Author's Note: Time to say goodbye...but only for so long. See, as I told you, there'll be a sequel, if you read down to the end you'll get to know the title of that and there will also be an alternate ending as I promised, though I will probably start the sequel before the alternate ending...just so you know.

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And as a little treat, I decided to make a video about this fanfic. Of course it's not perfect but I hope you enjoy either way. It's to the song "All I Need" by OneRepublic and it has the little scene of Elephant's Memory as the beginning, that really started all the imagination.

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Now enjoy the last official chapter of 9 Months!

9 Months

Chapter Twenty-Four

Peace Of Mind

-Two days old-

Spencer tried to but he couldn't hold himself back from hugging Harper tightly, careful not to hurt Autumn as he buried his face in her fiery hair.

"I thought I'd lost you", he mumbled and felt the warmth of her neck close to his lips.

Softly a hand stroked his sore back, he noticed only now how physically exhausted he was, she dug her fingers into his skin and turned her head to kiss his hair.

"I did, too", she said but he could still hear her smile, "Before I fell asleep from sedation I felt like it was over, that's why I tried to say goodbye, make my peace but then I couldn't. Did you know that I woke up right after Autumn was out? They showed her to me, just a glimpse and then everything went black. But I needed to see her again, I needed to see you again, I couldn't let go. And then I heard you talking to me, I have no idea what you said but I know that it was your voice and I knew I had to still be alive, I just had to be. I fought, you know. I couldn't leave you"

"I'm so glad you didn't", he replied brittle, "I wouldn't know what to do without you"

She nudged his head up a little and then went in for the softest, lightest but best kiss they'd ever shared, full of relief, full of sheer glee and bliss, sealing their reunion.

When they broke apart their faces stayed close and their gazes were locked, both still captivated by the luck of seeing each other again.

"I'll never go away again", Harper smiled and tucked a stray curl behind Spencer's ear, caressing his cheek, "I promise"

That moment Autumn made a squeaky noise, demanding attention. She looked up curiously to both her parents and her little forehead was all wrinkled.

"She looks just like you when you're thinking hard", Harper chuckled quietly and brought Autumn up a little, securing her in her arms.

"Let's hope she turns out a little more like you", Spencer sighed and touched his daughters soft skin.

"Let's hope she inherited your brains", Harper said and giggled joyfully.

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A day later, when Spencer had finally taken a shower and taken some rest, after phoning everyone that Harper was up and well, when Harper was eating, sitting up in her bed and Spencer was rocking Autumn back and forth in his arms there was a firm knock at the door.

"Enter", said Spencer loudly and saw a bunch of pink balloons before he could make out the faces of his team-members. They had all come to visit, Morgan, Garcia, Emily, JJ, Hotch and Rossi and they smiled widely as the swept into the now crowded room.

"Hey", cooed from her plate of mashed potatoes and opened her arms, waiting for the girls to give her long and relieved hugs.

"God, we were so worried about you", Penelope said under her breath when Harper released her from the tight hug.

"And look at her", Derek said happily, bowing down to stroke Autumns cheek, "looking just like her mother"

"Apart from the hair and the wrinkles", Harper laughed and reached over to pat her daughters head lightly.

"You wanna hold her?", asked Spencer and Morgan immediately took the little bundle over, rocking her in his arms cooing.

"Doesn't kids suit him perfectly?", smiled Garcia and got closer to him and the baby.

"Woman, promise you'll never let my mother hear that or else I'll have no choice but to get her about eleven of those", Morgan smiled at her over his shoulder.

"I could help you with that", Garcia joked and then focused her attention on little Autumn.

The others laughed while Spencer got up from his seat to shake hands with Rossi and Hotch and to get hugged by JJ and Emily.

"We're so happy for you", JJ said, "but I don't envy the lack of sleep you both will be suffering from in a while"

"Oh, I guess we'll cope", Spencer smiled over to Morgan presenting Autumn to Rossi and Hotch, "I'll take a Daddy-leave, I think, for a couple of months to be there for her, and for Harper, too"

"If anything is up, you guys know that you can call us? And Hotch, too, we've been through the feeding and consoling and getting up in the middle of the night", she said, squeezing his arm.

"Thanks, JJ"

Spencer looked around and thought what a lucky occasion it was that made his whole team smile, made even Hotch appear happy, the gratefulness he felt was beyond words. They'd all been through a lot and through it all together, they were his family and it was nice to see them not afraid, not worried, not stressed out but jolly and brisk. And his family had the most wonderful new additions to it. Five months earlier he'd never even thought about this was even a possibility, that he'd end up loving Harper more than his own life, that they'd have this child and would actually be able to offer her a loving home, a Dad that was sticking around and was crazy about her mother. All that he never had. Home at last. Even if he first had to be come a father and husband-to-be to have a proper home, now, with Autumn there, he did.

He turned over to Harper and saw her laugh about Morgan, how he handled ever so awake and curious Autumn and seemed so at peace with everything it filled him with utter bliss. Captivated by her yet again, he bowed down, took her hand and kissed her.

Together they smiled over at their daughter, their little princess, their tiny, perfect, their very own miracle. Surrounded by all their friends, Autumn found her mothers glance, , "Can you believe it? We're a family now", she said under her breath and pulled Spencer closer.

They were and they would be. Spencer would ensure that.

Nothing could ever take them away from him.

The End of Part One "9 Months"

Sequel/Part Two (follows up in a couple of weeks)

(500) Days Of Autumn

Last Question: Tell me, all in all, how did you like it? How was living with it, did it itch your imagination? Could you see it happening? Has Harper grown on you? Any wishes what to write about in the sequel? Any topics, incidents you'd like our little family to live through? Tell me!