Okay so her is chapter 4, and just a heads up I am Canadian and do not always get all my American facts (like geography) right so kinda bear with me on that. I appreciate the reviews, and do hope for a happy ending but the ending is not yet written so I promise nothing. Once again I own nothing. Oh but what I would give for a piece of Derek Morgan……
It had been 6 months since Penelope left, and for Derek Morgan it was the worst 6 months of his life. He was lost, he still managed to work, because it was the only thing he knew how to do. When he wasn't on a case he would stay home. Most evenings consisted of a few too many drinks and then passing out on his sofa clutching a picture of him and Pen from a Christmas party a few years earlier. He was lost and broken, and this did not go unnoticed by his friends and family.
They knew he missed Pen but they didn't know what really happened. She told the team that she needed a change, and they accepted that. They understood although they felt there was more. Pen emailed and called the team regularly. Although she never called Morgan she did send the odd email. Like happy birthday and what not. But it seemed to just hurt him even more.
After 6 months his family and friends knew this was not going to get better and they decided to do something about it.
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The BAU had been busier than usual lately so when things finally cooled down Hotch gave the team all a much needed week vacation. Derek was home alone drinking and feeling sorry for himself. He knew he should be taking the time to go visit his mom and the girls but honestly he was not fit for company, and he just wanted to be alone. He was sitting on his couch flicking through photos of him and Pen he had saved on his lap top, while nursing a drink., His fourth or was it fifth drink? Hell who cared anymore, it least it helped temporarily dull the ache in his heart.
It was nearly 10pm when he heard a knock on the door, he knew it was probably Hotch or Reid checking in on him, they were worried about him and he knew it. He ignored the door and figured they would just leave. Then he heard the lock click and the door opened. When he got up off the couch clutching his lap top across his bare chest he couldn't believe it.
Mom?
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Derek looked at his mother and then at the group with her. His sisters and the team, all of them. He turned around and sulked back to the living room.
" Whats going on?"
" An Intervention"
Derek looked at JJ, " a what?"
Fran Morgan walked up to her soon and stroked his check. " Baby what is going on with you, she took the drink from his hand and passed it to JJ who brought it to the kitchen to dump it out. When she reached for the laptop he pulled it away like a child and clutched it to his chest.
" I am a grown man I am having a few drinks on my day off, I do not need an intervention."
The team and his family made themselves comfortable in the living room and looked at Derek, gone was his spark, he was a broken man sitting before them.
Emily was the first to speak
"Look Derek we know you miss her, we all miss her but she has a right to move on its her life. Look Derek she is your friend why are you acting like this?"
JJ interrupted
"If you want my opinion Derek its your fault she left!"
The rest of the room looked in horror at JJ
"Come on guys we all watched this dance for years. Pen was so in love with you. But you never noticed and now that your little toy is gone, you want it. Its just not fair Derek she deserved better and you blew it and now we all lost her. But that's okay cuz she is happy now and she moved on and she has found somebody who loves her and is not afraid to tell the world he loves her!"
JJ was angry she missed her friend and she knew Derek had something to do with her leaving.
Fran Morgan spoke up. "Derek baby you need to talk to us. Come on baby."
Derek looked into his mothers eyes and his eyes filled up with tears.
"She left me ma, I told he I loved her and she left me and now I don't know what to do…."
The room feel silent, this was not what they envisioned happened between Derek and Pen.
TBC