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A/N: Thanks for the reviews! Have Chapter two!

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Chapter Two -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Penelope sat and watched the prim and proper family of Kevin's. There was Kevin himself, the 'I love disgusting shirts' and 'I think spending all day on online games is a highlight of my life' kind of man. Then there was his little sister, Rachel, immature for her age and stick thin and the second biggest snob in the entire restaurant, the stick up her arse was well and truly on its way to disappearing. To the left of Rachel was their dad, Clive, a middle aged entrepreneur that had more money that he deserved, a sleazebag that had groped Penelope more times than she wanted to count and finally the mother and wife of the group. Claire was the biggest more obnoxious snob she'd ever met, her stick was well and truly long gone and lost by now and Penelope had taken a dislike the very moment she'd met her.

They were all sat in this huge restaurant, fine dining and all that jazz and Penelope had never felt so out of place. Kevin never brought her here on a normal date and all of sudden she felt a surge of memories and in an instance she realised she really didn't love Kevin anymore, that period and phase had worn off months if not over a year ago. Who was she kidding really? She'd had fantasies while at home and in work about her best friend, ones she thought were dead and gone a year into their friendship. Boy was she wrong.

She sat and picked at her dish, she didn't want to know what it was because it didn't look anything like what she had ordered. She spoke fluent French and this wasn't what she asked for. That much was certain. She thought of excuses that would get her to a more familiar setting and then as if a light switch went on she put a hand to her head. She was going to feign an illness.

"Penny dear." Clair asked in her nasally posh tone of voice. "Really if you're ill you shouldn't be out." Claire said almost without empathy at all.

Penny, that could cause a headache for sure. "Erm, yeah, I'm fine, just not feeling on top of it but I'm fine." She forced yet another smile.

"Honey maybe you should go home and get an early night." Kevin told her with a sweet smile. "We won't mind."

"I think I might need to do that." She told them and smiled as apologetically as she could. "It's just been a full on day, I'm sorry." She looked at them all. "I'll be fine."

"Penny helped bust a big case at work. Just in time for tomorrow too so it has been chaos." Kevin said with a forced smile. "Right let's get you in a cab."

"No, I'll stick it out. I might be fine."

"I think you should go." Rachel said and smiled a little.

"C'mon I'll wait for you to get a cab and then come back in." Kevin told her putting his knife and fork down.

"You don't need to. I can wait until after dinner." Penelope said and tried to act up the being normal with an illness feeling.

"No way, come on." Kevin told her and Penelope had felt like she was being sped off rather than looked after caringly. As soon as she was in the cab she slid down with absolute relief.

"Where to Miss?" The driver asked.

"Diner on 64th please." She told the cab driver and just watched the passing building, when she reached it she paid and went in, didn't even care that she was over dressed, she just wanted to sit down and eat some cake and make some very important decisions.

She climbed into the booth that her and the team usually occupied and kicked her heels off. She loved those shoes, purely because Derek had. She put her aching feet up on the seat opposite and poked at her piece of cake thoughtfully.

"Well this was not the sight I had of my oracle on tonight of all night." Derek said as he stood at the end of the table a wide grin.

"Well if it isn't my hero." Penelope said but didn't move or attempt to. "What's got you in a diner at this time?"

"I could ask you the same thing baby girl." He told her and Penelope tilted her head as he grabbed the heels from under the table and held it with the tips of his fingers. "I still love this pair of heels on you. Killer and sexy all at once." He told her and she loved that look he got in his eyes.

"Killer and Sexy have killed mamma's feet I'm afraid so tonight they are just killer." Penelope said and she cut at the cake a bit more.

"So why are you here looking absolutely gorgeous?" He asked and watched her blush at that comment, she looked up at him. "Well?"

"I said I was sick to get out of dinner with the Lynch's." She admitted quietly.

"Tut tut baby girl." He teased her.

"Now why are you here?"

"My mom and sister's fancied some fries and burgers with milkshakes. I told them I know a place my baby girl showed me." Penelope smiled. "Wanna join us?"

"Erm... really I just want some alone time handsome. I've got a lot going on in my head and a lot of important decisions that I need to make."

"Well you aren't spending all night in here alone."

"I guessed as much." She told him and smiled brightly. "Can I ask you something?"

"Course you can." He said as he leant forward some.

"If I told you I loved you how would you take it?"

Derek thought for a moment. "Well I'd question how deep, but then I'd kiss you to find out if it's like how I love you." He said and he saw her look away. "Is that what you want to know?"

"For now." She told him and looked at him again. "Go to your family sugar. It's rude."

"I'm giving you until we've finished eating. Then we're joining you." He said and walked around, climbed into her side of the booth and kissed the side of her forehead before going over to his mom and sister's. He looked back over just to see her sit up and put her arm up to guard herself. He knew she was going through some huge inner battle right now.

Penelope had lost track of time, she was starving and she hadn't even touched her cake. It wasn't until Derek sitting down next to her that she jumped and looked up and came back to the reality around her. She couldn't help but feel herself melt some as she watched him smile at her. "Hey handsome." She looked up and looked at the woman that she had met only once but a few years back. "Nice to see you again Mrs Morgan."

"And you Penelope but please call me Fran." She was told as the older woman sat down opposite her. "I don't think you met my daughters when I met you last but this is Sarah and Desiree." She pointed them out as they sat on the same side as their mother.

"It's lovely to meet you at last. Your brother here speaks about you a lot." Penelope said and looked at Derek and smirked. "Am I embarrassing you handsome?"

"Never baby girl." He said and pulled her into a hug. "You done being all pensive and mysterious?"

"I'm sitting in a diner after faking some illness... what do you think?" She told him and the smiled. "Did you have the best burgers and fries?"

"We did thank you." Fran told her and smiled warmly, an entire different feeling took over her when she saw that smile. Different from Claire's. "But from this cake we can tell you need something better for dessert?" She said as she gave the destroyed uneaten cake a poke with her fork.

"Right baby did you decide?" Derek intercepted and Penelope looked at him perplexed. "Are you a Lynch or a Morgan tomorrow?"

"I'm a Garcia." She told him pointedly and he had to smile. "I gotta be a Lynch." She said sadly and shrug. "He wrote my name down as Penelope Lynch."

"That's a sucky name" Desiree told her and Penelope nodded vigorously. "Did he even ask you?"

"Honey that man never asks me what I want before he does it so no he didn't." Penelope told and they could tell she was little annoyed.

"I'll get you moved." Derek told her with a slight nudge.

"I could sabotage." Penelope teased and Derek laughed. "But hey, did you know I've pulled two men in that family brood?"

"You haven't!" Derek and his sisters said with a slight laughter.

"You'll see what I mean tomorrow but handsome, I gotta do some things before I get the chance to change tables."

"But do I get you as a Morgan by the end of it?"

"You'll just have to wait and see." She told him and he pouted and she swatted him playfully and then looked at the cake. "I really did wanna eat that."

"Then let's order more." Derek said happily and comfortably.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Chapter Two -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

A/N: Thanks again! This is going to be more playful than anything!

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