Bare Fisted-Ch 18

Epilogue- 1 Year Later

It was in the middle of one of the biggest snow storms in recent history and the team minus Derek was out of town, Fran had made a trip to Chicago to visit the girls and before she could get back the snow started and the flights were cancelled. Penelope went into labor and Derek managed to get her to the hospital a few minutes after her water broke and having nobody to leave Hank with they brought him with them to the hospital.

Penelope found out she was pregnant shortly after the family returned from their vacation, Derek was so excited because he'd missed everything with Hank and he wanted to make sure that he didn't miss them with this baby. Penelope looked up at Derek and said, "are you sure Hanks alright"?, Derek said, "he's fine, he's in the staff lounge with Tammy".

The doctor looked up and said, "alright Penelope you're fully dilated and ready to deliver", she squeezed Dereks hand and said, "are you ready hotstuff"?, he kissed her lips and said, "I'm more than ready sweetness". Penelope looked at the doctor as another contraction hit, she squeezed Dereks hand and pushed and pushed until the doctor told her to stop.

She collapsed against the pillows as Derek wiped her forehead with a cool compress, Derek thought back to when Penelope told him she was pregnant, she was practically glowing as she said, "hotstuff, we're pregnant". He picked her up and swung her around and she said, "whoaaaaa angel fish, swinging me around and nausea are not a good combination".

He was pulled back to the room a few minutes later as Penelope squeezed his hand, she pushed and pushed and then once again collapsed against the pillows, she looked at the doctor and said, "how much longer, how much longer"?, the doctor said, "on the next contraction push and don't stop until I tell you to", she nodded her head yes as the contraction hit.

Derek watched as she pushed and pushed as she fought to bring their second child into the world and then his heart raced when he heard the cry of their newborn fill the room. He kissed Penelope on the lips and said, "you did it sweetness, you did it", she said, "we did it handsome, we did it", the doctor cleaned the baby up and said, "dad would you like to cut the cord"?, Derek nodded his head and cut between the clamps.

The doctor then wrapped the baby in a towel and said, "here you go momma, here's your little girl", with tears streaming down her cheeks she said, "did you hear that Derek, we have a girl, a little girl"?, he smiled and said, "I heard goddess, I heard" as he looked down at the perfect bundle in her arms. He pulled out his cell and snapped picture after picture.

He then looked at her and said, "we need to decide on a name", she blew out a deep breath and said, "what about Jamie"?, he smiled and said, "I love that", she said, "why don't you pick the middle name"?, he thought for a minute and said, "Angela, Jamie Angela Morgan". Penelope said, "I love it", she then looked down at the baby and said, "Jamie Angela Morgan is that your name"?, the baby started moving around in her arms and crying and she said, "I think she likes it" as Derek nodded his head in agreement.

Derek then sent the pictures with the caption, "WELCOME TO THE WORLD JAMIE ANGELA MORGAN", he then looked up at the doctor who said, "we'll be taking her back up to her room in a few minutes". Penelope looked up from the baby and said, "why don't you go ahead and get Hank and I see you both in a few minutes", he kissed her lips gently and said, "I love you", he winked at her and said, "not as much as I love you", she then watched as he kissed their daughter on the top of the head and said, "daddy loves you" before walking toward the door.

About 20 minutes later Derek and Hank walked into Penelopes room and she looked up and said, "hi guys", Hank ran over and said, "hi momma", she said, "how are ya buddy"?, he said, "fine, how you momma"?, she said, "momma is fine". Derek picked up the little boy and said, "Hank this is your little sister Jamie Angela Morgan and Jamie this is your big brother Hank Spencer Morgan".

Hank grinned and said, "she's so widdle", Penelope said, "when you were a baby you were little like this", his eyes got big and he said, "no way", she laughed and said, "yes way" causing Derek to laugh. Hank then kissed the top of his sisters head and said, "I'm donna be da best big broder ever", Derek said, "she's a lucky little girl to have a big brother like you" and that caused Hank to beam with pride.

As Derek stood there looking down at his wife and children he couldn't help but know how lucky he was, for a long time he didn't think he'd ever see his baby girl again and now they are married and have 2 beautiful children. Memories of his fighting came back to his mind, he could see men swinging at him and he could see himself swinging back at them.

The last thing he saw before he was pulled back by the sound of Jamie crying was he looked down at his sore, aching and bleeding knuckles, he then smiled as he looked up and watched his wife, daughter and son. He sighed happily knowing that he had everything he could ever want or ask for, he stood proudly watching the 3 most important people in his life and he couldn't wait to spend the rest of his life with his family, free, free from Cassie, free from worry, just loving his family and being loved by them and that's all he ever wanted.

THE END