Thankful For Your Love-Ch 20

Epilogue- 5 Years Later

Another Thanksgiving had rolled around and this year everybody was gathering at Dave and Frans for a huge family dinner, the women were in the kitchen and dining room putting the finishing touches on the food and dinner tables while the men were all in the living room with the kids, Mudgie and Clooney".

Penelope walked to the door and smiled as she watched her husband who was talking with the men from the team and her brothers as they watched the kids playing. Hank was their first born child and he was the spitting image of Derek when he was little. Hank had his mommas laugh and love for adventure but the rest, the rest was all Derek.

When Hank was 2 1/2 years old Penelope found out that she was pregnant with their second child, their daughter Jamie Francine Morgan, she was her mommas mini me in every sense of the word. Penelope was now currently about 6 months pregnant with their third child and he or she was due around Valentines Day.

JJ and Reid had 2 sons the oldest Henry Reid who was 7 and Michael who was 4, JJ stood watching from the door as Reid walked back into the room with their daughter little 4 month old Sophia Grace Reid. She was a surprise and joy for her parents, the Reids couldn't imagine being any happier than they were now.

Hotch and Emily had 9 year old Jack Hotchner, 6 year old Zachary Thomas Hotchner and 2 year old Amelia, Jack and Zach both loved their sister and would help their mother with their baby sister. Amelia was so much like her mother that Hotch gave her the nickname little Emily.

Sarah and Desiree were still unmarried but both were dating, happily dating and Fran had an idea that by the next get together an announcement would be made about her daughters getting married. She loved her family so much and of course took great pleasure in spoiling all of her grandchildren rotten.

Payton and his wife were the proud parents of 5 year old twin daughters Paisley and Paige Garcia and a 3 year old son named Phillip, Penelope had often teased him about continuing with the P names. Paxton and his wife were the parents of 5 year old son Steven Garcia and 2 year old daughter Megan.

Patrick and his wife were the parents of 5 year old twin sons Todd and Tim and 3 year old daughter Sarah Elizabeth Garcia and Paul and his wife were the proud parents of a 5 year old daughter Olivia Grace and twin sons Robert and Richard Garcia. The family was filled with love, joy, happiness and enough grandchildren for Fran to spoil and spoil them all she did.

Fran walked to the living room and said, "alright dinner is on the table", everybody got up and made their way to the dining room, their were two tables set up, one for the adults and one for the children. As Penelope looked around the room she couldn't help but smile knowing that she was blessed with the most amazing family in the world.

Derek leaned over and kissed her on the cheek and said, "what's on that mind of yours baby girl"?, she sighed happily and said, "I'm just so glad that we're all together again handsome, that's all". Derek grinned as Penelope looked around the table and said, "I'm so thankful for everybody in this room, you are all an amazing group of people and I love you so much".

She sighed and said, "I want everybody to know that I am so thankful for your love and I want you all to know that us all being here together means the world to me". Dave raised his glass and said, "here, here" as everybody raised their glasses and said, "HAPPY THANKSGIVING".

The family then spent the next several hours, laughing, eating and talking as they enjoyed another wonderful holiday together as a family, one big, happy family.

THE END

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY, I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY