Characters: Penelope Garcia/Derek Morgan
Disclaimer: Not my characters.
Word count: 100
A/N: Written for torch for Yuletide 2007.
I am not a pretty girl
I don't want to be a pretty girl
No, I want to be more than a pretty girl
(Ani DiFranco, "Not a Pretty Girl")
Penelope has never been the prettiest or the most popular girl. She was always the smartest, the most sarcastic; but that never helped. And though she hated the cheerleaders with their perfect figures and perfect smiles and perfect hair, she envied them all the same.
So she doesn't take Morgan's flirtation seriously, because she's not a pretty girl and she thinks he sees her as one of the guys, a good friend and nothing more. Because Derek Morgan is a good-looking guy and in Penelope's experience, good-looking guys go for pretty girls.
The kiss, then, is a very pleasant surprise.