Erin smoothed the skirt of her dress as she looked over at Eleanor. Her wife was holding Giovanni Aaron Rossi, cooing to him softly as she rocked back and forth on her feet, a contented smile on her lips. Ever since his birth, they had been looking after him when Penelope needed to work long hours, and David was out in the field, and Erin had watched her wife grow in happiness with each moment. A small part of Erin knew that this is what she would have been like as a mother, and her heart ached for that lost experience.

"She's a natural with him, Erin."

She looked up into David's face and nodded. "I just wish we were both young enough to try having a family. I would do that for her in a heartbeat. But some things are never meant to be." Erin gave him a sad smile and stepped close to him as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "So, I suppose it will be up to you and Penelope to have at least one more child, so that she can have the honor of taking care of them, as well."

"I'm certain Penelope will love to hear that," he replied drolly before dropping a kiss to the top of her head. "If you and Eleanor want to take a seat in the sanctuary, I'm going to see if Aaron and the rest of the team have arrived."

"Of course." Stepping away from him, she went to her wife and rested her chin on her shoulder. "How is our little Gio?" she asked fondly, letting her arm snake around to tickle his stomach a little, watching him smile and wave his hands about.

"He was quieting down until you riled him up again, Erin! I swear," she began as she shook her head, "you are so incorrigible."

"But you love me anyway."

"With all my heart." Eleanor turned her head a little so that she could press a quick kiss to Erin's cheek. "Where's Penelope?"

"Right here! I just had to wash my hands," the woman in question said as she joined them. "I think Dave wants us to sit in the back pew, since I can take Gio out quicker if he gets fussy. Though since he's being held by Auntie Eleanor, I don't think that will be the case."

Eleanor blushed and shrugged a little as they made their way into the sanctuary. "I just spoil him a little too much, I guess."

"Don't be silly! You're perfect with him, and we couldn't ask for better godparents. Truly." Penelope smiled broadly at them both as she slid into the pew, and Eleanor followed after, Erin taking up the rear. She noticed that Penelope had left room on the other side of her for David, and she relaxed a little as she took a seat. Giovanni stirred a little before yawning widely and snuggling against Eleanor's chest as he closed his eyes. "And maybe he'll sleep through the whole service. That would be a blessing."

Erin nodded in agreement, only to start when she felt a large hand touch her shoulder. Looking back, she drew in a sharp breath to see Derek standing there, a hesitant smile on his lips. She smiled back, not really certain of how to react, seeing as how she hadn't really had any interaction with the rest of Alpha team since her return to the FBI. "It is really nice to see you, Ma'am. Baby Girl showed me pictures from your wedding, and you look truly happy. I, I'm really glad to see that."

Erin swallowed thickly as she nodded, scooting closer to Eleanor. "Thank you," she whispered as he took a seat, a pretty woman taking a seat next to him. "And who's this?"

"This is my wife, Savannah." They shook hands, and Erin let out a soft sound of happiness when she saw the others enter, each looking happy and pleased to be there and to see her there. Eleanor elbowed her knowingly, and she looked at her wife, giving her a sheepish smile.

"See? There was nothing to be nervous about." Eleanor kissed her cheek softly. "Now, when this is over, you're going to have to introduce me to everyone else. I want to put faces to the names you've told me about." She nodded and scooted even closer to Eleanor, leeching some of her body heat.

The service went surprisingly quickly, and once it was over, they all made their way to the front. Eleanor reluctantly gave a still sleeping Giovanni over to Penelope before stepping back into the comfort of Erin's embrace. "He's kinda hard to let go of, isn't he?" she murmured in her wife's ear, and Eleanor nodded before resting her head on Erin's shoulder.

"I'm trying not to get too attached, but I think he's wrapped me around his little finger."

"Babies are good at that," JJ said as she gave them a small smile. "I'm JJ, and this is my husband, Will. You must be Eleanor Strauss."

"Prince, actually. We decided to keep my name." Eleanor reached out and shook JJ's hand firmly before looking towards Erin. "We're both a bit stubborn, but this is one thing we agreed on."

It looked like JJ was going to say something more when the priest came up to them, starting the christening ceremony. Where appropriate, she and Eleanor answered his questions, and then Giovanni was getting sprinkled with water, which barely woke him up. "He already takes after Papa," Penelope quipped, and Erin giggled as she nodded.

After the christening was complete, they all milled around the front of the sanctuary, talking quietly. And then, David looked at her, giving her a knowing smirk. "All right, guys, we need to head out to Firenze for our reservation. There will be plenty of time to play pass the baby once we get there." Slinging his arm around Penelope's waist, he guided her out of the church, and Erin and Eleanor quickly followed in their wake.

The sun shone brightly down on them, and Erin let out a pleased sigh as she grabbed hold of her wife's hand and walked over to their car. "This has been a wonderful day so far, hasn't it."

"Yes, darling." Erin got in the passenger seat of the car, watching Eleanor closely as she drove to the restaurant. "Your former coworkers are so nice. I think that I'd like to get to know Derek a little better."

"Why does that not surprise me?" Erin yawned a little and stretched in her seat before looking at her wife once more. "I told you that he was the one who took me to rehab, right?"

"I don't think that I heard that story, no. Would you care to tell me?"

She nodded and reached across the car to touch Eleanor's arm, needing to feel her, to connect with her, before she launched into this particular story. "So, I had been through rehab once before, letting Aaron do both my job and his while I tried to get control of that demon. It didn't work, in fact, it just seemed to exacerbate the issue. So, it came as no surprise that Derek would be the one to figure out that there was something seriously wrong, since I held me under intense scrutiny. There was a case in Florida, I had to go, and it cut a little too close to home. He must have told Aaron what was happening, since when we returned home, I was told that I was being taken to rehab."

"And how did you handle that?"

"Not gracefully, that's for certain. I slapped Derek. It was one of the deepest betrayals, I thought at that time. It was only when I came out on the other side that I saw it for the gift it was. He saved me, and thank you is never going to be enough to say to him." She drew in a shaky breath. "So, I guess now you know."

"I guess I do. And I'm glad to know it. Because it helps me to know another facet of you. I love that you're still allowing yourself to be tender with me, and I can only hope that this lasts for the rest of our lives. Because your tenderness allowed this love to grow between us, and I was able to find love again. And I can't wait to share this for the rest of our lives." Erin nodded as she blinked back tears, her heart overflowing with a deep and abiding tenderness for her wife, a tenderness that she knew would last for the ages.