Desire-Ch 35

The Epilogue-A Few Months Later

Penelope is laying in a hospital moaning in pain as she is hit with yet another contraction, she looks up at her mother in law and says, "where are they, where are they"?, Fran says, "I talked to Dave about half an hour ago and he said that they should be landing within the hour honey". Penelope wiped a tear away and then said, "I need Derek, I can't do this without him" as another contraction hit.

Derek was sitting on the jet wondering how much longer before they would land, he looked down at his watch and said, "I'm coming baby, I'm coming", as he looked down at his ring he couldn't help but smile. It wasn't long before the memories of the conversation they had all those months ago came back to his mind because that was the night that he almost lost everything.

Flashback: Derek sits down beside his wife and listens as she says, "Derek I'm sorry", he said, "wait, what"?, she said, "I'm so sorry for acting the way I did", he squeezed her hand and said, "baby girl you have every reason to be hurt and mad at me". He ran his finger over the top of her hand and said, "I realized that night that I was never going to be happy without you so I broke up with her and stopped for some roses and headed to your place".

Penelope listned as he said, "I knocked but I guess you were busy so I used my key and stepped inside and what did I hear, I heard you and Eric moaning so I stepped forward and saw the two of you making love". She said, "ohhhh Derek I'm", he said, "no sweetness, please listen", she nodded her head as he said, "so I dropped the roses and headed out to get drunk".

As his side of the story continued he said, "and get drunk I did and in fast time and then when Amber hit on me I thought why not because you had moved on from me and on to Eric". She took a deep breath as he said, "and that one drunken night has caused us so many problems but I promise to you that it did indeed mean nothing baby girl".

She looked up at him and said, "we weren't even together Derek and yes you were right I had moved on and do you know why"?, he shook his head and she said, "because I was convinced that you had moved on". He said, "but baby it wasn't serious between me and her, it was you only you that I've wanted all of these years", he then said, "please don't give up on us, please give me another chance, give us another chance".

She cupped his face in her hands and said, "Derek Morgan I love you and only you and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you and our family, you are it for me mister and anything that happened before us is where it belongs, in the past". He said, "so does that mean"?, she said, "we were meant to be together hotstuff, it's always been that way and no one night stand is going to change that" and he was pulled from that thought to the sound of Reid saying, "Morgan, Morgan come on".

Derek said, "what'?, he said, "we've landed, let's go", he stood up and ran off the jet saying, "hang on goddess, hang on" as he hopped into the SUV and headed as fast as he could toward the hospital. Fran wiped Penelopes forehead and said, "you are doing great honey", she said, "how much longer before I can push"?, the doctor quickly checked and said, "you are fully dilated and ready to push".

Penelope said, "I feel another one coming", the doctor said, "alright I need you to push and don't stop until I tell you to", she nodded her head and grabbed on to Frans hand as she started pushing. Derek ran into the hospital and said, "Penelope Morgan, I need to get to her", the nurse checked and said, "she's in labor and delivery sir".

He said, "you don't understand I need to get to her, I can't miss this, I can't miss the birth of this baby", the woman said, "follow me sir" and the team all watched as they ran up the hall toward the delivery room. The doctor said, "you are doing great Penelope, you are a few pushes away from bringing this baby into the world.

Derek pushed through the door and said, "I'm here baby girl, I'm here", she said, "you were cutting it close weren't you hotstuff", he said, "sorry baby", he then kissed her gently on the lips and said, "I love you". She said, "I love you to", another contraction started and the doctor said, "alright Penelope how about we get that baby out"?, she said, "sounds good, sounds good" as she started pushing again.

She was holding Dereks hand on one side and Frans in another as her daughter was born", the sound of the baby crying filled the room as Lindsey Francine Morgan was welcomed into the family. A few minutes later the team gathered around Penelope and Lindsey as they welcomed the newest addition into the world, Derek kissed her gently on the lips and said, "she's perfect, just like her momma".

As he stood there watching his family with his daughter he knew that his life was as close to perfect as he would ever get