Christmas Wooing Morgan Style-Ch 16
She had already talked to Derek and the team several times with information, none of which was seeming to help with their case, she felt useless, she wanted to help her team find this unsub so they could come back home. It was noon and once again she was starving so she got up from her babies and made her way toward the deli down the street to grab a sandwich.
As she stepped through the door Mable the owner smiled and said, "you want the usual P"?, she said, "yes please" as she stood there for a few minutes waiting on her sandwich. Mable looked at her and said, "so how's everything going, you okay"?, Penelope sighed and said, "I'm good, great in fact, how are you doing"?, Mable said, "I'm good, Sean is good and the kids are, well they're mean but good if that makes any sense".
Penelope laughed and said, "it does", Mable handed her, her sandwich and said, "here you go", Penelope said, "thanks, I'd love to stay and chat but my team is away on a case and I have to get back". Mable said, "no problem, have a good day and in case I don't see you again this week have a Merry Christmas P", Penelope said, "same to you Mable, same to you" as she turned around and headed out of the diner.
Soon it was 2 and then 4 with no signs of a gift from her admirer, she couldn't help but wonder if she would be getting any more gifts, she had to admit that getting the gifts everyday made her feel special, wanted. She hit JJ's number and after a few rings heard, "what's up Garcie"?, Penelope said, "nothing much here, anything new up there"?, JJ said, "Derek and Reid are out with the locals right now so we're just sitting here looking at crime scene pictures and trying to add to the timeline".
Penelope said, "I was just wondering because I hadn't got a call from Derek in several hours", JJ said, 'they're in the mountains and the signal is spotty at best, sorry Garcie", Penelope said, "no problem sunshine". JJ said, "so how are things on the admirer going"?, Penelope said, "so far no gift today", JJ said, "really, that's odd, he's sent one for the past 10 days and then today nothing"?, Penelope said, "yep so far today nothing, nada but it's only a little after 4".
The girls talked for a few minutes before Penelope got off to do a search for another team, she was deep in searches when she heard a knock at the door, she said, "come in" and the door opened and Anderson said, "I've got a gift for ya Penelope". She said, "can you put it down for me"?, he placed it down and said, "sure thing, have a good day", she said, "thanks, you too" and got back to her searches.
She then turned around to see a medium sized fish bowl sitting on her desk, she said, "hmmm this is different, fish", she looked at them and said, "wait, these are angel fish". Her heart started racing, she said, "angel fish, wait, is my admirer, could it be, no it can't be, it can't be him can it"? as she reached for the card.
Penelope grinned as she read, "ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME 11 ANGEL FISH FOR THE ONE TRUE ANGEL IN MY LIFE, LOVE YOUR SECRET ADMIRER". She sat back and said, "s s so it's Derek, Derek is my admirer", she tapped the card to her chin and said, "things just got a lot more interesting" and now all she could do was wait, wait for Derek to get back and call her so she could find out for sure one way or another if Derek was her admirer but wait she would.