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A/N: Sorry it's taken a while!

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The following weeks flew passed and now the team were getting ready to help with the big move from pen and Derek's apartment to their newly bought house.

Penelope's and Lucy's past did not become talk of the team, it wasn't necessary. They knew how Penelope felt about her life California and collectively none of them liked to drug up the past if they could help it. However, Lucy liked to have her little digs and says and Penelope just took it without causing any harm or disruption.

Now the girls were at Penelope's and the boys were at Derek's. They decided on a time and they were sticking to it. Tonight Penelope and Derek would be sleeping in their own house.

Penelope was in her bedroom, all the clothes were long gone, they were all mostly at Derek's for once and the night before her and Derek had packed every item of clothing so it. Now was one thing they didn't need to worry about.

Penelope was wrapping up photos loosely and putting them into a box when Emily walked up with an old photo frame. "Hey PG, I found this down the back of one of your cabinets." She passed it over and Penelope smiled. "And this." She then passed over a locket and the smile broadened. JJ came in to see what it was and Lucy followed. "What is it?"

"The last photo I had with my family and my mom's locket." Penelope said as she looked at the locket. "I thought I lost this... after Battle I couldn't find it at all." She said and blinked away the tears and looked up. "Another thing found eh?"

"Certainly is Pen."

"Who's Battle?" Lucy asked and she saw Penelope get caught off guard by it. "You've mentioned it a couple of times but never go further than that. Who is it?"

"A mistake." Penelope said and put the locket on and then wrapped the photo and placed it in the box and carried on. JJ and Emily knew it wasn't their place to say a thing so they left understanding and Lucy just stood there.

"Why don't you talk about him?"

"What's there to talk about... it's the past, let's leave it like that."

"Past comes to bite us on the arse and you know that." Lucy told her and Penelope looked up. "I'm not done with you Penelope." She said and left Penelope alone and walked out of the room. "Right ladies, who's going to help me take the kitchen stuff to the car?"

Penelope just stood and had to smile. "Erm I'm gonna go help Pen." JJ said, if anyone she needed her blonde friend. JJ came in as Emily and Lucy left. "I really, honestly, can't help but hate that woman."

"Tell me about it." Penelope commented and folded the box over so it was closed. "I can't say I like having her back in my life."

"What happened with you two?"

"She was what you could call my high school bully. And now she keeps saying things that make me think she's up to something."

"You uncomfortable with her being around?" Penelope nodded worriedly. "Then maybe you should tell Spencer."

"I'll suck it up JJ; Spencer deserves something good in his life." Penelope smiled at her and JJ had to love Penelope for this decision. "He's happy; I have no right to destroy that. What happened all those years ago is in the past as far as I'm concerned and that's how it'll stay."

"You're a great friend you know that?"

"You'd do it too." She said and smiled brighter. "Shall we get more of this downstairs to move to my new house with my gorgeous man?"

"I think we should yes."

Penelope and the girls arrived at the house to find the boys still away and they set about getting food in before the men arrived, working around the fitters that were sorting bits and bobs out around the house. Penelope admired her new home that she shared with the love of her life.

Reid walked the length of the hall and went back into the living room. He then saw that the room was empty so ran up the stairs, missing the odd step, he walked into the main bedroom and saw Derek pulling the bed away from the wall.

"What you doing?"

"Just seeing if I missed anything." Derek commented and looked back. "Oho, I hit the mother load." Derek said and stood up straight as he saw Reid move. "Don't look kid; this is for my eyes only." It was too late, Reid looked down and laughed a little and Derek felt embarrassed.

"I think a few pairs of Lucy's might have done the same thing." He said as he looked at the multiple piece of material that lay behind there. "Statistics show that's signs of a good sex life." Reid told Derek and walked off.

Derek fell against the wall completely stunned. "So come on genius... how is life with Lucy?"

"Actually couldn't be better." Reid commented as he picked a book up to put in a box he looked at Derek. "It just feels like that, after everything my life's finally where it should be. Like nothing in the past matters now because I have a good future." He then turned serious. "I do wonder though, what happened with Lucy and Penelope."

"That kid should be left well alone." Derek told him as he began to collect the lingerie up. "That's a stone best left unturned for sure."

"That bad?"

"They've obviously moved on from it Reid so there's no point sticking around stagnating in it. Let's look at the future." He then stood up. "I'm so bringing this out to use." He stood up with a whip in his hands and Reid stood and looked shocked. "I am kidding Reid!" He told him and Reid and threw it on the bed and grabbed the rest of the stuff from behind the bed and threw it into a spare box. "This stuff is handled by me and me only got it?"

"Got it." Reid said and kept his head down as he put the remaining books and DVD's in a box. "You were lucky we all got off work."

"Well we obviously did something good to get us in someone's good books." Derek said and looked around the room to see if there's anything left. "I think that's everything done so I think we can head off to the house."

"I've just gotta finish this stuff and I'm done."

"Okay kid. Meet you downstairs, removal people will be up to take the bed out in a minute." Derek told him and left Reid. He couldn't be unhappy for Reid. He knew about what Lucy but he knew that Penelope would never, ever jeopardise anyone in their clan's happiness. She would never make him choose.

He could see it even more when they got to the house and found the girl's moving stuff around and he watched Penelope treat Lucy like she was one of the girls and Reid noticed it too. He had to smile as Lucy came and hugged and kissed him. His happiness was in this house right now. He wouldn't change it for the world.

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A/N: Right I know this update didn't come instantly but this one's harder to put on paper (or word) than I first thought!

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