Summary – Derek finds out Penelope has a boyfriend. No one is more surprised by his reaction to this than he is.
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Chapter 1
"Garcia has a boyfriend?" Derek's chocolate brown eyes were intense as he stared at Emily and J.J.
Emily rolled her eyes. "Where have you been Morgan? And you're a profiler?"
J.J. tried to keep from smiling as she saw the flicker of fire in Derek's eyes. Why was he so passionate about whether or not Penelope had a boyfriend? "She's been seeing him since just after she was shot, Derek."
"That long? She never mentioned it to me." Why wouldn't she have told him she had a man? They were tight, right?
J.J. smirked slightly. "Well the last time she told you about a guy, you told her that if something seems too good to be true, maybe it is or something along those lines."
Derek's glare became darker. "And I was right. That son of a bitch shot her, remember?"
Emily held up her hands. "What J.J. is trying to say is that a woman doesn't want to have their past mistakes thrown back at them. And Penelope probably figured you'd find some way to compare her relationship with Kevin to what happened with Battle and she didn't want to hear it."
"I wouldn't have done that." The fire drained out of his eyes as he realized that his baby girl might have avoided telling him about her relationship out of fear he wouldn't support her. "I want her to be happy." And he did, he told himself. So why was there a knot in the pit of his stomach?