Movin On-Ch 21
When Chad stepped into Penelopes room she was awake, she grinned and said, "hi stranger", he said, "hi sweetie, how are you"?, she said, "I've been better but oh so thankful to be here". He sat down besides her and said, "I was so sorry to hear about the baby", she looked down at her stomach and said, "thank you, I guess it just wasn't meant to be".
He said, "I'm so sorry", Penelope said, "about what"?, he said, "everything that happened to you", she said, "none of it is your fault, this is all on him not you Chad, not you or Derek or anybody it's all on him, on Jerome". Chad said, "speaking of Derek how are things between the two of you"?, she took a deep breath and said, "we're talking and right now that's about all I can do, I'm just so broken, fell so empty".
Chad nodded his head and said, "just know that we're all here for you and your beautiful babies", she smiled as she kissed the top of her little ones heads, Allie started wiggling around on the bed and then her eyes popped open. She looked at Chad and said, "who he momma"?, Penelope said, "Allie this is one of mommys best friends, this is your uncle Chad".
Allie smiled and said, "hiiiiii", he grinned at her and said, "hi there Allie, it's nice to meet you", she held out her little hand and said, "nice to meet you to uncle Chad" causing him to look at Penelope and say, "she's a mini you". Penelope said, "I'm just so glad that she took after me and not her father", Andy opened his eyes and said, "me needs to potty".
Penelope said, "baby will you let Chad take you"?, he looked at Chad and then at his mom and when she said, "this is one of mommys best friends, this is your uncle Chad and he'd be happy to take you to potty". He held out his little hand and said, "pweaseeeee"?, Chad helped him down off of the bed and said, "sure thing buddy", he then looked at Allie and said, "do you need to go to the bathroom sweetie"?, she nodded her head yes and then kissed her mom on the cheek and jumped down and followed Andy and Chad to the bathroom.
Penelope closed her eyes and then opened them when she heard a light tap on the door, she opened her eyes to see Derek standing there, he said, "can I come in baby girl"?, she said, "any time hotstuff, any time". He stepped in and said, "where are the munchkins'?, she laughed and said, "Chad took them to the bathroom, they'll be right back".
Derek sat down beside her bed and said, "how are you feeling"?, she took a deep breath and said, "scared, exhausted, empty, dirty, you name it and I'm pretty much feeling it right now". He said, "is their anything I can do"?, she held out her hand and said, "hold my hand"?, he said, "I'll hold your hand for as long as you want goddess" causing her to smile as he gently took her hand in his.
When the kids and Chad came back into the room Andy ran over to Derek and climbed up in his lap and said, "hiiiiii Dewek"?, Derek grinned and said, "hi Andy, are you okay buddy"?, he said, "uh huh but me hungwy". He said, "you are"?, he nodded his head and said, "uh huh", Penelope looked at her daughter and said, "what about you sweetie, are you hungry"?, she said, "yeahhhhhh".
Chad said, "I can take them to the cafeteria so you and Derek can talk", Derek and Penelope both looked up at him and in unison said, "thank you", he said, "any time", he then took the kids by the hands and said, "let's go get something to eat". As the kids walked out of the room they were all smiles and when Derek looked at his baby girl he said, "is their anything else I can do for you"?, she said, "I wish I could feel your arms wrapped around me".
Derek said, "are you sure"?, she nodded her head yes as tear streamed down her face, he stood up and toed off his shoes and then climbed in the bed beside her, he then slowly wrapped his arms around her and cuddled close and it was only a matter of a few minutes before she felt safe and closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep, the first peaceful sleep in a long long time.