From Now Until Forever
Chapter 1
From the moment Derek met Penelope he knew that she was the one that he could see himself spending the rest of his life with, Derek got to know Penelope and she became his best friend, she became his god given solace but most of all she was his Baby Girl.
Derek and Penelope would flirt with each other in the office and over the phone while Derek was away on cases, they also began to enjoy hanging out with the team having a few drinks at a bar after a hard case they also enjoyed each other's company while sitting at either one of their apartments watching movies while snuggled up together on the couch, Derek with his arm wrapped around Penelope's shoulder as Penelope lay her head on his shoulder.
It has been a long week the team have been away working a on a big case where the unsub tortured and killed his victims every 36 hours, but finally Penelope was able to track down the sicko who was about to begin torturing his next victim when Derek kicked down the door to where he was hiding out and the team stormed the hide out only for them to be confronted with the unsub holding a knife to the victims throat, Derek took a shot at the unsub and managed to hit him in the shoulder the unsub dropped the knife and grabbed his shoulder while Reid and Rossi grabbed the victim while Derek and Hotch arrested the unsub.
Finally the team arrived home late Friday night and Penelope was there to greet them when they arrived and after all the paper work was completed the team left the office and went home and being that it is the weekend Derek knew that he and Penelope would spend the weekend together watching movies, Derek loved their movies nights and weekends because he loved being so close to her and he loved being close to her because he had come to terms with the fact that he has fallen in love with his best friend.
After a good night sleep Derek go up and showered before he was to make his way over to Penelope's apartment but he was going to stop off at the store and get all of Penelope's favorite snacks, Popcorn, Raspberry Twizzlers, Chocolate as well as Chips and Soda, Derek gave Clooney a pat on the head as he grabbed his wallet and keys and leaves his apartment he gets into his SUV and heads for the store.
Derek grabbed all of Penelope's favorite things and headed for the cashier counter he placed the items on the counter and while he grabbed his wallet from his back pocket he noticed the woman standing behind the counter staring at him with a smile on her face but he just ignored her glances and just smiled at her as she began to ring up the items once each item was bagged he paid for his purchase and left the store, Derek got back into his SUV and drove to Penelope's apartment.
Penelope had just gotten out of the shower and was getting dressed when she heard her apartment door open and then she heard Derek call out "Hey Baby Girl, I am here" Penelope called out and said "Ok Handsome I will be out in a minute", Derek smiles as he headed into the kitchen and put the groceries that he had bought on the counter and turned the coffee machine on and before getting out to coffee mugs, Penelope came out of the bathroom and made her way to the kitchen when she saw Derek there she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist and lay her head between his shoulder blades and said "Good Morning Handsome."
Derek placed his hand on her arm and turned in her arms so that he was facing her leaning forward he placed his lips on her forehead and kissed her before he said "Good Morning Baby Girl, are you ready for a movie marathon" Penelope smiled and nodded her head and let go of Derek and headed out of the kitchen and into the living room where she began searching her movie collection for the first movie to watch and she pulled out a few movies that had a little action, a little comedy as well as a little romance.
Penelope lay Big Trouble in Little China, Beloved Rogue and Stakeout on her coffee table and took a seat on the couch and waited for Derek to come and sit down with her, finally Derek appeared at the kitchen door way with a tray in his hands and on that tray was two cups of coffee and two brown paper bags that contained their breakfast Derek placed the tray on the coffee table and handed Penelope her cup of coffee before he picked up one of the paper bags and took a peek inside but that was not the right bag so he picked up the other one and handed it to Penelope, Derek then picked up his cup of coffee and his paper bag and sat back as he watched Penelope eating her breakfast and he couldn't help but smile.
After Derek and Penelope finished eating Penelope picked up the three movies and said to Derek "Handsome which movie would you like to watch first" Derek took the movies from Penelope and looked at them and picked Stakeout and handed it to Pen as he said "lets watch this one first Baby Girl" Penelope got up and walked over to the DVD player and put the movie in and then grabbed the remote and went and sat back down next to Derek, Derek took the remote from Penelope and started the movie as he put his arm around Penelope's shoulder and pulled her closer to him, Penelope's heart began to race at the feel of his arm wrapped around her she had come to terms that she loved her best friend but never acted on it because she didn't think that he reciprocated her feelings of love but little did Penelope know that Derek was completely and utterly in love with her and had been since the day they met.
Half way through the movie Derek looked down at where Penelope's head lay on his chest and noticed that she wasn't watching the movie but she was staring at a photo of the two of them so he grabbed the remote and paused the movie and looked back down at her he bought his free hand up and placed it under her chin so that he could turn her face so that she would look at him when Derek tried to look Penelope in the eye she looked away in a different direction but Derek said "Baby Girl look at me please" but still Penelope couldn't look him in the eye so Derek shifted his position on the couch, he turned and sat up so that he was looking at her.
Derek cupped her cheeks in his hands and turned her face towards him he moved his head so that he could catch her eyes with his, finally Penelope looked at him but she could feel the tears threatening to fall Derek could tell that something was playing on her mind but he wasn't quite sure what it was so he said "Baby Girl what's wrong" Penelope chocked back a sob and said "nothing is wrong Handsome" Derek looked at her with raised eyebrows and said "Baby Girl I know there is something wrong because you won't look at me and I noticed that you weren't watching the movie but you were staring at the photo of us so don't bull shit me and tell me what is wrong."
Penelope let out a loud sigh and said "I hate profilers you know, but if you really must know there is something that has been weighing heavily on my mind for a while now but I don't know how to tell you what it is" Derek caressed the side of her face as he looked at her and before he said "Baby Girl you can tell me absolutely anything, tell me what is going on in that beautiful head of yours" Penelope gave a half smile and said "are you sure that I can tell you anything" Derek smiles and nods as he says "yes Baby you can tell me anything no matter how big or how small it is you can tell me" Penelope took a deep breath but instead of saying what she wanted too, it came out all mumbled together.
Derek looked at Penelope with a confused expression on his face and said "what was that Baby Girl" so Penelope said in a rushed tone "I am in love with you Derek Morgan" Derek couldn't believe what he was hearing and a smile graced his lips as he moved closer to Penelope but she pulled out of his hold and got up but Derek was not finished with the conversation so he grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her back to him and she landed in his lap Derek leaned forward and crashed his lips to hers, Penelope sat there stunned but after a few seconds of feeling his lips on hers she began to kiss him back.
Penelope broke the kiss and smiled as she looked into Derek's love filled brown eyes she waited to see what Derek was going to do next, Derek wrapped his arms around her waist and said "I am in love with you too Penelope Garcia and I have been since the moment I met you but I didn't think you felt the same way so I never built up the courage to tell you until now and now that you know I love you I don't want to waste any more time, Baby Girl please come and stay with me tonight and let me show you how much you mean to me" Penelope smiled and said "Derek I have been in love with you since the moment we met also, but I never thought that you felt the same way about me, I mean I am not exactly your normal thin leggy brunette type that you go for" Derek leant forward and buried his face in her hair and whispered in her ear "Baby Girl I only chose those woman because I thought that you just wanted to be best friends and I didn't want to choose anyone that looked like you because you my beautiful Baby Girl are the only blonde I will ever need."
Penelope looked at Derek and said "Derek I am not beautiful you are just saying that" Derek sighed as he bent down and captured her lips with his again he traced his tongue over her bottom lip until she parted her lips and gave him access, now their tongues battled together while their hands roamed over each other's bodies Derek broke the kiss this time and said "Baby you are beautiful on the inside and out, you are the most caring, sweet, lovable, person I have ever met, Baby Girl will you please allow me to show you just how beautiful you are" Penelope sat their silent for a minute before she said "Ok Handsome I will stay with you tonight" Derek smiled and held Penelope in his lap, Penelope snuggled down and got comfortable and lay her head back on his chest as Derek picked up the remote and pressed play to re-start the movie.