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Morgan walked down the hall toward his bedroom to go back to bed after getting a glass of water. The others had left a few hours ago leaving himself and Garcia to get some rest for the night. The only problem was he couldn't sleep for some reason. As he reached the guest bedroom he slowly pushed the door open and stood in the doorway with a slight smile. Penelope was sound asleep on her back with her head turned toward him. The room was dark, but he could still see the bandage over her eye and her golden hair spread out over the pillow. Quietly he turned and pulled the door partly closed so that it was still open slightly. He began to walk the rest of the way to his room when he heard a moan from behind him.
Turning around quickly he hurried back to Garcia's room and opened the door. He stepped in further and saw Penelope twisting and mumbling in her sleep. There was sweat on her forehead and her face was contorted with pain as a tear ran down her cheek. Without a second thought he quickly walked to the other side of the bed and got under the sheets before sliding over to Penelope. He wrapped his arm around her waste and pulled her against his chest before using his other arm to put under her neck and around her shoulders so he could hold her as close as possible. He kissed her head gently and whispered in her ear until she began to stop shaking. Soon she had stopped all together and was sleeping peacefully again.
Morgan pulled the blanket up closer around her and kissed her cheek before closing his eyes and going to sleep as well.
As Garcia slowly began to wake up she opened her eye to look at the clock on the bedside table. It was eight o' clock. For a second she thought about getting out of bed, but she was just so comfortable. In fact she hadn't slept so well in days. So, with her eyes closed, she carefully began to turn onto her other side. She sighed contently, but suddenly realized she wasn't alone. There was something wrapped around her waist and she could smell a familiar scent; a scent that she'd recognize anywhere. Her eye popped open and she found herself face to face with Derek Morgan.
He was smiling lazily at her with his arm keeping her close to his own body.
"Good morning princess." He said softly as he began to rub circles on her back. They weren't even an inch apart and the feel of her body against him sent a shiver down his spine.
"I'll show you a good morning hot stuff." She shot back with a grin.
Morgan couldn't take it; her lips were just too close. He leaned in and captured her lips in a breathtaking kiss that left his heart racing.
"God I love you Penelope." He told her as he leaned his head against hers and closed his eyes.
"I love you too Derek." Penelope replied happily as a smile spread across her face.
Suddenly Morgan's head shot up and he started looking around as if waiting for something.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Just making sure we aren't going to get interrupted again." He answered with a smirk before kissing her again and pulling her closer.
He ran his hand up her arm as they deepened the kiss, but just as his hand reached her still sore shoulder she gasped and pulled back.
"I'm so sorry baby girl." He said worriedly as they sat up and he ran a hand through her hair.
"It's ok sugar, nothing a nice ice pack can't fix." Garcia said reassuringly with a smile before leaning over and kissing him lightly on the lips.
He nodded slightly with worry still written all over his face before starting to get out of bed.
"Where are you going?"
"To get you an ice pack and some breakfast." He answered.
Garcia just rolled her eye and smiled before starting to get out of bed as well.
"Hey, hold it, where do you think you're going?" Morgan asked as she stood up.
"To the bathroom so I can take a shower, unless of course you want to hold my hand while I do that too."
"Is that an option?" He asked and Garcia got the impression he wasn't joking.
"No way." She replied with a laugh.
"Alright, but if you need…"
"Derek, sweetie, relax I'm fine." She said with a smile and kissed his cheek as she passed.
Morgan sighed and shook his head as he watched her close the bathroom door before heading for the kitchen.
One week later….
Morgan was sitting in the waiting area reading a magazine and trying not worry to much while Garcia was in with the doctor. It'd been half an hour already and he really wanted to just go check on her. Just then his cell phone rang so he put down the magazine and looked at the caller id.
"Hey JJ, what's up?" He asked.
"Is Garcia still with the doctor?" JJ asked over the phone.
"Yeah she is. Why?"
"Well we thought…" JJ began, but just then a Dr. Micksney and Dr. Kersey walked into the waiting room.
"Sorry JJ I got to go. I'll call you later." Morgan said as soon as he saw them and hung up.
"Agent Morgan." Dr. Micksney greeted happily.
"Doctors." He replied with a nod. "How is she?"
"Quite well." Dr. Micksney answered.
"Even better than we thought she'd be actually." Dr. Kersey added with a smile. "Her eye is healing so well we decided to go ahead and remove the bandage instead of waiting. Now she'll have to avoid bright lights for at least a month and continue using the eye drops."
"Also, we'll be prescribing some special lenses for her glasses for when she uses the computer since she says she uses computers a lot. That way she won't strain her eye anymore than she has to." Dr. Micksney said. "Like we said though, her recovery is going faster than we predicted and she'll probably be able to return to work in about five weeks."
"Though knowing Ms. Garcia she'll most likely want to go back to work sooner." Dr. Kersey said with a knowing smile. "So as long as she isn't around a lot of light she can return to work in three weeks, but she has to use her new glasses and wear sunglasses when in bright areas or outside."
"And she'll still need to take it easy and not overdue it." Micksney added. "Well, I think that's about it. Ms. Garcia will be out in a couple of minutes."
"Thank you." Morgan said as he shook both doctors' hands before they turned and left.
Smiling Morgan pulled out his cell and dialed JJ's number while he waited.
"Hey JJ, sorry about hanging up on you. What was it you were going to say?" He said when JJ answered.
"Well we thought you and Garcia might want some lunch when you get done so we were going to bring some pizza over to your place." JJ replied over the phone.
"Sounds great."
"Good because Reid and I are already here and Hotch, Emily and Rossi are on their way with the food." JJ said.
"Alright then I guess we'll see you in a bit." Morgan said and laughed slightly.
"So, how's Garcia?" JJ asked and Morgan could hear Reid moving closer to the phone to listen.
Morgan turned around and saw Penelope smiling and talking to Dr. Kersey by the nurse's desk. He grinned and watched as she continued to smile. He'd never get tired of seeing that smile. "Perfect. She's absolutely perfect." He said distractedly.
"Yes Morgan we all know how you think she is, but how's her eye?" JJ asked as she chuckled.
"It's good." He answered as he continued to watch Penelope.
"You're staring at Garcia aren't you?" JJ stated more than asked. "Could you be a bit more specific?" She said when he didn't respond.
So Morgan gave her a summery of what the doctors told him and then said good bye as Penelope started making her way towards him. She was wearing a pair of sunglasses and smiling happily as she walked up to him.
"Ready to go home baby girl?" He asked with a grin as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"I'm more than ready sugar." She answered as she put her arms around his neck.
He leaned down and kissed her gently before nuzzling her neck. She giggled softly making him grin mischievously and bury his face in her hair.
"I love you so much Penelope." He said as he stroked her cheek lightly and kissed her again.
"I love you too Derek." She replied happily.
"Good because you stuck with me. I won't ever let you go again. I need you." He stated seriously and then kissed her head. He sighed and leaned his forehead against hers. "The others are at home waiting for us so I guess we should head home." He said reluctantly.
"Ok, under one condition." She said with a smirk.
"And what's that?" Morgan asked with a grin as they made their way to the elevators.
"You got to sleep in my room again tonight so you can chase away my nightmares." She said with a knowing smile.
"No." He said and smiled when she turned and looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "You're sleeping in my room, which, as of today, is our room." He said with a smirk before leaning over and kissing her lightly.
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