She kept staring at the pictures on her desk. It will be over soon she kept repeating in her head. This is what you get when you turn your back on the life you once had. You make a change for you and all those who knew you now want you dead it's no different than leaving the underground. With that she sighed out loud "except its more lonely." She had been trapped in the BAU for two weeks already. With everyone just getting back from a case they had all rushed home. She remembered a time when they would all rush out for drinks but now everyone had a family to get to. Bossman had always had Jack so that wasn't much of a change. JJ still went out even when she had henry. Tonight she was home with him and Will. Rossi had a new daughter to spend his time with which left very little time left for his favorite kitten. Reid was going to some new sci-fi movie which he usually would have invited her to except she is on BAU lockdown. Even Derek was too busy to spend time with her. She couldn't blame him who would want to hang out at work when he had a hot girlfriend at home.

She decided she couldn't stay sitting anymore her computers were busy running their searches but she needed to move. She decided to look around the BAU. First on her stop was JJ's desk. Sitting proudly front and center was a picture of her boys. Next to it was a picture of JJ, Emily and her taken while at the wedding. JJ was always nice and tidy so nothing other than files was left on the desk. After straitening JJ's pictures she decided to move on.

Next on her stop was Reid's desk. She had to smile when she seen how messy he was. For a genius he really was sloppy. Case files were spread across the top. Random notes stuck on post its covering one side. The only picture that was on his desk was a single shot of his mother. She stopped to stare at that for a minute. Reid had been acting really weird lately talking about doctors and genes. She was wondering if he was starting to worry about his following his mother's more the closer he gets to the age it kicked in. She decided to leave a little note for him to find. Picking up the brightest sticky note he had she wrote "Life without fear is a life not lived." She stuck this the inside of his laptop on his desk.

She made her way to Dereks office. Flicking on the light she swallowed a flash of pain. They had been drifting apart lately and she wasn't entirely sure why. Stepping around his desk her hurt just grew where there used to be pictures of her and him as well as pictures of him and savanna now just stood pictures of him and savanna and ones just of savanna. Opening his draw expecting to find her little fun draw she cried when she found a draw full of files. Deciding she couldn't take any more of his office she left with a new purpose in her stride.

Making her way to Rossi's she thought about how much the team had changed over the past few months. Have they really changed that much? Sadly the changed she most noticed looking back was a change in her part of the team. They still talked and laughed like the team she knew but for some reason she was becoming less and less a part of it all. Opening Rossi's office door she went straight for his top cabinet. She wasn't much for scotch but what do you do when you realize how alone you really are. Sitting down in his chair she started to make a plan. After drinking two glasses she got up and headed out of the office.

She stood in front of his door debating her next move she normally wouldn't go into his office unless called to it. Throwing back another drink of scotch she opened the door and marched to his desk. Sitting at his desk made her smile for as much as Hotch was a strict nonemotion leader he was a loving dad. All around his desk were pictures of Jack and drawings he did. Looking at the clock she realized how much time had gone by hotch would be in in about an hour and she had a lot of work to do. She pulled a piece of paper from his letter box and began to writing. She expected a few tears to fall as she was writing but shocking even herself all she felt was relief. Tucking the letter into his top draw she got up and left the office.

Walking back to her office she was remembering all the good times and the bad shared in these walls. Thinking about all the people who had come and gone and all those who remained. She was thinking about all the friends and family she had found here. Turning to look out over the BAU she knew she was making the right choice. After all there comes a time and a season for everything.