For give the lapse. I went on a bit of a hiatus. I have started watching my nieces every day (4 years old and 5 months old) and that has been tiring and I couldn't seem to write. I apologize for this chapter its a bit of a tear jerker.

Chapter 8

That night in the hotel room, Derek did a lot of thinking and didn't get much sleep. Problem was, he loved them both. True, he wasn't sure if he could actually call what he and Spencer did love but he did. There were times that he didn't always love his wife, but…that was natural in a marriage. You were bound to go through ups and downs and after being married for two years…Derek sighed. This was harder than he thought. He hated having to choose, because no matter what he did or who he chose, someone else was going to get hurt. It wasn't fair to either of them and it was all his fault.

He was so into his internal tirade that he didn't hear a knock on the room door until they were practically banging the door down. He opened the door and blinked. He hadn't expected to see Penelope.

"Baby girl what are you doing here?" he asked letting her in the room.

"I came to see Spencer and talk to him. Now I came to see my husband."

She sat down and looked at him, "Derek, just answer me this, do you love me? Have you ever loved me or was this all for shits and giggles?"

Derek sat down on the bed and shook his head, "No Pen, this isn't or wasn't for shits and giggles. I love you. I have always loved you. That's why I was doing this thing with Reid. Because I knew how you'd react."

Penelope sighed, "But you went about it wrong. Instead of talking to me, you began sneaking around having an affair and in the process, he fell for you."

Derek's eyes widened, "What?"

Penelope nodded, "I don't know how you haven't noticed. I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one to notice. Spencer's been in love with you for a long time and when you and him…it solidified his affection for you."

Derek put his head in his hands and sighed, "Well shit."

"Mmhmm, so here's the deal. If you say you love me and you wanna still be with me then you have to promise that this won't happen again. I would tell you to cut Spencer out of your life but I'm trying not to be that cruel and he is having your baby as well. Although…" she shook her head. "Derek Morgan, I love you. I accepted you and all of your faults when you and I got married. I have accepted that you are a creature of habit and will always flirt with ladies, but it was always me you came home too. I'm trying to do the right thing here by giving you a second chance."

"I do love you Penelope. I know that you probably won't ever forgive me and this is something that will take us a long time to get past, but I wanna move past it. I wanna move forward with you and our child."

Penelope smiled and laid her head on his shoulder.

~~~CM~~~

The next morning Penelope entered the precinct with Morgan who earned a few surprised looks from JJ and Emily. Derek walked over to Spencer who was standing at the board, "I need to talk to you."

Spencer ignored him and turned to face the team, "There's something bugging me. So we know it was Melanie's boyfriend who's the unsub, but here's the thing that's been bugging me, where is he keeping Melanie? We've deduced that there's a twenty mile radius between the school and where he dumps them. And we know that it's not the residential complex. Someone would've heard something."

Hotch looked at Garcia, "See if there are any empty or abandoned places in between that."

Garcia sat down, pulled out her laptop and got right to work, "There's an old shop that has been out of business since last year."

Hotch assembled his team to go check it out, leaving Derek, Spencer and Garcia behind. As Spencer tried to leave Derek stopped him.

"Let go of me Morgan. I have things to do."

"I need you to listen to me, Spencer."

"I'm done listening to you. I don't want to hear what you have to say. You and Garcia have a nice life."

"Pretty boy…Spencer, I still care about you and I wanna be there for the baby."

Spencer shook his head, eyes filling with tears, "No. I will tell the child who their daddy is, but I want nothing from you. I want you out of my life. For good."

Derek opened and closed his mouth a few times, but nothing really came out. He couldn't believe that Spencer just told him that.

"Spencer, I…I'm sorry."

"Yeah I bet. You're real sorry. You have no idea do you? I loved you! From the very beginning I loved you. I hoped, wished, for you to notice me as more than just a friend or as you like to refer to me 'the annoying kid brother', but no. I got nothing. When you and Garcia dated I was hurt. When you got married I was upset but then when you came to me with that proposal, I was elated. I thought that this might finally be the chance I had to win your love. I know. It was stupid of me to agree to being your sexual outlet, or whatever you wanna call it, but it was the only shot I had and I took it. When Garcia announced that she was pregnant I was devastated. Oh, but I accepted it but when you called me a freak…"

"I never called you a freak!"

Spencer shook his head, "Not with so many words but the way you looked at me when I said I was pregnant and when you asked me if I was going to keep it…I knew how you really felt about me so, no Morgan, I want nothing from you. I want you to go away and I hope that I never see you again," he said before walking out of the precinct and headed home. It wasn't until he reached his doorstep that he broke down.

TBC...

In another note, this story is close to being done but don't worry a sequel is in the works.