And here we have chapter TEN! With the reveal of the baby's name! This is the first Matthew and Johnny PoV chapter as well so YAY for that!
Ten
Matthew could tell Johnny was uncomfortable with the kids and Declan clearly didn't like Johnny to much, not that he could blame him, Matthew didn't like Johnny much either. He could also tell Declan was protective of his little sister, he wouldn't let anyone else put her in her car seat, Declan had buckled her in, given her the sippy cup from the diaper bag and taken his seat next to her.
Matthew pulled out of the hospital parking lot and started for the center of Rome, he glanced at Johnny. "Are we really going to leave these defenseless children to the mercy of Ambassador Prentiss?"
"I don't know if we should, she didn't do a great with her own daughter but with her grand kids – one of whom is adopted – I don't think she should be trusted." Johnny sighed.
"Emily turned out great." Matthew frowned.
"Emily got luckly." John sighed. "I'll ask if we could keep them in a hotel. Hi, its John, we're not sure leaving these kids with ambassador Prentiss is a good idea... well have you met Emily's mom? She's insane... okay... alright we'll meet her there." John hung up the phone.
"What did he say?" Matthew asked.
"We're meeting Penelope at the Hilton on base." John said.
Penelope turned out to be a woman wearing a very brightly colored shirt and skirt with her blonde hair up in very very elaborate pigtails. She held out her hand. "Hi, you must be Matthew, I have heard so much about you, she's really very fond of you. I'm Penelope Garcia I work with Derek and Emily."
"Nice to meet you. Are you taking the kids?" Matthew asked.
"Yes I will take my little minions." She must've seen the look on Matthews face because she corrected herself. "I mean the children."
"Are you okay with that Declan?" Matthew asked.
Declan raised one of his eyebrows at Matthew in a very Emily-esque way. "Yeah she's okay. He's not." Declan gestured to John.
"What's wrong with me?" Johnny frowned.
"From what I've heard you kind of caused all this, you got her pregnant, which got him on drugs, which got him 'killed' and lead Emily to come here in search of him which got her into labor here." Declan said, and went call the elevator.
"Sometimes he is so much like his father it scares me." Penelope said.
"What do you mean?" Matthew asked.
"You mean you don't know? When Emily worked for Interpol his father was her big case, she went undercover until he was arrested. A few years ago Ian Doyle – Declan's dad – escaped from prison in North Korea and came after Emily. She's had him since." Penelope said.
"His dad is a terrorist?!" Matthew yelped.
"Shh!" Penelope snapped. "Was, he was killed a few years ago. Emily loves that kid to death though, everyone does. Declan's a sweet boy, but he's got that streak in him that is so undeniably his dad and it's a little scary. Anyway I have to go help them out. Have a nice day." She hurried off.
John had to admit, he wasn't that surprised that Emily had taken Declan in after all of that, he knew that she'd always wanted children but in recent years she didn't think she could've had any. Until she got pregnant with Lizi that is, when she found that out she'd been upset and happy. One on hand she was getting the baby she'd always wanted on the other she wasn't married and would have to deal with everything herself.
He and Matthew both got rooms across the hall from each other, Matthew muttered something about seeing him in the morning and turned into his room. It was past midnight and John was still laying awake on the bed, the lights on when the phone rang. He answered.
"Hey, John it's a girl." Derek's voice said on the other end of the line.
"Really? That great, whats her name?" John smiled.
"Isabella, she was born about an hour ago." Derek said.
"Can I speak to Emily?" He asked.
"Sure, here." The phone could be heard changing hands.
"Johnny?" Emily's exhausted voice said.
"Hey Princess, how are you?" He smiled.
"I'm tired and sore, but happy." She yawned.
"That's good Princess, don't over exert yourself." He chuckled.
"I won't. Bye Johnny." She smiled and hung up.
