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Derek watched as Penelope sat on the edge of the pool in their back yard, her legs dangling into the cool water, the sun beaming down on her body. She looked so content, so at peace right now and he felt mean for breaking into her private moment, but he had something he needed to do.

He grabbed them both a drink before he stepped towards the doors. He was giving himself some breathing space to ease his nerves whilst allowing her a little longer with her own thoughts.

Putting the glasses down, Derek headed over to one of the drawers. Their own little nothing drawer. The one drawer that held everything and anything; useful or not. Opening it he looked at the red box, the one that held a ring that took what felt like forever and day to find, but felt so perfect when his eyes lay on it for the first time as it sat in the glass cabinet.

He reached in and grabbed it, took it in his hand, opened the lid, looked at the glistening diamond before replacing the lid and putting it in his back pocket.

If there was one thing he was going to do when he stepped outside, it was that he was going to do right this time around; at long last.

Penelope watched her feet as they sat in the water, she loved moments like these. Moments where she was left to do the simple things in life; like simply dipping her feet in the pool. She watched the bright pink dots of her painted toenails as they sat under the water's surface and let her thoughts run wild.

Her thoughts revelled in the night of passion that Derek had executed her body to. She remembered how he ravished her body, how he adored it and worshiped it and how he made every moment count.

She, also, remembered how he had told her it was practice. That one little word just increased her want to have a family. It increased her want to have a family with Derek and sitting there, in the sun, in utter careless bliss, Penelope knew she was ready to broach the subject with him.

"Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have kids?" Penelope asked as Derek sat back down on the stone, handing her a drink as he put his feet back into the water. She slowly looked up at him with caution. "I mean... to just have your own little clones." She continued and turned her attention back to the water as the sun bounced of its multiple ripples. "I just sometimes really do wonder what it feels like to be a mom. I wonder what it would be like to be like JJ."

Derek smiled as he listened to her, he moved in closer, his lip near her ear. "I think about it every day, Princess." He told her honestly and she turned to look at him, their noses almost touching with the closeness of their faces. "I would love a son that could throw a ball like me, and a little girl that loved to dress up in her mother's wardrobe and get loose in her makeup drawer, believe me that is all I've ever wanted and it's taken me until now to realise that this is what I want, and I know who I want it with."

Penelope tried not to smile at him, but she couldn't suppress that began to grow on her lips.

"But," He suddenly said, and Penelope's smile dropped. "Before I can even think about children, I need a wife."

Watching his mouth, Penelope could see them twitching, a smile trying to be hidden. She looked up from his mouth to his eyes and just stared deep in those orbs of honesty and smiled at him.

"You're everything I'm ever going to need, you're it all, Baby, and I've been a fool to just let you go on everyday without having a ring on your finger that proved how much I love you."

"I don't need a ring," She tried to tell him but he put his finger to her lips to stop her.

"You deserve a ring," He corrected himself. "Because believe me you're much too beautiful, much to loving, much too perfect to be left without being made a man's wife." He watched her, saw the tears lining her lashes, could see her lip quivering. "I don't want you to be Penelope Garcia when all I've ever dreamt about is making you Penelope Morgan." He moved back a little, putting his hand into his back pocket. "I need you to know that I have dreamt about finally proposing to you for years, and I never thought it was possible until I took that leap of faith and declared my love for you, Baby Girl. Now there is nothing to stop me, now there is no reason for me to not do this."

He brought the box out to be in front of them. Slowly opening the lid he realised he was more nervous than he thought, his hands shaking some at the monumental moment between them.

He laughed a little at himself, "I should've been more romantic, Goddess and you really do deserve the best and I'm sorry there's no string quartet, or red roses or me-"

He didn't get the chance to finish his long winded apology as Penelope just put her hands either side of his face and kissed him. There was no hesitation to it, there was absolutely no withholding of emotions and if anything, it was as though it were their first kiss all over again. Their first proper kiss. One so full of want, and love, and lust and passion and acceptance.

"Is that a yes?" He asked her slowly as she finally pulled apart.

"That's a yes, Handsome." Penelope told him with a broad smile, her cheeks soaked with tears. "That's big fat, massive yes!"

Derek didn't need telling twice, he took the ring out of the box, threw the box behind him and then took her left hand and slid the delicate ring on.

Now, after months of sitting in a drawer, it was in the one place it was destined to be put.

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You're a falling star, you're the getaway car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.

And you play it coy but it's kinda cute.
Ah, when you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend that you don't know it's true.
'cause you can see it when I look at you.

And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, you make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.

And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you, baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- While In Wonderland -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Song: Michael Buble - Everything