It's All Coming Back To Me-Ch 4
The next couple of days flew by and Derek rarely left Penelopes side, much to the hatred of Tad who was doing everything he could to sweep her off of her feet. Tad walked into her room and said, "are you ready to get out of here beautiful"?, she sighed and said, "yesssss, I sooo hate hospitals", Derek walked into the room and said, "see, told ya" causing her to laugh and say, "that you did hotstuff, that you did".
Tad said, "hotstuff"?, she said, "according to Derek that's one of the nicknames I have for him", Derek nodded his head and said, "sure is, some of the others are angelfish, sugar, sugar shack, chocolate Adonis, chocola" and Tad said, "alright, I get the picture". Derek smiled and said, "I know that the two of you are going out tonight sooo baby girl how about tomorrow I come over and bring Clooney, he's really been missing you"?, she said, "yes please, I'd love that Derek".
He said, "sure thing goddess", Tad rolled his eyes and said, "well if you're ready we'll go", she hugged Derek and said, "thank you", he said, "for what baby"?, she said, "for staying by my side, hospitals can be scarey places". He kissed her cheek and said, "of course, I love you and I'd do anything I could to help you".
Tad said, "alright missy time to get into this chair", Derek said, "JJ and Henry are going to be waiting on you at your place later tonight, Henry has really missed his fairy God mother". Penelope sighed and said, "I can hardly wait", Tad said, "later Derek", Derek said, "yeah man, later" as he turned around and walked out of the room.
Penelope sensing that something was wrong with Tad said, "are you mad at me"?, he said, "no, not at all it's just all these nicknames between my girl and another man was starting to get to me". Penelope said, "your girl"?, he said, "yes my girl", he then leaned over and kissed her lips gently and said, "let's get you out of here", she rubbed her hands and said, "I'm all yours", he grinned and thought, "that you are and soon you'll be dead" as he pushed her wheelchair out into the hall and down toward the elevator.
Derek was sitting out in the parking lot watching Tad and his baby girl, he didn't know what it was but something about him was off, he watched as Tad helped her out of the wheelchair and into his car. He then pushed the wheelchair back inside and joined her in the car, as they pulled away from the curb Derek blew out a deep breath and said, "tomorrow Morgan, tomorrow" as he pulled out of the parking lot and headed back toward his house.
In the car Tad said, "I made reservations for us at Leonards", she said, "sounds nice", Tad said, "ohhh it is beautiful, it is" as they turned off onto the side street that lead to the restaurant. When they pulled up in front he got out and walked around to her side of the car and opened the door, she smiled as she slid her hand in his and got out of the car.
As they walked through the front door the waitress smiled and said, "Tadddd" as she hugged him, he said, "hi Celeste", she said, "and who is this beautiful lady"?, Tad said, "this woman is very special, this is Penelope". Celeste said, "nice to meet you Penelope", Penelope said, "nice to meet you to Celeste" as she then led them to their table.
They placed their order for their food and then Tad said, "would you like to dance while we wait"?, she said, "I don't know", he stood up and said, "ohhhh come on, you might like it". She smiled and said, "okay" and she stood up and he led her to the center of the floor where he pulled her gently into his arms, she looked him in the eyes and said, "this is nice".
He leaned down and kissed her lips gently and said, "I couldn't agree more", as they danced across the floor he was making mental notes, "3 ways to get Penelope, 1. scare her, 2. love her and 3. kill her.