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A/N:So it's Sunday and promised here's your update! Enjoy and I hope you like the doses of romance ahead! =P Thanks again for the brilliant response I hope you aren't let down...

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Derek couldn't fault Penelope. She had a calming way and he let a couple of days lapse between thinking about what had happened at the house.

His thoughts were consumed with the house, how, just like his dream, it had burnt down. How now it was a pile of rubble and ash and wasted plans. Yet, when thought about it, it wasn't the sense of dread he had before, when he saw Penelope laying there so hurt, so unable to get the help she needed. His thoughts were no longer clouded with the force of his body being thrown backwards.

Instead, his thoughts were consumed with Penelope, and only Penelope and that was how he wanted it to be kept. His mind and sanity was safe whenever she was near.

Much like Penelope, watching waves usher in and out, hugging the shore tightly before going back out again gave Derek a newer sense of calm. It was with each new tide change that he realised that life went on. Dream's faded into a new dream and right now the only dream he had on his minds was asleep on the blanket beside him.

He slid down, laying next to her, turning to face her and he gently brushed the back of his fingers along her cheek, feeling her stirring underneath it. Smiling he changed path, allowing his finger tip to brush across her soft lips and he watched them turn into a little smile as she stretched, her sleep completely finishing in that moment.

"Not wise waking a Goddess from a sun kissed dream, Hot Stuff," She murmured as she remained in the same position, unmoving, comfortable.

"We're living a sun kissed dream today, Baby." Derek told her as he turned onto his back and put his hands above his head, allowing his body to absorb the sun's rays. "Just open your eyes to it."

Penelope did open her eyes but she remained unmoved. She just lay staring at Derek's serene face, his still position and smiled. She would deem herself a very lucky girl to be in love with this man, and to have him in love with her.

"I don't know about sun kiss, but this dream is certainly full to its brim with one seriously delicious man." Penelope mused and watched as he smiled and then turned his head to look at her. "Oh believe me I must be heaven every single day of my life."

"My sentiments exactly," He told her as he turned back, moving slightly to give her a kiss, one that he didn't realise he was hungry for until it started. Not wanting to stop just yet, he pushed his hand beneath her, lifting her slightly to pull her to his body, hugging onto her as she tried to sate her own hunger.

Pulling back Penelope put her fingertip to his lip, "Best kisses in this world come from these," She commented and smiled. "Best ever."

Derek smiled under her finger and then kissed it, "You're in my head for sure." He said as he pulled her down so she was cuddled into his body, both of them just laying on the blanket on the beach.

"It was a good idea to come to the beach today, it really was." Penelope spoke quietly as she watched the few clouds that were above them pass by quickly, showing the passing time. "I love it here so much."

"Me too," He agreed and kissed into her head before settling, "Seems we picked the secluded bit for once, it's usually a little further up."

Penelope said up, leaning on her elbow and looked back down at him, "I don't care where it is," She looked around, "Us being alone allows me time to do this." She said and then climbed on top of him, straddling him comfortably even with the heat around them.

Derek watched Penelope lean down and kiss him lightly at first before she sat up a little, her breasts making him want her there and then, she then leant back down and began to dot kisses down his jaw, down his neck, suckling to draw the blood to the skin, before plying gentle kisses again.

Feeling his need for dominance Derek pulled her down, kissed her strongly, passionately, raising the heat that was already dousing them from the hot sun. He kissed her, bite her, nipped her and then he stood up and put his hand out.

"As much as sex in the sand dunes is appetising, Baby Girl, I'm scared if I start I won't stop."

Penelope smirked, "Someone needing control?" She teased, "You know I don't mind you going ravenous on my body."

"I know you don't, but this moment, it's perfect as it is, I just want a bit more of you before I really show you who loves you most." He told her, his voice hinting at future promises of the night.

"Will this lead into another day between the sheets?"

Derek chuckled, "We'll just have to wait and see."

Penelope relented at that, she put her hand in his. He was right, this moment was just right as it was. With none of the naughtiness it was just them and their love and everything that made their love real.

With ease, Derek pulled Penelope to her feet and, keeping his grip, he led her out to the sea.

"We need a house by the sea," Derek commented as he looked out at the shoreline ahead, "Think about waking up in the mornings and just coming out here to sit and watch the sunrise, cup of coffee, smell of the sea, and nothing to worry about until that sun's in the sky."

Penelope wrapped herself around Derek's arm, laying her head against his bicep, "Mmm, that sounds like heaven on earth to me."

Stopping, he turned to her, a smile on his face, his eyes ignited with that same lust and love he had looked at her with before he had taken her on this little walk.

"Everyday it's just us two it's heaven on earth."

Her smile began to grow again, illuminating her face, "You know, you're a real romantic when it suits you." She said as she stepped closer, her hand going to his bare chest. "Which I have to say, has been since the day that you declared undying love for me."

Derek smirked harder, "Best decision of my life." He told her, kissed her and then took her up the shore.

Finally coming to a halt again, Penelope stood and watched as Derek went deeper, "C'mon Baby Girl," he called her, "It's gorgeous in here, Sweet Thing."

Penelope smiled, scrunching her face up against the brightness of the sun as it sat above the sea, reflecting off the glistening water. "I'm okay, Handsome, really."

"If you're sure," He asked her, and watched her nod.

Walking back towards drier land Derek stepped in front of Penelope and looked down at where her vision was set, "Whatcha looking at?"

Penelope put her hands to his arms, "Just watch," She advised him, "Don't move, just watch our feet." She continued to instruct him and he listened and watched as the water calmed and a load of tiny fishes swam around her feet.

"Did you know," She began and looked up at him, "There's a treatment with fishes, it's supposed to give you super soft feet and an amazing pedicure." She told him as they walked along the shore, the legs immersed in water up to their shins, the gentle waves hitting them as the tide washed in and out continually. "How cool is that?" She asked him.

"And you were thinking of doing it?"

She grinned, "It was a plan for me, my raven haired beauty and my gorgeous blonde on our next lunch out yes." Penelope noticed she had rendered him speechless by the bizarre new idea for perfect feet. "It's like millions of little tiny fishy kisses," Penelope continued sweetly.

"Is it better than millions of little tiny Derek kisses?" He asked her and began his onslaught of kisses.

Penelope moaned against his pursuit, "Nothing will ever come close to those." Penelope murmured and just allowed him to have his fun, "I love falling in love with my best friend," She told him truthfully.

It was one of their many conversations, how one loved the other more because they were best friends. Something they had always dreamed of.

"Good to know, Princess," He told her between gentle caresses and kisses, "Now you're coming swimming." He said as he dragged her out into deep depths.

Penelope giggled, "Actually remind me why it was a good thing to fall in love with my best friend? One who knows everything I like?"

"Because," He started and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her down, immersing her into the salty water before coming up back up, "Then I can use and abuse what you love most."

"Oh," Penelope asked as she wiped her eyes, "What might those be?"

"Kisses, lots of kisses," He told her and then kissed her again, then time letting them both sink into the water as they kissed.

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Do you hear me?

I'm talking to you

Across the water

Across the deep blue ocean

Under the open sky

Oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy I hear you in my dreams

I feel your whisper across the sea

I keep you with me in my heart

You make it easier when life gets hard

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

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Song: Jason Mraz ft Colbie Caillat – Lucky