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A/N: So the end is getting close, but for now I want to say thank you to everyone that's read and reviewed =) I hope you like this...
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Derek walked into the room to find the couch empty, the pots of nail varnish left where they were, the TV talking away to itself. Frowning he went into the room further, searching for his wife.
"Pen," he sighed as he found her washing a window in the dining room. He went over and took away the cloth and stilled her actions. "You shouldn't be doing this."
Sighing, Penelope looked at him, "It's just a bit of cleaning."
"Baby, you're three days overdue as it is. You need to take it easy," Derek chided her gently and tried to stop her from trying to go back to cleaning.
"I'm pregnant, Derek, not incapable and incompetent," she said a little annoyed, "All I want to do is tidy this place up and I'll be comfortable enough to relax."
"You've been tidying up for the last week, P. This place is spotless as it is," Derek replied, one of his curvy brows risen at her questioningly. "Everything's ready for the baby, the house is, the nursery and now you just need to take it easy and go with the flow."
"This is me going with flow," Penelope responded, "I just want to clean this one window, that's all." She tried her hardest to get him to come around to the idea, but saw she was losing the battle quickly. "Please?" she asked politely and tilted her head to the side.
"Na uh, Sweet Thing," Derek told her, "I'm calling the shots right now and right now you're going to sit down."
"But I got bored, and I can't really reach my toe nails to paint them," She told him simply, trying to get him to just let her carry on as she was.
"I'll paint your nails for you, Gorgeous," Derek told her back and saw the adorable smile grow on her lips slowly. "So will you listen?"
"Yes," Penelope relented just as Derek's cell began to ring out.
"Yeah, Drew?" Derek said as he pulled his cell out of his pocket and quickly answered it. "Yeah sure. Lemme make sure it's okay with Pen and I'll be right with you." Snapping his phone down he found Penelope cleaning the window again. "Baby Girl," he grumbled at her and took the cloth away, "I want you to take it easy." He said as he led her back towards the couch where he had left her before. "Drew's broken down; he asked if I could drive by and pick him up. He's about five blocks over, you be okay while I'm gone?"
Penelope looked up and smiled at her husband, "You know me, Handsome. I'll be more than okay."
"Anything, even a little twinge, I want a phone call okay?" He asked her as he gave her a kiss, she just nodded. "I'll be half hour tops."
"Just go. This baby's decided it doesn't want to arrive now, I'm sure half an hour won't hurt it."
"I just didn't want to leave you," Derek fretted. "I know you, you'll be up and cleaning as soon as the doors closed," he teased making her giggle.
Penelope smirked and pushed him away. She knew if he didn't go now, he never would. "Go and get Drew. You'll be back before you know it. I promise you I'll stay here, on this seat, and watch TV and even if this baby makes any little movement, I will call you straight away." She told him, her tone holding the familiar reigns of tease. "Now go."
"I'm going," He said as he took one more kiss from Penelope and then kissed her stomach quickly and rushed to get his keys.
"Don't hurry, I need you back in one piece," Penelope called out as he went out the front door. The moment she heard her confirmation and the door clicked she tried to relax the best she could.
Shifting a couple of times to get comfortable, Penelope realised she was completely done with the aches and reporting every little twinge to someone as this pregnancy went passed its end. If she ran her hand over her stomach, she was able to soothe the pains and forget about them, but right at that moment the pain didn't budge for a couple of minutes before disappearing like all the others.
Again, she forgot about it all and settled back down.
Penelope sighed with boredom as another programme came to finish and Derek had been out of the house nearly over an hour. She manoeuvred herself towards the edge of the couch to get up. Raising to her feet she waddled as freely as she could to go into the kitchen. Letting Clooney out into the garden, Penelope turned back to get a glass, but as she reached for one out of the cabinet, she felt the rush of wetness between her legs and froze.
Looking down, Penelope saw the floor covered and knew immediately her waters had broken. She now knew that all the little pains she had been batting off as nothing were slow contractions taking over.
"Right Penelope," she said calming herself some, "Nothing to worry about, you'll be fine until Derek's home." She told herself out loud, choosing to believe that Derek was only moments away from being home.
For now she could sit and wait and hope that this baby wasn't in any rush to come out because at that moment, Penelope refused to continue any of this alone. Her waters had already broken while alone, she was not prepared to continue this on.
Yet even, Penelope couldn't stop nature no matter how much she tried.
Gasping, almost doubled over with a contraction, Penelope felt along the cabinet by the door for the telephone no more than twenty minutes later. As her hand hit it, she felt the contraction peak and the phone was knocked off the side and flew under the couch completely out of her reach.
"Oh great," she said through clenched teeth as her composure came back and she was able to stand a little better. Running her hand over her stomach she tried to think of a way she was going to easily search for her cell.
When she failed to find any, she paced between oncoming contractions and prayed for Derek to just walk back through the door and get her to the hospital.
Penelope put her head to the cool counter top, as her hands stretched out on top in pain as another contraction gripped her body. It was as she gritted her teeth and felt the groan of pain erupting in her throat that she heard the front door open and she heard Derek mid conversation, his laugh reverberating out loudly.
Giving in, she let out the moan as she tried to straighten up some.
"Penelope," Derek called out, his tone completely altered. "Shit," he muttered as he came in and saw the state of his wife. "Pen, I told you to ring me."
"I tried," she said strained as she wrapped her hand around his arm to help with the contraction.
Derek's panic level sky rocketed; he had no idea what to do. All the classes, all the advice, all the books prove pointless at that moment. He knew one thing that wouldn't fail him though, "Drew, get a-"
"On it," Drew cut Derek off as he dialled 911 for an ambulance. He left the room for the moment as Penelope's breathing picked up as she tried to relax and soothe herself.
"No ambulance, I can't wait," Penelope said as she looked up at Derek. "I need to get to the hospital now, Handsome."
"How far apart are you?" Derek asked as he steadied his wife.
Penelope thought a moment, "I think I'm still a little far apart. I'm not sure how close because I was too busy trying to get a phone in my hand to ring you to count."
Chuckling, Derek continued his stance, "You do listen then, eh?" He teased her, making her relax into her laughter.
"When it suits," Penelope replied with a smirk.
"Something big must have gone down. Ambulance won't be here for another twenty minutes," Drew said as he came back into the room.
"We're not hanging around for that," Derek said as he came to life. His knowledge and initiative kicked in. "Call them and tell them not to worry, we'll take her ourselves. Don't waste their time," Derek commanded Drew to move fast. "Baby, you okay to get out to the car?" He asked Penelope as she tried to remain calm with the impending life changer that was heading their way.
"No, but let's do this," Penelope said as if normal, showing that her contraction had officially left her body for the moment. "What about the mess in the kitchen?" She asked Derek, "I only cleaned it two nights ago."
"Someone else can clean it up, Baby Girl," Derek soothed her worries, knowing that her cleaning was just her way of nesting and preparing for the arrival of the baby.
"Right done," Drew said, "You go ahead, I'll grab the bag and lock up everything."
Derek took care to help Penelope, "Thanks Man," he said as he led her towards the front door.
Drew followed excitedly as he picked up Penelope's hospital bag from by the door and began to ring people to alert them, "Let's go have a baby!"
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