Gotta Be With You

Morgan and Garcia

Chapter 4

September 2007

Everyone was getting ready to leave the bar that night. They stood up from the table and gathered their things.

Bending over, Derek's brushed his mouth against Penelope's ear and whispered, in a voice hoarse and scratchy from a held in check desire to have her naked, sweaty body wrapped in his arms till dawn, "How about you let me take you home?"

Pulling back and looking up at him, her face filled with concern. "You're planning to drive home? Is that a wise idea?"

"Why wouldn't it be? I haven't had a drop of alcohol tonight."

Surprised, she asked "You haven't?"

JJ asked "Garcia, do you need a lift?"

They had rode over together after work, leaving Esther in the parking garage. Penelope would grab a cab into work in the morning.

"Yeah, sounds good, Jayje," Penelope answered her friend, earning herself a raised eyebrow look from Derek. She said to him "Goodnight, handsome. Get your stone cold fox self home safe, you hear?"

"Will do," he said, his tone neutral. For a moment he stood there stiffly but just staring into her eyes, which were filled with a tenderness and confusion, he couldn't resist bending close to her and brushing a kiss against her temple. "Text me when you get home and don't forget or else you'll be getting a spanking first thing tommorow morning the minute you get into work. And I ain't playing with you, baby girl."

Penelope smiled sweetly at him, finally seeming to relax, and said "Ohhh, in that case you can expect not to get a text. A spanking before my morning coffee sounds like the perfect way to start the day."

Derek let out a laugh. "Silly girl, go home and get some rest."

"Yes, Sir Derek. You go home and have sweet, sweet dreams filled with a certain tech kitten purring the night away underneath you...or on top of you or bent over in front of you or-"

"Behave!" he cried, his body reacting to her words.

Their friends gave them smirks. Reid blushed and started in on a spiel about the Karma Sutra.

JJ cried "Spence! No one wants to hear that."

Penelope said "Actually I was taking notes. Continue, junior G-man. I always knew you were not as innocent as you seem." She looped her arm through his and they all headed outside to get in the cars to go home.

A few minutes later Derek watched the taillights disappear as JJ drove Penelope home. Sticking his hands in the pockets of his jeans he stood there in the parking lot and wondered what Penelope felt about him. What she felt about their kisses. What she wanted from him.

He knew what he wanted. To get his lips and hands on her again. It was a want that ran right to his bones, flowed through his blood, and invaded every part of his brain. Sleep would be rough tonight. He knew he'd toss and turn as thoughts of why she wasn't there with him kept him restless till dawn.

The moment his mouth had pressed against hers for the first time Derek Morgan knew he needed more than just simple kisses from Penelope. He knew he needed all she could give him. Her body taking him in, while her fingers clawed at his back, and her hips rose over and over to meet his every thrust.

Just cause she didn't let him take her home tonight he wasn't about to believe she didn't want the same thing. Didn't feel the same undeniable hunger clutching her like it had taken a hold of him. Didn't long for his hands on her, his lips on her, to be thrust deep inside her, filling her completely and joining them after three long years of resisting their undeniable connection.

He wouldn't let himself believe that maybe he'd never have Penelope in his bed. That wasn't a place he wanted to go in his head yet so he simply didn't. He drove home, confident they would figure this all out in time, stripped off his clothes and grabbed a quick shower.

Later he climbed into bed, took his cell off the night stand, and read Penelope's text: Home safe. About to take bubble bath. We need to talk 2morrow. U mean so much 2 me.

Then she put the symbol for love ten times in a row. Derek fell asleep with a smile on his face thinking about Penelope.

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Work started extra early the next morning. They briefed at just about nine instead of their usual ten am meeting because the new case that was on their agenda had been bumped for something even more urgent: two grade school siblings kidnaped from their bus stop in a town where the same thing happened eight years before on this same date.

"Wheel's up in thirty," Hotch said, his tone severe and weary, before standing up from the table, gathering his paperwork and walking out.

Derek sighed as he stood up. "This is gonna be a rough one, I can already feel it."

JJ nodded. "It always is when kids are involved." With a tense look on her face she walked out.

Waiting for the others to leave first Derek then walked near Penelope. "Garcia, what is it with me, you and timing?"

She scrunched up her nose. "I'm pretty sure its just a hazard of the job."

He let out a sigh, hating that he had to rush off. "Will you give me a rain check on our talk?"

"Oh, handsome, I'll give you anything you want and I do mean anything."

His eyes flashed with heat. Giving her a small grin he ran his thumb down her cheek. "Be careful with those promises you throw out, woman, cause I just might take you up on them sometime."

"If only you would."

"Oh, yeah, is that right?" he teased her.

"You have no idea what you've been missing out on all these years," she purred at him.

Tucking a few strands of hair behind her ear Derek leaned close and wagged his head at her. "That goes double for you."

Her mouth made an O shape. "What will I do with you? You're such a flirt."

"Do whatever you want. I won't complain a bit."

"That right? Well then, handsome, you have a very dirty photo shoot in your future to look forward to."

Derek threw back his head and laughed. "I got to go, silly girl. I'll call you."

"And I'll give good phone, as always."

He smiled at her and then gave her a stern look . "You stay out of the bars while I'm gone, you feel me?"

"Mmmm, not yet but if you come a little closer..."

"You're gonna get us sent to yet another sexual harassment seminar. I can tell already." With a grin on his lips he walked out of the room. When he was at his desk his eyes watched her as she made her way to her office.

The moment she disappeared from his sight he let out a heavy sigh. Derek would be glad when this case was over because something was shifting in a major way between him and Penelope and he couldn't wait to explore it more with her. Last night at the bar he had thought he never would get with her. Friends had been enough for him.

Now he knew that he wouldn't have enough of her even after he had her in his bed. So he prayed that she kept feeling him and wanting him because he wasn't looking to lose his sweetheart from his life. He was just starting to realize how very much he needed her in every way a man needs his woman.

This case could not end quick enough for Derek Morgan's liking.