Disclaimer: *curses* I don't own Criminal Minds, I just like to put them in situations we'd all love to see acted out =)

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The moment Derek had heard Bishop and Penelope in the same sentence he had shot up and rallied around, gotten dressed and got himself out of the door, leaving a note in his haste and all in the time he was on the phone to Andy.

Once he'd gotten to the hospital he'd literally bolted it to Penelope's room and went right in ignorant of the security guard now standing guard at the door. He could tell Penelope was keeping herself awake and the moment she saw him she released a long held breath and broke down. Derek gathered her up in his arms and soothed her until she was fast asleep. He didn't let her go for long, just removed his shoes and got on top of the sheets, Penelope still in his arms and let her sleep holding onto him.

Now Andy had okayed for her to go home and here he was helping her out of the car and heading towards the open door. He'd argued with Andy, Hotch and Joel, and in the end he'd won, they'd be able to keep Penelope calmer and get her to rest more if she was in her home than if she was in a hospital knowing that Bishop knew exactly where she was.

'Bed.'

'Couch.' Penelope batted back. 'All I need is some pillows and a quilt and I'll sleep fine but I want to be nearer you than not.' Derek knew he couldn't argue with her there, he wanted her to feel the safest she could and if that meant on the couch then on the couch she'd stay until he was with her in bed. 'How do we know he doesn't know we live here?'

'We don't but we can keep check on this place easier than the hospital baby girl.' Derek said as they made it over the threshold and into the living room. Penelope looked around; it was like some military operation you see in films. She'd taken note of the police officer at the door, then she'd see Andy's doctor bag and then as she entered she saw everything that they'd have at work. PDA's, laptops, files, print outs, everything ready and waiting to be used. 'Andy and my mom are going to be here all the time you hear?'

'Got it.'

'And I'm going to be here 3 quarters of the time because I'm limited with stuff to do but if it comes to me protecting you I'm doing all I can to do so goddess.'

'Be my noir hero all over again.'

'Everyone needs a saviour baby you know that.'

Penelope crinkled her nose at him, she was, to Derek, a saviour, she'd saved him from so much darkness. 'I seem to have a small posy of saviours at the moment. I gotta say, I like it.'

'Well that's good then because they're staying.'

'I thought as much. How could I dismember an army at such a time of hardship? Simple, I can't.'

Derek laughed. 'You are feeling better; you're making jokes about things. It's been lacking some.'

'Hospitals make me feel crappy.'

'And crabby.' Andy said as he came into the room with pillows and a quilt. 'I thought you might claim your spot down here rather than anywhere but you were too fast for me.'

'Aw, I'm well looked after.'

'That you are baby girl that you are.' Derek said as he took 3 of the pillows and propped them against the farthest arm of the couch. 'Gonna lay back?' He asked and Penelope slowly and almost fragilely put her legs up and laid down just as Derek opened the quilt up and laid it over her. 'No major moving you hear?'

'Yes sir, I hear loud and clear.'

'Silly girl.' He called her and she laughed. 'Need anything?'

'A drink will do then I want everyone off their red alert mode and come and just chiiiill.' She drew the last word out with a mellow tone. 'I refuse to do it on my own.'

'Fine we will but we need to be red alert to get the bastard off the street.'

'And I have complete faith in you to do such a thing whilst taking a pew.' Penelope told him straight and Derek looked at her exasperatedly. 'Tell me I'm wrong now handsome or forever hold your peace.'

'Fine let me go and get you a drink and we'll see what's on telly but there's is no way I'm having you refusing to rest.'

'I always win such things.' Penelope told him innocently and then just fully relaxed as Derek and Andy shook their heads and went into the kitchen. Coming back they found Penelope already asleep and looking comfier than she had done since the stabbing.

'You said this would do it to her.' Derek said as he placed the drink down and took a seat right near Penelope while Andy took the armchair and they both looked at Penelope then at one another. 'She's gonna be able to have kids right? I mean Reid made some comment the other day when we were at office that with that many wounds it'd bound to have caused some type of uterine damage.'

'There were no bleeds to the womb or anywhere near her ovaries so I'd say she should be fine. The wounds didn't go near that area luckily. Considering everything she was really lucky.'

Derek nodded and looked at Andy's expression. 'Scare you to find her and be her primary?'

'Still scares me.' Andy said and sighed before looking at Derek. 'I just never expected it to be her, I wish it wasn't, I wish for the life of me she wasn't involved in all this but she is and we got her back but I didn't want her back like this.'

'You wanted her back on your accord no one else's?'

'Exactly but I don't regret a moment of it. It just scared me that my first patient in this state had to be her.' He watched Derek nod with understanding, out of everyone he and Derek had struck up a friendship that no one else had. 'You've got a really good effect on her. She's exactly how I remember her to be when she's got you. Just maybe a little more insane.'

'Crazy thing about it we keep each other sane and insane.' Derek said and looked at Penelope not knowing that apart from him and Andy, someone else was watching them closely.

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A/N: There we have it another update!!

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