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A/N: This is an epilogue of sorts... whatever, it is the end! =(
I didn't want to drag this out anymore, I wanted it to remain intact... so I hope you like! =D
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JJ surveyed her friend and smirked before walking into the kitchen. Penelope watched her disappear and looked at Emily who was staring at the TV but her mind was elsewhere. Penelope cocked an eyebrow and looked at her friend again before looking back towards her kitchen and then looking back at TV.
"What's going on?" Penelope asked just as Derek and the men came back in. Penelope moved forward to stand but Emily pulled her back. "What the hell EP?"
"JJ's got a theory PG." Emily responded with the same tone of voice.
"Oh a theory on what?" Penelope asked peeved, she hated all the secrecy that had filled the room. "I swear to keys on my laptop and back if you don't let me go..."
"Just hang on..." Emily trailed off and smiled at Pen, making the aura even more confused than it was before.
Just at that moment, Annabelle cried out for Penelope and finally Emily let her go. They knew the now two year old would only be soothed by her mom and not her dad at this time of night. Derek watched as his wife headed up the stairs of their house tiredly and turned to see JJ walk back in and look at the empty seat next to Emily.
"I thought I said keep her here." JJ said and went back into the kitchen and came back out to see the men staring intently, waiting for more. "Morgan, I think your wife's pregnant." JJ said and Derek near enough punched the air.
"How do you know?" He stopped himself and looked at her, wanting to hear her thoughts on why the hell she thought Penelope Morgan was well and truly baby making.
"She's worn out and she's hardly done a thing and slept through most of this break from work. She's hormonal; her mood swings are all over the place. Take Thursday at work for example, she had a fight with a printer because it smudged a word. Derek, a three letter word got a whole lot of punishment."
Derek couldn't help but laugh at that, that sounded like Penelope. Even in a mood her temper tantrums, much like her daughters were crazy and perfectly suited. Standing there he had noticed how off the handle she'd been, how snappy she'd become.
"Her boobs are slightly bigger but she's not gained any weight anywhere else and she frequently visits the toilet. I had all those when I was pregnant with Henry and Will picked up straight away."
"Gimme that test." Was all Derek said and JJ looked at him. "I saw you slip a pink and blue box into your bag; I wanna go make her take one." Derek told her with an almost excited sound to his voice.
JJ smirked at Emily, winked as she turned to get the test and came back, a serious face back on. She handed the box over and Derek took it and ran for the stairs. "Guess we better sit pretty for a while." JJ said falling back into her spot on the couch.
Derek took the stairs in his usual manner, two at a time, and heard Penelope. He stilled on the landing and listened.
"Gonna get some more sleep baby?" She soothed and Derek saw her walking slowly. "Mamma needs you to sleep." He watched his gorgeous little girl settle down in Penelope's arms, only tiny noises coming from her.
"Mamma sleepy." Annabelle said in her adorable tone of voice as she grabbed the material of Penelope's top. "Belle sleepy."
"Mamma's going to bed once her baby's asleep." Penelope told her back and continued to pace with her, not knowing exactly what had woken her up, but soon she was calmed into a slumber again.
Penelope gently laid her daughter down, brushing her fingers to her cheek before pushing some of her hair back. She pulled the little blanket up and tucked her in before leaving the room to come face to face with Derek. "Hey Handsome." She said and smiled at him. "What's up?"
"Need the toilet?"
"Yes and no, why?" She asked him completely suspect of his behaviour.
"This." He replied as he brought the box out and passed it over and Penelope took it and looked down before looking up at him. "JJ put all the signs together."
"I can't be pregnant." Penelope replied shakily at the revelation, the idea of a being pregnant hadn't entered her mind at all.
"Why the hell not? Belle's coming up 25 months, it's time we expanded this Morgan family. We've done enough practicing." He told her teasingly and Penelope had to admit they did, she wanted a younger sibling for Annabelle, it only seemed fair. She wanted more kids than she could count on her fingers and toes, but she'd settle for 3 or 4 at least.
Penelope didn't argue, she went into the bathroom on her own accord and did the test; she then crawled onto the bed and hugged a pillow anxiously as the white stick sat on the bedside table waiting.
"If you're not pregnant we need to get to the doctor's anyway, find out what's wrong with you." Penelope nodded at Derek's request; she knew that in her marriage to Derek she had to allow him to override her hard headedness from time to time. Matters with her health, or his, were one of those times.
From the moment they shared 'I do' they made more commitments than the religious vows they spoke. Their real vows were unspoken but well known. They were innate instincts, they were humanly organised and they were mentally charged to one another. It didn't matter how or why, but Penelope and Derek's connection to one another just ignited to a higher level the day they got married and became a proper family.
Derek looked at his watch and looked at Penelope, he tipped his head towards the white stick and Penelope looked at it from the corner of her eye but didn't take a direct glance.
"You look." She said and without worry or hesitance he leant over and grabbed it. Penelope observed his features; he kept it all well hidden. "Well..." She prompted him.
Derek's eyes flashed up and she saw the watering of them. She leant in, throwing the pillow aside and wiped his tear away before she looked down.
Two pink lines.
Penelope let out a happy sob as she looked up and wrapped her arms around Derek's neck. "We're pregnant."
"Yeah we are Baby Girl!" Derek said capturing her right back. "We really are."
Derek was more than a little happy, he was ecstatic because this time he could experience the pregnancy with Penelope. He could, hopefully, see her grow; see her develop as their baby grew. He could see everything they'd missed with Annabelle, and he could tell from the death grip Penelope currently had on him at that moment she felt the same.
"I love to surprise you." Penelope whispered into his ear and he felt the wetness of a tear hit his skin. "I did it with Annabelle and I promise to do it with this too."
"Sure you wanna promise that?"
"Oh yeah, I love to surprise, Hot Stuff." She pulled away and found herself wanting kisses, she wanted to take Derek now but she had to restrain. "We better go down and tell them that the God and Goddess of this here household have made another Cherub." Penelope told him her eyes glistening with tears of joy.
Derek pulled her up off the bed and took her down stairs. He had news to share, he had a woman that was the apple of his eye and he had a daughter that he's life revolved around and now his happiness was growing to extreme amounts. Now their family deserved to know it all.
The surprises continued come.
Penelope loved to surprise Derek as she'd told him and she proved her promise right.
Especially when they found out they were expecting twins.
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A/N: The End!
I wasn't going to end this here, but it seemed fitting! Ending it on a high, sort of and a HEA!
I want to thank EVERYONE that reviewed and read, your love of this made this story even better! =D You guys rock!
I might disappear for a day or two, back to back birthday's makes for a VERY messy Saturday night out! So instead of writing I'll be partying! =P