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Derek had decided he couldn't tell his mom everything on the phone, she didn't even know she was so close to getting her first grandbaby but he needed to out the truth to her in person, on the phone was insensitive and he wasn't comfortable with doing it.

So now as he sat with a time limit on how long he'd mom would take to get to him, he now wanted a time limit on when he could see Penelope. So far they'd sat around for nearly 3 hours and now tension and patience was wearing thin. No one asked Derek what had happened but he'd already told Hotch he planned to tell them everything but not without Penelope's permission first.

They watched a doctor approached and prayed that he wouldn't make it the fifth that just carried on and just their luck he didn't carry on. 'Penelope Garcia.'

Derek was the first that bolted up, the others not long after him. 'She's stable.' Was all he said in an ambiguous tone. 'The wound was more damaging than we first thought but we managed to repair the damage and get her vitals under control. She's anaemic from the miscarriage she sustained and the blood loss that occurred, she's got a mild concussion significant with a fall and exacerbated wounds from a previous date, a couple of broken ribs at the most, she's bruised and she's fractured her hand but apart from that she's just lucky it wasn't worse.' He smiled at them, noting their shock bar Derek's. 'She's still unconscious at the moment but she's showing signs of coming to, we're let you in when she's more awake.' He then walked about leaving the group of people.

'Miscarriage?' Emily uttered her tone all on one level.

'She was pregnant, she found out and Lynch left her.' Derek said and everyone turned to her and he knew the truth needed to be said. 'She lost the baby because Sam attacked her.' Hotch knew that Sam had attacked her, but nothing about a baby. 'Sam's been lying to us all and Penelope knew the truth.'

'So what is the truth?'

'I wanted to tell you with Penelope, it doesn't feel right divulging it all and her not in the loop. Can you respect that?' They all nodded when they saw the truth on Derek's face. Hours later found most of the team, except Hotch and Rossi who'd gone to get Fran, standing outside Penelope's room as she continued to sleep. Derek hadn't left the window, not willing for one moment to lose her from his view but when he saw her move, her face crumpled in pain, her hand move to disperse some of the discomfort he ignored the hospital rules to wait and ran into the room.

'Hey baby girl.' He said calmly and put his hand on hers, just like he'd done when she was shot. 'You're in the hospital.'

'I guessed from the bed.' She said dryly and Derek laughed. 'Lumpy as hell.' She said and groaned as she shifted to get comfortable. 'How bad are we in trouble?'

'We aren't, we've done nothing wrong.' Derek told her and saw her eyes blink as her head still swam with multiple narcotics and the events that had panned out.

'How bad are you then?' She asked as she set her sights on finding her glasses, Derek guessing what she was up to grabbed them put them on her comfortably and sat on the edge of the bed, noticing that the others were hovering outside the room.

'Sporting some bruises, broken ribs, cuts here, there and everywhere. Slash on my arm.' He told her casually and saw her look at his arm before she raised her uncast hand to the bright white bandage, pushing his t-shirt up a bit she then let her hand drop exhaustedly. 'Now you, you've got worse ribs than you did, concussion from falling down the stairs, cuts, bumps, grazes, bruises, anaemia and some internal damage.'

'They know about the baby don't they?' Penelope said quietly not caring about anything else. 'Hotch is gonna kill me.' She groaned as she closed her eyes.

Derek chuckled softly. 'No he isn't, you have a right to your own privacy.'

'I lied on so many levels Derek, I wasn't supposed to be left alone, and yet I refused a hospital stay and...'

'Hush up woman, Hotch will understand and you know it, but they know, they all know, the doctor gave a running list of what was wrong with you and the miscarriage caused the anaemia.' He bent down and kissed her forehead. 'But... like most hospital sayings go... how you feeling?'

'Like I've been beaten up and had a 5 inch blade rammed into my side.'

'6 inch...' Derek verified and she couldn't help but laugh at him, he was the normal Derek again. 'I gotta get a nurse, I'm not actually allowed in here yet.'

'I want you in here though.'

'Hospital rules.'

'Screw hospital rules.' Penelope muttered and pushed her hand to her stomach for relief.

'I think those guys out there want to be in here too.' Derek said and looked at the window, Penelope looked up to and smiled as Emily, JJ and Reid smiled uncomfortably and waved. 'Drugs, visitors, then sleep.' Penelope nodded and settled back down completely, Derek stood up and rushed out of the room. 'She's fine guys, where's JJ?'

'Getting a nurse... Derek... is she really okay?'

'She sure is.' Derek said with a smile as the nurse came back with JJ and entered the room, Derek following her in, soon the nurse left and they slowly edged in. 'We gotta leave when Pen's asleep.'

'How you feeling Pen?'

'Just perfect.' Penelope joked with them but they could see the exhaustion claiming her as the drugs weakened her control.

'You know you could've come to us. We wouldn't have minded.' JJ said sadly, wishing she knew what was going on in Penelope's head.

'I know, and I guess I was a bit of a fruit loop for a bit but...' Penelope blinked and felt the medication and multiple pain reliefs grip her and pull her into their sleepy ability.

'Tomorrow baby girl... we'll talk about it all tomorrow.' Derek said and Penelope gave onto her hold of reality, he gestured for them to leave the room and after kissing her cheek he got up and left her to sleep. 'She will tell you but Sam told me she was pregnant the day Pen found out, Sam wasn't actually pregnant at all.'

'That's why you proposed?' Derek nodded his head solemnly. 'So what happened?'

'Sam was all a lie and Penelope knew and I picked Sam over Pen and well I was downright horrible to her about it and Sam got beaten up and lost our baby but she didn't and then Pen got arrested for the attack and then the truth came out.'

'So what happened that ended with Pen in a hospital bed exactly?' Emily asked crossing her arms across her chest.

'She won the fight that's what.' Derek said with a smile as his mom turned up with Hotch and Rossi.