Survival-Ch 11
A few minutes later Derek, Penelope and Reid were walking into Dereks place, she smiles as she steps inside, he puts her bag down and said, "what's put that beautiful smile on your face"?, she looked at him and said, "it is just so good to be home, there was a time that I didn't think I would ever be here again".
He walked over and wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head and said, "the day we buried you was the day my heart stopped beating,
because without my baby girl I wasn't me and my life wasn't worth living". She cupped his face in her hands and said, "when I woke up and was told that you and the rest of the team was here and I was in London I honestly thought that I would never see you again but my heart wouldn't let me give completely up and now here I am".
Derek kissed her cheek and said, "and here is where you will stay", Reid walked over and said, "what do you remember about what happened to you"?, she said, "I remember hearing Derek telling me to hang on and to come back to him". He looked at her and said, "wait, I told you that in the morgue", she said, "Strauss came to visit me after she got back from that first case with you guys and she stayed for several days and monitored my condition".
Reid said, "so Strauss knew all the time"?, Penelope nodded her head and said, "yes, it was her idea, hers and the director", Derek said, "so when they faked your death they were protecting you and us"?, she nodded her head and said, "yes". Reid said, "they still could have told us that you were alive and not made us mourn you for 7 months".
Penelope walked over and hugged him and said, "there wasn't a day that went by after I was out of my coma that I didn't think about you guys, I wanted to come here so bad but it took a while for me to heal and I had to go through months of therapy". Derek said, "sweetness I'm sorry that I failed to protect you".
She looked at him and said, "what happened to me wasn't your fault handsome, it was all on Zach", Derek said, "well I can promise you one thing he is going to pay for everything he's done to you". Reid smiled as he watched Derek wrap his arms around her, little did they know that Zach had been having someone monitoring Derek and the rest of the team since Penelopes reported "death".
Derek said, "baby girl why don't you sit down and rest and I will go and fix us some tea"?, she sighed and said, "tea sounds great handsome" he caressed her cheek before heading into the kitchen to fix the tea. Reid walked over and sat down beside her and said, "when he thought you were gone he was, he was completely inconsolable".
She looked over her shoulder at her chocolate adonis and said, "I figured as much, I was just as miserable, I would sit and look at pictures of all of you and close my eyes and wish I was there with you". Reid smiled and said, "Henry asks about you every day", she said, "ohhhhh my little love bug, how is he"?, Reid pulled out his cell and pulled up some pictures and handed the cell to Penelope.
She turned from picture to picture and said, "ohhhhh how he's grown", Reid said, "he is really getting into things now and he loves to snuggle up with me and Jayje now". She looked up at Reid and said, "I have really missed him and Jackers and I can't wait to see them again", he smiled and said, "JJ and Hotch are suppose to bring the boys here to see you today".
She looked back down at the pictures and said, "I can't believe how much he's changed and so fast"?, he nodded his head and said, "it's almost like it happened all at once". She sighed and said, "I've missed so much with them and with you guys", he hugged her again and said, "we have a lot of time to make up for that's for sure", she nodded her head and said, "that we do Spencer, that we do".
Derek walked back into the room with the tea and happily made his way toward his baby girl, he sat down on the couch between Penelope and Reid and said,
"are you resting sweetness"?, she looked up at him and said, "I sure am handsome, I sure am". She sat back on the couch and grinned when he pulled her legs up into his lap.
She said, "what are you" and before she could finish she closed her eyes and moaned as he started rubbing her very tired feet, she sighed and said,
"ohhhhhhhh that feels amazinggggg". He laughed and said, "just sit back and enjoy it sweetness" and a few minutes later him and Reid grinned as they watched her as she peacefully slept.