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Spencer wasn't sure what had woken him up but something just didn't seem right. His eyes scanned the room before he rolled over and found that the other side of the bed was empty.

The room was still dark and there was no light coming from the bathroom.

"Penelope?" he called out.

She didn't answer.

He hurried to get out of bed and pull on a pair of boxers that were lying on the floor. He made his way out into the hall and found Penelope in the kitchen. She was leaning over the sink with one hand on her very pregnant belly and the other one rubbing her lower back.

"Penelope?" Spencer questioned walking over to her "Are you alright?"

Penelope was 35 weeks pregnant; she was almost in her 9th month and Spencer, like any soon to be dad, worried about her.

She groaned softly as she ran a hand down her belly "It seems as though the little one can't get comfortable, she's been kicking me all night."

Spencer placed his hand on her belly and felt the movement beneath his fingers "Are you sure that's everything?" He knew that the baby moved around a lot but it never seemed to bother Penelope so much that she was unable to sleep.

"Well I have a bit of pain in my back but I'm okay" Penelope stated.

"You're sure?" Spencer asked "We could call the doctor if you want."

"Spencer I'm fine," Penelope said "I'm sure it's just because I overworked myself yesterday."

Spencer shook his head "Penelope you promised Hotch and me that you would take it easy if he let you continue working. Maybe it's time you went on maternity leave, you should…"

"No," Penelope said cutting him off "I can't leave yet, I'll be super bored at home and you guys need me. Plus you know all I would do is worry about you if I couldn't work on the case."

"You already worry about me" Spencer said.

"Yeah but I'd worry more" Penelope said.

Spencer sighed "Well at least would you consider letting another tech handle the other teams you work with?"

Penelope looked like she was going to protest.

"Just until the baby is born," Spencer said and then added when she still looked unconvinced "for me, it would put my mind at ease knowing that you're not stressing yourself out."

"Okay fine" Penelope mumbled.

Spencer leaned down and gave her a gentle kiss "Thank you," he said caressing her cheek.

Penelope leaned into the touch.

"Now how about we make our way back to bed and I'll give you a back rub until you fall asleep?" Spencer asked.

"Mhmm, that sounds nice" Penelope said.

"Good," Spencer said as he led her back to bed. She lay down on her side and Spencer lay down behind her. Then he started gently working on the muscles of her lower back.

Penelope hummed in delight as her tight muscles began to loosen.

"Better?" Spencer asked.

"Uh huh," was Penelope's quiet response and soon Spencer felt her drift off to sleep.

Spencer's hand moved over her tummy and he held her gently. As he fell asleep he could feel their daughter kicking under his hand.

…

Only an hour later, around six am, his cell phone started buzzing. Spencer sleepily reached out for it on the night stand.

"Reid" he said picking up.

"Hey Reid, it's JJ, we've got a case."

Spencer almost groaned "Okay," he said "I'm on my way."

When he hung up the phone he turned to see that Penelope had woken up.

"You should go back to sleep, I can have JJ send the file to your tablet and that way you can get a few more hours of sleep and show up a little later." Spencer suggested.

Penelope thought it over for a moment, she wanted to say no that she just needed a minute and she'd be ready but she was dead tired and annoyingly the ache in her back had returned.

"Okay," she mumbled.

Spencer smiled, normally things were never that easy with Penelope, she was just too stubborn.

He placed a kiss on her forehead "I'll call you as soon as I know where we are headed. Love you."

"I love you too," Penelope said leaning up to kiss him "be safe."

"I always am," he said "and you make sure you don't overwork yourself."

Penelope smiled at the concern in his voice "Of course."

Spencer smiled again before leaning down and placing a kiss on her belly "And you, try not to kick your momma so much, she needs her sleep."

Penelope grinned as she watched Spencer softly caress her tummy; she knew he was going to make the best dad.

"Okay, got to go, talk to you later" Spencer said grabbing some clean clothes and making his way to the bathroom to have a quick shower.

Penelope went back to sleep.

…

"I don't know," Rossi said "something about this just doesn't seem right."

"I know what you mean," Hotch added "we profiled that the unsub would have a large vehicle in order to transport the bodies but with police stationed at every entrance and no back trails leading up to the cemetery, how is this guy getting in without being seen?"

The team was working on a local case that was just a forty minute drive from the BAU.

The unsub was leaving bodies in freshly dug graves at Quantico National Cemetery.

"Wait guys," Spencer said an idea dawning on him "maybe he hasn't been seen because he doesn't stick out. What large vehicle would go unnoticed in a cemetery?"

"A hearse" Emily answered.

"Exactly," Spencer said "Nobody would think twice if a hearse pulled into the cemetery."

"Still, even if it was a hearse the police would be suspicious if it pulled up at night, that wouldn't make any sense" Rossi pointed out.

"But maybe he's not bringing the bodies in at night. We just assumed that because the bodies were found in the morning. Maybe he brings them in during the day and comes back at night to dump them."

Hotch pulled out his cellphone, hit speed dial and put it on speaker.

"Goddess at your service" Penelope said as she picked up the phone.

"Garcia," Hotch said "I need you to look for records of registered and non-registered hearses in the Quantico area."

"Got it…" Penelope said and they could hear her fingers furiously typing away at her keyboard.

"Then cross-reference that with a list of men in their twenties to thirties, who have recently suffered a loss of a loved one."

"You think that's why he's dumping the bodies in the graves?" JJ asked.

"The bodies were found gently placed in the grave on their backs with their hands at their sides. He wouldn't have taken the time to place the bodies like that with a heavy police presence around if it wasn't extremely important to him." Hotch explained "I think he is trying to recreate someone's funeral."

"What the...?" Penelope voice trailed off and they heard the typing on the other end stop.

"What is it?" Hotch asked "Did you find anything."

There was no response.

"Garcia?" Hotch prompted.

The team looked around at each other questioningly.

"Penelope?" Spencer piped up worriedly.

"I think…" Penelope began "my water just broke."

The team was shocked into silence.

Then the spell that they were seemingly under broke as Spencer choked out a "What? Are you sure?"

"Uh…yeah" Penelope answered.

With that Hotch took over "Okay Garcia I want you to stop what you're doing and get one of the available agents to drive you to the hospital."

"But Sir," Penelope said "I haven't finished the search yet, you guys still need…"

"Don't argue with me Garcia. It's important you get to the hospital. I'll get another tech analyst to help with the case."

"I…" Penelope began to protest but then stopped herself "Yes Sir."

Hotch turned to Spencer "The hospital isn't far from here; it should only take half an hour to get there. If you leave now you should make it for the birth with some time to spare."

Spencer didn't respond and Hotch frowned when he took in the panicked look on his face.

"On the other hand, maybe you shouldn't be driving."

Hotch looked around at his team. "Prentiss," he said "can you drive Reid to the hospital? The rest of us will stay here and finish with the case."

"Of course," Emily said, she grabbed her coat and pushed Spencer in the direction of the door. "Don't worry PG; I'll have your baby daddy there in no time."

"Safe driving," Hotch said "and call us when you get there."

Once they were in the car and turning out of the police station's parking lot, Emily looked over at Spencer who still hadn't said more than a few words "You okay?"

Spencer had been blankly staring out at the road ahead of him; at her question he shook his head vigorously.

"This can't be happening" he muttered.

Puzzled Emily frowned at him. She knew that even though Spencer was a bit frightened about the prospect of being a father, he was also very excited. Once he found out about the baby it was practically all he could talk about. He hand read everything he could get his hands on about pregnancy, childbirth and taking care of a baby, as well as a few books about baby names. So the way he was acting now didn't make any sense.

"It's too soon," he continued "this wasn't supposed to happen yet. The due date isn't for four more weeks. It's too early for her to be born."

"Ah…" Emily said in understanding, his behavior made sense now; he was scared for the baby's safety.

"Spencer…"

He cut her off "Do you know what the complications of a baby being born this early are?"

He didn't give her a chance to answer.

"The lungs haven't fully developed yet and babies born now are six times more likely to die in the first week. They are more prone to have learning disabilities and behavior problems. Their…"

Spencer was sprouting out statistics like he was sitting there reading from a book.

"Reid." Emily said gently and then more forcefully when he still didn't stop "Reid stop!"

Spencer's mouth clamped shut; he frowned and turned to look at her.

"I know that babies born after thirty four weeks have a ninety percent survival rate, Penelope is one day short of being 36 weeks. Sure it would have been nice to go full term but your baby is going to be fine. You two have been doing everything right; the baby is healthy and on track and right now Penelope is with doctors and nurses who know what they are doing because they've done it a million times before. Everything will be fine."

"How can you be so sure?" Spencer asked.

"Because I have faith that everything is going to be alright and I have trust in the doctors and medicine. Now we just need to worry about getting you to Penelope. She's probably more scared than you are and she doesn't need you filling her head with doubts and statistics. Penelope's in labor, you can't stop it but you can be there for her."

Spencer ran a hand through his hair "You're right."

Emily nodded "Are you gonna be okay now?"

"Yeah." he said "…I'm about to be a father."

"Yes you are," Emily stated "now let's get you to that hospital."

…

"Penelope!" Spencer called as he rushed into her hospital room which a nurse at the front desk had directed him to. Emily had told him to go ahead of her since she still had to call the team.

Penelope let out a relieved sigh when she saw him "I'm so glad you're here."

Spencer hurried to her side and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her gently on the forehead.

Penelope relaxed into his embrace until she felt pains start to build up in her abdomen.

She tensed up.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Contraction" she huffed out, trying to focus on her breathing.

Spencer held her hand as she groaned in pain.

She squeezed her eyes shut as her whole stomach cramped, using her freehand she tried to rub her stomach soothingly.

"Ugh…" Penelope groaned as the pain from the contraction faded away "they do their best to prepare you for this, but damn it those hurt."

"Is there anything I can get you?" Spencer asked.

"No, I'm okay," Penelope answered "just don't leave me."

"I'm not going anywhere" he promised squeezing her hand.

"Other than the contractions are you okay?" Spencer asked.

"Yeah I'm fine," Penelope said "the doctor said the baby's vitals look good too. They did a few tests when I got here and they said the baby's heartbeat is strong. They think that even though she's coming a bit early, she's going to be okay."

"That's a relief," Spencer said giving her a reassuring smile.

"Where's Emily?" Penelope asked.

"She's outside calling the team" Reid answered.

"Have you asked her yet?" Penelope wondered.

Spencer looked confused for a moment before he remembered what she was talking about "No I haven't, I thought we agreed to do that together."

As if on cue Emily appeared at the door, she smiled at the couple and walked into the room.

"Hey Pen," She said "how are you doing?"

"Good," Penelope said "Tired but good."

"Well I just talked to Hotch, they've gotten another tech to help them with the case and they hope they will be finished up soon. However Hotch wants me back if you guys don't need me."

"Oh yeah if the team needs you don't worry about us, we'll be fine" Penelope said.

"Good," Emily said before leaning down to give Penelope a hug "I can't wait to get back and see the baby. I know you'll do great Pen."

"Thanks," Penelope said and watched as Emily turned to leave. "Em, before you leave…"

Emily turned back around "Yeah?"

"Spencer and I had something we wanted to ask you" Penelope said.

"Oh?" Emily asked.

Penelope nudged Spencer with her elbow.

"Um yeah, we wanted to know if you'd be our baby's godmother?" Spencer asked.

Emily's eyes widened "Seriously?" Then a wide smile broke out on her face "Yeah definitely, oh guys this means so much to me."

She walked back over to them and gave a hug to both Spencer and Penelope.

"I promise that I'll be the best godmother that I can" Emily said.

"We know you're going to be great" Penelope said.

Emily started to make her way towards the door again "Okay I better get back…" she trailed off "Wait, can I ask, who's the godfather?"

"I'll give you three guesses" Penelope said with a grin.

"Morgan?" Emily guessed.

"Oh look at those expert profile skills, you didn't even need the two extra guesses" Penelope said with a laugh.

"Have you told him yet?" Emily asked, laughing too.

"Not yet, we were going to sometime this week after the case, but I guess it will have to wait until the baby's born." Spencer explained.

"Okay, well I'll keep my lips sealed," Emily said "I'll see you guys soon, good luck."

…

Six hours later Penelope was frustrated and grumpy. She was in a lot of pain because the contractions were so bad. She had tried standing and squatting and just about every other position she could think of to help ease the pain but nothing worked.

She had had an epidural but most of the pain was still getting through and she couldn't move around much anymore because her legs were starting to get numb.

Spencer was just trying to be as supportive as he could and help Penelope keep calm.

So far she hadn't yelled at him for knocking her up in the first place, and was thankful for that.

However he hated to see her in pain and therefore was relieved when after a rather painful contraction one of the nurses had paged the doctor and told Penelope it was time to start pushing.

Penelope turned to look at him and her face showed her fear.

He took her hand in hers and looked deeply into her eyes "You're going to be fine," he said gently "you can do this, everything will be okay."

Penelope nodded and let out a shaky breath.

The doctor came in and sat down on a stool before Penelope's open legs. "The baby's head is crowning, you have to push now Penelope."

Penelope pushed down, letting out a guttural growl as she did so.

"That's it, good job," the doctor said "now take a deep breath and push again."

Penelope breathed deeply and then bore down with all her might, squeezing Spencer's hand as she did so.

"Good, good, she's almost out, one more push should do it."

Penelope watched as a nurse came over with an instrument to clear out the baby's mouth and nose of any excess fluid.

Penelope took a deep breath again and the pushed down once more.

They heard a whooshing sound and then their daughter's first cries as she came into the world.

"Here you go; you have a beautiful baby girl."

The doctor placed her on Penelope's stomach and the nurses began cleaning the baby off. She was crying loudly and her hands were stretching out before her with her tiny pink fingers flexing, Spencer had never seen anything quite like it.

Penelope had started crying tears of joy as she looked at her little daughter while the nurses worked to clean her off and preform necessary tests on her.

"Would you like to do this part?" Spencer tore his eyes away from his daughter when the doctor spoke to him. She was holding out scissors and had the umbilical cord clamped.

He took the scissors from her shakily and then steadied himself before cutting where the doctor indicated.

His brain vaguely realized when his daughter stopped crying. He looked up to see that the nurses had finished their tests and that she was now wrapped up in a pink blanket and laying I her mother's arms.

He smiled at Penelope and moved closer to her, the baby was blinking up at her and reaching out for her momma.

"Everything seems fine," the doctor said "we were worried about her lungs being fully developed but as you could hear she's seems to have no problem getting her lungs full of oxygen. Her breathing is good and her heartbeat is strong. We'll leave you so you can bond with her for a bit before we take her to the nursery."

"Thank you," Spencer said.

The doctor nodded and then she and most of the nurses left.

"She's so beautiful," Penelope whispered.

"Just like her momma" Spencer said.

Penelope chuckled and leaned up to give him a quick kiss.

Spencer couldn't believe just how tiny and amazing she was, he couldn't believe that he was actually a father and that she was finally here.

"What are we going to call her?" Penelope asked, interrupting his thoughts.

…

Spencer was quietly sitting beside Penelope's bed; his thoughts were in a jumble as he thought about what had happened in the last 8 hours and what it was going to be like from then on.

The nurses had taken their daughter to the nursery an hour or so ago and Penelope was getting some much needed sleep.

He looked up when he heard a noise and saw one of their nurses coming back; she was wheeling their daughter into the room.

"Hey," she said quietly when she noticed Penelope was asleep "Mom's pretty exhausted huh?"

Spencer got up from his chair and walked over "Yeah."

The nurse smiled "We've run all of the mandatory tests, your daughter is a healthy baby girl, she's just a bit on the small side but that should right itself in a few weeks. She's five pounds and seven ounces.

"Can I hold her?" Spencer asked.

"Of course" the nurse said.

Spencer picked up his daughter gently.

"I'll leave you alone; just press the call button if you need anything."

"Thanks," Spencer said as the nurse left.

Spencer stood and just stared at his little girl. She looked so much like Penelope but she had his lips.

"You're so beautiful," he whispered to her quietly.

He carried her over to his chair and sat down.

As he did so she began to wake up.

She whimpered but Spencer held her close and told her gently not to cry.

His soothing voice seemed to work because she didn't cry, but blinked up at him instead.

She had his brown eyes.

"Hey you," Spencer said awed "I'm your Daddy. Your Mommy is sleeping right now but she's going to be so excited to see you when she wakes up."

Spencer continued to talk to her for the next twenty minutes as she just stared up at him.

He told her about the team and how he knew they would just love her. About her chosen godparents but how the rest of the team were just as close. He told her about how he and Penelope would always do their best to take care of her and how happy he was that she was here.

After a while he felt eyes on him and looked over to see Penelope had woken up.

She smiled at him "You're going to make the best dad Spencer."

Spencer carefully stood up; he moved towards her and placed their daughter in her arms. "And you're going to make the best mom Penelope."

Then there was a soft knock at the open door and they turned to see Hotch and the rest of the team standing in the hallway.

"I hope we're not interrupting" he said.

"No, of course not," Spencer said "come on in guys."

The team walked in and Emily and JJ hurried over to Penelope's side.

"Oh my gosh! She's so cute!" Emily excitedly whispered.

Penelope grinned "Everyone, I'd like you all to meet Deegan Diana Reid."

"Oh that's perfect!" JJ said.

Morgan inched closer to Reid as he took in the little pink bundle. He patted Spencer on the shoulder "Congrats guys, she's adorable."

Penelope beamed at them "She is, isn't she."

"Oh Hey," Morgan said "I almost forgot. We saw this in the gift shop and thought it would be perfect."

He handed Spencer a small folded up onesie.

Spencer unfolded it and then laughed; he turned it around so that Penelope could see. It was white with black lettering that read 'FBI Agent in training.'

"That's great," Spencer said "Thanks."

For the rest of the day they laughed and talked about what mischief little Deegan was going to get into and how her new parents were going to handle it.

Each of the team got a chance to hold her and everyone was surprised when she seemed to like Rossi the best, she didn't cry or squirm once when he was holding her.

Then after a long day the team left with promises of coming back the next day, they knew Penelope needed her rest.

Spencer smiled down at Penelope and his little girl who was in her mother's arms. He couldn't remember a time where he felt happier and couldn't wait to begin his life with his two girls.

He felt like the luckiest man on the planet.

The End

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A/N: Yeah, I decided to go with a girl because as dustytiger said in her review 'there's nothing like a guy and his daughter' I just liked the idea of them having a girl.

I got the statistics from the article "Born a Bit Too Early – Recent Trends in Late Pre-Term Births," on (sonomafamilylife . com)