Chapter 14

Morgan snapped his head up when he heard Scarlett let out a squeal. He met JJ's surprised look and moved into the door of the hospital room just in time to see Scarlett leaping from the bed onto Reid's lap, where he sat at her bedside.

"Watch, crazy girl!" Reid laughed loudly, catching her and grabbing at the IV tubing at the same time. "You're still wired up there!"

Derek eyed them up suspiciously. "What the…?"

Scarlett interrupted him-

"We are pregnant!" she squealed again, grabbing Spencer around the neck and squeezing him tightly.

"What?" Derek looked from her to Reid. When Spencer nodded, his eyes widened.

"You're making me an uncle…again, already?" he grinned, moving closer to hug Scarlett. When she wrapped her arms around his waist, he pressed a kiss to her hair.

"Yep!" she looked over at JJ. "I am scared spitless…" she told her friend honestly.

JJ smiled. "Welcome to motherhood…" she teased, moving over to hug them both also.

Rossi stopped in the doorway with Hotch, knocking on the door. "Is there a party going on or something?"

Aaron looked at Reid, catching his eyes. Spencer nodded, looking up at Scarlett.

"We're having a baby," he confirmed to their supervisors.

"Congratulations," Hotch grinned.

Rossi smiled. "Mazel tov," he told them, reaching over to take their hands and give them a squeeze.

"I have no idea where to start," Scarlett shook her head, meeting Reid's eyes. He could see the worry moving back into them as she bit her lip.

"I think we start by asking the doctor some questions," he reminded her, kissing her mouth lightly.

"Right…" she breathed out the word. Her face changed again, just as quickly when she thought of something else…

"I've got to call Mama… and Norie…" she looked at Derek. "Penny too…"

Reid brushed her hair back over her ear. "Call Garcia. Call your mom but ask her to come with Norie for a visit when she comes next week for break. Then you can tell them together, in person," he suggested.

Scarlett nodded, looking at the doors when the doctor knocked lightly.

"Am I interrupting?" he asked with a smile, seeing the room was now full of agents.

"We were just leaving," Rossi smiled, patting Reid's shoulder lightly.

Hotch nodded at the couple also. "We'll be ready to leave as soon as you are cleared to fly," he told Scarlett as he followed Dave from the room.

JJ gave them both a hug and backed out the door herself. "Talk to you two later," she said, pushing Morgan out the door with her.

"I'm going, I'm going," Derek grinned, looking back over his shoulder. "Call Baby Girl soon, or I'll never hear the end of it," he reminded them.

"Will do, D," Scarlett said, turning her attention back to the doctor with a thousand questions on her mind.

"Where do I even start?" she asked the doctor.

"The bloodwork confirmed that you are pregnant," he told them. "Considering what you have just been through, I would suggest an ultrasound. I can have one set up immediately…"

Scarlett grabbed Spencer's hands and squeezed them tightly. She swallowed against the lump in her throat and could only nod. Reid held her, speaking for her.

"I think that would relieve some of the worry, Dr. Davidson, thank you," he stated.

The older man smiled at them. "I'm happy to ease any of the stress… I'll have it ordered right away. I do need to have some information…" he mentioned.

Scarlett nodded again, staying close to Spencer, feeling frightened.

"We need to try to establish how far along you are… when was your last menstrual cycle?" he asked.

"I- uh, over two months ago," she squeaked out. "I thought the shots were messing up my cycles… How could I be so stupid?" she criticized herself and Reid nudged her slightly. She met his eyes and he frowned at her slightly.

Stop that, he mouthed the words to her, his eyes narrowing at hers for putting herself down like that.

"You suspected," she said, her eyes locked to his. "You've been thinking about it- how far along…" she asked Spencer.

He bit his lips together, looking from Scarlett to the doctor, hoping he wasn't going to catch hell from her for not saying anything earlier…

"I couldn't be sure… I was thinking that same thing you were, mostly…" he qualified his answer…

"Reid…" Scarlett let out an exasperated sigh.

"Nine weeks, approximately…" he rushed out, looking at the doctor. "I started considering it only last month though…" he told her. "But I wasn't sure…"

Scarlett squeezed his hand. "You should have said something to me," she scowled.

Spencer nodded nervously, giving her a sheepish look.

The doctor cleared his throat, bringing their attention back to him. "I put you on the schedule for the ultrasound. We will start with that first… but it's not unusual at only eight to ten weeks for it to be more difficult to read. If the tech can't hear the heartbeat that way, don't panic," he directed his words to Scarlett on that. "We will just do an internal ultrasound instead…"

Scarlett watched the kind eyes and nodded as she swallowed hard. The doctor smiled at her.

"I'll have the tech come in shortly," he told them, shaking each of their hands and leaving the room.

"Heartbeat…" Scarlett said in awe, her mind stuck on that one simple word…

"Uh, yeah…" Spencer set his chin against her head, his own thoughts locked there too…

Neither one of them said anything as they waited. They didn't need words to express how nervous either of them felt at the moment.

When the technician entered the room, Scarlett moved back into the bed, listening to the young woman explain what they were doing. Spencer moved the chair closer to the bedside, taking Scarlett's hand in his and felt her tremble.

"It's okay, crazy girl…" he told her on a whisper, as the images came on the screen.

Scarlett held her breath as the tech ran the wand over her abdomen. Her own heart felt like it was slamming in her ribs as she watched between the screen, the tech's face and then Reid's. She saw the look on his face change as he saw something on the screen and looked back just as the tech started clicking on the images.

"Here you are," the young woman grinned at them, locking in a picture. She turned up the audio and Scarlett squeezed Spencer's hands tightly.

"It looks like smudge," she said in awe.

The sound they heard was like that of a tiny bird beating its wings rapidly while in flight. Spencer moved closer to Scarlett's side, moving an arm around her shoulders.

"That's the heartbeat… uh, our baby's heartbeat," he said in wonder, his eyes locked to the screen.

"Yes, that's it. Nice and strong…" she smiled at them.

Scarlett looked up at Reid's face, almost as thrilled with his reaction as with the sound itself. The love and wonder that were in his eyes scored themselves into her memories. His eyes tracked back and forth quickly, scanning the screen, memorizing each second, each line on it, even as her ears locked in each sound…

Joy wrapped around her like hug and she laid her head against his shoulder, still watching between his face and the screen.

The technician printed off a small picture for them, handing it to Scarlett. "I'll get these images right over to your doctor and he'll be back in to speak to you," she smiled, wiping off the gel as she packed up her tools. Scarlett rubbed the towel across her stomach, looking down at herself hard. She felt Spencer's hands move to take the cloth, and he wiped at some of the gel, trailing his fingers carefully over her belly.

"Holy shit, Spence…" she breathed out quietly when the tech left the room.

"Yeah…" he met her eyes, swallowing nervously, his eyes not leaving hers. A grin moved onto his face as she grabbed his shoulders, pulling him against her. He hugged her tightly, pressing his face into her hair and breathing in her scent.

"Holy shit, Katy…" he agreed, closing his eyes and holding Scarlett close.