A Matter Of Trust-Ch 41
Dave, Hotch and the others sat waiting patiently for word on Derek and or Penelope and the baby but so far they hadn't heard anything about any of them and they were starting to get worried, especially about Derek. Mick blew out a deep breath as he rubbed his arm/shoulder and said, "this is all my fault, if only I'd been a little faster then", Dave said, "son it's not your fault, he just got the drop on us that's all".
Emily said, "he's right Mick, this isn't your fault, so don't blame yourself", Mick said, "it's hard not to", Hotch said, "Morgan wouldn't want you to blame yourself so don't, don't blame yourself okay?", he nodded his head and said, "okay". Ron glanced down at his watch and said, "why haven't we heard anything from anybody, it sees like forever since we've heard anything", JJ said, "don't worry, Derek and Penelope are both fighters and if their child is anything like them then he or she is gonna be a fighter too".
Meanwhile in the delivery room Fran holds Penelope's hand as she starts pushing her way through another contraction, when the doctor tells her to rest she collapses against the pillows and looks up at Fran. Fran soothingly says, "you're doing an amazing job honey and my baby boy is gonna be so proud of you", Penelope said, "do you think he's gonna be alrightttttttt" as another contraction hit and she was told once again to push.
Fran gently squeezed the hand that was in hers and said, "my son has too much to live for not to fight, he loves you and that baby so much and nothing is gonna keep him down for long, you should know that". Penelope weakly smiled and said, "true, my hunk of chocolate is an amazing person, he's so strong, kind and lovinggggggg" as she started pushing and when the doctor told her to stop she did what she was told and fell back against the pillows.
Fran said, "have you thought of any names?", she smiled and said, "we have, for a girl Jasmine Francine Morgan, that way I can call her Jazzy", Fran grinned and said, "that's a beautiful name, I would be honored to have a name sake". Penelope said, "and if it's a boy we're gonna name him Hank Spencer Morgan" causing both women to smile as they were then pulled from their conversation by the doctor who said, "alright Penelope on the next contraction we're going to deliver the shoulders and the rest of the baby, are you ready?", she said, "ohhhhh yeah, yeah I'm ready".
The next contraction hit a few seconds later and she started pushing and she pushed and pushed until she heard the cries of her child fill the large delivery room, she looked up at Fran and smiled proudly. Fran said, "you did great honey, so so great" as she wiped the sweat from Penelope's forehead and smiled down motherly at the exhausted woman laying in the bed beside her.
Penelope and Fran watched as the doctor cut the cord, took the baby into her arms and cleaned it up a little and then held it up and said, "congratulations mommy it's a boy", Fran said, "I have a grandson, I have a grandson". Penelope said, "and we, we have a son, a beautiful little boy", the doctor said, "I can let you hold him for just a minute before we take him to get him cleaned up, weighed and measured".
Penelope was all smiles as the baby was gently placed into her arms, she looked down into his face and said, "hello my mini hotstuff, I'm your mommy and I love you so so much, I just wish that your daddy was here to see you". Fran pulled out her cell and snapped a few pictures and sent them to the entire family with the heading, "Hank Spencer Morgan" she then looked down at Penelope and said, "he's beautiful Penelope you and my son did a great job".
As she laid looking down at her premature son she looked up at the doctor and said, "is he gonna be alright, he's so early?", the doctor put her hand on Penelopes and said, "he's early yes but he appears to be just fine". She then said, "we'll know more after he's checked out but don't worry okay?", she sighed and nodded her head yes as her attention then returned to her crying son.
Tears streamed down Penelope's cheeks and she said, "he has to be alright Fran, I can't lose him, me and this baby can't lose him, not now, not after we fought so hard to get things back to the way they were before". Fran touched Penelope on the arm and said, "he's gonna be fine honey trust me", she then kissed the top of her grandsons head and said, "I'm your grandma and I'm gonna spoil you rotten and so is your grandpa and your aunts, uncles and cousins and that is a promise".
A few seconds later the doctor stepped up and said, "we have to take him Penelope", she nodded her head yes as she handed the baby over to the nurse and said, "take good care of him", the nurse said, "don't worry I will and before you know it he'll be in your room with you and you can all hold him and start spoiling him", hearing that caused Fran and Penelope to both grin".
Fran stood talking to Penelope while the doctor stitched her up and then when she was told it was time to move Penelope to the recovery room she gently squeezed Penelope's hand and told her that they would all be seeing both her and the baby really soon to which she nodded her head and said, "thank you Fran, thank you for everything", Fran grinned and said, "it was an honor sweetie, it was an honor".
Penelope's tired eyes started closing and Fran said, "get some rest and we'll see you soon" before turning around and heading out of the delivery room to go rejoin the rest of her family and hopefully find out something about Derek.