AN: Another chapter for you guys. I hope you like this. PLZ R&R!

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Chapter 9

"Kevin's not the father," Penelope revealed, and unconsciously held her breath, waiting for Derek's reaction.

"I don't understand," he looked at her. "If it's not Kevin's baby, then whose is it?"

"It's a long story," she sighed as she stood up from the counter and pulled him up after her. "So I think we should move this to somewhere more comfortable."

Derek allowed her to guide him into his living room and they got settled. He turned to face her as she took a few calming breaths.

"This may get a little uncomfortable for you," she started.

"Go ahead," he urged her. "You know you can tell me anything."

"Ok," she sighed. "Kevin and I hadn't slept together for three months before we broke up. And when I finally ended it with him, JJ and Emily took me out to the bar. We had a lot to drink..."

Derek listened silently as she told him about the night that her baby was conceived. The bartender Joe calling the three of them a cab, her going back to retrieve her phone, the guy that had approached her, then not remembering anything until she was waking up in a strange bed the next morning.

"Baby Girl," he embraced her as she started crying. "It will all be ok."

"How can you say that?" she looked up at him. "I don't know his name. I can't remember how I conceived-"

"That won't matter," he tried to assure her.

"Seriously?" she pulled back from him. "So you really think when he or she is a teenager and I decide to tell them the actual truth surrounding their birth, that it won't matter to them?"

"Yes there is always the chance that they will resent you," he told her. "But once they calm down and realize that without that event happening that they wouldn't exist then-"

"You do realize that the time period between those events could last months or even years."

"You will get through it," he pulled her more tightly against him. "I will be here for you. Through everything. As will the rest of the team. I'm sure of it."

"I want to keep it," she said softly and he pulled back to look at her.

"You're sure?"

"Positive," she started to smile a little. "I just don't know how I'm going to manage it on my own."

"And what makes you think that you're going to be on your own?"

"Because I am,"

"And what about the rest of us? The ones who will be honorary aunties and uncles. And don't forget about my mom and Dave. They'll want to be honorary grandparents. You can call any of us at any time and we'll be there in an instant."

"You guys won't be available all the time. What about when there's an out-of-town case? And I shouldn't have to depend on you guys all the time. I want to be the best mother that I can be."

"You already are if you're saying that already," he told her.

"There's also the financial aspect of it-"

"Ok, slow your roll," Derek stopped her. "One thing at a time. Have you already been to a doctor?"

"Yes, the day after our movie night."

"And what did they say?"

"Dr. Carlson," she told him. "She said everything is fine."

"Then focus on that for right now," he told her. "We can take everything one step at a time as it comes."

"We?" she looked at him.

"What, did you think that I wouldn't want to be involved with every aspect of this?"

"Some of the things that I will be going through-it's a lot to ask of my best friend."

"I want to be involved in everything," he assured her. "And besides, it won't just be me. I'm sure that JJ and Emily are already making plans."

Derek continued to sit with Penelope on the couch as he got her to eat several small snacks and meals sporadically throughout the rest of the day. They watched different TV shows and movies until it started to get dark out.

Penelope slowly sat up after another movie ended. Derek sat up as well as she started to get up off the couch.

"I hope you don't think that you're going home," he told her.

"No, I brought my overnight bag." she told him. "I was planning on taking a quick shower before turning in for the night."

"Why don't you take a bubble bath instead? Maybe it'll relax you." he looked at her. "Wait, I think I read something about pregnant women and bubble baths earlier."

"I can still take bubble baths," she smiled at him. "Is everything still in the same place?"

"Everything is right where you left it last time," he told her.

"Then I will be in the guest bathroom," she grabbed her bag.

"And I will be down here cleaning up," he stretched as he watched her head upstairs.

He threw their abandoned lunches in the trash and started wiping off the counter as the doorbell sounded. He figured it was one-if not all-of the team stopping by to check up on Penelope so he went to answer it. He was shocked to see who was standing in front of him instead.

"Derek," they greeted him with a smile.

"Savannah,"

Reid came into the kitchen to fill up Henry's cup again as he spotted JJ, Emily, Fran, Desiree and Sarah crowded around Dave's laptop.

"Ooh, how about that one?" Emily pointed on the screen.

"She'll love that," Desiree told them.

"Adding it to the list," JJ clicked on the screen.

"What are you doing?" Reid asked them and they all looked up at him.

"We may or may not be planning Garcia's baby shower," JJ told her husband.

"Already?"

"It takes a lot of planning," Fran told him.

"Months in advance," Sarah said.

"I understand that you're all excited for Garcia," Reid told them all. "I am a little bit too. But we have to consider the possibility that she may not want to keep the baby."

"She didn't go through with the abortion-" Emily started.

"That's not the only option for an unplanned pregnancy," Reid told them. "I'm talking about adoption."

"Would she really consider that?" Desiree looked at everyone.

"She's a single woman facing the reality of raising a child on her own who can't remember who the father is."

"He's right," JJ sighed. "It's a strong possibility."

"So we'll keep doing this," Fran told them. "Just in case she does decide to keep the baby. That way we'll be prepared."

"Sounds good to me," Sarah stated and Reid shook his head as he walked back to where the guys were watching a movie with the kids.

"I wonder how Derek is handling everything," Desiree said.

"Good, I hope." Fran sighed. "But he is very protective of his Baby Girl. If he does get mad, I don't think his anger will be directed at her."

"Well you know Savannah is still in town," Emily spoke up. "And Kevin is still around. Once those two find out about the baby, I hate to imagine what they'll do."

Derek was shocked to see his ex-girlfriend standing on his doorstep after all this time. It had been over a month since he ended it with Savannah and threw her out. He had managed to steer clear of her so far, but he never imagined that she'd just show up again out of the blue.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" Savannah asked him.

"No," Derek blocked the door. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to talk to you,"

"About what?"

"Can we discuss this inside?"

"No," he stated. "Now what do you want?"

"I've been doing a lot of thinking since I left-or when you threw me out."

"I didn't throw you out. You wanted me to choose between you and my best friend."

"I know, and I'm sorry about that. I should've never made you choose. And if you'll have me, I was hoping that you we could give us another chance."

"I don't think so," he stated.

"Why not?" she demanded, hands on her hips.

"Because I never should've gotten together with you. It was a mistake for us to get together. You were nothing more than a distraction."

"A distraction? A distraction from what?"

"I can't find the towels," Penelope's voice drifted down to them and Derek turned to see her coming down the stairs in her bathrobe. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know-"

"Don't worry, she was just leaving." Derek told her.

"What is she doing here?" Savannah demanded.

"I just did some laundry this afternoon," Derek continued to look at Penelope, completely ignoring Savannah. "There should be some clean towels in the basket in my room. Take your time with your bath."

"Ok," she nodded as she rushed back up the stairs.

"What is she doing here?" Savannah asked again.

"That is none of your business," Derek told her. "Nothing I do is any of your business anymore."

"Are you shacking up with her now?" Savannah managed to push her way into the house and scanned the room.

"You need to leave right now," Derek told her.

"What is this?" Savannah spotted all the information spread out across the kitchen counters. "She's pregnant?"

"Yes,"

"You got her pregnant?" she glared at him.

"And what if I did?" he looked at her as he crossed his arms in front of him.

"How could you do this to me?"

"We're broken up. I have every right to move on."

"That should be our life; our baby."

"No," Derek shook his head as he started to push her towards the door. "That was never us. We never should've gotten together."

"You don't mean that,"

"Yes I do," Derek managed to push her out on the porch. "I never want to see you around again."

"Derek-"

"Leave us alone Savannah," Derek shut the door and locked and secured it before heading upstairs to check on Penelope.

"You'll be sorry," Savannah stated as she climbed back into her car and pulled away. "You'll both be very sorry."

AN: So what'd you think? I hope you liked this. I will try to work on Dreaming Of Home but I'm going away for the weekend and I'm working everyday up until the day I leave. So I can't promise that I'll have the next chapter up before next week. Anyway, PLZ R&R!