Sorry I haven't updated in a while, hopefully there is still some interest in this one.

"Stop fidgeting"

Penelope looked up at Derek and tried to smile. They were standing outside JJ's front door.

"I'm nervous"

"Baby you have seen JJ a half dozen times in the year you were gone," Morgan raised his eyebrows at her trying to get her to calm down

"Yeah I know it's not JJ I am worried about, it's the others, I haven't spoken to them …just the odd email.." Penelope began to panic, worrying they wouldn't want her there.

"Pen come on you need to calm down, they love you. I admit there were some hurt feelings, but hey once it's over we can all rebuild right?"

She knew he was right she needed to bite the bullet. Over the past two days her and Derek had spent a lot of time talking, Pens contract in New York was over so she needed to decide what to do now. Derek had offered to find work in New York and move there to be with her if that was what she wanted. But Pen knew she had been running away long enough. It was time to come home.

Derek wanted her to move in with him, but she declined, they needed to rebuild their relationship, and moving in together would be rushing. She was able to find a small apartment in a building owned by her previous landlord, and would be moving her stuff in the following week, she had her paperwork sent from New York and was going to be back at the bureau in a few weeks, she still didn't know which department she would be working in, she would love to go back to the BAU but she didn't dare ask for her job back after everything. She was just grateful to be back at Quantico and back with Derek.

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Meanwhile in JJ and Wills backyard Hotch, Will and the guys were getting the bbq going. Rossi was finishing marinating the meat and Reid was rambling about the benefits of grilling food, and about the statistics behind grilled food versus other cooking methods. Emily was watching the 'manly' men and wondering when Derek was going to show up. He hadn't called her since the night at the bar, and that had been 2 nights ago. He sent her a text saying all was well, but he never answered her calls, and she was worried. She was also wondering where Garcia was, she was sure she would be here, but when she asked JJ, JJ told her she had been getting Pens voicemail for the last few days, and she wasn't sure if she was coming.

"So has anyone heard if Garcia was coming?"

Emily looked up at Rossi, never one to mince words he jumped right to what everyone was thinking.

"I haven't heard anything and apparently neither has JJ" Emily went on to tell them that she hadn't heard from Derek sine the night at the bar.

"Yeah I haven't heard from him either, I hope things don't go downhill again. I can't believe Garcia has met someone and is getting married already, it's been what? A year" Reid replied

Hotch smiled and chuckled to himself " I wouldn't get all worked up about things before you know what is really going on"

Emily raised her eyebrows at their boss "what's that supposed to mean"

Hotch thought carefully about his next words "Let's just say I received an interesting phone call yesterday from Strauss, apparently a certain computer tech we all know and love is being reassigned to Quantico. She didn't put in any preference of department, but Strauss thought that we may be interested in her especially with all the luck we have been having with techs this past year. It seems you all have a tendency to scare them off.

The team looked on in shock. Was he saying what they thought he was saying?

"Hotch" Emily looked up at their boss hopefully " are you saying Garcia is coming back?"

Hotch smiled again, " I think that's a question you need to ask her," he nodded towards the patio doors, where JJ was leading in two more guests.

The team gasped, and then smiled.

"Hey everyone" Derek greeted the team " Sorry I'm late but I brought a surprise' he nodded his head towards Garcia, who smiled hesitantly at the team.

"Surprise" she exclaimed

TBC