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Summary: Penelope has been sick and she's not herself, the team is worried. They are in for a shock when they find out what is actually bothering her.

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"Baby Girl, are you okay?" Morgan asked from where he was seated in the New York City Police Station.

Penelope was sitting with her head down.

She coached herself to put on a smile as she looked up.

"Yeah," she said continuing to type on her laptop "I'm fine."

Morgan didn't look convinced.

"Baby..."

"Derek I'm fine," Penelope said sternly cutting him off "it's just that stomach bug that's been bothering me."

He stood up and walked over. Placing his hands on her shoulders, he felt her tense. "Penelope," he said seriously "you've been sick for a while. Have you gone to the doctor's yet?"

"Yes I have," Penelope grunted "and he gave me some medication for it but it doesn't seem to be working. I'll have to go back when we get home."

Morgan sighed. He was worried for her, she'd been sick for the last few months; she tried to hide it but when working with profilers that was pretty much impossible.

"Maybe you should tell Hotch you're not up to working the case today," he suggested "I'm sure he could get one off the other techs to fill..."

Penelope spun around in her chair and glared at him "Don't you dare finish that sentence Derek Morgan," she growled "I am perfectly capable of finishing my work today, now if you don't mind I'd like to get back to it."

Morgan shook his head as she turned back around. Up close he had noticed that her forehead had been sweating and she looked pale, but there was no use pushing the subject, she was too stubborn to listen to him. He would just have to keep an eye on her.

He leaned down and gently kissed her forehead.

"Derek..." She began annoyed.

"I know, I know," Morgan stated "you're fine, don't worry I'm going."

"Thank you" Penelope said.

"But Princess," Morgan continued and Penelope looked wearily up at him "please tell me if you're feeling worse, I don't want anything happening to you.

Penelope sighed "Hot Stuff, stop worrying, I'll be fine."

Morgan watched her sadly as she looked back down at her screen.

Something other than her stomach ache was bothering Penelope and he was going to find out what.

...

A few hours later the rest of the team, who had been checking out the last crime scene, returned to the station.

They all looked weary, it was a bad one.

"What did you get from the scene?" Morgan asked.

"Not much," Emily's irritated voice answered.

Hotch shook his head as he made his way over to Penelope.

He leaned into her space and Morgan frowned as he watched her pull away just slightly.

"Garcia, can you pull up the surveillance of the parking lot where the last victim was abducted?"

"Yes Sir," Penelope answered shortly and the rest of the team seemed to notice.

However Hotch didn't say anything, he waited for the feed to come up and then watched it silently.

After a few minutes he straightened, his frown in place "I don't think we're going to get anything more tonight. Let's go to the hotel and rest up, we'll start fresh tomorrow.

The team nodded, none of them particularly liked the idea of heading in but they knew Hotch was right.

That was, all except for Penelope, she was happy to be going back to the hotel. In all honesty she'd been hoping this day would end as soon as it started.

She just wanted to get into bed and sleep, wishing she didn't have to get up again for the rest of the year.

They all started clearing up and heading to the exit. Penelope shut down her computer and stood.

A sharp pain shot through her lower abdomen as soon as she was upright and she almost doubled over, her hand flew to her stomach.

Morgan who had waited for her was by her side in seconds, and so was Hotch who had been speaking to the lead detective.

"Baby Girl," Morgan said anxiously as his hand landed on her arm "are you okay?"

Penelope took a deep breath and straightened "I'm fine," she said quietly.

"You're obviously not Pe..."

Penelope whipped her head around to look at him "I'm fine" she practically hissed, pulling her arm away from him.

She stood a little straighter and followed the rest of the team out the door, her pace just a bit slower than usual.

Morgan and Hotch exchanged concerned looks.

"Keep an eye on her," Hotch said.

"That was the plan," Morgan confirmed.

Hotch nodded, he said goodnight to the lead detective, and walked out of the station with Morgan.

Penelope had already gotten into the SUV with Emily, JJ and Rossi, leaving Morgan and Hotch to go in Reid's vehicle.

...

When they had reached the hotel Penelope headed straight to her room, Morgan hot on her heels.

She got into the elevator with JJ and Emily, then sighed when Morgan stepped in after them.

No one said anything; they were all stressed and looking forward to a good night's sleep.

Penelope kept her lips tightly sealed when the elevator stopped at the fourth floor and Morgan didn't get out. JJ whose room was also on the floor stepped out, "Night Guys," she said turning back to them, she gave Morgan and questioning look but he shook his head.

"Night JJ," Emily said.

"See you in the morning," Penelope added as the doors slid closed.

They went up one more floor and got off. Both Penelope and Morgan said good night to Emily before making their way to Penelope's door.

As soon as Penelope was sure that Emily was in her room she turned around and glared at Derek "Why are you following me?" she asked.

"I just wanted to make sure you were okay." Derek explained simply.

"I've told you more than once tonight that I'm fine," she growled at him.

"And yet your behavior had proven otherwise," Derek countered.

"I'm warning you Derek, if you don't leave me alone right now…." Penelope began poking him in the chest.

Derek caught her hand "What?" he asked "You're going to set a virus on my computer…I'll chance it Baby Girl. I want to know what's going on with you."

Penelope huffed and the shook her head "Honestly Hot Stuff, you have nothing to worry about. Yes, I'm feeling sick but I just want to get into my pajamas and go to sleep. If I'm still not feeling well in the morning, I promise to tell you, okay?"

Derek searched her face; he couldn't tell if she was telling the truth or not which was an oddity for him.

Maybe he had just let his concerns overcloud his judgment and she was actually fine other than the stomach bug, He hesitated for a moment but the nodded "Okay," he said.

Penelope gave him a small smile and slid her key card into the door, it buzzed her in.

Derek caught her arm softly before she walked in "You're sure you are going to be fine? I could stay…"

"You're sweet," Penelope said patting his arm "but I just need some sleep."

He nodded and let her walk inside, watching the closed door for a second before turning and heading down to his own floor.

…

Penelope closed the door to her room with a quiet thud before leaning against it and letting out a groan.

She just wanted this case to be over. She wanted to go back home.

She was sick to her stomach and hadn't been able to keep anything solid down for the past three days.

The team thought she had just caught a bug but Penelope knew better. She had found out eight weeks ago that she was pregnant... not only that but with twins.

When her doctor had first told her she hadn't believed him, she couldn't possibly believe him it was just unthinkable.

At first she thought she was sick because she had a cold and had tried to wait it out but when that didn't work she finally made herself go to the doctor. She had been putting it off due to her busy schedule and the fact that she hated going to the doctor's but Derek had finally convinced her to go when he saw her throwing up in the parking lot.

She had lasted twelve weeks, since some days were better than others. She could go the whole week without feeling sick and then end up being sick a few days later and start feeling horrible all over again.

She had put on a few pounds in those three months but nothing that would have concerned her other than the fact that she hadn't really eaten much, and not enough to be worried about it otherwise.

But then she had found out the news and everything had fallen into place. It had all made sense.

Penelope didn't know what she was going to do. She had never expected to be knocked up out of wedlock. She always assumed that she would have been happily married for a least a year before she and her spouse found out the wonderful news.

It was never supposed to be this way. Her single and afraid to tell the father after a one night stand he didn't even remember.

Penelope sighed and rubbed her hand over her eyes.

She really wanted to go home.

She took a few painful steps towards her bed, her stomach had been cramping all day which wasn't a surprise considering she was starving but unable to eat anything.

She sat down on her bed, her hand going to her stomach as she winced.

Penelope didn't know how to feel. She had always dreamed of having kids one day at the right time but this... she just didn't know how to deal with it. She had always imagined how excited she would be when she found out she was pregnant.

She really wanted kids and thought that she would be over the moon when she found out but since she had, she had barely been herself.

She tried to act like nothing was wrong but she was depressed and hated herself for it.

She wanted to be happy like she always dreamed she would be, but instead she was constantly wishing she could take it all back.

She had trouble feeling anything motherly towards the new life forms growing within her. All she felt was resentment which deep down she hoped would change one day.

Penelope had been sure that she would have had to come clean to the team by now since she was already twenty weeks but amazingly not one of them had a clue.

They knew something was bothering her.

But as far as Penelope knew, none of them had even considered the fact that she might be pregnant since she had actually lost weight in the last two months.

Her doctor told her that was normal for woman who were overweight. When they started eating on a healthier routine when they are pregnant, they tend to lose weight rather than gain it.

Penelope was thankful for that because even though she had already had two months to figure out how to tell them she still didn't know what to say.

Penelope felt the most painful cramp yet and made herself stand up.

"Ow ow ow ow..." she mumbled heading to her luggage, she winced as she bent but managed to pull her night gown out of her bag.

She changed out of her clothes and pulled it over her head, then headed back to her bed. She pulled down the covers and slid in, curling up into a ball.

She closed her eyes trying to clear her mind. She hoped that the pain would recede enough for her to fall asleep.