As soon as I finished the first chapter I got sick, which backed up my whole schedule and is the reason why it has taken me so long to write this second chapter. I hope y'all don't mind.

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Chapter 2:
Chasing Love


''But, what happens when she's your Juliet, but you're not her Romeo?''


2015


They both stopped walking at the same time. Morgan had a smile on his face - glad to have the truth come out after all this time. Hearing the words being spoken had only made it more real and he was happy that now Garcia knew the truth. This would be the beginning of the rest of their lives. This would be the beginning of a relationship that would ultimately lead to getting married, having children and having their happily ever after.

Garcia licked her lips, ''you want me?'' She asked.
''Yes, I do.'' Morgan replied, ''I want you for the rest of my life. It has taken me way too long to realize but on my way over here tonight it just came to me; I'm in love with you. I love you, I'm in love with you and I want to be with you.'' There was a moment of silence between them, Garcia was looking at him in shock and Morgan had no idea what to do. After a moment of hesitation he took a step towards her, leaning in and pressing his lips to hers.

Barely half a second passed before Garcia broke away from him, taking a step backwards. ''I'm with Sam,'' she told him, shaking her head. ''I can't leave him simply because you've suddenly come to the realization that you want to be with me.''
''Baby girl,'' Morgan began.

''No! It's too late now. I waited years for my chance with you and I finally realized that it wasn't in the cards for us. I've moved on, and so should you. Sam and I are happy together and I'm not going to risk my relationship with him for one fling with you.'' Garcia told him. As they looked at each other Morgan could almost see the pity she had for him in her eyes. ''Don't get me wrong; I love you too and I still want to be friends with you. I wouldn't give up the way we tease each other for anything and I love our movie nights, but we can't be together.'' She said before turning on her heel and walking back to the bar.


Morgan rolled over with a groan; he couldn't even remember how much he had had to drink the night before. After his heart-breaking, soul-crushing conversation with Penelope he had gone to a club. He had gotten drunk like never before, taken home some girl whose name he didn't care to remember, had sex and passed out. He was happy he had been able to go to sleep without having every word Garcia had spoken to him replaying in his head, but it made everything come back even stronger now.

He sighed as he could feel the girl snuggle up to him while she slept. He glanced over his shoulder at her - in the right light she might have even looked like Penelope, even if it was just for the blonde hair. As he got up out of bed and did his morning routine, everything seemed to move slower than it normally did. His mind was occupied with remembering the good times he had had with her. It could not just simply be over. Whatever they had, it could not be over. There had to be something he could do... anything.

In his mind he went over everything he could possibly do to make her see that he was truly, madly, deeply in love with her. As he was stirring his coffee he could hear the girl he'd slept with come downstairs. ''Morning,'' she said with a satisfied smile as she looked him up and down.
''Morning,'' he replied. ''Do you want some coffee?''

She nodded at him before sitting down. ''So who's Penelope?'' She asked.
Morgan nearly choked on his coffee at that question, ''what?'' He asked as he turned around to look at... Dana? He wasn't sure what her name was.
''Who is Penelope?'' The girl asked again, standing up from the chair. ''I heard you moaning her name over and over again last night, I'm just curious.''

''She's the girl who rejected me last night, right before I met you,'' Morgan told her.
''And I'm guessing she's not like me? Not a girl you'd intended to take home and spent one night with, only to never call again?''
Morgan looked at her for a second, ''what makes you think I'm never going to call you again?''

The girl smiled, ''what's my name?'' She asked him, making her point.
He hesitated for a moment, ''Dana, right?'' He was pretty sure that was her name.
''It's Amber,'' she told him. Cocking her head to the side she smiled, ''now tell me about Penelope. Maybe I can give you some advice.''


As Morgan stepped out of his car, fresh and early for work, he saw Penelope heading to the front door of the building as well. ''Garcia!'' He said, chasing after her and holding the door open for her. They both walked to and got on the elevator in silence.
''Is this going to be the moment when you apologize for everything that you said last Friday?'' Penelope asked as she stole a quick glance at him.

Morgan looked over at her, ''sort of. This is going to be when I tell you that I am sorry if what I said made you uncomfortable. I know that you and Sam were just trying to celebrate your engagement and it wasn't the moment for me to reveal my feelings for you. So yes, I'm sorry that I chose the worst possible moment. But I am not sorry about how I feel for you, since it's not something I can change.'' He told her.
Penelope sighed, ''you only feel this way because you can no longer have me all to yourself,'' she told him, knowing that it sounded a bit harsh.

''You think that that's all this is?'' Morgan asked her in disbelief. ''Baby girl, I have been crazy about you since the moment I met you. Ever since I first laid eyes on you I knew that you were the one for me and that we were going to end up together one day. But I wasn't ready to settle down and I didn't think you were either - we were too young for that. So I waited, and waited, and we became friends and even while we were seeing other people I still knew that all those other women would never be the one - since you were the only woman who has ever held that place in my heart. It wasn't until we were driving to the party last Friday that I realized that I was going to lose you... That you were going to marry someone that wasn't me. And I knew that I couldn't let that happen and so I told you,'' Morgan ranted.

''I didn't tell you that I love you because I'm worried that you being with Sam will threaten our friendship and I'm going to miss our teasing when you're married to him, I told you because I want to spend the rest of my life loving you. I want to see you become the mother of my children and I want to grow old together.'' He could see the tears forming in Garcia's eyes and he wiped one falling one away with his thumb.

''It doesn't work like this,'' she told him. ''You cannot just come to me and tell me all these feelings and expect me to just leave Sam and be with you.'' She repeated her words from the Friday before.
''Why not?'' Morgan asked, ''it's your life, you make the rules.''

As they got to their floor the doors opened, ''we can't happen because life isn't a fairytale - girls like me don't end up with guys like you,'' she told him before walking off, leaving him stunned.


Morgan ran a hand over his head as he made his way down to Garcia's lair, he didn't know what to tell her and in all honesty was shocked at what she had told him. He softly knocked on the door and after hearing her tell him that it was open, walked in and closed the door behind him. He would've stopped by her office and talked to her sooner if it hadn't been for a meeting. ''Baby girl,'' he said as he leaned against the door. She turned around in her chair and they stared at each other for a few moments. ''What did you mean by what you said this morning?'' Morgan asked. ''Girls like me don't end up with guys like you.'' He repeated what she said.

Penelope shrugged, ''it's just the way things are. You're not supposed to date people that aren't within your league.''
''Who cares about leagues or whatever, the heart wants what the heart wants and my heart wants you,'' he told her. She scoffed and he looked at her surprised, ''is that so hard to believe?''
''Morgan, I've seen the girls you've taken home in the past. They don't exactly look anything like me,'' she told him. ''Your heart clearly doesn't want me or anyone like me, so don't pretend that you do.''

Morgan took a step towards her, ''why in the world would I lie? Why would I pretend that I want you if I didn't? The reason I'm telling you all that I'm feeling is because I thought you should know. You should know that I want to marry you so you can chose to be with me if that's what you want.''
''I've made it clear over and over again that Sam and I are happy together. So what makes you think that I want to be with you?'' She asked him as she stood up from her chair, getting in his face.

''If you didn't want to be with me than you wouldn't be talking about leagues and who people are supposed to end up with...'' he told her, looking deep into her eyes. After a few seconds he leaned in and softly pressed his lips against hers - the soft kiss quickly turned into a heated one and it wasn't until a few minutes later that they both pulled away from air. Morgan rested his forehead against hers and bit his lip, ''do you believe me now?'' He asked her with a grin.

''Almost,'' she told him as she gave him a small smile. She hesitated for a moment before finally asking him, ''after we had that conversation last Friday, what did you do?'' She asked him.
He pulled back and looked at her, ''what?''

''A man who is madly in love with a girl - the way you say you feel about me - doesn't go off and find another girl to spend the night with when the girl he's in love with rejects him. If you're as in love with me as you say you are, than you didn't go look for another girl,'' she told him. ''So did you or didn't you?'' Morgan simply stared at her for a few seconds before looking down at his shoes. Garcia swallowed hard, ''that's what I thought,'' she told him even though it hurt. ''I think you should leave now.'' She said.


''I'm just not built for fairytale surprises.'' Karen Tayleur, Love Notes From Vinegar House


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