Who would be at the door on Christmas Eve? He thought miserably. "I don't have time for visitors! I have to figure out a way to get home!" Derek huffed, pulling the door open. He froze at the sight before him. Surely the pain was causing him to hallucinate?

"Baby Boy, pick your jaw up off the floor and move out of the way, it's cold!" His mother scolded jokingly.

"Momma?! But... H-how- you left the girls?"

"Yeah right, like we'd let you have all of ma's cooking to yourself!" Sarah laughed as she walked in, and was quickly enveloped by her brother in a warm hug, who forgot all about his shoulder -but ignored the pain anyway.

"You wish!" Another voice added.

"Desi! Oh my God!" He threw his arms around her.

"Good to see you too, though it's not good that you're still wearing that nasty-ass cologne. I better throw that out while I'm here" she laughed, as he motioned for her to step inside, and pulled his mom in for another hug with his good arm.

"I can't believe this, is this real life? I thought flights were cancelled, I was about to drive out-"

"Said who?!" Desiree laughed.

"Penelope called when I was packing, she said-"

"And you believed her? Wow, has she ever tried to sell you magic beans?" Sarah winked.

"So... Wait... She did this?"

"She did. She called us during your last case, she was worried you wouldn't make it back in time. Rather than have you rushing around, she took care of everything!" Explained Fran, glowing.

"Really?" Derek smiled bashfully, suddenly missing his Baby Girl more than ever.

"Where is she, anyway?" Sarah asked, giving Clooney some love.

"She's spending Christmas with JJ and her family," he explained, as his mother watched him intently.

"Anything you'd like to share, son?"

"Uh..." damn, she knew. He could have sworn she looked pointedly at his shoulder and could see through his shirt.

"Well I have something to share... Dear?" Fran cleared her throat; just then Penelope appeared at the door.

His face lit up even more than when he saw his mom. "Baby Girl..." he leaned in to give her a hug, but she held a white paper bag up to his face instead. "What's this?"

"The prescription you didn't fill. Merry Christmas, Hot Stuff! I'll get you some water." She marched to the kitchen. Of course she knew. The question was, who went against his request? Something told him he'd get an earful later.

The gathering eventually made its way from the front hall to the kitchen and dining room, where the Morgan sisters started pulling food out of coolers Morgan didn't notice they brought in.

"What's all this?" He asked, now sitting at the table with his mom.

"Your Penelope has been busy in the kitchen," she smirked, gauging his reaction.

"Sweetness, you made all this?" He asked looking over at her, a tender look on his face.

"I did, mon cher! You don't expect your mom and sisters to start cooking after flying in, do you?"

"I don't know what to expect any more..." He laughed.

"So are you going to pretend that you didn't get shot?" Asked Fran, pointedly.

"Ooh, busted!" Desiree chimed in.

"What are you talking about?" He asked, eyes darting around the kitchen.

"You may be a Supervisory Special Agent, but you're a terrible actor," scolded Garcia as she pulled a casserole dish from the oven.

Fran stepped in. "I was born at night, not last night, Derek," and with one stern look from his mother, he shared the whole story.

When he was finished, he could see Garcia fretting out of the corner of his eye. "So I had to find out from Prentiss, you couldn't tell me yourself?" Garcia muttered, tossing the salad with more force than was necessary.

"It wasn't a big deal, honestly!"

"I know. The only reason I didn't come flying over here earlier is because I didn't get some heart wrenching revelation," Garcia's mouth twitched, hiding a smile. "But still!"

"I didn't want you to worry. Really."

"What heart wrenching revelation?" Asked Sarah, earning an eye roll from Derek. Yet more explaining he didn't want to do.

MGMGMGMGMG

After dinner, Derek walked into the kitchen to find Penelope alone. This was his chance!

"Will I get my wish after all?" He teased, walking over to her as she finished the dishes. He wrapped his arms around her from behind, then started slowly pulling her apron string to come undone.

"What wish is that, chocolate mousse?"

"To get to unwrap you for Christmas..." He whispered in her ear, causing her to blush.

"Handsome, your family is in the other room!" She whispered back, nervously.

"I'm sure they'd understand, especially if it would make me the happiest man on earth..."

"You have to be a good boy for Santa to give you what you want, and you've been quite... Naughty..." Her breath hitched as he tightened his hold around her.

"Mmm... Baby Girl, I don't need Santa when I have my sexy angel right here..."

"You are too sweet..."

"Sweet for you," he grinned.

"And now you're corny! Wow."

"Thank you." He declared.

"Hmm?"

"For doing all this. For dinner, for working your holiday magic, for putting so much thought into everything! I'm blown away, this is the second best gift I could have gotten."

"Second?"

"You'll always be my first, Baby Girl..." At that moment, something caught his eye. He looked up, confused. "Since when is there a plant on my ceiling fan?"

Garcia turned around and followed his gaze. "Baby, I'm pretty sure that's not a plant, I think it's mistletoe?"

"Oh? Well. Look at that!" He grinned. "This has Fran Morgan written all over it..." He added, stepping closer to Penelope.

"Quite the brilliant woman, my future mother-in-law is!"

"I love you, Gomez," he smiled sweetly.

"I love you too, eyebrows!" She giggled as he closed the space between them, wrapping his arms around her and dipping her into a kiss.

Moments later they were interrupted by the mastermind behind the mistletoe. Fran cleared her throat, and the two looked over at her, still intertwined. "Is this a good time to put in my request for those grandbabies?" She grinned, eyes twinkling.

The end.

There you have it... Short and sweet, but I got my fix -and I hope you did too! Happy Holidays!

Thanks to ddgorgeous, I have some ideas for 'Pouty Penelope' that I will be working on over the break, so keep an eye out!