Thanksgiving Surprise-Ch 3

The next morning Penelope woke up early and took the bubble bath that had eluded her the night before and she had to admit that soaking in a tub filled with bubbles felt heavenly against her tired, aching body. As she laid her head back against the tub she closed her eyes and remembered what had happened between her and Derek the night before, her hand went up and touched her lips as she remembered his lips on hers.

She opened her eyes and looked up at the clock on the wall and saw that her time was running out so she finished her bath then dried off and put her clothes on before making her way out of the bathroom. When she strolled through her beaded curtain she heard a knock at the door, she smiled as she looked through the peephole and saw the smiling face of her boyfriend standing there, her boyfriend, ohhhh how she had longed for him to be hers and now, now he was.

Penelope opened the door and said, "good morning hotstuff" as she stepped back to let him come inside. he leaned in and brushed his lips against hers in a passionate kiss and when they pulled apart he said, "that's just so you won't think that what happened last night was a dream sweetness, everything that happened last night was real, I love you and I want to be with you"./

When he walked into her apartment she shut the door and said, "I have to admit that it still doesn't seem real, that you Derek Morgan would want a fat, geeky nerd like me as your girl" and before she could finish her sentence his lips descended on hers again. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer as he deepened the kiss, she moaned against his lips as their tongues danced together for what seemed like forever before they broke apart for air.

Derek put his finger under her chin and raised it so that she could look him in the eyes, he then said, "you are the most beautiful and amazing woman I have ever met in my life so please, please don't talk about yourself that way". She stood there listening as he said, "I don't want to hear you put yourself down, you are my girl and I am your man and that's never ever gonna change, got it?", she nodded her head and said, "got it angel fish, got it".

He then smiled and said, "are you ready to head out?", she said, "ready when you are", they then grabbed her bags and stepped out into the hall, she then turned off her lights and locked her door before turning in intertwine her fingers with his as they made their way toward the truck that was waiting on them downstairs.

After putting her things in beside his he opened her door and she said, "thank you my prince" as she kissed him gently on the cheek, he winked at her and said, "anything for you princess", she blushed as he leaned in and then fastened her seat belt for her. He kissed the end of her nose and said, "let's get started because traffic is probably gonna be a bear this morning with Thanksgiving being day after tomorrow", she nodded her head yes in agreement as she watched him shut her door and then walk around to the drivers side of the truck.

About an hour and a half later they were pulling up in front of the cabin, he got out and walked around to her side of the truck and opened the door, he then held out his hand to which she slid her hand into his as he helped her out of the truck. They walked hand in hand toward the cabin door and after he opened it he stepped aside and said, "after you sweetness", she smiled at him and walked by him as she stepped inside.

As she looked around everything looked as she had remembered from her last visit with the team, it had been last summer when they were all here together and she couldn't help but smile as the memory of that time came across her mind. Derek went out and carried their stuff in and when he put it down on the floor by the door he wrapped his arms around her and kissed the side of her neck and said, "why don't we carry our stuff up to our room and then have some breakfast".

She nodded her head and said, "sounds good to me" as she grabbed her stuff and he grabbed his and they made their way toward the staircase that led to the bedrooms and bathrooms that were upstairs. When they stopped outside the first door Derek said, "I'm not putting any pressure on you here, if you want to stay in another room that's fine with me but if you want to sleep in a room with me I'm definitely fine with that too".

Penelope said, "we've slept in the same bed before so I don't see why we can't do the same thing now, well unless you'd rather not", Derek said, "I'd love to sleep with you wrapped in my arms and wake up the same way but like I said I'm not putting any pressure on you at all, everything that happens is up to you in that department".

After putting their things away in their room they headed downstairs and made breakfast together and while they sat at the table eating, they laughed and talked and they even cleaned up the dishes like a couple with her washing and him drying and putting everything away before they walked into the living room to sit down.

Derek said, "soooo what would you like to do, we could watch a movie, we could go for a walk", she said, "how about we watch a movie, that way we can snuggle up together", he grinned and said, "sounds good to me baby girl" as he handed her the remote and it only took her a few minutes to find a nice romantic movie that they could watch together and less than a quarter of the way through she felt her eyes getting heavier and heavier and before she knew it she had drifted off to sleep.

Derek laid them both down on the large couch and snuggled up behind her, he kissed her gently on the lips and whispered, "I love you and I promise you that this is going to be the best Thanksgiving you've ever had", he then laid his head down behind hers and closed his eyes and soon joined her in a nap.