Chapter 2

"What?! What is it?" Derek asked not sure if he really wanted to know the answer.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you half to death. It's just that I haven't been able to sleep much lately and my nerves are completely frayed." Nicole answered.

"Oh. I thought maybe, never mind." Derek said relieved. "My guess is being stuck in an elevator wasn't on your to do list for today either."

"No it sure wasn't." Seeing the frightened expression on Derek's face Nicole reached out to her friend. "I really am sorry."

"It's alright Nicole. Let's make a deal. I'll keep my cool if you keep yours."

"It's a deal." She smiled reaching for her back again.

"You have got to be incredibly uncomfortable right now."

"You have no idea. It's my back." Nicole cringed.

"Well lucky for you doll face. I've got magic fingers." Derek said proudly wiggling his hands. "Where does it hurt?"

"Right down here and all across." Nicole showed him.

Derek motioned for Nicole to turn around then reached down to her and began to knead his fingers into her lower back. The pressure from Morgan digging into her tight muscles finally got the pain to ease up and the relief was bliss.

"Ohhh. Ahhhhh." She moaned contentedly sounding almost orgasmic.

"Does this hurt?"

"No. It feels wonderful." She sighed bending to lean her head next to the wall. "Please don't stop. Ahhhh yessss."

Derek continued to rub her back while Nicole let out sighs and cries of relief. This was the most relaxed she had felt in days.

A crackling sound began to come through the speaker of the intercom that neither one noticed.

"Harder." She demanded. "Ahhh god that feels amazing." She cooed. "Don't stop."

"Are you sure this isn't too much?"

"No. More please." She begged. "Mmmmmmm. Ohhhhhhh."

"I don't want to hurt you."

"You're not. Ahhhh yesss. Give it to me baby! Mmmmmmm. You really do have magic fingers. "Keep going. Ahhhhhhh!"

"Good grief woman! You're going to wear me out."

"Hello? Hello?" A staticy voice called over the intercom. "This is maintenance. We are aware of the situation and we are doing all that we can to fix it as soon as possible."

"Well how long is that?" Derek asked back.

"Ah well, not sure of the time line yet." The voice hesitated. "Oh and just so you know. There are surveillance cameras in that elevator car." The voice stated.

Nicole turned to look at Derek with a questioning look. "Why would he be compelled to tell us that?" Nicole asked.

"I don't know." Derek shrugged and went back to kneading into her back.

"Ahhhh Yesssssss!"


Denise checked her watch. "I won't be long." She mumbled sarcastically getting tired of standing around in the parking ramp. After waiting around another five minutes she decided that Nicole wasn't hurrying back so she walked over to the elevator and pressed the button. She tapped her foot impatiently realizing the elevator that wasn't coming.

"Oh you will have to find another or use the stairs. The elevator is down at the moment." A voice said from behind her.

"What? How long has it been down?" Denise asked.

"Oh maybe thirty minutes." The maintenance guy answered placing an out of order sign on the doors.

"Oh no." Denise said rushing to the stairs.


Derek leaned up against the wall as he watched Nicole pace around in the small space.

"It's getting hot in here." She said feeling the sweat beading on her forehead.

"It sure is." Derek said going to the intercom. "Hey maintenance people. How much longer is it going to be."

"We still don't have a time line sir but we are working as fast as we can." The staticy voice replied.

"It's getting really warm in here so would you please hurry up." Derek was beginning to get irritated.

Nicole stopped pacing and leaned up against the wall. Her back was hurting again. She almost felt like she should just lay down on the floor and stretch out but figured that wouldn't help either. A sharp pain began to radiate from her back all the way around her middle and she winced noticing the drastic difference from before. That wasn't just back pain. That was a labor pain.

Doing her best to hide the pain from her face so not to alarm Derek she gritted her teeth and tried to breathe slowly. After a couple of minutes the pain let up and she was able to move around again.


Denise finally reached the BAU floor and emerged out of the stairwell and through the glass doors of the bull pen hoping to see her sister but all she saw was Emily sitting at her desk.

"Emily. Have you seen Nicole or Derek?" Denise huffed trying to catch her breath.

"I thought she left with you over a half hour ago?"

Seeing Nicole's purse still on Spencer's desk Denise wrinkled up her nose. "Oh hell."

"What's wrong?"

"Nicole got into the elevator a half hour ago with Derek to come up and get her purse. I got sick of waiting and some guy came to the parking ramp and said the elevator was down."

"Are you saying that you think Nicole and Derek are stuck in the elevator? Oh crap. Where's Reid?" Emily was now alarmed and getting up from her chair and pulling out her cell.

"Morgan? Where the hell are you?" Emily asked when Derek answered his phone.

"Stuck in the elevator with Nicole. Please tell me that those idiots in maintenance are about to get this fixed."

"I haven't even seen anyone from there up here yet. What floor are you close to?"

"I think we are almost to the BAU. Can you get someone to pry the doors open and see if maybe we can get out."

"I'll see what I can do."


Nicole breathed a sigh of relief at the idea of possibly getting out but immediately she clenched her teeth again at the feel of another contraction coming on. She slid her hand under her stomach hoping it would pass quickly and that Derek wouldn't notice her distress.

"Do you think we are close enough to one of the floors to get out?" Nicole asked in a slightly strained voice.

"Well I hope so. I know we were close to the BAU floor when we stopped. I guess we'll find out once these doors get pried open." Derek turned to look at Nicole who quickly plastered a fake smile on her face.

"Is your back hurting again?" He asked suspiciously.

"Yes. I'll be alright." She lied.

Derek noticed something was up by the fake expression on her face but chose not to push it.

Finally the pain eased and Nicole was able to loosen her grip under her belly. "I do wish those useless jerks would hurry up and get the doors open. I'm about to pass out from the heat." Nicole took another swipe at her forehead.

"I hear you doll face. I'm about to get naked."

Nicole grinned. As nice as Derek's ass looked in his cargo pants she didn't really want to see it. He was right though. Stripping off her clothes did sound pretty good right now.

Derek's phone rang and he looked at the caller ID and handed the phone to Nicole.

"It's your husband. I doubt he wants to talk to me." He grinned.

Nicole took the phone and answered. "Hey baby."

"Are you alright?" Spencer asked worried.

"I'm fine. It's just getting really hot in here. Are the maintenance guys working on the doors?"

"Yes. They're looking for a crowbar. Um, one question. Why did the Charlie say he hoped you were decent when they got the doors open?" Spencer asked hesitantly.

"What? I've no clue why he would ask that. That's just ridiculous."

Spencer knew he was just being paranoid but he couldn't help remembering what happened the last time Nicole was trapped in a small space with one of his co workers.

"You're right. I'm sorry. I'll see what the hold up is. I love you."

"I love you too."

Nicole handed Derek back his phone giving him a half hearted smile. She was feeling something different happening with her body. Something inside shifted and her pants were getting wet. She squeezed her legs together but the liquid still ran out and began to drip on the floor. Derek turned to see her holding herself in a precarious way.

"What the hell? Did you just pee your pants?" Derek asked seeing the watery substance dripping off of her legs.

"Well maybe. I hope so, but I'm guessing my water just broke." Nicole swallowed hard.

"Oh fuck no! Plug that thing up! This is NOT happening." Derek began pounding on the elevator doors. "Get your asses in gear out there people! There is a woman in labor in here and I'm no doctor!"

"Derek this can't happen now! Do something!"

"I am! I'm fucking panicking."

"Oh god don't do that because that's what I'm doing. One of us needs to keep our head."

Derek took a calming breath. "Ok, um, alright. What's your doctors phone number? We'll call her."

"How the hell should I know?"

"Well where's your cell. Don't you have it programmed in?"

"Of course I do. My phone is however in my purse that is still on Spencer's desk. I'm sorry but I don't have an eidetic memory like my husband."

"Fine then that's who I'll call." Derek then hit send.

Nicole latched on to her stomach again and pushed herself back against the wall. Now that the cat was out of the bag she was free to express her pain.

"Fuuuuck!" She screamed


"Reid, get these damn doors open! Your wife is in labor! There's watery shit everywhere. Oh and text me your doctors phone number!" Derek didn't give Spencer a chance to answer ending the call.

Spencer stood frozen with his phone still up to his ear. For the first time in his life his brain seemed to stop working.

"Reid. Reid!" Emily said waving her hand in front of his face. "Reid?"

Spencer snapped out of his trance and quickly began to text the doctors number to Morgan's phone.

"That was Morgan. He said that we have to get the elevator doors open now. Nicole is in labor." Spencer's eyes were huge and he looked as if he could go into shock.

"I found a crowbar!" Charlie the maintenance guy said excitedly.

"Good! Now get those doors open now! There's a woman in labor in there!" Emily ordered.

"Oh dear me!" Charlie exclaimed going to the doors and shoving the tool in the crack and doing his best to gain some leverage.

"Thank god! It's about time you found that thing!" Denise yelled walking into the lobby with Garcia on her heals. "What's going on?"

"Nicole is in labor and Derek is freaking out." Emily answered.

"Did somebody call the paramedics?" Garcia asked.

"I'm doing that right now." Emily stepped down the hall so she could hear.

JJ and Rossi were hanging out laughing at the stream of obscenities' that were filtering up the shaft from both Nicole and Derek.

"I would give anything to see the look on Morgan's face right now." Rossi chuckled in JJ's ear.


Derek helped Nicole get down on the floor then quickly placed a call to Nicole's doctor.

"Son of a bitch! I got her voicemail." Derek ended the call. "Now what?"

"Well it would appear that I'm about to give birth and I'm stuck with you to help me."

"What should I do?"

"How the fuck should I know? I've never done this before. Ahhhhh!" Nicole screamed as another contraction hit.

"Fuck is right. That's what got you in this mess in the first place." Derek smirked.

"Here's what you can do Derek. Keep your stupid ass jokes to yourself and please hit me over the head and knock me out! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"Hang in there!" A voice called. "The outside doors are open. I'm almost there."

"Oh halleluiah!" Nicole yelled.

After a few squeaks and some more prying the doors were pulled open to reveal only a tiny area that connected the two trapped people with the rest of the world.

"Oh well shit! The opening is only about twelve inches. I couldn't even fit my leg through that!" Derek yelled. "Get this fucking thing fixed!"

"The other guys are on it. Something shorted out and it's going to take some time to rewire everything." Charlie said hesitantly.

"Well tell them to hurry up!" Derek yelled and dialed the doctors number again.

"Dr. Holden." A voice answered.

"Thank god! I'm Derek Morgan a friend of Nicole Reid. We're stuck in an elevator and she's in labor."

"How far apart are the contractions?" The doctor asked.

"Maybe five minutes. Her water broke."

Derek continued his conversation with Nicole's doctor while Spencer got down on the floor on his stomach and looked inside at his wife.

"Baby, I'm here. Just hang in there." Spencer said as calmly as he could.

"Spencer, get me out of here." Nicole begged. "I don't want to have our baby in an elevator."

"We're working on it I promise." Spencer tried to reassure looking at his wife nervously. "Is there anything I can get for you baby?"

"Yes. Your gun so I can shoot all of the maintenance people!"

Charlie finished securing the doors open and quickly stepped away pushing his glasses back up on his nose.

"She's not going to shoot you." Spencer said to him. "She's just in a lot of pain."

Charlie still moved away from the opening. "I'm just going to check and see if they are making any progress."

"You do that." Spencer agreed.

"You want me to do what?!" Derek exclaimed turning pale after hearing what the doctor instructed.


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