Rubbing his sore butt, Derek Morgan throws his hand up on his nightstand from the floor to shut off his abnormally loud alarm clock. He looked around his room and noticed it was still dark outside, but knew there was no hope of him going back to sleep now. He looks at his clock, trying to decide whether or not to throw it across the room, and instead lets out a frustrated:
"FUCK! IT WAS A DREAM?" he yells, than groans as he rolls over onto his stomach on his hardwood floor.
"You have got to be kidding me…" he mumbles as he gets up and makes his way to his bathroom, slamming drawers and doors as he goes. Throwing his clothes in the bathroom, he turns on the water and lets it wash over him, lessening his anger the slightest bit.
As Derek makes his way into work, he notices that just like his dream, Em is the only one in the bullpen and dives behind a divider as she makes her way back from the kitchen once again.
"and I've never had a taste before
but now you've got me wanting more
You're playin' it cool, I know what you do
I feel like a fool, but I would be feelin' it anyway
cause nobody loves me
You're messin around, I figured you out
You're takin' me down, but I would be feelin it anyway, cause nobody loves me, like you do"
This is beyond weird…
As she reached her desk, she looked up from her coffee to find him staring at her just like his dream. A sense of déjà vu washed over him and gave him an urge to laugh. She sat down as quickly as she could in her chair, yanking her headphones out of her ears and stuffing her iPod into the nearest drawer available. She noticed that he was still staring and this time he said,
"You've got a beautiful voice Princess. You should sing more often" and turned to work on his paperwork, but snuck a peak at Em to see what her reaction was. He saw that her face was flushed and she was playing with the chain around her neck. Guess this time I'm not the awkward one…
As he let his thoughts run away from him, he heard both his and Em's cell phones ring, and they both opened their phones to read that they had the next 2 weeks off. Derek was silently pleading that the rest of his dream came true, and laughed extremely loud when he heard the 'thud' of Em's head hitting her desk.
"You ok there Princess? You seem to have quite a few violent tendencies this morning"
"Keep commenting on my tendencies and I'll take a few of them out on you" she said with a smile, and winked at him as she walked back to the kitchen to put her coffee cup back. I take that back, I'm still the awkward one.
"So Em, what do you plan on doing with your free time now that we aren't allowed back for two weeks?" he asked as he packed his stuff up.
"I'm going to be helping my beloved sister in law to be, get the dresses for the bridesmaids ready and I'm one of them. I also need to find a date and have my brother approve because my date will also be walking down the aisle with me. I'm excited, can't you tell?" she asked sarcastically, coming back to her desk to gather her belongings.
"Oh yeah, you just exude pre wedding happiness" he said, and instantly shut up when she threw a pen at his chest.
"Em, I thought we talked about those violent tendencies of yours?"
"Oops, guess I forgot. But you just do things to me…" she said and shot him a flirtatious smile that made his ears get hot and blessed his dark skin that she couldn't notice anything different.
Clearing his throat, he picked up the pen off the floor and visible jumped as he felt his phone ring. Flipping it open, the caller ID read 'Natalie' and it took everything he had not to let the smile he was containing make its way across his face.
"Yes…Oh hi Nat, how's it going…funny thing, I have a girlfriend…sorry, she's right here if you think I'm lying…" as he said this, he looked at Emily just in time to see her eyes widen and start to get out of her seat and make her way towards the door.
"Sure, just hold on a sec" he said and put his phone to his chest.
"I'm hurt Princess, you would just leave me here in my time of need with a crazy ex girlfriend on the phone when I already told her my girlfriend was right here"
"But Derek…"
"No buts Em, you do this for me and I'll be your date to your brother's wedding and even help you with anything they give you. Please?" he asked, and unleashed his puppy eyes on her that he knew would be her undoing.
"Fine! But I swear if she threatens me I'm going to play the victim and let her have you…" she said and laughed as she saw a look of panic take residence on his face. "Just kidding". Taking the phone, she braced herself,
"Hello?...Yeah I am, I'm Emily…Yeah it's been a few months and we're about to go on vacation so please stop calling him. Thanks bye" and she shut the phone as she handed it back to him.
"See? Now was that so hard?" he said grinning as he grabbed his stuff and headed to the elevator with Emily in stride.
"Extremely. Now what was this about helping me out with the wedding…"
"I know, and I don't go back on my word. So when is it anyway?"
"Next Saturday. We have to fly out next Wednesday and…"
"Whoa hold up. We have to fly out? Where is it?" they pushed the button and stepped on to the elevator.
"Santa Monica. It'll be fun, plus it's all taken care of. You know you love me so enjoy all the free stuff" she said and looked at him shyly, then pushed the button for the ground floor. As the door slid closed, all Derek could think of was how right she was. You're right Princess, I do love you. Too much sometimes…
