After carefully locking the door he starts to remove his clothes by the time he gets to her bedroom he is down to his boxers. He slips into the bed with care not wanting to wake her up. When he feels her turn and snuggle up to him he knows that she is awake.

"I'm sorry I woke you."

"Mmm it's okay."

"You're in bed early, aren't you feeling well?"

"Just tired, it's been along day. Two teams out and your team members needed help in-house help so did Strauss and the Director."

"You should tell them to back off! You're not the only tech." He scolds softly.

"Right. But I'm one the best."

He holds her close and rubs her back gently.

"Baby girl it's been three weeks and as much as I adore you and sharing your bed. I don't like having to take cold showers every morning. So when can we get married so we can stop all of this foolishness?"

"Just as soon as you ask me, that's when."

He sits up in bed and puts on the light, scowling at her or trying to scowl at her as she lays there in hello kitty ® pajamas, looking adorable in her half sleepy appearance. "You mean to tell me that all this time all I had to do was ask?"

"Yes. We talked and I get it you love me and you want me. You're not worried about me holding you back and you don't give shit what anybody thinks about you choosing me your wife."

"Why the hell didn't you say so."

"You didn't ask."

"Penelope this is not the way I wanted to do this, I wanted dinner and dancing with slow music and a moonlight stroll." He sits up on to his knees and helps her sit up taking both of her hands into his. "Penelope will you marry me?"

"Yes Derek I would be honored to be your wife." She leans into him and kisses him soundly. "Can we go to sleep now?"

"Just like that yes?"

"Yes just like that. Turn the light off please." She asks as she snuggles back down in the bedding.

"Okay smarty pants. When ? Where?"

"Tomorrow city hall one o'clock in the afternoon just you and me and the judge"

"Don't you want a real wedding baby?"

"For who? We don't need it. I'm not a virgin so there is no need for a wedding dress. And we can use the money that we would have spend on a wedding for other things. I have no family to speak of and your mother and sisters won't mind as long as you call and tell them tomorrow night."

"Okay baby if that's what you want, then that's what you get." He tells her and he brings her closer to him.

"That gold band that you have been hiding on your key chain fits by the way."

"Why you little sneak." He says as she slaps her ass once.

"And that's why you love me I'm a good sneaky tech aren't I? No slapping of the tushie until after we are married then it is foreplay, do it now and it's assault Mr. FBI."

"Then tomorrow night I'm going to give you the biggest spanking." He threatens.

"No you're not tomorrow night we are going to make love with the hunger of teenagers but with the passion and love of adults that realize that the best things in life are worth waiting for. And you my love are worth the wait."

"I agree with everything but I have one condition we go out to dinner tomorrow night with the team, Tony and Gibbs too and tell them."

"Deal but you tell them, you're the man. I'm just the woman that stands once pace in back of her husband. You know, submissive, passive, obedient."

"Opinionated, hardheaded pain in the ass." He adds with a laugh.

"That too." she replies with a giggle.

She enters the bullpen at twelve thirty with her purse over her shoulder. Perfect timing for her most of the agents are out doing consults others are on the phones. Stopping by Hotch's office she lets him know that she is going to lunch.

"Baby girl where are you going?" Derek asks as he walks into the unit.

"Lunch want to come, I'm going to Paco's for veggie burritos."

"I'll drive. Hotch you want us to bring you back a sandwich?"

"No thanks late lunch meeting with Strauss and Rossi. Don't be late my meeting is at two sharp."

"Yes sir." Penelope answers for the both of them.

They run into the building and straight into the elevator laughing as she falls into his arms to be kisses again. Feeling the elevator coming to a stop they quickly pull apart. She makes one pass of her thumb across his lip before the exit the elevator a few feet from each other.

They enter the unit only to see Reid and Emily in the round table through the windows the white board full of pictures and papers. Then they see Rossi come out of his office with his go -bag in hand.

"Glad you made it back in time. Bad one we are going to California they just found a mass grave some of the victims are days old one is hours old. others are just skeletons."

"Oh God. I'll get right to it." Penelope says as she walks to her office.

"Morgan." Hotch starts to say.

"Rossi just told me. Let me go get my bag and tablet."

With his bag and tablet in hand he stops by her office to say good-bye.

"Baby, I'm so sorry."

"I know me too." she says as she stands and walks into his arms.

He kisses once then watches as she sits back down he turns her chair and pushes her in front of the computers. "I love you." the same whisper she returns just a he closes the door.

Half way across the country after the briefing was finished , the agents knew that they worked better if they were relaxed and not full of stress some read others played cards.

Emily looks across the aisle and watches Morgan as he looks out of the window lost in thought he looks a million miles away. "I hear you went to Paco's for lunch with Penelope is it any good?" She asks as she places a 6 of spades on the table.

"We didn't go to lunch we went to city hall and got married." Morgan answered as he continues to stare at the passing clouds.

"What?" JJ and Emily say at the same time.

"That will be twenty dollars each please." Reid says as he looks up from his book.

"You were betting on us?" Morgan asks.

"Just the time, Reid had this week" Hotch says.

Morgan looks over at Reid just as he opens his mouth. "I don't want to hear about any statistic."

"Okay congratulations then. I just want to say one thing. It's about damn time."

Morgan looks at his team member friends the lot of them each and every one of them laughing. He crosses him arms and sinks deeper into his seat and they continues to laugh.