Love In Fall-Ch 25
The next few days were hard on Derek, his heart was breaking at the loss of a child he thought was his, he worked with Jordan on funeral plans for the baby and today was the day he dreaded, the funeral. Penelope was put on bedrest because her blood pressure was staying high so she wasn't allowed to go with her husband to the funeral.
Penelope took a deep breath and said, "hotstuff don't worry about me, your mom is going to be here and Jake is stopping by", Derek said, "I know sweetness but it's not the same thing, I want to be here with you to but I feel that I need to be there for Jordan and the baby". She put her hand in his and said, "I agree you do, that little sweet baby was your daughter, I just wish I could be there with you".
He was sitting on the couch and Penelope was sitting beside him with her head on his shoulder and her hand in his, she said, "I'm so sorry Derek". He kissed her forehead and said, "thanks beautiful", she said, "my heart breaks for Jordan, I don't know what I would do if anything happened to this little one here", she slid her hand down to her stomach.
Derek put his hand on hers and said, "me either and though I wish you were going with me today I am glad that you're going to be here safe and sound with momma". She kissed his lips gently and said, "I love you", he said, "and I love you", he looked down at his watch and said, "I better head out, the rest of the team is meeting me at the funeral home in a few minutes".
She started to get up and he said, "ohhhh no you don't, you stay right here and rest, doctors orders, remember"?, she sighed and said, "I remember, I remember". Fran walked into the room and hugged her son and said, "I'm so sorry baby boy", he kissed her cheek and said, "I know momma, I know".
He walked to the door and turned around and said, "I love you three so much", Penelope and Fran smiled and said, "I love you to" in unison" as they watched him then turn around and walk out the door. Fran was handing Penelope a cup of tea when she heard a knock at the door, she grinned when she looked through the peep hole and said, "come in Jake, come in" as Jake stepped in the house he said, "how's she doing"?, Fran said, "she's doing pretty good, she doesn't like the having to rest and take it easy part but she's doing good" as they headed into the other room where Penelope was.
He plopped down on the couch beside her and said, "how are you doing beautiful"?, she smiled and said, "Jakeeeeeee, long time no see", he said, "sorry that I couldn't get here until now, I've been really busy with work". She laughed and said, "how have you been, I've missed you"?, he said, "other than working I've not had time for much else", Fran handed him a cup of coffee and then said, "I'm going to leave you two alone so that you can talk" before she turned around and headed out of the room.
At the funeral home the team stayed right by Dereks side, they wanted him to know that they loved him and that they were there for him, especially now with the loss of his child. Derek was mostly standing around in shock, he was no stranger to loss since he lost his father at an early age but the loss of a child, a child that he'd only seen once was extremely hard on him.
Reid kept watching Jordan and he realized that even though not everybody mourned the same way that it was almost like she was faking her grief and he took it upon himself to find out why. He watched as several of Jordans friends gathered around her to support her.
He noticed that a couple of them got aggravated and leaned in and started whispering something to her before turning around and leaving. He excused himself and followed the women and stood a safe distance away from them just hoping that he would be able to overhear something, anything that would make him understand Jordan and her very strange behavior.
He then watched as the two women stepped into a room and closed the door, he walked up and eased the door open just enough so he could heart without the women knowing they were being listened to. As one woman started talking he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
One woman said, "I think it's shameful what she's doing to Derek, he doesn't deserve to be done that way, he's mourning for a baby that isn't even his". The other woman said, "she was never really pregnant but her plan to get Derek back no matter what the cost is just to much for me and I'm not going to help her anymore".
The other woman then said, "me either, if she wants to ruin my life she can go ahead but I'm not going to continue this charade against Derek anymore". He heard footsteps and he stepped back and watched as they headed back inside to rejoin the rest of the mourners in the viewing room.
He smiled and said, "the baby isn't Dereks, I've got to tell him, I've got to let him know what she's doing", he walked to the door and got Derek and the rest of the teams attention. They all walked outside and Derek said, "what's wrong pretty boy, it's almost time for the service to start".
Reid said, "the baby", Derek said, "what about her"?, Reid said, "she isn't yours", Derek said, "what are you saying"?, Reid said, "I overheard two of Jordans friends talking and she was never pregnant and that dead baby in the other room isn't yours, she's not yours Derek".
Derek said, "what kind of sick thing is that to do to anybody, to make them think you're pregnant and then suddenly lose that child, why Reid, why would she do that"?, he said, "to quote one of the women she said that getting you at any cost was Jordans plan".
Emily said, "that witch", JJ said, "what was she going to do use your grief as a way to get you back into her bed and hopefully get pregnant for real by you"?, Derek said, "this ends now". As he started to walk away Dave grabbed him by the arm and said, "wait son".
Derek said, "she's not going to get away with his Rossi", Dave said, "no, no she's not but how about we do it this way" and the team gathered close and listened as Dave filled them in on his idea.