Thankfully Yours-Ch 2
Derek looked at Penelope and said, "I need to tell you something", she put her hand on his and said, "no no I need to tell you something", he said, "I really want to go first". Penelope said, "well I think I need to go first", Dave said, "will one of you go already, this dinner is getting cold and I for one would loveeeeee to get to eat it before it does".
Penelope nodded her head and said, "go ahead sug", he smiled and said, "thank you gorgeous", he took a deep breath and said, "this year I think that we are all so so thankful for a lot of things but mainly for family, am I right"?, everybody nodded their heads yes in agreement. Derek put Penelopes hand in his and said, "you are an amazing woman Penelope".
She smiled as he said, "you are the most amazing woman I have ever met, you never let me by with anything and you always call me on my crap", Jack and Henry laughed causing the adults to snicker. Derek said, "I don't know what I would have done without you goddess, you are my world and without you I would be lost", he then gently squeezed her hand and said, "I, I I".
She looked at him and said, "you what"?, he said, "I love you", her mouth flew open and she said, "wh wh what"?, he said, "I love you, as in love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you kind of love". He ran his thumb over the palm of her hand and said, "you mean everything to me Penelope and I don't want to take the chance that somebody else my sweep you off your feet".
Derek said, "it's your turn", she laughed and said, "I love you to hotstuff, you are the man that I have loved for years and I don't want to be without you any longer,
I want you and only you". He cupped her face in his hands and gently leaned in and pressed his lips against hers, when his lips met hers it felt like she was in heaven and she didn't want it to end, not now, not ever.
The team watched as the happy couple shared several kisses before they tore themselves apart when Henry said, "yayyyyyyyyy dey tissin", Penelope laughed and said, "that's right sweet pea". Fran smiled and said, "welllllllll now that the two of you are together I expect some of those beautiful grandbabies I've been promised all of these years" causing Penelope to blush and Derek to smile happily as he leaned in for another kiss.
The family laughed, ate and talked as they continued their dinner, Derek kept his hand on Penelope during the entire meal, he just had to be touching some part of her all the time. After everybody was finished eating everybody headed into the family room to watch a movie, Derek pulled Penelope into his arms and said, "I love you so much sweetness".
She grinned as she ran her hand up his chest and said, "and I love you to handsome, I'm just sorry that it took us so long to say something to each other", he kissed the end of her nose and said, "me to but now you're mine and I'm yours and nothing or nobody is going to change that". He backed her against the wall as his mouth once again devoured hers.
After a few minutes they pulled apart only when Derek felt somebody tugging on his leg, he looked down and said, "what's up little man"?, he wiggled his finger and when Derek leaned down he whispered something into his ear. Derek said, "alright buddy, alright" and then they watched as he ran into the other room, Derek looked at her and said, "we will have to continue this later because the pleasure of our company is requested in the other room to enjoy a movie with the others".
They intertwined their fingers and sighed happily as they walked into the other room, they got into a comfortable position as the movie started, they then spent the next 90 plus minutes watching the minions. A couple of hours later one at a time family by family gathered their things and thanked Dave and Fran for an amazing dinner and then made their way home.
Derek drove his baby girl home and walked her to the door, he opened the door and said, "good night baby", she wrapped her arms around him and said, "it doesn't have to be good night ya know"?, he wiggled his eyes and said, "why Ms. Garcia are you trying to seduce me"?, she grabbed him by hand and tugged him inside and said, "yep"
as she dragged him toward the stairs.
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