Hi everyone! Sorry this took so long to get out. I was having a hard time with the proposal, but I'm finally happy with how it all worked out. Please enjoy this fluffy chapter of Stringless.

-PolHop

Penelope walked around the vineyard with her sister-in-laws, as they tasted wine and cheese. Clara, being pregnant, decided she'd eat everyone's cheese as they were offered more tastings seeing as she couldn't drink the wine.

"And why couldn't the guys come with us?" Penelope asked as she took another sip of her Napa Valley Cabernet wine.

Stella handed her cheese to Clara before speaking. "Do you really think they would want to do wine tasting?"

"Derek would have," Penelope stated.

"Yeah right. Anyway, Preston asked him to stay back and help him with looking at an old case or something. Preston can never leave work alone." Maria rolled her eyes, "He acts like it's a burden, but he really can't get enough of it."

"Why did he even bring the files with him?" Penelope asked as she took another sip, knowing that Derek would have done the same thing if he could.

"He wanted Payton to look at it. Something about seeing if Pay could pull some strings and get the case moved," Maria told the group.

"They still could have come along," Penelope mumbled.

"You just don't want to be away from Derek. I for one, am glad they all stayed behind. It gives us girls more time to talk." Stella looked directly at Penelope, "So Monkey, when do you and Derek want to start having kids?"

"Wh-what?" Penelope stuttered, then sighed. Of course her family was still going to be on her about settling down, having children, and becoming a housewife like them. She loved her family but that wasn't life she wanted. She loved her job, and yes, Derek and her had recently decided they would start trying for a baby, but she didn't want to divulge that information to them. Not yet at least. If they found out they were trying, they'd start throwing her baby making tips, and she did not want to deal with that.

"You know. Have some babies of your own, settle down, get married," Stella reiterated.

"Can we please talk about something else? Our life is just that: ours." Penelope stated dryly.

"Oh, come on, Monkey. Inquiring minds want to know." Clara smiled at her at she placed another piece of cheese in her mouth.

Penelope rolled her eyes as she continued to sip her wine, this was going to be a long day and she didn't have Derek to distract her.

"Okay, we have everything ready, right? The florist will be here soon, and Preston and Paul are hanging up lanterns," Derek said as he paced around the back yard.

"Relax. Yes, we have everything ready or almost. The florist will be here any moment to set up all the roses and Preston and Paul are stringing the lanterns from the gazebo to the porch. This place is going to look so romantic she won't even know what to so with herself," Payton said with a smile. He had outdone himself. Him and Derek had worked out all the details, while the girls were at their spa day earlier in the week. They had arranged for a florist to bring by dozens of roses to place all over the gazebo and back yard.

They'd decided along with the rest of the brothers to make the back yard as romantic as possible with hanging lights and romantic music. They even got two suits for the twins to wear for the occasion, so they would be able to help with the proposal. Their whole plan was to make the proposal like something they would see in a movie, including rose peddles leading up to the gazebo where Derek would be standing.

"Yeah, Morgan relax," Preston said, "We have this all worked out. We even got the girls all out of the house for us to set it up,"

Payton laughed, "Yeah as soon as you said you wanted to talk about a case you had, the girls couldn't get out of here fast enough."

"Hey, I actually do what to talk about the case with you once this is done," Preston joked, "I need your help with something."

"Do you ever give up with work?" Peter hollered, as he was hanging lanterns now that Preston abandoned Paul.

"Alright, enough talk. We really need to get this all sorted," Derek said, still nervous. "We have what?" he looked down at his watch, "three hours before they come back."

"I can't believe we spent the whole day there. It's dark out." Penelope said, as they made their way back to the house.

"It was a all day wine tasting. What do you expect?" Stella asked, laughing at how Penelope was pouting.

"Well, I didn't think these things really meant all day," Penelope answered.

"Let me guess, you missed Derek?" Maria interjected, smiling at Penelope from the rearview mirror.

Penelope didn't say anything as they made their way up the driveway, she didn't need to add fuel to the fire when it came to them teasing her about Derek.

"Hey girls, I just got a text from Payton. He said everyone is on the back yard and we should meet them back there." Stella said, as they hopped out of the car.

They started to walk around the side of the house since it was faster than going through the house. Penelope was in the back talking to Rhonda when she heard a gasp come from Stella who was in front of the group with Maria and Clara.

Penelope looked around to see the back yard covered in roses. There were beautiful hanging lanterns filled with tea lights coming off the gazebo that extended over the back yard, she could also hear the faint sounds of soft romantic music playing in the background. When she looked at the center of the gazebo she saw Derek dressed in a suit standing there with his hands at his side, smiling wide at her.

"Aunt Pwelpe," Andrew said grabbing her attention by pulling on her hand, "We have to take you to Uncle Dewek."

"Yeah, come on, please," Randy grabbed onto her other hand pulling her with them towards the gazebo.

Penelope was stunned into silence as she looked around to see her whole family, staring at her with smiles on their faces and that all knowing look she was used to with them.

When she reached the gazebo, Derek stepped out to reach for her hand bringing her up to his level. She had a sharp intake of breath when he pulled her in the middle of the gazebo then proceeded to descend onto one knee.

"Penelope Garcia, you are the most amazing, brilliant, talented woman I have ever had the pleaser of knowing in my life. Six month's ago when you agreed to be with me, I knew we didn't take it seriously, but from that first night it was serious to me. You are my God given solace; you keep me grounded and level headed. I know that being with you has made me the happiest I have ever been in my life. I want to go to bed with you every night, and wake up with you in my arms every morning."

He pulled out the ring and held it out to her. "I want you to know how much you mean to me. You are the love of my life and someday soon I hope the mother of my children. I love you with all of my heart, Baby Girl. So, Penelope Garcia, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"

She looked down at the ring and then back at his face, seeing the pure love he had for her in his eyes. She threw herself into his arms nearly knocking him over, "Yes, yes, yes, one million times yes!" she cried, as she held onto him for dear life. Everything was finally right in the world. This was the man she dreamed of for years; this was the one that she knew that her heart belonged to and always will.

"Congratulations, Monkey!" Payton hollered, as he bent down lighting the sparklers in the twins' hands then giving the lighter over to Annabelle and Johnny to do the same. They might not have let him do full blown fireworks, but he was going to have a little fun with sparklers if it killed him.

The twins started running around with the sparklers as Penelope and Derek continued to kiss in the gazebo. "You planned all this?" she asked him as she kept him close not wanting to share him just yet.

"I wanted it to be special for you," he answered, standing up pulling her close.

"It's like a movie, Derek. I didn't know you had this in you," she told him honestly, "Who knew you were this romantic?"

"I promise you from this day forward, I will always keep surprising you and being romantic. You, Penelope Garcia, are the love of my life." He kissed her as the Garcia family continued to cheer.

"I love you, Derek Morgan." She said looking into his eyes as he picked her up to spin her around in the middle of the gazebo.

"I love you too, Monkey."

AN: YAY! She said yes! Was there any doubt? I'll have the next chapter soon. Thank you for all of the support with this story!