Chapter 10- Introduction of the new arrival
Sitting in the bed next to Garcia Morgan stared affectionately at the baby that was cradled in Garcia's arms as he talked with his mother on the phone. He was overjoyed at his mother's reaction of finding out that she had a granddaughter. From what he could hear on the other end of the line his mother was still jumping up and down while yelling with joy. To hear his mom react this way Morgan grinned from ear to ear. Finally he heard his mother quiet down, and seeing this chance Morgan said,
"Ok mom I'm glad you're so excited. Can you let the girls know that they have a niece?"
"Sure baby, I'll call them right away."
Smiling again Morgan said,
"Thanks mom. I have to go now. I'll talk to you later. Love you, bye."
"Love you too baby. Kiss my granddaughter for me. Bye."
Hanging up the phone Morgan leaned down and kissed Allison on the head as his mother had asked him to do. Looking to Garcia who was also starring affectionately at Allison, Morgan said,
"She is a perfect mixture of the two of us."
Garcia smiled while looking up at Morgan as she replied,
"Yes she is. I am 90% certain that she will have your brown curly hair when she gets older, and your beautiful brown eyes."
Stoking Allison's cheek gently with his index finger Morgan said,
"I don't mind as long as she has your brains and some of mine as well. But I love her now and I will love her no matter what."
Nodding Garcia said,
"I love her too, and with any combination of our traits she will still be perfect."
At that moment there came a gentle knock on the door which caused them both to look up. Identical grins appeared on their faces as they saw who it was at the door. Waving them in Morgan said, "Hey guys come on in." With the invitation the rest of the team slowly started to filter in, and stood around the bed admiring the baby in Garcia's arms. JJ was the last to arrive with pink balloons floating above her head. Seeing that everyone was here Garcia repositioned herself and Allison so everyone could see and then said, "Guys, we would like for you to meet Allison." Everyone smiled at seeing Allison, Rossi and Hotch both clapped Morgan's shoulder one at a time as they said, "Congratulations you two. She is beautiful." Prentiss, standing next to Garcia, leaned down and stroked Allison's cheek as Morgan had done before and said, "She looks like both of you…" gently stroking Allison's tiny nose, "she has your nose, Garcia, and I think she will have Morgan's hair when she gets older." Garcia nodded in agreement and said, "I think so too, and I hope it's curly as well." At that moment Garcia turned to Morgan who gave her an encouraging nod. Turning back to look at Prentiss Garcia said, "Prentiss, Derek and I were hoping that you would be Allison's Godmother." Starring at Garcia with her mouth slightly open out of shock Prentiss replied, "…Yes Garcia I…I would love to be Allison's Godmother." Garcia smiled in return, and looked to Morgan. Having heard Prentiss's response and seeing Garcia's glance, Morgan turned to Rossi who was next to him and said, "Rossi we were also hoping that you would be Allison's Godfather." Unprepared for this Rossi just stood there in shock. After a minute Rossi gave him his usual lopsided grin, and said, "Sure. I'd be honored." Then looking back and forth between Reid, who was Henry's Godfather and Morgan, Rossi asked them, "Would that entail any diaper duty?" A sly little smile spreading across Reid's face as he replied, "It all depends. You'll just have to wait and see. But to be a Godfather is a great experience, and you'd be a great Godfather to Allison." Giving Reid his lopsided grin in return Rossi said, "You're not going to give me a straight answer on the diaper duty thing, are you?" His smile growing bigger Reid replied, "Nope." Laughter could be heard from everyone in the room. Looking around to everyone in the room Garcia asked, "Alright, who wants to hold her first?" In a split second Prentiss had her hand high in the air as she replied, "ME!" Garcia giggled at the image of Prentiss looking like a school girl trying to answer a question in class as she repositioned Allison and placed her in Prentiss's waiting arms. Seeing Prentiss's loving smile upon her face as she held Allison Garcia knew that she and Derek had made the right decision making Prentiss Allison's Godmother. Looking around she saw everyone else watching Prentiss and she added, "I guess we can just pass her around so everyone can have a chance to hold her till she gets to Derek." Seeing only slight nods from the guys Garcia didn't really care she was just glad that everyone was here together.
Two days later Garcia and Allison were able to board the jet with the rest of the team, who were equipped with ear plugs, to return home to DC. They had a unique experience in Forks, Washington, with the Twilight case and the surprise arrival of Allison. Now everyone was getting back to their normal semi-changed lives at home and at the BAU.