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I tried to get this one out more quickly seeing as I have no other huge projects I'm working on. More drama in this chapter. Thank you so much for the reviews! They are much appreciated :)
Home of Alex Karev
JJ and Alex woke up to his alarm that rang at five in the morning. Leaning over JJ's sleeping form, Alex hit the alarm off and kissed her bare shoulder, running his fingers up and down her arm. She smiled in her sleep and asked, "Do you have to go to the hospital?"
Pushing her hair out of the way, he placed delicate kisses on her neck and inhaled the sweet smell of her skin that was a mix of raspberries and sex. "Yeah," he whispered, pulling himself out of bed and throwing on his boxers. JJ sat up and smirked.
"You look rather sexy in the morning," she said with a sultry voice. Getting up from his bed, she put on one of his t-shirts and followed him to the doorway. "Where's the shower?"
Pushing her against the door with his body, Alex smirked. "Follow me," he said, kissing her softly.
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After showering, JJ returned to Alex's room and checked her phone. There were over twenty missed calls from Hotch and two from Will. Scrunching her brow, she dialed Hotch's phone first to see what had happened even though it was five thirty in the morning. She would call Henry later.
"Hotchner," Hotch answered sleepily.
"Hotch, it's JJ," she said. Alex had come into the room now and was dressing, looking at her curiously. "I saw you called a lot. Is everything okay?"
He huffed. "Now one of you resurfaces," he grunted. "Where the hell have you been?"
Stuttering, she said, "I'm sorry, sir. I'm nowhere important. I lost track of time."
"Well, as soon as you are allowed into the hospital, you may wish to go over there. Penelope had her baby – a little girl named Lizzie. And Derek's awake now."
JJ smiled. "I'll be there as soon as I can!" she exclaimed, putting her phone down and hurrying to dress quicker.
"Nowhere important, huh?"
As she finished dressing and was pulling her hair back, she turned to Alex. He was still throwing clothes on, but he seemed annoyed. And slightly hurt. "Alex…" she murmured. "I can't exactly tell my boss that I was out sleeping with someone I met only a week ago."
Alex wasn't sure why, but her quick response of being "nowhere important" hurt him. Was she regretting sleeping with him? She'd seemed so happy, but then she went and dismissed being with him, almost as if she felt it was spur of the moment. So he did what he did best when he felt wounded. "What? Are you ashamed we slept together?" he snapped.
Looking shocked, JJ said, "No! Why would you ask something like that?" She couldn't believe how quickly the dynamic had just changed between them.
"If you just see me as 'nowhere important' and you the guy you met a week ago –"
"That's not what I meant!" JJ protested. "I just didn't think of anything else to say and I said that. It doesn't mean anything."
Scowling, he said, "I have to go to the hospital. See you later, JJ." Without another word, he stormed down the hall and down the stairs. He made his way into the kitchen and found Meredith Grey making coffee and a bagel.
"Good morning, Alex," she said. "You want some coffee?"
Grabbing a protein bar, he grumbled, "No."
Meredith scrutinized him with her eyes. "Do you want to talk about something? Like maybe the girl you've been thinking about all week?"
"No," he muttered, taking his breakfast and headed out to his car to go to work.
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Callie Torres' Apartment
Emily slid out from Callie's embrace and made her way to the bathroom. She felt guilty for still being with her and not with her team at the hospital, but she couldn't help it. Callie was like a drug in her system that she couldn't seem to detox from. When she returned to the bedroom, Callie's eyes were fluttering open. She smiled lazily and sat up, pushing back some of her rumpled black hair from her face.
"Hey," she said sleepily. "Everything okay?"
Emily nodded. "Perfect," she said. Leaning over Callie, she picked up her phone, realizing that she'd neglected it for the past twenty-four hours. Kissing her lover on the cheek, she scrolled through the messages. Her eyes bulged and she cursed.
21 Missed Calls
"What the hell?" she said, looking through to see who'd called her so many times. Most were from Hotch, some were from Reid.
Leaning towards her, Callie placed a kiss on her shoulder and asked gently, "Is something wrong?"
Confused, Emily stared at her phone. "I don't know. My unit chief has been calling me."
"Do you think it might be another case?" Callie asked with disappointment. She looked longingly at Emily for the answer with a slight amount of fear in her look. She didn't want to lose a budding romance so soon after she'd lost Arizona. She could easily see herself falling in love with Emily if time permitted.
Turning to her, Emily shook her head and smiled in an attempt to comfort her. "No, no," she said hastily. "Our section chief gave us two weeks leave. But maybe Derek woke up." She called Hotch and pulled Callie in for another soft kiss. She was extremely nervous that something might have happened to Derek and she felt with Callie by her side she might have some support. The ringing ended with Hotch answering in a clipped tone.
"Where have you been, Prentiss?" he asked, his usually patient tone not present. "We've been trying to get a hold of you for ages. JJ too. You both just disappeared! I heard from JJ early this morning. She's back now. Where are you?"
"What's wrong?" Emily demanded, ignoring his scolding tone. "Is Derek okay?"
"Derek's awake," he said, his tone lightening some. "But the reason we called you so many times is because Penelope went into labor yesterday morning. She delivered a completely healthy baby girl. Her name is Lizzie."
Smacking herself in the forehead, Emily groaned. "Was someone there with her in there?"
"Rossi was there, coaching her and what not," he replied, a hint of laugh mixed in.
She had to choke on a laugh at the thought of David Rossi helping Penelope through labor. "Alright," she said. "I have to shower and get dressed. I'll be there soon."
"Tell Dr. Torres 'hi' for me," he snickered.
Without responding to him, Emily hung up on Hotch and sighed. "Penelope gave birth to a healthy baby girl. They named her Lizzie." She smiled at Callie and added, "Oh! And Derek woke up! God, I can't believe I wasn't answering my phone."
Callie laughed. "Do you want to get dressed and go now?" she asked, placing her hand in Emily's. "I can be ready in ten minutes."
Grinning, Emily said, "Sounds good. Where's the shower?" She placed a soft kiss on Callie's lips and watched as she got up from the bed.
As Callie was getting the shower started, Emily went to start coffee before joining her. She'd thrown on her jeans and an undershirt to walk through the apartment and she was thankful she had when she heard a knock on the door. Hitting the 'brew' button on the coffee pot, she went to the door, unlocked it, and opened it to find a stunningly beautiful blonde woman with a perky smile on her face. It immediately dropped when she saw Emily.
"Hello," Emily said, trying to be friendly, but was uncomfortable as she wasn't wearing a bra. "Can I help you?"
"Who are you?" the blonde woman asked shakily.
"Emily?" Callie's voice called sexily. She came out of the bathroom, dripping wet and in nothing but a towel. "Are you coming? Because shower sex is –" She stopped short when she saw the woman standing in the doorway.
Smiling softly, the blonde said, "Hello, Calliope."
"What are you doing here?" Callie demanded coldly. Her eyes narrowed to slits and she glared at the woman in the doorway.
"Isn't it obvious?"
Emily raised up a hand to interrupt, even though she had a pretty good idea of who this was. "Um, who is this?"
"I'm Arizona Robbins," the woman snapped. "And I'm wondering who you are."
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Derek Morgan's Hospital Room
Derek grumbled and laid his head back against the pillows, his frustration building with each passing moment. Twice already he'd tried to escape from his room to find Penelope, and twice he'd been caught and sent back to his bed.
"Mr. Morgan, if you don't stop trying to leave, I'm going to chain you to the bed," one of his nurses said with a scowl. "You'll be able to see your wife soon. And then she'll be coming to you, because you can't be moved yet."
"Watch me!" he snarled.
By now he'd just decided to wait for Penelope. Dr. Grey had come and told him that she was doing fine and his newborn daughter was perfectly healthy, though she was about a month early. Penelope and he discussed names privately by themselves and decided on Elizabeth a few weeks before he'd left for Seattle.
"But I think we should call her 'Lizzie'," he pleaded while they were still lying under the sheets in the early morning before work. "I like Lizzie."
Laughing, Penelope pulled his face towards his and kissed him hungrily. "I'm okay with Lizzie." Looking under the sheets at her belly, she cooed, "Is Lizzie okay with you, little girl?"
Derek put both his hands on her stomach and felt as their baby kicked against her mother's belly. "I think she approves," he said with a grin, pulling Penelope on top of him and letting her kiss up his neck.
"I hear you've made several escape attempts this morning," Rossi said with a smirk on his face as he limped into the room. "You've become very popular with the nurses who've affectionately named you 'Runaway Daddy.'"
Derek scowled and cursed. "I just want to get up and see Penelope," he lamented. "And Lizzie. Dr. Grey told me she was born healthy. Oh, and that you coached my wife through labor." He grinned cheekily at him.
Rossi laughed. "Yeah, that was an experience," he chortled. "I don't think I've ever heard a woman curse so many times in several strung together sentences." He glanced out the door and grinned.
"What?" Derek asked. "What are you grinning about now?"
Standing up, Rossi said, "Your surprise is here."
"Huh?" Derek asked, confused. But when he saw Hotch pushing Penelope into the room in a wheelchair with a little pink bundle in her arms, a huge smile gracing her face, he immediately brightened and tried to sit up straight. "Hey Baby Girl!" he said. "Oh my God, you have no idea how happy I am to see you right now!"
Hotch smiled softly and wheeled the chair up next to the left side of Derek's bed. Penelope rose from the chair and sat on the edge of his bed, kissing him softly. "Hot Stuff, you haven't had to watch me sleep for a week straight."
As soon as his eyes fell on his daughter, Derek smiled widely and said, "She's so beautiful, Penelope." He looked up into her eyes and whispered, "Just like her momma." Neither of them noticed as Hotch and Rossi left the room. Holding out his arms, Penelope placed Lizzie in his arms and watched as father met daughter for the first time.
It was beautiful, watching her husband hold Lizzie for the first time. Her eyes watered as Derek stroked Lizzie's cheek with the tip of his index finger. Placing a kiss on his bandaged head, Penelope leaned her forehead against his and closed her eyes. "I love you, Derek," she whispered softly, a few tears falling from her cheeks. Derek was awake and they had their daughter with them. There was nothing else she needed in the world.
Looking from his daughter to his wife, Derek murmured, "I love you too, Penelope. You and Lizzie. You're all I need."
