Part of Her: Garcia/Elle : Stand Alone, one reflects on the others loss
Penelope Garcia was in her apartment doing laundry on a gray drizzly day when she found the tank top on top of one of her baskets. "FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit it read in small navy blue letters on a lighter blue background. She hadn't even thought about this in a long time. At least not again until today. They had buried her this month. Elle Greenaway, It was complicated what they had exactly been to each other. And somewhat of a secret too. Everybody assumed after all that she was wildly in lust with Derek Morgan for all their flirtation and just talk on the phone. But the truth was her heart had shut down after Elle had left her. .
It still somewhat smelled like her, like her lilac scented body lotion. And there was the spot of mint green paint on the back. She'd been helping paint the spare room with her that weekend . Elle had loved pastels. One of her soft spots as she called it.
The woman could shoot a gun better than a lot of men and yet she wore flowery scents everyday.
It was hard to say who had been more shocked to hear of her untimely death in the office. Though Penelope had handled it bravely, not really crying until she was here at home. Everyone was pretty much numb who had known her. Breast cancer of all things when she'd been so careful about getting checkups. Then Penelope smiled for a moment. She knew exactly what to do to honor the woman she loved. She picked up her phoneand dialed the first number on speed dial.
She waited for an answer. "Hey Jake how busy are you today? This is Penelope, i was wondering what do you have in the way of pink highlights. I want something in the cotton candy line. Sure i can be there in an hour. It is just for someone i love, her memory actually. " She paused. "Im sorry too, she was a wonderful woman."
"I will see you soon, thank you for fitting me in on the spur of the moment like this. "
Penelope pulled on some jeans and a coral colored tank top. It was warm despite the drizzle outside and she needed some brightness before her hair was well cheered up. She found a ball cap from a Baltimore Ravens game and put that on her head. Before her hair was styled she could be casual and just have a hat on.
She thought i hope somewhere sweetheart you can see the pink. It's all for you babe wherever you are until we meet again. I love you Elle and i think i always will.