Surprise Baby Girl-Ch 12

Derek and Hotch were talking about the paperwork when his cell started beeping, he looked down and smiled and Hotch said, "I take it that's good news"?, he laughed and said, "yep, she got the flowers and she liked them". Hotch said, "did I miss something"?, Derek said, "I sent her a dozen of pink roses and asked her to not give up on us and I told her I loved her".

Hotch said, "and what did the text say"?, he said, "it says, "I love the roses and to answer your question, I won't", Hotch said, "that sounds like a great start to me". He sighed and said, "me to butttt I'm going to have to step up my game so that she will know that I'm serious", he nodded his head and said, "I totally agree with you Morgan".

Penelope said, "that man knows how to get to me", JJ and Emily says in unison, "he loves you", she said, "and I love him but I don't think I could stand it if my heart gets broken again". Emily said, "that's understandable", their conversation continued for a few more minutes before she got another text, she looked down at her cell and then the girls and said, "it's Chad".

JJ said, "what does he want"?, she said, "he wants to have dinner tomorrow night"?, she said, "and what do you want"?, she sent him a text and then said, "I told him that we could have a light lunch tomorrow if we don't have a case". Emily said, "speaking offfff Aaron told me that Derek has asked for his old job back", Penelope smiled and said, "he did"?, she nodded her head and said, "yep he did".

Penelope said, "anddddddd"?, Emily giggled and said, "they were going to talk about it today", JJ said, "when did you find this out"?, she said, "when we were on the way over to Dave and Frans". Penelope smiled and said, "he was serious, he does want to stay", Emily said, "what was that"?, she said, "he was serious, he does want to stay".

JJ said, "of course he wants to stay, he loves you Garcie and it's time that you admit just how much he means to you", she blew out a deep breath and said, "I love him, of course I love him but what if I agree to the slow dating thing and then he breaks my heart again"?, Emily said, "not gonna happen", Penelope said, "how can we be sure of that"?, Emily said, "he's starting the divorce so that he can be with you and he won't do anything to risk losing you again".

She nodded her head and said, "I just, I don't want to be that woman ya know"?, Emily said, "and what woman is that"?, Penelope said, "the rebound, the woman that is the cause of a marriage ending". JJ said, "that's not you, you didn't end their marriage Savannah did that with all of her cheating and after a while Derek had took all he could and he did the right thing, he packed up his son and came back home, home to us and home to you, his baby girl".

Penelope glanced down at the ring on her finger and said, "what am I going to do about Chad"?, Emily said, "you need to tell him how you feel, tell him that you are still in love with Derek". She nodded her head and said, "I will, I'll tell him that tomorrow at lunch", JJ looked at her and said, "Penelope and Derek sitting in a tree, g".

Emily laughed and said, "first comes love, then comes marriage and then comes Penelope with a baby carriage" earning a laugh from the three women, Penelope then said,
"thanks for coming over tonight girlies, I don't know what I would have done without you". JJ said, "that's what family does", Emily said, "we can understand why you want to take things slow, Dereks still married and you want your relationship to be honest and done after the divorce is final", she nodded her head in agreement and said, "exactly".

Hotch and Derek were sitting and looking at the paperwork when there was a knock on the door, Derek said, "can you get that Hotch, I need to go check on Hank"?, he said, "yeah sure, that's probably your attorney". Derek smiled as he started out the back door and Hotch headed toward the front door, when he opened it he smiled and said, "hello Heather".

Heather stepped inside and said, "sorry I was so late but traffic was a bear", he said, "totally understandable and thank you for agreeing to take Dereks case", she said, "no problem, no problem at all". Hotch handed her the divorce papers and papers for custody and she said, "Derek was smart to start this process, with everything you told me it sounds like his wife is a very unfit parent".

Hotch said, "I agree and he said that the cheating started immediately when they moved to Florida and he stayed with her because of the baby but coming home and catching her in bed with another man was more than he could stand". She looked up and saw him playing with the baby and said, "is that him"?, Hotch nodded his head and said, "it is".

Heather said, "let's get this started, let's do everything we can to make sure that he keeps that adorable little boy", Hotch smiled and nodded is head as they both headed toward the table.