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"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them."-Washington Irving

Penelope Garcia-Morgan was not a very happy woman. Exhaling loudly and in complete frustration, she jerked off the shirt that she had on and stepped out of the closet. Putting her hands on her hips she glared at Derek who stood in front of the mirror adjusting his tie. He turned to look at her, a wide grin coming to his face.

"Um…Baby?" he chuckled, "While I think you look gorgeous no matter if you're clothed or not, I think that Kara may have a little bit of a problem with you showing up to her 30th birthday party in nothing but your bra and panties," he said as he continued to smile.

"Nothing. Fits," Penelope's voice was filled with frustration, her eyes narrowing, "My boobs have gotten bigger, I've got a baby bump…nothing fits. I have nothing to wear…so…I'm not going," she stated, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Baby, c'mon. This is a big deal for Kara. She's 30 now, married with four kids and another one about to drop. She's been through a lot over the past two years, she needs our support, our love," Derek stepped closer to Penelope and took her face in his hands, "Besides, you're growing and carrying our child in there, there's a reason that nothing fits. Don't be sad about that, be happy and excited about that. You're still beautiful and if anything, you're sexier now than you've ever been," he said kissing her lovingly on the lips and then on the forehead.

"Awww, Derek, you're so sweet," Penelope said, smiling softly. The couple kissed again, Penelope undoing Derek's tie as they heard the doorbell.

"Dammit!" Derek groaned. "Who the hell is that?"

Penelope laughed and shrugging she pushed Derek towards the door. Derek kissed her once more on her forehead, leaving her to finally get dressed and hurried down the stairs to the front door, his hands quickly redoing his tie. Looking through the peephole, he smiled as he opened the door. "Hey Apple Head! Coming to make sure that we were still coming to your party?" he teased as he hugged Kara who at 8 months of pregnancy barely had a noticeable pregnancy belly. Kara walked in, the turquoise velvet and satin, knee-length dress swirling around her. She was still wearing heels, her hair curled and swept up in an elegant up-do. Smiling she looked around.

"Where's P?" she asked.

"Upstairs getting ready, she was a little frustrated that nothing fit," Derek said, his voice amused.

Kara looked at him, her eyes narrowing, "Not funny, D. You have no idea what it feels like to love something that is for all intents and purposes almost like a parasite. It feeds off of what you eat, it grows within you, making your clothes not fit," Kara shook her head, "And the crazy thing is that you go through hours and hours of pain to bring it into the world and then you end up loving it like crazy." Kara laughed, "I love my babies and I love this one that I'm carrying, but I can't wait to fit back into my bikini." She began walking towards the stairs, climbing them one at a time.

"You could probably still fit into your bikini," Derek noted, laughing hard at Kara's picture of pregnancy.

"Aaron said the same thing. You all just think that I'm really thin because the last time I was pregnant I was so huge, but no, I totally have a one-piece body right now," Kara said, her voice fading as she walked up the stairs, holding onto the stair railing with one hand and a bag with the other. Derek shook his head as he watched her walk into the bedroom. It had been four months since Kara's ordeal with Karl and she had taken a week off to recuperate, Hotch telling the team that she'd spent the entire week helping out at the group home that she, Prentiss, JJ, and Penelope had started together. She'd taken the kids, and then she'd started sketching and had even gone to a store and recorded a song that she'd played for everyone. They were calling her "Superwoman" around the office. It was a title that she'd waved off as she came back to work. They'd watched her carefully to see if she'd have any type of relapse or emotional reaction, but she'd been back on her game and better than ever. Derek heard Penelope's squeal of joy and smiled. Minutes later he watched as Kara walked back down the stairs, a huge smile of joy on her face. She walked past him and touched the side of his face before continuing out the door. Derek shook his head with an indulgent smile on his face and looked up the stairs at his pregnant wife who was standing at the top of the stairs. His mouth dropped open in shock, Penelope had on a bright blue dress that had an empire waist on it, hugging her bosom in cotton material and flowing down in layers of chiffon overlay. Her hair was pulled into a gorgeous chignon at the back of her head and on her feet were a pair of blue tennis shoes with the word "Pen" placed on the sides in gemstones, she was glowing.

"Oh my god Baby Girl, you are so beautiful," Derek breathed.

Penelope laughed in delight, "Your cousin is an all-knowing angel. She walked in the room and poured out clothes and shoes on the bed and told me that I could be 'bloated and beautiful' and that I would be as long as she was around," Penelope grinned, "I don't know how she got my size right, but that bag had enough clothes for me now and for the rest of the pregnancy."

Derek grinned at that, "She's cool when she wants to be."

Penelope grabbed her bag from where it hung on the wall, "She's cool always, Mr. Morgan. And don't you forget it." She then kissed him lightly on his lips and breezed past him out the door. Shaking his head again, Derek followed her out of the door, flipping off the lights and setting the alarm before locking the door.

Kara giggled nervously as Hotch led her into the party. She hoped that he thought she was giggling from excitement. She'd been doing really well the last four months since her kidnapping, but when Hotch had blindfolded her, her heart had begun to beat rapidly in her chest. She didn't think she was having a panic attack but she did know that if the blindfold wasn't removed soon, she was going to snatch it off herself. "Ready honey?" she heard Hotch whisper in her ear.

"Completely," she responded, just before the blindfold was removed and Kara gasped at what she saw. They were in the park, but it had been completely transformed into a replica of Chicago. Kara's eyes filled with tears that she struggled to maintain. When she heard "Surprise!" Kara turned around and saw everyone that was precious to her. Her parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, her children, the BAU team with their families, Hotch's family, Derek's mom and sisters…and as her eyes traveled over each face with love, she gasped and the tears overflowed when she saw the one person that she thought she'd never see again. "Jonathan?" she breathed out before running towards him and throwing her arms around her best friend.

"Kara!" he yelled as he picked her up and spun her around.

The two friends hadn't seen each other since Kara had joined the academy, though they'd kept in touch by email and phone calls, though those phone calls were few and far in between. Having met in middle school, the two were inseparable, Jonathan having filled a void that Derek had left when he'd gone off to college. They'd gone to the same high school and had even decided to go to the same college, but then Jonathan had gone into the Marine Corps and had introduced Kara to Richard. When Richard had been killed in Iraq, Jonathan had informed Kara. She hadn't talked to him about it, she'd thanked him for telling her and had hung up the phone. After sitting there for a moment, she'd called Derek, he was just finishing up with a case where the UnSub had imitated different professions in order to capture women and drown them. He'd left straight from the BAU and had clung to her as she cried deep sobs that felt as if they were being torn from her throat. She'd cried so hard that she hadn't been able to breathe and Derek had stayed there with her through it all. He'd gone with her to the funeral, not even needing to be asked. It was then that he'd told her about Penelope for the first time. Kara's relationship with Jonathan had waned after that and while they were still close, they weren't as close as before. Jonathan hadn't been able to come to Kara and Hotch's wedding, though he'd sent a wedding gift and had sent gifts for the triplets and Jack at Christmas time. Kara hugged Jonathan a little tighter, tears streaming down her face.

"I am so glad that you made it out alive," she whispered, leaning back slightly and taking Jonathan's face in her hands, "I am so glad that you're here."

"Do you honestly think that I'd miss my best friend's 30th birthday?" Jonathan laughed, "Man, I've heard of pregnancy brain, but I didn't think it made you totally delusional."

Stepping back from Jonathan, Kara took his hand and walked him over to Hotch, "Aaron, this is my best friend in the whole wide world, Major Jonathan Simms," she introduced the two.

"Major," Hotch said a smile on his face, "It's nice to finally meet you face to face. Thanks for showing up." The two men shook hands and then Kara took Jonathan around and introduced him to everyone.

Hotch walked over to Derek and accepted the beer that he handed him. "I'm glad to see her with a genuine smile on her face, they've been hesitant over the last few months," he admitted.

"Yeah, I noticed that. But then again, it's to be expected you know?" Derek said smiling as he watched Kara introduce Jonathan to her one-year old triplets.

"Yeah, you're right," Hotch agreed. He watched as Kara squeezed Jonathan's arm and then smiled up at him. He ignored the prickling heat of jealousy and suspicion that slithered down his spine.

"You know, we all thought that Kara and Jonathan would end up getting married one day, but she said that they had never had any type of physical chemistry between them. We didn't believe her at first, but when you watch them together, there's no type of sexual tension between them at all. They are just truly platonic friends, it's very cool," Derek said, his gaze focused on Kara and Jonathan, but his words soothing Hotch's jealousy.

"Thanks," Hotch whispered, patting Derek on the back and walking over to where Kara stood. She turned to him and threw her arms around him, kissing him passionately. The crowd "oohed" as they watch them kiss and then clapped as they hugged again.

"Thank you for my party baby. Thank you for bringing me Chicago and Jonathan…I love you so much," Kara said, her eyes filling with tears as she smiled up at Hotch.

"Anything for you baby, anything for you," Hotch assured her, just before Penelope appeared followed by the catering staff and the cake decorator. Kara gasped as she saw that the cake was four tiered with small miniature versions of herself. One of her in FBI bullet-proof vest, black shirt, and black pants. Another one on the second tier of her pregnant, the third tier held one of her with a microphone in her hand and wearing an apron that made her laugh, and on the top tier, there was a miniature Kara in Superwoman attire, a little red cape flying behind her as she stood with her hands on her hips. Kara laughed in delight as she admired the cake. Turning she looked at Penelope, who she knew had to have had the cake made.

"I told you that you were Superwoman," Penelope grinned. Kara walked over and hugged her tightly. "Thanks Pen," she whispered in her ear. Kara had talked to Penelope about the kidnapping, the two women bonding over chocolate ice cream and pickles. Penelope knew that Kara needed to be reminded about how amazing she was and she knew that the best time to do that was at her birthday party. As the two women stepped back from the hug, laughing because their pregnancy bellies had prevented them from getting too close, they smiled and wiped the tears from their eyes.

The party took off in full-swing then. Tables were brought out and chairs set up. A karaoke station was placed right in front and as everyone took turns singing for the group, the others ate their food. It wasn't too long after that presents were brought in and Kara began to open them one by one. She opened each one with excitement and the one from Jack with a modicum of nostalgia. He'd gone to spend the weekend with Hayley's family and Kara missed him terribly. Opening the picture frame that held a picture of the two of them on his birthday, Kara smiled.

When it was time for the party to end, Kara sighed with contentment. She nodded at her parents who told her that they were taking the triplets to the car. Smiling gently at everyone as they trooped past her, Kara's bones felt heavy.

"Hey there Kay-Kay, what's wrong?" Jonathan asked coming to flop down in the chair next to her.

Kara laughed, "It's been so long since anyone's called me that. I kinda missed it," she confessed. "Nothing's wrong, I'm just extremely tired," she yawned widely.

"Yeah, you look it," Jonathan said looking into Kara's face and shaking his head regretfully.

"Shut up Jon!" Kara laughed, smacking Jonathan's arm.

"Want me to carry you to the car like I used to do back in high school?" Jonathan asked reminding Kara of the college parties that they used to sneak into as seniors in high school.

Smiling brightly Kara responded with, "I don't think Aaron would appreciate that very much," as she watched the topic of her conversation walked by with her presents.

"Yeah, probably not," Jonathan chuckled, after a few moments of silence he asked, "So Kara, why him? What made you decide that he was the one that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with and have babies from?"

Kara turned to look at him, "Aaron is amazing Jon. He's strong, intelligent, loyal, versatile, he's got a great sense of humor if you catch him at the right time, he's got this brooding personality that completely disappears when we walk in the door at home. He's a great father, he's passionate, he romantic, he's loving, he listens to me when I talk and he hears everything that I say. He understands me, he's gorgeous, he's survived some of the most horrific things in the world and he can still smile, he loves me, I trust him implicitly and well…" Kara shrugged.

"I'm not all of those things?" Jonathan asked, his gaze focused on his hands and not on Kara.

"What?" Kara questioned, stunned by Jonathan's question.

"You don't think I'm all of those things?" Jonathan asked again.

"Well, yeah…I do, I mean you are," Kara stammered out, confused at this change in conversation.

"Then why not me?" Jonathan whispered, finally looking up into Kara's face.

"What?" Kara gasped out.

"I always thought we were going to end up together. I wanted to give you time to get over Richard's death and then I wanted to give you time to establish yourself as Head Agent in the Chicago office, but I knew that my tour of duty was coming to an end and I always thought that I'd come home to Chi-Town and you'd be waiting for me. I've loved you since junior year of high school Kara," Jonathan confessed, running his right hand over his bald head. He closed his eyes on a sigh and then opened them back up and looked into Kara's stunned face, his grey eyes filling with tears. "So why not me Kara? Why him and not me?" his question a plea.

Kara was saved from having to answer when Hotch walked up, a smile on his face. "So Major, did you drive over or can we drop you off somewhere? I think we may have a little bit of space left in the SUV," he questioned, his voice friendly.

Kara didn't know where to look, her head was spinning and she felt like she couldn't breathe. Her best friend was in love with her? How did she not know that? All she heard was a whooshing sound in her ears as she tried to make sense of it all, looking up at Hotch, she realized that he'd probably been saying her name for quite some time.

"I'm sorry, what did you say Baby?" she asked, refusing to gauge Jonathan's reaction to her use of the pet name.

"You must really be tired. I asked you if you and Jonathan needed some more time to say goodbye? He said he drove and that he was staying with your parents, so he doesn't need a ride," Hotch said smiling at Kara.

"Um…no, Jonathan and I have done quite a bit of talking already tonight, we're done," Kara said firmly. She nodded at Jonathan in a regal manner, ignoring Hotch's look of surprise, "Jonathan, I guess I'll talk to you later," she hesitated, then patting him on the shoulder she turned to walk away. Consciously aware that Hotch followed right behind her. She waved at her parents who'd been watching over the triplets in the car and kissing them both goodbye she climbed in the car. When Hotch got in, she stopped him before he could say anything, "I don't want to talk about it right now, I just found out something about Jonathan that he should've told me about back in high school. I'll tell you about it later, just…not right now."

Hotch nodded and drove his family home, his mind moving quickly over possible scenarios. Figuring that Jonathan had probably just told Kara that he was homosexual, Hotch quickly put the situation from his mind and began to talk to Kara about her next doctor's appointment.

The Next Day

Kara was still in shock as she walked into the doctor's office with Penelope. She'd been unusually quiet, Penelope thinking that it was due to the party the night before, so she'd kept up a steady stream of chatter in the car on the way over, but she was beginning to worry. Kara was known for being a talker, it's what she did better than anything else, better than singing, cooking, painting, being a mother or even being an agent, Kara was an excellent talker, so for her to not talk, was a miracle…or a disaster. "Hey there Baby Doll, you okay?" Penelope inquired.

Blinking her eyes, Kara focused her gaze on Penelope's face, experiencing a strong case of verbal vomit, she spit out, "Jonathan told me last night that he's loved me since junior year of high school and that he thought we were going to be together when he got out of the service and he asked me why I chose Aaron and not him and now I can't stop thinking about the fact that my best friend is in love with me." The words sprang forth so rapidly from Kara's mouth that they ran together.

Penelope gasped from where she reclined on the hospital bed, sitting up quickly, she practically yelled, "WHAT?!"

Kara was saved from having to repeat her revelation as the doctor walked in. Asking Penelope some questions, he prepared her for her first sonogram.

"I wish Derek could've been here," Penelope sighed, holding onto Kara's hand.

"Yeah, me too, damn Strauss for making him come in to report about that last case," Kara agreed, knowing that the first sonogram was a very special occasion for expectant parents to share.

As the whooshing and whirring sounds of the sonogram were heard, they were soon overcome by the sound of a heartbeat…or two.

"I'm sorry what?" Penelope squeaked out as she looked at the doctor in shock.

"I said that you're having twins, Mrs. Morgan," the doctor said smiling. As Penelope groaned, Kara exploded into laughter.

"Damn you Morgans and your fertility," Penelope said as she slowly began to smile, "I was freaking out about one and now I'm having two?"

"Hey, I had three the first time, you don't get to complain," Kara reminded her, a smile still evident in her voice. The two women smiled at each other and the doctor finished with the exam. As they walked out, they stopped at the front desk to get the "Do's and Don'ts of Pregnancy" from the receptionist and walked back out to the car.

"You know I thought something was up. I mean you're five months along and you look like you're eight," Kara said smiling as she got into the passenger's side of Penelope's car, "Just think, if you and Derek had listened to me, you would've known this two months ago! Now you only have a few months to try to get everything that you need." Kara was back to being her talkative self, her own troubles having been swept away in the tide of Derek and Penelope's joy.

"Twins! Pen! Wow!! I can't WAIT for Derek to find out!!" Kara said as they pulled up to Derek and Penelope's house. They noticed Derek's truck in the driveway and as he came bounding out of the house, they climbed out smiling. Kara stood to the side as Penelope showed Derek the picture of their babies, standing in shock for a moment, Derek gave out a yell of happiness and picked up Penelope, kissing her as he cradled her in his arms. He looked over at Kara who merely smiled at him.

"Congratulations cuz," she grinned, "You and Pen go and celebrate, we'll throw you a 'Congratulations' party at our house this weekend. Go, I'll talk to you later." Walking over she kissed them both on the cheek.

"Kara? Did you still need to talk about that situation?" Penelope asked as Derek lowered her to her feet, referring to Jonathan's declaration of love to Kara.

"No, I'll figure it out, thanks though. Enjoy your evening you two," Kara said smiling at both of them again as she climbed into her car and then drove off.

"What situation?" Derek asked as he placed his hand over Penelope's stomach and kissed her temple repeatedly.

"Just something to do with Jonathan," Penelope answered vaguely.

"Don't tell me he's still in love with her," Derek asked incredulously.

Penelope gasped and looked at Derek, "You knew?" she asked in shock.

"Of course I did. He signed up for everything that she did. He was the dance partner that got hurt when she was younger. He took her to every dance when she didn't have a boyfriend. He went to every recital. He was always around," Derek revealed. Shrugging his shoulders, he continued, "Kara never saw him in that way and we all knew that he would never push the issue as long as she kept in that friend bubble. I guess we all just thought he'd move on."

"We?" Penelope asked as she sat down on the couch, placing her feet up on the coffee table. Derek sat next to her and placed her feet in his lap, causing her to turn and lay back with her head on the armrest.

"The family," Derek explained.

"You all knew and no one told Kara?" Penelope asked in amazement.

"It wasn't our place. We may be nosey, but we aren't intrusive or too revealing unless we think it's going to benefit the family member. We all knew that if it came from us, it would do nothing but cause problems, so we kept quiet, which wasn't easy for Desiree and Sarah," Derek laughed. "But enough about Kara, Jonathan, Hotch and their love triangle. Kara will figure out what to do. Let's talk about baby names. What do you think about the names, Shemar and Franklin if they're boys?"

Kara panted as she clutched the steering wheel in a death grip. She was strong she could do it. Pressing a little harder on the gas pedal, Kara eventually had to pull over as another contraction gripped her. "Why the hell can't my children wait the full nine months before they decide that they want to be born?" she gritted out between clenched teeth to the empty vehicle as she pulled over to the side of the road. Pulling out her cell phone she pressed Hotch on the speed dial.

"Hey baby! Where are you? The kids have been asking for their mommy," Hotch answered the phone a smile heard on his face.

Kara attempted to respond but another contraction gripped her, "UUUGGGGHHH!!!" she groaned out.

"ARE YOU IN LABOR?!" Hotch yelled out.

"Y-y-yes!" Kara groaned out.

"Where are you?" Hotch asked as he moved quickly around the room, grabbing the kids' shoes and putting them on them, opening the door and ushering them out.

Kara sighed and pulled back onto the road, "I'm right outside of the hospital. I'll meet you inside and can you call my parents?" she asked as she pulled quickly into a spot.

"Of course honey, I'll see you in a little while," Hotch panted out as he dashed back into the house and opened the hall closet and pulled out Kara's hospital bag. Thank God his wife was always prepared. Racing out the door, he barely remembered to set the alarm and lock the door before he jumped into the car, quickly rechecking the twins in their car seats and sped off towards the hospital calling Kara's parents, Derek and Penelope, and the rest of the BAU team, telling them to meet him at the hospital. Leave it to Kara, every time that she'd gone into labor it had been in a totally inappropriate or difficult place, making her ride to the hospital all the more exciting.

"This is why your mommy keeps daddy young," Hotch said to his children and laughed when they all clapped as if in agreement.

Six Hours Later

Judith Garland Hotchner was born perfectly health will a full head of hair. Her lungs worked very well as she screamed as soon as she was completely out of her mother's womb. She didn't stop screaming until she had been cleaned, weighed, foot printed and wrapped in a pink blanket and placed in her mother's arms. Kara sighed happily, her hair plastered to her forehead. "Hello my little star," Kara whispered smiling. Judith's eyes struggled to focus on the beautiful, sweaty, panting woman before her, her head swinging around when she heard a deep voice say, "Judy Garland honey?"

"She was conceived right after we had that Judy Garland marathon week, remember? It seemed appropriate," Kara murmured as she ran her fingertips over the newborn's hands.

"Whatever you want honey. Judy is beautiful," Hotch conceded as he leaned forward to kiss his daughter's head.

Judith felt her eyes growing heavier and struggled to fight the darkness pulling her under, she lost the battle when the beautiful lady began to sing. She sounded like an angel and it wasn't long before Judith closed her eyes to sleep.

Kara smiled at the sleeping baby. "She's so precious," she sighed to Hotch looking up at him.

"I will never tire of hearing you sing to our children or watching you give birth to them," was his reply. The new parents kissed each other tenderly before gazing back at the newest member of their family.

Out in the waiting room family and friends waited to meet the newest member of their small little community and family, but they would have to wait, the new parents were too busy bonding with their newest little addition.

"Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit."-Elbert Hubbard

*A/N: So what do you guys think about Jonathan? I brought him in to stir up a little drama. And can we all welcome Judith "Judy" Garland Hotchner? I think that now that the trips are getting older and so is Jack, that we'll start getting them involved and letting their thoughts be known, what do you guys think? And how about Derek and Penelope expecting twins? Those damn Morgans and their superior fertility! LOL. I look forward to your reviews. I'm going to start hammering out a very special Christmas chapter, so I'll be building up towards that. Enjoy and review, plz! J