With A Little Help From My Son-Ch 25
Epilogue- 1 Year Later
Penelope Garcia Morgan squeezed her husbands hand and pushed as she brought their twin daughters into the world on a cold wet morning. The team had been called away on a case almost a week ago and since his wife was over 2 weeks overdue he stayed home with her.
Everything was going good, they were watching movies with Hank and Fran when Penelopes water broke, they quickly got her to the hospital where she was taken straight to labor and delivery. Labor didn't take long, a little over 2 hours later baby girl 1 Keeley Francine Morgan was born.
About 3 minutes later baby girl 2 Karen Grace Morgan came screaming into the world, Derek and Penelope watched as the nurses cleaned up the twins and weighed and measured them. The doctor smiled and said, "it won't be long, just a few more minutes Penelope" as she worked to get her sewed up.
Derek kissed Penelope on the lips and said, "can you believe it, we have identical twin daughters"?, Penelope grinned and said, "who would have thought last year that today we'd be here with twin newborns and a 9 year old son"?, Derek grinned and said, "like a wise woman says, "everything happens for a reason".
She giggled and said, "that it does hotstuff, that it does", the nurses handed the twins over to Penelope and Derek took several quick pictures and then sent them to the team with the caption, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY KEELEY FRANCINE AND KAREN GRACE MORGAN".
The doctor smiled and said, "we're ready to move you up to your room", Penelope said, "does this mean we have to hand the twins over again"?, she said, "only for a few minutes and then when you get settled in your room they will bring them back to you, I promise".
Penelope and Derek grinned and kissed their daughters on the top of the heads before reluctantly handing them back over to the nurses. Derek smiled and said, "I'm gonna go get momma and Hank and we'll be up in a few minutes".
She nodded her head yes in agreement and said, "I love you", he kissed her lips gently and said, "and I love you to baby girl, now and forever". Penelope then watched as Derek turned around and headed out of the delivery room.
A few minutes later Penelope was in her room smiling down at her twin daughters when Derek, Fran and Hank walked in. Hank ran over to his mom and said, "are you okay mom"?, she smiled at him and said, "I'm okay buddy, tired but okay".
He looked down at the babies and said, "they're so small", Derek said, "you were that small once to", he shook his head and said, "really"?, Derek laughed and said, "yes really". Fran stepped closer and said, "awww look at these gorgeous babies".
Penelope said, "would you like to hold one of your granddaughters"?, Fran nodded her head and said, "I'd love to", Derek then took Keeley and handed her over to her loving grandma. Penelope looked up at Hank as he said, "mom can I hold her"?, she said, "of course you can buddy".
Derek said, "sit down here beside your mom", Hank sat down and Derek handed the baby girl to her brother and said, "now be gentle and be sure to support her head". Hank beamed with pride as he looked down into the face of his new baby sister.
Hank took a deep breath and said, "I love you Karen", he looked at the baby Fran was holding and said, "and I love you Keeley and I promise that I'm going to be the best big brother ever". Derek stood there smiling proudly as he watched his son bonding with his sisters.
Penelope looked around the room from Fran and Keeley to Derek, to Hank and Karen and she knew that she was the luckiest woman in the world. Derek snapped a few pictures of his beautiful family and smiled, he then said, "ya know we owe this all to Hank".
Penelope nodded her head and said, "that we do", Hank said, "what did I do"?, Derek said, "you brought me and your mom together". He laughed and shook his head and said, "I just knew that we all belonged together", Derek laughed and said, "we owe our happiness to you buddy".
As Derek sat down beside his beautiful and exhausted wife he knew that he owed everything to a sudden vacation and a little help from his son. He winked at his wife and smiled as he watched her wrap her arm protectively around their son and one of their daughters.
His life would forever be changed because of a little help from his son and with Jasmine in prison for 40 years for what she did to Hank the Morgans had nothing but good things ahead of them.
THE END