It's All Coming Back To Me-Ch 9
Hotch was sitting in his office working on paperwork when he heard a knock at the door, he looked up and said, "come in", the door opened to reveal Spencer standing there. Hotch said, "come in Reid", he walked in and said, "can I talk to you about something that's been bothering me"?, Hotch said, "sure Reid, sure".
Reid sat down across from him and said, "it's about the night Garcia had her accident"?, Hotch said, "speaking of has Kevin found anything out yet"?, Reid said, "no and that's what bothers me, I don't think he's even looking to try to find anything". Hotch said, "he use to be with Garcia", Reid said, "that's my point, you would think that he would be at the top of the list trying to help us find out who did this and why".
Hotch said, "I'll get Claire to come in and cover for Penelope today", Reid said, "I don't want to cause any trouble Hotch but", Hotch said, "no problem at all, Garcia is out there totally unaware of who tried to kill her". Reid nodded his head and said, "something tells me that he'll be back since he didn't finish the job", Hotch said, "I agree" as he picked up the phone to call and get Claire to be the sub tech for the day.
Reid didn't know what it was that was bothering him so but he didn't like it, didn't like it at all because Penelope was like a sister to him and he hated to see her hurt, sick or in danger. When Hotch hung the phone back up he said, "Claire is on her way", Reid smiled and said, "let's hope that she can find something, anything that will get us closer to how was out to hurt Garcia or worse".
Meanwhile at the park Derek, Penelope and Clooney were sitting under a big tree beside the pond, Penelope threw a piece of bread into the water and said, "there you go Donald". Derek said, "Donald"?, she said, "yeah ya know Donald Duck"?, Derek kissed her lips gently and said, "I love you baby girl".
She winked at him and said, "and I love you angelfish", Dereks eyes lit up and she said, "what did I say"?, he said, "another nickname that you use to call me". Penelope sighed happily and said, "I'm getting more and more of my memory back all the time", Derek said, "and that's definitely a good thing because that means that my girl is going to be back to her old flirting self and soon".
Penelope said, "are you saying that I'm not flirty"?, he pulls her into his arms and said, "ohhhh no sexy momma you are full of the flirting, that's one of the things that made me fell in love with you". Their attention then went to the barking Clooney, Derek said, "let me take him for a run down to that big tree and I'll be back".
She giggled and said, "hurry back", he kissed her lips passionately and said, "don't worry goddess I won't be gone long", he got up and then said, "come on boy". Penelope then watched as Derek and Clooney ran toward the huge tree, suddenly she was hit with flash of memory, she was in the car again just seconds before it got hit.
It was like everything was happening in slow motion, she could see the car and it was right beside her and then when it hit the side of the car whirling it around she was pulled out of the memory when Derek said, "baby are you alright"?, she said, "huh, what"? he said, "it looked like you were in another world".
She said, "I just had a flashback from the accident", he said, "what did you see"?, she said, "blondish brown hair and glasses", Derek said, "so you saw the driver"?, she nodded her head and said, "I did and it was like I knew him". Derek said, "how about we go to my place, that way I can let Clooney run in the back yard and we can call Hotch and tell him about your flashback".
Penelope stood up and Derek intertwined their fingers as they started making their way back toward her apartment, he was glad that she was starting to get her memory back because that meant that they were getting close to finding out who tried to kill her and why.