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Chapter 14

Penelope was feeling much better when the weekend came around. She was feeling better than she had in a long time; and she had a lot more energy. Desiree and Sarah suggested that they spend the day at the Navy Pier and end the night watching the fireworks display.

Derek walked into their bedroom and saw the bathroom door wide open as steam poured out, indicating that Penelope had just finished her shower.

"Are you decent?" he called.

"Never!" she called back, making him laugh out loud.

"I know that, but are you dressed?"

"Yeah," she answered and he slowly walked in.

She was wearing one of her new maternity outfits as she stood sideways looking into the mirror over the sink. She had her shirt lifted up as she examined her stomach.

"Is everything all right?" he asked her.

"I'm fine," she assured him. "I'm just seeing if I can see any changes yet because I felt the baby move."

"What? The baby moved? When?"

"As I was getting dressed," she smiled at him as he placed his hand on her stomach. "It wasn't a kick, more like a flutter. So I'm not sure if you'll be able to feel it."

"I think I felt something," he smiled. "It was small, but I know I felt it. That was amazing."

"Isn't it?" she looked at him.

"Are you guys almost ready?" Desiree ducked her head in. "We're all waiting on you downstairs."

"Sorry, we got a little distracted." Derek told her.

"What you guys do on your own time-"

"Not that!"

"I felt the baby move," Penelope told her. "Derek wanted to see if he could feel it too."

"Really?" Desiree smiled.

"But as you pointed out, you're all waiting on us." Penelope told her.

"We can wait a couple more minutes,"

"He's not kicking right now anyway."

"He?"

"My entire family thinks it's going to be a boy. They say that there's too many girls in the family."

"We're heading out the door!" they heard Sarah downstairs.

"Okay!" Derek called back.

"Derek!"

"Let's go," Penelope told them as they all made their way down the stairs to the other two.

"I'm getting you on the ferris wheel, Baby Girl." Derek told her as they walked outside to the cars.

"That is too high for me," she told him. "You know I don't to heights."

"You won't even notice it when you're up at the top."

"One ride, that's it. If you're lucky." Penelope told him as they climbed into the rental car and pulled away from his mom's building.

They had been walking the pier for over three hours when Desiree dragged Penelope into a shop as Sarah followed. Fran sat down on a bench nearby with Derek sitting down next to her.

"Thank goodness her morning sickness has finally subsided," Fran looked at him.

"Yeah, she was starting to scare me a little."

"Me too, Baby Boy." She smiled over at him. "I'm glad you two have finally opened your eyes when it comes to how you feel about each other."

"Everyone keeps telling us that,"

"It was obvious to those of us who paid attention to all the banter you guys did."

"It wasn't that much-"

"Yes it was," Fran smiled at him. "So when are you going to talk to her about what we talked about earlier?"

"Soon,"

"Before you leave?"

"Ma," he sighed as he lay his head back.

"What? I have waited a long time for you to do this."

"I know," he smiled as he saw Penelope coming towards them with his sisters in tow. "Hey, what all did you get?"

"Just some things." Penelope smiled at him. "I'll show you later."

"I think it's time that you and I get on the ferris wheel." He told her.

"I don't think so," she shook her head stubbornly.

"One ride," he pleaded. "You barely notice how high up you are."

"He's right," Sarah told her. "Once you see that view up at the top, you forget all about it."

"All right," she sighed as she let him take her hand. "One ride is all I'm promising you."

"Great," they walked away as Sarah and Desiree joined Fran.

"What was that all about?" Desiree looked at her mother.

"You'll see when they get off," Fran smiled at them. "I can't tell you anymore than that."

Derek was able to talk the attendant into letting them have one of the cars to themselves; normally there were six seated to the cars shaped like gondolas. Penelope slowly stepped into the car with Derek coming up behind her.

"You're gonna love this," Derek told her as they started going up.

"If you say so," her gaze remained inside the compartment. "Just please tell me that we're not going to stop at the top."

"I can't say that," he told her. "Just focus only on the view; not on how high up we are."

"I'm trying," she mumbled.

Derek felt her hand tighten in his as she realized that they were getting higher and higher up. Derek placed his hand on her stomach and smiled.

"I think the little one likes it," he told her.

"Great," she mumbled as she felt the ride stop. "W-Why did we stop?"

"They're just loading on more people," Derek told her. "Open your eyes and look at the view, Baby Girl. It's amazing."

Penelope slowly opened her eyes and saw the breathtaking view of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. She leaned forward, completely ignoring how high up they were, and stared in awe at the view.

"This is amazing," she breathed.

"I told you, Baby Girl." He smiled at her.

"Ok, you were right. Just don't get too used to that."

"Oh," Derek suddenly dropped to the floor of the car.

"What?" Penelope started panicking again.

"Relax, I just dropped something."

"What did you drop-" she stopped talking suddenly when she looked down and saw him kneeling before her. "Oh my god."

"Just let me talk for a minute Motor Mouth," he stopped her. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you. No matter what you or anyone thinks, I am here for the long haul. I have loved you from the moment that I called you my Baby Girl for the first time. I guess that I was just too scared to admit my feelings for you. If we only lived together with our child that would make me just as happy, but would you make me even happier by agreeing to be my wife and letting me take care of the both of you for the rest of our lives?"

Penelope's mind drifted as Derek continued his speech. All she could focus on was the fact that he was down on one knee in front of her holding a velvet box open with the most exsquisite ring she had ever seen in her life.

"Baby Girl?" she came out of her trance as she saw Derek waiting on her expectantly. "Will you marry me?"

"You're serious?" she questioned softly.

"I have never been more serious about anything in my life."

"Yes," she finally found her voice. "I will marry you."

"Really?"

"Really," she embraced him tightly and they shared a deep kiss as they heard clapping in the distance.

They both eventually pulled apart and saw the occupants of the nearby cars applauding at the display that they had just witnessed.

Fran, Desiree and Sarah were sitting and watching as Derek and Penelope remained on the giant Ferris wheel. Sarah spotted the attendant not making any attempt to restart the ride as he glanced at his watch. She looked up and saw some kind of commotion going on up at the top of the ferris wheel.

"What is going on up there?" Desiree noticed that something was happening as well.

"The attendant isn't even trying to restart the ride," Sarah added. "Is he really making sure that they're stuck up at the top?"

"That's not what's happening," Fran told her daughters.

"Then what-" they looked back up as they heard a noise and could see several people towards the top clapping. "Ok, what just happened?"

"You'll find out as soon as they get off," Fran smiled as the ride started up again and she could see the look of pure happiness on her son and Penelope's faces as they got closer to the ground.

Penelope took Derek's hand as they reached the ground again and he helped her step back onto solid ground. She smiled at him as they saw his mom and sisters trying to push through the crowd.

"Ok what went on up there?" Sarah asked them as they started to walked down the pier again.

"Well…"

"Wait," Desiree saw the glistening rock on Penelope's finger. "Is that-what I think it is?"

"I asked her to marry me," Derek told his family.

"And?" Fran looked at them expectantly.

"And I said yes," Penelope smiled at them.

Desiree and Sarah squealed loudly and enveloped their future sister-in-law in a tight hug. Derek smiled as they led her away to already start talking wedding plans as Fran hugged him tightly.

"It's about time, Baby Boy." She smiled at him. "Now all you have to do is keep her happy so she doesn't change her mind."

"I will spend the rest of my life making sure that doesn't happen." He stated as they followed the other three.

Later that night, they all set up a couple blankets on the lawn of the park to prepare for the fireworks display. Derek left them all talking about wedding plans and went to get Penelope a sno-cone.

"What flavor?" the vendor asked him.

"I'll have one cherry," Derek told him. "And one…I'm not sure what flavor she wants…Can you do a mix of all the flavors?"

"Let me guess," he looked at him. "Is your girl expecting?"

"How'd you know?"

"All pregnant woman ask for the same thing," he handed him the sno-cones. "Congratulations."

"Thanks," Derek smiled at him as he turned to head back to his family but was stopped by a familiar, but unwanted face.

"Derek Morgan,"

"Gordinski,"

"I thought you were just here a couple weeks ago."

"Still keeping tabs on me detective?"

"What's taking so long, Handsome?" Penelope came up to them.

"Sorry Baby Girl, I got distracted," Derek told her.

"Who's this?"

"Stan Gordinski," he smiled at her.

"Oh," Penelope refused the offered hand. "Yeah, I know who you are. You really expect me to play nice after what you did?"

"Excuse me?"

"Gordinski, allow me to introduce you to Penelope Garcia. Technical analyst for the FBI."

"I was the one who proved that you wrongly accused Derek of murder four years ago."

"Let's get back to everyone," Derek told her. "He's not worth it."

Derek handed her the sno-cone he had gotten her and took her hand as they started back to his family.

"I wasn't sure what kind you wanted," he told her. "So I just got you all the flavors."

"Thank you," she smiled at him as they got back to his family.

"There you are," Sarah smiled at them.

"Where've you been?" Desiree asked. "It's about ready to start."

"I was delayed," Derek sighed as they all got settled onto the blankets. "By Gordinski."

"Oh,"

"Let's just enjoy the rest of the night," Fran told them as they all finished getting settled.

The fireworks display started and Penelope leaned against Derek. He smiled at her as he thought about what their futures would hold; and he couldn't wait to start planning it.

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