Derek walked down the stairs of his mother's house and heard the last of her conversation with Penelope.
"All right. I'll let him know. Thank you for calling me Penelope." Fran said and then she hung up.
Derek walked on into the living room. "Was that Pen Mom?"
She nodded. "She told me to tell you that's she's sorry ,and for you to please call her."
He just nodded and sat down. He wasn't too sure what to say rather than he was sorry. He really was. He didn't want to hurt Penelope - ever. He loved her too much for that. He had really screwed up and he knew it. He had already called Tamara and said that this was it. That she couldn't come between him and Penelope anymore. Enough was Enough.
"Derek, don't worry. Penelope will forgive you." Fran said. "As long as you at least call her."
"Ok Mom." he said. Then he picked up his phone and called the airport to book a flight home.
Penelope was sitting at her apartment flipping aimlessly through the channels on her TV. Her mind has already went through every worst case scenario she could think of and now she was just waiting for the familiar ringtone to play when Derek called her.
To her surprise the doorbell rang instead of her phone, she jumped up thinking it was the pizza she had ordered about ten minutes before and was shocked when she came face-to-face with Derek.
"Derek!" she said in surprise.
"Hey Pen. Can I come in? We need to talk." he said.
"Sure." she said moving to one side so he could come inside.
Was he breaking up with her? She really hoped not. He didn't look angry or upset. He actually looked nervous. Derek Morgan being nervous was the last thing Penelope thought she ever would see in this life.
"Penelope I'm sorry." he began. "I was wrong to talk to Tamara without asking you first and I won't do it again I promise."
She gave him a small smile. "Apology accepted Derek."
She was going to sit on the couch again, when he grabbed her arm. "Wait Pen there is something else."
"What?" she asked as the nervousness reappeared in his eyes. He was really freaking her out.
"Penelope, you know I love you and I care about you very much."
She smiled at him. "I love you too Derek."
He held up a finger cautioning her to wait. "I realized when I was in Chicago and I didn't know if you were ever going to forgive me that I really, really loved you, and.."
"Derek just get on with it already!" she said.
He slid down on one knee, and it felt like she ran into a wall of bricks when she realized what he was doing. Her mind began to spin and her knees were going weak:
"Penelope Garcia, will you marry me?" He said and then he showed her the ring.
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