Confession Is Good For The Soul Ch 14
When they woke up from a nap after several rounds of passionate love making Derek looked down at his watch and saw that it was almost 1:00 so after sending a group text inviting everybody to casa Morgan for a cookout the newlyweds jumped up and got dressed and started getting things ready because everybody would start arriving soon.
Dave, Fran and the girls were the first to arrive, Derek grinned and said, "come on in, come on in", he stepped back and laughed as everybody walked through the front door and went through to the kitchen to help Penelope. Sarah looked at her brother and said, "sooooo baby brother, why did you suddenly want to have a cookout today, did you miss me that bad?", Derek wrapped his arms around his sister and said, "you have no idea how much" causing her to laugh.
Meanwhile in the kitchen Fran put down a plate of Penelope's favorite double chocolate brownies down on the counter, Penelope said, "ahhhhh yesssssss, thank you so much Fran, I have been craving these babies right here" as she picked one up and took a bite. She closed her eyes and said, "that's amazing, it's so gooey and yummy, thank you, thank you, thank you", Fran grinned and said, "we also made some cupcakes for the boys, that we will have a couple of different desserts to choose from".
Desi put down a container of banana pudding and said, "and don't forget the banana pudding momma", Fran said, "ohhh yes, can't forget that" as she put it into the fridge for later. Dave walked over and looked at Penelope and said, "sooo how's married life treating you kitten?", she said, "it's wonderful, how about you papa bear, how's married life treating you?", he smiled and said, "better than it has in years" causing Penelope to smile.
Next to arrive was Reid, JJ and Henry, Reid was carrying Henry and JJ was carrying some salad and several different kinds of potato chips for the cookout, Reid grinned and said, "it seems like it's been forever since we've done something like this". Derek nodded his head and said, "it does doesn't it, we all really need to get together and do this more often so that we have a chance to catch up, well outside of work I mean".
Hotch, Emily and Jack walked through the door next and Emily was carrying extra buns, hamburger items like pickles, mayo, tomatoes, onions and mustard, she slapped Derek on the arm and said, "well it's good that PG hasn't killed ya yet". Derek said, "heyyyyyyy", she laughed and said, "just kidding, just kidding, but seriously how is everything?", Derek said, "it's amazing Em, I can't tell you how happy we are", Emily said, "good good, because if anybody deserves to be happy it's you and PG".
A little while later everybody had taken everything outside into the backyard for the cookout, Dave and Hotch were watching the grill while Derek and Reid were watching the boys play with Mudgie and Clooney and of course the women were all sitting and talking about what a beautiful day it was.
When Dave announced that the meat was ready Derek walked over and stood by his wife, he then wrapped an arm around her waist and Penelope said, "I have a confession to make", everybody turned to look at her. Penelope said, "we have a special reason why we wanted to have this get together today", the family waited for her to continue.
She intertwined fingers with Derek and looked at their family and said, "I'm pregnant, 10 weeks along", the air was filled with the squeals of congratulations as Derek and Penelope were pulled into a group hug. Fran hugged Penelope and said, "really, a baby, ohhh honey that's wonderful news", JJ and Emily nodded their heads in agreement and said, "congrats girlie" as they hugged her yet again.
Derek was getting congratulated by Dave, Reid and Hotch and he kept glancing over his shoulder at his beautiful wife, she was so beautiful today, she was practically glowing she was so happy. Reid put his hand on Derek's shoulder and said, "congratulations again Morgan, that's wonderful news, you and Garcia are gonna make amazing parents", Derek said, "thank's pretty boy", Dave then said, "alright who's ready to celebrateeeeee?", as he walked over with a platter filled with delicious looking meat.
Everybody said, "meeee, meeee, meeee", everybody sat down at the picnic tables and spent the next several hours, laughing, talking and eating as they celebrated with Derek and Penelope about the news of a new family member coming in a few months. Penelope winked at her husband and sighed happily, things were falling into place nicely for her and Derek, they were edging closer and closer to their happily ever after and having a baby just put them one step closer.
At the end of the night after everybody had gone home Derek and Penelope were laying in bed cuddled up, Derek smiled and said, "I still can't believe it, i can't believe that we're going to have a baby". She reached and got his hand and put it on her stomach and said, "believe it handsome because right here is the first of what I hope is a house filled with babies, our babies".
He kissed her lips gently and said, "from your lips baby girl, from your lips", they closed their eyes and soon fell asleep after an amazing and eventful day.
