Chapter 7-
"What took you so long?" Penelope said when she heard the door open.
"I ran into, someone. We started talking…." Derek was cut off by a woman.
"Penelope. It's so good to see you again." Penelope was in the kitchen doing some dishes. When she heard the woman's voice she went to see who this mysterious woman was.
"Tamara. How are you." Penelope hugged her and looked over Tamara's shoulder at Derek. He put up his hands defensively.
"I bumped into Derek at the store. When he said he needed to get home to his fiance, I wanted to meet this girl who was able to get him to settle down."
"Why are you actually here Tamara, I thought you moved."
"Derek, be nice she's our guest. Would you like a tour of the house?"
"Oh no, I don't want to intrude." Tamara answered. You didn't have to be a profiler to see that Tamara didn't like seeing them together.
"I insist, we'll start upstairs." Derek laughed when Penelope insisted. Derek was the only one that could see that Penelope wanted to make her jealous.
"Alright. Let's." Tamara sighed.
"So here we have extra bedrooms that are holding extra boxes from my old apartment. There's a bathroom. Here we have our bedroom," Penelope entered the room. Derek was following close behind trying to profile Tamara from behind. "If we go through these doors it's 1a connected nursery." Tamara's face paled.
"Nursery? Are you guys planning on have kids?" Derek let out a deep chuckle.
"Actually Penelope is pregnant." Derek added.
"That's sweet you didn't notice." Derek walked over to Penelope. He wrapped an arm around her waist and held her close.
"Congrats, I didn't think this guy would ever settle or have children." Tamara's face was still pale, she even had a hint of regret written on her face.
"So that's it, we haven't finished moving in. Would you like some tea?"
"Oh no thank you. I actually wanted to talk to Derek about something."
"What is it?" Derek's face became serious. He didn't really like when his exes would meet his current girlfriend, especially Tamara and Penelope. When Derek and Tamara got back together for the 3rd time she got promoted and had to move. She didn't even tell Derek, he found out when she didn't show up for date night. He had been so hurt that he went to Penelope for support. Derek was even tempted to make his move on her then, but she was still with Kevin and she would never cheat on anyone.
"I need your team's help. My ex was a hitter, and now he is stalking me."
"How does this involve the team. We handle serial killers."
"I know, but a bunch of his exes has turned up dead. I'm scared that I'm next." The next day at work Derek brought her in so she could tell Hotch what was going on. Penelope stayed outside the door and listened closely. She felt sorry for Tamara, she was alone, she lost a great guy, and was a potential victim for murder. Penelope was snapped out of her thoughts when Hotch's office door opened. Hotch stepped out. He walked past Penelope, Tamara following behind him. Her face was red and puffy, it looked like she was crying. Soon after Derek was out of the office.
"I know that face. That's an angry face. What did he say?" Penelope said walking next to Derek. Derek moved his arm around Penelope's waist.
"You know the 3 days off we had?"
"Had, you said had."
"Let's hope we get this done fast." It wasn't done fast. They were chasing the unsub for a month until he suddenly vanished. Deciding just to wait it out they left. Penelope had grown bigger during the month Derek was gone. At her 4 month doctor check up she found out the genders of the babies. She wanted to get the nursery done before Derek got home but all of her girl-friends were working with Derek, so she called in reinforcement from Chicago. Penelope felt bad for flying Fran, Sarah, and Desiree out to help her, but Fran was actually pleased to help.
"Guess who's home!" Derek yelled through the house when he came through the front door.
"Now imagine saying that and kids running to tackle you." Penelope said coming down the stairs, slowly, holding her bulging stomach. "Welcome home to your walrus of a fiance." After Penelope made it down the stairs Derek, brought her into kiss. It was long overdue and much needed by both of them.
"Your not a walrus. You're a glowing, beautiful, and an amazing fiance." Penelope blushed.
"I'm glad you think that now. I want to show you something." Penelope led him up the stairs and into their bedroom where his family was.
"Mom? What are you doing here? I'm not in trouble am I?" Derek went to give his mom a hug.
"Penelope called your sisters and I for help." Derek looked at Penelope confused.
"I didn't use your money if that's what you are wondering." Penelope laughed her own joke.
"What did you need help with? You know I could have come home to help."
"No you wouldn't have been able to, all I needed help with was the nursery." Penelope opened the door behind her. In it had three cribs, two with pink sheets, and another one blue sheets.
"Penelope you didn't have to build this when I was gone."
"But I found out the genders of the babies and wanted to surprise you." Derek looked back at Penelope then at the room. He finally looked at the cribs.
"Pink,Pink,Blue...Pink...Pink...Blue!" Derek, turned around and looked at the 4 teary women in his bedroom. "Girl, Girl, Boy!"
A/n-Here's your chapter for this week. There may be more this week. Please review with name options. I'm honestly the worst with picking names. This story may finish by chapter 20 or less depends. I'm thinking that I'll write their wedding and then end it. But I'm also thinking that I'll finish it with an epilogue. Tell me what you think I should do when you review.
