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After she put Tyler in his stroller she looks at Derek then at his team mates.
"I can give you the address it's not far I always walk here from our apartment."
"We'll walk with you. We left the car back at the police station." Hotch tells her.
It is only a five minute walk to her apartment once they get to her apartment door they were surprised that she did or didn't do. What she didn't do was put the key in the lock and unlock the door right away. Instead she looked at the door frame and pulled out a very small piece of paper that was resting between the door and the frame. The men looked at each other but said nothing to her as she unlocked both locks on the door.
Entering the small tidy apartment. "Make yourselves at home." She tells them as she removes Ty from his stroller. It only takes her a moment to put the stroller in the closet then take her shoes off. Grabbing the diaper bag she lead Ty by the hand into the kitchen.
Hotch has to laugh when she picks up the boy and smells his bum before he puts him in his highchair. She washing her hands then his before she touches anything else.
"I can make coffee if you like?" Getting a yes from them she starts the coffeemaker.
"Do you need any help ?" Derek asks.
"No you can all take a seat thought if you want." She points to the kitchen table with the four chairs. Then she opens the fridge and pulls out a few containers.
They watch as she cuts a cooked chicken breast into small bite size pieces, she adds a tablespoon of peas and a carrots to a small plate. She puts the plate in the microwave for only ten seconds before she takes it out and puts in front of Tyler.
"He has your eating habits Morgan." Rossi says as the men watch Ty eat with his fingers.
"Hey. Be nice."
Penelope puts some cups on the table and the small jug of cream for the men to use. After pouring the coffee she sits in front of Tyler and slowly peels a small pear. She waits until he is done with his food before she gives him some of the pear, handing the rest to Morgan.
"Aren't you going to drink any coffee Penelope?" Morgan asks noticing that her cup is empty.
"After Ty goes down for his nap I will. Now what would you like for lunch? I do have some food in the fridge that is not for babies. I even have homemade marinara sauce if you would like pasta. The ziti is whole wheat though."
The men can see that the baby is staring to nod off in his chair. "Why don't you put your son to bed while we cook lunch." Hotch suggest.
She washes their hands again leaving the small mess for her return. After five minutes Morgan goes in search of her only to see that she is once again nursing his son. Derek stays and watches as she hums a soft tuneless tune to him as he goes to sleep.
The pair returned to the kitchen to see that between Hotch and Rossi they managed to put together a meal of sorts. A small salad and ziti with glasses of ice water.
Half way through the meal it is Derek that broached the subject of the paper in the door.
"Why the paper in the door Penelope?"
She knew it was coming, they were FBI after all. "When I first came here I had a break in, that's how I meet Sue. She is the one who told me about that trick. She also told me if the paper was ever missing not to enter the apartment and to call the police right away."
"How much did you lose?" Rossi asks.
"A hundred dollars and my iPod. It is a secure building I thought we were safe."
"Penelope I want you and our son to come back with us. I already talked to Hotch about the birth certificate, we can have that changed."
"Derek." she says softly.
"Either you come with me or I transfer to the local field office. Either way we are going to be together, the three of us. I love you and I want you to come home with me."
"I love you too Derek, I never stopped loving you."
Seeing the look on both of their faces Hotch clears his throat. "Do you own all of this furniture?"
"No, just the things in the baby's room, why?"
"Well, your friend told us that you were the go to person when the police needed some information found. She said you were a damn fine hacker. I could use someone like you on my team."
She thinks about it quickly, she knows that going back with them is the best thing for Tyler and she wants to try and make things work with Derek. "I'll need a two days to pack up and quit my job. At least I'm not sorry about that part."
"Why?" Derek asks forcefully
"Because one of the lawyers in the practice has octopus hands, and he is the one that I usually end up working for."
"Is he now?" Rossi asks with a smile that could only be describes as sly and dangerous.
"And the apartment?" Hotch asks
"Month to month lease."
'Good. You can give notice and leave early."
"We'll need a place to live, Ty and me."
"Didn't I tell you? You're going to be living with me in my house."
"But what about?" That is as far as he gets before Derek stands and pulls her to her feet and kisses her. He pulls away for her and looks in her tear filled eyes, "Shh, just come make a home with me." When she nods her head he pulls her into his chest and holds carefully until she stops crying.
"I'm calling JJ and Reid we are going to need them." Rossi says to no one in particular.