Chapter 5- Progression
Right as this was happening (team going to new crime scene), back at the hospital Garcia was sitting up in bed clad in hospital gown and hooked up to a fetal monitor. The labor wasn't bad so far, the work that Hotch and the rest of the team gave her to work on helped her keep her mind off the pain. Of course Morgan being there also helped. At that moment he was seated in a chair next to her bed, helping her any way he could. Then the hospital phone, located on the movable table next to the bed gave a sudden ring. Springing up in his chair Morgan quickly retrieved the phone and right as he did this Garcia gasped in pain, and clenched her stomach. Hearing her sudden gasp and seeing her reaction Morgan reached his free hand over to Garcia, who immediately took hold of it and squeezed. Rubbing Garcia's hand with his thumb Morgan placed the phone to his ear and said,
"Morgan"
"Morgan its JJ, for a moment I thought there had been a disconnection…no one answered at first…"
"Nope no disconnection, Garcia started to have another contraction right as I picked up the phone, so I was trying to help her through the pain without hanging up the phone."
In a sympathetic and concerned tone, JJ asked,
"How's she doing? Has she dilated any?"
Squeezing Garcia's hand again Morgan replied,
"She's doing alright. They checked her a little while ago, and she was dilated two centimeters. They were going to wait a little while before they gave her an epidural… So you got something for us JJ? Did something happen?"
"We just got a call of another crime that was committed, and done the same as the others. We thought we'd let you know, and we'll call if we need any information."
"Ok we'll be waiting. Thanks JJ."
"Welcome Morgan. Tell Garcia to try and relax and to not work so much."
Releasing a small laugh,
"I'll see what I can do."
The conversation over Morgan placed the phone back on top of the receiver. Relaxing a bit Morgan leaned back in the chair. Still holding Garcia's hand, Morgan gave it a squeeze as he said, "You ok baby girl? Do you need me to get the nurse?" Garcia returned the gentle squeeze as she replied, "I'm ok. The contractions are just getting to be stronger and more painful." Garcia placed her free hand upon her belly as she said this. Seeing this Morgan stretched out his free hand and placed it on top of Garcia's as he said, "It will be ok. The doctor will come and check you and hopefully he will decide that you can have the epidural." As an afterthought Morgan said, "JJ wanted me to tell you to try and relax and to not work so hard." Rubbing her belly and giving a slight nod Garcia said, "Well JJ has gone through child labor, and knows what it feels like to have a contraction. I will try to relax but if they need my help with the case, I have to help if they call." Turning his head to look at Garcia Morgan replied, "Baby girl you have to relax. The rest of the team knows what is going on, and said that they would call if they found anything new or to check on us." With a sigh of resignation Garcia gave a slow nod. Seeing this Morgan leaned in and kissed Garcia on the head. Right then the nurse stepped in and said, "Alright Penelope I am going to check you real quick and see if you've dilated any more, ok?" Hearing this Garcia nodded and bent and spread her legs as the nurse placed a latex glove on her hand. The nurse raised her head and looked at Garcia as she finished the examination and said, "Well you are now three centimeters dilated. Would you like to get the epidural to help you now?" With a smile of relief and joy Garcia nodded and said, "Oh yes that would be wonderful, thank you." With a nod the nurse replied, "Alright I will go call the anesthesiologist to come and administer the epidural, should only take a few minutes." With that said the nurse left the room and Garcia repositioned herself in the bed. Looking to Morgan Garcia said, "Three centimeters, this may take a while." Giving her a small smile Morgan replied, "Yeah it might but in the end it will all be worth it. We will have our baby in our arms." Rubbing her belly Garcia said, "Yeah I can't wait to be able to do that, and to finally be a family." Answering with an even bigger smile than the last one Morgan leaned in a kissed Garcia on the lips. Just as they began to slowly part as man in scrubs pushing a cart walked into the room. Stopping the cart near the bed the man, who appeared to be a doctor, looked at Garcia and Morgan and said, "Hi, I'm Dr. Jones. I hear that you would like to have an epidural." Raising her hand like a student in class Garcia answered, "Yes I would like that very much." Giving a curt nod Dr. Jones began to put on latex gloves as he said, "Ok, if you could reposition yourself so that your feet are hanging off the side of the bed, and your back is facing me please." Hearing how he wanted her to sit Garcia slowly complied. When Garcia was seated on the side of the bed with Morgan by her side Dr. Jones handed her a pillow and said, "Use this pillow to lean on to relax your back. You need to relax yourself as well." Garcia nodded as she replied, "Ok." Seeing Dr. Jones pick up the needle to begin the simple procedure, Morgan squatted in front of Garcia and leaned his head against hers as he gently rubbed her arms to help her relax. Just before he inserted the needle Dr. Jones warned, "I'm going to insert the needle. You will feel a sting and some pressure, but just try to relax." Right after saying this he inserted the needle into Garcia's spine. Garcia moaned in pain when she felt the needle enter her spine, and as the pain continued Garcia had tears running down her cheeks…
