A/N: So when I wrote the 'first part' - Hold it against me - I certainly had other ideas for the 'second part' then what it turned out to be. This will be very different from what I have actually ever written for reasons that will be explained at the end of this chapter.
When tomorrow came, Morgan had to realize that he was alone. No Penelope next to him, nothing to hold on to. And for a moment he wondered whether last night was just a very vivid dream, a trick his mind played on him. He always had wanted Penelope, for years, but something always happened that made him pull back before anything could really happen. Lynch, frat-rules, their jobs, Tamara Barnes – just to name a few.
Surprisingly he had always assumed if the day ever should come when they would jump each other, it would be him jumping her, making sure he was all she needed and nothing more. So when it was actually her who decided their time finally had come did leave a certain effect on him. He knew for a matter of fact that Penelope could be a damn tease, but that was all. She was a tease, he knew when it actually came to the action following her words, she wasn't quite as confident in her abilities, her appeal, her hot-factor. It didn't matter how often he had told her over the years that she was gorgeous and hot in his opinion, she somehow always had her doubts, second-guessing or just filed it under 'best friends pick-me-up'. So seeing her going right for what she wanted, without any nice-talk, just straight to the point was appealing as hell and it made him wonder what it would take to get her to do exactly the same again. But she had left, before he even was awake, which was not a good sign in his experience.
The fact that it usually was the way around, that he left his 'conquest' without any second guessing and any guilt didn't leave him unaffected either. Leave it to Penelope to come and turn the tables. Not that she was a conquest. Judging by how last night went he was the conquest.
She once told him she never had a one-night-stand, but looking around his empty bedroom now, Morgan had to admit she certainly seemed to have the basics pretty well down already.
For a moment he wondered whether he should call her, at least get this out of the way, because one thing he knew already was that if they wouldn't talk about this before Monday, the new week would start off rather awkward for both of them. He wanted to know whether this was just a one-time thing, or whether there was a chance for more.
He didn't want to seem desperate – although he was, and it was just less than a day since they did what they did –, he also didn't want to corner her by making her feel like she now needed to sort this all out, but he sure as hell wanted to know what this all was or is about. He knew Lynch was no longer in her life, since a couple of weeks actually, so he couldn't be the reason for this sudden change in approach.
For the first time in his life Derek Morgan was unsure of what to do when it came to a woman. He wanted to make this right, not screw up his maybe only chance even before he got that far, but he was definitely out of his comfort zone. Any other woman he would have known perfectly what to do or not, how to court her and win her over, but Penelope Garcia wasn't any other woman. She was the only one he actually ever wanted, the only one he could see settling down with and for.
And settling down her certainly wanted. As well as giving his mother and the grandchildren she had been pushing for over the years. Problem was right now just how to get to that part?
If you were in these arms tonight
I'd hold you, I'd need you
I'd get down on my knees for you
And make everything alright
If you were in these arms
I'd love you, I'd please you
I'd tell you that I'd never leave you
And love you till the end of time
If you were in these arms tonight ( Bon Jovi - In these arms)
post - A/N: okay, here's the deal - and its success will depend on you guys and your participation - this will get updated once a week.
Here's the catch: After each chapter I'll put a poll up on my profile where you can vote for what happens next. You can vote as often as you want. And I try to write a chapter with the answer that got the most votes. The poll will be up for seven days, but I'll probably go with whatever answer has the most votes by Friday - so after five days. So basically I give you control of the story. You pick the storyline and it's development - and I write it (hopefully). So, let's see how that will work out. And thank you in advance. I'll try to give you as many 'logical' options as possible, but if any of you guys have an idea that they think should be included with the options PM me and I certainly can include it in the poll when i can see it being written somehow...