Derek woke up to the sound of his phone buzzing. He gently removed his arm from under Penelope's head. He stroked her cheek, and blindly reached for the night stand and patted his hand around the nightstand until he found his cell phone.

Derek noticed he had 18 missed calls.

Derek sat up. His blood ran cold. He thought, "What if something happened to mom."

Derek pressed the voicemail icon on his phone and listened to the first message.

"Hey Derek this is Tamara. I realized that us breaking up was a mistake please call me."

Derek looked over at Penelope and thought, "Oh hell no."

He pressed delete.

He skipped over 17 messages before he heard the last one.

Tamara sounded really intoxicated. Tamara slurred into the phone, "Derek I know you are there. Pick up damn it. "

Derek heard what sounded like a bunch of other women around her. Derek rolled his eyes. He thought, "Anything for attention, right Tamara?"

Tamara continued to slur and said, "I miss you."

Derek heard one of her friends in the background say, "Is that the fine brotha you were dating?"

Derek laughed. Of course her friends were just as superficial as she was.

Tamara then said in her message, "Derek you know you belong with me, not some nerdy tech girl. When you are ready to settle down call me."

Before she ended the call Derek heard a girl say, "We should talk to his new bitch."

Then the phone went dead.

Now Derek was pissed. He prayed for Tamara's sake her moron friend was kidding.

Derek knew he didn't have it in him to hit a woman, he also knew that if Tamara or any of her friends tried anything, Penelope would quite literally wipe their asses off the grid.

Derek took a few cleansing breaths and headed towards the bathroom.

He saw Penelope sink further into the covers and reach out for him. Derek couldn't help but smile. She missed his presence, just as much as he missed hers.

Derek did his morning time thing, and headed back to bed. Derek snuggled in next to Penelope.

He couldn't get the nagging feeling that maybe he should take Tamara's friends threat a little more seriously.

Derek chalked it up to him being over protective. Who would be stupid enough to screw with an FBI agent?

The name Battle flashed in his mind. Derek thought to himself, "Okay Tamara might be a bitch as well as her friends, but they are no UNSUBs."

Penelope slid her leg over Derek's. He couldn't help but be wrapped up in her warmth and love. He drifted off to sleep.

A few hours later, Derek was woken up by a familiar whine. Clooney was looking at Derek as if to say, "Help a dog out."

Derek chuckled and threw on some pajama pants. He took his pooch out.

Derek was standing in the back yard when he felt a pair of arms wrap around him. Derek smiled and said, "Good morning baby girl."

Penelope laughed and said, "Handsome it's afternoon."

Derek returned the laugh and said, "Damn I never sleep in late."

Penelope kissed Derek's neck and said, "You've never had a goddess in your bed before."

Derek turned around and let out a whistle. "Damn baby that shirt is workin for you."

Penelope said, "D it's just a tee shirt no big deal."

Derek replied, "Oh baby girl it is a very big deal."

Penelope hugged Derek tighter and said, "Ah yes. It is a very big deal indeed."

Derek called for Clooney. He opened the door and let Clooney run in.

He picked Penelope up and she wrapped her arms and legs around him.

It was almost evening before they made their way back downstairs.

Derek and Penelope were laughing and trying to decide what to eat for dinner.

Derek smirked and said, "Woman if you don't stop looking at me like that, we are never gonna eat."

Penelope chuckled and said, "Well if you would stop looking at me like that, we would actually get something done."

Derek looked at Penelope, and Penelope turned and looked at Derek. The both smiled and said, "Pizza."

Once the call to their favorite pizza spot was made, they sat on the couch snuggled together watching SportsCenter.

"Hey doll face I can change the channel if you want."

"That's okay baby, I know that May Madness…or whatever the hell it's called is coming up. And lord knows I can't have you losing to Reid again."

Derek laughed and said, "Baby its March madness, and you right. I hate losing to Reid."

Derek started to explain how the bracket system for basketball worked.

Penelope shrugged and asked, "What if I made software that would help you better pick the probability of your teams?"

Derek smiled and said, "Normally I would say that might be borderline cheating, but I am after all going up against the human version of Google."

They both laughed. There was a knock at the door, Derek removed Penelope's feet from his lap, grabbed his wallet and paid and tipped the pizza man.

Derek sat down and flipped open the box.

Derek and Penelope always took the time to admire the mouth watering, extra large pizza with toppings piled high. It also didn't hurt that Rossi owned the place, so they always got a little something extra.

Derek flipped open a smaller box and smiled. In true Rossi fashion there was a huge slice of Oreo pie.

Penelope couldn't help it. She leaned over Derek and took a swipe at the whip cream on the pie. She licked the cold cream.

Derek cocked and eyebrow and said, "Woman do that again, and I say damn this pizza."

Penelope blushed and said, "No baby you need to eat. You have more ravishing to do."

They both laughed.

After dinner, dessert, and several mindless sitcoms later, they were finally ready for bed. Penelope was in the bathroom scrubbing her face. Penelope loved make up but good lord it was like removing spackle sometimes.

Derek took Clooney out one last time. He decided now would be a good time to call his mother.

Derek waited for Fran to answer.

Fran excitedly said, "Hey baby boy."

Derek smiled and said, "Hey ma."

"How is my favorite son doing?"

"Mom I am really good." Derek sighed and said, "First mom I want to apologize for the way Tamara acted in Chicago. I mean hell she is only one generation out the hood her damn self."

Fran laughed and said, "Yeah I sort of got that feeling. Hey Derek you don't need to apologize. Just know that if Des or Sarah see her, you might want to tell her to run."

Derek chuckled. He knew there wasn't a thing on this earth that he could say to his sisters when they were mad. You just moved out of their way, and hoped you didn't get hurt in the process, especially his little sister Des.

"Mom I have something to tell you."

"Derek I need to say something too." Fran took a deep breath and said, "Honey, I know that you forced yourself to seem happy last time you were here, but as your mother I could see you were miserable. Sweetie I also saw a couple of bruises. Did she do that to you?"

Derek sighed and said, "Yes mom she did. DO NOT TELL DES."

Fran angrily said, "Des may not be the one you have to worry about."

"Mom the last thing I need is for you to get in your Prius, and go all gansta on Tamara."

Fran laughed and said, "Listen here; you are still my little boy, Mr. F.B.I. Do you know what that means? I will always look out for you."

Derek laughed and said, "Alright, go on wit yo' bad self. Seriously mom I called to tell you Tamara and I broke up."

Fran shook her fist in triumph. She then said, "I am not about to lie to you and say that I am sorry. But I will say maybe it is time for you and Penelope-"

Derek cut his mom off by saying, "Done."

Fran asked, "What is done?"

"Penelope and I are together."

Derek held the phone away from his ear. His mother let out an ear piercing squeal.

Derek chuckled and said, "I guess that means you are happy?"

"Oh dear of course I am happy. Now that is a good woman. Oh my goodness, wait til I tell Des, and Sarah, and Frankie, and Joey. Not to mention that nosy Martha Reeves. Oh and Pastor Gibbons-"

Derek said, "Woah, woah mom. Breathe. Why would you tell all of those people?"

Fran cleared her throat and sheepishly said, "We all have running bets, when you two would finally get together."

"You did what?"

"Son you heard me. Do you remember when you brought Penelope up here after she got shot?"

Derek smiled it was one of his favorite memories in Chicago.

"Yeah mom I do."

"Well after you showed her around town, a lot of our friends and family called, and for the life of us we could not figure out why you weren't with her. So imagine to all of our surprise when you dragged Tamara up here. Des insisted that you two wouldn't last long. Joey and Frankie said, "Put your money where your mouth is, and that is what we did."

"Mom you can't be serious."

"Sorry sweetie I am, oh and you need to tell your BAU friends, they also have a pot going."

Derek blanched and said, "What?!"

"Boy you heard me, oh that reminds me I need to call Rossi and tell him he won."

"Rossi won…what is going on? Wait why are you talking to Rossi?"

Fran hesitated and said, "I….uhhh…met him at a bookstore….."

Derek scoffed and said, "I didn't know you were into reading about serial killers?"

Fran replied, "I'm not, that is your job. I was looking for a cookbook. He happened to be doing a reading."

Derek tapped his foot impatiently and said, "And what."

"Nothing Derek we went for coffee and talked."

Derek rolled his eyes and said, "That better be all…"

Fran scoffed and said, "Excuse me young man. You do realize I am still your mother."

Derek sighed and said, "Yes ma'am. It's just I know how Rossi is."

"I am a grown woman, and it was just coffee."

"Okay, okay mom."

Derek heard a giggle come from behind him.

Derek mouthed to Penelope, "You are going to get it."

Penelope walked over to Derek and kissed his neck.

Derek bit back a groan, and put his hand over the mouthpiece of his phone and said, "Woman quit it. I am talking to my mom."

Fran cleared her throat and said, "Derek I can hear you."

Derek blushed, and Penelope laughed.

Fran laughed and said, "Put Penelope on the phone."

Derek looked at Penelope and said, "Ooohhh you're in trouble."

Penelope took the phone and said, "Hey Mrs. Morgan. I mean Mama Morgan."

Fran chuckled and said, "That's better. So when are you coming to see me?"

Penelope smiled and said, "As soon as we get some time off. I miss you guys. Plus I have to go to the youth center and computerize the scoreboard."

Fran replied, "Honey we miss you too."

Penelope said, "So what is this I hear about you and my Italian Stallion agent Rossi?"

Fran rolled her eyes and said, "Good lord it was just coffee."

Derek swatted Penelope's butt. Penelope giggled.

Fran said, "Tell my son to keep his hands to himself."

Penelope laughed and said, "I thought you wanted grandbabies."

The look on Derek's face was priceless. Penelope had never seen someone look so nervous, and, excited, and flat out flabbergasted.

Fran said, "In that case I will let you two go."

Penelope sweetly said, "Bye mama Morgan."

Derek shouted, "Bye ma love you."

Derek clipped his phone on his sweatpants.

He raised his eyebrows and smirked. "Grandbabies huh?"

"Oh Derek if I was out of line…. I was just kidding…"

"Nu-uh. I am done practicing."

"Derek what are you saying?"

Derek cupped Penelope's face and said, "Stop taking the pills."

"But Derek we have only been together for less than a week."

Derek smiled and said, "Baby girl it's always been you. When you are ready, we can have as many as you want. Personally I am going for my own basketball team, that way I will forever have an unfair advantage over Reid."

Penelope chuckled and started walking towards the house.

"Hey angel face where are you going?"

Penelope winked and said, "I have some pills to throw out."

Derek picked Penelope up and kissed her.

Derek took Penelope up stairs, and they proceeded to work on a Morgan baby all night.

As always read and review! Next couple of chapters will have more team interaction, and maybe a trip to Chicago.