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Bailee had been at the BAU for a few weeks now, she was closest with Garcia since she spent the most time with her but very slowly started to talk to the other members of the team. They were glad that she had started trusting them but would notice when one got too close her full body would instantly tense. Bailee didn't want to jinx it, but she liked working at the BAU there was only one issue that she hated. Waking up early. Which led to Hotch or Derek ringing her just like today.

"Urghhhh" Bailee answered the phone.

"I would think you loved that bed more than me" Derek joked. "Why would you think it when you know it's true" Bailee stated.

"Ouch Lee I thought we were friends"

"Lee? And we were till you decided to wake me up at four thirty in the morning" Bailee looks at her new phone to see what the time was.

"Yeah, your new name and you should know why I'm calling, we've got a case"

"Urghhh. Why do I do this job" Bailee groans.

"Emm Mini baby girl you hacked the pentagon that's why"

"Yea yea whatever I'll see you soon" Bailee says before hanging up the phone.

Bailee may have started to trust them, but she doesn't like to talk about hacking the pentagon. It was a time in her life she wished she could forget. Shaking her head from her dark thoughts she got ready for work.

Bailee had just gotten to the office floor when Garcia messaged her to meet her at Spencer's and Emily's Desk. Turning back around to see them looking at old photos of themselves. As Bailee got closer she could hear their conversation.

"This is especially sad, though." Garcia holds a photo in front of her as Prentis takes it from her.

"All right, very funny guys, very funny what did you do to it" Emily says. "Do to it?" Garcia asks.

"Hey guys" Bailee shyly waves to them.

"Hello, my little hacker, do you have some photos from when you were younger that you'd like to share" Garcia says.

Bailee sticks a blueberry lollypop in her mouth while shaking her head. The others are surprised with technology these days it should have been easier to take photos and save them.

"Oh, come on you must have some that your parents took, your firsts as a baby, school events, holidays, things like that" Garcia adds.

Bailee opens a Redbull and then answers "Strauss didn't tell you guys?" the others are confused but before they can ask spencer speaks.

"Bailee you do know those are dangerous" He points to the Redbull can.

"Swallowing gum is dangerous yet people still do it" She shrugs and takes another drink.

"Anyways, what did you mean about Strauss didn't tell us?" Emily asks.

"I was hoping you forgot about that" Bailee smile sheepishly.

"Bailee?" Garcia questions.

"Sure, whatever okay I'm a orphan, I live on my own" Bailee does a thumbs up trying to not turn the conversation sour with her statement.

"But your 17?" Spencer turns confused.

"It was part of the deal. I didn't go back to foster care, I got my own apartment " Bailee hated attention and it stressed her out and causes her anxiety to spike, opening another lollypop hoping it will calm her down.

Emily was about to say something, as Aaron came out of his office with a strange expression. Uncontrollably Bailee hid herself behind Garcia which they all saw, each time she would do something like that but never commented which she was grateful for.

"What was that about?" Emily asks.

"Brian Matloff"

"Who" Bailee and Garcia say at the same time.

"A.K.A the Blue Ridge Strangler" Spencer explains.

"Oh right that was, like four years ago" They all look at Hotch.

"Three victims in the blue Ridge parkway"

"Allegedly, he was never convicted, He slipped into a coma before he could be tried" Spencer tells the team.

"Looks like they're finally going to get their chance. He just woke up" Hotch concludes.

While the team went to court Bailee and Garcia went to their office to look for useful information that could help them with the trial.

It had been over 30 minutes, that's how long Garcia had been on the same phone call for. Bailee had been through 6 lollipops and 2 more Redbulls her stress levels were increases. "Right, 54, Native American. Ma'am, I have all that what I really need now is identifiable information" As Garcia was talking JJ stepped into the room.

JJ smiled at the sight of bailee who looked like she was going to fall asleep any second. "Yes, I know what a closed adoption means do you know what a court order means?" Garcia continues the conversation.

JJ whispers "we don't have time for a court order"

Bailee was so done with this person, she wanted to be in her bed wrapped in her monsters ink blanket. Huffing she taps Garcia on the shoulder and mouths 'let me'. Rolling her chair, she moves closer to the computer screen.

"All right you know what, ma'am" Bailee says through the phone. "No this is Garcia's manager and I'm not nice. If you look to your cursor, you'll notice it's moving on it's own. That's not a ghost that's me hacking your secure network. Now I've got her file. Now I've got her social and now because your being grumpy from the seven dwarfs I'm going to send your boss those Jamaican vacation photos have a horrible rest of your day Mrs Grumpy" Bailee ends the call. She turns around to see JJ and Garcia looking stunned.

"Wow" JJ says.

"Was I not suppose to do that?" Bailee questions.

"No, you did great I'm just surprised. You are so small and shy and there you were wow" Garcia explains.

"I've been up for 19 hours and Mrs grumpy was annoying me" Bailee defends herself.

"Anyways we have a Nina Genesee. Married 1978, changed her name to Moore. Current address madison heights, Virginia." Garcia reads for the file.

JJ goes through her list of names "No I called this woman she said she wasn't the one, said she'd never even been to Roanoke"

"Why would she lie?" Bailee asks.

JJ runs out the room to go and call hotch and inform the rest of the team. Garcia turns in her chair "Hey bailee we might be able to go home soon" Garcia doesn't hear a respond and looks to see Bailee's head resting on the desk a lollypop in her mouth fast asleep.

After another few hours the team had finished the case, they only saw Garcia greet them and was confused on where Bailee was. "Where's Mini baby girl" Derek asks.

"Asleep in my office" Garcia asks. Aaron sighed he sometimes forgot bailee was still only 17. A child. Being up for 20 hours must have made her exhausted "I'll get her home. Well done everyone" Hotch says before going to see Bailee.

Carefully shaking her awake "Bailee" seeing her flinched was concerning the similar incidents occurring with the other team members made him wonder what caused her to be so shy and closed off.

"Sorry if I scared you but it's late and your tired so I'm going to drop you off home" Aaron explains.

"M'okay" Bailee mumbles picking her bag up and walking to his car.

It was quiet but not uncomfortable. Hotch glanced at Bailee who was still half asleep "You did well today"

"Hmm?" Bailee didn't mean to be rude, but her bed was the only thing on her mind.

"JJ told me what you did to find Nina"

"Uh huh"

"In the future, I don't think calling someone one of the seven dwarfs is very professional" Aaron states.

"Okay laters hopscotch" Bailee did a mock salute with her hands before entering her apartment. Leaving Aarons regret and guilt to increase about his little Daisy. 


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