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Chapter 10

You could hear a pin drop as the entire diner went completely silent. JJ ushered all the younger kids into the back as Derek and Mitchell stared each other down; Hotch, Rossi, Reid and Will flanked Derek on either side. The chime above the door sounded as two people came in.

"Whoa, a stand-off," Joe commented.

"What's going on?" Michael approached them.

"Well it started off with Liza announcing that she would be attending Grad School at Virginia Tech," Allison told them.

"Then it escalated into him finding out that Derek and Penelope are moving in together so that Liza can sublet Pen's apartment," Sarah added.

"Which I'm guessing that he doesn't agree with," Joe sighed. "Lay off, Mitchell. In case you haven't noticed, we're all adults now. You don't get to control our lives anymore."

"It was also accidentally revealed that Penelope was shot," Olivia told them. "And well, here we are."

"Oh,"

"You all knew?" Mitchell turned to them. "How long ago did it happen?"

"About three years ago," Tim revealed.

"And you didn't tell me?"

"When Derek called to tell us, he made us promise not to tell you."

"Why?" Mitchell glared at Derek.

"She didn't want you to know," Derek told him. "She said I could call the others, but I couldn't call you."

"I should've been told,"

"Why?" they all looked and saw Penelope coming from the kitchen.

"Garcia," Emily smiled at her.

"I am very glad to see you guys and we will talk later," she looked at her work family. "But right now I need to deal with this."

"You were shot?" Mitchell looked at her. "Why didn't you tell me? And why would you tell everyone else but me?"

"Why would I tell you?" she glared at him. "Seriously. Why would I want you to know when something bad happens, when you don't care to know when something good is happening?"

"I'm still your brother,"

"Could've fooled me," she stated. "You haven't acted like a brother since I left."

"All right, enough of this." Tim came forward. "You need to leave, Mitchell. Right now."

"What?"

"It's for your own protection," Michael told him. "From the looks on their faces, I'd say a few of these agents wouldn't mind rearranging your face."

"And I don't need any more expenses from the repairs that will undoubtedly need to be done as a result."

"You're upsetting your sister," Derek stated as he continued to glare at Mitchell. "Getting her upset isn't good for the baby. If you even care about your unborn niece or nephew."

"You are bringing this whole atmosphere down. I'm tired of all your judgment and unwanted advice. Your wife and kids can stay, but you have to go."

"We will forcefully remove you if we have to," Joe told him. "I'm sure the FBI agents would be glad to help us."

"Absolutely," Hotch stated.

"I'm going," Mitchell stormed out, glaring at all of them as he went.

"Are you ok, Baby Girl?" Derek looked at her after all the excitement died down.

"Yeah," she said softly. "Excuse me."

"We'll go talk to her," JJ and Emily followed her as she started back towards the kitchen again and everyone sat down again.

"That was interesting," Will commented as he looked at Derek. "And you've spent almost a week with them."

"It's been interesting, that's for sure." Derek told them.

"How is she?" Reid saw JJ and Emily coming back without Garcia.

"She seems fine," JJ told them. "They're going to bring out the dessert in a little bit."

Suddenly there was a big eruption of multi-colored ribbons all over their table. Derek looked back and spotted Jazzlynn standing behind him as she was donned in her new dance outfit.

"Jazzy," he smiled at her.

"Whoa, it's Garcia's mini-me." Reid commented.

"I can't get the last part right." Jazzy stated.

"This is part of your dance routine?" Derek asked her.

"My teacher added rhythm gymnastics to it."

"You must be the one I talked to on the phone," JJ smiled at her.

"Hi," Jazzy smiled back at her. "I'm going to see Sky."

"Don't take any food with you," Derek told her.

"She looks like the spitting image of Garcia," JJ watched her walk over to her sister.

"Tim said that she also acts and talks like she did when she was younger." Derek told them. "She definitely got the motor mouth gene from her."

"Hello," Tim pulled a chair up to their table and sat down. "Sorry about the family drama that you guys just witnessed."

"Don't worry, we've seen that side of your sister before," Rossi told him. "She was always very passionate when it involved the people she cared about. Now we know why."

"Mitchell brings out that side of her; brings it out of all of us, and that was actually mellow."

"Believe us, we know." Hotch told him.

"I went and got this from the house," Tim pulled out a photo album with the word 'Penelope' spelled out across the cover. "I made this for her, but I figured that you'd like to see pictures of her growing up."

"Hand it over," Emily took it from him and opened it up. "Ok, what's this? Why was she in the NICU when she was born?"

"It was a precaution. Mom had a difficult pregnancy as well as a difficult labor. Mom was hoping to finally get her daughter. She came six weeks early. Her lungs weren't fully developed when she was born."

"You definitely can't tell that now," Rossi commented as the album was put in the middle of the table so they all could see the photos.

"So…" JJ looked at Tim. "Skylar-"

"Yeah, she is." Tim sighed. "I'm not happy about it, not by a long shot, but she is determined to raise it by herself."

"What do you think will happen?"

"We haven't talked with the father or his parents yet, but we told her that she has to get a part-time job after the baby comes. Penelope is looking into schools that cater to just pregnant and parenting teens. Apparently there is quite a few in the area."

"I think she'll be fine," Will told him. "I mean, this family won't let her fall through the cracks. You didn't let Penelope."

"Thanks for that," Tim smiled. "I needed that."

"Dessert is ready!" Jack and Henry ran out with all the rest of the kids. "They're bringing it all out."

They all watched as Penelope and her sisters brought out several platters of dessert samples and placed them on the counter. Everyone crowded around and grabbed some samples as Penelope stopped to talk to Skylar briefly.

"Please eat all this," Michael's wife, Sarah told them all. "We don't really want to take this all home."

"Ok, why is there a picture of your sister in a hospital bed with a bandage wrapped around her head?" JJ asked as they all turned back to the album.

"She was five there. She said that was when she fell down the stairs and split her head open," the others grimaced as Derek glanced over at Tim. "Great job baby-sitting, by the way."

"In our defense," Tim started. "We shouldn't have had to baby-sit the night that the final game of the World Series was on. Seriously who makes us do that?"

"Your parents, who hadn't had a date in over six months."

"What about this picture?" Emily pointed. "The one where she has a cast on her arm."

"She fell out of a tree that was way too tall for her to be trying to climb," Derek looked at Tim again. "Once again, great baby-sitting."

"My friends were over. We were playing a game of baseball." He defended. "You know, she wasn't as sweet and innocent as everyone thought she was."

"I can believe that," Rossi smiled.

"Sweet and innocent, my ass." Tim mumbled under his breath.

"According to her, you guys were always ganging up on her." Derek told him. "So she had to learn to retaliate."

"And she never got in trouble. She always convinced our parents that we were the ones doing something wrong."

"She told me that too," Derek smiled.

"How would she do that?" Will was curious.

"Apparently she could produce tears on the spot," Derek said. "She would burst into tears, her parents would think that one of her brothers did something to her, and they would get into trouble."

"And as we were being dragged away for our punishment, we would see her smirk at us."

"Sounds like it was more about survival," JJ said. "I mean, the only girl with four older brothers?"

"And there is a picture of one of you trying to wrestle with her," Reid pointed out.

"Turn the page," Derek told him and they saw a picture of the same boy with a bloody rag held to his face.

"That was as a result of a bloody nose that she gave him because of the picture before."

"Remind me never to get on her bad side," Hotch told them.

"You didn't already know that?" Rossi looked at him.

"And there is a copy of a detention slip that she got," Emily said.

"Freshman year of high school," Joe came up and sat down with the group of them. "The detention was for tardiness, but it was why she was late to class that made us want to save that."

"Ok I'll bite, why was she late to class?" Rossi asked.

"She wasn't exactly popular in school," Joe started. "I mean, she had a group of friends that she had from her dance classes, but she was still targeted for how she looked and how she dressed. When she got into high school, the only one that was still there was Tim. He was a senior, though."

"When she was a freshman, this guy from my class started hassling her." Tim told them. "It started with him asking her out. When she said no, he wrote some nasty things about her on the bathroom wall. She was late to class because she was looking at what was written since I refused to tell her what it said."

"It escalated quite a bit." Joe added. "He would hassle her in the halls until there was a show-down in the boys' bathroom."

"I'm sorry," JJ stopped them. "She willing went into the boys' restroom to confront this guy?"

"She marched in there behind the guy with a vengeance," Tim told them. "Her friends were with her and I followed them in. I won't give you all the details, but the end result was Penelope pushing him into one of the stalls and flushing his head down the toilet."

"Whoa," Will mumbled. "This trip is very enlightening so far."

"Mommy!" They heard a frantic cry and looked and saw Jazzlynn running over to Shelley at the counter.

Penelope got up from sitting next to Skylar as Shelley helped her daughter up and led her towards the back.

"Is she ok?" Tim asked. "Do you need my help?"

"This is a girl thing," Shelley told him as she helped her daughter walk into the back of the diner.

"She looked a little rough," Emily commented.

"The morning sickness-well, she's having a rough time."

"Hey everyone," Penelope slowly approached the table with apprehension. "It's great to see you all in person again."

"I'm guessing that you want to talk?" Hotch looked at her.

"In private?" she asked.

"Lead the way," he got up and followed her off to a corner of the diner and they started talking.

When everyone finally left the diner late that night, Derek and Penelope went back to Tim's place with his family. The rest of the team was getting checked into a local hotel and heading over to Tim's place as well.

Derek walked into the guest room and found Penelope and Skylar lying on the bed beside each other, both of them with their eyes closed.

"Are either of you awake?" he asked softly.

"Yes," he heard them mumble.

"Are you guys ok?"

"I'm just really tired," Penelope cracked one eye open to look at him.

"And I have bed spins," Skylar mumbled.

"Your mom is actually looking for you," Derek told Skylar. "I believe that she's down in the kitchen."

"Ok," Sky slowly got off the bed and started downstairs.

"The team will be here in a couple minutes," Derek sat on the bed.

"I know, JJ just texted me." Penelope slowly sat up. "Emily plans on kicking you out of this room when they get here."

"So what'd you and Hotch talk about earlier?" he looked at her. "You guys were talking for over an hour."

"Pretty much everything," she told him. "Strauss, how I left, why I left, what's going to happen when I get back, you and me…"

"But you resolved everything, right?"

"Yes," she smiled. "And he said that he and Rossi will make it their mission to keep Strauss off our backs."

"Good," he sighed as there was a knock at the door and JJ and Emily came in, their arms full of items. "Come on in."

"You're going to have to leave, Morgan." Emily told him.

"I'm going," he got up. "Are the guys downstairs?"

"Yep," they watched him leave and sat on the bed with Penelope. "So this was your bedroom growing up?"

"Yes," she smiled at them. "So what do you have planned? And just so you know, I will probably fall asleep in the middle of it. I was up super early today."

"Up first are the virgin margaritas," JJ showed her the platter of drinks. "Made with Sprite and fruit punch."

"Second is girly movies," Emily took one out of her bag. "I heard there was a TV and DVD player up here."

"Set it up," Penelope smiled at her.

"Did you go shopping for the baby already?" JJ spotted all the bags on the floor.

"My brothers' wives took me shopping the other day."

"Looks like they got you quite a bit already," Emily glanced through the bags. "And it's all blue."

"They're convinced that it's a boy. They said we need another boy in the family."

"So how has Morgan really been with everything?" JJ asked.

"He's been great actually," Penelope smiled. "He hasn't tried to push me into anything. He said that he'd wait for as long as it takes."

"So then why'd you agree to move in so quickly?"

"My sister-in-laws. They basically just knocked some sense into me. They said that if he didn't want to be with me, that he wouldn't have flown across the country and thrown himself into my crazy family like he did."

"I'd have to agree with them," Emily told her. "No offense, but your family is a little…"

"Believe me, I know." Penelope smiled.

"All right, let's start the movie." JJ pressed play and the girls got comfortable on the bed and drank their mocktails.

Derek found the guys out on the beach having some drinks and talking with Penelope's brothers. Rossi, Reid and Will were sitting in some chairs while Hotch was standing a few feet away talking with all of Penelope's brothers. Derek pulled a chair up beside Reid and Will and smiled at them.

"There you are," Rossi spotted him. "How's Garcia?"

"Extremely tired since she was up at five this morning," he told them all. "But I don't think JJ or Emily will let her sleep anytime soon."

"Probably not," Will nodded. "JJ was on a mission."

"Where are Jack and Henry and all the kids?" Derek looked around and realized it was just the team and Penelope's brothers.

"They're all inside with the wives," Joe told him.

"Shelley put in a movie for them and told them all to lay down," Tim said. "With the promise that they didn't have to go to sleep, knowing that they would all be asleep within the first twenty minutes."

"So how's it feel Morgan?" Hotch came over to him. "You and Garcia are going to be parents."

"Honestly it didn't hit me until she took me with her for that ultra sound," Derek revealed. "When I saw the image and heard the heart beat, that's when it all became real."

"That's when Skylar's pregnancy became real for me," Tim commented. "That was my 'oh my god' moment."

"Have you talked to her yet?" Derek asked him.

"Not officially," Tim admitted.

"I'd do it soon. If you don't, your sister will be back down here kicking your ass."

"Believe me, I know."

"Well I'd just like to say," Will started. "Morgan, it's about time that you two got together. I don't work with you guys so I'm not around you as often as the others are, but even I could tell that something was brewing between you guys."

"I think we're all grateful that you took your head out of your ass and realized that you guys were meant to be together." Rossi stated.

"Just don't screw it up," Michael spoke up.

"I won't," Derek assured not only Penelope's brothers, but the team as well.

"And you better not hurt her," Joe stated.

"Or we'll be kicking your ass." Tim added.

"Understood," Derek nodded as they all sat around on the beach swapping stories.

AN: So what 'd you all think of this chapter? A couple of the childhood stories are from episodes of other TV shows that I used to watch. Hope you liked this. PLZ R&R!