Temporarily amnesia can change your life.
Chapter 14
It was around 3 am when Penelope Garcia woke up with extreme pain in her lower abdomen.
“Derek.”
“Hey, baby girl, what’s wrong?”
“I feel pain in my abdomen.” Putting her hand on it.
“Baby girl, you’re bleeding. I’m getting you to the hospital.” Seeing the blood on the white sheet.
They got up and he helped Garcia into other clothes, before rushing to the hospital where she was admitted immediately for tests. While Penelope was down for some tests he called his mom.
“Hello”
“Mom.”
“Derek? Is everything ok?”
“No, we’re at the hospital. Penelope woke with pain in her lower abdomen and she was bleeding. They’re running some tests now. I’m scared mom.”
“Oh, Derek. I’m coming to the hospital.”
“No, you don’t have to mom. I just needed to tell someone.” He was on the edge of crying.
“Derek, I’m on my way.”
“Thanks Mom.”
It took Fran ten minutes to get to the hospital. She found Derek in the waiting room.
“Hey baby, got any news.”
“No mom, they haven’t told me anything yet, I’m scared mom, I don’t want anything to happen to her or the baby.”
“I know, I’ll go get us some coffee.”
He just nodded, he was so worried that anything would go bad with the pregnancy. He saw his mother come back with two mugs of coffee, she handed him one. They had to wait another 45 minutes before a doctor came.
“Miss Garcia?”
“Yes?!”
“Come with me to her room.”
They followed the doctor to Penelope’s room, she looked a bit pale lying there on a hospital bed. Morgan immediately went to her side and took her hand and kissed her head.
“We had to do a little surgery because we had to remove one of the two embryos.”
“Wait, did you just say two?” Derek asked surprised.
“Yes, Miss Garcia was apparently pregnant with twins, but she lost one. So I would like for her to have an appointment every week, to make sure the baby is doing ok.”
“So can she come back home now?”
“I don’t see why not. But she needs a lot of rest. No effort.”
“Don’t worry I’ll make sure she stays in bed.”
“Alright then, I’ll see you next week Miss Garcia. I’ll go sign the discharge papers.”
“Come on sweetness, let’s get you dresses and home.”
Derek helped her get dressed, she didn’t smile, she was still processing the fact that she lost a baby. You could see the sadness in her eyes. Derek understood, he had the same look in his eyes. They went home 10 minutes later, although it was morning already both went to bed. Fran called Rossi to explain the situation and to tell him not to expect Derek or Penelope in the office. Rossi on his turned explained everything to Hotch, who called everyone in the conference room.
Chapter 15
Conference Room
Everyone was seated, Hotch and Rossi entered and stood before them.
“Where’s Morgan?” Reid asked.
“That’s the reason I called you all here. Morgan and Garcia won’t be coming in.”
“Fran Morgan called me this morning, Garcia lost a baby, and she’s still pregnant. As Well Garcia as Morgan are completely devastated, and are grieving. So I don’t think we’ll be seeing them on the next couple of days.” Rossi said.
“Oh god, Pen must be really devastated. But how did they not see that she was pregnant with twins?” JJ said.
“Apparently the first fetus was bigger and hided the second fetus.”
“So she’s still gonna have a baby?” JJ asked.
“Yes, the baby seems to be developing fine.” Rossi explained.
“Good. She really disserves this piece of happiness.”
“Yeah she does. Well as soon as anyone got news, we’ll share.”
Back at the house
Fran had done some groceries shopping, when she came back, Derek and Penelope were asleep in each other’s arms. She smiled; they seem at peace, so she starts on lunch letting them sleep a little longer.
Derek awoke slowly; he looked at the woman in his arms. He smiled she looked beautiful, they both had a hard time dealing with the fact they lost a baby. He kissed her head before getting up at the scent of food being made. He smiled when he saw his mom in the kitchen.
“Hey mom.” He kissed her on the cheek.
“Hey baby, slept well? How is she?”
“Yeah, I have had a good sleep, she’s doing good considering. We’ll get through this together.”
“Good, I didn’t want to wake you up so I started on lunch already.”
“Thanks mom, I think we both needed the sleep.” He said.
“Yeah, you did. Why don’t you go get a shower, lunch is almost ready.”
“Good idea. I’ll go wake Pen after my shower.”
He got back to his room, he saw Penelope staring out the window. He sneaked up behind her and encircled her waist and she leaned against his chest.
“I love you, Penelope.”
“I love you too Derek.”
They stayed like that for a while until Clooney decided he wanted to play.
“I’ll go play with Clooney for a few minutes, why don’t you take a shower and I’ll join you. Mom says lunch is almost ready.”
“Ok. I really need a shower.” She smiled at him and gave him a kiss before heading for the bathroom.
After 5 minutes he joined her in the shower. They relaxed for another 10 minutes before joining Fran for lunch.
Saturday morning Rossi had invited Fran to spend the day, so Penelope and Derek could have some time together.
“I think Rossi likes Fran.” Penelope said.
“You think? I don’t know.”
“Come on, asking her out with the excuse of giving us some alone time.”
“Well I don’t mind having some alone time with you.” Kissing her.
“Me either. And I know exactly how to spend it hot stuff.”
They ended in the bedroom, since the doctor had said it was safe. The time alone did them good. Rossi dropped Fran off at around 10 pm.
She found Derek and Penelope asleep on the couch with the television still on. She smiled they looked so at ease and content. She turned the television off and when to the spare room. She grabbed a blanked from the closet and laid it over the sleeping couple in the living room. Before turning in herself.
Chapter 16
Derek and Penelope woke up the next morning entangled on the couch. Derek looked down at her.
“Good morning, baby girl.”
“I’ll show you a good morning hot stuff.”
He smiled at her. Her calling him hot stuff meant she was feeling better.
“How are you feeling?”
“Better, I need to make sure this one grows and comes in this world healthily.” Putting her hand to her abdomen.
Morgan lays his hand over hers. He kissed her. She entangled herself from him.
“Come in, I’m hungry.”
“And what does my goddess want for breakfast?” he asked getting up and smiling at her.
“Eggs and bacon, and a muffin.”
“Coming up, why don’t you go shower while I make breakfast.”
“Ok baby.” She kissed him before heading upstairs.
She said good morning to Fran on her way upstairs. Fran made her way downstairs to find her son in the kitchen making breakfast.
“Morning baby.”
“Morning mom.”
“I never thought I’d see you cooking breakfast. But then again at home you are banned from the kitchen by Des and Sarah.”
“Mom, they still think I’m gonna burn the house down if I’m in the kitchen.”
“We do still get a Christmas card from the fire department.”
“Mom, I can cook. And Pen loves my cooking.”
About 10 minutes Garcia came into the kitchen. She took a seat at the counter and watch Derek and Fran finish breakfast together. He gave her a kiss and her breakfast. He then went upstairs to get ready for the day.
5 months later
Garcia was a little over 8 months pregnant and was still working. Morgan tried to make her stay at home but with no result. Morgan refused to go on any case so close to Garcia’s due date. The pregnancy had gone very well, Morgan had been there every step of the way and they were looking forward to finally hold the baby in their arms.
They were all out for lunch; for once they didn’t have a case. They were having fun talking about the baby and about the nursery. Getting some tips from JJ. When they were done and on their way back to the office, Garcia’s water broke and the first contraction followed.
“Derek, my water just broke.” She told him, holding her stomach.
“What?! Ok I’ll go get the car. JJ could you stay with Pen. She went into labor.”
“Ok, I’m here.”
Morgan sprinted to the FBI building to get his car that was parked in the parking lot. He was back in 5 minutes. The helped Garcia in the car, JJ and Emily went with them. It took them no longer than 15 minutes to get to the hospital.
“MY GIRLFRIEND’S IN LABOR!”
“Ok, let’s get to the delivery room”.
A nurse came in with a wheelchair and brought her to the delivery room, Morgan right behind them. Garcia never did anything according to the book; the same went for giving birth
“Come on Penelope one more hard push.”
“You can do it baby girl.”
She grabs his hand and pushed once more, after 3 hours of labor she gave life to
Chapter 17
“It’s a girl.” The doctor announced and showed them the little baby.
Morgan cut the umbilical cord; the nurses took the baby and showed it to Penelope before taking her to get a check up and being cleaned. 10 minutes later they came back with the baby wrapped in a pink blanket. The nurse passed her to Penelope who cried happy tears when she held her baby girl.
“Hey little girl.”
“She looks just like you goddess.”
“She looks like you too. Hot stuff. You wanna hold her?”
“Yeah.”
Pen gave Derek his little girl. He kissed Garcia and then he looked smiling at his daughter who now slept in his arms.
“Can we come in?” Elisabeth asked.
“Hey, come and meet the new addition to the family.”
The team entered the room all gathering around Penelope and Derek who had joined her on the bed.
“She’s beautiful. Congratulations.”
“Did you call mom, Des and Sarah yet?” Elisabeth asked.
“No, completely forgot.”
“Handsome, why don’t you go call them.”
“Alright.”
He gave the baby back to Garcia kissed them both before leaving the room to call his mom and his sisters.
He came back about 15 minutes later he found Garcia asleep and Elisabeth holding his daughter.
“Who’s in the mood for some coffee?”
“I think we all want some coffee.”
Elisabeth sat the baby in the little crib next to Garcia before following everyone out to the cafeteria.
“When are they coming?”
“They said they’d take the first flight out to Virginia.”
“I’ll pick them up if you want, that way you can stay with Garcia and your daughter.” Rossi suggested.
“Thanks Rossi.”
“You’re welcome.”
“Do you have a name yet?” Emily asked.
“Yeah, we do, Calleigh Anne Morgan.”
“It’s a beautiful name.”
“Is the nursery ready?” Reid asked.
“Yes, the doctor said the baby could come early so I wanted everything ready. But the first couple of months the baby will sleep in its crib in our bedroom. So the chances of sudden death syndrome are less.”
“The statistics show that …”
“Reid, please not now.” Hotch interrupted.
Everyone laughed at it. After an hour Derek returned to Garcia and the rest of the team went home so Garcia could rest before Derek’s family arrived to see the new addition.
Chapter 18
Derek’s family had arrived a couple of hours later wanting to meet the new addition to the family.
“Where’s my granddaughter?”
“Mom, calm down, you’ll see her in a bit. Thanks Rossi.”
“I never thought I’d saw the day my brother had a baby.”
“Thanks Des, anyway I have another surprise for you first.”
“What another surprise, cause you having a baby isn’t big enough?”
“Trust me, this one is as big. Come on.”
They followed him to the cafeteria, there you could see Fran’s eyes widen with surprise at seeing Elisabeth.
“Lizzie?”
“Hey mom, hey Sarah, hey Des. Surprise.”
“OMG, sis, you are back.”
The team looked at them in utter surprise when they all hugged. No one understood anything from the whole situation.
“Sis?” JJ, Emily and Reid asked at the same time.
“Yeah, I was adopted by the Morgan’s when I was about 3 years old.”
“Ok, and how exactly does that not occur on your files?”
“I kept my biological parents name after they died and just added Morgan to my name. And for it not occurring on my files, I’m not sure that is something to discus right now.”
“Does Garcia know about you being Morgan’s sister?”
“Yeah she does. Now come on I’m sure mom wants to meet her granddaughter.”
“You know I do.”
They all followed Derek to Garcia’s room. She was awake and feeding the baby, so the team waited outside for a couples of minutes. The first to enter were Fran, Sarah, Des and Elisabeth.
“Hey Fran, how are you?”
“I’m super. She’s beautiful. Can I hold her?”
“Of course, she’s your grandchild.”
Garcia handed Calleigh to Fran.
“What’s her name?”
“Calleigh.” Garcia answered.
“She’s gorgeous Pen.”
“Congrats to both of you.”
“Thanks Des, and what about you, still no one in sight?”
“No, but now I have a niece to spoil.”
“Not too much alright.”
“Alright.”
“Hey Desiree, Pen and I were wondering if you would be Calleigh’s godmother.”
“I would love to.”
Outside the rest of the team was waiting when suddenly Hotch’s phone rang. His face changed to anger and worry. When he hung up he looked at the team.
“What’s wrong?” Emily asked.
“Todd escaped.”
Jordan Todd was wondering the streets of Quantico , she needed clothes but knew that there was no way she could go to her apartment, the cops would hold guard. She had no family in the area, so she decided to go to the underground.
Chapter 19
Life took a normal course even with the knowledge that Todd was still wandering the streets. Morgan and Garcia got home 2 days later security was enforced with two guards at the back of the house and 1 at the front. One of the team members would be there, when Hotch had Jack he would bring him over, he loved helping auntie Penelope and uncle Derek take care of Calleigh. JJ would bring Henri over who was fascinated by the little baby. It was cute o see the little ones interact.
“I’m still scared Derek.”
“I know, but I’m not going back to work for the next couple of days maybe weeks, Hotch knows and understand.”
“I love you, what did ever do to deserve you.”
“Just been yourself baby girl. That’s why I love you.”
They were standing over the crib in the living room. If they would’ve told Penelope a year ago where she would be now, she would’ve said they were crazy. She was the happiest woman on earth right now, she had the man of her dreams a baby she thought she’d never had. It was raining outside and it was Elisabeth’s turn to hold guard. She made hot chocolat for all of them.
“Here, it’ll do you some good.”
“Thanks Liz.”
“How does it feel to be a dad big bro?”
“It feels amazing, I wish I could look after her all the time, to protect her. What about you crazy one, ever thought of settling down?”
“I have once, before I met Pen. I have a little girl as well, her name is Diana, she’s 6 now. She’s at her father’s for the holidays.”
“Why did you never tell us?”
“I didn’t know how. I wanted to when I got my life back on track with the help of Pen. She’s her godmother by the way.”
“Who’s the father?”
“Greg Sanders. He’s a CSI in Las Vegas, Nevada.”
“Nevada, that’s isn’t exactly around the corner, how did you two even meet?”
“I did some work in Vegas as a casino hostess. That’s where we met when there was a case. I still love him, but are lives took different paths.”
“When are we gonna see Diana?”
“Soon, in 2 weeks he’s bringing her to Quantico.”
“So I can meet my niece. Who’s her godfather?”
“Warrick Brown, one of Greg’s colleagues.”
She continued her story about her life since she left the Morgan residence. After a while the baby started fussing and Garcia fed her, then Morgan burped her and holds her in his arms for a while. Around 10pm they went to bed, Morgan and Garcia cuddled together before falling asleep. Elisabeth did a last check around the house before turning in herself.
Only a block away Jordan Todd was making her way towards Morgan’s house. She saw more than one car so she hesitated, knowing that at least one of the team members was inside. She saw no light on so she approached the house in silence checking her surroundings. What she didn’t see were the cops at the back of the house. She made her way to the side of the house and checked the inside the living room and only saw a playpen with some toys. She didn’t really understand, but thought ‘It’s probably because he babysits Garcia’s baby’. She continued to make her way to the back of the house. But she had less chance, the cops at the front warned the ones at the back of the house, so she got cuffed the moment she came in sight of the cops.
“Sorry, wrong turn.”
She didn’t say anything, she was being brought back to the police post where she spent the night in jail before the next morning being transferred to federal prison. The cops explained everything to Derek, Penelope and Elisabeth the next morning.
“Well, you’re safe now and so is the baby.”
“At least now I can sleep safely and not constantly wake up from nightmares.”
“I’m going back to the office, I’ll warn the team that Todd is back behind bars.”
“Thanks Lizzie.”
She hugged Derek and Penelope, then kissed Calleigh’s forehead and left for the office
Chapter 20
At the office.
Elisabeth entered the bullpen and signed Hotch and Rossi to come in the conference room, she called JJ to do the same.
When everyone was seated she explained everything to them, about last night. They smiled at the thought that the Morgan family was safe again.
“But I think I’m gonna pay her a visit. I have a few questions for her.” Elisabeth said.
“You sure you wanna do this?”
“Do you think I’m someone who says something she isn’t sure of?”
“Alright, good luck.” Hotch said.
She left for the federal prison half an hour later, the team went to visit Derek and Penelope.
Federal Prison.
“SSA Elisabeth Johnson to see Jordan Todd.”
“Just a moment please.”
She had to wait about 10 minutes to see Todd.
“Who are you?” Todd asked.
“SSA Johnson. I work with the BAU.”
“So I am already replaced.”
“No, you were the replacement. There was no intention for you to stay.”
“I am an agent of the FBI.”
“No you are not anymore, you are convicted for the attempted murder of a federal agent.”
“She is in my way, she was an intruder.”
“No she is a part of the team, she is there to remind everyone that there is a bright light at the other end, that there are still good people on this planet. And as for Derek, she is his everything, always has been. He would kill for her, and if you would have succeeded in killing her, he would have hunted you down even if it’s the last he did.”
“You’ve been with the team for a week and you think you know everything.”
“No, I’ve known Derek practically my whole life, and Penelope for a few years now, before she entered the FBI. I know them better than anyone in the team.”
“You’re lying.”
“What reason would I have to lie to you? I do have one question, what did you expect to retrieve from Penelope Garcia’s death?”
“I would’ve made sure to help Derek get over it, it wouldn’t have been that hard.”
“I would’ve been the hardest thing to do, I think impossible would be the appropriate word to use.”
“You have no idea what you are talking about.”
“Oh, I do, I know my brother better than anyone. Have a nice life.”
She stood up and left but Todd called her, she turned around.
“I have one question. Who is Garcia’s baby’s father?”
“Can’t you guess, Derek of course.”
She left with a smile on her face, leaving a stunned Todd behind. She left the prison and drove to her brother’s house, she wanted to see how they were, and hold her goddaughter in her arms.
“How did it go?” Emily asked.
“I have some answers, but I’m not sure she understood what she did, or if she’s right in her mind.”
“What do you mean?” Hotch asked.
“I think that she needs a therapist, that girl is out of her mind.”
They spend the rest of the day talking and relaxing, for the first time in months they had no case and they could enjoy the rest with the BAU family and enjoys- the innocence of little kids playing.