SSA Scottley - A collection - S.R.

In the dark

Episode: 12x17

Somehow, Lily Scottley always managed to call her in the worst moments possible. Several times when she was in the middle of something with Kevin, or when she was drunk alone, crying because she had no one, or whenever she was in the middle of a well-deserved and waited nap, or now, when she was actually smiling with Luke Alvez AND calling him by his first name.

"Hey, pup, how are you?" Penelope answered the phone with a cheerful voice hoping that would hint to Alvez that she didn't want to talk to him despite his efforts of comforting her with a little cat for her desk. When he kept smirking at her, she groaned and pulled the phone away from her ear, missing the desperate tone in which her best friend called out for her. "Shut up, Alvez, can't you see I'm busy now?" She scowled at the man who only laughed. "I'm sorry, Lily, it's just Agent tall-handsome-mysterious Alvez was testing my unlimited patience, as always."

Before Lily could say anything, she heard from her end of the phone, Luke's laughter.

"You think I'm tall, handsome and mysterious?" He asked teasingly.

"That was not what I said."

"But that's what you thought."

"Honestly, Lily, you must be a saint. How you manage to put up with him is beyond my also unlimited knowledge."

Despite herself, she smiled. It was good to hear the two of them so happy. But when she felt yet another contraction, she whimpered, causing both of them to perk their ears and stop smiling in a second.

"What's wrong?" Luke asked, as Penelope glanced at him and put her phone on speaker.

"Lily?" She called. "Lily, talk to me."

"Penelope?" She asked, breathing out as her stomach finally came back to its usual form. "I might be wrong... But I think I'm in labor."

"What?" Penelope gasped. "Oh, my God, Lily! Oh, my God!"

"No, no, no..." Lily shook her head, as she leaned against her couch. "I need you to stay calm for me, Penelope, because I'm freaking out enough for the both of us."

"Okay, calm, I'm.... I'm calm... Okay..."

Luke glanced at Penelope and then he knew she wasn't calm at all. He grabbed her shaky hand that was holding the phone up and brought it closer to his mouth.

"Lily, it's Luke."

"I know." She said. "I had a guess as to who 'Agent tall-handsome-mysterious Alvez' was."

He chuckled again. Even in the amount of pain, pressure and stress she was under, Lily managed to keep her spirit up. That was something he could never do, and, therefore, that was yet another trait of hers he admired profusely.

"Listen to me, Lily, you need to stay calm, okay? Garcia and I are heading to your house right now so we can take you to the hospital, is that okay?"

"Yeah." She gulped, breathing in again to try and calm down. "Yeah, it's great."

"Okay, do you have your bag ready?" He asked.

"Claire is doing it for me."

"Good, that's good." He encouraged, when the elevator's door opened. He pulled Penelope forward, slightly tugging in her hand, as she too, took deep breathes to calm down. Great... Now he would have two desperate women to look after. "Is there anything else we can do? Anything else you need?"

She cried out when she felt another incredible amount of pain in her lower abdominal region.

"Spence... I need Spence."