Thanksgiving Surprise-Ch 9
After dinner was over Fran, Sarah and Desi worked together to get the table cleared and the dishes put into the dishwasher before joining the others in the living room for a little while. Penelope looked at JJ and said, "sooooo tell me Jayje, when was all of this planned, did you guys know that Derek was bringing me up here?", JJ said, "not at first but when he was on his way over to your apartment he called me and told me that he was finally gonna tell you how he felt".
Penelope sat there listening as JJ said, "it's been so obvious Garcie that he's head over heels in love with you and has been for a longgggggg time", she looked around the room at all of the nodding heads. Fran sat down beside Penelope and said, "oh yes honey my son loves you, it's always my baby girl said this or my baby girl did that", Sarah grinned and said, "I've never seen my baby brother like this before, being in love looks good on you bro".
Derek looked at his sister and said, "baby girl is just good for me period", Penelope blushed and then looked down at their now intertwined fingers and couldn't help but to smile. Dave said, "well we didn't think it was ever gonna happen buttttt thankfully my step-son finally pulled his head out of his butt and told you how much he loves you", Desi grinned and said, "and once we found out that you were coming up to the cabin with my big brother, welllll the rest kinda fell into place".
Penelope looked at Reid and said, "but boy wonder you were suppose to go spend some time with your mom", Reid said, "no worries, we'll go next week and spend a few days with her, she understands, I called and talked to her before we left". Emily said, "it's the same for us and Sean, we're gonna go see him next week too and he said, "congratulations by the way on you two finally getting together", Penelope looked at Derek and then the others and said, "did everybody know about us?", the entire family said, "yesssss" in unison and then the room filled with laughter.
Derek looked at his mom and nodded his head toward the door, Fran took the hint and said, "why don't we all walk up to the lake, the view this time of year is breathtaking", everybody then stood up and put on their coats. Henry and Jack were the first two out the door, followed closely by their fathers, Penelope looked at Derek who said, "we'll join you all in a few minutes", Fran winked at her son and said, "okay baby boy" as she slid her hand into Dave's and they walked out onto the porch closing the door behind them.
Once they were gone Derek looked at his girlfriend who threw her arms around his neck and held him tight, she said, "thank you for today, you brought all of our family together, thank you, thank you, thank you". He pulled back and then leaned in and pressed his lips against hers in a passionate kiss, she moaned against his lips as his tongue slid inside, ohhhhh she would never get tired of this, never get tired of kissing Derek, not ever.
When they pulled apart he rested his forehead against hers and said, "I told you that this trip would be filled with surprises, didn't I?", she grinned and said, "that you did angel fish, that you did". Derek blew out a deep breath and said, "and now here comes the next surprise", she looked at him and watched as he took her hands in his and said, "Penelope Grace Garcia, you know that you are my world, my rock, my everything, right?", she nodded her head and said, "I do".
Derek continued by saying, "you are my God given solace woman, you are my the other part of my heart and I don't know what I would do without you, I love you with all that I have and all that I am", She felt tears sliding down her cheeks, Derek then reached into his pocket and pulled out a small black box, he opened it and inside was a beautiful 3 carat diamond ring, he took the ring out and said, "baby girl, will you do me the honor of marrying me and spending the rest of your life as my wife?", Penelope for the first time in her life was speechless.
She sat there looking from Derek to the ring and back again before she finally found her voice and said, "yes, yes, yes I'll marry you", he slid the ring onto her finger and then leaned in and claimed her lips with his in another kiss. When they finally pulled apart she said, "I love you", he said, "and I love you" as she then took the lead and claimed his lips with hers, Derek's heart started racing as her tongue slide inside his mouth, ohhhh how he loved this woman and soon she was going to be his wife.
After making out on the couch for a few minutes they finally came to themselves enough as Derek said, "sweetness, if we don't get out of here now we won't get getting out", she laughed and said, "trueeeeeeeee, so let's go tell the others that we're getting married". Derek nodded his head yes as they intertwined fingers and made their way quickly out of the cabin and up the path that led to the lake so that they could tell the others their wonderful news.
