Goodbye my love
A/N: I can't keep my mind on tracks to go on with my other stories but this just came out of my mind so here it is. I don't own Criminal Minds.
"Penelope, what are you doing here?" Fran Morgan asked surprised; she hadn't seen the woman for more than one year now.
"Hello, Mrs. Morgan. I know I have no right to come here... I just want to have a word with you." Penelope said tiredly.
Fran looked at the unfamiliar appearance of Penelope. She seemed tired and had obviously lost a lot of weight.
"Are you alright dear? I'd like to talk to you but I'm waiting for Derek anytime now. I just don't think he would be too happy to find you here." Fran finally said.
"Oh okay. I just wanted to explain some things to you..."
"About Derek? He suffered a great deal you know." Fran said rather coldly.
"I know... I didn't want to make him suffer. I just thought it was for the best then. Now I have nothing left and I just needed to..." Penelope coughed painfully.
Fran saw her pale face and pulled her inside her house.
Penelope smiled gratefully.
"Are you ill Penelope?" Fran asked once seated on the couch.
"I'm dying... that's why I came. I just wanted to say goodbye before... and explain some things to you. I didn't want you to think I made Derek suffer on purpose."
"He suffered...a lot. He just told us you had met someone else."
"I lied. I was pregnant..." Penelope said abruptly.
Fran looked at her surprised.
"And the baby was..."
"The baby was his of course."
"So why did you leave? And where is the baby?" Fran asked upset.
"I found out I was pregnant but at the same time they found a tumor in my breast..."
"Oh dear..."
"I just couldn't get rid of the baby. The doctors told me that with the chemo and all, I couldn't keep the baby..." Penelope said tearfully.
"So you didn't say a word to Derek and decided to lie."
"I knew that Derek would choose me over the baby... I just couldn't."
"Did you once think about the baby? Your health? How could you take care of a baby if you were ill?"
"I was stupid. I was convinced that I could carry on my pregnancy. And then once the baby was born, start the chemo."
"What happened?"
"I lost the baby at six months. I was too sad to go to my doctors to start the medication and here I am today...I'm just dying."
"Why now Penelope?"
"It's just... you welcomed me in your family. I've been stupid and selfish. Leaving your son has been the toughest thing I've ever done. I just couldn't kill someone else to save my life. It's been stupid because now I have no baby, no fiancé... nothing."
"Did you talk to Derek since...?
"No. I couldn't."
"He deserves to know. He moved on... he's seeing..."
"I know who he's seeing... it was surely meant to be...them." Penelope said with some pain in her voice.
"Pene..." Fran said almost apologetically.
"No. It's okay. I should go now..." she left the couch slowly, obviously exhausted.
"What is the prognosis?"
"I never went back to the doctors. I don't want to go through chemo... I'm just letting time makes its work."
"Penelope, there's no way in hell; I'll let you go. We're going straight to the hospital."
"No! Just think about Derek... his happiness. I never once thought about him back then. I thought about the baby... the baby's gone and soon I'll join her..."
"It was a girl?"Fran asked with tears in her eyes.
Penelope nodded.
"Thanks for your time Fran. Just take good care of him." Penelope said hugging her one last time.
"Penelope, I can't let you…"
They were startled by the door opening to a happy couple.
"Mom, we're home. Tamara's just accepted to marry me."
He entered the living room; Tamara Barnes by his hand.
"What is she doing here?" he asked coldly at seeing the once blond woman in the house.
Penelope didn't even look at them. She threw a glance at Fran who nodded, took her purse and walked passed them.
"Don't worry, I was just leaving. Goodbye Fran. Ms Barnes, Morgan." She said before closing the door behind her.
"Goodbye my love." She whispered before walking away from the welcoming house.
A/N: It's a one shot but it could be more if you want. Just let me know.