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Derek had sat at Penelope's looking over everything Penelope had dug out about Sam and he'd never felt more embarrassed and infuriated at the same time, how had he not seen through all the lies? There was nothing ,every database came up being empty and all they had to go on were her cell account and CCTV and a couple of internet sites and emails but everything else stopped, there was no Sam Hendrix in anything. Penelope had excused herself while he got engrossed within the files with a beer at his side and she was yet to return.

Putting the papers down and headed outside, he found her sitting by a tree, furthest from the house, her legs drawn up to her chest, her arms hugging them, her eyes closed, her cheeks glistening.

'You okay Pen?' He asked as he got closer and she put her face down to wipe her tears away before looking up. 'Too late princess, I see those tears... talk to me.'

'How do you do it?'

'Do what?'

'Break my every wall down that's what!' Penelope said frustrated. 'You called me a monster the other day, you said it with so much hurt and hate and all I could think was that when this all came out I wouldn't leave you to fight this alone, I'd let you in and I shouldn't feel like that! I should want to push you away but I can't.'

'Where's your heart been Pen?' Derek asked almost changing the subject. Penelope looked at him, her eyes wide, her mouth circled in an 'o'. 'Well?'

'With you.' She said looking down, her hands gripping some grass.

'Well it's settled, you want to know why I wanted to break up with Sam?' Penelope looked up as more tears fell. 'Because I've loved you silly girl.' He sat next to her, not touching her for the moment but he was going to get rid of her confusion. 'All said and done? I regret everything, I regret letting her into my life, your life, I hate that she's driven us apart and I know it's going to take more than a feeble kiss to bring us back together but I will do my utmost to make it work.'

'Do you know what killed me more than you?'

'What's that?'

She wiped another tear away. 'The fact that Kevin didn't want the baby.' She broke at saying that. 'And when I started to get pains and I started to bleed, I knew what was happening; I didn't need some doctor to tell me, I knew I was losing my baby.' She forgot the tears and laughed a little at the irony that was Sam. 'And then to ram the knife in even more, Sam loses the baby, that had to hurt the most too, the baby that wasn't real and she's going through hell 'cause I attacked her and I made her lose the baby.'

Derek didn't say a thing, in some way Penelope knew he was relating to her, he'd been told he was going to be a dad and as fast as it had been delivered to him it was ripped away, it was all a lie, there was no baby and here was his best friend that he so easily shut out who had really been pregnant and had truly lost and he couldn't find one word to say to her.

'I don't even have her life to ruin through cyberspace, she just isn't there.'

'No but Sophie McAnder's has to be.' Derek said thoughtfully, he sat up with recognition.

'What?'

'I found something we a name on it once and she told me it was her sister's name and address.' He settled next to her. 'That information's going to be there after this baby girl, she doesn't know I'm here.'

'She threatened me in the toilet's Derek, she told me she was, and I quote, capable of things.'

'Well so are you, she obviously underestimated the likings of yourself baby.' Penelope laughed. 'We're going to be fine aren't we?'

'We will if we beat her.'

'Oh we will goddess, don't doubt that.'

'Well then Morgan, I want my world in one piece, I want to see what you've got up your sleeve for making this right.'

'Come on then Garcia, let's get down and dirty.' He helped her stand up, their eyes meet and Derek pulled her against his chest. 'You need to cry about this all, you cry. You wanna get angry, you get angry, but don't push me away.' Penelope merely nodded against his chest. 'You really want to do this?

'I really do.' She told him and led the way into her house. 'Oh, and that kiss was anything by feeble.'


A/N: What a plot emu wants a plot emu gets... simple as... most of the time, no all the time that runs to MG love! =))