"'Ello?" came Reid's groggy voice. Derek blew out the breath he didn't even realize he'd been holding.
"Reid?" he checked his voice shaking.
"Yeah, Morgan, is that you? Why are you calling me at 2:00 in the morning?" the genius wondered rubbing his eyes and glancing at the clock.
"I'm on my way to the hospital. The baby's sick and I don't know w-w-what to do," the worried father stuttered. At the word hospital Reid had jumped from bed and grabbed the clothes closest to him and was throwing them on.
"What's wrong with her?" Reid asked.
"She's got this barking cough and she's wheezing. She can't breathe." Spencer could tell that Derek was panicking and he knew that wouldn't help him get Christi to the hospital safely.
"Derek, you've got to calm down for me, can you do that? Christi needs her daddy to be calm right now. I'm heading to my car as we speak, but I need to know you can calm down and drive safely."
"I c-c-can do that. I just need to know what's wrong with Christi."
"I understand and the doctors and nurses will be able to tell you what's wrong with her," Reid assured.
"Do you have any ideas?" Morgan wondered.
"It sounds like Croup, but I'm not sure," Reid answered.
"Mama said that the girls and I got it when we were little," Derek explained.
"Yes, it's very common in children until they're around five years of age. It's most common in children six months-five years, but younger children can get it. Where are you?"
"I'm almost to the hospital, where are you?" Derek replied.
"Five minutes away," Spencer answered quickly. He'd been driving as fast as he could. He didn't like the fear he heard in Derek's voice and would do anything to take it away.
TBC?
A/n, so is Reid right, does baby Christi have Croup? Will Derek confess his feelings for Reid? Want to know the answers to these and other questions, read and review.
