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A/N: Essentially the last chapter, but I see some people rooting for an epilogue so possibly you might have one of those coming your way =)
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Penelope walked into work a week later, completely revitalised and able to cover the bruise with makeup to not look like it had been slapped on with a shovel. She walked with Derek, after finding him at her door that morning, and she had never been happier.
She still had a churn of dread, and she knew that wouldn't go until Derek was single again. A part of her felt bad, he'd only been married under a fortnight and already he was more excited about a divorce than anything else.
Safe to say his honeymoon period was well and truly dead and gone.
He'd beg to differ, for him it had just begun. Every morning, when he woke up with Penelope in his arms, kicked started it all over again.
She had to agree, his kisses were a whole other phenomenon to what she had had before. They started tentative, and then gradually they'd slowly gather momentum, as though getting the taste of Penelope on his lips motivated Derek, instigated in him to get more.
At the start, she worried that when she couldn't hide behind his marital status any longer she'd have to allow Derek to 'worship' her body like he promised ritualistically. Then she looked at herself in the mirror, like really looked at herself as she stepped out of the shower that morning and she realised she was just as, if not more, beautiful than any twig that wanted a chance with Derek. She had curves, but she wasn't fat and she certainly wasn't obese or flabby, or any other negative look, and for once, Penelope looked at her body as a temple, loving every flowing curve that flowed. So what if she had a stretch mark there, or a blemish here, or a tiny bit of cellulite? She'd read in magazines before just how skinny women still suffered cellulite, blemishes, even stretch marks that they had from childhood.
So when she walked out in her towel and saw Derek, she felt even more empowered than ever and her head remained high and she remained at her most confident level ever.
"What's up with you today eh, Baby Girl?" Derek asked they approached their offices.
"Nothing," She chirped with a bright smile, "I just have a good feeling about today that's all, Hot Stuff."
However the smile dissolved as Alice literally glided out of Derek's open door, neither had either noticed that factor, and stood with her arms crossed over her chest, her face a right picture of doom and her eyes planting a killer glare on Penelope once again.
"Derek," She said, ignoring Penelope entirely, and then she let her eyes go, lightening them, giving him an alluring glance, "Honey, we need to talk."
"It's gotta be important for you to come to my work, so what is it?" Derek asked not impressed at her surprise appearance at work.
Alice smiled innocently, "In private, Baby." She spoke softly, almost delicately to him. "I mean, we have loads of stuff to discuss, I wanted to apologise for everything. I know how you like an apology and I'm willing to show you just how sorry I am about everything. How I did wrong, how out of line I know I was, but I want to show you that I'm ready to be Mrs Morgan, I'll change my name, I should've done it in the first place."
She tilted her head to look at him. Again Penelope was invisible obviously.
"And well, I was hoping to rip the divorce papers that have been written up." Alice finally said, her tone quite hopeful. "I've booked another honeymoon."
Derek walked to Alice, seeming like he was interested, he pushed her into his office, Penelope warily going closer, "I want you to listen and listen closely Alice, you rip those, if you think we'll work, because believe me I'll take much joy in watching those be ripped up." Derek told her heatedly.
Penelope's heart stopped for a moment.
"Be my guest, but I'll get new ones drawn up right away because I don't want to be married to a woman like you, I got into my job to fight against people that hurt others and I married one. What I witnessed in Chicago was nothing short of bullying and I thought we were grownups."
"So what you're gonna divorce me and marry her?" Alice asked in utter disgust and pointed at Penelope.
"Yeah because Morgan she really isn't marriage material." Kevin's voice came from behind Penelope, making her jump and making her feel bullied all over again. "She's not a good lay, she's a lousy lover, she doesn't listen, she's independent driven and she's just not the type of girl you wanna take back to your parents."
Penelope didn't look at anyone, her cheeks heating up with the flares of embarrassment.
Derek grabbed a pen as Alice started to laugh and read over the paper work before he scribbled his name on the papers quickly and then shoved them into Alice's hands, "Do what you need to, but I don't want any more to do with you, but," he said and looked at Penelope who had finally gained courage to look up at him, he winked and looked from Kevin to Alice, "You two belong together, you're both cheaters and liars and don't appreciate anything you're given."
He walked to Penelope, took her hand and pulled her into the room, away from Kevin and next to him, he smiled brightly.
"Between the pair of you, you made me realise something." Derek started and looked to Kevin first, "Penelope was too giving to ever give you any piece of her."
"She sure did that," Kevin joked nastily, "You do know what she looks like under her clothes right?" Kevin carried on, digging himself a nice deep hole, Derek, without a second thought was in his face, "W-what? It was just a question."
"I suggest you leave question time alone or I swear to God I will hit you so hard you won't be able to have a chance to question anything ever again." He saw the fear ignite in Kevin's eyes and backed down, he then patted Kevin's cheek sarcastically, "Good boy, now look at Penelope and realise what you lost because you know you'll never get a girl like her again. You lost big time buddy and I promise you this, you'll be getting an invite to our wedding."
Alice laughed a bit at that, "Divorce one, get married to another, is that going to be a little routine now Derek?" She asked and got encouraged by Kevin's laugh.
"Lynch, I warned you once, if I have to warn you again it'll be too soon."
"S-sorry," he said and this time he looked more terrified by the death glare Derek was watching him with.
"Don't let me tell you again," He ground out and turned back to Alice, "Divorce you, marry Penelope and I'm done." He finalised, "And believe me you'll be getting an invite when I marry this sexy, curvy, beautiful woman." Derek said and stepped back to Penelope. "Nothing compares."
Alice went to speak, to make another snide remark, to kill Derek's vision of Penelope but was cut short.
"Every little part of me screams Penelope Garcia," Derek said and wrapping his arms around Penelope, he bent her down, kissing her in the style only made for perfected movie scenes.
Alice and Kevin could only watch on, he was right every little part of him screamed Penelope, something he'd never done for her. Ever.
She could only be jealous of what she had lost.
Kevin could only feel the emptiness of hope manifest that Derek was now kissing the only woman he had ever truly loved.
While Penelope's heart was now unbreakably healed.
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A/N: The End!
Okay, not really, epilogue soon =)