Derek didn't know what he'd expected when he walked into Garcia's inner sanctum minutes after returning to Quantico, but he certainly hadn't expected to find another guy there.

And he definitely hadn't expected it to be a tall FBI agent holding a bouquet of flowers in his hands. Jealousy and rage clouded hid mind for a moment, but then, as he did in his job, he took a look at the scene. Saw that Garcia had subtly pushed back from the man, her chair facing her computers, so only her head was turned towards him. She hadn't taken the flowers and she was definitely not smiling at the man.

"Garcia," he said, calling her by her last name even though part of him wanted to call her baby girl or goddess, or even just Penelope, but better to keep it professional for the moment, "Seems I interrupted you."

She shook her head quickly and her eyes widened, "No, no, this was….this is Jake Finnegan, he's an agent."

Jake put out a hand, "You must be Derek Morgan. I heard you caught a pretty crazy killer today."

"Yeah," he quickly shifted away from work, "So you're the guy that's been sending Garcia a little bit much, don't ya think?"

Jake turned towards him completely now, and out of the corner he could see Pen tense up.

"I don't think so. Penelope is an amazing woman. She deserves nothing but the best. In fact," he turned back towards her, "I was just trying to convince her to come out with me tonight. She's worried about work, but….I wouldn't let a little thing like that get in our way."

He must have looked as angry as he felt because Penelope, and Derek wanted to smack Jake for even using her name like they were friends, jumped up and into to the conversation, "But…I….I was just explaining to Jake, that, although he was sweet," she nodded at the man, "Very sweet, I'm actually involved with someone."

"You are?" Jake asked.

Derek nodded his head and said, "She is." He quickly saw realization come over the man's face.

"Well, then I'll be going. Nice to see you again Penelope, glad you liked the flowers. Call me if you ever find yourself," he glanced at Derek, "Free." He smiled once more and left.

Derek continued to stare him down as he went. The he felt Penelope's hand on his arm.

"Derek, I know you must be upset, but if you just mpffff," her next words were stopped when he kissed her, not holding anything back as he thoroughly explored her mouth with his tongue.

He finally pulled back, nipping at her bottom lip as he went, "So baby girl, how bout that date?"

She smiled, "How 'bout it?"