Disclaimer: I own nothing, just the little plot bunny (kinder!)
A/N: I'm glad you liked her brothers, I'm not for making every character bad! Thanks for the reviews and I hope you all enjoy =)
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Putting her head back, Penelope groaned out in pleasure as Derek rubbed her feet for her. She brought her head down to look at him and smirked as he shot her a cheeky look and then massaged her foot exactly how she liked it.
"That," she paused with pleasure, "feels amazing." She said and relaxed furthermore into the couch of their hotel room. "Unbelievably good actually."
"See I am good for some things," Derek teased her and watched her laugh a little at him as she closed her eyes. "You know that's not wise, Baby. You'll be asleep before you know it."
"Which sounds like heaven itself right now," Penelope said as she yawned some, hiding it behind the back of her hand. Dropping it, she coursed her palm over her bulging stomach and rolled her neck trying to work out the kinks. "I love your baby, Handsome but sheesh can they cut mommy a break?"
"If you're tired you can go back to bed. Get a power nap in, Sweet Thing," Derek told her as he moved his hands up and over her swollen ankles.
"I'm told I have a surprise, I want to see this surprise," she replied and smiled at him. "Do I get a hint?"
"Na uh," Derek replied.
"Go on, Hot Stuff. I won't tell anyone if you just slip up and tell me," Penelope joked about trying to get some clue. "I am eight months pregnant with your baby after all."
Derek put her feet down on the cushion on the table top and stood up, "You, my wife, are cunning, but I will not give in to that one so stop using our child to get what you want."
"But it worked so well before," Penelope pouted at him and put her head back on the couch to watch him walk around towards their little, almost nonexistent, kitchen area.
"For once it's not," He went over to her and bent over, kissing her upside down. "And you can pout all you want to, but that's not gonna work either," He told her with a smirk, "Now listen and behave."
"That's not in my jurisdiction, Mr Morgan," Penelope quipped teasingly, "I don't know how to behave."
Derek chuckled and settled down, the silence claiming them.
"You realise this is the calm before the storm?" Penelope asked Derek and rose an eyebrow at him, "I'd lap up this time with me before our duo becomes a trio."
"But it's exciting," Derek whispered as he slid onto the couch with his wife and pulled her close, his hands running over her body and keeping her close as he lavished her skin with kiss after kiss.
Penelope couldn't help but feel alive in that moment, even awake. After having a couple of weeks where Derek smothered her, actually everyone smothered her, she had exploded with the tension that it put on her and everyone had backed off and treated her normally. Now Derek finally responded to her every mood how she hoped he would. Even now, when she had professed she was tired, which she was, he knew her body ached for him with the hormones that were coursing her body. Just the feel of his hands running over her curves she was somewhat sated.
"You wait until after this baby," Derek whispered breathlessly as he broke the kiss, "I'll really show you who the daddy is in this marriage."
Penelope broke into a giggle then, "I'd be worried if I forgot who the daddy was." She said and put a hand to his chest, "I need to pee," She then said and Derek looked at her for a moment before getting up and helping her to stand steadily.
When she came back out of the bathroom she was confronted with her two of her brothers, she gave them a weird look as she went back around the couch to look at them better.
"You got here quietly," She pointed out, a little sceptic at their entrance. "That's unlike you," she continued with a suspicious tone, "At all."
"Well you don't plan a kidnap loudly do you?" Drew asked as he relaxed back into the couch and watched his sister sit down on a chair slowly and tiredly. "Although at this rate you'll be willingly going along with any kidnap attempt."
Penelope laughed, "You're probably right," she paused and shook her head, "No you are right." She conceded jokingly. "Anything involving me not needing to walk actually sounds like absolute bliss to me."
"Baby woes," Joel stepped up and said as he watched all the common symptoms, "Clair was like it with Sammy. Gets to a point where you're just run down and done with the pregnancy. Am I right?"
"Too right," she told him and smirked, "But it's all got to be expected. I can survive getting my surprise," she said as she chirped up a little to them. "Honestly, what is it?"
"Oh no, we aren't telling you," Steven chimed in, keeping up the facade. "It's one of those must see things. You up for a little journey?"
"I'm cooped up in here most days while you lot go and work, what do you think?" She asked and stood up, holding her bulging belly, "I might be over eight months pregnant, but I'm no invalid. Nothing keeps Penelope Morgan down," she said as she walked over to Derek. "Not even you, Stud Muffin," she teased him.
Derek chuckled as he felt his brothers-in-law stare at him and he felt his head go hot with the embarrassment sky rocket. He knew he had two options – let Penelope win or fight fire with fire.
"Believe me though, it's always worth a try," Derek teased her back making her stop in her tracks.
Drew stood up then, not prepared for this conversation to go any further. "I think it's best we get going."
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"What the hell is this?" Penelope asked as she looked at the newly built building that stood before her. She had been caught in the car for a short journey and no one had said a word to her about where they were going. She had to just keep asking and keep getting false replies.
Now, however, she had all the answers she needed.
"Count it as a game of the Sims but better," Ben said as he stepped beside Penelope. "The government has new rules and regulations for house building. Something to do with quantity rather that quality."
"They want as many people housed as possible," Derek commented after, "We have a large quantity and we were awarded a large piece of land."
"Right," Penelope started in disbelief, trying not to jump to conclusions.
"We had to put a plan forward, a decent one," Joel told her, "and well, there's about eleven interlinked houses here."
"Eleven?" Penelope asked shocked, "Whose?"
Derek put his arm around Penelope, pulling her close to his side. "There's ours, there's my moms, both my sister's, Rossi's, Reid and Emily's condo and each of your brothers and their family." He continued to watch her as they filled her in on all the details. "Hotch is moving in with his brother. JJ and Will found his mom," He told her and kissed her temple gently, "We've got housed, as have a lot of families."
"I-I don't understand something," Penelope almost stuttered at everyone. "We all ran from the end of the world, and everyone's managed to build houses. How does that work exactly? How are we not heading towards rationing and other drastic measures? How were you able to build houses all like this?"
"You seemed to not take into account food reserves and materials coming from all over. Most of the bricks are from damaged buildings from other states. What could be used was," Drew told her, "So we've spent the last three months getting as much of this complete as we possibly can. We've all be sneaking off without you knowing and we planned to get it done before the baby arrived."
"None of the women know, it was a surprise for everyone," Derek commented, "But for you especially, Baby Girl."
Penelope her eyes watering at this dream that was wrapping itself around her entire body.
"You just wait until you see the nursery," Derek told her and Penelope realised this was all their reality.
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