Hard To Get Back
Chapter 12
I Did Trust You
AN: Thanks for the review; I don't own anything, more stubbornness coming your way.
It was almost seven the next morning Derek groaned rolling over on his side. The four half hours of sleep that he'd gotten hadn't been enough it had been about two thirty when he laid down, but took longer to fall asleep with the throbbing in his knee. He'd grabbed couple aspirins and cuddled up with Pen hoping the pain would go away. Soon as he got home he knew what he was doing, half hour in the whirl pool tub with Penelope before they got the kids from Haley.
"You okay, handsome?" Penelope asked sitting up after she'd heard him groan out.
"Yeah, just looking forward to going home," Derek said, "I want to talk to you about something though," he said turning over facing her, "I want to take a break for while," he said.
"What?" Penelope asked.
"No, not us, never us, work," he said, "I mean I could teach the self defense classes and the director needs agent to teach couple the academy classes that Gideon left open when he left," Derek said, "Just for the summer, I need think about some things,"
"Don't you love working there, I won't get to flirt with you if you leave," Penelope said, "It won't be the same, you can do both I'm begging you here don't do this Derek, what ever happened over this case don't you dare do this because of it," Pen said before she got up.
"Till my knee decides it wants to be un jammed I'm stuck on medical leave anyway, you and me both know that, I can't be in the field like this," Derek said, "It's just for couple months," he said.
"No, I love you, and I know you think this will be for few months, but you said that before, in that note you sent me when you went under you said three months tops you'd be back, it was almost two years Derek, I gave up, I went back underground because I thought you were dead or something, I finally found you again, and this will be like that, it will," Penelope said.
"Pen," he said, "I already called Mark and told him I'm taking few months off, technically its medical leave," Derek said, "We both know that he's not going to let me work like this, Rossi and Hotch won't either,"
Penelope walked away, "No," she said grabbing her clothes going into the bathroom.
Derek got up grabbing his pants slipping his jeans on with groan, "Pen, I know you're mad at me, but I need your help," Derek called back to her.
Penelope opened the bathroom door again looking over to the bed, "You don't come back after your knee is healed I'm kicking your ass, and you will be wishing that you had not even thought about calling Mark about this do you understand me Derek Michael Morgan?" She asked.
"I understand Penelope Abigail Garcia," Derek said pulling her onto the bed making her laugh as he kissed her. "So we're not fight any more?" he asked.
"No, but how we going to have sex, I like you on top," Pen said.
"Well I just get to see you bouncing on me, and I like seeing these twins moving up and down," Derek said running his hand up under her shirt before moving closer sucking her nipple into his mouth making her moan.
"Derek," She breathed out holding him to her.
However the knock on their door interrupted them, "GO away," Penelope yelled out grabbing something before throwing it at the door, but it connected with somebody's head before they yelled out.
"What the hell?" Hotch asked, he knew that his hearing problem was going to have some problems, but this. He left the room just as quick as he'd come in.
Derek started laughing, he couldn't help it, "This is going to be funny as hell,"
"I'm going to finish getting dressed, we got check out at nine, and I need breakfast," Penelope said.
"Okay just let me get my jeans on and I'll be ready to go," Derek said slipping his jeans on slowly, bending his knee was not happening so it took little longer.
At nine that morning they were all heading out, "Um who's driving Hotch back?" Derek asked knowing that he couldn't fly.
"One of the other Agents," Reid said.
"I thought Rossi was?" Emily asked.
"I'm doing what?" David asked.
"Driving Hotch back," JJ said.
"Yeah, but Derek's coming with me," Rossi said.
"Hey, I wanted some alone time with him on the plane," Penelope said with pout.
"Its four hour drive tops, what the hell," Derek said, "Might be easier than trying to get up the steps on the plane right now," he replied.
"Fine go, hot stuff, but you're making it up to me later," Penelope said, "Just behave, handsome," Penelope said.
"Not like I'm the one driving," Derek said before giving her a kiss and going with Rossi.
Hotch was standing outside the other doors of the hotel waiting on who ever was supposed to drive him back. Rossi had convinced Derek to go out alone, he was trying to see if they could not kill each other and drive back without one them throwing a punch first, he was going with, but he had make sure that Hotch wasn't into the throwing punches again mood.
"I got it," Derek said grabbing Hotch's bag that was on the ground.
"I thought David was coming?" Hotch asked.
"Looks like I'm your ride back," Derek said.
"That's fine, I'm in the mood for sleep anyway," Hotch said, "The director told me you turned down the transfer," he said.
"What transfer?" Derek asked confused.
"Quantico was sending you to the NY field office," Hotch said.
"Wait, what?" Derek said stopping in his tracks, "Do they not give a shit that I don't want the damn job?" he asked.
"I said was," Hotch said again, "Mark said you're taking the summer off?" he asked.
"I wasn't going to take anything off, but jumping out that ambulance jammed my knee again, takes at least a month for it to heal up, till then Mark told me to teach the classes that Gideon left open when he left," Derek said, "I can't be in the field, I got month tops medical leave," he said.
"Nobody told you to take that ambulance out of there," Hotch said.
"Who the hell else was going to do it?" Derek asked him.
"You could…"
"What defused the damn thing, yeah I don't think so one wrong mover and Kate wouldn't be the only Agent that died, everybody in that hospital would went up," Derek said.
"You didn't think about what moving the ambulance could have done," Hotch said back, "Your actions, as incredibly brave as they were, were still the actions of an agent who doesn't really trust anyone," Hotch explains, "I've trusted you with my life and my family for years, and I always will," he said.
"That's bull shit and you know it," Derek snapped, "I've trusted you for years, if I didn't I wouldn't have wanted you as my best man, but you know what screw it," he said turning around finding David standing there, "You can drive him home," giving him the bag, "I trusted you with my life, I trusted you with my family too, but guess what any trust I had for you, went up before that bomb did, you screwed this friendship," Derek said before walking away.
"Yeah I would laid off on the telling him how he screwed up, and not to mention the field office here, Derek wasn't going to take that job and you knew it," Rossi said, "Get in and we can go," he said before tossing their bags in the back.
The next four hours was going to be hell, but maybe he could talk to Hotch about everything, because if Derek and him kept going at it like this they'd never get anything done. Rossi went over getting inside the driver side before he cranked the vehicle up and took off heading for home.
Penelope was sitting with her labtop about to put on a movie, her favorite when Derek sat down beside her making her yell out since she'd had the head phones on. "What are you doing back?" She asked.
"Rossi's driving him," Derek said, "I walked away before I punched him again," he said, "Said I didn't fucking trust anybody, if I didn't I wouldn't let him watch my kids sometimes and I…"
"Stop talking and just relax," Pen said, "We got two hour flight and a ninety minute movie," she said before hitting play. They sat back leaning on each other watching the movie. Before it was even started the two of them fell asleep and after few minutes Emily took the labtop from Pen who'd been holding it and cut the movie off letting them sleep.
"You think that Derek and Hotch are going to make nice any time soon?" Reid asked, "Because if not then what are they going to do?"
"The director called me hour ago," JJ said, "Derek's on medical leave for month, Hotch is out the office for two weeks," She said, "We all got a week off when we get back," she added.
"Why is he taking a month off?" Emily asked.
"He jammed his knee, same one he banged up in college, reason he stopped playing football," JJ said, "Luckily he just jammed it this time, college he broke it in three place, thinking about it makes me want to cry," she said.
"Yeah let's not think about that," Emily said flinching at the thought of breaking her knee in three places or even jamming it.
"Here is hoping this doesn't screw up their wedding plans," Reid said.
"Like they're getting married right now, Hotch was the best man, if you hadn't noticed Derek's got bruise on the side his face from Hotch's fist, and he couldn't even get in the vehicle with him before bailing," JJ said.
"Safe to say wedding is off till they can make nice again," Emily said.
"Leaving out the clone part, maybe Haley can help us out," JJ said.
"I'd leave her out this, might stir up some those memories," Reid said.
"Somebody has to help, Haley is Pen's best friend, well girl best friend, Derek holds the best friend card and till recently Hotch was Derek's guy best friend, that all got screwed to hell," Emily said.
"Never thought a woman could come between them, I mean the last year, Derek has helped Hotch out so many times, when it came to seeing Jack," JJ said.
"I mean it was weird have Derek in charge, but it let Hotch have time with Jack, and it wasn't feeling weird any more," Emily said, "Derek could ran the field office in NY, but I already knew he wouldn't take it," she said.
"I know, he wouldn't leave the BAU, to have his own team, he's got that, and he'd never want to take Pen and the kids away from their family and friends," JJ said.
Derek and Penelope went home first; they'd called Haley letting her know they'd pick the twins up that afternoon after they got some sleep first.
"I'm going to jump in the tub for while first," Derek said, "See if I can't loosen up my knee," he said.
"Okay, I just want to hit the sack," Penelope said, "I get in there I'm going to fall asleep and well you know how that would go," she said with smile.
"I can do that later," Derek said, "I just want to lay down with you right now too," he replied kissing her before they laid down on the bed going to sleep snuggling close after they'd stripped down.
"I love you, handsome, and I'm glad you're okay," Pen said.
"I love you too, baby girl," Derek said kissing her.
TBC
AN: Back home now, it will be while before they can really make nice, but in time.
AN: I'm looking for a still copy or picture of the season 5 episode 1 where Derek was holding Jack. If you know where one is leave me the link in an email my email is on my profile page. Thanks
