Title: There's Still Plenty to Learn
Author: Sami Marie
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rating: For the most part the rating will remain T but their maybe a few M chapters.
Pairings: Morgan/Garcia and Des/Reid
Summary: Sequel to Learning the Hard Way set 6 months later. Story follows the ongoing lives of our two leading couples as well as the rest of the BAU team.
A/N: Thank you all for all the lovely reviews as well as all the alerts and what not. First off Happy Wednesday because as always I'm looking forward to the new episode tonight. Second off in order to move the story along like I wanted this chapter jumps ahead a month or so in time. Therefore Des is now 4 ½ months pregnant. Enjoy!
Chapter 13: They Were Right.
One month later…
Reid was what you could call a great mood as he and Des walked into the doctor's office. Finally at last he was going to be able to make one of her appointments and one of the most exciting ones at that. Today they would be able to tell the sex of the baby and both he and Des had already decided they didn't want it to be a surprise; that they wanted to know.
And with all of that in mind Reid sat down as Des went to let the receptionist she was here.
"So Sarah told me the other day that mom thinks it's a girl," Des said sitting down beside him.
"That's interesting mine said the same thing in her latest letter," Reid replied reaching for her hand.
"You know one of these days I'd actually like the woman that gave birth to you one of these years," Des remarked at the mentioning of the woman she had yet to meet.
Reid instinctively felt himself start to tense up at her words before he quietly said, "If it were that simple you would've already met her, but it's not."
"I know and I've told you a million times that I don't care about what's wrong with her," Des argued.
Reid looked up at her and said, "We'll see what the doctor says and go from there okay."
Des nodded and then her name was called so she and Reid followed the nurse back to the exam room.
Once they were inside the nurse weighed her and checked her blood pressure; making notes in her chart before saying the doctor would be with them shortly.
A few minutes later…
"Good to see you Desiree," Dr. Thompson said as she walked into the exam room reading Des' chart.
"Looking good, you've gained about 8 pounds since we last saw you," The doctor then remarked before setting Des's chart.
"Well you can thank Spence here for that, he's made follow all of your instructions to a t," Des replied.
"You must be the father, nice to meet you," Dr. Thompson said to the young man sitting beside Des.
He nodded and then the doctor asked if they were ready to see the baby.
They both nodded enthusiastically before the ultrasound began.
"That's the heartbeat," She informed the couple as she moved the wand over Des's stomach.
It was truly incredible Reid thought to himself as he and Des watched the blurry images on the screen.
The doctor continued to point out things and then paused to ask, "Do you guys want to know the sex of the baby?"
"Yes," They both answered quickly in unison.
"Well in that case say hello to your daughter," Dr. Thompson said with a smile as she watched the young couple's reaction out of the corner of her eye.
Pretty soon the ultrasound was finished and the doctor handed them a CD full of the images they'd just seen of their daughter.
"Everything looks good so just keep doing what you're doing and I'll see you in a month," Dr. Thompson said before heading out the door.
"They were right," Des exclaimed once they were alone.
Reid nodded then said, "Well to quote my mother, a mother just knows."
Des smiled, "See that's exactly why we need to meet."
"You just want more dirt on me," Reid teased before leaning in to kiss her.
One hour later…
"It was about 1pm when they left the doctor's office so after dropping Des back off at his apartment Reid headed back into work for the rest of the afternoon.
"So are you going to tell me or not," Emily asked as soon as he walked into the bullpen.
Reid smiled as he answered, "It's a girl."
"Congrats kid," Morgan said from his desk.
"Thanks," Reid said before asking them if they wanted to see the baby.
"Of course let's get everyone out here," Emily answered right away.
Moments later the team gathered around Reid's computer as he excitedly went through the images with them.
"Oh you guys are going to have the prettiest and smartest daughter ever," Garcia gushed when they'd seen all the images.
"Which is precisely why she's not dating till both of us are dead," Morgan said to Reid.
"Sounds good to me," Was Reid's reply as Emily and JJ rolled their eyes.
"So have you thought about names," Garcia asked curiously.
"A little but not all that much we were waiting to see what we found out today first," Reid replied, "We did however decide on a date for the wedding."
"Oh goody," Garcia said before asking, "So when is it?"
"In two months," Reid answered.
"Do you need any help planning?" Both JJ and Emily asked.
"Talk to Des," Was Reid's reply, "I know Sarah's already helping, but I'm staying out of it as much as possible.
Later that evening…
"What about Julia?' Des said as she perused through a baby name book.
Reid shook his head as he massaged Des's feet.
"Ok Spence, give me a suggestion. You've turned down every name I've mentioned so far," Des said in a slightly frustrated tone.
Reid paused what he was doing and thought about it for a minute before asking, "What about Isabella? That was my grandmother's name I never met her I just remember her from stories my mom told me when I was younger."
Des smiled as she mulled that name over before saying, "I love it, what about Isabella Francine?"
"After you mom, I like it," Reid said before going back to rubbing her feet.
"Alright it's settled then Isabella Francine Reid," Des said smiling as her fiancé continued to massage her swollen feet.
A few minutes of comfortable silence passed between them before Reid said, "I've been thinking."
"About what my prince," Des asked opening her eyes.
"If you want we could go to Vegas this weekend and you could meet my mom," Reid continued.
"I'd love to," Des said before grabbing his hand and placing it on small baby bump, "Do you feel that?"
Reid waited a minute and then he did; he felt a light flutter, "She's kicking," He exclaimed.
Des nodded, "I guess that means she likes her name."
Reid nodded before saying, "It's time to get you two to bed."