- Chapter 4 -
They worked late that evening, Luke ended up grabbing some food from a nearby deli and bringing Penelope dinner, and they ate together, but in the police station. It was nearly midnight by the time everybody got back to the hotel.
"Um, Prentiss, I was thinking that I don't really need my hotel room anymore. I'll clear my stuff out and check out in the morning if that's ok with you"
"Yeah, that's fine. Just make sure they add you to Penelope's room. Something about federal regulations but we all have to be registered at the hotel"
"I'll be sure to do that, good night"
As Luke and Penelope were going into her room Prentiss and Rossi continued to walk down the hall to theirs, "so do they even have a form at the FBI for married agents who were on the same team before they got married?"
"Probably not, I am trying not to think about it till we get back"
"There are actually a surprising number of FBI employees married to other FBI employees, I mean it's a huge organization, but I don't think it's at all common for them to be on the same team or unit, and in the 1 case I can think of that as like that, they were both married before either of them joined that unit" Rossi explained.
"I know, believe me, but I admit I'm less concerned about the HR paperwork headache than I am about what we do If this thing crashes and burns?"
"I think it's pretty clear, Luke's ass is transferred" Rossi responded, looking at Prentiss, "what? I mean there is no way we could lose Penelope, Luke is a good agent but he's not indispensable"
"I know"
"I think if I were unit chief I'd be more concerned about Penelope getting pregnant and going on maternity leave" he let that sink in a moment, "I mean remember how hard it was to deal with JJ when she was pregnant? Imagine that with Penelope"
"Oh god"
"Now I have no insight into their plans about having a family, but considering the lightening speed at which they got married, it seems like it's something that could happen quicker than we'd expect"
"Yeah, well I guess there isn't much we can do about any of it"
Meanwhile, in Penelope's room, they were both lying in her bed, naked after another satisfying round, when Luke grabbed the TV remote "do you mind if I turn on the end of the Met's game?"
"While I have no idea what the Mets are, I'm sure that's fine"
"Seriously?" He looked at her incredulously, he knew Penelope wasn't all that into sports but still.
"Is that the name of a sports team?" she asked as she lifted her head from his chest to look at him, "Baseball maybe?"
He laughed, "Yeah, baseball" he turned on the TV finding the game pretty quickly, "I can see I'm going to have my work cut out for me turning you into a Met's fan"
"Well, if it's any consolation it probably won't be as hard as it was for you to get me to admit I liked you"
"God, I hope not. That was insanely hard"
"I have a feeling there may be a few things we still need to learn about each other, you know on account of the fact that we got married before we ever even went out on a date"
"You're right, that's so weird to think about"
He looked at her and he could tell she was thinking seriously about something, "What are you thinking about?"
"I was just thinking that we probably need to figure out where we're going to live, I mean which one of us is moving or do we both move and get a new place?"
"Yeah, I mean it doesn't make sense to live apart, I don't want that and it's more expensive like that, but we don't have to decide tonight. Maybe we should try staying at your place for a week and then my place for a week and then talk about it?"
"Who knew my husband was so smart" she said kissing him again before yawning, "I think I'm going to go get ready for bed" as she got up, "that doesn't mean you have to turn off your game"
She crawled into bed a few minutes later having put on underwear and a tank top, and brushed her teeth, washed her face, and she even remembered to set her alarm on her phone. She noticed he'd gotten up but hadn't turned off the game. As he plugged in his phone and crawled back into the bed wearing boxers but no shirt, he explained, "I might watch a little more but I wanted to be ready for bed, so I didn't have to disturb you by getting up"
"That's so thoughtful"
"Well I think it's already pretty obvious already that you're a cuddle-r" he said smiling before adding, "I'm not complaining, I love it, just stating an observation"
"Yeah, well, you better get used to it buddy" she said as she snuggled up next to him, resting her head on his shoulder and his arm was around her as she drifted off to sleep. 20 mins later when the game was pretty much over Luke turned off the TV and the light, before rolling onto his side and pulling her close to him, "There we go"
"That feels good" she murmured sleepily.
The next morning when Penelope woke up she was a lot more clear headed than she had been the previous morning but she was still amazed when she looked at her hand. She shook her head at the craziness of it all, and how not crazy it felt. Soon Luke started stirring, kissing her neck, "what time is it?"
"7ish I think?"
"That means we have time"
"You sir are insatiable"
"Yes, for you I am" he said as started kissing her more passionately, pushing her tank top up to allow access to her breasts, before reaching under the covers and rubbing at her clitoris with his fingers. She moaned her approval but was soon putting her hand on his arm as if to still him.
"What?" he looked at her confused.
"I think it's my turn" she said smirking, pushing him onto his back and pulling off his pants before grabbing his cock in her hand and swirling her tongue around the tip, "oh fuck, pen" he moaned, as she licked up the length of his shaft and then sucked on the head before taking as much of him as she could into her mouth, messaging his balls as she moved up and down, "Fuck, that feels so good" he groaned, it wasn't long before he was stammering that he was close, so she took him even deeper, till she thought she was going to pass out, "Fuck, Penelope oh my god" and as she took him deep again and the tip of his cock went down her throat, he came, his semen shooting down her throat, she swallowed all he gave her before smiling at his blissed out face as she moved up to lie next to him.
"Penelope, that was fucking amazing"
"You are cute when you're all blissed out" she said as she kissed him
Soon he was settling in between her legs, pushing them open as wide as he dared, licking up her entrance before lavishing her clit with attention, but from his tongue and his fingers, he then continued to rub her clit with his fingers as he thrust his tongue inside her, "Oh fuck, Luke" she stammered, "so good" she moaned as he continued to thrust into her with his tongue, stammering "Oh god" when he used his fingers to hold her open wide for him allowing him to get even deeper with his tongue which felt amazing, and soon she came, her walls clenching around his tongue as he continued to thrust gently as her body relaxed, before moving up to kiss her on the lips.
"Wow, that was incredible Luke" she said after he kissed her, "and I love the taste of myself in your mouth" she said smirking at him.
She could feel he was hard already and when he looked at her, she said "what are you waiting for?"
"Just wanted to make sure you were ready"
"Fuck me husband" she said grinning
"What's the phrase, happy wife happy life?"
"Oh so happy" she murmured as he teased her rubbing the tip of his cock against her clit, "more" she stammered, "more?" he asked, he had been about to enter her but instead spent another minute rubbing her clit with his cock and he couldn't believe it but she came from just that, "wow" she said, before adding, "that doesn't mean you should stop"
He smiled at her, kissing her as he entered, "Oh fuck, I forgot how good you feel Pen" he stammered as he entered, going slow at first but quickly increasing the intensity of his thrusts, He soon put one leg over his shoulder, "oh fuck" she stammered, and he rubbed her clit hard before putting the other leg over his other shoulder, "yes, oh my god" she stammered, "so close"
"me too" he said, trying not to lose control until she came again, so he pulled out, leaning back on his heels. She glared at him, "what the hell?"
"Roll over" he directed as he guided her onto her stomach, lifting her hips up till she was on her knees, she realized where he was going with this and eagerly spread her legs open wider for him. He held onto her hips as he entered her again, "Oh fuck" he stammered, "that feels amazing" she murmured. He increased the intensity of his thrusts and moved one hand around to access her clit, rubbing and he felt himself get close and soon she came, her walls clenching around him, hard causing him to come, his semen filling her as both of their bodies shook and he collapsed on top of her.
"I don't know if I am ever going to stop being amazed at how good it feels to come inside you" he whispered, she giggled, "me too".
"Ugh, it's already almost 8 and we both have to use this shower now don't we?" she said looking at her phone.
"We could shower together?"
"You keep suggesting that, and believe me I am looking forward to doing that with you, but it's not faster. I think we should save that for some time when we're not running late for work"
"Fair enough, would you prefer 1st or 2nd shower my dear?"
"1st actually, so I can have more time to get ready" she said as she reluctantly got out of bed.
Prentiss was actually surprised when Penelope and Luke were both downstairs and not the last of the team members to arrive. They both seemed well rested and happy.
Maybe this whole married thing won't be so bad, she thought as they headed out to try and solve this case. The case was actually far different than the one they thought they had in the beginning, it looked like someone was targeting some of Las Vegas and Nevada's most influential families, because the first victim was the daughter of a senator, who was also had a big presence in Las Vegas, and the 2nd Victim was the wife of one of the biggest real estate tycoons in Vegas. But at this point they were pretty sure that either the unsub didn't know who the first two victims were, or one of them was a particular target and the other was just to make it look like influential people were the focus, or it was just a random act, convenience. Since then there had been 2 more victims, all were either blond and less than 25 or brunette and mid-30s. The second two however did not have any political or financial connections, one was a stripper and one was a wife of an accountant.
"I'm beginning to think that the true target was either the 1st or 2nd victim, and that all the others are to distract from that" Luke said as he was brainstorming in the conference room with JJ, Spencer, and Tara.
"Typically, the target will not be the first victim because that's too obvious, law enforcement always focuses on the 1st victim more, so that would suggest the 2nd victim" Spencer said. "Unless the first killing was on accident and the rest are just cover up"
"On the other hand, there seems to be a pattern, younger blonds and older brunettes" Tara added, "It seems like the two blonds would be easier to target than the brunettes, which would suggest that he wanted the 2nd victim, so just picked a high profile target for #1"
"But would you really pick the daughter of a senator if you were just going for a high profile victim?" Luke agreed with Tara's points about the two blondes seeming more like the random targets, except for who the first victim's father was"
Luke called Penelope, "Garcia, did we already do a search of the 1st victim's social circle and those of the 2nd and see if there are any people in common?"
"Yes sir, and there were no common acquaintances, there were a couple businesses that they both frequented, like the nicest spa in town and a photographer that does family photos, but those contacts all checked out"
"Did we do the same thing for the 3rd and 4th?"
"Nobody told me to. I mean I always look at immediate family, there weren't links but I did not cross reference all their contacts"
"Well, could you please do that for me? I want to check for any common links between the 1st and 3rd victims, the 1st and 4th, the 2nd and 3rd and the 3rd and 4th"
"It's a good thing you're cute because that's a lot of searching to do, but I am on it"
"Thanks Penelope"
It was an hour or so later that Penelope called Luke back. "You'll never guess what I found"
"A link between two of the victims?"
"Hey, no fair, well never mind. So, it turns out that victim #1 had a professor in college, who also briefly dated victim #4, the accountant's wife. It turns out that this guy has quite a few complaints over the years from women, saying he harassed them, or made unwanted advances, stalked them after they broke up, that kind of thing, but charges were never filed and it seemed like he got away with it because the complaints were far enough apart or at different schools, so he doesn't have a record but it seemed like a red flag"
"A giant red flag, were there any reports about him and either of the victims specifically?"
"Victim #4 apparently requested to her employer that this guy not be allowed in the building but it doesn't say why, there wasn't any official complaint filed"
"And victim #1, Shelly?"
"Nothing official with her either, although I am still combing through her texts. Millennials can really text there are thousands of messages to sift through"
"Did you try running a keyword search for creepy or stay away?"
"No, I was looking for terms like stalker, and harassing" Penelope replied, "but I am doing that now, and what do you know. Shelly texted a friend about a month ago about a guy at her school that was creepy and that she got a weird vibe from him, she doesn't say it was one of her professors but she does say it was somebody in one of her classes so she has to see him regularly"
"And this guy was teaching one of her classes?"
"Yeah, I mean there are like 300 students in the class, but yes"
"That's still too much of a coincidence, can you-"
"Already sent"
Luke smiled as he hung up the phone and relayed the information to the others as they came back into the conference room, before long Rossi, Tara and JJ were headed to the guys house, while Matt, Luke, Prentiss, and Spencer were headed to the school,
The guy of course tried to run but Matt and Luke chased him down, and they brought him back to the precinct for questioning. The guy folded quickly once they confronted him with that they new. He apparently didn't plan to kill Shelly but when she turned down his advances he'd become enraged. Then he decided to kill another high profile target to throw of suspicion, and he just happened to recognize victim #2. Then he went for a stripper before going after the woman who broke his heart years ago. All in all, it was a pretty easy wrap up to the case because the guy was proud, it was like he couldn't wait to share his story and how brilliant he'd been. Nobody was complaining though, it made their job easy. It was only 4pm when they were wrapping up, so everyone opted to go home right away, a late night getting in was better than wasting a day traveling tomorrow.
