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They refused to clock watch, because that made time pass slowly, Carl and Jimmy had left, made calls to the other three brothers who had heard about the collapse but had no idea where to go when they got to the hospital. The pair had also gone to collect drinks and food but had used it to keep busy before heading back, the team obviously been there done that sat and waited. Now the team plus Jimmy and the four Garcia brothers sat around mostly in dead silence.

'Should we ring Lance and Owen?'

'They do deserve to know.' Derek said.

'Pen won't be happy about that.' JJ answered.

'Well she's not got much say in the matter.' George said as he stood up. He halted when a doctor approached them and looked expectantly.

'Penelope Morgan?'

'Yes!' They all swarmed to get the details on how she was.

'Is Derek Morgan here?'

'That's me.'

'Can I speak to you in private please?'

Derek looked around and got the go ahead nods from each and every person. 'Go on we'll get hold of Lance and Owen, just go.' He was urged, he nodded and followed the doctor down the corridor, once in a room the door was closed softly and the doctor looked serious.

'Is she okay?'

'Mrs Morgan is as fine as can be after what she has been through.' He sighed. 'She did indeed have a ruptured appendix but the cause of it was an uncommon one, I'm afraid she also had an ectopic pregnancy.'

'Ectopic pregnancy.' Derek repeated shocked. 'You mean she's pregnant?'

'I'm afraid we had to remove the foetus along with one of her fallopian tubes, the mass showed she was around 8 weeks gone, the toxins and effects of the ectopic pregnancy caused the appendix to inflame and then go on to burst.'

'Can she still have children?' Derek asked, near tears to hear his wife was so near to giving him a child, making his mom a grandmother after years of pushing and shoving him to produce offspring.

'It's not impossible but it will be difficult, the two combined caused immense pain to her side, along with an extremely high temperature and long bouts of sickness like I was told from one of the people outside.' Derek nodded. 'She's still quite ill but once the anaesthetic wears off and the antibiotics and medication she is on kick in she should begin to feel better.'

'How long until we can take her home?'

'Give or take 2-3 days... it depends on her recovery in the next 24 hours.' Again Derek nodded as everything seeped to the surface. 'Would you like to see her?'

'Please.' He said and wiped the tears that he hadn't realised until then had been escaping his eyes. He left the room and looked back up the corridor, he didn't smile at the on looking group, he saw that they noticed the grief on his face but snapped back to look at the doctor.

'You can stay as long as you want, but one visitor at a time, the others are more than welcome to sit outside, there are plenty of seating areas around.' The doctor said as he walked around the corner. 'She's in the 2nd room on the left.'

'Thank you.'

'No problems, if you need anything just come and get me or get a nurse to page for me.'

'Thanks.' He said as he sucked in a breath, applied the husband persona and walked down the corridor, he pushed the door open and took her in before approaching, her eyes were closed, she was surrounded by machines that were making noises, she had multiple IV's and he realised that for once in his life, apart from when she was shot, he was literally petrified of hospitals. The mass bearer of bad news. He took her hand and his mind and body shook with worry when she didn't open her eyes, he then sat and told himself he had to bear with it, and no longer had he reassured himself, she woke up and looked at him groggily.

'What happened?' She asked pulling the mask down.

'You collapsed baby girl.' He said closing the gap between them furthermore, keeping her hand in his, resting a hand above her head. 'You had an appendicitis.' He saw her worry, her eyes feeling with panic of what the next day would bestow upon them. 'Lance and Owen will understand sweetness.' She nodded. 'Pen, they also found out you were pregnant.'

'Were?' She said her eyes brimming with tears. 'I lost it?'

'You had an ectopic pregnancy; they had to remove it to save you.' He wiped a tear from her cheek and she felt saddened not only for her loss but the loss that Derek was showing right now as he told her. 'We're going to get through this okay?' She nodded. 'This... this we can beat.' He then grabbed her hand with both of his and kissed it. 'I love you so much... but you just rest.' No longer than 10 minutes later he heaved himself out of his chair, detached his hand unwillingly from hers and left the room. The people down the corridor deserved to know what was happening and with Penelope asleep he found it a perfect opportunity.

Everyone stood up as they saw him and read all the emotions possible on his face and knew there was both the good and the bad news to come. Derek took into account that in such a short period Lance, Owen and Kat had all gathered with the others, he knew he had to speak to them about Penelope's worry.

'What's wrong?'

'Is she okay?'

'Can we just step back that way a bit please?' Derek said quietly, his eyes still glazed with tears, his voice still thick with them, ready to break. When everyone stepped back as far as they could into the room he breathed in deeply. 'Erm... well... Pen, she did have a ruptured appendix but the reason she collapsed, and the reason she had such a high temperature was because she was pregnant along with it.'

Everyone gasped. 'Was?'

'She had an ectopic pregnancy.' He said and his voice crackled as he repeated the term. 'They had to remove the foetus and the fallopian tube to save her.'

'Both together?' Jimmy said worriedly.

'The doctor said it's uncommon to have the pair together, but the pregnancy was realising toxins into her body and it caused the inflammation.'

'So how is she doing?'

'Well... I told her, she cried a bit, she's worried about tomorrow... she's feeling a little confused but the doctor said she'll feel better once the drugs kick in and the anaesthetic wears off.'

'We can't get married tomorrow.' Lance said immediately, tears welling up in his eyes, Derek noticed he wasn't alone, everyone including the bosses were saddened, he soon gained the same response from Owen.

'Guys don't do that.' Derek said defeated. 'She'll hate herself for ruining it.'

'No... sorry its taken 12 years to get that woman back, I don't feel right marrying with her in a hospital bed.'

'Derek... how long has she got to stay in for?' Hotch said, knowing he needed the information.

He placed his hand on head. 'The doctor said 2-3 days depending how she is throughout the next 24 hours.'

'Can we see her?' Everyone asked, almost in time, those that were delayed simply supported the notion.

'Only one person at a time for the rest of the day but we are allowed down there, there's like a waiting room just outside her room.' Derek said and everyone immediately picked their things up and showed how much they yearned to get down to the new waiting room.