Guilty Until Proven Innocent-Ch 12
While they were all sitting and enjoying a delicious brunch when Derek reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a black box, he then looked at Penelope and blurted out, "will you marry me"?, she spit out her drink and started coughing. Derek slapped her on the back and said, "are you okay, are you okay"?, she covered her mouth and nodded her head yes and then finally after a couple of minutes she said, "I'm fine".
JJ smiled as she looked at her friend, she along with the rest of the team had been waiting for years for this to happen and now that it was happening they couldn't wait for her answer. Derek intertwined their fingers and said, "I love you and I'm tired of waiting", he caressed her cheek with his free hand and said, "will you do me the honor of marrying me and spending the rest of your life with me"?, she grinned and said, "yes, yes hotstuff", he grinned and slid the amazing ring on her finger and then said, "this girl right here wants to marry me ya'll, she wants to marry me" before his lips claimed hers in a passionate kiss.
They pulled apart to the sounds of hands clapping and everybody in the restaurant shouting their congratulations, Derek said, "I want you to have your dream wedding, the wedding that you have wanted all of your life". She smiled at him and said, "as long as I'm marrying you it will be my dream wedding", JJ and Emily looked at each other and said, "awwwwww" causing Dave and Fran to say, "it's about time" in unison as the rest of the team nodded their heads in agreement.
Fran grinned at her son and his baby girl and said, "sooooo how long do you want the engagement to be"?, Penelope looked at Derek and said, "I think we've waited long enough, what about you handsome"?, he brother her hand to his lips and kissed it and said, "I couldn't agree more baby girl, I couldn't agree more".
Derek said, "would you like to dance gorgeous"?, she put her hand in his and said, "I'd love to", they slid out from behind the table and made their way toward the dance floor. Dave smiled and said, "what do you guys think about a throwing them a surprise wedding"?, it was a fast unanimous yes from everybody.
JJ looked over her shoulder and said, "we better get started making calls", Fran said, "I'll call about a small cake", Emily said, "I'll take care of the flowers", JJ said, "I'll find a dress". Hotch said, "I'll work on a marriage certificate", Dave said, "I'll see about calling in a few favors and getting somebody to officiate the ceremony" and Reid said, "I'll work on getting Morgan a tux" as they all pulled out their cells to start making their calls.
Claire grinned and pulled out her cell and dialed a number, as it started ringing she got up from the table and headed toward the restrooms so that she could make her call in private. Meanwhile on the dance floor Derek held Penelope close and leaned in and kissed the curve of her neck and whispered, "I love you so much".
She said, "and I love you handsome, more and more with each beat of my heart", he grinned and said, "I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives together, I can't wait to love you and be loved by you each and every day for the rest of our lives". She reached up and touched his cheek and said, "I can't wait either my love" causing a smile to grace his lips.
Derek ran his hand up and down her back and said, "you are the most beautiful woman I've ever known and I'm so glad that you have chosen to spend the rest of your life with me". She pulled back and said, "you are the only man that I've ever truly loved", he leaned in and rested his forehead against hers and said, "and you're the only woman I've ever loved".
Penelope said, "I love you like midnight loves the moon", he grinned and said, "and I love you like dew loves a rose", she said, "ohhhh you are soooooooooooo gonna get lucky later". He sighed happily and said, "I'm the luckiest man in the world, ya know why"?, she said, "why sugar shack"?, he said, "because you're going to be my wife".
She smiled and said, "I'm the lucky woman that gets you for a husband for the rest of her life", Derek said, "I love you so much", he then practically growled as he once again claimed her lips with his.