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'You ready?' Derek asked as he found Penelope in the nursery. 'Pen...'

'Hmm? Oh yeah I am.'

'Come on... the guys are meeting us outside the restaurant.' Penelope nodded and turned to him nursing her back in small circles. 'You okay baby girl?'

'Back ache... sore feet... the highs of pregnancy.' She told him sarcastically. 'Its a meal... I'll be sitting.' She added to calm him.

'Sure?'

'Positive... come on.' She told him and they walked to the car and started for the restaurant. En route though Penelope felt a pain in her stomach and Derek pulled over. 'Keep going.'

'Pen...'

'It's gone.' She told him and batted her worries to the back of her mind, and she made sure Derek had done too. He drove to the restaurant warily, he knew someone was wrong. When they got to the restaurant Derek jumped out and ran round, he waved at the gathering group and helped Penelope out, this meal was a toned down hen and stag party, and also, because George was needed in California it was a welcome back for him, bringing back Lance and Owen, the wedding planners as they put it.

'You ready?' He asked Penelope, she nodded, took his hands and allowed him to help her out of the SUV, as soon as her feet hit the ground she stared down. 'Penelope...'

'My waters just broke.' Penelope said as he felt her begin to shake, she then gripped his hand tightly as she doubled over. 'I think this meals going to have to wait.' She groaned.

Derek looked around panicked. 'Hey George, Hotch get here now!' He called out and the pair ran over.

'What's up?'

'Pen's in labour.' Derek said slightly panicked.

'Labour's an understatement!' Penelope said pained.

'Right George help her in, I'll get in the back and help her, Hotch tell the guys and come with us yeah?'

'Right I'll get Em and JJ to go past yours and grab the bag by the door.' Hotch said and sprung into action quickly following Derek's instructions.

'Come on kiddo.'

'Don't move me for the moment!' She told him and grasped both of Derek's hands tightly. Doing the breathing she had been taught although looking visibly terrified. 'I really don't want to do this now.' She joked midst breathing.

'Well baby girl, you got to so we can have those kiddies.' Derek said surprisingly calm. 'Come on Pen, we need to get you in the car.'

'Doris! Get your arse in that car and get my nieces or nephews out!'

'It's called nature pickles.'

'It's called pushing.'

'Yeah alright!' Penelope said as the contraction eased and the pain subsided. 'Oh now that is scarier than they make out!'

'Now can we get you to the hospital because to be honest the last thing I want to be telling the kids is that their birth place was a car park.' Penelope laughed at Derek and allowed them to help her into the back of the SUV, as Derek climbed in the back with her and Hotch and George hopped in the front. When they reached the hospital Penelope was taken from the grasp of the men and led away, they closely followed.

They had been climbing the walls for nearly 30 minutes before the others arrived. 'Where the hell have you been? To outer Mongolia and back?' Hotch asked after seeing that they had been a while.

'This place is like a maze!' Lance protested. 'How she doing?'

'No idea at all.' George answered. 'We've heard nothing.'

'Nothing at all?'

'Nope, the nurse just said their getting her settled, that she is in early labour but labour at any cost.'

'Is it safe?'

'Well they were warned that labour happen before the due date and 3 weeks means Pen's lasted a lot longer than others.' JJ conceded only to have multiple eyes put on her. 'What? I read the books around their place once or twice.' She finished with a shrug.

'Well I guess it's a waiting game for us all now.' Emily said wanting to know what was going on. 'Should we call the others?'

'I'll call Kat.' Lance said grabbing his phone. 'Ring me ASAP!' He told them and left.

'I'll handle Jimmy.' Rossi told them and followed Lance.

'I'll tell Andy, I'm sure he can spread the word from there.' Owen said was the third to leave.

'I'll ring Derek's mom.' Reid chose himself and left.

'Everyone is sorted then.' Hotch said and looked at the nurses' station before striding towards it and demanding answers, they watched as he left several minutes later with a satisfied grin on his lips. 'Everything's running smoother than they thought.' He told them. 'She won't let Derek leave her.'

'Well why should he leave?'

'To give us an update... but the nurses are going to do it, apparently Penelope's a little scared which to be honest I think we can understand considering.' Hotch said and they nodded and took seats in the waiting room. Hours past, and although it wasn't the meal planned out it didn't matter because of the outcome of what was occurring.

George awoke to the tapping on his foot, he stretched broadly and allowed his eyes to focus on the being that had awoken him, he saw Derek and then his mind picked up and after the sleepy delay jumped up, only to be silenced by Derek.

'Come with me.' He whispered as everyone around them slept. 'We wanted you to see them.'

'Is everything okay?'

'Pen lost some blood and she is absolutely exhausted but aside from that everything's okay at the moment.'

'Lost some blood?'

'Apparently its common with twin births but Pen lost a little more than expected.'

'And the effect of that on Pen would be?'

'She'll be weaker than she should be, pale, ill but she'll pick up in a day or so apparently.' They made it to the room and Derek pushed the door open and walked in, George immediately saw the need to be quiet as Penelope slept, her body facing the newborns. 'I'd like you to meet...' Derek said pulling a little pink bundle up. 'Isabella' George smiled. 'I loved those name choices she chose.'

'I told her to talk to you, that that was the only way to find out anything.' George told him and looked at the little girl; Derek then placed her down and picked up the second pink bundle.

'And this one is Alexandra.'

'Two little girls... I bet you're chuffed.'

'I am, I don't think I've ever felt this happy... apart from when Pen accepted the marriage proposal and we got married that is.'

'I get it Derek; these are the moments that make up a lifetime.' George told him as he looked over the second little girl proudly.