A/N: Ok, I know, that last chapter was a bit of a cop out. I was just so sad about the fact that I don't own CM! lol but really, here we go, more realness, and maybe some more drama, cause I wanna throw things right now.

Three weeks later, the team was called in on a major case. A group had been killing family pets, and had escalated to infants of the same families. The theory as that the group would keep killing until they had eliminated the entire family.

Derek had taken the call early Sunday morning, and, laying a kiss to Penelope's forehead, quietly left her to sleep.

Around ten, his phone rang. He knew it was his baby girl by the special ring she had set up on his phone.

"Hey, sweetness, did you sleep ok?"

"No, I didn't. You should've woken me up!" She was pouting, miffed that he had snuck out as he did, in spite of the fact that his departure happened at such an early hour.

"Okay okay, I'm sorry baby, you were just so cute."

"Cute my ass!" She snarled, then immediately regretted it. "Angelfish, I'm sorry, I'm just really crabby this morning… I think that paella we ate last night was bad…"

He sighed. "Baby, just take care of yourself? I've got a bad feeling we'll be here a while, and we need you back home working your magic and keeping us sane. I need you to stay sane…"

She sniffled a little bit. "Okay…but…don't do anything stupid?"

He laughed. "I'll try not to love, but you know your man can be impetuous…"

"Derek, you do and I'll sic JJ and Emily on you. You don't want that."

He gulped in mock fear. "Yes ma'am, I mean no ma'am, whatever you say, ma'am…"

She laughed at his ruse. "I'm in my office now, you guys call when you need something. Love you sweet cheeks."

He smiled. "More than you can ever know, woman. I'll call when we have something…" He flipped the phone closed and just grinned at the others who were gaping at him. "Garcia's in the office ready for us, let's get this ball rolling."

A week later they were still firmly ensconced in the case, and Penelope was still battling the stomach bug from hell. She had actually needed to hang up on Derek twice to dash off to the ladies room before she lost her meager lunch.

"JJ, I've gotta kick this bug! I feel miserable, and all I want to do is sleep all the time. .."

"Um, Pen?"

"What?"

"You know you're pregnant, right?"

JJ jumped when she heard a loud clatter on the other end of the line. "Pen? You there?"

"Yeah, yeah, sorry… dropped the phone…" Penelope stared blankly at the calendar on her computer screen. "JJ… why hasn't Derek called me today?"

JJ laughed, "He had an errand to do, he said, so Hotch let him go since we're at a dead end here…"

Penelope released her held breath. "Oh, ok… well, um, I've gotta go to the store…if you see him, tell him to turn on his computer when he gets back to his room?"

"Yeah, Pen, I will…Oh, and go ahead and take both tests if you're worried about false negatives…"

"Bye!" Penelope snapped the phone shut and grabbed her purse, practically racing to the drugstore. She stared at the shelves for what seemed like an hour, overwhelmed at the sheer variety of pregnancy tests available. She finally opted for an 'early detection' test; she realized while talking to JJ that she was late, but figured that the more sensitive the test was, the better.

She paid impatiently and drove home in a fog. This was exactly what she wanted, but why was she so scared now? What if the reality of a pregnancy was too much for Derek? What if it was too much for her? Would he want her when she was gravid with child? What about when she was covered in cereal?

She shook her head, stopping that train of thought. It wasn't fair to Derek, and it certainly wasn't fair to her. They had made vows to each other in the dark of night, and in the light of day, vows with both body and soul, a marriage in spirit if not yet by law. He would love her no matter what the result of the test was.

She shrugged out of her clothes and took the test with her to the bathroom. Afterwards, she laid it on the table while she powered up her laptop. Heating some leftovers, she sat in front of the webcam and started patching into Derek's laptop.

"Knock knock…"

She laughed when she saw him jump in surprise, then turn, grinning, to his laptop. She roamed her eyes greedily over his shirtless chest; it looked like he had just dressed for bed.

"Well hey there beautiful, how's my favorite girl tonight?" He smiled, then asked with concern, "Tummy better now?"

Penelope smiled, hugely. "We'll see in about two more minutes, lover…" She smiled at the confusion that washed over his face. "JJ said you had errands to run today… what did you do?" A twinkle glittered in his dark eyes. "That's for me to know and you to find out…And what's this about two minutes?"

She smiled at him, then glanced at the stick lying on the table, the directions next to it.

"Well, gimmie a second." She picked up the stick and compared it to the instructions. Her eyes widened as she saw the blue plus sign that had formed in the window. She turned back to the screen, test in hand.

"Derek…" He smiled at her grinning, slightly stunned expression. She held up the stick in front of the webcam. "Is that a plus sign or are my eyes deceiving me…?"

His voice was deep, gruff with emotion. "Does that mean what I think it means?"

She lowered the test and smiled at him, tears standing in her eyes. "Yes, my darling man, yes it does." She longed to hug him, to kiss away the tear trailing down his face as he beamed back at her. "You're gonna be a daddy!"

"God woman, I wanna get home to you…I need you, momma!" He leaned down and grabbed a box out of the jacket slung over his chair. He opened the small velvet box to show her the sparkling diamond inside. "I need you forever…make an honest man of me?"

She gasped, awed at the sight before her. The ring was pleasantly unique, a yellow stone she assumed was a canary diamond, surrounded with tiny white diamonds, set in white gold, with the band split so that each part crossed and came back around.

"It's perfect, angel… wow…"

"Call the press! I, Derek Morgan, have knocked Penelope Garcia speechless!"

She laughed. "Yeah, well, you've also go her knocked up, so you, my love, are on a winning streak!"

He arched an eyebrow at her. "And?"

"And… yes, I will marry you my stud muffin. I will marry you and keep your life a whirlwind of debauchery!"

He traced her face on the screen. "I can't wait…"

A/N: End? Or do you guys need the wedding and baby and whole shebang? Lol I don't think I have 9 months worth of story in me! ='D