A/N- This more of a Morgan oneshot... This takes place just days before his wedding to Garcia...

Enjoy...

It was two days before his wedding and Morgan was a nervous wreck. Scared was more like it. Its not that he didn't love Garcia, because everyone knew that he did it was just the whole concept of marriage that terrified him. Yes he had proposed and he knew that the day would come but it seemed that it came a lot faster than he had anticipated. So here it was two days before his wedding and Morgan was driving around town. Not driving anywhere particular, just driving. After several hours, he realized that he had driven past the same neighborhood three times and took it as an omen. A few minutes later he found himself sitting in the driveway of an all too familiar house.

He walked up to the front door and knocked. He took a deep breath and waited for someone to answer the door.

"Derek?" Angie asked as she opened the door. "Everything okay? Did something happened to JJ or Emily?"

"No, they are fine." Morgan said quickly realizing that he probably scared the crap out of her. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you. They are both fine."

"Oh thank goodness." Angie let out a sigh of relief. "Come in then." Morgan followed Angie into the house and into the kitchen. "Something wrong Derek? You seem a little nervous."

"I was hoping I could talk to Tom, is he home?" Morgan asked taking the glass of water Angie had offered him.

"He's out back in the shed, piddling around with something." Angie laughed as Morgan offered a weak smile and returned the glass.

"Thanks Mrs. J." Morgan walked out the back door and slowly made his way towards the shed. "Tom? You in there?" Morgan asked, sticking his head in the door.

"Hey there Derek. What brings you by this afternoon?" Tom asked as he cleared off a seat for Morgan.

"I was just our driving, so I thought I would stop by. What you working on?"

"Nothing really, but it keeps me from having to do house work so……" Tom laughed but Morgan didn't say anything. "What's wrong Derek? You nervous about Saturday?"

"I guess you could say that." Morgan replied, shifting uncomfortably in his seat. "Well I guess nervous is an understatement really, more like terrified."

"Your not thinking about skipping out are you?" Tom asked raising an eyebrow. Morgan didn't say anything and suddenly became very interested in a piece of lint on his jeans. "Jesus Derek. Are you serious? I thought you loved Penelope and what about your son?"

"I do love Garcia and Jacob, more than life itself. It's the concept of marriage that has me freaking out a little." Morgan confessed.

"Okay so answer me this, right now you are currently living with Penelope and your son and come Sunday you will still be living with them, the only difference is a marriage certificate. So how is that any different?"

"A marriage certificate is a huge difference." Morgan replied only to receive a rather hard slap on the back of the head from Tom. Didn't see that coming, Morgan thought to himself, rubbing the back of his head.

"That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard." Tom half yelled, half laughed. "If you didn't want to get married, why did you propose?" Morgan just shrugged his shoulders. "Well there has to be a reason, the ring just didn't appear on her hand did it?"

"Because I love her and I want her to be happy."

"Then I don't see what the problem is?"

"Marriage…. It's so final."

"This is like déjà vu." Tom mumbled. "What is it about marriage that has you big, tough FBI agents scared to death?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I had this exact conversation with Emily before she and JJ got married. So you and Emily are suppose to be these big bad ass agents and the thought of getting married completely freaks you out."

Flashback….

"Hello, any one home?" Tom yelled as he walked into Emily and JJ's house.

"Hey Tom." Emily said as she came around the corner. "JJ's not here, she took AJ to the doctor."

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah just a little cold." Emily tired to smile but Tom knew something was wrong.

"Well I have the chairs JJ asked for out in the truck. Where do you want them?"

"Out back is fine." Emily sighed.

"Everything okay Emily?" Tom asked as Emily sat down at the kitchen table. "You seem a little upset."

"I'm fine. Just tired." Emily replied, not fooling anyone.

"You know you can talk to me right?" Emily nodded. "You nervous about next week?"

"Yeah, a little." Emily said. "I mean, don't get me wrong I love JJ with all of my heart, but…"

"But what? Your not getting cold feet are you?" Tom asked not really liking where this was going.

"No, maybe… hell I don't know." Emily sighed again keeping her focus on the table.

"Emily Elizabeth Prentiss I want you to look at me." Slowly Emily raised her head and looked at one pissed off Tom standing in front of her. "You remember that conversation we had a long time ago about hurting my little girl?"

"Yes sir." Emily knew how much he hated being called sir but something about this situation felt like it was needed.

"Well then you had better explain yourself right now, because you are getting pretty close to that and I would hate to have to send Amy after you. Do you know how much this would destroy JJ to hear you talking like this? What about AJ, she's your daughter for crying out loud!"

"I know. I don't know what to say. I guess I'm just a little scared. Marriage is a huge step; even if it isn't legal. It's still a big deal. God Tom I would never do anything to hurt JJ or AJ, I love them."

"Then what is the problem." Tom asked. "I mean you did propose. You did realize that eventually you would get married. Legal or not."

"I know."

"Okay. I'm only going to say this once. Do you love JJ?"
"Of course I do."

"Do you want to spend the rest of your life with her?"

"Yes."

"Then what is the problem. JJ loves you, you have a beautiful daughter together and now you are going to have a wonderful commitment ceremony, vowing your love to each other."

"JJ can do so much better than me and I'm afraid that one day she is going to wake up and see that. I don't think I could handle my 'wife' leaving me." Emily said as tears began to fall. Tom was shocked.

"Emily, honey, come her." Tom pulled Emily into a hug. "JJ loves you and although you may not realize it, I think she did pretty good. I don't think she could find a better 'wife' than you." Emily let a few more tears fall as she thought about what Tom said. It was in that moment that she realized that she was being stupid. That JJ did love her and she loved JJ.

"Are you serious? Emily was thinking about running?" Morgan asked in shock.

"Yes. She, like you, thought that the one person she loved could do better than her." Tom replied. "Sound familiar?"

"I had no idea. That's crazy."

"Derek I want you to do something for me." Morgan nodded. "Okay, close your eyes." Morgan closed his eyes. "I want you to picture yourself, your life in 50 years. What do you see?" Even with his eyes closed Tom could tell he rolled his eyes. "I'm serious Derek, what do you see?"

"I see me and my baby girl holding hands and walking down a beach." Morgan couldn't help but smile at the image.

"Well then I guess that answers it."

"Answers what?" Morgan asked opening his eyes.

"What does it matter if the 'marriage is so final' as you put it, if you still see yourself with Penelope in 50 years?" Tom could see Morgan trying to process this new information. "You want her to be happy, right?"

"More than anything in the world."

"You would do anything for her, right?"

"I would lay my life down for hers." Morgan replied.

"All that woman wants is to marry you. You Derek. She wants to spend the rest of her life with you. Nothing will make her happier than standing up there Saturday and professing her love for you in front of all of her family and friends. How heart broken do you think she will be if you chicken out?" Suddenly as if a light bulb went off over his head, everything clicked in Morgan's head.

"Well I certainly can't have that." Morgan half laughed. "God I'm such an idiot."

"You said it not me." Tom laughed as he slapped Morgan on the back. "You good?"

"Yeah, I'm good." Morgan smiled. "Thanks Tom. You don't know how much I appreciate everything you just did."

"Don't mention it. I'm just glad you came to your senses, because I really like you and I would hate to see anything happen to you." Morgan looked back at Tom totally confused. "Because if you had chickened out Emily and JJ would've killed you."

A/N- So what did you think... AJ will be back for the next story I promise... PLEASE REVIEW!!