"Sweetness, you got to wake up." Derek said trying to nudge Penelope awake.
"Five more minutes, mom." She curled into his chest "I just feel so safe in your arms."
He closed his eyes trying to control the feeling sweeping threw his body. Baby if you would leave him I promise to keep you safe for the rest of my life. When he opened his eyes he looked back down at his sleeping angel. "Come on sweetheart, you need to get up. Our appointment is in a hour."
She groaned stretching like a cat on the bed. "Fine." She moved to sit up and head to the bathroom. She turned back to see Derek still sitting up in the bed still under the covers. "Handsome, you okay?" She looked at him cockeyed.
"Yeah sweetness, go get ready." She smiled and made her way into the bathroom.
Derek took a deep breath; he couldn't get up and have Penelope see what her being in his arms did to him. The dreams he had last night didn't help. They ended up being a play by play of their honeymoon.
Once she was in the bathroom he quickly got dress and made his way out to the kitchen. JJ and Emily were both sitting at the kitchen table with coffee in hand.
"Morin' Morgan, sleep well?" JJ said with a smile.
"Yeah, just fine." He kept his head down making his way over to the coffee pot.
"You know I went to PG's room to wake her but she wasn't there."
"Yeah she's taking a shower in my room." Morgan poured his coffee.
Emily looked over at JJ with a smile.
Morgan sat at the table with his coffee and waited for Penelope to make her entrance. About 20 minutes later she came out dressed in a yellow sundress with a flower in her hair.
"Ready to go guys?"
"Yeah Pen, lets head out."
The spa turned out to be a lot of fun. At first Morgan felt a little uncomfortable. The receptionist had them all strip down and put on a white cotton robe.
The group had gotten their hour long massages and were now sitting in a room relaxing with face masks.
"I don't know why guys don't do this more often. This feels great." Morgan said taking a sip of his cucumber water.
"Do you want us to add you to our girls day, Morgan?" Emily said with a laugh.
"Hell yeah, I get the attention of three beautiful naked girls." He made a noise of approval.
"Relax Hot Stuff." Penelope said sitting up. "I can't wait for the mud bath. Those are the best."
"Oh yeah remember last time? Make sure you get your waxing done after you get in there." JJ said with a laugh.
"Shut it JJ. I was trying to be productive and move us along." Penelope said throwing a cucumber at her.
"Excuse me?" Morgan said looking confused.
"Last time we were here, a consultant came out asking if any of us wanted to move our waxing up. Pen jumped at the chance. Having your lower region waxed then getting into a hot mud bath, not so fun."
Derek felt the heat run through his body knowing her intimate details of her grooming almost pushed him over the edge. He was saved from saying anything when a new lady came out.
"Morgan party? The mud baths are ready for you. If you would please follow me I can lead you to the room."
All four of them followed the young lady down the hall. They were lead into a room with four square holes in the ground full of mud.
"Am I really paying for this? I could have dug a hole in my back yard." Morgan said looking at the girls.
"This is shifted threw, bug-less organic mud, Hot Stuff." Penelope said making her way over to her bath. "You need to turn around, Handsome, so we can get in."
He once again felt the heat run threw his body as he turned around. "Wait a minute if I turn around while you get in what are you all going to do when I get in?"
"Oh Morgan, you're shy all of a sudden? I can promise we'll close our eyes." Emily said getting into her mud bath.
"Alright Hot Stuff, you can turn around."
Morgan turned around and saw all three women with their eyes closed. He couldn't help but let his eyes travel down Penelope's neck to the top of her breasts. He did his best to hold back a groan, dropping his robe.
"Wooo Hooo Hot Stuff!" Penelope said with a smile on her face.
"Garcia! Are you sneaking a peek?"
"Well I'll be a married woman soon, I needed to at least see a little something to keep me going."
"Baby how many times do I have to tell you? You want a look just let me know." Derek placed his head back on the pillow. This did feel good, even though he was sitting in mud.
About 20 minutes later a new lady walked into the room.
"Which ones of you are getting waxed today?" She had a big smile as she looked over a Morgan.
"The girls are." He said looking up at the consultant.
"Not this time Hot Stuff. I'm going to forgo the waxing this time."
"Really Garcie?"
"Yeah Peaches. Not this time."
Both the girls looked at her like she was crazy. Normally Garcia was the first one to get waxed. Maybe she felt uncomfortable because Morgan was there. They decided to let it go and move out of the tub and head over to the showers with the consultant.
"Sweetheart, You know this is all paid for, you can get waxed if you want to. I'm sure Chris will be excited for a smooth you." He said giving her a smirk.
"No Hot Stuff its okay, this time I just want to relax here before we head out tonight."
"Alright Sweetheart, whatever you want."
The club was poppin. Some of Garcia's theater friends were able to make it out so their VIP room was full. There was dancing and laughing and drinking going on. Most of the women were all over Morgan trying to get him to dance with them but he only had eyes for Penelope.
Penelope was drunk there was no denying that. She was up and dancing; something she never did when they would go out. Morgan wanted nothing more than to feel her soft curves along his hard body. He made his way over to her ready to finally dance with her after all these years.
"Baby Girl, let me cut in."
She didn't say anything just smiled and moved over to him using his body as her pole. He stood still at first in shock not sure he could believe what was happening. Once he got over it he moved his hands to her hips helping her grind against him.
The festivities continued on for a couple of hours. Any time Penelope got up to dance, Derek was right behind her assuming the position. He knew this was pure torturer on this part; if his dreams were bad before they were going to be hell now.
He must be a masochist, every time she would mention Chris his heart would break more but he couldn't help being close to her. This weekend was everything he ever wanted with her. They were close; he got to sleep with her in his arms and imagine her in her naughty nighttime play clothes. He never wanted this weekend to end.
The evening was coming to an end. The entire group had made their way out of the club, the only people that were left were, JJ, Em, Pen, and Morgan.
"You got her right, Morgan? She's beyond plastered." Emily slurred a little.
"Yeah, don't worry about her. Will's coming to get you and JJ right?" Morgan said still hold a very drunk Penelope at his side.
JJ stumbled over to them. "Hell yeah he is. And I'm gonna find that nightie and put it on for him."
"That's him coming up JJ, lets go." Emily grabbed onto her dragging her over to Will. "Take care of her Morgan."
He yelled back. "I plan on it."
"Come on sweetheart one more step." He was guiding Penelope up his steps and into his house.
"I is comin' hop stub" She said giggling.
"Pen you never get this drunk. Come on let me get you to bed."
"Finally! I have been waiting for a passionate night of love making from you for ever." She said stumbling into the house.
"Silly Girl, I don't think Chris would approve of that." He picked her up throwing her over his shoulder to bring her into his bedroom.
She squealed as he picked her up. "Ahh, yay! Pony ride! Giddy up horsey!"
"I'm so going to remind you of this in the morning." He put her down on his bed crouching to remove her shoes.
"Derek don't let tonight end please, I haven't felt this good in such along time."
At her words he looked up into her eyes. "Sweetheart, you always have a good time. I'm sure you and Chris have fun all the time."
"He's not youz." She let her head fall onto her chest.
He cupped her face in his hands. "Baby you love him."
"Yeah I do, he's my last chance." She was falling back on the bed.
"What do you mean he's your last chance?" He pulled her up back into the sitting position removing her earrings and her hair band.
"My last chance to be a mom, hot stub." Derek stared at her for a moment in shock. Did that mean she doesn't love him? Did he still have a chance?
"Alright sweetheart let's get this dress off of you. Can you do it or do you need my help?"
"Iz gotz it." She tried to reach behind her to unzip her dress but she fell back onto the bed. He laughed at her attempt.
He pulled her back up into the sitting position again and unzipped the dress praying his body could keep in check for a little while.
"Alright baby I'm gonna get you out of this. Can you stand for a minute?"
Her eyes were closed so he pulled her up into the standing position. He slowly removed her dress pulling it down her stomach. When he got to her hips he saw them. Her hips had busies all over them. He stopped pulling down the dress and turned her around to look at her back. There were busies there as well in all stages of healing.
Before he lost it he took a deep breath anger ran threw his body. "Sweetheart?" He looked her in the eyes.
She closed her eyes wishing she could make this all go away. He continued removing her dress. When it pooled on the floor he saw busies all along her thighs.
"Baby, lay back on the bed for me." He slowly pushed her so she was laying on her back with her legs still hanging off the bed. He took a deep breath parting her legs to look at he bruises along the inside of her thighs. He felt his heart clench with sorrow for her. Chris had been abusing her; there was no denying it. How the fuck could this guy hurt her? He always knew something was wrong with him. The way Chris said she was his property and the bruise on her hip that day he should have know better.
He jumped up and started pacing the room. He only stopped when he heard a small cry. He turned looking at Penelope lying on his bed her legs still spread apart with bruises all up and down her. He took a deep breath and went into his bathroom. When he reemerged he had some healing cream and a towel in his hand.
He moved up the bed and pulled her face to his. He could see she was trying to hold back her tears. "Sweetheart you trust me right?"
All she did was nod.
He moved back to the end of the bed and started to rub the cream into her bruises. Every time he touched a new spot she would wince. It broke his heart knowing that she had been suffering for months and he never noticed. That was a lie he did know something was wrong. She had been pulling away from the group; he saw the bruise on her hip. What kind of best friend was he?
"Sweetheart I need to remove your panties okay? I need to put the cream on your hips."
He took the towel that he grabbed and placed it over her lower half. He reached under it to remover he panties. "Lift you hips sweetheart." He was being so gentle with her. He now understood why she mentioned about being safe this morning and why she didn't want to get waxed. He moved the side of the towel to get a look at her hip and apply the cream.
When he was done he got up and grabbed some gym shorts to put on her. He bent down pulling the short up her legs under the towel. "Baby come here, sit up for me."
He pulled her up into his arms. "Baby girl…" He could feel her shake against his skin. "I'm going to protect you." He could feel his own tears welling in his eyes.
"I'm going to get you in a shirt then we are going to bed, and I'm going to hold you all night."
He could feel her nod against his chest. "Stay right here baby."
He quickly got up and grabbed a shirt for her. When he turned back he finally saw his broken best friend sitting there at the end of his bed with his gym shorts on and a bra. Her head down in defeat.
He moved behind her unhooking her bra making sure not to look at her. "Arms up Princess." She did what he asked letting him put his shirt on her.
Once she was dressed he moved off the bed took off everything but his boxers and scooped her up into his arms. He pulled the sheets down with one hand and placed her in the bed. He crawled in right behind holding her as tight as he could.
He needed to control all the anger flowing threw his body. Right now he needed to be there for his best friend. Tomorrow morning he was going to make her talk, he needed to get the whole story before he found Chris and murdered him.
AN: So what did you think? Next chapter he is going to get the story from Garcia and maybe the confrontation with Chris. Not sure yet. It will come out why JJ and Em didn't see the bruises.