Disclaimer: I own nothing, but the plot bunny!
A/N: So little oneshot I wanted to get out there... I know I have a story going, but I just wanted to post little thing... Beware, this is not a happy, chappy little thing =/ My angsty side was playing mega when this was written!
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As Penelope took the slow walk down the corridor, she looked into Derek's office as she walked past and as she continued to walk on she looked into the bull pen at everyone working. She didn't stop. She had a duty to do, something that would mean that the team wouldn't be in any form of harm.
Gulping deeply she selfishly hoped that somewhere in the time that they had all known one another she had left a big enough mark so that they would all remember her after this day. From the moment she had stepped foot in this building she had deemed it home and with it her family had become the best she could ever had chosen for herself. She had to believe that she had touched their lives like they had all touched hers.
Keeping her head high, she waited for the elevator. She took no notice of no one around her. She had a mission to complete. A family to protect. A bad guy that only she could take down. Although, her thoughts did cloud with her family again, that was the front runner of her mind. Not the danger awaiting her outside of these walls.
She couldn't stop thinking about her minuscule family.
The ladies of her little family, the ones that were more like sisters than friends. She had watched them be taken from her only to be given back and for that she couldn't thank God or whatever higher being brought them back. They were the sources of her sanity, the ones that she ran to when her heart was hurting or when she needed a girly chat. No matter what, they were there with advice, wine and an appropriate film.
There were the men of her family too. Spencer, her little brother and her two boss men, Hotch and Rossi, that were like the staples of the family, the father-like figures that were a constant lifeline. They were her strength, her guiders and the reason why she didn't want to ever leave them for a new life.
Then there was Derek. The love of her life. The one man that she was happy to die after receiving one kiss from. He had been her closest friend, her confidante and the holder of the key to her heart and soul. Weeks had transcended between now and that fateful night when he had kissed her and she didn't need to know he was in love with her to make her life whole. She had her biggest dream come true. She would easily walk away and be able to say that Derek was the man for her. He brought her smile out, made her laugh the loudest, allowed her to be herself, kept the colour in her world and he was the only man that she had never, ever had a shred of doubt over.
As the doors opened, Penelope took a quick moment to turn and take in this place. The one place that had been her work place for nearly a decade. It hadn't changed much in the time she had been in it, but it had seen a lot of drama. From Battle being shot, to Strauss trying to claw the team apart at the seams, it had survived it all. It didn't matter what happened, the team remained.
Sucking in a deep breath she turned back and entered the elevator, watching out as the door closed she caught one last glimpse of Derek and smiled as their eyes latched on before they both disappeared from the others sight. Her eyes watered a little in that moment and she dropped her gaze. That smile would help her through what she was going to do.
After receiving an anonymous call only days earlier and ignoring it, Penelope had come face to face with how truthful the words had been and now she wasn't taking chances. Someone wanted her and they were prepared to use the team to get to her. That was until she changed the rules and offered herself, bypassing the team, her family, completely. It was her only option and the moment she made it, without clarifying or bouncing the idea off of someone, her shoulders felt light and she realised she had made the right decision where this was concerned.
Penelope prayed her stamp on their life was big enough to see her live on well after this night. She couldn't deny she was scared, because that would be a lie. She just wasn't scared at the prospect of doing this for her family. She was scared to leave them, to know that all the moments she had shared with them that day, especially that smile Derek had given her before disappearing behind the metal doors, were her last with each and every one of them.
Saying she had lived fully was an understatement. There were so many things that she wanted to do - be a man's entire world, be a mom, have the fairytale ending every little girl had grown up believing in. However, just knowing she had a group of people that loved her and meeting the one man that stole her breath away was enough for her die happy.
At the end of the day, Penelope knew she had lived, that she had loved and for that she had no regrets.
Penelope Garcia was walking to her death gracefully.
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The End!
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