. The woman understood fully as they were escorted inside.

Derrick waited as the time finished. At exactly 10:10am Garcia, JJ, Will and Henry were all sitting inside their seats. Derrick stood on the stage and the lights inside the large hall illuminated. Derrick looked over the crowd to see Emily and Carina standing in the centre of the aisle. Emily gave Carina a hug before she took a seat next to Garcia. Derrick smiling before he made his way in front of Prentiss and toward his previous seat next to will. "Real smooth Prentiss," he smiled as he moved past her legs and down the aisle. Waiting and watching nervous teenage performers from all parts of the city performed. From a boy who played guitar to a girl who played the violin. It continued until it was Carina's turn to shine.

"Our next performer is Carina Prentiss who will perform the song Never Say Never by The Fray," the commentator began. Emily looked to Carina as she took her seat at the piano. "Before I start this song," she began. "I would like to thank someone who has been extremely important in my life this last year. Emily, you never gave up on me, you never let me fall and you never said never. This song is for you." Carina smiled before she placed her hands on the piano and her mouth near the microphone. "Some things we don't talk about, better do without, just hold a smile. Falling in and out of love the same damn problem, together all the while," Carina paused as Emily held Garcia's hand on her shoulder.

"You can never say never, why we don't know when, time and time again, younger now then we were before, don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go." JJ watched as Henry smiled at the song before she looked into Will's sweet eyes as he smiled. "Picture, you're the queen of everything, as far as the eye can see, under your command, I will be your guardian, when all is crumbling, steady your hand," Emily remembered when she steadied Carina's hand inside the car, when she said she would be her guardian, when she promised to help her get through the trauma of what happened. "Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go," Carina finished ending on a high piano note before standing and bowing to the crowd. Emily stood followed by Garcia, JJ, Will and Derrick, each of them clapping as loud as the crowd around them. Carina smiled before she bowed again and then looked to Emily with a huge smile. "There's my girl," Emily sighed.

After all of the performances were over Carina came in at second place, the girl with the violin as first and another singer coming in as third. Carina didn't care about what she got and neither did Emily. Both of them knew the true purpose of the competition, to help her heal; to help her break free and be herself again. The crowd began to disperse but not before Carina ran down from the stage and hugged Emily so tight she couldn't breathe. Carina let her go before she hugged and thanked Garcia, JJ, Will and Derrick and introduced herself to Henry. Derrick decided to leave with Garcia and, because he had one of the BAU's vehicles, he gave the keys to Prentiss so they could get home without all the drama that happened before. After all of their friends left Emily and Carina walked to the car, both of them happy and with an arm around each other. "So," Emily began. "Carina Prentiss huh?"

"Oh yeah about that,"

"It's okay," Emily smiled. "Has a better sound to it don't you think?"

"I didn't want to get rid of my family name. I just need to start a fresh." Carina replied. "Thank you Em for everything."

"It was all my pleasure," Emily replied before she opened the driver side of the car as Carina moved to her own side. Carina smiled as she sat next to Emily in the car. Shebucked her seatbelt and waited for the car to start when Em turned to face her. "You ready to go home?" Carina looking up to her guardians dark eyes before she smiled again, "ready." Emily grinned before she started the ignition and they began to drive home. The future looked bright, their smiles were wide and their hope was endless.

Mother Teresa once said "Intense love does not measure; it just gives."

THE END

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