Chapitre 1

What you want to aim for is more like this:

"I want you to back off Tamara Barnes."

"Whoa, where is this coming from? All I did was give her a ride home."

"I know that and I know you see it as innocent but she doesn't. She's looking for someone to get her through this. The way she looked at you its clear she is going to try and make you that person."

"Baby girl, what are you saying? You think I'm gonna run around behind your back with that chick?"

"No, I know you wouldn't do that but if you keep trying to support her she's going to want more. Do you want to blow your career out of the water because you try to give a victim's sister more than you have any right to offer?"

"You're out of line. I know what I'm doing." With that he walked away, leaving Penelope thinking about the fact that they had come so far and yet he was still too stubborn to listen to her good advice.

She didn't say it out of jealously.

Or did she? All she knew was that when she saw Tamara with Derek earlier in the day Penelope Garcia knew that this woman would only want more and more from Derek. More than he could give her as just one of the agents on her brother's case. She would need support day and night and a hand to hold. Soon he would be in over his head and all because he wanted to be a good guy.

As she headed back to her office Penelope fretted that maybe she shouldn't have said anything to him. Now he would just try and prove her wrong about this. She had hoped he would listen to her and take her advice. But now she had made it seem like she knew better than him. He wanted to prove he wasn't in over his head.

Penelope had the worst feeling that Derek was going to head down a path that not only threatened his career but their romantic relationship and his happiness. Getting too close to a victim's relative could blow up in his face. He was trying to be a good guy but this situation, Tamara needing support, was more than he was able to do anything about.

Sitting down in her chair in her office she let out a shaky sigh. Derek and her had come so far but still she was nervous it wouldn't last.

From the start they had a connection unlike any other she had ever known in her life.

They soon became best friends-sharing everything. Of course there was also something more. Flirting, nicknames, sweet words and supporting each other through everything.

There were also devastatingly tough times. One day the team and Garcia learned what happened to Morgan when he was little. He had been sexually abused it was very hard for Derek. With the help and support of Penelope he has been coming to terms with all of that, after suppressing the pain for most of his life.

After that they became closer.

That got strained when Garcia met a guy at the cafe. He seemed to be immediately taken with her and wanted her phone number. Penelope was walking on cloud nine by the time she got to the BAU.

She always had wanted Derek to ask her out but it was still flattering that this smoking hot stranger hit on her. Still she wasn't sure she should go out with this new man in her life. She told Derek of her concerns and he agreed that maybe this stranger was just too good to be true.

Offended and ticked off, that Derek would dare say a guy like that wouldn't want Penelope, she went on the date with him but it turned out to be a disaster. He shot her.

Penelope had never known physical pain like that before.

That event brought Derek to the point where he admitted he loved her. Still it took months for them to start dating. He finally asked her out after a diffucult case. He just needed to spend time with his baby girl to soothe his hurting soul. She was healed from her surgery and they were closer than ever by then.

After the date they were a couple.

But they decided to take it slow because they wanted to make sure it lasted. Derek was happy to have a relationship with Penelope. Unlike other women he had ever been with she could understand everything about his work, about his past, and about what made him the man he is. He always told her that she was his solace.

She was also the only woman he ever took home to Chicago to meet his mother.

At first she was nervous that his mother and sisters wouldn't like her but they welcomed her with open arms. Fran even called Penelope her third daughter, to the delight of Derek. His sisters thought of her as their new sister too.

Six months into the relationship and Penelope had never been happier. She was having the best sex of her life. Derek always told her he never had better than her either, and the hot, dark look in his eyes as he said this convinced her it was a lot more than a line.

Being with him was everything she ever wanted but now she felt like maybe they were about to fall apart. All because he thought he could be someone for a victim's sister to lean on. Penelope knew that Derek had good intentions but she still saw this as a time bomb waiting to explode in their lives.

Later on that day the team caught a case. Derek called Penelope for information. She answered her phone by saying "Hello, handsome.....are we okay?"