Disclaimer I hate you so much for making me keep saying this: I do not own Criminal Minds.

Come the third week, Derek washed Penelope come on strength to strength, she gained her smile back and her love of good food and although she got tired easily she was always up for more. Now she had sat in the living room, resting once again, his mom and sister out on a food run.

'Walk later Princess.' Derek said as he came back into the room with a drink and Penelope's normal round of meds, he knew she was getting fed up the running mill of taking all the tablets but he continually reminded her that were going to start decreasing soon. 'I was thinking because the doctor said about 10minutes, we could go take Clooney out for a little walk and come back.'

'He needs longer than 10 minutes.'

'But until we can get you getting longer than that then he can keep going out again.' Derek compromised and sat down. 'It's not scaring too bad.' He commented as he saw the line on her chest, he knew she was self conscious of it already and it was going to keep making her feel better about it.

'Derek, stop making me feel better about it. I'm left with this for life.' She said with the same tone of voice, it was breaking slightly. 'I'm never gonna get used to it.'

'It doesn't make you any less beautiful Pen, and plus I have this.' He said and pulled at a tube of ointment. 'I spoke to your doctor and he suggested this.' He handed it to her. 'It'll help fade the scar a bit, make it even out.'

'You asked for me?'

'Well, yeah, I hate how uncomfortable this is making you feel and I want to make it as better as I can.'

'And you do but it just brings me down from time to time.'

'Well I'll keep bringing you up from time to time.' He said and Penelope smiled before accepting a hug and she just snuggled into his arms. 'Get some sleep Baby Girl.' He told her and felt her settle easier than she had; he then just put the game on and watched that until his mom came in with Desiree.

'Tablet's still wearing her out?'

'They are, she's accepted a walk.'

'Doctor say it's okay?'

'He did, he encourages at least 10 minutes to 13 minutes of exercise for the next week and then we increase it to 15 minutes and keep going.' He said and ran his hand up Penelope's arm. 'He took the bandage of her chest too.'

'How bad?'

'She's already self conscious of it.'

'Well she's going to be but you keep doing what you've been doing.' Fran quipped and left him to it, he smiled, and he was going to keep doing what he was doing.

He continued to do so as the days passed, and the weeks and even the months. Coming up 2 months he was still rubbing the lotion in, and he was still tending to Penelope.

'First day back at work Baby Girl.'

'Hmm, first steps into the bull pen as my fiancée too.' Derek quipped and kissed Penelope's left hand delicately. 'Absolutely beautiful.'

'I'm glad you find me beautiful.' She said and straightened the patterned skirt. 'You don't need to worry about me, your moms going to come and get me at midday.' She told him and he relaxed, even though Penelope was going back to work, she was still tiring easily, and was still on multiple tablets, Hotch had let her back with only half days until the doctor said it was all okay to be full time. He'd also worried about another factor. 'I'm stronger than I was Handsome, Kevin says one thing out of line and I won't back down.'

'I don't want you to get stressed over this.'

'I won't, I promise. The moment that I get stressed I'm going to take a break, breathe and come into the bull pen.' She said with a sincere smile. 'I hear that Hotch even has a chair ready for such a moment.' Derek laughed and kissed her forehead.

'Come on silly girl, let's get you back as the Oracle.'

'Hmm, long time.' She said about the nickname.

'Too long.' Derek said wrapping his arms around her as she put a scarf on. 'Take this off.' He said and removed the scarf. 'You have nothing to hide, you keep it hidden, you'll keep doing it for life.'

'You're in the wrong profession.'

'I keep this profession for my Baby Girl.' He told her, twisted her and kissed her passionately. 'Let's get you to work Goddess.' He told her and took her hand and led her out of the room.

Hours later, Penelope was working in her usual manner, her fingers moving at the speed of lightening, the searches getting done, her lips in a victorious grin. She then halted as she heard the door open and she turned and stood.

'It's good to see you back Penelope.' Kevin said with a slight smile. 'Like you've never been gone.'

Penelope stood there and immediately she positioned her arms and hands to cover what it of the scar you could see over past the top. 'What can I do for you Kevin?'

'I just wanted a chat.' He said and Penelope's hand shifted and he caught a glint of the ring. 'You're still with him then?'

'You still with him?' She retorted.

'Sadly not, he dumped me, knew I was still in love with you.'

'You do realise that I can never be in love with you again.'

'Penny, come on, what do you and Derek Morgan have in common? I mean us two, we love computers.'

'I can't build a relationship on the fact that me and the man I'm going to marry love computers. That was all you could give me. Derek gives me things you never could.'

'Name a few.'

Penelope felt her heart beat race, she wanted this to be as easy as possible and she did not for the life of her want to get stressed over Kevin Lynch. 'Can you leave my office please?' She asked politely.

'That just answers my question.'

'Derek gives me a place I fell loved, he makes me laugh the loudest, he's compassionate, and caring and he makes you look like kid when I add things up. Now if you'll excuse me.' She said left Kevin to it, he then left and admitted defeat at that moment.

Penelope went down to the bullpen, and smiled, Derek had the chair by his desk, he was involved in a report and so she just walked in and sat down and slowly Derek looked up at her. 'Well, I'm not taking this visit as good, what's stressed my Baby out?'

'Kevin.' She replied and sucked in a deep breath, she watched Derek. 'He aksed me what we had in common because me and him have our love of computers. I'm sorry but if that's all he could think off his sorely mistaken.'

'Hush up woman and calm it.' Derek said and took her hand in his. 'Look, Kevin's a knob, he thinks that the World Wide Web is going to make his living but in reality it doesn't, it plays a part but it doesn't fulfil lives to the max.'

'I know, and that was what I was going to get too but I could feel myself getting stressed t him for that day at the hospital and well I didn't want to get myself into a state and pay for it later.'

'Well good on you but you just sit there and I'll go and get you a cup of tea.'

'Thanks handsome.'

'No thanks needed, I want you chilled out before you got back to that office of yours.'