A Family For Christmas-Ch 4
While Shelly was doing her check she noticed a knot on the back of her head, she said, "Penelope can you look down at the floor for me for a second"?, she did what was asked and that is when Shelly saw it, she saw dried blood in her hair. She said, "I'm going to call the hospital and get an MRI ordered for you, there are a few things I want to check".
Penelope weakly smiled as she nodded her head yes, they both looked up when there was a knock on the door, Shelly said, "come in", the door opened to reveal Derek carrying a tray, He walked into the room and put if on the bedside table and said, "there you go ladies", he turned to go and that is when he heard the doctor say, "Derek can you stay with Penelope while I make a call"?, he nodded his head yes and said, "sure Shelly".
As she walked over to her bag she said, "while doing my exam I found a knot on the back of her head and it has some dried blood on it so I'm going to call the hospital and get an MRI arranged". Derek said, "do you think that knot might be what's causing her memory loss"?, she put her hand on Dereks shoulder and said,
"I do but until I get the results back I can't be certain of my diagnosis".
Derek watched as she walked out of the room before he started making his way over to Penelope, he poured her a cup of coffee and slowly handed it to her, she smiled and said, "thank you". He said, "anytime baby girl", she sat down on the bed and said, "can I ask you something"?, he nodded his head and said, "you can ask me anything".
She took a deep breath and said, "tell me about us, about our lives together", he said, "like what, what would you like to hear"?, she propped her foot up under her and said, "what about our first date"?, he laughed and said, "ohhhhhhhhhhhhh that's a funny one". She took a sip of coffee and listened as he filled her in on everything about their first date.
She laughed and said, "ohhhhh really"?, he said, "yep and I was mortified but you made me feel at ease and the rest of the date was, well it was completely magical". She looked up into his eyes and said, "I wish that I could remember you Derek, you and the kids seem amazing", he caressed her cheek causing chill bumps to cover her body.
She closed her eyes and Derek said, "you will remember us in time", she said, "but what if I don't, what if I never remember you, Alisha and Austin"?, he wiped away a tear and said, "well then I'll just woo you Derek Morgan style and you will fall for me alllllll over again". She laughed and said, "you seem very sure of yourself there hotstuff".
His eyes got huge and she said, "I'm sorry I didn't", he said, "no baby, that is one of the nicknames you call me", she smiled and said, "really"?, he tapped the end of her nose and said, "really, see I'm working my magic already". Penelope took another sip of coffee and listened as Derek talked to her about their jobs.
They were talking about the computers she worked with when Shelly walked into the room, she said, "the MRI is scheduled for noon so I'm going to go ahead and head over to the hospital, I will see you both there in about an hour"?, Derek nodded his head and said, "we'll be there but before you go you need to know that she had a breakthrough".
Shelly smiled and said, "a breakthrough, what breakthrough"?, Derek smiled happily and said, "she called me by one of the nicknames she's always called me",
Shelly said, "that's great Penelope, now what we need to do is try to keep to a routine". She looked up at Derek and said, "keep doing family things just like you always have and maybe more memories will come back".
Derek said, "what about family movies and pictures"?, Shelly nodded her head and said, "that sounds good, just take things slow and maybe the memories will just come back on their own". Penelope said, "what is todays date"?, Derek looked at her and said, "December the 18th", she blew out a deep breath and said, "it's almost Christmas, what kind of mother can't remember her family on Christmas"?, Derek brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it and she smiled and blushed as a warm feeling cascaded over her body.
Shelly took a few sips of her coffee and said, "I will see you two in about an hour", they nodded their heads yes as they watched her grab her things and head out the door. Derek looked at her and said, "I know you don't remember us now baby girl but I have faith that you will remember us soon", she bit down on her lip and said, "I hope so Derek".
He held out his hand and said, "why don't we go downstairs and spend some time with the team and the kids before we head for your test"?, she smiled as she put her hand in his and he led her out of the room.