Web Of Lies-Ch 38
The rest of the day passed by pretty quickly as they continued their day by the pond, when they were cleaning up Penelope started having cramps in her stomach, she blew them off as something she ate and continued helping with the clean up. Derek smiled when Callie cooed in his arms as they headed back down the path toward the cabin.
Zach, Jack and Henry were running ahead of everybody else while Charlotte was holding on to Reid and JJ's hands, Derek looked over his shoulder and saw that his baby girl was lagging behind. He looked at Fran and said, "momma can you take her, I'm going to go check on Penelope"?, she said, "sure honey" as she took the little girl into her arms.
Derek walked back to Penelope and said, "are you alright sweetness"?, she said, "yeah handsome I'm fine just having some cramps that's all", he said, "cramps, what kind of cramps"?, she put her hand on her stomach and said, "they are starting here and go all the way across". He said, "when we get back to the cabin I'm going to tell momma and let her check you out, okay"?, she nodded her head in agreement as they headed on up the path.
When they got back to the cabin a few minutes later she was hit with another pain as she started to walk up the steps, she put her hand on Dereks arm and said, "ohhh Derek it hurts, it hurts" before collapsing in his arms. When she woke up a some time later she was in a bed surrounded by Derek, Fran, JJ and Emily, she then took a breath and said, "wh what happened"?, Fran looked at her and said, "honey I don't know how to tell you this".
Penelope put her hand down on her stomach and said, "tell me what"?, she said, "tell me what"?, she said, "where am I"?, Derek said, "sweetness when you collapsed you started bleeding so we brought you here". She said, "bleeding, wait, what happened, the baby"?, Fran said, "honey I'm sorry but you lost the baby", she looked up and with tears streaming down her face she said, "wh wh, noooooooo".
Derek got on the bed beside her and wrapped his arms around her and said, "baby it isn't your fault, you didn't do anything wrong", she buried her face in his chest as everybody stepped outside into the hall. The doctor looked up and said, "is she awake"?, Fran nodded her head and said, "yeah and she knows about the baby", she walked inside the room and her heart broke as she saw Penelope breaking down in Dereks arms.
She walked over and said, "Penelope" and both she and Derek looked up and she said, "I want you to know that what happened was in no way your fault", she wiped her eyes and listened as the doctor said, "there was nothing that you could do to prevent this, the fetus wasn't viable anymore". Penelope said, "I've h ha had several miscarriages and I also had a daughter to die a few minutes after she was born".
She put her hand on Penelopes and said, "the reason that you miscarried was because of the medication that you were given all of those years", she said, "bu but I have a 5 year old son and a 6 month old daughter". Derek said, "does this mean that she won't be able to carry and deliver a healthy baby"?, she shook her head and said,
"no, definitley not, I see no reason why you can't have more children Penelope".
Derek intertwined fingers with her and said, "if and when you want another baby we will start trying", she looked up at him and said, "re really"?, he said, "most definitley yes baby girl". The doctor said, "I need you to allow your body time to heal", she nodded her head and said, "how long before I can start trying to get pregnant again"?, she said, "each womans body is different Penelope, you will know when you are ready".
Derek brought Penelopes hand to his lips and gently kissed it and said, "and we will have as many babies as you want goddess", she took a deep breath and laid her head back down on his chest. The doctor said, "I want to keep you overnight for observation and then if you are still doing good in the morning I will release you okay"?, she nodded her head yes in agreement as she then watched the doctor turn and head out of the room.
JJ was standing deep in thought when Reid walked over and said, "are you alright"?, she nodded her head and said, "my heart is breaking for Garcie, she's been through this several times already and I don't know how much more she can take". Reid put her hand in his and said, "Jayje I" and he looked down and saw blood streaming down JJ's legs.
He said, "DOCTOR, I NEED A DOCTOR" and just as the doctor started running toward them JJ collapsed in the loving arms of her husband
