Journey of Love through Ring Tones Chapter 7, a criminal minds fanfic

Here we go! Chapter 7! I hope you enjoy! only one or two chapters left then some wonderful one-shots to come after from the lovely Ash lol haha

I don't own CM or the Song! Which everyone asked about... it is "Sleeping to Dream" by Jason Mraz

She sat there; the sound of her heart was almost louder than the ring tone. He told her to listen to the lyrics, and listen closely. This was a Jason Mraz song, that fact made her smile. Jason Mraz was a singer they both could agree on when they were in the car together, Derek wasn't into her crazy electronica music. She listened to the music and all it screamed was love, he couldn't love her…could he? She immediately had a flash back to three months ago, she was in the car with Derek, Kevin was late to pick her up so she went home.

Derek opened the door for Penelope and helped her into the passenger seat of his SUV. She smiled at him and said,

"Thanks, Hot Stuff, nice to know chivalry isn't dead."

He winked before he gave the line, "Anything for you, my baby girl." , then shut the door before he got in the car himself.

They had been on the road for 10 minutes, on the way to her apartment, they had argued on what station to listen to and as he landed on one the car was filled with Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat' voices.

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

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They sat there in complete silence and she noticed out of the corner of her eye that he was get uncomfortable. She reached over and started to gently rub his back,

"Aww, Sug, are you alright?" She asked concerned about him.

He shook his head yes and gave her a huge smile, "Of course, I have my favorite girl with me, why wouldn't I be ok?" He questioned back.

She just smiled and they fell back to silence until Penelope started to sing along,

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

She looked over at Derek and his hands were gripped tightly around the steering wheel. He had a dejected look on his face. She didn't know why…..

That is when it hit her, the song, it was about them,he was in love with her. This whole time she was so wrapped up in Kevin she couldn't even possibly think he would even give her a second glance. She also thought back to why Kevin left her, she was so dead set against being in love with Derek. She knew it was true; she was 100% in love with Derek Morgan. She needed to see him; she ran and picked up her jacket. As she opened the front door she ran into someone, she looked up and saw Derek and began to blush as he smiled down at her.

Derek looked down and saw her flushed, and thought it was the most sight. He wanted to claim her right then and there but he didn't even know if she got the message or not. He heard,

"Hey hot stuff, I was just coming to look for you."

He raised his eyebrow and responded, "Oh, is that so?"

"Yes, I needed to see you." She answered and the room fell silent.

They stood there in her doorway for what seemed like 15 minutes before she moved back into her apartment.

"Oh Silly me, come in, sit down" she said blushed and babbled as she nudged him towards the couch.

They both sat down on her couch and he could see she was nervous, he hoped he didn't scare her off. He watched her play with her rings, a trait he knew by now was trademark nervous baby girl. He leaned back against the couch and sighed before he started his confession,

"Baby girl, I love you, I think I always have. I know this may seem sudden and I wanted you to have the right amount of time to mourn your relationship with Kevin but I just need to have you as mine. I know that I've slept around but none of them make me feel the way I do when I'm with you. I have something to come home to, I have someone to make me feel like I'm actually a hero. When the truth came out about Buford, I was nervous how you'd treat me after, and when you just gave me a look and said "ooo, looks like my Chocolate God is out of the slammer, I don't think us talking through glass would be the same." It was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. Baby, no one understands me like you do. No one sees me like you do, more than just FBI bulldog… I love you, please….tell me you love me, mama"

He looked at her and he tried to gauge what her response was going to be. He watched her get up and run to her purse and pull out her iPod and put it in the iHome and he heard,

He arched his eyebrow and watched her walk slowly over to him as she sang the song. His heart was in his throat when she got close enough that he just wanted to reach up and pull her in for a kiss. Penelope must have noticed the expression, he shocked him when she said,,

"So….are you every going to kiss me? Or am I just too much for you?"

Derek reached up and pulled her towards him, when her lips touched his, the world around them, disappeared.