From Now Until Forever
Chapter 24
Fran picked up her phone and dialed Yvonne's number and after a few rings Yvonne answered the phone "hello" Fran said "hello Yvonne it's Fran" Yvonne replied "oh Fran I was just thinking about calling you, how have you been" Fran laughed and said "I am fantastic Yvonne, but the reason I called was to see if you, Cindy and Anthony would like to come over tonight for dinner" Yvonne said "that sounds wonderful, is there a special occasion" Fran couldn't help but smile as she said "well actually Derek is home for a week and he has bought his very first girlfriend home and well she wants to meet the rest of the Morgan family plus they also have some news to share with the rest of the family."
The day was going by slowly and after the movie finished Derek and Penelope decided they would take a walk they walked hand in hand down to the pond, when they reached the pond Derek lead Penelope over to the tree swing and held on to it as he helped her to sit on the wooden seat before he sat beside her he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into his side he then reached over and put his hand on her belly and said "so Baby Girl, I know we only got engaged last night but have you any idea of when you would like us to get married" Penelope looked up and smiled before saying "well my Stud Muffin I have thought about that and I was thinking that maybe we could get married after the babies are born, what do you think" he bent down pressing his lips to hers in a soft but passionate kiss.
Derek broke their kiss after a few minutes so that they could get some much needed fresh air and once he caught his breath he said "I like that idea very much Baby Girl and I would like it if we could have our wedding photo with our babies in it" Penelope couldn't help but wonder what their babies would look like but she knew that if they had any boys that they would look just like their Dada and that is when she said "how about we get married this time next year" Derek smiled and replied "this time next year sounds perfect Goddess, I so can't wait to make you my wife and we can live happily ever after" Penelope reached up and kissed his lips before she said "I can't wait to make you my husband either."
Penelope and Derek sat on the tree swing for a long time just taking in the relaxing sound of the water running and watching the large koi fish as they swam around the pond after a while Derek realized that Penelope's breathing had changed he smiled as he looked down at her and there she was sleeping peacefully on his chest he scooped her up in is arms and slipped off the wooden seat of the tree swing and began making his way back towards the house, Fran saw Derek walking up the back path with Penelope in his arms and opened the back door for him Derek whispered "thanks Mamma" Fran said "anytime Baby Boy" and with that Derek made his way through the house, up the stairs and into his bedroom where he lay Penelope on his bed and covered her, he looked back into the room before he closed the door over as he left the room.
Just as Derek was coming back down the stairs he saw his Mamma waiting for him at the bottom and she said "Baby Boy I have to duck to the store to pick up a few things for dinner tonight, is there anything that you would like while I am out" Derek said "could you get some triple chocolate cookies for Penelope please they are her crave food at the moment" Fran laughed and said "I will get some for her Baby Boy, I mean I remember the cravings that I had when I was pregnant with you so I understand exactly where she is coming from" Derek smiled and said "thanks Mamma" and with that Fran left the house.
A few hours later Penelope woke up she looked around the room and noticed that she was in Derek's bedroom she threw back the covers and put her legs over the side of the bed and stood up she made her way out of the bedroom and began to descend the stairs just as she got half way down the front door opened and Fran entered with her arms full of grocery bags, Penelope called out "Derek where are you" Derek replied in the living room Baby" Penelope then said "well get over here and help your Mamma with the grocery bags" he jumped off the couch and ran to the entrance and took the bags from his Mamma's arm before stopping at the bottom of the stairs and leaned in to give Penelope a quick kiss.
Not long after Fran returned from the store Sarah and Desiree arrived at the house to help their Mamma with preparing dinner, Penelope tried to help but she was told to go and rest in the living room to which she did but she felt useless sitting there doing nothing so she asked "Hot Stuff could you get my laptop bag from our room please" Derek exited the kitchen and headed up to his room he grabbed the laptop bag and came back downstairs he passed the bag over the back of the couch and then bent down and placed a kiss to the top of her head and said "can I get you anything else Goddess" Penelope looked up at him and said "has your Mamma got any triple choc cookies" Derek smiled and replied "she sure has Baby, I asked her to get some for you while she was at the store, I will go get you some" and before she could say anything he was gone.
A few minutes later Derek returned to the living room with a tray that had his cup of coffee, her cup of tea and a plate with the cookies he placed the tray on the coffee table and handed Penelope the plate of cookies,before sitting down beside her, Penelope happily took the plate from him and started on the cookies while she waited for her laptop to start up Derek was curious as to what she wanted her laptop for so he asked "what are you going to search for Sweetness" Penelope smiled and said "well I thought that being I can't help in the kitchen maybe I could start researching about what we are going to need for our babies and maybe just maybe start to look at nursery furniture so that we aren't leaving it right until the last minute because the baby store might not have 4 of everything in stock so they will have to order it in" Derek kissed her temple and said that is a great idea Baby Girl."
After Penelope searched all the information that she could find on quadruplet pregnancies and read most of it she began to feel a little depressed as some quads can spend months and months in the NICU and some can have serious illnesses so to take her mind off all of that she began searching baby stores she found one that was not to far from the FBI building and she quickly began looking through the pages and pages of cribs, diaper changing stations, bassinets, car seats and prams, she turned to Derek so that she could ask for his opinion once Derek had told her what he thought of each piece she showed him she pulled out her and one of her fluffy pens that she keeps in her laptop bag and began writing down the names of the items that she liked their model numbers and the color that she would like until she had almost all of the items that she liked written down.
At 6:30 pm there was a knock at the front door and Derek got up to answer it, when he opened he door he saw his Auntie Yvonne standing there smiling at him and behind her was Cindy and her son Anthony who also had smiles on their faces Derek quickly wrapped his arms around his Aunt he was glad that things were back to normal after everything that happened with Cindy many years ago, Fran made her way to the front door to greet her sister-in-law and invited everyone in as Derek headed over to where Penelope was standing he could tell that she was having the same thoughts that she had before meeting his Mamma and sisters but he just wrapped his arm around her and whispered "it's going to be ok Baby, you will see" Penelope looked up at Derek and gave him a half smile just as everyone came into the living room, Sarah and Desiree came from the kitchen and gave Yvonne and Cindy a hug.
Yvonne stepped forward and said "so Derek who is this pretty lady you have in your arms" Derek looked down at Penelope smiling then looking back up to his aunt before he said "Auntie Yvonne, Cindy this beautiful woman is my fiancee Penelope Garcia or as I like to call her Baby Girl" Yvonne looked at Derek and said "did I just hear you correctly, did I hear you say fiancee" Derek laughed and said "yes Auntie you did hear correctly but not only is she my fiancee she is also going to be the mother of my children" he moved his hand to her belly as he heard his aunt and cousin gasp this time Penelope spoke up and said "it is very nice to meet you Yvonne, Cindy and Anthony" Yvonne said "it is nice to meet you too Penelope."
Fran turned and looked at everyone before saying "how about we get this little family gathering started" Derek laughed and said "you heard Mamma now let's get this party started" and with that all the women headed for the kitchen while Derek bent down to Anthony and said "do you like football Anthony" Anthony nodded his head and Derek said "how about you and me head outside and throw a ball around for a little until it gets dark" Anthony said "that would be cool I want to learn how to throw the ball properly but I have no one to teach me and my Mom said that when you were younger you were the star player" Derek put his hand on Anthony's shoulder and replied "your Mom was right Anthony I was the star player and I managed to get a scholarship but then I hurt my knee pretty badly and the doctor told me that I would never play football again, now let's go outside and I will teach you how to play"
Derek and Anthony were outside until it got dark and by the time they headed back inside Anthony was pretty please with what he had learnt, just as they walked through the back door Derek heard his Mamma say "ok boys go and get yourselves cleaned up because dinner will be ready in a few minutes" quickly the boys took off upstairs and into the bathroom where they cleaned themselves up and then made their way back to the kitchen they took their seats just as Fran was putting the food on the table.
During dinner Yvonne turned to Penelope and said "so Penelope how far along are you" Penelope replied "I am 9 and a half weeks" Yvonne said "really wow I could have sworn you were about 3 and a half 4 months going on the size of your belly" Penelope smiled and looked at Derek and he said "well Auntie she is that size due to the fact that she is carrying 4 baby Morgan's in her belly" Yvonne and Cindy said in unison "ohhhhh my goodness" Derek and Penelope couldn't help but laugh as they both looked at Fran who said "that is pretty much how I was when they showed me the sonogram picture just a few days ago" after that dinner consisted of small talk around the table.