"Gracie, get up."
"Go away JJ." Penelope mumbles snuggling further into her blankets. She doesn't need to open her eyes to see the annoyance on her sister's face.

"Aaron says if you're not ready in five he's leaving without you." Penelope still doesn't move. "Penelope."

"Jennifer"

"Fine, miss school, sees if I care."

"I'll just catch a ride with Derek." Penelope yells at JJ, but as soon as the words leave her mouth she realizes no she will not be catching a ride with Morgan.

"Shit" she mumbles. Derek wouldn't be at school this morning due to Savannah's first doctor's appointment, he'd sounded so ecstatic on the phone last night that she wonders how she could have forgotten.

Not willing to miss a day, Penelope leaves her house dreading the walk she is about to embark on when it starts to rain, the blowing of the wind rendering her umbrella useless.

"Penelope?" Luke questions from his driveway. He could have sworn he saw the Rossi kids leave already. "What are you doing?"

"Walking to school."

"Not with this weather, Get in."

"A car with you driving, no thank you."

"It's pouring, unless you want to get sick get in." Luke couldn't understand what her problem was; he got along with her brothers and sisters just fine.

"Whatever." she gets in the car anyways.

Derek is all smiles as he leaves Planned Parenthood with Savannah. He knows raising a child will be hard but he wants this, he wants his kids.

"Derek." Savannah says his name lightly; snapping him out of is haze. "Isn't that one of Penelope's sisters?"

He recognizes the dark hair right away.

"Emily?" Derek wants to know why she's there. "Yo, Rossi, wait up." He yells across the parking lot.

Jogging over to Emily, he takes in her appearance. If possible she looks paler, making her dark eyes look dull. The closer he gets to her he notices that she's shaking.

"Emily." He says again slightly alarmed about her unresponsive state.

"Derek, hey." Her attempt at sounding upbeat comes off broken. If she is wondering why he's here she doesn't voice it.

"Are you okay?" she looks up at him and then over at Savannah standing by his car.

"If I tell you something you can't tell my sister, you can't tell Penelope." She knows that's an almost impossible task to ask of the man but her little sister can't know.

Derek gulps, fearing the worst. "Yea, sure I won't tell her."

She doesn't quite believe him but the words are already falling out her mouth. "I was pregnant."

"Was?" he says stupidly before he catches on to what she's trying to tell him.

"I just had an abortion."

"Oh." They stare at each other for a while neither saying anything; Derek scratching his head and Emily avoiding his eyes.

"Well, we have to go back to school, do you want a lift." He eventually manages to say.

"I'm just going to head home."

"Let me give you a ride home then."

Its Penelope's free period, which she'd usually spend with Morgan. Despite the fact that it's after lunch she hasn't seen or heard from him. She makes her way to their table in the library, pulling out her kindle she begins to read. She's not sure how long it's been but when she looks up Savannah is heading towards her.

"Penelope, hey, do you mind if I sit here." She shakes her head no even though she is a little apprehensive. She likes her best friends boyfriend well enough, it's just that Morgan is usually there as a buffer.

While Penelope had been lost in her thoughts, Savannah was ruffling through her bag lucking for something. Finally finding what she was looking for she shoved the object across the table towards Penelope.

"Here for you."

"What am I looking at?" Penelope questions, knowing very well what she's looking at, the sonogram of baby Morgan.

"I know he told you."

"Oh." Penelope's face does a weird impression of a fish.

"He hasn't even told his mom yet, but anyways we wanted you to have your own copy."

Penelope takes a second to think about this information. Mama Morgan would not be happy.

"I also wanted to ask if you would be his/or her godmother."

"What?"

"You're his best friend and I know you'll love the baby as much as we do."
Savannah is right, even as Penelope's dreams of being Mrs. Penelope Morgan are fading away; she'll love this baby if for no other reason than that it will be Morgan's child. That and she really loves babies.

"Yes." she says and soon Penelope is wrapped in a huge by the women living her dream

Emily stares at the ceiling of her room, unsure of how she feels about life at the moment. She brings the bottle of wine she stole from her dad's special cabinet up to her lips and chugs it down. Then throws it at her wall where it shatters, the glass falls on the ground with the other two smashed bottles. Sergio lets out a loud meow and jumps on the bed. Holding the cat tight she stares blankly at the wall until the tears start to fall.

JJ never thought she'd be the one encouraging people to skip school, yet here she was not at school with her reluctant boyfriend Will.

"We should probably head back." He says gently.

JJ just wants to feel the rough texture of the sand beneath for a little longer. "Just a few more minutes."

Brushing her hair back he begins to speak not looking at her but the ocean instead.

"We probably shouldn't make a habit out of this."

She knows he's right but she doesn't want to go back to the real world. The world where her mom is dead.