Labor Day-Ch 1

Penelope Garcia rubbed her very pregnant belly as she walked from her office toward the elevator, she was suppose to meet JJ and Emily for lunch on her last day before her maternity leave started. She pushed the button for the elevator and when it dinged she sighed happily and stepped on and just as she was leaning over to push the button she heard Reid say, "waittttttttt Garcia waittttt".

She smiled and said, "my heap of gray matter what are you doing here why aren't you at my surprise party"?, his mouth flew open and he said, "wait, what, you knew"?, she said, "all seeing, all knowing, rememberrrrrr"?, he smiled and said, "well when we get there please be surprised or they'll think I told you about the party".

Penelope pushed the button for the parking garage and she said, "don't worry you can count on me", Reid said, "sooo how is my niece doing"?, Penelope said, "how do you know it's a girl"?, he put his hand on her stomach and said, "please let your momma know that you're a little girl" and almost like the baby understood it kicked against his hand.

Her mouth flew open and he said, "what is it Morgan says, oh yeah, I have a way with the ladies", Penelope hugged him and said, "that you do Spencer Reid, that you do". They were laughing and talking when the elevator suddenly stopped and the lights went off, Reid said, "are you alright Garcia"?, she said, "fine Spencer, just fine" and then like clockwork the emergency lights came on.

Reid said, "I wonder what's wrong"?, she said, "this elevator has been acting funny for the past few days so it's hard to tell", Penelope said, "I reported that to maintenance myself several times and they promised me that they would fix it". He looked at her and grinned and said, "well I guess they haven't got to it yet" causing her to look at him and say, "duhhhhhhhhh" and then they both started laughing.

At the restaurant Derek looks at his watch and says, "what's taking them so long"?, JJ said, "calm down they'll be here", Emily said, "if you were a good boy we could have let you go and get her but after what you two were caught doing yesterday we were afraid to chance it". Derek said, "heyyyyyyy I can't help it if my wifes pregnancy hormones are on overload".

JJ said, "you do realize that sex will in some cases start labor"?, Derek said, "well I had heard that but Penelope started nibbling on my ear and then", Dave held up his hand and said, "I beg of you to make him stop talking about his sex life". Sarah laughed and said, "yeah baby brother we don't need to know how our little niece came to be".

Derek said, "it's going to be a boy, I can feel it", Desi said, "nopeeeeeee it's going to be a girl", Derek said, "boyyyy", Sarah and Desi in unison said, "girllllllllll" causing Fran to grin. Emily said, "well Derek if you have a little girl does that mean that me and Aaron can have it"?, he looked at her and said, "what have you been drinking, I didn't say that I didn't want a girl, I said that I have a feeling that this one is going to be a boy".

Fran said, "as long as the baby and Penelope are happy and healthy that's all that matters, right"?, they all looked at each other and then at Fran and nodded their heads yes in agreement. Hotch looked at his watch and said, "this isn't like Reid to be late", JJ said, "let's give him a few more minutes and then if they aren't here I'll call".

In the elevator Penelope said, "well since we aren't going anywhere I'll tell you something if you don't tell Derek I told ya", he said, "I'll try not to tell but you know me and secrets". She grinned and said, "as long as you try I'll be satisfied", he said, "I'll try", Penelope said, "if the baby is a girl we are going to name her Heather Francine Morgan".

He said, "that's a beautiful name", she said, "awww thanks and if it's a boy we want to name him Hank Spencer Morgan, Hank after Dereks dad and Spencer after the best little brother me and Derek have". Reid said, "ohhhhh I'm totally honored Penelope", she opened her mouth to speak and that's when she had a sharp pain hit in her stomach and go all the way around her side.

Reid said, "what's wrong, what happened"?, she said, "it was nothing, I'm" and then another pain hit her in the stomach, she said, "ohhhhhhhh that wasn't good, that wasn't good". She looked at Reid and said, "Spencer can I tell you something"?, he said, "sure, you can tell me anything Garcia".

She bit down on her bottom lip and said, "well I think I'm in labor", he said, "labor, how"?, she pointed down at the puddle of water at her feet and said, "my water just broke".