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Chapter 2

Penelope's commute to work was difficult with the snow mixed with normal rush hour traffic. By the time she arrived at the FBI Headquarters, she was developing quite a migraine. Throughout the commute she had continued to sip on Kevin's hot chocolate. He really was good to her, she often felt guilty her love for him would never be more than it was.

Parking Esther in the garage, she slowly made her way up to the BAU unit. She immediately headed for the break room to find some aspirin before heading to her bunker for the morning.

"Morning, Baby Girl" Derek greeted her with one of his trademark smiles.

"Morning" Penelope mumbled back as she headed for the cabinet.

"Penelope? Everything ok?" Derek asked with concern.

"Yeah, just have a little bit of a headache and I guess this cold, dreary weather isn't helping things either," Penelope answered back with as much of a smile as she could muster.

"Well I bet lunch with a piece of that chocolate cake you love so much at our favorite diner would cheer you up. What do you say? I'll come get you at 12:30?" Derek offered. Since stepping down as Unit Chief, Derek had vowed to himself that one of the things he would work on was reestablishing his relationship with his best friend. He knew he had been acting like a fool and had finally realized if he didn't do something quick, he would lose her friendship….something he couldn't bear the thought of.

"I don't know Derek, maybe, check with me later, huh?" Penelope said as she grabbed the aspirin bottle and headed towards her office.

Watching as she left, Derek furrowed his brows in concern. She hadn't used a single nickname or flirtatious remark in their conversation. She was either suffering from a serious case of the Winter Blues or something was terribly wrong. With all that had happened in the past few months a little depression was certainly understandable. Deciding to give her a little space he made a note to make sure and check on her later. He would do all he could to get her out at lunch. They were long overdue a talk anyways.

10:30 a.m.

Garcia had spent the first part of her morning updating her computers. Her headache had dulled but never went completely away.

"Hey Pen, how's it going?"

Jumping at the unexpected interruption, Penelope turned to find Kevin standing in her doorway.

"Damn it, Kevin…you did it again!" Penelope scolded.

"Sorry, just stopping by to see how my girl was doing and to see if you felt like going to lunch later." Kevin asked.

"That's sweet, Kevin but, uhm, I've actually already got plans for lunch."

"Oh yeah? You didn't say anything about having lunch plans when you left this morning." Kevin said. "Surely if it's something that just came up, you can break it to have lunch with your boyfriend."

"Well that wouldn't be very polite and anyways I told Derek I wasn't sure if I would be up for lunch at all. I'm really not feeling very great today." Penelope explained.

"Derek Morgan, I should have known." Kevin scowled.

"Now, Kevin, we've talked about this. He's my best friend, you knew that when we started dating. Besides, I've spent almost no time with him in the last several months and now with all that has happened, I feel like I should. There's no need for you to feel threatened." Penelope explained although even she wasn't completely convinced that was exactly true.

"Yeah, you're right Pen. I can't help it if I'm jealous of my beautiful girl." Kevin agreed as he tried to portray a confident attitude. However, inside his blood was boiling. His suspicions were now confirmed, Morgan was worming his way back into her life and he couldn't let that happen.

Reaching down to the floor beside him, Kevin picked up a silver thermos from the floor just outside of her door. He had hoped it was something he wouldn't have to resort to but knew now he had no choice. "I guess I'll just have to wait to see you at home then but until then, I brought you a treat."

"A treat? For me?" Penelope smiled back.

"Yep. I know how you hate the cold weather and so I brought you a whole thermos of the hot chocolate I made for you this morning to keep you warm and cozy."

Taking the thermos from him, Penelope went over to him and gave him a hug. 'Thanks for understanding , Sugar. And thanks for the hot chocolate, it was delicious. I'll definitely enjoy it while I'm working."

"Ok, then, I guess I better get to work myself. I hope you feel better, Pen. If you need anything, give me a call,' Kevin said as he hugged her back and headed out.

Heading back to her seat, Garcia smiled as she twisted the cap off the thermos. As she sat back down, she poured herself a mugful and took a long sip of the hot creamy liquid. It felt good as it went down her throat and warmed her body. Perhaps she would have that lunch with Derek after all.

TBC.

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