Derek always thought that sports were the best of the TV. Rarely did he stop to watch the National Geographic channel, unless he would sleep a while.
However, he had to admit he was very fascinated by the documentary; he was lost in the screen.
While Derek devouring his bowl of popcorn, the sound of the door brought him, out of his reverie.
Surprised because he was not expecting anyone, he got up to open the door smiling at the young brunette who smiled too. "Surprise"
He hugged her, surprised but happy, allowing his sister into his home "I was not expecting you, Desiree"
"That is the point, brother"
"Tell me, what brings you to Virginia?" he asked as she sat on the couch "Have you met some interesting guy or are the sales of fashionable shops?"
She rolled her eyes, before giving a grin "It's just for a weekend. Mom told me to come here. She was concerned for you"
"Really?" Derek asked, frowning as he gave her a glass of soda "Nothing's wrong"
His sister shrugged in response "I do not know. Mom told me that you looked odd the last time she spoke with you . Seemed your mind was somewhere else"
"Ah ... may be," said him not wanting to talk about the topic yet. It was not easy to say you are thinking about donate your sperm to your best friend.
"What are we watching?" Desiree asked after herself comfortable on the couch
"In the Womb" he remarked as he offered popcorn "is awesome"
Desiree looked him up and down. Something surprised. No, she was shocked "In the womb?"
He nodded his head, "Do you know that a baby can smile at 26 weeks gestation? They say it is because he likes the food that the mother is eating or some sound coming from outside"
Desiree replied with raised eyebrows in surprise, "Uh ... no ... I did not know"
It was the last thing she expected to her brother. That sort of thing interested him. However, apparently he was very interested
"And that they can recognize external sounds at week 28? If the baby listens to some music when he is in the womb, when is born the same music can soothe him. It's amazing right?"
"Uh...yeah"
Their mother was right. Derek must have some kind of emotional imbalance or something. There was no other explanation for her brother was with wide-eyed watching the miracle of life in 3D.
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"My decadence is growing by leaps and bounds" Penelope lamented as she took another spoonful of strawberry and chocolate ice cream.
It was not very good idea to see Love Story, Titanic and Ghost when you had low morale. It was a very bad idea.
A piece fell off the spoon going to stop her pink pajamas. She got up for changing when someone rang the bell.
"Hello" Reid and Prentiss replied smiling as she opened the door.
"Oh, the Muppets are here to cheer me the evening"
Reid frowned, as he went into the house of his friend, "You do not be ungrateful"
Prentiss, accustomed to the ups and downs of mood that Penelope had lately, she just laughed, "Come on, we brought you a present"
She opened her eyes, waiting. She did not know what to expect from those two. "What present?"
The boy handed her a golden bag "A book"
"Oh, thanks for worrying about my culture Mr. Egghead" Penelope replied with a smile
"It's a book with over 500 baby names," Prentiss explained very excited, almost the smile left her face "English, French, Spanish, American, Italian, mythological, biblical"
"I think I understand" Penelope interrupted "Thank you, little elves from Santa's workshop"
Reid made a face that showed false nuisance, tapping the shoulder of his friend, "How is your collection? Have you convinced the stud?"
Penelope and Prentiss looked at him for a few seconds before one of them shook her head and the other to lie down laughing.
"I really do not know" she replied sincerely, "I guess it's not something that can be decided easily. This is not like choosing the color of the sofa"
"That's not an easy decision," Prentiss said "In fact it is one of my worst nightmares. I do not like having to change the living room couch"
"The best thing is to go for neutral colors," advised Reid "White, brown and black ... so even if you change the decor does not have it change the couch"
"Sounds good to me this impromptu lesson about decoration sponsored by IKEA but I was talking about my strange situation"
"Pen, I already talk to him and told him what I thought"
"Did you tell him the history of artificial insemination?" teased Prentiss holding a laugh
"No, but if you want" she huffed as she dropped on the couch but that did not stop her friend "It is believed that artificial insemination was tried on Juana, wife of King Enrique IV of Castile, known as 'powerless' "
"Oh, how interesting" Prentiss told with irony
"It was not until 1790 when the Scottish surgeon John Hunter collected in a hot syring sperm from a merchant and injected it into the vagina of his wife, made the first artificial insemination in human beings"
"Have you finished now?" Penelope told from the other corner of the sofa
"Yes, of course"
"If you did not talk about these things ... that are very interesting on the other hand" Prentiss began with a smile "What did you talk to him, statistics on assisted reproduction?"
"No, he just sings a song of the Spice Girls" Penelope said while tilted her head to look at Reid "Right?"
"Of course" he replied with a smile as his friend rolled her eyes backward...
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Desiree was still in shock at the new attitude of her brother in biological subjects when her phone rang. It was their mother.
"It's Mom," she said but did not get any reply from Derek who was lost at the source of information. She shook her head in disbelief and walked into the room that his brother had prepared for her. Overall, he did not even realize she was there.
"Hi mom"
"How is your brother?" Fran asked bluntly
"I'm ok also, thank you very much"
"Oh, I know you're OK"
She brought a smile to her face. Their mother worried too much about Derek. She was afraid something was happen to her son as her husband.
"Derek is perfectly ... he is trying to cultivate his brain which is a good thing"
"What do you say? He is studying something about?"
"Mom ..." Desiree whispered resignedly "Derek is never going to leave that job, face it please"
"So I was right or not?"
Desiree looked out slightly at the door, watching as Derek was totally absorbed by the screen. He had a popcorn in his hand that never came to his mouth.
"He is a little ... weird," she confessed, "He is watching a video about babies," she whispered
"What he's going to have a baby? Who is the mother?" shouted Fran on the phone
"No, he is watching a video about babies," he whispered this time a little higher.
Apparently not high enough for her mother
"Derek is going to adopt a baby? I can not hear you, Des speaks louder"
"He-is-watching-a-video-about-babies," she said louder this time
"Ah ... you had me scared," sighed Fran "I thought he had made to one of these ... ladies ...pregnant"
She narrowed her eyes while shaking her head "Derek is not stupid, Mom. Moreover, I am going to sleep. I will call you tomorrow"
"Kisses for you baby, and kisses for my baby boy too"
"Your baby boy has almost forty years"
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Derek was amazed. More than surprised, he was fascinated.
He felt an impulse then. Could that be a sign? Maybe be a sign of destiny?
He grabbed the cell phone ahead of dialed her number.
"Hey, handsome," replied her voice "I thought you forgot about me"
He laughed before answering "Never, gorgeous"
"Do you need anything or just are bored?"
Derek took a deep breath with force and released it with equal force "Can we meet?"
"Here and now?"
"Yes, please. I want to talk to you"
A/N: Thanks for the reading the fic, I hope you enjoy.
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