Two more days for the poll guys!
Prentiss
"So I contacted the church around the corner to see their rules on godparents." I said to Morgan.
"What'd they say?"
"Four is their maximum and they don't have to have relations or anything. So I was thinking, and you can say no, JJ, Will, Reid and Sarah for Ainsley and Garcia, Hotch and Rossi for this one." I pointed to my stomach.
He nodded, "Sounds good. And the middle name for her with be Penelope?" He asked, referring to our unborn daughter.
"That was the plan if that's how you want it."
He nodded again, "Are you thinking of first names?"
"I'm thinking, but we've got time. Also, we can change Ainsley's last name if you want."
"To Morgan?" He asked me. I nodded in response and he smiled, "You don't have to do that."
"It's a yes or no thing."
"Well, I wouldn't argue but I don't want to change it if you like her having your last name."
"So we'll change it then," I rolled my eyes, "Why can't you just make decisions?" I laughed and he joined me. Sarah and Reid walked in then and Sarah hung her coat up. Reid followed and hung his up too. It was nearing the end of spring but it was cool out today. "Hey." I smiled.
Sarah smiled at me, "Are we interrupting something?" She thought that we'd be dating by now and she was waiting for the day. I told her constantly that the day she was anticipating probably wouldn't ever come.
"No, we were just talking." I shook my head.
"About what?" Her smile turned to a smirk.
"Godparents. I'm thinking of taking you off the list."
"Hey, don't take me out. What have you decided?"
"You'll both find out when we finalise our decisions and speak with the others."
She rolled her eyes, "Fine. Are you two staying in today?"
"No and neither are you. We're going to Rossi's and we're going to be late if we don't leave like, 10 minutes ago…" I didn't miss the knowing smirks exchanged between the three of them. They knew something I didn't.
"Is Ainsley coming?"
"Yes," I nodded, "Are you both ready?"
She turned and took both their coats, "Yeah."
"Ains! Let's go!" I called up the hallway. She ran up with one arm in her jacket. The other sleeve was inside out and she was struggling.
"Help please mummy." She said, running to me. I crouched and helped her out. "Thank you." She went to Morgan and he lifted her up. Neither Morgan nor Reid had their cars so I was driving all five of us. Sarah's car was in the mechanic shop getting something fixed.
I grabbed my coat and carried it out with me. "Lock the door behind you, Sarah." I said.
Reid, Sarah and Morgan had gone inside quickly as I unbuckled Ainsley's safety belt and lifted her out of the car. I locked the car and carried her up to the house. I walked in and jumped as they all yelled "surprise!" loudly. They startled Ainsley too but she saw Henry and Jack so she wriggled from my arms and ran off with them.
"What the hell?" I took a breath as I closed the door behind me.
"Well we were planning a baby shower but after all our preparation, we got too excited to wait so we're having it early." JJ smiled.
"And we know, it's normally just a female thing, but we changed it because you only have three female friends and that wasn't enough," Garcia said, "Well, three female friends that we know of. I don't want to know the others."
I smiled, "Guys." I looked around at the pink decorations everywhere. I looked at Rossi, "You actually approved to have it here?"
"No," He shook his head, "But JJ is very forceful."
"Well thanks guys." I smiled and stepped forwards. JJ hugged me first and I moved around to all of them.
"Come on!" Garcia said excitedly, grabbing my hand and pulling me into the living room. She and JJ both looked so excited. Sarah was glued to Reid's side, both smiling. Hotch and Rossi looked like they were happy to be here, although they probably would have preferred something a little less party like or pink. Morgan was smiling, but I couldn't really tell how he was feeling about this. I didn't know whether he would prefer to be somewhere else or if he didn't mind being here.
The living room had more decoration than the foyer. This probably cost them a small fortune. There was pink and yellow everywhere and I knew now that Rossi would never had approved this in his home voluntarily. "My god, you went all out, didn't you?"
"This isn't even much." JJ shook her head.
"It is." I disagreed, nodding.
"Nothing is too much for you," Garcia smiled, "It should be perfect, but we didn't have the resources to make it perfect."
"They have music. Children's music." Rossi said in an unsatisfied voice.
I smiled at him, "I'm so sorry that this had to happen here."
"He reacted worse to this than he does to any crime scene." Reid said. I snickered and sat down on one of the couches as everyone else did.
"Will is coming soon; he just finished his shift so he's going to have a shower first." JJ smiled.
"Ah, to work as a cop with shift work. Maybe I should rethink what I do for a living."
"You love your job, just not when you're pregnant." Rossi smirked.
"I just want to shoot a damn gun at a bad guy!" I pouted. They all laughed at me and Garcia handed drinks to everyone. Alcohol for them, water for me. "I'll tell you what, the only reason I am so excited to have this baby out of me is so I can drink."
"The moment you're okay to do so, we're hiring a babysitter for all four kids and we're all getting hella drunk." JJ said.
"Hallelujah." I smirked before sipping the water. I put my hand on Morgan's arm, "I'm sorry, but we're going to have to name her Vodka."
"Oh, she'll be one popular kid in school." He laughed.
I walked inside my apartment with Ainsley asleep in my arms. I walked up the hall quietly and lay her in bed, careful not to wake her as I moved her into a comfortable position and tucked her in. I closed her door over and walked back down the hall, dropping to the couch against the wall in the living room. Sarah and Reid were already sitting there.
"Are you staying here tonight?" I asked him.
"Yes." Sarah replied before he had a chance. I nodded and looked at the table in the middle of the couches, my hand over my abdomen as the baby kicked. "So…can I ask you something?" I looked at her and waited for her to ask. "Do you love him?"
"Love who?" I acted oblivious.
"Morgan obviously," She rolled her eyes, "I mean, you were always together today. You were like magnets, he'd move a few steps and then you'd subconsciously move a few steps and the same vice versa. When we were eating the cupcakes and you didn't want one and he put the cream on your face, it was a move people pull in relationships. It was a cute move."
"It wasn't a "move" Sarah, he was being him…"
"Okay, it just seemed like there was something there."
"There will always be "something" there; he's the father of my children, but sometimes that something isn't enough."
"So you do love him?"
I looked at Reid at her side, "If you're going to be around, anything you hear in this room stays in this room and between the three of us and the three of us only." I said to him. He nodded and I looked back to Sarah, "I honestly cannot tell you whether I do love him or I do not."
"So there's a chance you do, but you just don't know yet?"
"Yes."
She smiled, "I personally think that you two fit together like pieces in a puzzle."
I sighed and stood up, "I'm going to bed. Goodnight."
"Night." She said quietly.
"Goodnight." Reid smiled at me as I walked out.
I went down the hall and double checked on Ainsley as I passed her room before continuing to mine. I closed the door behind me and dropped down to the bed, lying on my back and staring at the roof. I was so confused right now as to what I felt about Morgan. Sometimes I felt like I loved him and other times I didn't. I was scared to love him. I didn't want to ruin anything in the team or my daughter but I also didn't want to ruin anything in him or myself. If I did decide that I loved him and we happened to date and it didn't last, I wouldn't be the same. It would destroy me and Ainsley and the other baby.
I realised as I thought about the consequences of splitting that I had too many. I knew how I would feel and I realised that I had thought about this before on multiple occasions. I thought about being with him and then breaking up with him, being with him and marrying him, being with him and being the perfect family. I thought about it all too much for me to not feel anything.
I did. I loved him.
Shit.
