Derek Or Luke-Ch 30
When Derek walked into Hanks room the little boy had calmed down and drifted back off to sleep, his eyes looked down at Penleopes hand holding Hanks and he smiled. Penelope looked up and said, "he finally fell asleep, he fought and fought but the meds kicked back in", Derek said, "rest is what he needs right now and he can't get that with Savannah and Adam around".
Penelope nodded her head in agreement and said, "so I take it you took care of them"?, he said, "sure did, they won't be coming around here while he's in the hospital anymore". Derek pulled a chair up beside Penelope and said, "goddess their is something I need to tell you", she glanced over at him and said, "sounds serious", he said, "it is baby girl, it is".
He took a deep breath and said, "I came home from working on my truck and found Savannah hurting Hank", Penelope said, "hurting him, ohhh Derek what did she do"?, he said, "she was hurting him by holding him by his shoulders, she was getting ready to start shaking him". Penelope looked down at the sleeping child and said, "bless his heart, he doesn't deserve that".
Derek said, "I went later that day and started divorce preceedings and got a protection order and started working on getting full custody of Hank", Penelope gently squeezed Dereks hand and said, "thank goodness that the judge ruled in your favor". Derek said, "the visual proof of the bruises on his arms was what sealed her fate".
Penelope cringed as she thought about the bruises on Hanks arms, she shook her head and said, "have you thought about trying to get her rights taken away"?, he said, "yeah, Hotch is helping me with that right now". She smiled and said, "good because this sweet, innocent little boy deserves nothing but peace, joy and love", Derek grinned and said, "I couldn't have said it better gorgeous" as he brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it.
Meanwhile Luke and JJ were heading toward the cafeteria to grab Derek and Penelope some coffee, JJ put her hand on Lukes arm and said, "I'm sorry that you got hurt Luke". He smiled and said, "I'm not going to lie and tell you it doesn't hurt but seeing the two of them together, seeing them fighting for that sweet little boy showed me that she is where she belongs, with Derek".
JJ said, "they have been in love for years but things never did work out for them and just when Derek is ready to tell her how he really feels he finds out that Savannah is pregnant with his child". Luke nodded his head and said, "I understand, Derek was only doing what was best for his child, he didn't want his child growing up without a father", JJ nodded her head and said, "Dereks father was killed on the job when he was a little boy and he knows what it was like not having a father growing up and he didn't want that for Hank".
Luke said, "the only thing I wanted was for Penelope to be happy and it's so obvious that when she's with Derek and Hank she's where she wants and needs to be". JJ said, "I know that one day you are going to find a girl that's gonna knock your socks off and" it was then that Luke bumped into a beautiful nurse and said, "ohhhh I'm sorry are you alright"?, the girl giggled and said, "I'm fine".
Luke said, "I wasn't looking where I was going", the girl said, "it's alright, no harm no foul", he said, "are you sure that you're alright Ms." and she held out her hand and said, "Samantha, Samantha Hardy". Luke grinned as he shook hands with her and said, "Alvez, Luke Alvez and it's nice to meet you Samantha", JJ grinned as she saw the obvious connection between the two.
Meanwhile in Hanks room Derek looks at Penelope and says, "thank you for taking such good care of him", she grinned and said, "I love that little boy like he was my own son". Derek gently squeezed her hand and said, "I want that, I want for him to be your son, I want you to marry me, move into the gorgeous house with us and we can have the life we've always dreamed of", she grinned and said, "Derek I" and they heard a knock at the door.
Derek and Penelope then saw Luke and JJ walking into the room with two cups of coffee, JJ handed Derek a cup and said, "we thought you could use these", he took a sip and said, "thank you". Luke handed Penelope a cup of coffee and said, "here you go Penelope", she sighed as she took a sip and said, "thanks Luke", he said, "any time Penelope, any time".
They stood there quietly for a few minutes before Luke said, "can I talk to you for a minute outside Penelope"?, she glanced at Derek and then at Luke and said, "sure". She stood up and kissed Hank on the forehead and said, "sleep my little prince, sleep", she then turned around and smiled at Derek before following Luke out into the hall for a much needed and long time coming talk for the two of them.