Instant Family-Ch 29

About half an hour later Derek and Penelope come out of their bathroom dressed and wrapped in each others arms, Penelope looked up at him and said, "I still can't believe that we're married, that you my chocolate drop are my husband". He kissed her lips gently and said, "well goddess it's true, you're mine and I'm yours and it's going to stay that way for the rest of our lives".

She took a deep breath and said, "are you ready to head over to pick up our daughter"?, Derek said, "I am, I definitley am" as they intertwined their fingers as they made their way out of their house. As they pulled away from the curb Penelope couldn't help but worry, what if Derek was wrong, what if they lost their daughter, what if Shawn actually succeeded in taking her away from them, she shook her head and brushed those thoughts out of her head as they got closer and closer to their daughter.

Fran was singing to Megan when Derek and Penelope walked into the living room, Penelope said, "how is my angel"?, Fran handed the little girl over to her and said, "she's great, she's ready for some mommy daddy time now". Derek kissed her gently on the cheek and said, "thanks for watching her lastnight momma", Fran grinned and said, "anytime baby boy, anytime".

Dave walked into the room and said, "wellllll hello newlyweds, how are you today"?, Derek laughed and said, "were fine Dave", Penelope looked up and said, "we are more than fine Dave we are perfect". Derek said, "we were thinking about taking Megan down to the park where the ducks are, the view there is amazing",
Fran said, "ohhhhh she will love that when she gets a little older".

Penelope said, "when she gets a little older we can take her down there and let her feed the ducks", Dave walked over and put his hand on Dereks shoulder and said, "Hotch and Reid are working on something". Derek said, "do we have a case"?, he shook his head and said, "no, something just didn't seem right to Reid and they are checking into it that's all".

Derek said, "it's about Shawn isn't it"?, he nodded his head and said, "yeah, he just came to town so suddenly in search of his daughter", Derek said, "I hope they are able to find something because we could be seeing the judge anytime in the next few days". Dave said, "they're having Kevin do searches to see what he can dig up on him", Derek nodded his head as he glanced over at the smiling face of his new bride.

Hotch and now Reid stood behind Kevin and watched as he started his searches on Shawn, Kevin said, "this could take a while sir, there is so much information to search through. Hotch said, "please let us know when you find anything", Kevin nodded his head and said, "yes sir" as he heard Reid and Hotch walk out of the lair and close the door behind

While his girlfriend was sleeping Shawn decided that he would go for a walk, it was such a beautiful day and there was a park up the street from where they were staying. He sighed as he walked across the street and headed toward the huge pond in the center of the park, the trees were huge and there were flowers all over the place and as he walked along the path he couldn't help but smile.

Derek got out of the SUV and walked around to see Penelope getting Megan out of the car, he got the stroller out of the back and wheeled it up beside both of his girls. Penelope laid the little girl down and said, "mommy and daddy are going to take you to the pond and show you the ducks and when you get a little bit older we will come here and let you feed the pretty ducks".

Derek pulled the top over the baby to keep the heat down on the baby, Penelope looped her arm through her husbands as they made their way up the path toward the pond. Shawn sat down on a bench and watched as ducks glided across the top of the water, he glanced to his left and saw a little girl about 3 years old taking bread from her daddy and throwing it out to the ducks.

He smiled as the little girl cackled out as the duck took the bread and he wondered if he would ever feel that happy with Megan, the closer they were getting to the pond the more excited Penelope was getting, she knew that right now Megan was to little to really understand but she wanted her to get to experience the park and pond.

They walked over and Derek got the little girl out of the stroller and said, "see the ducks Megan"?, Shawns head turned in the direction of the voices and when he heard the name Megan he wondered, was that his daughter Megan. He stood up and walked over to them and looked down at the little girl who was the spitting image of her momma and said, "Megan".

Derek looked up and saw the man standing there and before he could say anything Shawn said, "may I hold her"?, Penelope said, "I don't think so, she's really small". Shawn said, "I'd never hurt her, she's my daughter", Penelope said, "Sh Sh shawn"?, he nodded his head as he reached for his daughter, Penelopes heart broke as she watched him reaching for her daughter.

Just as he was about to take her Derek pulled away and said, "this isn't happening, not here and definitley not now", Shawn said, "I don't think that you have much of a choice, she is my daughter". Penelope said, "she's our daughter", he laughed and said, "we will see what the court says about that won't we"?, Derek handed Penelope the baby and said, "you need to step away and step away now".

Shawn said, "OR WHAT"?, Derek pulled his badge out of his pocket and said, "or I will arrest you for harrasement"?, the man threw up his hands and said, "fine but this isn't over". Penelope put the baby back into the stroller as Derek said, "far from over Shawn, far from over" as they walked away heading back to their car.

Shawn smiled and said, "I'll see you soon Megan, daddy will see you soon as he watched the family disappear up the path