Premise- Morgan and Garcia. Penelope made plans to adopt a baby as a single parent. But then she fears she can't do it by herself.

Note- This has been a plot bunny that I've had for a while now. So I finally decided to go with it. The title of this fic comes from lyrics in the song Goodbye, My Lover by James Blunt.

Morgan and Garcia

Chapter One

September 2010

The call came when she was half drunk at a bar leering at her best friend on the dance floor while having lusty thoughts about what she'd like to do to his naked body even though she had a boyfriend. Basically acting very unlike Mommy of the Year. But then again she didn't expect to become a Mommy that night.

The last words she spoke, before he cell rang, were to Emily, as Penelope's eyes raked over Derek's gyrating hips, "If I had that man in my bed I would make him cry like a newborn baby. That's how good I'd lay it on him."

Emily let out a raunchy laugh and downed another shot. "I bet the sexiest tech kitten on the planet could even teach Morgan a thing or two."

Penelope was about to shoot back an answer when her cell rang. She dug it out of her purse.

The team was at the start of a four day break from work. JJ had declined coming to the bar because she wanted a quiet night at home with Henry and Will. Rossi had a date. But Penelope, Emily, Reid, Derek and Hotch had showed up. It was so late that Jack was already asleep anyway so there was no reason for Hotch to rush home.

Penelope looked at the screen on her phone and her heart just about exploded in her chest. For so long she had waited for a call like this but she kept it in the back of her head because so long had gone by without it happening.

She had read endless blogs, book, and message boards about this though. This is how it happens. The call comes out of nowhere.

And it was happening to her the same way. Tonight. She was becoming a Mom tonight.

Breathlessly she answered "Yes, its Garcia. I mean...Penelope...I mean...ma'am?"

"Hello, Ms. Garcia. I'm sorry about the late hour but sometimes it can't be helped. I'm in Detroit and there's a baby. A boy. He's three days old and his adoption fell through. I was wondering if you might be interested in him?"

"Would I be...yes, yes, ma'am. Certainly! Could you hold on, please?"

Penelope grabbed Emily's arm in a death grip.

"What's the matter, PG? Did something bad happen? Penelope...hey..." She waved her hand in front of Penelope's face. "Talk to me."

"I'm going to have a son!"

"What? You're pregnant?"

"I'm adopting a baby! Tonight! Right now! OH MY GOD, I'M A MOM!"

"Oh my God! What? When did you decide to do this?"

"Over two years ago. Oh my God. Oh my God. Wowza. Oh, wow!" She put the phone back to her ear. "Yes, ma'am, sorry about that. I'm back. So when can I meet him? Do I come to you or do you come to me? Is he healthy? What's his name? Oh, scratch that. I get to name him! I'm his Mom! OH WOW! Sorry, ma'am. I'm just uber excited right now."

"Yes, Ms. Garcia, well that's what we do like to hear. I've looked at your file and your paperwork is in order. Of course there will be more paperwork to do before the adoption is finalized. And also a series of home visits to make sure your parenting plan is being followed as promised but the first step is you come here and take custody of your son."

"My son," Penelope breathed out.

"Ms. Garcia, you indicated you didn't care about racial preferences. I should let you know though that this child is of Mexican descent."

"Wow, okay. Well then he'll do fine with the last name Garcia!" Penelope laughed happily. She was in shock.

"He's been given a clean bill of health and he's eager to meet his mother." After a few more moments of discussion Penelope promised to get a flight to Detroit in the morning and the hung up.

She jumped off her stool, grabbed her purse and jacket and said "I have to go! Oh my goodness gracious, holy smokes, I have to go pick up my baby! Right now!"

"Wait! Can I tell the guys? I bet they'd love to hear about this. I'd love to hear more about this. Its coming out of left field. I can't believe you never said anything."

"I'm sorry, sweetie. It was one of those things I didn't let myself believe would really happen but if it ever did I knew it would change my whole life and now it has and now it is! I didn't say it aloud to anyone but Kevin cause I didn't wanna jinx it. I can barely believe this is truly happening! I'm shaking so hard right now."

"Just stay still. You are not driving under these conditions. And you're not going to pick up your baby alone. So let me get the guys and we'll figure this out. Wait here."

Emily headed to the bar. Reid was their designated driver that night. After Emily rushed to the bar, yelled over the music, shocked Reid and Hotch with what she said, she hurried to the dance floor and told the girl that was dancing with Derek "Sorry but I have to steal him away. Thanks for all that...grinding and bumping...it was quite the entertaining show! Come on, Morgan! We're out of here."

Derek wasn't too happy to be pulled away. "Don't tell me, Prentiss. A case?"

Emily just flashed him a smile. She was tipsy and still reeling from Penelope's news. Hotch and Reid had made it to the table and were talking to Penelope already by the time Derek and Emily approached.

Derek sighed heavily. "This is the last thing I wanted to hear tonight."

The all looked at him, mildly shocked and horrified expressions on their faces.

"What?" he asked "You all want to go right back to the office? Gluttons for punishment, huh? Well I had a honey and she was making Derek Morgan's night." Then he flirted with Penelope "Of course that's only cause you won't dance with me, baby girl."

"There's no case tonight," Penelope said, eyes locked on his. "Something has happened...Wow, I don't know how to tell you this...Look at this, a first, me at a lost for words."

"Is everything okay, Garcia?" Derek asked

"Everything is amazing! Something really big just happened to me." The she spoke seriously fast. "I know I should have told you all about this a long time ago and I'm really, really, really sorry that I kept it from everyone. I know JJ will kill me for keeping this secret but as long as it was secret it just mine and I wasn't ready to share it yet. I didn't let myself believe this day would ever really come but now it has and my life will never be the same again and OH MY GOD I can not believe this is happening. Derek, all my dreams are coming true! And its so completely amaz-"

"Motor mouth, stop! Breathe. Okay now tell me what happened that is so wonderful."

"I'm going to be a Mom!"

Derek stilled, eyes widened. Then he looked at his other friends, with a searching look on his face, and then he said "Wow, baby girl, congratulations. Have you and Lynch been trying for a while?"

"This has nothing to do with Kevin. I'm adopting. All by myself," she chattered in an excited voice and was practically jumping for joy. "And I just got a call and guess what? There's a baby waiting for me. In Detroit! Can you believe it? And I need to get there as fast as possible!"

Penelope then, purse and jacket in hand, rushed for the door, with her friends hot on her heels.