Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, don't own Criminal Minds.

Ok, I know I should be working on 'The Next Victim', but I've been kind of busy and when I went back to it I got kind of stuck half way through and then this popped up.

Hope you like it!!

"No!"

"But Penelope, it's for your own good."

"My own good! How is moving to Texas for my own good?" Penelope asked angrily

Kevin had been trying to convince her to move for over a week now. At first it had just been a suggestion, but tonight over dinner he had almost demanded she move to Texas with him. She had said no every time it came up and he usually dropped it, but not tonight, instead they were standing in her front room yelling and she was about ready to kick him out.

"You're too stressed and every time you say you're going on vacation something always comes up." Kevin said

"I can't just leave whenever I want. I have a responsibility to the team." Penelope explained for the thousandths time

"Which is exactly why you need to quit. You're too close with those stupid FBI agents. You always talk to them, even when you're off, and if your not home you're out with them."

"That's because they're my friends Kevin."

"They're no good for you." If it was possible Penelope got even angrier at this and was about to start yelling again, but Kevin continued before she could. "Look, Penelope, this job offer in Texas would be good for us." Kevin said in a softer voice while he stepped up to Penelope and placed his hands on her shoulders. "There's lots of tech jobs open so you'd still be able to work, but you wouldn't have to deal with all that graphic stuff."

"Kevin, I like my job." Penelope said trying to remain calm "It may be hard sometimes and it may take up a lot of my time, but I can't imagine doing anything else. You should understand that after everything I've seen, I can't just walk away and pretend it doesn't happen everyday. I have to help and I need to be there for my team."

"That's the reason you don't want to go, your team." Kevin said angrily "You care more about them then you do me and I'm your boyfriend."

"That's the real reason you want me to move with you isn't it?" Penelope asked, though she already knew the answer "You don't want me to be around my friends." When he didn't say anything she continued "Well let me tell you something Kevin, you don't own me so you can't decide who my friends are. And besides even if we did move I'd still talk to them and they'd still be my family."

"Do you care about me?" Kevin asked

"Yes, of course I do." Penelope answered though she was beginning to doubt that

"Then choose me."

"What?" Penelope said not believing he said that

"You have to choose, me or those FBI agents."

"You're making me choose? You know they would never make me do that because they care about what I want."

"If we're going to be together then you're moving to Texas and away from those damn agents!" Kevin said getting extremely angry

"Oh, now you're telling me what I'm going to do?!" Penelope said. "Get out." She said a bit more calmly

"What?" Kevin said

"I can't deal with you right now. We can talk when you realize that I'm not moving and that you can't make me choose who I'm friends with."

You're breaking up with me aren't you?" He stated more than asked

"Unless there's a dramatic change in your attitude, yes I am. Now get out of my house." She said and crossed her arms

Normally this would have made Kevin sad, but instead he was pissed.

"You don't know what you're doing. I'm the best you'll ever get. You can't just throw me out!" He said

"I just did." Penelope said simply not showing any of the emotions running through her "Now please leave." She added and started to turn around, but before she was turned all the way Kevin grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

When she turned her head she saw Kevin raise his fist, but before she could do anything it collided with her face. The force pushed her back into the lamp stand and she fell backwards. She could feel something warm running down her face as she looked up and saw an extremely angry Kevin standing above her. She was still so shocked that he punched her, she just sat there and stared up at him angrily, but after a few seconds of silence she got her voice back.

"Get out and never come anywhere near me again." She said with so much anger in her voice and on her face Kevin actually backed up a step.

"Fine, but this isn't over." He said and stormed over to the door knocking a lamp and a chair over in the process. He left the apartment without a second look and slammed the door behind him.

Penelope got up and slowly walked over to the door as tears began to fall. She locked the door and leaned against it letting the tears come, but after a second she felt something run down her neck so she wiped her eyes and headed for the bathroom.

She looked up at the mirror and almost gasped. Her nose was bleeding so much that blood was covering most of her lower face, running down her neck, and her nose was still bleeding. She bent over the sink and washed it off before grabbing a washcloth and holding it to her nose. She looked back and examined her left eye. It was already starting to turn purple and she knew that by tomorrow she'd have a black eye. Luckily tomorrow was Sunday so she had the day off and hopefully the team would be out of town on a case Monday so they wouldn't see her eye.

When her nose finally stopped bleeding she headed for the front room to clean up the mess Kevin left on his way out. Her table lamp was broken so she swept it up and then turned the chair back up. Penelope stood there for a second before walking over to the couch and dropping down into it. She pulled her legs up to her chest and rested her head against the back of the couch.

She had known from the beginning that she and Kevin wouldn't last. At first he seemed to be a great guy. He was sweet, gentle, funny, and even kind of smart, but after awhile he started to change. Not dramatically, but he still changed. Sure, they had fun, but she could never think of him as the person she'd want to spend her life with, but maybe he'd been right. Maybe she wouldn't find that one perfect guy she dreamed about and maybe Kevin had been her last chance at a real family, but if he was, then she'd just have to be alone because she refused to deal with him anymore. He thought he owned her or something and even if he was sweet sometimes, she just couldn't forgive him for trying to force her away from her job and friends as if he controlled her life.

'I might as well face it; I'm destined to be alone.' She thought tiredly as she laid down on the couch and stretched out. She was so lost in thought that she didn't even notice the tears running down her face as she drifted off to sleep.

So? How do you like it so far? I promise I'll update soon.