Time Out-Ch 8
Everybody minus Dave headed over to the tables that were set up and ready for the reception, Dave stayed behind to invite his friend to join them in celebrating the marriage of Derek and Penelope but quickly rejoined his family after being told by the minister that he couldn't stay because he had another wedding to perform in a few minutes.
Dave couldn't help but smile as he now stood beside his wife who had her glass raised in a toast to the newlyweds, the family all smiled and raised their glasses as Fran said, "to the bride and groom, may they be blessed with many many years of bliss together". She smiled at Derek and Penelope and said, "and may I be blessed with many more beautiful grandchildren to spoil rotten", everybody laughed and the said, "to the bride and groom" in unison before taking a sip from their glass.
Derek then leaned in and pressed his lips against his beautiful wifes and said, "I love you Mrs. Morgan", she sighed happily and said, "and I love you Mr. Morgan, now and forever you are stuck with me mister" causing everybody to laugh. Derek rested his forehead against hers and said, "I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you sweetness, I promise to love, honor and cherish you for the rest of my life", she caressed his cheek and said, "what did I do to deserve you handsome?", he smiled and said "you're you baby girl and that's all I need" before his lips descended on hers.
As they pulled apart Fran said, "I'd say it's time for the bride and grooms first dance together as a married couple", Derek intertwined fingers with Penelope and led her to the center of the yard and pulled her into his arms. He smiled down at her and said, "I love you baby girl, you are the best thing that as ever happened to me", she smiled up at him and said, "you, Derek Michael Morgan are the love of my life and I plan on showing you everyday just how much you mean to me" as she kissed him passionately.
When they pulled apart Penelope couldn't help but smile as the words to At Last by Etta James filled the air, she sighed happily as she laid her head down o his chest and they danced their way across the yard. Sarah and Desi had recorded the ceremony and were snapping picture after picture of the happy couple as they danced, they were going to fix an album for the newlyweds and include all of the pictures as a gift for them once they all returned back home in a few weeks.
It didn't take long before all of the other couples joined Derek and Penelope as they too danced to the romantic music that continued to fill the air in the Rossi back yard as everybody celebrated with Derek and Penelope. When the song was over the family made their way back over to the tables where Fran said, "I hope that you're all hungry because we have enough to feed a small army" as she pointed to the food on the tables behind them.
Derek said, "momma, everything looks amazing", Fran said, "I called and talked to the staff right after I got off the phone with you earlier, I wanted to make sure that my baby boy and his baby girl had an amazing wedding and reception". Penelope hugged her mother-in-law and said, "thank you Fran", she turned to look at the rest of her family and said, "thank you all so so much for everything you've done to help me and hotstuff".
Reid said, "no hard feelings for locking you two in the closet, right?", Penelope intertwined fingers with Derek and smiled as she said, "not at all boy wonder, if you all hadn't done what you did then we might not be married right now, so we owe everything to you, to all of you". Dave said, "kitten, we're just glad that you and Derek are finally together and that you're happy", Derek wrapped his free arm around his bride and said, "us too Dave, us too".
Fran said, "alright then, let's eatttttttt", everybody laughed and nodded their heads yes in agreement as they grabbed their plates and started filling them with the amazing smelling food that was before them. Over the next couple of hours the family laughed, ate, talked and danced as the reception continued and as they celebrated with the newlyweds.
Derek had danced with his mom, sisters, JJ and Emily before making his way back to his beautiful wife and Penelope had danced with Dave, Reid, Hotch, Henry and Jack before finding herself once again wrapped in the arms of her loving husband. It wasn't long before Fran and the girls pushed out a cart that carried a two layer cake, Penelope gasped and said, "ohhhh it's beautiful", Fran said, "I'm so glad that you liked it, when I saw it I told Felicia that you would both love it, she worked really hard on it".
Penelope said, "you can tell" as she looked at the beautiful cake in front of her, Derek laughed and said, "it's almost too beautiful to eat", he looked down at his wife and said, "I said almost" causing everybody to laugh as they watched the happy couple pick up the knife and put it into the top layer and slowly slice down and removing the first piece of cake.
They each took a piece into their fingers and slowly and lovingly fed the bite to each other and then Derek kissed the leftover icing from his baby girls lips before whispering, "I love you" to which she quickly replied the same thing right back to him. The reception continued on for another couple of hours before Derek smiled down at his wife and said, "you ready to get out of here?", she stood up and intertwined fingers with him and said, "more than ready my love, more than ready".
Derek and Penelope said their goodbyes and then laughed as their family started running behind them tossing birdseed at them, once they climbed into the waiting car Penelope and Derek continued waving, they got into the backseat and waved at their friends until they could no longer see their family anymore, they then cuddled in the backseat as the driver continued driving them to their destination.
