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'You really trying to give Rossi and Hotch a heart attack?' Reid asked as he sat in a chair next to one side of the bed, watching Penelope and Derek respond to one another naturally. 'Because I almost had one walking in this morning.'

'Oh come on sweetie, hardly heart attack material.'

'Hmm.' He questioned with one noise and watched the pair together, Penelope slowly sliding off the bed into Derek's steady hold. 'Pyjamas, and out of bed are a lot to take in.'

'Well maybe but it was going to happen one day soon and that lot being at work, and my brothers not coming in until later works out well.'

'Plus she loves the shock value.' Derek teased making Penelope giggle amused. 'See no denial.'

'Yeah I do it to you all the time.' She said as slumped into one of the large chairs, gritting her teeth. 'Now, I'm done for the day.' She ground out as her body registered the new movements. 'Don't move me again.'

'I'll move you to get you into bed.'

'But not yet.'

They all looked up when a knock came from the opened door, and they couldn't help but smile as Fran and Desiree sat at the door. 'Not interrupting are we?'

'No, not at all.' Reid said confidently, admittedly taking a liking to Desiree in he couple of days he had got to know her. Penelope and Derek laughed at him, but covered up immediately.

'How you doing today Penelope?' Fran said as her and Desiree grabbed chairs to sit down on.

'A lot better, your son takes good care of a girl.' She said with a genuine smile. 'He's begun to pull rank a lot though.'

'Oh?'

'Yeah, she's been covering up the pain she's in so I pull rank over her to be comfortable and take something.' Fran nodded approvingly at her son. 'But she got an offer of pyjamas, so we took it and then she got the offer to get out of bed, so we took that too.'

'How many times you been up?'

'About 4 times now, the initial, then 2 loo breaks and now.'

'Derek! You don't have to tell everyone I'm using the toilet.' Penelope said slightly embarrassed.

'No! Wait! He does because doesn't that mean that you haven't rejected kidney?' Penelope nodded her response impishly. 'Well then he definitely does need to tell us that!' Fran said smiling largely. 'So does mean you get to leave soon?'

'Apparently so.'

'Well the doctor wants to keep her in for double checking and stuff like that but he said 3 days time.' Derek said with a triumphant smile. 'Right now you going to eat if the team bring something?'

'Yes.' Penelope said immediately. 'I'm starving.' She added on just to up Derek's mood even more and it worked. 'Right so when is everyone getting here?' Penelope asked to divert conversation off of her and onto everyone else, and it worked right up until the team walked in with smiles and bags of food but they all halted when the room was empty.

'Should we be worried?' JJ asked a little concerned, the room was spotless, no signs of life in there at all.

'Maybe we should ask.' Hotch said but jumped as a hand ran over his shoulder, leaning on him for support in a friendly manner.

'Ask about what boss man?' Penelope asked as she looked around the empty room. 'Oh look handsome, its been cleaned.' She joked lively, with the under tones of tiredness in her voice.

'Come on baby, back to resting.'

'But I don't want to!' Penelope whined.

'Penelope, you and Derek have done nothing but act like little kids down at Spencer's room, so go!' Fran said with a warning voice and Penelope laughed.

'Come goddess.' Derek told her and led her into the room and onto the bed, Fran and Desiree fitting past the frozen team.

'W-what was that about?' Emily asked slightly dazed at what she had just witnessed.

'Well, I got out of bed, loo break.' She winked at Derek, who laughed. 'Then I made Reid go back to his room because he looked tired and now he's sleeping and now we're back here.'

'Loo break? Does that mean?' Hotch questioned and smiled when he got 4 excited nods of heads. 'So that's all good right?' Again 4 silent nods and everyone relaxed, unfroze and gathered seats.

'Who's going to go to Reid?' Penelope asked concerned that he was on his own.

'I don't mind.' Desiree offered up. 'I mean, if you don't mind, plus you guys can see Penelope and then go down to Spencer when you want to.'

'Sounds like a nice idea.' Penelope prompted squeezing Derek's hand for assistance.

'Yeah, that's sweet Des, go keep boy genius company.' He said with a smile and they waited for Desiree to be gone.

'Are you two match making?'

'Only a tiny weenie bit.' Penelope said emphasized with her fingers. 'Plus, they both want it; you should see them when they're in full swing with one another.'

'How does the big brother and mother feel about it?'

'I like the idea, Spencer seems a nice boy, and something clicked there.'

'Much like your son and Penelope.' Emily muttered under her breath, gaining agreement from the other team members, making Penelope and Derek begin to object but then agree when they knew it was right of them to say.

'Plus, I think the genius is right for Desiree, if I had to choose someone for her, I'd like Reid to be one of them.' Derek added taking the attention off of him and Penelope again.

'Really?'

'Well yeah, he's polite, funny, kind, sensible, isn't all about one thing, he has priorities.'

'And he's handsome.' Penelope added and Derek looked at her with a small shock in his eyes. 'Oh come on, he has things going for him, not just you stud.'

'As long as I get you and Reid doesn't I'll settle for that.'

'Ew! Reid's like my little brother, that barriers been established so don't worry that shiny bald head of yours.' Penelope teased lovingly.

'Yeah, guys, we are in the room.' JJ said waving a hand for them to acknowledge their presence.

'Yeah... that never stopped them before.' Rossi quipped making them laugh.

'Fran is in the room too.' Emily said relaxing with her arms crossed across her.

'Yes well that hasn't stopped them either.' Fran commented with a smirk. 'It's been quite good entertainment from where I've been sitting.'

'It always is.' Hotch agreed. 'It seems that Penelope is on top form again then if she's this into her usual mannerisms.'

'I've got lost time to make up for.'

'Well you have a lifetime to do so, for now don't waste all your energy.' Penelope went to argue the odds again. 'I might not be a doctor Garcia but I'm still your boss, I can pull rank whenever and wherever I so please.'

'I've lost this whatever haven't I?'

'That you have...' He said satisfied as she relaxed down. 'And you're going to lose it forever more.'

'Even more so when we get you out of this place.'

'4 days.' Derek told them, earning him a playful smack on the arm form Penelope, now she was on limited time.

'Well then Penelope, lap up this mini freedom spree because when you get out you're going to have 5 diligent agents watching over you, plus a mother, a sister and 4 brothers.'

'I've so lost my touch if you lot get to overpower me.'

'No we've learnt to take you on as a group, it works better.' Rossi said with a smirk as Penelope laughed gently at them. She knew then that they had taken what had happened and worked through it, they were a family again.