A/N: Enjoy this latest update! Let's see what happens with our favorite couple. Hehe!
Kevin was sitting in Penelope's lair waiting for the phone to ring telling him that everything went off without a hitch. He then let his imagination run wild. He knew he had to play this just right. He would wait long enough until he was sure that "the Derek Morgan" was dead. Then he would swoop in, get all the glory and play the hero this time.
Kevin knew that Penelope always carried her backup phone tucked into her bra and that idiot he had do his dirty work would never check there. He gave specific instructions to his partner that his "Plum Sauce" was not to be touched or harmed in any way. That warning came with a threat of death if anything happened to her, other than her being frightened.
Kevin was confident, too confident that he would never be caught or suspected. His overconfidence would be his downfall. He was messing with the wrong people. Her BAU family should never be fooled with, especially when one of their own or in this case two of their own were in trouble. They were an unstoppable and an unbeatable force to be reckoned with.
Then suddenly, he was broken out of his reverie when his phone began to ring. When he answered it, the voice on the other end started to speak to him. "It's done, just as you asked! She is unharmed and I knocked him out cold. I don't think he will ever wake up."
Kevin replied with an evil and maniacal laugh. "Good, good! He will die and never know why! I will be the one to help save the day and Penelope will be eternally grateful to me. She will need consoling and I am the one to do it. Then we can be together, forever without her muscle God in the way anymore. I will win, I will win!"
"Yo man, whatever you say! Are we even now?"
"Yea Jerry, we are even. Now, lose my number!"
"With pleasure, Lynch! Sayonara!" With that, the call ended. Kevin sat back as he tingled with excitement over the death of his longtime nemesis, SSA Derek Morgan!
Little did Lynch know that his perfectly constructed plan was not followed to the letter! Not only was Derek very much alive, but his inept partner had let Penelope see his face. He never bothered with gloves to hide his fingerprints and left two live witnesses. Jerry had left a mountain of clues. Well, I guess that's what you get when you deal with bumbling, idiot junkies!
Meanwhile, the team had decided to call it a night, because everyone still had work in the morning. They all left the bar and Rossi noticed that Derek's truck was still in the lot. They all chuckled with knowing glances, went their separate ways and headed home. No one had noticed all the stuff from Penelope's trunk laying off to the side.
Penelope and Derek were still trapped in the trunk of her beloved Esther. It had been about an hour since their captor had abandoned them there. She was completely frightened, as she still frantically kept looking around trying to figure a way out. Derek still had not regained consciousness and the longer he stayed out, the more and more she was freaking out with worry. She had leaned towards the man of her dreams and fantasies and gently placed a loving kiss to his lips, as she tried to inwardly will her Prince to wake up.
"Derek baby, please wake up for me! I love you and I promise to tell you that if you wake up for me! If you don't wake up right now, I swear I will tell everyone about that secret you are hiding underneath your bed and you know I will do it to, buster! I really need you, my love! Please come back to me, please!"
There was still no movement or signs of life. She felt like this was all her fault. That if she had just stayed and danced with him none of this would never have happened. The tears continued to flow in rivers as she gazed into his handsome face. She noticed a huge bruise and swelling where he had been hit with the gun and she gently ran her fingers down his face. Around fifteen minutes later her heart jumped for joy as he began to stir and moan. "Ohh Baby Boy, that's it! Wake up for me! I'm here, my love! Please open those sexy eyes and let me know you are okay, please!"
He was slowly coming to, his head hurt beyond belief. As he tried to make sense of where he was, he heard the distant cries of his Baby Girl to wake up. His eyes snapped open in a flash and looked directly into the loving and frightened face of the woman he loved more than life itself. As he scanned her body for any injuries, he began to furiously try to free his hands and then remembered he was handcuffed.
"Finally, handsome! There you are, I thought you would never wake up for me! I was so worried! How are feeling? Are you alright?"
"Baby Girl, are you okay? What's going on? Where are we? I'm fine, I promise!"
"He just left us here in the trunk, Sug! He took off over an hour ago, I think. He told me we are in the middle of nowhere. What are we going to do, Hot Stuff? No one knows we are here."
Derek grimaced in pain as he continued to scrutinize his Goddess to ensure that she was not injured in any way. "Shh, Beautiful. Calm down, everything is going to be fine, I promise! Are you hurt? Did he touch you?"
Penelope nervously smiled, brought her cuffed hands up and began to caress his face as she quietly answered him. "I'm okay, Angelfish! He didn't hurt me, I swear. I'm just worried about you, you took quite a hit. I looked around and there is no way out."
Derek leaned into her touch and smiled. He was happy and relieved that she was unharmed. He needed to keep up her spirits so she wouldn't panic and give up on him or their predicament. "I'm good baby, really I am. My face just hurts a bit that's all. We will be alright and will find a way out of here. I promise, Hot Mama! The team will figure it out and find us. Just have faith in our family!"
Penelope sighed and tried to smile a little for him. "Ohh I know, Sugar Shack! I have faith in our family of superheroes. I'm just scared a little, that's all."
"I know you are, baby, but don't worry we are in this together. I'm awake and I won't let the dragons steal you away from me! I'm here for you always, don't you ever forget that!"
Penelope giggled. "No worries, silly man, I won't! Besides the dragons could do better!"
"Hey, hey woman! I don't ever want to hear you talk like that again! You are the best, most special and most gorgeous woman I have ever known."
She smiled at him and leaned in and kissed his cheek. "Thank you, my love! Always my sweet hero and great for my ego."
They both chuckled as Derek shook his head. He suddenly looked down at his belt. "Damn! He took my phone. What about yours, Sweetness? Did he get all three of them?"
"Shoot, he got all three of them! I took my backup one out of my bra earlier and threw it into my purse. So they are all in front seat, I guess?"
"It's alright Baby Girl! Let's hope he left them on and that way the team can track us."
After a while of silence between them, they just couldn't stop staring at each other. They both were trying to work up their courage.
They suddenly blurted out at the same time. "We need to talk." Then again in unison. "You, go first." They both nervously giggled as Penelope caressed his face ever so lovingly and tenderly near his injury site.
"Princess you go ahead!"
Penelope took a deep breath, bit down on her bottom lip and prepared herself to fulfill her promise. "Derek, you know what we were going to talk about earlier? I was about to tell you that I am very unhappy."
He crinkled his forehead with worry. "Why Sweetheart? Talk to me! I'm here for you always, you know that? What's wrong? Besides, it looks like we are going to be here for a while longer!" They both chuckled out again.
Her face turned sad as she thought about everything that was going wrong with her life, right now. She sniffled as she began to speak. "Ohh, Baby Boy! I just don't know what to do! It's about Kevin. I thought I was happy with him. I really tried to make it work and love him, but I just can't do it anymore. I can't keep lying to myself or him. I don't want to hurt him, but I don't know the right thing to do. He has become so demanding of my time. All he does is whine and complain on how I spend my time. He absolutely hates it when I spend time with my family, most especially you! He despises our relationship and all we do is argue. I don't want to lose you, Handsome! He is a nice man and all, but he does not have my heart, someone else owns that!"
Derek laid there totally frustrated while he wished he could hold the other part of his heart in his arms. She meant everything to him and he really wanted to show her what love really is.
"Gorgeous, please tell me he didn't hurt you, did he?" She shook her head no.
"I'm glad of that! Listen to me, Mama. All I want is your happiness. I would never ever hurt you! If you aren't happy, that kills me. This is all my fault! I am so sorry!"
She looked totally perplexed as she frowned. "Derek honey, what are you talking about? None of this is your fault. It's all on me, these were the choices I made. I decided to settle for second best, I knew that my one and only was out of my reach."
He stared directly into her beautiful and soulful eyes and shook his head. "Of course this is my fault, P! I am the coward here, not you! I should have told the truth a long time ago. I said the words after you were shot, but you misunderstood me."
"Now you really have me at a total loss here, Handsome! "
"Listen to me Angel, I really need you to hear me! After you were shot I was so scared that I would lose you forever. I made a promise to myself that if you survived I would tell you the truth. I did that, but you didn't understand me and I guess I got scared. Shortly, after I told you how I felt you ran right into Lynch's arms, so I didn't push it because, I thought you didn't want me that way. I felt rejected and my heart shattered. The bottom line is this, my Gorgeous Goddess. I love you with all my heart, I always have. I'm head over heels in love with you and want you to be mine forever. I can't imagine my life without you in it. You are my solace, my best friend, my safe haven and the sole owner of my heart!"
Penelope began bawling like a baby, but they were happy tears. She couldn't believe her ears. The man who owned her heart was in love with her, too! She was left totally and momentarily speechless. That never happened to Penelope Garcia, she always had something to say.
"Ohh baby, don't cry! I didn't mean to upset you."
She had raised her hands and lightly placed her fingers over his lips and finally found her tongue. "My Prince, I'm not upset with you. These are happy tears, my love. I just can't believe it. You love me, you really truly love me!"
"Of course I love you, silly girl! You are now and will always be my forever! I want everything with you, marriage, kids and the white picket fence. Well, with you it might be purple."
They both broke out into laughter, at that. Derek leaned in and placed a soft and tender kiss to the love of his life's lips.
Penelope sniffled, ran her fingers over his chest and smiled. "Ohh Hot Stuff, I have been such a coward and a fool! I never thought you would want to be with me that way. I'm not the usual type of woman you go for. That's why I settled for Kevin, I didn't think I could be lucky enough to be with someone like you. I was totally scared that if I told you how I felt, that I would lose you forever. I can't be without you! I never really loved Kevin and deep down I guess we both knew that. You are an amazing man with an amazing heart! You come across to others as a ferocious lion, but in actuality you are a total pussycat! I have never known anyone like you! You had me at Gomez, I love you with every fiber of my being!"
Derek was grinning ear-to-ear, even with the predicament they were in. He was the happiest he had ever been even being locked in a trunk in handcuffs. As long as they were together, everything else was bearable.
"Sweetness, you are the best thing in my life! You are my life! When I am scared and in my dark places and my nightmares, you are my guiding light. You chase away all my demons. You never let me down and I never feel alone! I want to spend the rest of my life making you as happy as you have made me. I wish I could hold you right now and show you how much you mean to me! I love you, my Angel! Will you do me the honor of going out on a date with me? I want to woo you the way you deserve to be treated, baby. Lynch was never good enough for my girl!"
Penelope giggled. "Of course, I will go out with you, silly man! I need to break it off with Kevin, first. It's only the right thing to do."
He shook his head in total awe and amazement. "You have such a big, loving and unselfish heart. You have made me the happiest man on the planet. I can't wait for our crazy and wonderful future."
"I love you, Derek Michael Morgan!"
"I love you more, Penelope Calliope Garcia!"
They both leaned into each other and brushed their lips together tenderly. The kiss soon took on a life of its own. It became very hot, sensual and passionate. The need for air was the only reason they pulled apart. They laid there gasping, as they tried to catch their breath.
"Wow, Chocolate Thunder!"
"Wow is an understatement, my beautiful Baby Girl!"
They gazed into each other's eyes and leaned back in for another loving, erotic and steamy kiss. They continued on like a couple of horny teenagers with their first loves.
Things had calmed down for them after they realized they couldn't go any further because of their present limitations. They were both exhausted and mutually agreed to get some rest. Besides, Derek refused to let their first time to be in the trunk of a car. He wanted it to be special and wanted to be able to cherish her and treat her like the Goddess she was. She deserved nothing but the best. Penelope snuggled into her Chocolate God the best she could and they drifted off to dreamland.
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