Without A Trace-Ch 25

Fran walked out into the waiting room and was met by worried faces, she said, "both Penelope and the baby are fine", she took a deep breath and said,
"Penelope had some trouble and flatlined but they were able to get her back realtively fast". Keisha opened her eyes and said, "where daddy"?, she kissed the little girl on the forehead and said, "daddy is with momma and your little sister".

She smiled and said, "widdle sister"?, she said, "yes you have a little sister and she is fine, you will get to see her in a little bit", she looked up at Reid and smiled. Dave said, "is kitten really okay"?, she nodded her head and said, "she is doing good, she's in recovery right now but we can see her and the baby in a few hours".

Penelope slowly opened her eyes and slid her hand down to her stomach, Derek said, "she's alright baby girl, the baby is fine", she looked up at him and said, "really, she's really okay"?, he kissed her gently on the lips and said, "yes sweetness, she's really fine". She smiled but the smile fell when she said, "wh who".

Derek gently squeezed her hand and said, "she belongs to Scott, she's Scotts"?, she took a deep breath and said, "I love you Derek", he smiled down at her and said, "I love you to". She wiped away the tears and said, "I almost lost her Derek, I almost lost my baby", he nodded his head and said,
but she's fine and you will get to see her in a few minutes".

She sighed and said, "here less than 24 hours ago I wasn't sure that I wanted to keep her and then almost losing her made me realize that she is my child, my child". Derek brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it and said, "she's our baby Penelope, she's our baby girl", Penelope smiled and said, "really, you really feel that way, even after everything that's happened"?, he said, "I do".

Derek sat down on the bed beside her and said, "I love you baby girl and I love our daughters", she said, "you are quite an amazing man Derek Michael Morgan, do you know that"?, he laughed and said, "and you Penelope Marie Garcia are the best thing that has ever happened to me, you and our girls are my life".

Hotch looked at Fran and said, "what about the father"?, she took a deep breath and said, "she belongs to Scott", JJ blew out a breath and said, "I bet Garcie is glad of that"?, she nodded her head and said, "I'm sure she will be when she wakes up and Derek tells her the good news". Dave said, "she has been through so much over the past 5 years and I can only imagine how she feels".

Emily said, "she has suffered so much at the hands of those two men", Reid said, "she has but she won't be suffering anymore, Scott is dead and Carl will be spending the rest of his life in prison". JJ said, "I can't wait till Carl finds out that he wasn't the daddy after all", Hotch laughed and said, "I bet the look on his face will be priceless", everybody nodded their heads in agreement.

Penelope looked toward the door and smiled when she saw the doctor walking into the room, she said, "well how are you feeling"?, she said, "weak, tired and sore but glad to be alive". The doctor grinned and said, "are you ready to meet your daughter"?, she nodded her head and said, "yes please", the doctor motioned for the nurse to bring the baby into the room.

Derek stood up and stepped aside as the nurse walked closer to the bed, Penelope smiled as the baby was put into her arms, she said, "ohhhhh she's beautiful". Derek said, "she looks like her momma", Penelope said, "hello little girl, I'm your mommy and this handsome man here is your daddy and we both love you so much".

The doctor smiled and said, "I'll go and let you three have some family time", as she got to the door she turned and said, "we will be moving you to your room in a few minutes". Penelope said, "thank you, thank you so much for everything", she grinned and said, "if you need anything please let us know", she nodded her head and said, "I will".

Penelope looked down at her daughter and said, "I love you so much little one", Derek sat down on the bed beside her and said ,"we both do my little princess, we both do". She looked up at Derek and said, "I don't know whatI would do without you", he kissed her gently on the lips and said, "I'm not going anywhere sweetness, none of are".

The baby started squirming in her mommas arms and she said, "I can't believe that she is really here, that we are getting to hold her and love on her right now". He smiled and said, "believe it sweetness, believe it because our little one is finally here", as she glanced back down at her daughter she sighed happily.