They soon fell into a routine, Penelope caring for the mansion, taking Jack to school and picking him up while Aaron worked. It was a routine they had grown accustomed to and with Dave being released in a few days Penelope had begun to tidy and organise the house so it would be easier for him to move around while he was recovering. Aside from the occasional message she hadn't heard much from Derek or the girls and for that she was grateful, although she missed their chats she knew that she would never be able to treat them the same. Penelope smiled sadly as she continued to tidy the kitchen, the counters were spotless, the cupboards were organised into size and brand; a shrill ring erupted from her phone, sighing Penelope opened the message she had received.

'Pen, I know you probably hate me but I want to fix this. Please can we go out for coffee or drinks, I miss you Garcie. JJ ' Penelope sighed before sending an agreement, she wanted to at least be on talking terms with her old friends even if they had hurt her she wanted to try and be friendly with them. She planned to meet JJ at a local coffee shop not far from the mansion, she tied her hair up and grabbed her keys before heading out of the front door; when she arrived at the coffee shop she felt her heart clench when she noticed two other people sitting with JJ.

"JJ, sorry I'm late, Emily, Derek" she spoke not allowing her hurt to show.

"Sorry Pen, they insisted on coming. Please sit I'll go get your favourite" JJ got up and left to order their coffee's.

"Why didn't you tell us that you were with Hotch" Derek spoke, hurt seeping into his voice. Penelope didn't miss the way Emily flinched at the mention of her being with Hotch.

"Okay, not going to start off with a simple 'Hello', that makes this even more awkward. I didn't see a need since the people that I cared the most about already knew" Penelope answered surely. Derek looked confused opening his mouth to speak before he was cut off by Emily.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that the only people who didn't throw me out of their lives or treat me like a whore" Penelope watched as Derek avoided her gaze and Emily looked at her hands.

"Penelope, I don't know what to say, I've said sorry and I really thought that we would be fine but I don't see why you distanced yourself from us" Derek said stubbornly refusing to admit he was in the wrong.

"Really Derek, you turned my best friends against me after calling me everything you know I despise, you cant just expect that after you have said a measly 'sorry' that I will come running back to you like before, I'm sorry but you are severely mistaken" Penelope stated as she held back her anger.

"But you can run to a man who got his wife killed, good logic Penelope!" Derek spat back.

"Derek, knock it off, not here not now" Emily hissed.

"Derek you have no right to talk about him that way, he saved me from myself when no one else could be bothered even talking to me" Penelope stood just as JJ returned holding her coffee.

"I'm sorry JJ, I have to go but hopefully we can do something sometime just without these two" Penelope smiled at her friend and left, JJ stood there confused before turning to her two friends.

"What did you two do?!" JJ wanted to scream but only a small whisper escaped her. Derek shrugged while Emily just sat there, JJ sighed and left leaving them just sitting there.

Penelope arrived home and sighed in frustration, she didn't know how she was going to make anything better if Derek and Emily kept acting the way they did. She just wanted everything to settle down but there was no sign of that happening in the near future but right now she was okay with just fixing things with JJ, after all she did miss her godson.

Aaron watched as JJ, Derek and Emily entered the bullpen from lunch, he sensed trouble when JJ didn't even talk to them as she walked up to his office. She knocked and waited for permission to enter which was shortly granted.

"What can I do for you JJ?" he spoke as he watched her sit in front of his desk.

"I went to have coffee with Pen but as soon as I mentioned it to Derek and Em they refused to let me go without them, she didn't look too happy when she saw those two but she didn't object, I went to get her favourite coffee and I don't know what happened while I was gone but when I got back she said she was sorry and said she would hang out with me another time just without those two and left. I know I did the wrong thing by bringing those two but I thought it could help bring back to at least talking with each other" JJ spoke with tears in her eyes, Hotch sighed but understood, JJ only wanted to talk to Penelope again without any hatred or pain. Hotch nodded and placed a hand on JJ's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.

"Hotch, I love Pen like a sister and I want her to be back in my life so bad, I would literally do anything to have her back" Hotch sighed and pulled out a folder with Penelope's name on it.

"You really want to have her back then you will speak to no one about what I am about to tell you, do you remember the case where we couldn't find the UNSUB and eventually got called home and how Penelope disappeared and then just suddenly reappeared out of nowhere and said she wanted to get home as soon as possible, well that was a lie, the UNSUB had taken her and for days on end" he swallowed hard before continuing to speak " for days on end he raped her, he was the father of the twins she was carrying, she lost them both and when Derek found out and did as he did; she felt life wasn't worth living, she attempted suicide but luckily I got there in time" he took a jagged breathe and looked at the blond, tears were falling down her face as she listened. "That's why you and Rossi were barely here isn't it, when you went to check on her when she didn't answer her phone." Hotch nodded and continued "after she was released I refused to have her stay anywhere other than my place, not even two days later the UNSUB somehow found her and shot her, I've been hunting him down on the side because Penelope didn't want me to. You can be placed on the hunt, JJ but I need to know that you really want to fix this"

"yes of course I do, I want to end this son of a bitch, have you had any leads" she asked after composing herself. Hotch shook his head sadly.

"Nothing besides the bullet casing but I have a feeling this is long from over" JJ nodded before taking the file and leaving the office to her own desk.

Penelope answered her phone as it rang for the second time.

"Hello"

"Penelope Garcia, this is David Rossi's doctor, I just wanted to let you know that your father is ready to be discharged. Is there any way you can pick him up today?"

"of course, I'll be there in about 30 minutes is that alright?"

"of course, I'll have all the paper work ready for when you arrive"

"thank you" Penelope hung up and left the house with a skip in her step, happy that her father was coming home. The trip to the hospital dragged out for what seemed to last forever, when she finally arrived she smiled largely as she saw her father through the glass front doors, she walked up and signed him out before turning to him and giving him a big hug, being careful of his wound.

"Kitten, I missed you"

"I missed you too dad" she said before kissing him on the cheek, they slowly walked to the car talking about what had been happening, Penelope knew if she mentioned what had happened earlier that day with Derek and Emily her father wouldn't be happy so she kept quiet and listened as he complained about the hospital food, laughing at his antics. Penelope felt her smile grow bigger as she saw Hotch standing at her car waiting for them, a smile gracing his own features, when they reached the car Aaron hugged Rossi softly before turning to Penelope.

"Hey" she whispered.

"Hey" he said before gently kissing her, when they pulled away Penelope couldn't stop a giggle escaping her throat when she looked at her father and noticed his soft glare pointed towards them.

"You hurt my daughter Aaron..." Aaron smiled before placing his arm around Penelope's waist.

"I know, I know, you'll shoot me and make sure I'm never found, I get it" Rossi laughed lightly and slowly got into the car. Aaron looked at Penelope as they stayed standing in front of the car.

"Pen, JJ told me about what happened at lunch, are you okay?" he asked, noticing her smile falter.

"I'm fine, I wish I didn't have to leave but if I stayed I would have seriously hurt Morgan" Aaron nodded before kissing her again.

"Lets go home" he whispered before leading Penelope to her passenger seat and opening the door for her before hopping into the drivers seat, taking off for Rossi's mansion.

A/N: Hi, I obviously know nothing about how cases work but I hope you don't mind; I am not promising anything but hopefully I am going to be able to update all my stories soon, sorry for the long wait, I known its a pain in the arse when a story you are reading isn't updating for extremely long periods of time but I'll try harder.

Anyway bye

xxxxSarahxxxx