AN: I had like no motivation to write yesterday or today/I forgot! Sorry it's so late! Also I can't remember if I replied to your wonderful very much appreciated reviews or not. Sorry if I didn't!

Nothing is mine ugh :/

He felt her yawn. "I love you Derek." She whispered kissing his head.

"I love you too Penelope" he said kissing her check and splaying his arm across her abdomen, holding her against him hoping it would keep the nightmares away.

The next morning Penelope woke up to the sound of her phone ringing. Grunting because of the time she reached out being careful not to wake Derek who was wrapped around her snoring. It was a text from James.

Hey Pen! Just checking to see how things are : )

Penelope felt torn. She really liked James but being with Derek made her completely forget about him. Being surrounded by him now was complete heaven. She could name at least three things about James that bugged her but not one about Derek. She realized though that she might have to settle for second best.

Eh Derek was really upset but he'll be okay. Sorry I skipped out last night!

No problem!

Thanks babes you're the best!

I try ;p Wanna get some dinner later?

She thought for a minute. Derek would probably still be upset and she wanted to help him through this.

I don't know, I'll see how Derek is after he wakes up.

Derek stayed over?

Oh great she thought to herself, here we go. Yeah. I hope that isn't a problem.

Does he stay over often?

Yupp.

Where does he sleep?

She stuck to her no lying policy even though she knew it wouldn't end well. It depends.

Pen I'm sorry, I know how close you and Derek are but I don't think I could be ok with that. You're an amazing person. Friends?

Sure.

She sighed and put her phone down.

Well there goes another one She thought. She didn't really care at this point though. Derek was more important right now.

Penelope realized it was only eight am and they had the next three days off so she went back to sleep.

Derek woke up and looked at the clock, it was nine thirty. He never slept the whole night after a case. He closed his eyes again and took in a deep breath. It was so nice waking up with Penelope. He always loved it; she was so soft and smelled amazing, way better then an empty bed or some women he barely knew. He pulled her closer and kissed her shoulder. He was so thankful she was with him last night. She knew exactly what he needed. He felt a lot better about everything. The case was terrible but Penelope made him forget everything. She always did.

Derek knew he had to make a move before she got too involved with this James guys. He did not want a Kevin repeat. He knew they had the next few days off and decided to make his feelings known. He slowly got up, trying not wake her.

Penelope woke up to a heavenly smell and an empty bed. She wondered what Derek was up to but as soon as she was about to get up he appeared in the doorway.

"Good morning Baby Girl!" he smiled as he set a try down on the bed. She stretched and smiled.

"I'll show you a good morning Hot Stuff!" she winked "Did you make all this for me?"

"Of course!" he said sitting down on the bed

"Oh I've never had breakfast in bed before!" she said sitting back

"You're kidding right?"

"Nope"

"Then you've been dating freaking idiots!" The serious look on his face made her smirk. "If you were my girlfriend it'd happen at least once a month!"

"So how are you feeling?" she changed the subject biting her piece of toast.

"Better, thanks!"

"So what is the plan for today?"

"I should probably go check on Clooney but after that I'm all yours."

"I like the sound of that! Why don't I come with and then we can take him to the park? It's supposed to be really nice out today."

"Sounds great!" They finished breakfast then got dressed and headed to Derek's place. Clooney was extremely excited to see them and even more excited when Derek grabbed his leash and said "Come on boy let's go to the park!" There was no one else around when they got there so Derek let him off the leash and threw a ball for him to chase. They sat on a near by bench while the dog ran around.

"So," Derek started "was James mad you left last night?"

"Nope not at all." She said watching Clooney.

"Really?" He asked raising a skeptical eyebrow.

"Yes, really. However I don't think he was too happy when he found out you slept over."

"What happened?"

"Not much, we decided to just be friends."

"P I'm so sorry. I'll tell him nothing happened. I'll-"

"Derek its fine," she said putting his hand on his and smirked "and I know you're not sorry, I saw the way you glared at him."

She was right he was internally jumping for joy! "Just being cautious." He said looking over to Clooney. For a second she was a little mad, he didn't need to look out for her like that. Then she realized that he wasn't doing it to upset her he was doing it out of love, he never wanted her hurt. Things got quiet between them. She loved how they could just sit there holding hands not saying anything and it wasn't at all awkward, but calming. After a while of playing fetch Penelope asked

"I'm not feeling too great, do you mind if we head back?" The way his face immediately flooded with concern warmed her heart.

"What's wrong, are you okay?"

"Calm down baby, I just have a tummy ache." She smiled. He stood up without letting go of her hand and called Clooney. They went back to the car and headed home. On the way back they decided to pick up some sandwiches and soup for lunch.

"Whatcha wanna watch Hot Stuff?"

"You're the one that doesn't feel good you choose." He yelled from the kitchen

"You can say no but what about Doctor Who?"

"Sounds good!"

They sat together on the couch and ate. Derek would ask the occasional question about the show, but mostly he just watched her. A little after they finished eating she put her plate on the table and laid her head in his lap. He loved when she did that, it was easier to play with her hair that way. "You feeling any better?" he asked.

"eh a little" she said yawned, still watching the show. He reached over and gently rubbed her side. He smirked when he got a sigh of approval. When the episode ended she rolled onto her back so she could see his face.

"How ya feelin?" she asked

"A lot better, thanks to a gorgeous tech goddess." He saw her cheeks cover with a light pink tint.

"Derek, you were hurting and I was there for you, it's what any friend would do. I'm nothing special."

He didn't know what came over him but all of a sudden he couldn't keep himself from kissing her. He needed to kiss her. He couldn't wait another second. Maybe if he showed her how much he loved her , how special so was she would finally believe it.