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Derek's thoughts: bold and italic.
Penelope's thoughts: italic
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My son very much loves you Penelope. How do you take that when it comes from the mouth of the mother of the man you day dream and think about? The man you need to have a talk with and see if there's anything left to salvage afterwards. I mean would that chat do that? Would that type of chat destroy all bonds and ties you have to one another? Would you just walk away intact if the answer you wanted was never expressed? There they are again the pro's and con's of life... forever there, forever in the way... forever a pain.
Penelope was again well and truly deep on a thought train when there was a knock at the door. She huffed yet obeyed and pulled herself off the sofa and answered it, not bothered in looking she just wanted whoever it to be, to say what they had to and go. So she could get back to darkness, and her chats with her inner self or was it more like the little devil and angel on her shoulder?
She smiled slightly at the sight of him and relaxed. 'Hey baby girl... you going to let me in or are you just going to stay.' Right Derek yours mom home okay, you have Hotch's trust to not spring any calls, so you have this chat, do not screw up just say it. For your sake and Penelope's
'Derek what are you doing here?' Do you really have to be here? Tonight, after THAT, really?
'Well we shared a kiss earlier.' One of the best kisses. 'And I feel it went down wrong.'
'Went down wrong? You kissed me to show Kevin there's nothing here for him and thank you for that. That was it, that's all it will be ever be.' Although I wish differently.
'No baby girl... that kiss... was not for show.' That kiss was everything.
Whoa! 'It wasn't?'
'No... I've been wanting to do that for much too long now.' And the talk begins, but different to how you've sat and memorized it!
Brain overload! Warning! Brain overload! 'Pardon?'
'Pen I've been wanting you for too long now and every time I got close to telling you something seemed to always happen and I couldn't tell you and I mean I don't mind if you don't and... why are you smiling?' Isn't that usually a good sign? Or a sign she's going to laugh in my face... oh crap... what kind of can of worms have I released?
'Because...' She looked down but he instantly moved her face so her eyes were forced to look at him. I can never not look at him.
'Well?'
'Because I've been trying to have the same talk with you.'
WHAT! Did she just say she wanted to have the same talk as me? His smile grew. 'Are for real?'
'I'm fed up Derek, fed up of being let down so I wanted to get one last thing off my chest and move on.'
'Move on?'
'I realised that a talk like that must destroy everything we have and I had kind of resigned myself to losing our friendship if I had said anything.'
'Me too.' She laughed. 'Baby girl, I really do love you, I think I always have and the team knew and my mom even knew but we didn't!'
'Your mom? She told me you loved me.'
'She told me that you think of yourself as on the side lines of my life P but you're not, you're well and truly on the main field.'
You are! Like you wanted. 'You too.'
'I'm happy to know it that.' Move closer Derek that gaps too big, for any Penelope and Derek chats, that gap is too big! Close it now! 'P, that kiss earlier was amazing and I'm glad I got to kiss you in full view of Lynch and the team and my mom for that matter.'
'They actually saw?'
'Everything.'
Cringe. That's going to be questioned drastically. Girl interrogation will commence tomorrow first thing now! 'Handsome, I love you too but I'm...'
'...scared?' She looked up wide eyed. 'Me too, you know I'm not a one woman man but I am because of you, you're my reason for never keeping a girl and this has taken way too long to fell like the biggest weight off my shoulders.'
She sniggered. 'It does feel better.' Like a whole back ache better!
'So what do you say... do you want your love story with me?'
'I do... if you want yours with me?'
'Of course I do!' Of course you definitely do! That was easier than you or her by the looks of it could have imagined. 'You just need to know that I plan to do this properly, and I plan to look after all of you in every aspect that I haven't. I'm in love with you Penelope Garcia.'
Derek then closed the gap between them completely; he placed a finger under her chin, then his hands around her face. He slowly leant down and took a kiss, much like the one from earlier but with more intensified emotions, ones that sent thousands of volts of electricity swimming in their veins, the type of kiss that make the lips tingle well after the end of the kiss. The type that make the hairs stand up on the backs of necks and any female lift her leg in ecstasy.
The talk Penelope... was a good talk wasn't it? He was the gentleman you hoped but not the one that would let you down gently but the one that expressed everything you had wanted to. The one that told you his loved you for too long. Hang on, that's right! Derek Morgan has loved you for too long! Now that is an achievement to have. It seems pondering made that kiss worthwhile, and you got to show Kevin, the one person that needed to be put in a place in life that wasn't somewhere he could think he had a chance. I bet you'll remember this kiss now won't you? Told you so!
Derek Morgan loves his best friend and to your utter surprise she loves you back... hang on, did you ever doubt she loved you? 8 years after all, time does make the heart fonder... obviously from both ends. Just treat her right or you know full well that you won't have to answer to your mom but Hotch and the team will be ready to scrutinise you too! But you know from the way she's looking at you right now you could never do that to her and won't. Just think now that kiss from earlier, the kiss that she reciprocated with as much passion and intimacy was her small way of getting things started like it was yours.
The pair looked at one another and couldn't believe a talk that had taken so long to happen came out with so much ease and certainty and the other would feel the same. Both had told the truth and both had benefitted. Now both were turning a chapter in life, like hoped but not separately and despondent but completely the opposite. It was a love story after all.
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The End!
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A/N: So there's the end... I want to thank everyone that reviewed and enjoyed!
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