For the first time in a while, Del had a sweet dream.

"Happy Birthday!"

Del stood in Noah Gray's kitchen with a cake decorated with Star Wars figurines. She smiled and blew out the candle.

She cut the cake in two big pieces, and sat on the sofa, waiting for Noah to insert the movie disc.

Noah walked into the room with a present. He smiled, and set it down on the table.

"Happy Birthday." Del smiled, and opened the present; a Star Wars themed composition book with a matching pen.

Del grinned, and hugged Noah. "Thank you, so much!" Noah nodded, and started the movie.

Del curled up in a green blanket, and finished her cake.

When the movie ended, she looked over to the clock; 12:30am. She groaned, and looked over at a sleeping Noah. She pulled a blanket over him, and cleaned up the mess.

She quietly left, and walked over to her house. She prayed that her parents were asleep.

When she opened the door, her father was passed out on the kitchen floor, and her mother on the couch, drinking huge bottle of bourbon.

She tip-toed to her room, and smiled when she saw that Cepter hadn't left his spot. She had taken a small piece of left-over cake, and planned to give it to him.

She took out the composition book, and started to draw in it.

Del had slept in, so Spencer was ready, and making breakfast.

He let her sleep in since this was the first time she hadn't woken up with a nightmare.

When Del and Spencer arrived at the apartment the apartment the other day, he told her that she would only be able to have her phone when she was at school and that he would take it from her when she got home. She would also have no part with the case; he was somewhat glad that he now had a reason to ban her from the case.

Del wasn't really upset that she would lose her phone, but she worried that she couldn't be apart of the case. She didn't really believe what Noah said, but she wanted to make sure he was lying. He was still her best friend, and after everything he had done for her, she figured she owed it to him to look into it. But since she was banned from the case, she couldn't investigate further.

Del was going back to school, and she wasn't exactly ecstatic to see what injuries she would have to indure from the painful person named Sara. Sara was the same girl that slapped Del, and was also the same person that Del punched.

Del entered the dining room, and sat down. She was feeling light-headed, and figured that she should allow herself to eat an eggwhite.

"Good morning." Del nodded, and ate it quickly. When she stood, she instantly felt the weight that she had gained. She mentally cursed herself, and put on her shoes.

Spencer handed Del her phone, and said, "Only in case of an emergency. No texting friends, or calling." Del nodded.

The duo left the apartment, and drove to the school. On the way there, Del asked, "When are you going to call Elliot in?" Spencer sighed.

"I told you that you aren't allowed to be apart of this case until I think you are responsible enough to access your phone whenever you please and be able to concentrate on your studies along with cases." Del frowned. Del was used to being independent, and not having to report her whereabouts to others.

When they pulled into the car pool line, Del hopped out, and went into the building.

When Spencer arrived at the station, the team was getting ready for the meeting, and researching information.

JJ walked up to Spencer and asked, "What happened?" Spencer nodded. "No phone except during school, and no involvement in cases." JJ frowned.

"That's a punishment?" Spencer sighed. "She doesn't have anything that she really enjoys doing. She likes to read, but I can't ban her from reading. She just isn't... attached to anything." JJ sighed.

"Give her time. Pretty soon, she will be using all of her time texting, and sneaking out to go to senior parties. Don't worry, she's just adjusting to her new lifestyle. Based upon her situation before she moved here, she was probably used to being independent. She'll come around, just wait until she has time to cope." Spencer nodded.

"You're correct." Hotch called everyone to the conference room.

Everyone sat down, and looked at the screen. "There's a new victim. Her name is Sara McMillan. She is fifteen, and is a sophomore at Middleton High School."

Spencer read over the profile, and said, "It seems like there's a new victim every day. They're never murdered, and not given Zolpidem, also called a 'date rape drug.' The unsub seems somewhat experienced to commit the crime in a timely manner, without leaving any trace of who he is. He doesn't have a mask to cover his face from the victim seeing him. It's almost like he wants us to find him."

The team remained silent until Emily said, "If he wants us to find him, he would be leaving a trail on which we can follow. If he truly wanted us to find him, he wouldn't be hiding."

Everything clicked in Spencer's mind. "He wants us to find him, but not right now. He's keeping us at bay until he has time to orchestrate the perfect reveal."

Del entered Ancient Cultures, and sat down next to Kassie.

They continued with the lesson, and were given quizzes back. Kassie and Del scored a 100, while only a few others made an A.

After class ended, they went to ELA, and were given an essay.

Del started on it, but was hit with a paper airplane from behind. She looked over to see the source, and saw that it was from Nathan, the tormenting senior. Del opened the paper airplane, and revealed:

You mess with Sara, you mess with me.

Del's eyes widened, and shoved the paper in her bag. She was afraid of what he might do to her during lunch. She quickly finished the essay, and handed it to the teacher. She was allowed to leave since she had finished her paper, and went to the library.

She read for a few minutes until Kassie approached her.

"Hey, Del! What you did to Sara was bada**." Kassie laughed and checked the clock, "We're gonna be late for math if you don't hurry up." Del smiled, and put up the book she was reading.

They made there way to math, and got there before the bell rung.

She was given a pop test, and finished it pretty fast. She decided to stay in the classroom, and wait for Kassie. Kassie finished a little after Del, and went to lunch. They stood in line, waiting to get their food.

Kassie turned to Del and said, "I can't believe you've already been suspended. I have to say, you've broken my record." Del smiled at how rebelious Kassie was. "What did your parents lay on you? No phone, no computer, no television? The normal punishment?"

Del nodded, "No phone until I prove that I can be responsible. I'm just allowed to have it when I go to school." Kassie pouted.

"Damn, you have it good. 'Last time was grounded, no phone, TV, computer, for two months." Del pondered.

"What'd you do?" Kassie snickered. "I put a car in the school's pool." Del's eyes widened.

After they paid for their food, they sat down at an empty table.

Del felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, and took it out. She received a text message; from Noah.

FROM: N. G.
TO: Del

Meet me the same park 8.

Del was paralyzed. She knew who it was from, but couldn't bring herself to reply. She put her phone back in her pocket, and drank some water.

After lunch, they went to science, Del's favorite subject. They sat down, and were handed a sheet of paper. It said that they would have to disect a frog, without instructions. They would have to research how to disect it, and had to write an essay along with it. The test was the next day.

The teacher explained the directions, and then class was dismissed.

Del went to latin, happy that they only had a reading assignment.

She didn't feel like doing any more work, and was still deciding whether or not she should meet Noah at the park. She knew that if she met him, she wouldn't have a phone, so if anything were to go wrong, she wouldn't be able to call the police. She also didn't know what he wanted with her; whether he wanted to use her for personal gain, or if he just wanted to rekindle their friendship. Either way, she also knew that she was grounded, and couldn't leave the apartment.

She sighed, and closed her textbook.

When school was dismissed, she slipped out of class, and waited for Spencer. When Spencer drove up, she hopped in, and buckled up.

On the way to the BAU, Del sighed, and handed Spencer her cell phone. Spencer nodded, and put her phone in his pocket.

Once they arrived at the station, Del went to Spencer's desk, and started her homework. She groaned when she realized she needed a computer to research for her test.

She remembered that Spencer said nothing about not using the computer, so she turned her laptop on, and went to the search bar. She wrote down the instructions, and watched a video of someone disecting a frog. She drew the steps, and took notes for the essay. She decided to write the essay, and get that out of her way, so she just had to disect the frog, and not worry about the essay.

When she was done, she turned the computer off, and checked the time; 5:35.

She sighed, and glanced at a file that Spencer left on his desk. She didn't want to spy, but the tab read: U/C OP: AC.

Del was confused; she knew that the acronyms mean't 'Undercover Opperation: Active,' but what she didn't understand was that she didn't know that there was an Active Undercover Opperation for the team's current case.

She opened the file, and saw the opperation's summary. It said:

Active Undercover Opperation:

Elliot Gray (unsub's brother) will offer his help to the unsub (Noah Gray) after the BAU team makes case 91248 known to the public.

Elliot Gray will report back to the BAU team after confrontations.

Del gasped, and put the file back the way she found it.

She knew two things; the team had a way to finally track Noah, and that she had to tell him what they were planning to do.

"Okay, I'll do it. Anything to help bring justice to all of the innocent victims my brother brought harm upon."

Spencer nodded, "When we make this case known to the public, you to open up to him with opens. The police will be close enough to your home, that if something were to wrong, they would be there in a matter of seconds."

Morgan handed Elliot papers that he needed to sign, when Spencer called Prentiss to check up on Del.

"Emily? How is Del?"

"I let her go to the library to research for a test she has tomorrow."

"Okay. Could you please take Del back to my apartment when she gets back? We will come back to the Bureau in a few hours, so it'll be really late."

"Okay."

Spencer hung up, and went back to the table.

Del walked up to Prentiss, and said, "I-I need to do some research for a t-test tomorrow, and I can't find any reliable i-information on the Internet. I-I was w-wanting to see i-if I could go to the library."

Prentiss shook her head, "No, it's too dangerous to go alone, and it's dark."

Del reasoned, and said, "I really need to go to the library. I need to pass this test." She felt guilty, not telling Prentiss what she was really doing, but figured she had to warn Noah; she owed it to him.

"Alright, but please take my phone, so if anything goes wrong, you can call the police." Prentiss handed the phone over, and said, "Be careful. I want you back here by 8:45."

Del nodded, and said, "Thank you, I'll be careful."

She left the Bureau, and walked down the street, checking the clock on the phone; 7:55. She sighed in relief that she would make it, not being late.

She arrived at the pond, and saw that the same frog was there. he walked towards it, and pet it. It brought back memories from her past, but all were filled with Cepter, and Noah.

After a few minutes, Del started to pace, and checking the phone ever so often. She checked the time; 8:05. She groaned, and felt stupid that she actually came to meet Noah.

Just when she was about to leave, Noah appeared, and said, "I'm sorry that I'm late."

A/N: I have held this chapter hostage long enough! I didn't want to post this as soon as I finished because I am working on two (soon to be three) other projects right now, so I didn't want to 'bite off more than I can chew.' I apologize for any grammatical errors. I have been visiting relatives, and I snuck away for a moment to post this!

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