Note- in this episode we see Rossi and Emily ask Garcia to search out 911 operators. Garcia tells them that there are a quarter of a billion 911 calls a year which equals around 1 every ten seconds. Next we see Garcia telling Derek he overheated her engines. This scene would take place between those two moments.
Season of Love
Episode 5
October 2011
She answered his call with "I can't go from zero to sixty if you keep putting on my brakes with your incessant calling. Seriously, it's been about two minutes and I know that usually all I need is two minutes but this time you're asking for the deluxe package and high end detailing takes a bit more time."
"Maybe I kept you up too late last night and you're not up to your usual superb standards today. Is that it, Garcia? Can't hang anymore?" he teased.
"Watch my dust," she teased back before hanging up on him.
The next time he called she let him know that he would have to make it up to her for getting her overheated this way.
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Garcia rambled on about the shoe sale as Derek unlocked the door of his house.
She said "And you can tag along to be my muscle."
"Those shoe sales get that rough?"
"You have no idea but that's not what I mean. I can get ten times as many shoes with you carrying my bags. And in this economy I really can't afford to leave any good deals behind on the shelves. It wouldn't be financially prudent."
Derek chuckled, while the walked inside the house, "Woman, you are crazy. There's no way I'm going to any shoe sale."
The door closed. Penelope said "I'm sure there is some way I can convince you," and then let out a throaty, sexy giggle.
"I just bet you could, Ms. Lamborghini."
The look they shared spoke of the way their friendship was changing more and more with every passing day. For the first few years that they knew each other there had been a distance between them. Even though they flirted like crazy, both of them had walls up.
Derek could come out in the middle of the night to soothe a trembling Penelope when she witnessed a teenager try to commit suicide, take her out for pancakes and make her tears dry but then she wouldn't invite him up to her apartment because it was letting him into her personal space.
If he wasn't going to be her man she was going to keep somewhat of a line that couldn't be crossed between them- despite Derek asking her to hang out many more times than she ever accepted, despite his drunken ramblings of wanting her body, despite the daily flirting and close friendship. He said way too many times "Any smart woman would know I ain't ready to settle down," for Penelope to feel like he wanted anything serious with her.
After she was shot their friendship deepened quickly. Maybe too quickly for her. He was there saying all the right things, doing all the right things, being Mr. Wonderful and she couldn't trust that it was about his feelings for her. So she threw herself deep into her next romantic relationship- convincing herself Kevin was perfect for her.
Yet she could never give up flirting with Derek. And as soon as things ended with Kevin the vibe between her and Derek intensified.
The last few months had brought them to this point where they flirted even more hardcore and spent most of their free time together.
Still they hadn't crossed that line. And she was getting antsy to find out if they would soon. But fear of what would come next held her back...so they walked this tightrope, hovering on the line of friendship and romance.
A tightrope they had mastered over the years. What Penelope 'Baby Girl' Garcia wanted most was to fall right off the rope and into the arms of her sexy stud best friend.