From Now Until Forever

Epilogue

10 Years Later

Penelope and Derek have been married for 9 years now they got married just after the quads first birthday and she couldn't be happier but now as Penelope watched out the kitchen window as Zachary, Zavier, Madison and Mia were chasing Clooney around the backyard she couldn't believe that when she had given birth to them this time 10 years ago they were so tiny that they had to spend 2 months in the NICU until were big enough to finally come home but to see them now growing quickly and today was their 10th birthday, she was bought out of her reverie by the sound of her 2 year old twin boys calling for her over the baby monitor she was about to head upstairs to get them up from their nap but Fran said "I will go Penelope" Penelope smiled and said "thanks Mamma" Fran chuckled and said "you are welcome Sweetie" and with that she headed upstairs once upstairs she entered the twins Carter and Cayden's room.

When Carter and Cayden saw their grandma they began jumping up and down in their cribs as they squealed with happiness as she approached their cribs she Carter up and laid him on the change table so that she could change his diaper, and change his outfit for his older brothers and sisters birthday party once Carter had been changed she set him on the floor and said "stay here Carter" she then picked up Cayden and laid him down in the change table and began to change his diaper and clothes and soon enough she was done she set Cayden on the floor and put her hands out for the little boys to take and lead them out of their room and towards the stairs she held their hands firmly as she helped them to descend the stairs.

Penelope could hear hear her cheeky twins giggling as they jumped of the last step their ran to the kitchen and when they saw their Mama they wrapped their arms around her legs, Penelope bent down and hugged the little boys and said "did you two have a good nap" both boys nodded their heads and said "yet Mama" Carter then said "do pway Mama" Penelope laughed and said "come on I will take you out to Dada and Papa so you can play with your brother and sisters" both boys screamed "yayyyyyy" Penelope stood up and took their hands and headed out the backdoor and on to the back deck where Derek and Rossi were sitting while watching the quads, when Carter and Cayden saw their Dada they pulled their hands out of the Mama's and ran towards their Dada and Papa.

Just then Penelope heard the doorbell and made her way into the house so see who it was as she entered the dining room she saw JJ, Spence, Henry, Anabell and Skylar walking towards her she smiled as she greeted her friend with a hug carefully as not to squish 3 month old Skylar, she then hugged Spence before reaching out to hug her 13 years godson Henry she felt someone wrap their arms around her and she looked down to see 7 year old Anabell hugging her Penelope scooped the little girl up into her arms and hugged her until Anabell said "Auntie P me can't breath" Penelope said "sorry Ana" JJ said "so where are the birthday kids" Penelope said "they are outside along with Carter, Cayden, Derek and Rossi" they were just about to head out the back when the doorbell rang again Fran answered the door and was greeted by Hotch, Emily, Jack and the twins Hannah and Sarah they entered the house and Penelope greeted everyone she hugged Em and Hotch she then tried to get her arms around 15 year old Jack but he wasn't much of a hugger these days so she turned her attention to 5 year old twins Hannah and Sarah.

Everyone was now outside Jack and Henry were playing football with Zachary and Zavier while Madison, Mia, Anabell, Hannah and Sarah were playing in the cubby house that derek had build for their 3rd birthday, Carter and Cayden were playing in the sand box with Clooney on guard duty, all the adults were sitting on the deck and even though there was plenty of seating Fran decided that she was going to sit in her husbands lap Penelope looked over at the couple and said "you two act like newlyweds even after 8 years" Fran poked her tongue out at Penelope as Rossi said "don't you talk Kitten you and Derek are exactly the same and you have been married longer than us" Penelope laughed and said "so very true and I wouldn't change a thing we have six beautiful children that we love to death."

Derek decided that it was time to get some food happening and said "Baby Girl could you get the stuff ready for the grill please" Penelope said "sure Hot Stuff, if you go start the grill I will bring out to you in a few minutes" she stood up out of her chair then bent down and gave him a kiss on the lips before heading inside to get the stuff for the grill their were mini hamburger patties, chicken skewers, sausages and steak she put it all on a tray and carried out and over to the grill with some oil and tongs all the guys gathered around the grill each of them now with a beer in hand while the girls were all seated at the table talking quietly until Skylar woke up and began to cry JJ said "she is due for a feed now" and began to rummage through the diaper bag to find her bottle and when she found it she handed it to Penelope and said "could you heat this for about 20 seconds please" Penelope took the bottle and headed inside and placed the bottle in the microwave for 20 seconds.

Penelope returned to the deck with Skylar's bottle in hand she went to hand JJ the bottle but Jj said "would you like to feed your niece" Penelope smiled and said "yes please" JJ handed over the squirmy baby and Penelope sat down and as soon as Skylar saw the bottle she stopped squirming as Penelope bought the bottle to her lips she opened her mouth and immediately began to suckle, half way through Penelope removed the bottle from the babies mouth and bought her up on to her shoulder and began to rub and pat the baby on the back to help expel any air bubbles and sure enough Skylar burped but thankfully didn't spit on her aunts shoulder Penelope cradled her back in her arms and gave her back the bottle and again she began to suckle quickly until it was finished.

Derek announced that the meat was just about ready so Fran went inside and began getting out the salads that she and Penelope had prepared earlier and began brining them out to the table while JJ went down and gathered all the kids so that they could go in and wash up so that they were all ready to sit down to eat Emily went in and grabbed Carter and Cayden's highchairs and bought them out onto the deck, next minute there is a hoard of children coming up the deck stairs and into the house once they were done they came and sat at the table Derek, Hotch, Spence and Rossi bought the plates of meat over and placed them on the table, Derek went to the fridge and grabbed a few more beers before taking his seat next to his Baby Girl.

After lunch was done Fran and Penelope cleared the table and when they returned they were each carrying small birthday cakes the icing was the color that each had when they were little when the cakes were placed in front of each child Penelope said "it is hard to believe that 10 years ago you were all so tiny when you were born but you have grown to be 4 amazing people and your Dada and I want you to know that we love you all very much and we are so proud of who you all have become, each of you are special in your own way" the 4 of them got and ran over to their parents and said in unison "we love you too Mama and Dada" if someone had a camera it would have been a beautiful photo.

Everyone sang Happy Birthday to the quads before enjoying cake Penelope sat back and reflected on what her life would have been like if she hadn't come clean to Derek all those years she definitely knew that she would be as happy as she is now with her husband and children and her friends, Derek looked over at Penelope and he could tell that she was in deep thought he could only guess that she was thinking of how different their lives could have been if they hadn't confessed their love to each other they were going to be together from now until forever.