A/N: I'm so sorry for taking so long to update. Life is still quite hectic. I hope you enjoy this chapter and as always, I don't own them, I'm just borrowing them for a little while and hoping I do them justice

When they arrived at Quantico they checked in the SUV and headed straight for their cars. Derek had grabbed and walked over to Hotch's car with him. As he placed the bag in his car Hotch said "You weren't at breakfast this morning when I told the team so you wouldn't know, but you guys have the next week off. I don't want to you see you around the office until next Monday."

"Not a problem Hotch." Derek said as he started to walk towards his truck.

"Oh and Morgan?" Hotch said. Derek turned towards Hotch.

"Make good use of this time." Hotch said and smiled.

Derek smiled at Hotch and turned around, as he walked away he yelled out at Hotch "YOU DO THE SAME BOSS MAN!"

Hotch smiled and got into his car.

As Derek drove home he thought about his baby girl. He wanted to talk to her so much. He wanted to make sure things were ok between them. It took all the control he had not to drive to her house. He had promised her he'd wait and he wasn't about to break that promise. He instead drove to the kennel to pick up Clooney. When he walked in the receptionist gave him a quizzical look.

"Hey Angie, hope Clooney wasn't too active this time." Derek said.

"Hi Mr. Morgan. You're not here for Clooney are you because Ms. Garcia picked him up about 2 hours ago." Angie said.

"She did?" Derek asked.

"Yes, I hope that's ok, She's picked him up before so I didn't think much of it." Angie said.

"Yes that's fine. She's on the list. Thanks Angie." Derek said and walked out and towards his truck. When he sat inside he couldn't hold back the smile that appeared on his face. He knew that if Clooney was with her, he'd be seeing her pretty soon. He drove home and concentrated on the hot shower and the pain pill that was waiting for him. He hadn't said anything to Hotch, but his arm had been bothering him most of the trip and he knew that he needed a good night's rest. He walked into his home and headed straight for the fridge pulled out a soda and drank half in one gulp. He looked at the half empty bottle thinking a beer would have been so much better but alcohol and pain pills were definitely not a good mix.

Penelope had been home for several hours. Occasionally she would look at her watch and try and figure out where Hotch and Derek were on the trip. She was anxious. She wanted to talk to Derek but was too scared to call him. She had tried to keep herself busy by cleaning up her apartment and playing with Clooney. When they returned she had gone to pick him up at the Kennel thinking that maybe Derek wouldn't make it on time and she hated thinking that Clooney had to spend another night there. As much as she hated to admit it, it was also a really good excuse to see Derek after all she would have to take Clooney home. She finally gave in and sent Derek a text message.

Derek headed towards the couch figuring he'd watch a little TV before taking a shower. As he sat down and grabbed the remote he heard the text message alert on his phone. He flipped it open and smiled. There on the screen was a message from his baby girl. "Are you guys home yet?" He was typing in a response when he decided to call her instead. This was one way for him to hear his baby girl.

"This better be your way of telling me your home handsome because otherwise it means you're reading text messages on the road." She said trying to hide the excitement in her voice.

"Yea baby I'm home. We got home about an hour ago. By the way, thanks for picking up Clooney." He said.

"I wasn't sure you'd make it there on time and I didn't want to leave him there another night." She said.

"How do you feel?"

"I'm a little sore but nothing to write home about. How about you?" He asked.

"I'm good." She said.

"Do you have plans for tonight? Do you want me to come get Clooney?" He asked hoping she'd say yes so he'd have an excuse to see her.

"No it's ok; I have no plans for tonight." She said.

"You and Kevin aren't going out? He asked a little surprised.

"No, we don't have any plans." She said. "How about you? No hot date tonight?"

"Oh yea, a really hot date." He said smiling.

"Oh then don't worry handsome, I can keep Clooney." She said.

"Its ok sweetheart, my hot date is the shower I'm going to take before I take a pain pill." He said chuckling.

Penelope laughed and had to admit to herself she was glad he didn't have a hot date. "Have you eaten?" She asked.

"No I wasn't really hungry." He said.

"You have to eat something if you're going to take a pain pill. I'll tell you what, why don't I take Clooney over and pick up a pizza while I'm on the way." She asked.

"That sounds great. I'll leave the door open for you, just walk in and make yourself at home, you know where everything is." Derek said.

"Ok handsome, see you in a little bit." She said and hung up. She smiled knowing that she'd be spending some time with her sexy profiler.

Derek put away his go bag and pulled out a bottle of red wine. He knew Penelope was partial to red and he wanted to have it out for when she arrived.

Penelope quickly got all of Clooney's things together and headed towards the door. "Come on boy, let's go see Daddy." She said to Clooney. When they got into the car, Penelope called Derek's favorite Pizza place and ordered a pie to go. She'd get to the Pizza place just as the Pie was coming out of the oven. As she drove there it hit her that she knew Derek's favorite Pizza place, his favorite Diner, his favorite Mall and his favorite meal. She knew more about Derek Morgan than she knew about Kevin. She wasn't even sure if Kevin liked Italian food. Shaking her head she realized what she'd pretty known all along, her relationship with Kevin was not THE relationship she wanted. As nice as he was and as kind and good as he was to her, he just wasn't THE guy for her.

She arrived at Derek's and walked in, looking around she realized he was still in the shower. She walked into the kitchen to get things set for dinner and noticed the bottle of red wine with a glass next to it and smiled. He knew her so well. She put out Clooney's bowls and filled them with food and water just as Derek walked out of his bedroom.

"Hey Baby girl I could have done that" Derek said.

When she looked up she was speechless. There he was in all his glory, sweats and no shirt. It took her a minute to recover and then got up and went over to him to give him a hug. "It really should be a sin to look that sexy you know." She said giggling.

"Look who's talking?" He said and grinned.

They took the pizza to the living room and sat on the couch to eat. After finishing up with dinner they caught up and talked about anything and everything. "Do you have any plans for this week?" Derek asked.

"Actually I'm just going to rest and relax. I wasn't expecting this vacation time so I thought I'd just lounge around." Penelope said. "How about you, are you going to do anything?"

"I was actually thinking about going to visit my mom and sisters. Mom's been complaining about my lack of visits lately." Derek said. "It's too bad that Kevin can't take some time off too."

Penelope looked at Derek but didn't answer. She wasn't really sure she wanted to let him in on her relationship problems but felt guilty about keeping secrets from him.

"Is everything ok with you two?" Derek said.

She lowered her head and avoided his eyes. "Kevin and I are on a break." She said barely audible.

Derek placed his fingers on her chin and gently lifted her face. "Baby girl, I'm sorry is there anything I can do?" He asked.

Penelope shook her head gently and smiled. "It's ok really. I think it's the best thing that could have happened." She said.

"You know I have a great idea! Why don't you come with me to Chicago?" Derek asked.

"Derek I couldn't do that, that's your time with your Mom I couldn't intrude." She said.

"You wouldn't be intruding! My Mom would love to meet you and I would love to show you Chicago Morgan style." He said with a big grin.

"You sure? Penelope asked.

"Baby girl, I'm positive!" He said.

Penelope shook her head and smiled. "I'd love to go with you."

"Ok then, we have some tickets to buy." He said and smiled.