My Girl-Ch 16

Penelope said, "n n no, I can't lose my baby, why now, why did he come back now, it's been a year Rosemary, a year, how can he do this to me?", Derek looked at Rosemary and said, "what can we do?", Rosemary motioned for everybody to sit down so that she could talk to them all at once.

Hotch, being a lawyer nodded his head in agreement with everything she was saying, he then said, "so what is it exactly that he's wanting right now?", Rosemary said, "he's already petitioned a judge and has a hearing today at noon and seeing that it's almost 11 now, this doesn't give you much time to get a lawyer".

Derek said, "who can we get on such short notice?", Hotch said, "I'll do it, I'll represent you", Penelope said ,"you, bossman, you're going to be the one to represent me in front of the judge?", Hotch said, "I am Garcia, that is if it's okay with you?", she said, "yes, yes of course it is".

Rosemary said, "I didn't find out about this hearing until about an hour ago and when I found out I started trying to track you down immediately" Penelope said, "so he's wanting custody of my daughter, he's never seen her before, never spent time with her, why is he doing this to us now, why didn't he come earlier, why didn't he make his presence known before?", Rosemary said, "now that, that I don't know".

Dave said, "don't worry kitten, we're all going to do whatever it takes to keep that sweet, beautiful, innocent baby with us, in our family where she belongs", Penelope wiped away the tears that were streaming down her face and nodded her head yes in agreement.

Fran said, "what is the name of her father?", Rosemary opened the folder in her hands and said, "Christopher Billings, he's 30 years old, he's originally from California but broke up with Jasmine's mother without knowing that she was pregnant with his child".

Penelope looked at the little girl running around the living room playing with Clooney and Mudgie and said, "I can't lose her, we can't lose her, she's our baby, she's our baby", she then broke down in Derek's arms and kept saying over and over, "we can't lose her, we can't lose her".

Derek held her and said, "we won't baby girl, we won't lose her, I promise, I promise", the family looked at their broken friend and knew that they needed to and would do anything that it took to make sure that Penelope didn't lose her daughter, not now, not ever".

JJ looked down at her watch and said, "Garcie, you need to head on out, it's almost time for the hearing to start", Penelope pulled away from Derek and started wiping the tears away that were streaming down her cheeks, she said, "you're right Jayje, you're right".

Dave said, "who will be there for this hearing?", Rosemary said, "the judge, bailiff, court reporter, Christopher, his lawyer, me, you, Derek if he wants to be and Aaron but other than that nobody else is allowed inside the courtroom", Dave said, "we'll be there kitten, we'll be in the hall waiting for word".

Penelope smiled and said, "I don't want to take Jasmine to the courthouse, not yet, can somebody stay with her?", Sarah and Desi quickly agreed to stay home and watch over the sweet little girl, Penelope thanked them, grabbed her things and said, "well here goes everything" as her along with the rest of the BAU family and Rosemary made their way across the room and out the front door.