Friends and Lovers
Chapter 1
Derek pulled into the driveway of the house he had recently purchased he was going to restore this house, it was a beautiful large house on the outside but on the inside that was another story the inside of this house had been destroyed there were holes in the walls, doors had been ripped from their hinges, the bathroom tiles smashed, it was so bad that he would need to completely rip out everything and start again from scratch and once he was done he would move all his belongings into the house and get rid of his apartment, he also saw this house as a house that he could raise a family in but the problem there was that he need to tell his best friend and his god given solace how he felt about her but he was unsure of how she would react to that.
Pulling his tool box and other tools out of the back of his SUV he made his way to the front door and took the key from his pocket and unlocked the door he pushed the door open and entered the house and placed his tools down and then made his way back out to his SUV to get some more equipment that he would need and took it into the house until his SUV was empty, finally he could start restoring he decided to start downstairs he gathered his supports that he would be using to support the ceiling while he knocked out walls so that he could fix the structural damage, Derek stabilized the ceiling and set to work on knocking out the walls using a sledge hammer after an hour he was finally done with the first wall and now he need to go to the hardware store to get some timber to start building the new wall.
Derek locked up the house and got in his SUV and pulled out of the driveway and headed for the hardware store which wasn't too far from the new house so he pulled into the car park only a few minutes after leaving the house he made his way to the timber yard section of the hardware store, after parking the SUV he got out and began searching through the rows and rows of structural timber jousts until he found what he was looking for one of the timber yard workers approached Derek and said "can I help you with anything sir" Derek turned to the worker and said "yes I was wondering if I could get 20 lengths of this delivered to the house that I am restoring" as he pointed to the timber that they were standing in front of and the workers said "of course sir" as he took down the information of the timber that was required and then he continued "if you would like to follow me to the counter I will get that all set up for you" Derek nodded and followed the man to the cashier counter once they were there the man started typing on the computer so that it was in the system before he looked up at Derek and said "can I get the address as to where the timber will be delivered."
Derek said "of course, the address is 234 Sunset Lane Virginia" the man typed the address into the computer he then added the total up and said "ok that comes to a total of $395.00" Derek pulled his wallet out of his pocket and and pulled out the credit card that he had especially put away for his house restorations and handed it to the man and he swiped it through the machine to complete the transaction before handing Derek back his card and saying "that should be delivered for you in the next hour and a half, sir" Derek said "thank you so much for your help" and with that Derek left the timber yard and made his way back to his SUV just as he was about to get in his cell phone started to ring.
Recognizing the ring tone immediately as the one his Baby Girl set so that he always knew when she was calling him, he pulled his cell off his belt and answered "hey there Baby Girl" Penelope couldn't help but smile as she said "hey Hot Stuff what's happenin'" Derek replied "not much Baby I was just at the hardware store getting some timber so that I can start restoring the new house" Penelope said "I was just wondering if you wanted to come over for a movie night tonight" Derek smiled and said "hell yeah Baby Girl I would love to come over for a movie night with you, how about I grab us some dinner on my way and then we can eat while we watch the movie."
Penelope couldn't believe her ears when she heard him say that he would be there because she loved being around him as he was her best friend, he knew her better than she knew herself but she want to be more than just friends she want to love him but she thought that he was into her as more than just friends because if he was surely he would have said something by now but she would take what ever she could get and if it was just friendship well then so be it he would still be in her life no matter what, Derek got into his SUV and drove to the house and parked in the driveway once again he then made his way towards the house and opened the door upon entering the house he began thinking about what else he could do so he headed up the stairs and began going from room to room seeing what else need to be done structurally so that he could get that fixed once he had fixed the walls downstairs.
Within an hour the timber had been delivered and Derek was now working on the rebuilding the section of wall that he knocked down earlier and was just putting the last piece into place when her heard the front door open he turned around to she his Baby Girl walking through the front foyer of the house he smiled when he saw her as she was not dressed like she would normally be in her bright and funky outfits, Penelope was dressed in a pair of yoga pants and an old shirt that she had taken from Derek when they were away on a case one time and a pair of sneakers Derek whistled at her and said "looking good Baby Girl" Penelope blushed a little before saying "Hot Stuff I think you need to get your eyes checked because I certainly don't look good dressed like this" Derek replied "no Baby Girl my eyes are just fine because you look sexy as hell, I mean you always look sexy but you in my shirt that is just down right fuckin' hot" Penelope wasn't quite sure whether this was just their normal playful banter or whether there was something else that he was trying to say but didn't want to come right out and say it.
Penelope decided to ignore what he had said and said "I thought you might like some company and some help" Derek clamped the piece of wood that he had just put up into place and walked over to Penelope and wrapped her in his arms and kissed the top of her head taking in the scent of her hair as he did he could believe how good she smelt or how good it felt to have her in his arms, Penelope lay her head on his chest as she wrapped her arms out his waist as they hugged but she quickly let him go and attempted to step back from him she could let herself fall for him anymore than she already had Derek felt that she was trying to move away from him and he let her go and she stepped back he looked at her questionably trying to work out what was wrong with her and why she was all of a sudden acting weird around him instead.