Family For Christmas-Ch 36
Penelope woke up the next morning with a smile on her face, she laid there thinking about what an amazing Christmas her and the girls had with Derek and his entire family. She threw the covers back and climbed out of the bed, grabbed her clothes and headed into the bathroom, it didn't take her long and soon she was heading out of the room and down the stairs to join the rest of the family.
When she stepped into the living room she saw Fran and Desiree in the kitchen so she walked over and said, "good morning", Fran said, "morning honey, how are you this morning"?, she yawned and stretched and said, "I'm great, how are you two doing"?, Fran and Desiree in unison said, "good" causing all three women to laugh. Penelope looked around and said, "where is everybody"?, Desiree said, "outside playing in the snow".
She grinned as Desiree handed her a cup of coffee and said, "they couldn't wait to get outside and play in the snow", Penelope said, "speaking of is it still snowing out there"?, Fran said, "ohhhhh yeah, we have almost 2 feet already and it's still snowing". Penelope took a sip of her coffee and said, "it looks like you might have us for a few more days Fran".
Fran grinned and said, "honey you and the girls can stay as long as you want", she opened her mouth to thank Fran when her cell started ringing, she looked down and said, "this is Maggie I have to take it" and headed through the house. Desiree said, "I hope that everythings alright at work", Fran said, "me to honey because she's stuck here for the next few days anyway, who knows maybe even through New Year".
Desiree said, "that sounds great", Fran took a sip of her coffee and smiled as she nodded her head in agreement with her daughter, meanwhile Penelope walked over to the window and looked outside and couldn't help but smile as she saw both of her girls sleding down the hill with Derek, Jack and Henry. She then turned her attention back to Maggie and the computer problem happening across the map in California.
Hotch walked in a few minutes later and saw Penelope working her magic on the computer, he stood behind her and watched as her fingers practically flew across the keyboard. She said, "alright Mags try hitting the tools file and clicking on the link I just sent you, that should help", a few seconds later Maggie said, "thanks so much Penelope, I hate to bother you but I couldn't make it work".
Penelope said, "not a problem, feel free to call me anytime, okay"?, Maggie said, "sure thing girlie", the two talked for another couple of minutes before the call ended. She then looked up at Aaron and said, "is something wrong"?, he shook his head and said, "no, nothing's wrong, I just have a couple of questions for you", she nodded her head and said, "ask away" as Hotch walked over and sat down beside her.
He looked at her and said, "what you just did when you were talking to Maggie was amazing, how did you do that so fast"?, she grinned and said, "it was really quite easy, all I did was" and she spent the next few minutes filling him in on what she did and when she was finished he was in total amazement of just how truly skilled she was with computers.
He said, "if I give you some information can you see what you can find for me"?, she said, "sure but this computer isn't equipped for FBI information", Hotch stood up and said, "follow me, Dave has a computer set up in the library with everything you'll need on it". She stood up and followed Hotch down the hall toward the huge library.
When they stepped inside he watched as she sat down in front of the computer, he handed her a list of 4 names and said, "I need everything you can find on their lives,
financials, backgrounds, wants, warrants, whatever you can find". She bit down on her bottom lip and said, "sure thing" and he stood there watching as her fingers once again started flying across the keyboard.
By the time Penelope was finished looking up the information Hotch knew that he had a future computer analyst for the BAU on his hands, he grinned and said, "that was without a doubt the most amazing thing I have seen, you are a whiz with computers". She smiled and said, "thank you Aaron I appreciate that", he said, "your skill is truly astounding".
She said, "I hope that the information I was able to find helped you", he said, "ohhhh it did, it did", he put his hand on her shoulder and said, "the information that you found in that few minutes is going to bring down a cereal killer and bring closure to several famalies". She said, "really"?, he nodded his head and said,
"yes really".
He pulled his cell off his belt and said, "thank you so much", she said, "any time Aaron, any time", he dialed Erins number and after a few rings Penelope couldn't help but smile when Hotch said, "I found an truely unbelieveable analyst and she was able to help me get the information we need to bring justice and closure to the families".
She smiled as she walked out of the room heading back to the kitchen to rejoin Fran and Desiree, when Hotch was finished giving Erin the information she said, "whoever this analyst is we need to get her on our team". Hotch smiled and said, "I'll see what I can do to speed things along", Erin said, "sounds good Aaron, now stay inside and stay safe and we'll see you in a few days when the roads are clear".
After ending the call with Strauss Hotch smiled hoping that soon Penelope would be a permanent member of their team and their family