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After their last dance, Derek pulled back slightly to look into Penelope's loving and trusting face. Derek then delicately cupped her face in his hands and soothingly caressed her cheeks with his thumbs.
Penelope tilted her head further into one of his hands with a quizzical look. "What's got your wheels turning in that handsome head of yours? You are doing that silent thing that you do!"
He nervously smiled at her while he leaned down and placed a tender kiss to her lips.
Derek chuckled as he removed one of his hands from her face and ran it over the top of his head. "You know me so well, don't you? Do you want to take a walk down to the dock?"
"Is everything alright. Hot Stuff? You are starting to worry me."
"I'm fine Baby Girl, I promise! I just want to talk about something that has been on my mind. Before you panic, it's nothing bad." He grinned.
Penelope sighed and started to relax. "Sure sug, I would love to take a walk with you. It's so beautiful out here tonight. There is a full moon tonight which is good luck and the stars are twinkling brightly. It's almost as if they are musical notes and playing just for us. The best part of all of it is that I am here in paradise with the sexiest and most loving hunk of Hot Chocolate."
Derek chuckled out loud, tapped the end of her nose and held out his hand for hers. "Silly girl, come with your Hot Chocolate."
They walked hand in hand with their fingers intertwined towards the dock. Penelope had started to swing their arms up and down because she was totally happy.
As they got closer to the dock, Derek started to freak out on the inside. His stomach was doing flip-flops, his mouth got dry and he started to fidget with the box in his pocket with his free hand. He kept trying to calm himself down by repeating the same mantra over and over. "Calm down Morgan, calm down. She loves you!"
He was determined that everything would go perfectly. He tried some deep breathing techniques. Penelope could feel him tense up and noted he was extremely nervous and fidgeting a lot. Derek never got like that, he was always so strong and confident.
They reached the end of the dock and they stopped. He started to sweat and his palms got clammy. His nerves wouldn't calm down as hard as he tried. He loved her with all of his heart. This was the biggest pivotal moment in his life, it was now or never.
Derek turned to face her and grasped both of her hands in his. He anxiously took several more, deep breaths.
"Baby boy, are you sure you are alright? I've never seen you this way talk to me, please!"
Derek squeezed her hands and thought to himself. "You got this, do it now!"
He looked deep into her beautiful, caring and comforting blue eyes. "You know I love you, right?"
She smiled at the memory of the first time he asked her that after she was shot. "I know Handsome! I love you too, more than anything!"
He started to physically shake as he got down on one knee and fumbled with the box as he tried to remove it from his pocket. Her mouth opened wide, her hands flew up in front of her face as she gasped in shock. He gave her a lop-sided grin as he opened up the black box to reveal the most gorgeous ring she had ever seen.
Derek opened up his mouth to start talking and tried to clear his throat of the cotton feeling.
He sharply inhaled. "Baby Girl, you are the most important person in my life! You are the best thing that has ever happened to me.! You are the most beautiful, the smartest, the funniest and the most loving woman I have ever known. I don't know what I would do without you. You are my Goddess, my heart and my God-given Solace. You have always been there for me, no matter what! I know I don't deserve such a magnificent gift from God but, I thank God every day for bringing you into my life! I fell in love with you that first day I saw you and called you Gomez!"
They both giggled while the tears fell down both of their faces like waterfalls. His nerves were starting to come under control.
Derek forged on. "I promise you I will protect you and I will be there for you every day of our lives. I promise you I will never intentionally hurt you. You are my safe haven and I hope I am yours. You have the most giving and loving heart of anyone I know or will ever meet. I love your quirkiness and your crazy styles, please don't ever change! I want you to be my wife and the momma to all of our future children. Penelope Calliope Garcia, would you make me the happiest man in the world and do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
Penelope stared right into his eyes and saw all the love in his heart and straight into his soul. She was completely thunderstruck as the tears were still pouring down her face. She must have looked a mess, but she didn't care,
Ohhhh my God, Derek! Did you just ask me to marry you and have a houseful of children with you?"
He stayed on his knee and replied. "Yes, my Princess, I did! Please don't leave your man hanging here and say you will."
She continued to stare into his honest eyes and face and saw all the love he had for her. She vigorously nodded her head as she squealed out her answer. "Yessss, oh God yes, a million times yessss, I will marry you Derek Michael Morgan!"
He finally let go of his breath he hadn't realized he was holding. He slowly and gingerly slid the ring on her finger. He then stood up and pulled her into his arms and began twirling her around over and over as he said. "Yesss, you have made me the happiest man! I love you soooo much! You will never ever regret your decision."
Penelope continued squealing as he was still twirling her around in his arms. She finally stopped when he gently placed her down on the dock without letting her out if his embrace.
"I know I won't, my love! I am the luckiest woman in the world. I will be the best wife to you, I promise I love you with every fiber of my being now and forever. I can't wait to be a momma to our Mini-Hot Stuff's. Thank you for my ring it is gorgeous, stunning and unique!"
They had both caught their breath and Derek spoke up. "I will be the best husband and daddy to our Mini-Baby Girls, too! There is a story behind that ring, mama. It's called the Ever Us® ring, it has the two big diamonds and the little ones that run down each side. One of the bigger diamonds is for my best friend and the other one means my true love. I think the little ones will represent our beautiful future children and long life."
They both couldn't stop grinning. "Awww, my Hershey's Kiss® that is the most romantic story I have ever heard and fits us to a tee!"
Derek leaned into her and tenderly cupped her face in his hands. They brought themselves closer until there was no more of a gap between their hot and wanting bodies. They started gently kissing each other which very quickly turned extremely passionate and steamy as their hands started to roam.
Suddenly Derek pulled back gasping for air. He knew that if he didn't stop this and soon, he would not be able to control himself. "Goddess, I promise things aren't going to change. I would never pressure you into anything you are not ready for."
Penelope looked down at the ring on her finger and then into his eyes. "I know you won't, I never had a doubt, I love you and trust you with my heart, body and soul."
He softly caressed her cheek and tapped her cute little nose. "How about we go and swing and cuddle for a while, Sweetness?"
"Sounds good Handsome, Lead the way!" First she leaned down and took off heels. They then made their way back to the hut and the porch swing. They sat there as they snuggled and enjoyed the swing for quite a while.
Penelope reluctantly slowly pulled away from her fiancé, she loved saying and thinking that. "Baby Boy, I have to go to the little girl's room. I will be back in a few minutes, okay?"
He gazed at her and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. "Don't be long, I am already missing you!"
Penelope giggled, playfully slapped his shoulder and said. "What I am going to do with you, Angelfish?"
He shook his head, inwardly growled as he stared at her ass sway back and forth while she disappeared inside.
Penelope walked inside and went to the bathroom, all the while muttering to herself. As she washed her hands she stared at herself in the mirror. She couldn't believe she was now the fiancée of her one and only Hot Stuff.
She definitely wanted to be able to show him how much she loved him. At the same time, she was petrified to open herself up to the possibly getting hurt again. Her inner voice was screaming at her to believe in herself and the man she truly loved. She paced back and forth while remembering all those horrific moments with Kevin. He caused her so much physical and emotional pain. She knew deep down that her Noir Hero had promised not to hurt her and she so desperately wanted to believe in him.
Penelope stopped pacing and stepped in front of the mirror again and spoke out loud. "Dammit, I am going to marry the most amazing and loving man I have ever known. Screw you, Kevin I am not going to let you stop me from enjoying the rest of my life with the love of my life. I hope you burn in hell for what you did! I am tired of this and I am going to take control of my life back. I hate you and I love Derek with all of my heart!"
Penelope smiled at herself, she had made her decision. She wanted to make love to the one and only Derek Morgan! She had dreamed about this for years. She felt like a two-ton elephant had been lifted off of her shoulders.
Derek was still sitting on the swing and had started to really worry about his fiancée. He chuckled as a huge grin had spread over his whole gorgeous face. He was thrilled beyond words because he knew he was going to marry the woman of his dreams.
As Derek worried even more he got up and entered the hut, he looked around and didn't see his future wife. He headed over to the bathroom door and knocked. "You okay in there, Princess?"
"I'm fine handsome, I just need a few more minutes, okay?"
"You sure you are alright? You have been in there for a long time, I am just concerned about my fiancée!"
"Awww, I love hearing that, I promise I'm good. "
Derek smiled. "Okay, sexy mama, see you in a few."
Penelope was thankful she had left her bag in the bathroom earlier. She dug through it and pulled out her beautiful new teddy. It was a gift from her girlies.
It was a sultry light purple silk two-piece teddy. It had spaghetti straps and it had a black and deep red lace fringe at all the right places and it came with a matching robe. She slid them both on and they felt wonderful next to her skin. She looked and felt sexy and desirable. She didn't want to let Derek down in anyway, as she continued to primp herself in preparation.
At the same time that Penelope was fixing herself up for her man, Derek was putting some things in motion himself. He had locked the door and took the chilling bottle of champagne out of the refrigerator and placed it in the silver ice bucket with some ice. He carried it over and placed it on the nightstand next to the bed along with two champagne flutes. He turned the lights real low and lit a few candles and placed them around the room. He turned on some soft, smooth jazz tunes and everything looked very romantic. Nothing was too good for the love of his life. As he sat down on the edge of the bed he waited for Penelope and his mind went into deep thought. He hoped that she wouldn't think he was trying to seduce her, he meant what he said and that was never going to pressure her. He knew she still wasn't quite ready, and would patiently wait until she was.
TBC
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