Caught in a Storm
Chapter Six
A/N - Next chapter, on time as promised. Thank you again for the reviews, follows and favourites, sorry this chapter isn't as long or as eventful but please could you review after reading and let me know how you think the story is going, I really appreciate your feedback.
Morgan hummed happily as he pulled the last piece of toast from the toaster, he had been up for an hour trying to make Penelope a surprise brunch in bed, he was limited to his resources but the owner had said they could use the kitchen anytime they needed to. Carefully balancing the tray, he walked backwards pushing the door out of his way, he found he couldn't stop smiling, the previous night had been the best night of his life, his Baby Girl loved him, what more could he want from the world.
"What are you doing here?" Reid's voice came from one of the armchairs by the fire as Morgan passed oblivious to his surroundings.
He stopped and looked towards his friend "I could ask you the same question kid"
"Every morning since arriving here I've woken up at 6.00am and after not being able to go back to sleep so I come down here and read" he looked down at the pile of books by his feet which he had accumulated. Reid focussed his attention to the tray in Morgan's hands "I take it everything went ok with Garcia"
Derek smiled to himself as he looked down and followed his friend's gaze "yeah, everything went a lot better than ok"
"I'm happy for you" Reid smiled "you should take her her food up to her now, it'll be cold otherwise"
"Oh yeah, thanks Reid" he replied and continued back up the stairs, no matter what he said about the young profiler he was a great friend.
Penelope took in a deep breath and stretched as she awoke, every detail of the previous night replayed in her head, she smiled her eyes still closed, it was as if awaking fully would distort her memories somehow. When she finally forced herself to open them she realised the bed was empty, she was alone.
Her initial response was panic, had she dreamt it all or had he simply realised what a mistake he'd made and left to save himself the embarrassment. After discovering that she was lacking in any clothes she knew she hadn't been dreaming, and assumed the latter.
Just as her mind went into overdrive the door opened and Morgan appeared now whistling tunelessly whilst carrying the tray of delicious foods, "could you not have stayed asleep for five more minutes?" he asked with a laugh before seeing her face, "hey hey, what's the matter Baby Girl?" he asked concernedly placing the tray down on the bedside table before putting his arms around her.
Penelope quickly composed herself "oh now I feel ridiculous, I thought that you'd left and-"
He shook his head in despair "-woman when are you going to get it into that marvellous brain of yours that I ain't going anywhere, I love you and that isn't going to change, not now, not ever and last night was the best night of my life, ok?"
She nodded and kissed him softly "this looks delicious"
"All your favourites, it's a bit late for breakfast so I thought we could have brunch before meeting the others"
"You are a darling, thank you. Do they know?"
"I passed Reid when I was getting this, he said he was happy for us. As for the others, I don't know but they're profilers so I wouldn't be surprised if they figured it out!" he laughed pulling the tray onto their laps.
Penelope licked her top lip in anticipation "ooh I'm starving!"
"Help yourself, I'm not surprised, you worked up quite an appetite last night" he replied with a wicked grin
She pursed her lips and blushed furiously, talking about her sex life was not something she was used to, especially with her best friend, especially now her best friend is her sex life.
They both lay there on that large, four-poster bed and happily munched through toast, eggs, mini muffins, various fruits and a yoghurt each. It was all so natural, as if it was always meant to be this way. Penelope was snuggled under her lover's arm, the same way she always had, there would be barely any difference in the way they acted because they'd always been a 'couple' just without the romance.
With the plates empty, Morgan looked at his watch "you need to get dressed Baby, the cavalry awaits"
She stuck her bottom lip out slightly and pouted "the cavalry can wait, I've had to wait long enough to have you..."
"...and now you have me and will have forever so a couple of hours won't hurt" he replied picking up the tray and placing it on the table.
Sighing miserably she got out of bed and picked up an array of her colourful, warm clothes and sulked into the bathroom.
Together, Derek and Penelope clasped their hands tightly as they walked down the stairs to meet their team members who were once again situated in the sitting area in front of the fire. Emily and Reid were playing an intense game of chess on the couch while J.J. sat with her feet curled up in an armchair nearest to the fire reading a romance novel. The senior members of the team also sat in armchairs opposite in rare, casual attire of fleeces and jeans reading the local newspapers.
Being the first one to notice the couple J.J. looked over the top of her novel "please tell me this means what I think it means!"
Garcia grinned broadly unable to contain her excitement and nodded as they sat beside the chess game on the couch.
"Hallelujah!" cried Prentiss whilst stealthily stealing Reid's bishop.
Rossi closed his paper and stuck his hand out to Morgan "it was my advice wasn't it?" he laughed as his friend shook it.
"It was all of you, I don't think we'd have ever had the courage to make it work without your push!" Penelope laughed squeezing Morgan's hand affectionately.
"Hey we should go out to celebrate, it's our last day here, we should go and do something" Emily suggested losing interest in the game.
The team nodded in agreement, "I promised I'd take you ice-skating Baby Girl but we didn't have time to yesterday" Morgan said to Penelope stroking his thumb over her hand, "we could all go together" he suggested.
"There's a frozen lake near the town centre, the locals were skating on it yesterday" Hotch replied
Penelope looked concernedly at her love "are you going to be well enough Angel?"
He smiled at her "you've made me feel a hundred times better, the bruises barely hurt now"
J.J. beamed at the couple before standing up, "right then, we better get skating!"