See Tina, things are going to be okay. And I am such a pathetic girl. I actually cried writing the last chapter. This one was not so rough.-J
Spencer is standing in the hall waiting for the rest of his family, not his mother and father but his true family, the people he could turn to when things got tough. The elevators at the end of the hall opened and out stepped the BAU's elite unit. They all stopped when they got to Reid and it was Morgan who spoke first.
"So, you still haven't told us what happened. Maggie's okay though?"
"Yeah, there's a bench down here. I want to explain everything to you all before you go in to see her."
The team finds the bench and J.J. and Garcia sit while the rest stand and look expectantly at Spencer.
"Maggie had an ectopic pregnancy that ruptured her fallopian tube. It was very serious and had Leslie, her T.A. not called 911 quickly, I might have lost her. Of course there was no saving our daughter. And due to a problem from when she was younger, Maggie only had the one tube so now should we want children in the future, we'll either have to adopt or go an in vitro route."
Garcia begins to cry.
"Oh Reid, I'm so sorry. You know that it was a girl?"
"Yeah, we named her Sonnet. Naming helped a little but there is a lot of grieving yet to do for both of us."
"That's really beautiful, Spence," said J.J. "I really am sorry for the two of you but I'm so glad that Maggie is going to be okay."
"Me too," agreed Prentiss.
Hotch produced a crayon drawing.
"Jack wanted me to bring this to Maggie. You know she's been reading Beowulf to him."
Spencer gestured to his teammates that they can go in to see Maggie now. They hold back and wait for him to go in first and announce them.
"Maggie, honey, you have visitors."
"Oh Spencer, I look a fright!"
"No, sweetie you look lovely and they will surely agree. You gave them quite a scare, you know."
The team shuffled in and took turns going over and hugging Maggie. Hotch gives her the picture and tears well in her eyes. Hotch looked uncomfortable and hoped he hadn't upset her more.
"You tell Jack that this picture made me very happy and it will definitely help me get better faster. And then you give him a great big squishy hug from me. He's a very special little boy."
"Yes he is," Hotch said.
"Aren't you all supposed to be at work right now? I mean who exactly is making the world safe for us all?"
Maggie's eyes twinkled as she asked this last. And it was Garcia who answered.
"We can't concentrate on work when one of our family members is in the hospital. We had to see for ourselves that you were alright."
Maggie blushed at the attention and then the group settled into conversation. It was a safe conversation with no talk of babies or pregnancy. They stuck to topics like the weather and work and nosing into Garcia's relationship with Kevin until she rebelled and refused to say another word to anyone about anything and they all laughed at her sudden shyness.
Eventually the conversation ran dry and the agents got up to leave giving Maggie more hugs before they left. And then Spencer and Maggie were alone again and Spencer took notice for the first time of how tired she looked.
"Are you alright, sweetie?"
"Yes, it was so good to see everyone, they are good friends but I am so tired."
"You should get some rest."
"So should you. I don't need a babysitter, you know."
"I'm not leaving here without you and you can't go home yet."
"Then climb in here with me and get some sleep. I need my brave knight awake and alert."
Spencer did as he was told and was soon snuggled against his fair maiden holding her tightly as the two drifted off to sleep.
The pair woke up when Dr. Lattimore came in to examine Maggie. Spencer sheepishly crawled out of the bed and thought to leave the room.
"Where are you going? You fathered this child, there's nothing here you haven't seen before."
Spencer blushed as his sex life is brought up to a near stranger but stayed in the room not sure where to turn his gaze as the doctor inspected his girlfriend pronouncing her well enough to go home and rest there. Once the doctor left, Spencer got out the bag that he had Leslie bring with a change of clothes for Maggie. When Leslie had visited, she had thanked Spencer profusely for the large bouquet he sent her. He told her it was the least he could do for her quick thinking that had probably saved Maggie's life.
He heard Maggie giggle and then laugh out loud and he turned to face her with a perplexed look that renewed her laughter. She was now bordering on hysterics and was laughing so hard tears were running down her face.
"Maggie, are you alright?"
Maggie fought to catch her breath nodding as she did.
"Yes, I just saw the clothes that Leslie brought and she really knows me too well and then that look on your face was so funny and, well, maybe I just needed a good laugh."
"I think I needed to hear you have a good laugh."
In the car on the way home, Maggie turned to Spencer.
"Are you okay, my prince?"
"What?"
"With everything, this was all very sudden and frightening and emotional. How are you dealing with things?"
"I'm okay, I guess. It was a lot to process. It still is a lot to process. I was so scared when I got to the hospital. I had no idea what had happened and I didn't know if you were even alive or not. I was actually grateful for my eidetic memory and the ability to save each and every minute that we had together in case I didn't get anymore."
"And then I am okay."
"Physically you'll be okay. And I am so very glad for that. But then to see you so sad just broke my heart and I didn't know if you'd ever be okay again and then it hit me that even though I didn't think I wanted children, I really would have wanted this one. I didn't know I could feel such a loss for something I didn't even know I had."
"Sonnet has changed our lives, hasn't she?"
Spencer returned to his own thoughts and drove the rest of the way in silence. Once at Maggie's home he helped her inside and up to her room, dressed her in her pajamas and got her some tea and ordered her to get some rest. She agreed but only if he would read to her for a while. He didn't think his reading was anything special but she loved just listening to his voice.
