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"This is definitely the life."Derek exhaled as he stretched in the bed and then relaxed, closing his eyes to the calm and ease around him.
He had to admit, it had been years since he felt this relaxed on any given day. He had no stresses, no worries, no anything's. It was just him, his baby girl, and their gloriously big bed and he planned to keep it that way for the entire day.
He decided there and then that the only reason he, or Penelope for that matter, would leave this bed was food, to change DVDs and to go to the toilet. Other than that he was refusal to leave this tiny piece of heaven and the Goddess that lay asleep next to him.
He looked down at her, saw the serenity and smiled. He loved watching her sleep. Call it a past time or not he loved it and would easily do it every day if he had the choice to do so. Just to watch her so blissfully unaware of his studying eyes for long periods of time and do pick out new things of her body that he love more than the last.
There was the way her moles sat on her back, the pattern they made down her spine. Then there was scar from Battle, he loved and hated it; loved it for the amount of love it ploughed into his heart, how close he knew it could be to losing her at any given moment and then the hate that she had been the one to take a bullet the way she did. And lastly, there was the birthmark on her ribcage, the one shaped slightly like a little love heart. Right now, with her asleep, her head facing him, it was the slight smile she had on her lips as she slept away the morning.
"What's the plan for today?" Penelope mumbled unexpectedly as she laid on her stomach, her hands wrapped around the pillow under her.
"Plan?" Derek wondered aloud to her, "I think we should do absolutely nothing."
"Nothing?" She asked, her eyes still closed, her voice completely sleep riddled.
Derek slipped back down, pulling the covers back over him, snuggling down with Penelope. "That's it, Baby Girl. Absolutely nothing," He verified. "So I think I'm going to do something I haven't done in years."
"Go back to sleep?" She questioned as one of her eyes opened to look at him.
Derek leant in, dotting a kiss on her cheek and then settled down next to her, "Exactly that, Mamma."
Penelope smiled again; sleep really capturing her now, "No good morning for you then, Mr. Morgan." She said and reach over, taking his hand in hers and bringing it to her lips gently, "Love you." She said as she finally slipped asleep, his hand still pressed to her lips.
Shifting to lay on his side properly, he just watched her sleep, watched her remain silent and still. He watched as her breathing began to become deeper and deeper. He felt her breathing on his knuckles and he followed suit and closed his eyes, letting Penelope become his dreams like they always did.
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When he opened his eyes again he heard the TV and felt Penelope curled into his side, her head on his chest, his arm around her back.
Having heard his loud intake of air, Penelope moved her hand up his chest as she lifted to twist and look up at him. "Now my sleeping truffle wakes up."
He laughed heavily, the evidence of sleep still within his body, he stretched and then relaxed. "How long were we asleep for?"
"You, my love, have been asleep well over four hours. I, myself, have been awake a good hour or so."
"Ahh, Baby Girl," He groaned apologetically, "You coulda woken me."
Penelope rose an eyebrow at him, "And ruined your Penelope filled dreams?" She asked him jokingly, "I think not." She teased and laid back down, kissing his chest gently, "Plus, I thought today was all about doing nothing?"
"It is, but it's not about being lonely."
Penelope sat up at that, "Lonely?" She asked amused, "I had you and your snoring next to me to keep me company."
Derek's mouth fell a little open at that, and he pulled her down tight against his body, tickling her as he went, "Me and my snoring eh?" He questioned her back, "Signs of a real man that, Baby."
Penelope giggled, "A real man... like you needed any other proof." Penelope told him and laid back down and turned her attention to the TV, "I'm getting hungry, Handsome. I'm getting my little monster back."
"Lemme up and I'll go bring up breakfast."
"I'll help, it's only fair." Penelope said as she moved off of him and sat up again.
Derek smirked, "I'm just grabbing food. I've decided we aren't leaving this bed for love nor money."
Penelope's face lightened up at that prospect and she looked him dead in the eyes, "Pyjama day I see?" She asked excited.
"For you, in manlier terms it's a lazy day." He told her, put his hand to her chin, kissed her lips gently, but when Penelope's hand went to his shoulder, a small grasp on it to keep him place he kissed her more firmly, more pronounced. He pushed her down against the soft mattress and sheets and laid on top of her as he continued to douse her with kisses.
It was Penelope's stomach rumbling that broke them apart.
Laughing she looked at him, "I told you my little monster was about." She told him innocently and smiled, "Some of us haven't slept as long as the other."
"No one told you to wake up," Derek retorted, stealing a kiss before standing up. "Get a DVD in and then we're going to not move all day."
"Wow, no run today, Sugar?"
"Nope, no run today, Baby. I'm sure I can find other cardio to do instead." He told her as he walked out of the bedroom in nothing but his boxers. The fact that he didn't find any pyjama bottoms or a t shirt to wear told her that today they weren't moving very far.
As Penelope watched him leave she fell back down smiling. She had no idea what she did to deserve this life but she would never, in a billion years, give it up for anyone, or anything.
She must've been a million miles away because she suddenly shock back into reality when Derek sat on the bed and sat looking at her with smile. He then just grinned cheekily at her and winked, "Strawberries and cream for breakfast do you well?"
"And you call me the incorrigible one all the time." She told him as she reached up for a strawberry but he pulled away. "Derek," She began to whine, "I'm hungry."
"Well then," He started and picked up one of the strawberries and leant in, "Eat them properly." He said as he put the perfectly ripened fruit to her lips and waited for her to take a bite. "Good baby." He cooed at her and then ate the other half.
"Is it just strawberries and cream on the menu before Beauty and the Beast starts or is there chocolate on there too."
"We're starting the day off with Disney?"
Penelope grinned at him, an almost wickedly teasing glare to her brown orbs. "You might be, I'm starting off my day with something a little more M-rated."
He chuckled slightly, "M-rated?" He asked as he put the tray down, readying for her advances that she was making clearly obvious.
"Mmhmm," She breathed as she got closer, kissing his shoulder before moving closer, "Morgan rated is the best ya know?"
"Prove it." He challenged her confidently, completely ready.
"My pleasure," Was all he got as she took her turn to push him down and subject him to the kisses that he had.
It didn't take more than a couple of minutes for his heaven to become his absolute paradise.
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Today I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything
I Just Wanna Lay In My Bed
Don't Feel Like Pickin' Up My Phone
So Leave A Message At The Tone
'Cause Today I swear I'm Not Doin' Anythin'
I'm Gonna Kick My Feet Up
Then Stare At The Fan
Turn The TV On
Nobody's Gon' Tell Me I Can't
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Song: Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song