Starting Over-Ch 10
When Derek and Penelope walked over toward the waiting room they smiled when they saw the doctor walking toward them, Penelope said, "how's Grace"?, the doctor said, "she's in her room and right now she is listed as critical but stable". Derek said, "can we see her now"?, the doctor nodded her head yes and said, "she's in room 400".
Derek and Penelope thanked the doctor again before everybody headed toward the elevator, once they stepped inside Derek wrapped his arms around Penelope and rested his chin on the top of her head. When the doors opened on the fourth floor everybody stepped off and headed toward her door, Penelope opened the door and stepped inside first.
She walked over to her daughters bed and leaned down and gently kissed her on the top of the head and said, "we'er all here sweetie, we're all here", she then looked up at the monitors and took a deep breath as the sound of the beeping machines filled the room. Derek kissed his daughter on the forehead and said, "we all love you princess".
Fran walked over and said, "hi sweetie, you need to get better so that you can help me in the kitchen, I miss my little helper", one by one everybody made their way over to the bed and said hi to the little girl. Derek kept watching his daughters chest going up and down as the ventillator did it's job, he then closed his eyes and said a silent prayer that his daughter was going to be alright.
Dave wrapped his arms around Fran and said, "she's going to be fine Fran, she's a fighter like her mom and dad", Fran wiped her eyes and said, "I know you're right but she's so small Dave, she's so small". Dave kissed the top of her head as she buried her head in his chest, JJ looked down at the little girl and then at Penelope and Derek and her heart went out to them knowing how seriously hurt their daughter was.
Penelope said, "momma and daddy are going to be right here by your side the entire time, we aren't going to go anywhere", she then put her hand in Graces and gently squeezed it and said, "I love you so much Grace and when you wake up mommy and daddy have some news for you". Derek stood beside Penelope and started down at his daughter and his heart broke in half because he knew that she would have a long road to recovery.
The team stayed with Derek and Penelope for several hours before JJ walked over and whispered, "Garcie we're going to head out for a while but if you need anything or if anything changes please call us". Penelope hugged her friend and said, "thank you so much for everything Jayje", she smiled at her friend and said, "you are my sister Garcie and Grace is my niece and I am, we are always here for you, for all of you.
Derek hugged JJ and said, "kiss Henry for us", she smiled and said, "we will and we will be back later", he nodded his head and said, "be careful and we promise that if anything changes we'll call". Hotch and Emily followed suit and Hotch said, "we're going to go home and check on Jack but we will be back later this evening".
Dave walked over and said, "me and your mom are going to head back to your place and check on Brit and the girls", Derek smiled as he hugged his mom and said,
"tell her we love her momma and that we'll call later okay"?, she put her sons face in her hands and said, "we will baby boy". Penelope stood up and hugged her mother in law and said, "I want to thank you and the girls for coming and for taking care of Brit for us".
Fran said, "of course honey, anytime", Derek wrapped his arms around Penelope and they watched as their family walked out of the room, they then turned their attention back to their daughter. Derek pulled a chair up and sat down beside Penelope and put her hand in his, she gently squeezed it and said, "we can't lose her Derek".
He kisses her on the temple and says, "we won't lose her, she's going to be fine", she wiped her eyes as he held her tight, she glanced over at her daughter and said, "please wake up baby, please". She was so caught up in watching the monitors that she almost missed it when Grace ever so gently squeezed her mommas hand.