Baby Girl
Morgan and Garcia
Chapter Seven
July 2000
Penelope felt bad for accusing Derek of lying about having an undercover police job he had been assigned. So she called him to apologize. She sat in her home office in California.
"Derek, sorry. I guess I've had some bad experiences with guys using weak excuses on me to get out of seeing me again or stupid stories to try and pick me up. You wouldn't believe how many astronauts and war heros I've met who actually only are guys who watched that Ben Affleck movie Armageddon fifty times. Or how many guys say stuff like they are moving away just to avoid having to say they don't wanna hook up anymore. Its really pathetic how many weak excuses for men there are out there. I shouldn't have lumped you in though."
"Don't worry about it. I'm just glad you called me back. I need to talk to you about all of this."
"So you've been assigned to work undercover, huh?"
"Penelope, I'm already regretting agreeing to this assignment but they need me. Its something I can do because of where I grew up. I can't get into specifics. But the thing that really sucks..." he let out a long breath "baby girl, I can't call you or write you or see you till this is done. I'm sorry. I know this sucks and I will make this up to you. I promise you that. I will make this all up to you one day. I will treat you like a Goddess when I see you again. I don't expect you to wait for me without dating anyone else, sweetheart. Just don't forget me totally. I hope to have this case wrapped up in three or four months."
"Is it real dangerous?"
"I don't want you to worry about that. I know how to take care of myself. I can handle it. I'll be fine."
"I feel stupid for stressing you out tonight when you have this hanging over your head. Look, Derek, you owe me nothing-"
"Come on, Penelope! Stop giving me a way out when all I want is to know that I can see your pretty face again in this life. I don't know when or where but I will see your face again and it will be an awesome moment for me. There is no doubt about that in my mind. I just gotta do a job right now. I hate the timing for this. I wish I could have got in at least one visit to you first."
"Yeah, me too."
"You're such a sweet, sweet woman. I need your sweetness in my world." He let out a weary sigh.
"Be safe, my hero, and catch those bad guys so you can come get a taste of my sweetness again."
"That's a deal."
"When does this start?"
"In the morning."
"Please be careful, Derek."
"I will, baby girl. Pray for me."
"I am not the most religious person ever-"
"Me either but sometimes its all we got to fall back on, you know?"
"Yes. I do believe in karma and I believe in justice. You'll prevail. I know you will. Good will win out over evil."
"Thank you very much for saying that. This will be good for my career. If I can do well with this I can get on the radar of people I want to impress. I wanna apply at the FBI and that takes being a stand out at the local level. I gotta do this for my career but I don't wanna short change us."
"We're a summer fling. Don't worry about it."
"Yeah, well, we don't gotta stay a summer fling. You can be my winter fling, spring fling and next summer fling too. I'll visit you every couple of months and it will always feel like the first time because we don't get to see each other much. But we can make the most out of what time we do get together."
"It's a wonderful dream to dream. I know I'll fantasize about us often over the next few months. You taking me against the door of my office, on my desk, on my kitchen table, and in the shower. I'll keep you naked in my head twenty four seven. If your ear itches that's me thinking about your chocolate God body without a stitch of clothes on."
He chuckled. "I will pay the favor back by doing the same for you."
"You better. I'm the kitten who rocked your world hard core."
"Yeah, you did. Very hard core."
"I close my eyes sometimes and wonder if I imagined it all."
"You have the pictures we took to remind you that you didn't imagine a thing."
"Those pictures all were taken in your bed. I had to hide them so my roommate doesn't get an eyeful of your sexy super fox body. Leave it to you to still own a Polaroid."
"Comes in handy sometimes."
"It sure did for us. I do wonder how many women own naked photos of your Hot Stuff body though. Hundreds?"
"Hey, who cares? You know what I do care about though? Hearing your sweet voice in my ear all night long tonight. Can you stay on the line, baby girl? I need to hear you for as long as I can."
"I'm right here, Derek, and I will talk to you until one of us passes out from exhaustion."
"Good," he settled onto to his couch, laying down, so that he could be more comfortable. "Before I forget, no matter what, do not change your cell number. When I'm done with this case I will call you so your number needs to be the same. With the way you told me that you move from place to place I don't know how I'd find you otherwise so don't change that number, girl. I'm gonna put it in the safe at my Mom's house so there's no way I'll lose it. But I'm gonna keep the key chain you gave me with me. Its not so unique that it ties me to my real identity. Anyone in Chicago could have one. But I'll know where it came from and who liked me enough to spend her hard earned money on me."
"I won't change my number. I promise you, Derek."
"This will be over before you know it, baby girl. And then I'm coming to see you."
"I really want one last kiss before you go to do this. I hate that you're so far away tonight."
"I know. Just know that you are always on my mind. I will not forget you or forget what it feels like to see you smile at me. Thoughts of you will get me through this. Know that I am very thankful you almost broke your leg that day and I caught you."
"So am I, handsome. It was kismet."
He chuckled. "I don't know about all that. Two horny people bumping into each other and deciding to go for it might not be written in the stars but its sure a fantastic twist of fate."
"Yeah, it is. And I will do my best to believe we will have another fantastic twist of fate, and sweaty, marvelous romp, when we meet again."
"Mmm, girl, I can't wait. Keep talking to me and tell me exactly what we're gonna do when we meet again."
"First I'll rip your clothes off you so fast that you'll be shocked I have that kind of strength. Your t-shirt will rip down the middle and go flying off your chocolate hard candy sweet body. And then your jeans and then your boxers and then I'll get on my knees and make your remember why you were crying out baby girl the last time we were together."
"I could never forget that. And I will never forget you."
