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Garcia and Fran walked through the hallway to Morgan and Garcia's apartment. Both of them had bags and bags of shopping.
Garcia smiled "Oh Derek is not going to be happy when he sees all this" Garcia said guiltily.
Fran laughed in agreement.
"Probably not, but how could we resist, little shoes, little hats little coats and dresses and all things little" Fran said gushing; "Besides he told us to go out and have fun right?"
Garcia smiled.
"I guess so, but maybe we went a bit overboard" She said.
"Nonsense" Fran said, "Nothing is too much for my Granddaughter"
Garcia stopped walking.
"Can I ask you something Fran?" She said.
Fran stopped and looked back at her.
"What's wrong Penelope?" She asked.
"Nothing's wrong" Garcia answered "But you really don't mind, that even though she's not Derek's baby, that she calls you grandma?"
Fran smiled at her.
"Darling, of course not" she said but still not seeing Garcia's expression change she explained
"Penelope you are one of the most wonderful people I know, and even before all of this, I thought you were wonderful, and Derek loves you a lot, I can hear it when he talks about you. Of course I don't mind if this little one calls me Grandma, you and her are both a part of my family now."
She gave Garcia a hug.
"Stop worrying about it so much, I promise you, I am just as excited as anyone else to meet her"
Garcia smiled at Fran.
"Thank you, you really don't know how much I appreciate everything you do for us" she said.
"Anytime Penelope" Fran said.
They continued walking and in no time were home. Garcia unlocked the door and was surprised to see all her friends sitting around the living room. They all smiled as she came in, Morgan got up to great her and his mother.
"Hey mom" he said kissing his mother softly on the cheek.
"Baby Girl" he said kissing Garcia, trying not to make it to mushy while the others were around.
"Did you both have a good day?" he asked.
Garcia nodded looking over his shoulder trying to figure out why her friends were there.
"I can see you bought home half the mall" Morgan said glancing at their bags.
Fran and Garcia laughed.
"What brings you all here?" Garcia said unable to wait any longer.
"Oh we have a surprise for you baby girl" Morgan said.
"Oh?" Garcia said.
"Yes and we really hope you like it" Rossi said speaking up.
"What is it?" Garcia asked.
"We'll show you but you have to close your eyes ok" Morgan said.
"Ok, ok" She said shutting her eyes tight.
Morgan took her hand and led her towards one of the spare rooms. Garcia heard the door creaking open.
"Alright baby girl you can open your eyes" Morgan said.
Garcia opened her eyes, before her the room they had chosen for the nursery had been transformed. When she had left that morning there were just boxes of furniture they still had to put up and that was it. Now the room was filled with bright colors, oranges, purples, teals. It resembled the décor to her old apartment, and it was better then she had ever thought. The crib was now built and a knitted blanket hung over the side, there was a single seat chair under the window, a chest of drawers with a night light on it as well as a few framed photos. Garcia walked over to them to see who they were of, as she saw them she left out a small gasp and a tear fell from her eye. One of the photos was of her parents on their wedding day, another of Morgan's parents on their wedding day. There was a photo of Morgan and Garcia, Morgan had his hands resting on Garcia's swollen belly and was kissing her cheek. The last one was one of the team, JJ Hotch, Rossi, Prentiss and Reid. Morgan walked up behind her resting his chin on her shoulder.
"You like it?" he asked.
She turned in his arms, giving him a soft kiss.
"Yes, it's perfect" she said.
She turned to her friends.
"I can't believe you guys did all this" she said as another tear fell from her face. She went over to them and hugged and thanked each of them.
"Penelope, we know you guys needed help with this, we're always going to be around when you need the help" JJ said.
"Yeah" Prentiss "I want my little jelly bean to be comfortable."
"Your Jelly Bean?" Reid asked.
Prentiss looked back at Morgan and Garcia guiltily .
"Sorry I mean OUR jelly bean" she said, as everyone laughed at her reply.
Hours later, after they had eaten and chatted and said goodbye to their friends, Garcia and Morgan sat in silence on the couch watching television. Garcia had her head gently resting on Morgan's lap as he ran his fingers lovingly through her hair. Both of them were feeling content for the first time in a long time. Garcia broke the silence.
"I can't believe you got everyone to do that" She said smiling.
Morgan lent down and kissed her cheek.
"Baby girl, they would do anything for you and our daughter." He said.
"I know but still, it look amazing and you did it all in one day" she said.
"Well we had to get it done before the visit from the social worker, and I figured the only way to get it ready was to get help" he said.
"I love it, I really do, I hope you know how much a I appreciate it." She said rolling on to her back so she could see him. He lent down and gently kissed her lips, rubbing his hand along her growing stomach.
"I have something else for you" he said to her.
"What" she asked.
"Stay here and I'll get it" he said, helping her sit so he could get up from the lounge.
Garcia swung her legs around so she was sitting up as Morgan went into the other room. When he came back he had a box wrapped with ribbon. Garcia smiled with excitement as he gave it to her. She undid the ribbon slowly, a bit nervous of what could be in there. As she took the lid off, she gasped. Inside the box was a projector just like the one she used to have that was broken. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"How did you find one?" she asked.
Morgan chuckled,
"It was a lot harder than I thought, there's not many of those left in working order" He said.
"Yeah there's like ten in the whole country" Garcia agreed.
"Well I put my detective skills to work and found one, I know how much you loved yours and now you can show our daughter you film" He said.
Garcia didn't know what to say to him, she threw her arms around him with a bone crushing hug, before kissing him. She pulled away, smiling and crying at the same time.
"God Derek Morgan" she said "I love you, and just when I think it's impossible to love you more you go and do this. Thank you" she said.
"No thanks needed baby girl, I love you and want you to be happy, and I would do anything to make that happen" he said kissing her again
"I am happy Derek, so happy" she said as she pushed him back on the lounge to continue to thank him.
