Hunted-Ch 12
Derek woke up a few hours later and smiled as he saw his future bride still sleeping in his arms, when he thought about how close he came to losing her it was almost more than he could take. He kissed the top of her head and whispered, "I love you", she started moving around in his arms and she yawned and said, "I love you to my hot hotstuff".
He laughed and said, "how are you feeling"?, she said, "normal", he said, "you almost sound disappointed", she said, "how bad was I"?, he said, "welllllll you were singing I can't get no satisfaction at the top of your lungs". She covered her face with her hands and said, "ohhhhhhhh God", he smiled down and said, "I think that it was adorable".
She said, "I'm mortified", he said, "baby you couldn't help it because it was the meds making you do it", she said, "my foot is throbbing but I'm afraid to ask for something for pain". He kissed her lips gently and said, "don't be afraid sweetness because the doctor changed the meds to something that you can handle", she said,
"do you think that you could push my button so I can get something for pain"?, he winked and said, "I can do better than that, I'll go tell them myself".
She sighed and said, "you are to good to me", he said, "nothing is to much for you sweeetness, nothing", he got up and said, "I'll be right back", she laid there and watched as he walked out of the room. A couple of minutes later he came back into the room closely followed by the nurse, she smiled and said, "Derek said that you needed something for pain"?, she nodded her head and said, "yes please".
Derek watched as as the nurse handed her a pill and a glass of water, Penelope took the pill and swallowed it and said, "thank you", she said, "you're very welcome and it should start working soon. As she turned to walk out of the room Penelope said, "I want to apologize", the nurse said, "for what Penelope"?, she said, "for the way I was acting".
Shannon said, "honey it was a side effect of the pain meds, don't think nothing about that okay"?, she said, "are you sure because I'm mortified", Shannon said, I've seen a lot worse". Derek said, "I bet you have", she said, "ohhhhhhh yeah this wasn't even a blip on the radar compared to some of the things I've seen since I started working here".
Derek looked up at her and said, "any news on if she get's to go home today"?, she leaned in and whispered, "she's working on the paperwork outside at the desk as we speak". Penelope smiled and said, "I'm so happy, thank you Shannon", she said, "anytime Penelope, anytime", after she walked out of the room Derek said, "well I bet you are glad to be getting out of here aren't you"?, she nodded her head and said, "sure am, now I can sleep in my own bed tonight".
He laughed and said, "ohhhhhhh no can do baby girl", she said, "and why not"?, he said, "because you my beautiful oracle have a broken foot and you have to be taken care of and me being your man am up for the job". She wiggled her eyebrows and said, "ohhhh you definitley are", he leaned down and growled as he claimed her lips with his in a passionate kiss.
They pulled apart to the sound of the doctor saying, "who's ready to go home"?, Penelope said, "me me me", the doctor said, "I have your release papers right here and after I go over your discharge orders you are free to go". Derek sat down beside Penelope as the doctor said, "here is a prescription for a pain reliever and I need to see you in several weeks, here's your appointment card".
Penelope said, "what about me staying home"?, she said, "staying home is fine but not alone, you aren't able to take care of yourself because you aren't mobile", Derek said, "don't worry doc, she's going to be staying with me at my place errrrrr our place". Penelope said, "D D Derek are you saying what I think you're saying"?, he nodded his head and said, "I am".
He said, "I want you to come live with me, my house is huge and that way you will already be living in the house when we get married", she said, "but", he said, "no butts gorgeous, you need to let me take care of you the way you deserve". She sighed happily and said, "alright, alright, I give, I give", the doctor said, "just sit and take it easy and I need you to keep your foot elevated".
Derek said, "don't worry she will", Penelope looked at him and grinned and said, "he's right, I'll be good I promise", Derek said, "what about JJ and Emily"?, they were then wheeled into the room and Emily said, "what about us"?, Hotch said, "we are heading home with our girls". Derek said, "how long are they off work, do they know"?, Reid said, "at least 4 weeks".
Penelope said, "we can keep each other company girlies", Reid said, "that's the plan, if we get called away on a case you can all three stay together and Fran has agreed to make sure that you three follow the doctors orders". JJ crossed her arms and said, "we're not babies", he got down in front of her and said, "we almost lost you three and we're not taking any more chances".
Hotch said, "Reids right", Derek said, "how about we give the girls a few days to rest and then we have a family meal"?, Penelope said, "sounds good to me", JJ and Emily said, "us to". Reid said, "how about we plan it for this weekend, that way we can all have a few days to rest and recover from the last couple of days", Derek nodded his head and said, "sounds good pretty boy, sounds good".
Hotch said, "Garcia if you need anything please call", she said, "I will bossman", Reid said, "we love you Garcia", she said, "and I love you all to", a few minutes later they were all loaded up and heading home. As Penelope and Derek pulled away from the curb she laid her head back and said, "it's good to be going home", Derek reached over and took her by the hand and said, "that it is sweetness, that it is".