Here is chapter 3! Sorry for the delay, this one didn't come as quickly to me as the first two. Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

~Ashlee~

Penelope didn't end up going with the group on this case so Derek sat in the Bangor Police Station while his ass froze off. They had been here for 5 days and they had yet to find the unsub. He walked over to where there was some coffee and went to pour himself a cup. He started to think about when Penelope was going to play her prank on him; she was so sure she'd get him back.

"Now Hot Stuff I didn't realize you were serious with this game. I mean, this mama can play." Penelope said while walking up behind him and resting her head on her shoulder.

He looked down and smiled at her before replying "I don't doubt that baby girl, but I find this fun, I bet I had you blushing in all the right places."

"Keep dreaming there, Hot Stuff!" She laughed.

Derek got closer to her and whispered, "Baby girl, did you know you are so… beautiful when you laugh"

All Penelope did was blush.

He was so deep in the memory that when Reid came out of nowhere and said.

"Did you know that the famous author Stephen King lives here?"

The surprise caught Derek completely off guard and caused him to dump the entire cup of coffee down his only clean shirt.

"AHHH, Shit! Where 'd you come?" He asked as he looked around the room.

"Sorry, Morgan, I thought you knew I was in the room. I came in, said hello, then came over here to get coffee. "

Reid looked like an innocent child hoping to not get scolded; Derek just sighed and looked down at his shirt. He knew he was out of clean clothes in this go bag, he needed a clean shirt. All the other team mates were smaller in the chest then he is well except maybe Hotch but he always wore suits. The meant he needed to go out and get a new shirt. He looked up and saw a Bangor Police officer walk in the room and he asked,

"Hey man, where is the nearest mall? I need a new shirt; I don't feel walking around trying to be an FBI agent with a huge coffee stain down the front of my shirt."

Confusion completely set in when the officer just stood there and laughed at him.

"Buddy, this is Maine, and after 9 o'clock, nothing is open, except maybe Wallyworld."

Derek cocked an eyebrow, "Wallyworld?"

"Yes, you know, I'm sure you've heard of Wal-mart."

The light bulb went off in his head,"Alright, that sounds perfect, would one of your men mind giving me a ride? I'm not exactly sure where it is, this town is so spread out. " He asked.

The 5'10" balding man in his late 50s, with an obvious beer belly, turned around and yelled towards a younger officer, telling him he needed to drive Agent Morgan to Walmart, now.

Ten minutes later, Morgan was in a squad car with the younger officer making some great small talk when his phone went off.

But I won't mind
If you take me home
Come on, take me home

I won't mind

if you take off all your clothes
Come on, take them off

'Cause I like you so much better when you're naked

I like me so much better when you're naked

I like you so much better when you're naked
I like me so much better when you're naked

He fumbled around his jacket pocket for his phone because the look the young officer was giving him was sending chills down his spine, and not the good kind of chills. He finally found his phone and flipped it open.

"Oh Penelope, Penelope, Penelope, you sure do know how to make yourself noticed, don't ya baby girl?"

She purred into the phone, "Oh hot stuff, when I want your attention, I get your attention, that's just how this mamma works"

The two just laughed and then this awkward silence filled the once bubbly space, this was a thing occurring more often lately. The two joked around for years but now, things had gotten more serious. When they were in Alaska, he was serious; he was going to protect her for the rest of her life. He was going to protect her from the great beyond or what there was after death.

"Earth to Derek, where is my handsome crime fighter gone?" he heard her ask in a concerned voice.

"Oh, don't worry, Baby girl, I'm just thinking about how I'm going to get you back, sweet thing."

"Oh really now, it seems to me that you were just off in deep space. Were you thinking about some sexy lady?" She teased.

He laughed , " Alright you caught me…. She's wonderful; she's a beautiful bubbly red head, spit fire that calls me "Hot Stuff" on a daily basis. "

He heard some sniffles and he sat up straight in the car, "What's up, beautiful, why the tears?" he asked softly.

"Oh, there are not tears, sugarplum. "

"Penelope…" He said with a tone that told her he knew she was lying to him.

He heard her sigh before she told him. "Fine, well, Kevin and I are fighting a lot lately and he just left with his friends and I'm just worried that we aren't going to last much longer and this mama is going to be alone for life."

"Oh, baby girl, he's going to come home and tell you that he loves you and he's sorry for being an ass."

"Oh yeah, Derek, how do you know?" she asked in disbelief.

He just laughed as he said, "Well, mama, I happen to be a man, and I know what happens when we fight with our ladies and right now he's thinking about how he screwed up and feeling awful."

She giggled "oh yeah, you are a man, a very sexy man", her tone got serious, "come home to mama safely, please."

"I promise, baby girl." He said softly then he closed his phone.

He looked over and noticed the young officer was staring at him strangely. He didn't have time to answer any useless questions… he still had a dumbass to call.

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