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She watched him sleeping; she stood in the doorway and just watched him. She'd gone to him when she had a moment to see him herself and he had pleaded with her to go through with the wedding, get her happily ever after but she wasn't going to get that when it wasn't with him. She'd never be happy with Kevin, she'd never be complete.

'Can I help you?' A nurse spoke from behind her and she spun round, she watched her eye her over.

'Is he okay?'

'He's fine; can I ask what you're doing here?'

'I just needed to be here.'

'It seems that you are needed somewhere else.' The nurse said almost antagonistically. 'Don't you think it's wise for you to be there?'

'Did I ask for your opinion?' Penelope asked, she didn't know who the woman was and she shouldn't have to listen to her. 'I didn't and I won't because I have no idea who you are and you don't know who I am or who that man is so why are you looking at me like I shouldn't be here?' The nurse said nothing but just left Penelope.

'Baby girl?' Derek's voice asked out tiredly.

Penelope straightened up and turned around, her face lightened with a smile. 'Hey Hot Stuff, how you doing today?'

His eyebrows knitted together in confusion, his breathing raced as he looked over her in the wedding dress, her makeup and hair, everything how he loved it. 'What are you doing here?'

'Doesn't matter, how you feeling?'

'Penelope...' He groaned as he sat up a bit. 'What are you doing here?' She didn't reply. 'Get out Garcia.' He ground out; she was making a mistake being here. 'You shouldn't be here; you should be in the church getting married so get out.'

'No.'

'Penelope.'

'No... that night we slept together you told me to be happy with Kevin.' She told him and her voice changed as the tears built. 'I've been nothing but miserable since you told me that, I'm not happy with him. I don't care if you can't give me the future you think I deserve. A future with you would be my idea of happiness, not with Kevin, never with Kevin.'

'So you ran from your wedding to tell me that?'

'Yes because even if you tell me no you need to know what that night meant to me and if you still feel the same then I'll leave, I was going to take a career change so you could well be the push I need but I need you to know that I love you more than you can ever know.'

'I knew taking you to bed that night was a mistake.'

'Never a mistake... just making my wildest dreams come true.' Penelope said and stepped out of her heels and kicked them over to the wall. 'I love you Derek because you're everything I need in life, Kevin was never what I wanted, he could never fulfil me and he could never make me truly happy.'

'I can't make you leave, I can't have you leave.' Derek admitted, his heart slowly warming that the truth was coming out. 'I'm so sorry for that night, I knew I was breaking your heart and I just couldn't stay.'

'So what are you saying?'

'That that night was the biggest mistake of my entire life that's what Baby Girl, I've wanted nothing more than to just take you to your office and redo it, make love to you again, have you around me like that night.' He looked her over again. 'You look amazing P.' She blushed. 'Perfect even.' She watched him then move.

'Where are you going?'

'Lie with me.'

'Derek, those beds aren't big.'

'No but I want you next to me, so I can feel you.' She contemplated it at first before giving in and getting on the bed next to him, the bottom of her dress splaying out on the bed, her head on Derek's good side, his arm around her and all he could think was one thing. 'Perfect fit.'

'I always am when you're around.' She said sadly. 'I disappointed a lot of people today.'

'I know you did, but not me.'

'I know. Kevin's mom came in, I'd changed my hair and makeup from how she'd made me have it. I wasn't me, this is me, I needed to be me and then I was standing in front of those doors waiting for them to open so I could walk to my happiness and I couldn't do it.'

'So what did you do?'

'I ran out the doors and into the sunlight, threw my gloves and bouquet and hailed a cab and came here... this is where I'm meant to be.' She said contently as Derek played with her hair. 'I don't care if I live for sex, I can't live without you.'

'Then marry me.' Penelope shot up and looked at him. 'Be my wife, be my family.'

'You don't want that Derek.'

'Baby, I've only ever looked at you and seen that type of future, I want that.' He told her and smiled genuinely at her. 'I want you in my bed nightly, as Mrs Morgan and I want to see you bearing my children. I couldn't have handled you having Kevin's baby in you. I was jealous of him for getting to marry you, that would've topped me too much.'

Penelope hadn't realised she was crying until he wiped the tear away. 'You mean it?'

'Through and through, I told you I loved you more than the world itself and I meant it. I've been in love with you for too long but never had my gateway to show you so I let you go, tried to set you free but it's clear now that you've been free, not after that night anyway.'

'Try since day one, that night kind of sealed the deal.'

'Well seal this deal baby girl, marry me?'

'Yes!' She said and kissed him romantically, no greed or angst to it just love and happiness and she pulled away and smiled at him. 'I will.'

'Good, as soon as I can I'm getting you a ring.' She heard him tell her and she smiled larger, he meant it all. He then gestured for her to snuggle into him again, take his embrace and she did and they just laid there together.

'How you feeling today?'

'Less pain, it's getting better.' He told her and then felt her getting heavier against him as the sleep she looked like she needed took her over and he settled down, he was getting better because he got the one thing he thought he'd lost, she was now his.

His baby girl was going to be his future wife and although she still had Kevin to deal with she was still going to be his after that and that was all that mattered to him.

His lies were now his truths.