Chap.1 Hospital
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« Hello? » said a feminine voice through the phone.
"Hem, is Derek there?" Penelope asked with a shaking voice.
"He's busy right now." The woman said.
"Could you please tell him that Penelope called? I need him to pick me up at the Potomac Hospital if that's no disturbance." She trailed.
"I'll see what I can do." The woman said coldly.
"I didn't mean to disturb you, I'm just hurt and Derek is the only one…"
"I understand. I'll tell him. Bye." The woman said hanging up.
Penelope looked at her cell phone. She didn't know Derek was seeing someone. Maybe she had made a mistake calling him. She decided to call again but the phone was disconnected.
She decided to wait; surely he wouldn't let her here.
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Derek went out of the bathroom, a towel around his waist. He joined Lynn on the bed.
"Did my cell ring?"
"Yeah, I hope you don't mind, it was your friend Penelope."
"Oh. It's strange she wouldn't call me at this hour. I should call her back." Derek said.
"That's ok; she said that she would call you tomorrow."
"Oh ok;" Derek didn't search further. Penelope and he hadn't been very close these past months; and if she was in some trouble she could call her boyfriend, couldn't she?
"Let's have some fun baby." He said grabbing Lynn by the waist. Lynn smiled widely, knowing that nobody would disturb them as she had disconnected the cell phone.
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Penelope had been waiting for two hours when a nurse entered the room.
"Ms Garcia, if nobody can come for you, we'll keep you until tomorrow." The nurse said softly.
"No, that's ok. I'll call someone else." Penelope said on the verge of tears.
The nurse nodded and left the room.
Penelope tried to call Derek again. She sighed knowing that he wouldn't come for her.
She didn't want to disturb JJ who had her baby or Emily who was spending some time with her mother.
She dialled the only number she could think about.
"Hotchner."
"Sir, it's me Penelope Garcia."
"Garcia? Is everything ok?"
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to disturb you, I just had no one else."
"What is it?"
"I need someone to pick me up at the Potomac hospital."
"Are you alright?"
"Yes. If you can come, I'll understand."
"I'm on my way." He said before hanging up.
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Penelope looked at him when he entered the room; then she knew that he knew.
"Penelope…"
"Please don't… not now;" she said with a little voice.
"Let's go." He said taking her purse.
Penelope had no clothes other than the scrubs she was wearing so Hotch took of his jacket and put it on her shoulders.
"Thank you so much sir."
"Penelope, it's Hotch."
Penelope smiled lightly. Hotch's eyes darkened with anger when he saw that the smile didn't reach her eyes. He knew that harder times were to come for his tech.
