Hi all. I will apologize again for not uploading sooner but my muse ran away after I turned Prentiss into a baddy.

Hope you enjoy this next installment.

Plz R&R

"Where is she?" Shouted Rossi as he entered the hospital waiting room.

"I'm so sorry. I should have been on time."

"It's not your fault Penelope." Replied Rossi as he gave her a hug. "I'm just glad you found her. Now, can you tell me what happened?"

"All I know is she was lying unconscious on the ground and it looked like she hit her head off of the coffee table. I'm sorry but I don't know how long she was like that for." Replied Penelope as she began to cry again.

"Come here pretty lady. There's no need to cry. I'm sure they'll both be fine."

"Thank you Der"

"No problem. Let's go get a coffee as I doubt you're going to leave until you hear how they are."

"Do you want anything Rossi?" Asked Derek as he put a comforting arm round Penelope.

"No thanks Morgan. I'm going to see if I can find a Doctor."

"I'll get you one anyway" Said Morgan as he led Penelope away.

"Excuse me? Nurse?"

"Yes Sir?"

"My wife was brought in a while ago and I would like to speak to her Doctor."

"Sure Sir. What's her name?" Asked the very chipper nurse.

"Rossi. Erin Rossi."

"I'm sorry Sir. There's no one here with that name. Are you sure you've got the correct hospital?"

"Yes I'm sure. Try her work name. Strauss. Erin Marie Strauss."

"Ah. Yes Sir. She is being seen by Doctor Hamilton at the moment. I'll let her know your waiting." Said the nurse as she went through the restricted doors.

"Have you called the children yet?" Asked Hotch as he came to stand beside his best friend.

"Oh. I' haven't. Lizzy even works here. She could find out what's going on." Replied Rossi as he dug he phone out of his pocket.

"I'll phone Anna and Tom whilst you phone Lizzy."

"Thank you Hotch."

After getting off the phone with Lizzy he realised that they must have had something planned to cheer him up on his birthday as the children knew of his yearly trip to see Thomas Gates and he could hear Anna and Tom firing questions down the phone about what had happened.

Within half an hour the three very worried siblings were at the hospital. Lizzy gave a quick nod and went straight through to find an update on her mother's condition whilst Anna and Tom took up positions on either side of Dave. From the way that Dave put an arm around both of his step-children you could have been fooled into thinking he was their actual father and not just step-father.

The silence was broken by Penelope. "Have any of you guys seen Emily?"

"No. I haven't seen her since this morning." Replied Reid.

"Same here." "Nor me." Came the replies from Morgan and Hotch.

"She said she had some things to take care of and she'd see me later.

"What time was that JJ?"

"About 11 o'clock. Why?"

"I had a really weird conversation with her just before I found Erin. She said to say she was sorry, really sorry."

"Where was this conversation Penelope?" Asked a worried Hotch. He had been trying to contact Prentiss since they had arrived at the hospital but she wasn't answering her phone.

"The elevator outside Erin's office at about also told me that Emily said that Erin didn't want to be disturbed for the next few hours which is strange as she knew we were going out to lunch today."

"I wonder what she was doing there?" Muttered Hotch.

"She had been into see Erin." Said Sara. "Sorry to intrude but I couldn't sit in the office and wait any longer. I just wanted to know if they're going to be alright?"

"They?" Asked Reid and JJ at the same time.

"Oh god. I've done it again."

"It's fine Sara. It's time I explained what's going on." Replied Rossi. "Wait. What do you mean again?"

"I thought Agent Prentiss knew about... you know and she put two and two together. Again I'm really sorry."

"It's fine Sara." Said Rossi as he gave her a hug. He knew Erin thought of Sara as another daughter and was always looking out for her.

"Anyway." Began Rossi as he stood in front of his extended family. "For those of you who don't know Erin and I are expecting a baby. We were both very shocked when we found out last month as with our ages we didn't think it was a possibility anymore."

"Wow." Said Reid.

"Congratulations. How far a long is she?" Asked JJ.

"She just hit 5 months this week."

"I'm really happy for you Rossi. I know how much you want to be a father. I really do hope they're both okay."

"Thanks JJ. Are you okay kid? You seem a bit quiet."

"No. I'm fine. I mean congrats Rossi. Although you should know that women can get pregnant at just about any age now. Some women in their ..."

"Okay! Enough kid." Said Morgan. "What he is trying to say Rossi is that we are all happy for you and we're here if you need us."

"Em. Right. What he said." Replied Reid as he retook his seat.

"Dave!" Shouted Lizzy as she came through the ominous doors.

"Lizzy. What is it?" Can we see her yet?"

"Not just yet." Replied Lizzy as she signalled for him to follow her. "Her Doctor wants to speak to you whilst they're moving her upstairs."

"Why are they taking her upstairs?"

"Please Dave. Doctor Hamilton will explain everything. Follow me." Said Lizzy as she took him through.

"Why do I have a bad feeling about this Der?"

"I don't know mama, but I have the same feeling."

Don't forget that the poll on the Rossi/Strauss baby is still open on my account page.