I can't believe how long this chapter took me to write. I kept redoing it and then when I finally had something I liked, I lost the notebook I had written it in.

Oh well, at least it's finally done.

I really like this story and it's one of the ones I plan to work on while I'm in China.

Anyway, enjoy!

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It had been a long and slightly stressful process. Penelope felt like she had been in an interrogation when Ted had interviewed her. She understood that it was necessary so that they could filter out the good owners from the bad ones but jeeze; Ted could rival even Hotch as an interrogator. With his passion for animals and finding them the perfect homes, she doubted anyone slipped under his radar.

However even though the interview had been uncomfortable, Penelope did not regret it. She had gotten a chance to spend some time with the small puppy before she had signed the papers and she had to agree with Ted, the pup was super sweet and friendly, there wasn't a mean bone in her body.

When Penelope had completed the adoption process, the shelter had given her a crate and Penelope had loaded the puppy, which had willingly walked into the crate, in the backseat of her car and then driven to a pet shop to get some supplies before driving home.

Penelope toed open the door to her apartment, quickly walked in and placed three full bags of goodies onto her kitchen counter. Then she hurried back outside to pick up the medium sized pet carrier she had placed there.

She lifted it carefully and brought it into her home, allowing the door to shut behind her.

Penelope placed the pet carrier on the floor in the middle of her living room and then took a step back.

She had read on a pet website that when you brought your new puppy home, you should never rush the puppy. That you needed to give it its space while it gets comfortable with its new surroundings.

So Penelope headed back to the kitchen and began going through the bags.

Penelope pulled out a large bag of puppy food and put it in the cupboard under her sink. Next came the silver water and food bowls. She walked to her recycling bin and pulled out a newspaper, she put it on the floor next to the sink and then placed the bowls on top. Finally she took out a few toys as well as the large pink dog bed she picked up and walked into the living room. She knelt down and placed the dog bed beside the couch, then placed the toys inside it.

Before she could straighten the puppy poked her head out of the carrier, sniffed the air and then walked over and sniffed at the bed. She looked up at Penelope and let out a tiny bark before flopping over and licking Penelope's hand.

Penelope laughed as she moved her hand to gently stroke the puppy's soft fur. The puppy rolled around and when Penelope began rubbing her belly, her tail began wagging a mile a minute.

Penelope grinned and lay down on the floor "You're just the cutest little thing aren't you?"

The puppy sat up and looked at her as Penelope's hands stopped rubbing her belly. "Now we just have to think of a name for you."

Penelope stared at the puppy in thought and she cocked her head at Penelope as she watched her back. Penelope grinned and scratched under the puppy's chin. "What about Angel, since you're so darn sweet?"

The puppy let out what sounded like a little huff and Penelope laughed "No huh? I guess that would be a little unoriginal."

"Maybe Daisy would be better?"

The puppy cocked her head to the side and Penelope laughed.

"Hmm, not that one either," she said sitting up and pulling out her iphone "When in doubt, search the web."

The puppy walked over to her and sniffed her iphone, her little puppy breath fogged up the screen and Penelope shook her head with a grin, she easily wiped her screen off.

"Let's see," Penelope opened her browser and typed in 'puppy names' on her search engine. "Here we go," she opened up a link "let's see what's popular these days."

The puppy looked up at Penelope, her tail wagging happily.

Penelope's free hand came down to scratch her behind the ears.

"Now, stop me when you hear one you like," Penelope said knowing the puppy couldn't understand her but still enjoying taking to her.

"Puffy, hmm no, Alfie, nope, ooh Derek would get a kick out of this one Babyee Gurl" Penelope laughed "Is that really in? Bella…reminds me too much of Twilight. Chloe, Peaches, Pickle…?" Penelope looked down at the puppy "Definitely not a Pickle."

The puppy seemed to bark in agreement before crawling into Penelope's lap.

Penelope held in an 'aww' and pet her as she continued to scan the list of dog names.

"Rosie, Trixie, Dixie, Pixie…wow very original," Penelope murmured sarcastically. "Olive, Indie, Grace, Maggie, Moxie, Sweet Pea, Tinkerbell, Pippin…"

Penelope stopped "Pippin," she let the name settle over them for a moment "maybe not but…how about Pippa?"

Penelope looked down and the puppy titled her head back before licking Penelope on the chin.

Penelope grinned "I like it," she said "Penelope and Pippa, I think it flows well."

"Well Pippa," Penelope said rubbing the puppy behind the ears "welcome to your new home."

Pippa whined playfully and again licked Penelope's face.

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I know I've already stated this, but I'm headed to China in 13 days and I have 14 long hours to waste while I'm on the plane. So, I'm planning to do some writing and I had a thought. Is there any Aaron/Penelope stories you would like to see done? Maybe a plot that you thought up but never had the inspiration to write. Let me know, I'd love to have some new ideas/prompts to think out on the plane.