Once Upon A Straight Tequila Night

Chapter 35 - Cutting Back On Work

Penelope's POV

Today is the day that Derek and I return to work after having a week off so that I could stabilize my blood pressure which thankfully has come down it is not completely back to normal just yet so when I get to the office I am going to go and see Hotch and let him know that I will be cutting down my days, I will be working three days a week from here on out until the triplets are born.

As Derek and I arrive at the FBI building we make our way to the BAU floor and Derek heads to take my stuff to my office while I go and see Hotch, I reach Hotch's office and knock on the door and wait until he says "come in" I open his door and enter he looks up to see who it is and when he sees me he smiles and says "good morning Penelope how are you today" I reply "I am feeling much better thank you sir, I came to see you this morning because I wanted to let you know that I am wishing to cut back on my days until after the triplets are born due to everything that happened last week I realized that I need to be taking it easy now, I would like to drop down to three days so that I am here Monday, Wednesday and Friday if that is possible."

Hotch stands and comes out from behind his desk and stands directly in front of me he reaches a hand out and places it on my belly and says "Penelope you can most certainly drop your days to Monday, Wednesday and Friday if it is going to help keep your stress levels down and keeps these babies healthy and in there for a little while longer, so I fill out the necessary paperwork for you and I will bring it to your office when I have finished to get you to sign it and then I will take it to Strauss for you."

I smile and say "thank you Hotch you have no idea how this is going to help me" Hotch leans in and hugs me and then I hear someone clear their throat and I turn around and Derek is standing at the door he has a smile on his face and he says "Hotch get your own woman, this one is mine" Hotch laughs and says "that she is Morgan, that she is and I must admit she is one hell of a woman too we would be lost without her" Derek replies "hell yeah we would" I blush and Derek wraps his arm around my waist and puts his other hand on my belly and leads me out of Hotch's office and back to mine where he gives me a passionate kiss.

Derek's POV

Today is the day that my Baby Girl and I return to work after having a week off so that she could stabilize her blood pressure which has come down but is not completely back to normal yet and when she gets into the office she is going to go and see Hotch and ask to have her days cut down to just three.

As Penelope and I arrive at the FBI building we make our way the BAU floor and while head towards her office she makes her way to Hotch's office, I unlock her office door and put her stuff on her chair so that when she comes in she doesn't have to bend down to pick it up off the floor and then I head out of her office and make my way to mine but as I walk past Hotch's office I see he has his hand on Penelope's belly and I smile when he says "Penelope can most certainly drop your days to Monday, Wednesday and Friday if it is going to keep your stress levels down and keeps these babies healthy and in there a little while longer, so I will fill out the necessary paperwork and I will bring it to your office when I have finished to get you to sign it and then I will take it to Strauss for you."

Penelope smiles and says "thank you Hotch you have no idea how this is going to help me" Hotch leans in and hugs Penelope I clear my throat and Penelope turns around and looks at me I smile and say "Hotch get your own woman, this one is mine" Hotch laughs and says "that she is Morgan, that she is and I must admit she is one hell of a woman too we would be lost without her" I reply "hell yeah we would" I notice Penelope blush and I wrap my arm around her waist and place my other hand on her belly and lead her out of Hotch's office and back to hers where I give her a passionate kiss.

Penelope's POV

I am so glad that Hotch has agreed to let me work three days as I need to stay healthy for my babies and if it means working three days then so be it, these babies are more important to me now than my job as it is these babies will be born early I just want to give them as much of chance by staying healthy.

So it the end of the day and I am more than willing to go home I am so tired, Derek enters my office and leans down to kiss the top of my head before saying "are you ready to go Baby" I nod and attempt to get up from my chair but I am unable to get up so Derek helps me up and then we make our way out of my office and towards the elevators so that we can go home.