From Now Until Forever
Chapter 30
2 Months Later
The girls had given her a surprise baby shower a few weeks ago and she had been spoilt Rossi had gone out and bought a mini van that would be big enough to fit everything they would need for the quads as well as 4 top of the range infant carriers that had already been installed and when Penelope had said "Rossi I can't accept a gift like that it's too much" Rossi said "Kitten I know that it is a lot but just think about it this way where would you and Derek find the money to be able to buy a new car, I mean you just bought a house, Penelope you are like a daughter to me and those 4 little miracles that you are carrying are my grand-children so I don't wanna hear anything else about it, ok" Penelope nodded her head and said "thank you my Italian Stallion it is really a wonderful gift."
As Penelope sat on the couch watching whatever was on the television she began rubbing her belly the babies were moving around then all of a sudden she started getting a few twinges in her lower belly she was bored shitless sitting around at home she wasn't allow to do much well not that she could do much anyway as her belly was now quite large being that she was 30 weeks pregnant, the nurseries were complete and looked amazing all the babies clothes, wraps and bedding had been washed and put away the bassinets sat along a wall in the living room each one had a knitted blanket in the babies colors hung over the end now all that was needed were the babies, Fran was in the kitchen on the phone with Rossi they had been dating for the last month and a half much to Derek's disgust.
Penelope called out "Fran" Fran appeared and asked "is there something wrong Penelope" Penelope replied "could you help me up I need to use the bathroom" Fran moved in front of Penelope and took both her hands and pulled her to her feet but what they weren't expecting was for Penelope to groan as a rush of fluid ran down her legs and her saying "ohhhh god I think my water just broke" Fran looked down and saw the large puddle that Penelope was standing in and said "I think your right Penelope so we need to get you changed into some dry clothes and then grab your bags and head for the hospital" Penelope just nodded and began making her way towards the stairs, half way up the stairs she began getting more twinges.
When she reached her bedroom she grabbed a clean pair of panties and one of her stretchy maternity skirts and changed into them, meanwhile Fran was downstairs getting Penelope's hospital bags into the car once everything was in she headed upstairs to Derek and Penelope's room just as Penelope was coming out of the bathroom with a few towels to put on the puddle she had created Fran took the towels and wrapped her free arm around Penelope's waist and helped her down the stairs when they got to the bottom of the stairs Penelope needed to grab her purse and her cell phone just as she picked it up it started ringing she saw Derek's face flashing on the screen she quickly answered it "hey Handsome" Derek replied "hey Mama how are you and the little ones doing."
Penelope said "I am actually glad you called because it's time your Mamma is about to take me to the hospital" Derek said "what do you mean it's time Baby Girl I thought you had 2 more weeks" Penelope chuckled and said "well so did I but it seems our little ones want out, my water has broken already so you need to get your ass back here and quick because I don't want you to miss out" Derek said "I will talk to Hotch and tell him what is going on and I will all you back" and with that they ended the call Penelope waddled out to the car while Fran locked up the house, she got into the drivers seat and started the engine and pulled out of the driveway headed to the highway.
Derek turned around to see Hotch standing behind him Hotch said "is there something wrong with Penelope, Derek" Derek nodded and said "Penelope's water broke and Mamma is taking her to the hospital now" Hotch smiled and said "go and be with your fiancee and let us know how everything goes" again Derek nodded, grabbed his keys and headed out of the station he need to stop by the hotel and grab his go bag, he jumped into one of the BAU SUV's and roared out of the car park and towards the hotel he reached the hotel in just a few minutes he killed the engine and jumped out of the SUV and ran into the hotel he didn't have time to wait for the elevator so he took the stairs two at a time, when he reached his room he opened the door began throwing his stuff into his go bag before gathering it up and running out the door again he ran back down the stairs and towards the front desk.
The receptionist at the front desk asked "how may I help you sir" Derek said "I am part of the FBI team that is staying here but I My fiancee has gone into labor and I need to get back but I just wanted to hand in my room key and my boss will sort out the bill upon the rest of the teams departure" the receptionist said "that is no problem sir I will make a record of that for you" Derek said "thank you for that I appreciate it very much, but now I must get going before I miss the birth of my quads and have my fiancee pissed at me" the receptionists mouth gaped open when she heard what Derek had said before quickly saying "good luck I hope you make it in time" as she watched him run out the door.
Derek flicked on the SUV's lights and sirens as he weaved his way in and out if traffic trying to get to the hospital as quickly as possible he pulled his phone off his belt and dialed Penelope's number when she answered he said "I am on my way Baby Girl, how are you doing" Penelope said "I am ok at the moment and I am glad that you are on your way, your Mamma just pulled into the drop off bay at the hospital and Dr. Martinez is standing there waiting for me so I need to go but please hurry Handsome" Derek smiled and said "I will be there in about 30 minutes, ok Baby I love you just remember that" Penelope said "love you to Handsome."
Dr. Martinez helped Penelope out of her seat and into a wheelchair and headed inside while Fran moved the car, Fran finally made it into the hospital and headed for the maternity ward when Fran got off the elevator she walked over to the nurses station and asked which room Penelope Garcia was in the nurse said "she is in room 204, but you will have to wait as she is being hooked up to monitor and being examined" Fran looked at the nurse and said "I am a nurse as well so I would like to be in there with her as I am her only support at the moment my son is on his way he will be here in 30 minutes" the nurse sighed and said "ok you can go in and be with her" Fran just smiled before walking away and towards Penelope's room when she got there she made sure to knock before entering Dr. Martinez opened the door and saw who it was standing there and moved aside so Fran could enter the room.
Dr. Martinez finished hooking Penelope up to the fetal heart rate monitors and said "I would like to monitor you for a little while before we take you down to surgery, I would also like to do an ultrasound just to check the babies lungs" Penelope just nodded as she listened as 4 different heart rates filled the room it was comforting for her to know that they had strong heart beats which hopefully would mean less time in the hospital but she wasn't going to get her hopes up because anything can happen she was hoping Derek would be there soon, Fran said "so what did the doctor say before I can in" Penelope said "well she did an examination and told me that I was 4cm dilated already."
Half an hour later Derek raced into the hospital and headed for the elevators he pressed the button for maternity when the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened he rushed out and went in search for a nurse when he found one sitting at the nurses station he asked "can you tell me where to find my fiancée Penelope Garcia" the nurse raised her eye brows and said "she is in room 204" Derek didn't hang around he quickly made his way to the room he knocked in the door and waited "come in" he opened the door and ran over to the bed he bent down and kissed Penelope before saying "oh Baby Girl I am sorry I wasn't here with you and I took so long getting here" Penelope reached up and stroked his cheek and said "it's ok your here now and that is all that matters" Derek turned around and hugged his Mamma, he then realized that he had completely missed the sounds that filled the room.
Derek listened to the sounds and said "is that our babies heartbeats?" Penelope smiled and nodded and said "their heartbeats are strong so that is a good thing but Dr. Martinez is worried that their little lungs aren't mature enough so she wants to do an ultrasound to have a look" Derek sat down on the bed beside Penelope and took her hand in his and said "our little miracles are going to fine Baby Girl they are Morgans and Morgans are strong" just then there was a knock at the door and before Penelope could answer the door opened and Dr. Martinez entered the room pulling a machine behind her, she maneuvered the machine to the other side of the bed and began setting it up, once the machine was set up she began to undo the fetal monitors.
Dr. Martinez picked up the cold gel and squeezed some on Penelope's belly Penelope jumped a little at the feeling and said "ohhhhhhh that is cold" Dr. Martinez laughed a little as she picked up the wand and began tracing over the gel she stopped when she came to one baby and began doing the checks that she needed in order to know whether or not to give Penelope a dose of steroids to help mature the babies lungs but luckily the babies lungs were fine so the steroids wouldn't be needed, she looked up at Penelope and Derek and said "everything looks good so now I go ahead and book the OR and get the team together that would be there during the delivery I will also get an anesthesiologist in to give you an epidural Penelope so that it would have time to kick in before taking you down to the OR.
Dr. Martinez left the room and made the arrangements for Penelope, it wasn't long before another doctor came into the room he went over Penelope's chart before he handed over the permission forms for Penelope to read and sign saying that she understands what is happening, Penelope quickly read through the form before signing it Dr. Rodgers asked "can I get you to sit up please Miss Garcia and lean forward as far as you can, Dr. Rodgers set up everything he needed to perform the epidural he then put on his gloves he then cleaned the area with an alcohol swab before he picked up the syringe with the local anesthetic and and said "ok Miss Garcia I am going to inject the local anesthetic so if I can get you to a deep breath in, now there will be a little pinch and I want you to breath out slowly, here we go take a deep breath in now."
Penelope held on to Derek tightly and took a deep breath in Dr. Rodgers inserted the needle and Penelope flinched slightly and then slowly released her breath Derek whispered sweet nothings in her ear as they waited for the anesthetic to kick in, within a few minutes Dr. Rodgers touched Penelope's back and asked "can you feel this" Penelope shook her head Dr. Rodgers picked up the iodine swab and wiped it over her back he then took the small green sheet and placed it over Penelope's back and began to insert the much larger needle in to the epidural space that would have the cannula inserted through it the needle pulled out and then the cannula taped down Dr. Rodgers then injected the analgesic medication, it took about 10 minutes before Penelope was unable to feel the lower half of her body.