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That perfect weekend came to an end. They travelled to work in Esther, with Derek pulling on his dishevelled clothing from the Friday. In theory they'd had time to do the laundry, but in practice the closest they'd gotten to doing laundry was making love on the floor in the kitchen (and that was largely accidental, and in no way related to making any effort to clean clothes).

Walking into the building together, the two couldn't help but burst into laughter every now and again. All they would do was look at each other, and Penelope would break into another fit of giggles. Derek, upon hearing her adorable giggles, would start laughing too. They were holding hands as they walked to the elevator.

Once inside the elevator, Derek waggled his eyebrows suggestively at Penelope, and she snickered. "Cameras," was all she said, turning away and pretending like she didn't want to make out with him there and then. Looking out of the corner of her eyes, she noticed him pouting. She was helpless against that pout. "Fiiiiiine," she said, sighing and pretending like it was such a burden to her, to kiss him.

"Yeah you are," Derek said, smiling. "And all mine." They both smiled and kissed, the floors whizzing by. They were in early, and they managed to make it to the BAU without anyone joining them on their elevator ride. By the time the doors finally pinged open, they were embracing and kissing sweetly.

"There you are! I tried calling you. I thought you were dead!" Their kisses were interrupted by a furious JJ, who suddenly seemed to realise that Morgan was with Garcia, and Morgan was… kissing Garcia. What.

"Surprise?" Penelope said, weakly. Derek reached out for her hand and took it, offering support by rubbing her fingers with his. "Jayje, I'm sorry. I should have looked at my phone, I… was a bit distracted," she explained, blushing furiously. JJ laughed, all of the anger gone—it had been concern, more than anything. After that case they were all tightly wound.

"Finally," was all she managed to say, pulling Penelope and Derek into a big hug. That was how the rest of the team found them.

"Did someone die?" Reid asked immediately, looking concerned.

Derek snorted. "Wow, someone has to die for us to hug?"

"Well, neither one of you answered your phones all weekend," Reid started to explain.

"We figured something was wrong." Hotch said shrugging.

"I didn't. I thought they finally got together." Prentiss said, grinning. "I was right, wasn't I?" they both nodded and Prentiss let out a huge "Aha!" Rossi didn't look as happy as Penelope had figured he would be for them. "Pay up, old man." Prentiss ordered, a wolfish grin on her face. Rossi rolled his eyes.

"You couldn't have waited for another month, Morgan?" Rossi asked, pulling his wallet out. "I assume you were the instigator, anyway."

"Yeah, who did start it?" JJ asked with interest. She had finally released them from her death grip of a hug. Penelope and Derek turned to look at each other. They both shrugged.

"We're not really sure." Penelope said with a smile. "I guess it was both of us at the same time." Rossi scowled.

"If you had waited just a month longer… Now I have to give Prentiss some outrageous, untrue, compliments." Penelope snickered, Derek grinned.

"Sorry, dad." They chorused—sounding neither apologetic nor respectful.

"What?"

"You'll never know." Penelope said with a laugh. "It doesn't matter, anyway. Now pay Prentiss her damned compliments." She ordered, chuckling.

With that, everyone turned on Rossi, goading him into complementing Prentiss with the pre-agreed upon compliments, and as much sincerity as he could muster up.

Derek and Penelope stared into each other's eyes, both of them filled with love for each other and their strange, beautiful family. The bickering carried on around them, and it was comforting. Whatever happened next, they would face it together.

A/N: Hi, hope you've enjoyed reading the story! That's it for now, please review.