She was happy, well kinda happy but still her heart ached for Derek, she had loved him since the day they first met and he called her by the wrong name. Her and Derek grew close very close. Derek would come over every Tuesday night that the team was in town for movie night but those nights had slowed down, well really almost stopped since he got together with Savannah.
Sam knew how close Derek and Penelope were and he didn't hide the fact that her spending so much time with Derek bothered him but by the same token Savannah did the same thing to Derek about Penelope. Several times when Savannah knew that Derek wanted to spend time with Penelope she would pout and throw a tantrum until he agreed not to make the plans.
Derek hated himself for letting her do that because he missed his baby girl, she was the one person that he had always wanted to be with and for a few days at one point after she got shot he thought he actually stood a chance with her but his heart got broken when after telling him that she loved him to she goes and starts dating Kevin Lynch.
After that relationship ended he got close to trying to tell her that he meant he truly loved her and wanted to be with her and then she got together with Sam and then not long after that he met Savannah. He was tired of being alone all the time so he decided to start dating Savannah but that didn't stop him from yearning to be with Penelope.
At work they were friendly but long gone were the baby girl and handsome nicknames that they use to have and the rest of the team were staring to wonder how long it would last before one of them finally gave in. Penelope went home and plopped down on her couch and turned on the tv and was watching one of her favorite movies when there was a knock at her door.
She got up and walked over and opened the door and saw a very angry Sam standing on the other side, she stepped aside and said, "come in Sam", he put his hands on his hips as he walked by her. She closed the door and said, "what's wrong with you"?, he looked down at his watch and said, "don't tell me you forgot"?, she looked at him puzzled and said, "forgot what"?, he said, "we have reservations at Peires tonight".
She said, "ohhhhh was that tonight, I'm really tired can we do it another night"?, he shook his head and said, "it took me weeks to get this reservation Penelope so noooooo we can't do it another night". She said, "alright Sam don't freak out I'll go get dressed and we can go", he kissed her gently on the lips and said, "that's my girl".
Derek was sitting at Savannahs on the couch watching a ball game when she came out in nothing but one of his shirts that he had forgotten there, she straddled his waist and said, "I've missed you". She then leaned down and pressed her lips against his and when he didn't respond she pulled away and said, "are you thinking about Penelope again"?, he shook his head and said, "no Savannah", it was a lie he was but they had just come back from a rough case and he needed some time with Penelope but where was he, he was stuck with her.
She said, "well then what's wrong"?, he said, "I just got back from a rough case and I", she said, "you you you it's always your work and how hard it is on you well what about my job, it's hard on me to Derek". She started unbuttoning her shirt with a smile on her face and said, "let's not fight Derek, tonight I want us to just relaxxxxxxxxxx and enjoy each other".
He held up his hand and said, "I want", she said, "I know what you want and if you lay back and relax I'm gonna give it to you", he pushed her out of his lap and said, "I need a drink". She said, "what, wait we are about to make love and you want a drink"?, he laughed and said, "we weren't about to have sex Savannah, I need to blow off some steam".
She said, "well wait a few minutes and I'll get changed and go with you", he said, "that's alright Savannah I think I'll go alone, I need to think about some things". She watched as he headed toward the door and the last thing she heard was his voice saying, "I need a drink" as her front door slammed shut.
Penelope came out looking stunning in a beautiful black dress, Sam said, "you look good enough to eat, I bet you never dressed like this for your hotstuff"?, she said, "what did you just say"?, he said, "nothing, I didn't say anything". She put her hands on her hips and said, "like hell, what did you just say about Derek"?. he said, "I don't want to fight with you but I am glad that he finally saw who the better man for you is and that was me and not him".
She walked over to her door and opened it and said, "get out", he said, "but we were suppose to go out", she said, "I SAID GET OUT", he said, "is it that time of month for you"?, she said, "you need to shut up and get out now". He walked over to her and said, "you'll be back Penelope, Derek Morgan will never want a fat bitch like you".
She raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face and with tears streaming down her face she said, "GET OUT", he rubbed his cheek and grinned as he walked out the door. She watched and made sure that he was gone before grabbing her purse, keys and cell and walking out the door and the last thing she said before she got into her car was, "I need a drink".