Partners-Ch 35
Mick said, "your what what"?, she said, "my water broke, the babies coming", Penelope grabbed her stomach and said, "it's to early I'm only 7 months Mick,
I'm only 7 months". He squeezed her hand and said, "you and the baby are going to be fine Penelope, do you hear me"?, she halfheartedly nodded her head yes as Mick pulled out his cell.
Penelope watched as he dialed a number and after a few rings he heard, "Morgan", he put the cell on speaker and said, "Derek this is Mick and we have a slight problem here at the BAU". He said, "what's wrong"?, Penelope said, "my water just broke Derek, the babies coming", Derek said, "stay calm baby girl,
just stay calm and I'll get medical headed right up to you okay"?, she said, "Derek, I'm scared, I need you".
Derek said, "we're on our way back sweetness but it is gonna take like 45 minutes", "JJ said, "have you had any contractions yet"?, she said, "a couple of mild ones". Emily said, "your contractions will speed up and get a lot stronger", Derek gripped the wheel and said, "hang on baby girl, we'll be there as soon as we can, I promise".
JJ said, "Mick lay her down on the floor and put a pillow under her head and let her rest while she can", he ran over to Hotchs office and grabbed a couple of pillows off his couch and ran them back over to the round table room and tossed them in the floor. He then walked over and helped Penelope over to the pillows and then down onto the floor.
She had no more than gotten down on the floor and she was hit with a contraction and this contraction was a lot stronger than the others, she looked up at Mick and said, "please don't leave me, please stay until Derek gets here". He gently squeezed her hand and said, "I'm not going anywhere Penelope, I'll be here with you until Derek gets here".
A few long minutes and several strong contractions later the medics ran into the room and over to Penelope, Mick said, "she's been in labor for about 20 to 25 minutes". Penelope was braced against the pillows on the wall and she looked at the medic and said, "here comes another one", she then grabbed Micks hand and started squeezing it until the contraction ended.
The medic looked at Penelope and said, "I need to see how far your dilated okay Ms. Garcia"?, she bit down on her bottom lip and nodded her head yes as he raised her dress. After a quick check he smiled and said, "you must have been in labor for most of the day because you are fully dilated and ready for delivery".
Penelope looked at Mick and said, "I need Derek, get me Derek", he pulled out his cell and dialed Dereks number again and after a ring Derek said, "I'm only 25 miles away baby". Penelope said, "I'm ready to deliver, the medic said that I must have been in labor most of the day", Derek said, "have you been having pains"?, she said, "wellllll".
Derek said, "Penelope Marie Garcia", she said, "I'm sorry that I didn't tell you but we had just got engaged and I thought that the pain was from where he or she was kicking". Derek said, "just be strong and Mick is there with you and I promise that I will be there in a few minutes", she squeezed Micks hand and said, "ohhhhhhhhhh here comes another one".
Mick laid the phone down as the medic said, "alright Penelope I need you to pushhhhhhhhhhhh" and push she did until the medic told her to stop, Mick smiled down at her and said, "you're doing great Penelope, just great". Derek said, "he's right beautiful, you're doing great", it wasn't long before Penelope was hit with contraction after contraction as the impending birth of their first child was getting closer and closer.
Penelope looked up at Mick as she was hit with the hardest contraction yet, as she squeezed his hand the medic said, "one more push and your baby will be here". Derek ran from the elevator and up the stairs to the round table room and as he stepped inside he ran over to Penelope just in time to hear his baby crying for the first time.