A/N: Before anyone gets excited to see me publishing a story once more let me say this: I found this on my laptop while looking for something. Apparently I wrote this story three years ago, and can't even remember it! Well, after reading it, it kinda came back to me in pieces... I figured I could either let it vanish in nirvana that is known as my hard drive ... or publish it. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Somehow Penelope had expected for this Friday to go different. For one, she didn't think being cornered by her best friends the moment she would get into work was part of this Friday. Both her friends looked at her expectantly and with a gleam of mischievousness.

"We need to ask you for a favor," Emily was finally saying after both her friends pretty much starred at Penelope for a few moments.

"O-kay," Penelope said warily, having already this weird feeling she wouldn't like whatever would come next.

"We need you to ask Morgan to do something," JJ explained further without really explaining anything.

"And you can't ask him yourself why exactly?" Penelope asked curiously.

"We think our chances of him agreeing are laying better with you asking him," Emily just grinned and a moment later she was flanked with Emily on her left and JJ on her right, both more or less pulling her towards her office.

"What exactly is it that you need me to ask him to do for you?" Penelope asked curious, assuming she would need to ask, otherwise JJ or Emily wouldn't elaborate for another while.

"We tell you at lunch," Emily said, and a moment later both her friends were gone again. Odd, very odd.

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"Why me?" Penelope asked, looking at JJ and Emily when they had decided to tell her what they needed from her over lunch.

"Because…. Well, let's think about this for a moment, shall me? You are his best friend, he would probably do everything for his Baby Girl and you have kinda this… way with him that means you get what you want. If JJ or me ask him, he would probably laugh, look funny at us and then walk away…" Emily clarified.

"Also, Morgan is the kind of guy who pretty much looks for excuses to get naked and show his body and the fruit of his never-ending work outs," JJ chimed in and Penelope saw Emily nod.

"But…." Penelope started to protest.

"And it is for charity. Well, kind of – so it is not that bad," Emily was quick in adding.

"You are asking me to ask Morgan to strip down for a calendar. I mean… that is kinda – well – cheap doesn't even cover it quite yet," Penelope protested and saw both JJ and Emily look at her.

"Well, he doesn't have to get naked naked. Just… well, shirtless. And he is in great company. A few of the guys from the Fire Department do this since a few years and … well, it isn't cheap. And it is for a good cause."

"Why… why do you even need me to ask him?" Penelope asked, taking a bit of her pasta.

There was silence for a moment, with Emily looking at everywhere except Penelope and JJ just grinning to herself.

"Why?" Penelope asked once more, this time suspicious.

When there was still silence, JJ decided after a few minutes to break it and fill Penelope in.

"Emily met this guy, who she felt the need to impress. He was a fire fighter, voluntarily, and mentioned their annual calendar shot. Personally I think he tried to impress her more than she tried to impress him. But anyway… Emily decided she could collect brownie points or whatever by getting Morgan to agree…"

"So… in order for you to get laid I need to ask my best friend to strip down for a calendar he surely will not do to begin with," Penelope summarized and JJ was still grinning.

"Just ask him, okay?" Emily almost pleaded and as if on cue the man himself stood in front of them a moment later.

"Ask who what?" Morgan asked, grinning at the three women before sitting down next to Penelope.

"Um… well…" Penelope started, wrinkling her nose a few times. She really didn't like this. Emily and JJ on the other hand seemed more than happy right now. Of course they would, they didn't need to get him to agree to do some ridiculous photo shot for a calendar. Okay, it was for charity, at least that's what Emily said, but that didn't make things easier.

"We… have to be somewhere," Emily all of a sudden said, nudging JJ, who looked confused for a moment.

"We do?" the blonde asked and Penelope saw Emily nod convincingly, before pushing her friend to get up. A moment later they left and Penelope was all by herself with Morgan.

"That was odd, to say the least," he commented before digging into his lunch.

Penelope let out a sigh, knowing this would probably haunt her forever.

"Morgan, I need to ask you a favor and I need you to know before I do it, that this is not my idea and I quite honestly do not want to ask you, but Emily will probably not stop until I asked you and quite possibly only if I actually got you to agree…"

"Okay," she heard Morgan say, looking at her worried for a moment.

"Apparently Emily met some guy she wanted to impress. He is some fire fight or stuff like that and they have this calendar every year and are a guy short. For whatever reason she decided she knew the perfect replacement, thinking about you, and now needs me to make you agree to this so she can get laid or whatever. So… will you do it? Please? Just agree and get her off my back and … well, finish this whole conversation and never mention it again…"

Morgan didn't say anything and Penelope had spent the past few moment looking everywhere else than at her best friend. But when he was so quiet Penelope needed to look up, not sure what he was doing. Apparently he smiled at her – for whatever reason that was.

"Is your smiling a yes, or… some… thinking about it that might turn into a yes eventually?" Penelope asked hopeful and saw him smile even more.

"You just made my day," Morgan just said and Penelope was confused at that.

"By asking you to pose for a calendar semi-naked which apparently is supposed to be for charity – about which I kinda have my doubts, but that might be just me? I mean… that made your day?" Penelope asked confused and saw him smile at her.

"Well, no, not that, but the fact that you need me to do that. Cause as it happens, I need a favor as well. And I wasn't entirely sure how to go about it, but since you need my help and I need your help, I think we can make a deal…"

"What is your favor?" Penelope asked, getting suspicious again. There weren't many things that they had problems talking about with each other, or asking the other one for help. So when her best friend wasn't quite sure how to ask her something… that usually was a not so good sign.

"Um… Justin's bachelor party…I need a date."

"I like Justin. He is a great guy, didn't know he gets married. Good for him," Penelope smiled. "But I am not entirely sure why you thought I would have a problem with it…" Penelope said, still a bit confused. She knew there was more to it.

"Well, the party is planned by Chris," Morgan said and for a moment Penelope wasn't sure what that was supposed to mean. Until she remembered Chris. Penelope knew most of Morgan's friends. She didn't know them extremely well, but had seen them occasionally when she went out with Morgan and them. Justin was the sweet, nice guy who sometimes seemed a bit of an odd fit for Morgan's friends. From all of her best friend's friends, Justin was the quietest, if not to say shy. The first time he met Penelope, she still remembered him blushing when she made the 'mistake' of talking to him the same way she talks to Morgan – flirting and names included.

Chris on the other hand was – the exact opposite to Justin. He was a ladies man through and through and even worse than Morgan when it came to frequency of changing the companions. He had a self-confidence that sometimes annoyed Penelope slightly and he assumed every girl naturally loved him and wanted him. He was flashy – to say the least. She only had been to one of his parties so far, but that one time already was more than enough to last her an entire life time. She could hardly imagine how a bachelor party would look like when it was organized by him.

"You want me to accompany you to a bachelor party?" Penelope asked slightly confused still. "Isn't it usually that this is only guys and strippers and a lot of alcohol?"

At her question Morgan grinned for a moment.

"What I've been told this is somehow different. I am not entirely sure how different, but apparently except for the groom to be, everyone brings a date…"

"He probably gets the stripper," Penelope mused out loud and saw Morgan grin at her.

"So does that mean you'll do it and be my date?" Morgan asked, taking another bite from his lunch.

"I… I am not entirely sure in all fairness…"

At that Morgan looked up from his plate. "Are you for real?" he asked, grinning and a moment later went on. "You want me to strip down for a calendar Emily makes you to get me to agree to and in return don't even want to go with me to that party? I mean… I make this really easy for you. I could also ask a lot more here…"

"We both know that this isn't just your usual bachelor party. I mean, c'mon it is organized by Chris, so you can expect mayhem," Penelope smiled, stealing a fork of Derek's lunch. "Also… we both know that you have no problem striping down so hundreds of women can faint over you. I mean, isn't that the main reason you frequent the gym so often," she smiled, stealing another fork of lunch. "As well, this is for charity…"

"Charity? Didn't you just say a few mere moments ago that you yourself do not quite buy into this being for charity?" Morgan asked amused and Penelope had to admit he was right.

"Okay," she finally said. "I come with you. I mean… that way I get Emily of my back, have you do a good deed and well… who knows, I actually might end up having a good time. Just because the few parties I had been to where Chris was the …um … main organizer ended up being rather crazy and wild, does not mean this bachelor party will be the same, right?" she asked, seeing Morgan grin.

Just a few days later she'd find out how quite wrong she would be.