Penelope pulled in the garage and Erin slowly got out of the car. By the time Penelope had come around to her side, she was feeling more than ready to head up to their room and not leave for days. "Did I tell you? Hotch gave me tomorrow off. We don't have to leave the house for almost forty hours."

"That sounds like music to my ears, lambkin." Holding out her hand to Penelope, she opened the door and led her inside. They tripped their way up the stairs to their bedroom and Erin let her lover slowly strip her until she was wearing only her panties. "Is it my turn now?"

"No, right now it is all about you. This is your special day and I want to worship you right now." Erin nodded and let Penelope push her back on the bed. She'd long given up feeling self-conscious about her body's changes as Penelope had assured her that it just made her love her all the more. Still, she wished she could talk her lover into letting her get her breasts lifted. "Not in a million years, luv. I like your breasts just as they are. I like you just the way you are."

"How did you?"

"You always cup your breasts when you think about the surgery. But guess what? To me, you are an angel sent from heaven. Perfection begins and ends with you." Kneeling, Penelope leaned in and kissed Erin softly, exploring her lips with her tongue. Opening her mouth, she let her lover's tongue in and they danced and dueled for dominance. As always, she let her lover win, knowing she'd be rewarded for it later on.

Lazily, Penelope began to kiss her way down her chest, spending time loving on the scar that had almost torn them apart. Five years ago, a major heart attack had landed her in the hospital for two months and Penelope had taken a leave of absence to stay by her side night and day as she slowly got better. "Penelope…"

"I almost lost you once. I am not about to let you willingly go under the knife and perhaps have you die on me. That would destroy me, Erin." She dragged her lips over to latch onto one firm, aching, peak. Erin dug her fingers into her lover's thick blonde hair, holding her close as Penelope suckled.

"I promise that I will only think of you, Penelope, from now on. I don't want to risk cutting our time together short."

Penelope released her nipple, looking up at her. "I'll hold you to that." She once more kissed the long scar, following it down her sternum to caress the soft flesh of her stomach. She moaned lowly, loving how that felt. Penelope placed a delicate kiss on her mound and then sat back. "I love you."

"I love you, too. Are you waiting for something?"

"Sort of. Is there anything you'd like me to do to you? I know your body so well after ten years, but I think every now and then I should ask you what you want from me."

"Very well, then. I want you to use the strap on. I want to feel your body against mine as you fuck me." Erin smiled, knowing that Penelope loved it when she talked dirty. "I want to feel your fingers tease my clit as you thrust in and out of my willing body."

"Oh, god, Erin, you undo me every time you talk like that." Leaning up, she captured her lips in a passionate kiss as she stripped off her clothes. Once she was nude, she pulled out the strap on, affixing it to her body. "All right, lay back on the bed, luv."

She complied with her lover and smiled up at her, raising her hips in welcome. "Now, Penny. I can't wait." Penelope nodded and gently guided the dildo into her. "You know I like it harder than that, my dear, sweet, loving, fiancée."

"I want to take it slow this afternoon, build you up to the best orgasm you've had in months. Humor me?" Penelope tweaked her nipple lightly and Erin bit her lip as her hips twitched. Clenching her muscles around the dildo, she tried to wrest the pace from her beloved, only to receive another, slightly sharper, tweak. "Listen to me for once."

"I always listen to you, Penny. It's you that doesn't listen to me." Reaching up, she squeezed one of her lover's breasts, running her thumb over the nipple over and over until she moaned and thrust her hips more forcefully into her. "Now I think you hear me," she purred, arching her body so that she could nip and kiss her lover's mouth.

Penelope just shook her head, deliberately slowing down the pace once more. "I am not going to be manipulated into doing what you want this time, Erin. You know that happens enough as it is!"

She laughed and was rewarded with a sharp pinch to her hip. "Dammit, woman, would you stop teasing and fuck me already. I know you can give me incredible, mind-blowing, orgasms. I just need to get off right now."

Heaving a dramatic sigh, Penelope nodded and picked up her pace. The friction of the dildo only excited her more and soon the orgasm crashed over her. She dug her fingers into her lover's hips, screaming in pleasure. As she fell back onto the bed, Penelope pulled out of her body and unbuckled the strap on. "You'll drive me insane one of these days, Erin."

"Oh, but you're my best friend. What will I do if you go away?"

"You'll just have to come visit me. And bring me flowers, and jewelry, and shoes, and clothes…"

Erin laughed as she pulled Penelope down on top of her. "I will never drive you completely insane, my love. Just to the point of utter distraction." Carefully, she turned Penelope onto her back and kissed her sweetly. "I don't ever want to think about you leaving me, either, you know." She stroked the scar left so long ago by Battle and his gun.

"That's why I stay home these days. The bank incident was the last time I wanted to be out there, I was so close to losing you all." She leaned up and kissed Erin sweetly. "How am I your best friend?"

"Whenever this world is cruel to me, I've got you to help me forgive," she sang softly, quoting from the Queen song. She snuggled close to her lover, resting her head on Penelope's breast so that she could listen to her heart. "I know we should probably get up and do something, but I just want to lay here in your arms, listening to your heart until I fall asleep for a short nap."

"That does sound wonderfully amazing. I'm not getting any younger, you know."

Erin laughed and rubbed her face against her lover's chest. "You, my dear, are fifteen years younger than my sixty. You can still run laps around me."

"That helps me keep up with our lovely granddaughter."

"She's going to be a big sister soon. I wonder when they'll decide to tell us."

"I wondered if she was pregnant. She has a little bit of a bump already." Penelope ran her fingers through her hair, curling it around her fingers. "You've become my best friend, too. It only took you seven months to worm your way into my heart. Morgan knew before I did that he was not going to be keeping that place in my life."

"He told me if I ever hurt you that he would see me suffer tenfold. And then he hugged me." Erin let out a deep breath. "I did notice you backed off on flirting with him, once we were together."

"That's because you were the one. I never realized how much I knew to the marrow of my bones that Kevin was not right for me until you came along. When everything clicked into place, I knew that it would be unfair for me to string him along like that, even if he was half in love with Emily." Erin felt her kiss the top of her head. "You're my sunshine, Erin. Every time I had a bad day, I knew that I could come to you and suddenly, you'd wipe that bad day away."

"You did the same for me, Penny. It was your sweet care that brought my family back to me. I just wish we had been able to work the same miracle with your brothers and their families."

"I guess some things are just not meant to be. The further I strayed from their values, the more they refused to listen to me. Which totally makes no sense, since my parents were hippies to the extreme. Free love, don't trust the government, find the thing that makes you happy, those were the values they endorsed. They always looked at me askance for wanting to be in law enforcement."

"And then you became a hacker."

"Their deaths scared me. I wanted to get as far away from that as possible. My brothers didn't understand that. I thought that once I was with the FBI, their opinions would change. And they did until they found out my best friend was black. I haven't heard a word from them since I hooked up with you. And you know what? Screw them. You are the best things that ever happened to me."

Erin kissed the first spot her lips found, nuzzling the pulse point of Penelope's neck. "Besides my children, you are the best thing in my life." She felt her eyes close heavily just as the phone rang. "You should probably get that."

Penelope groaned and picked it up. "Hello? What? Oh, my god, we'll be right there."

Erin sat up, taking in the shocked look on Penelope's face. "What is it, my love?"

"We have to get to the BAU as soon as possible. There's been an accident."

"Who's hurt?" Erin asked as she slipped from the bed, heading over to their dresser.

"Emily. They're waiting for all of us to get there to tell us how serious it is."

"She was on assignment for Interpol, wasn't she?"

"Uh huh," Penelope replied as she grabbed the pair of underwear Erin threw to her. "They were trying to break the largest human trafficking ring they've seen in years." Erin gasped as she pulled on a short sleeved top and skirt. This was not good.

Penelope tugged on a dress and slipped her feet into flats. "There's no time for makeup, dearest."

"I know. Let's head out." She held out her hand and Erin clasped it tightly, knowing her lover was close to breaking down. Hand in hand, they walked out to the car and Erin drove to the Academy. Penelope never let go of her and she held on just as tightly, trying to let her know that she would never leave her.