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A/N:Last chapter guys! Thanks for the great response and I hope this doesn't let the last two chapters down in any way, shape or form!

Let's see if I headed for a HEA shall we... Enjoy!

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Penelope didn't feel the defeat as Hotch and Rossi won. She didn't feel overwhelming happiness hit her. All she felt in the moments of Strauss ringing the director to get her transferred back was utter sadness sidelined with terror.

She dropped her head and disappeared into her work area where she slumped down onto her chair. She needed to contend with yet another unsettlement. She'd be uprooted and plunged into a new way of life.

Even if it was back to Virginia, it was still a different place. It'd been 7 months, nothing was going to stay the same in that amount of time and she knew she was going to have to adapt to it.

Emily was married to a man that Penelope had briefly met before her transfer, Hotch and Haley were back on track, Rossi had wife number four, Reid had a girlfriend and Derek, well Derek had a girl who was the potential Mrs. Morgan.

She made a sad sigh and closed her eyes. She finally realised she wasn't ready to go back to Quantico. What would she have to see? Derek falling in love with a woman, only to marry her later on. Penelope knew she wouldn't survive that and all of a sudden her breath got caught in her chest and she needed air.

Going out into the lobby, the team all looked at her and they all saw her fear struck expression and the tears as she ran for the stairs and just disappeared up them.

Penelope made it to the edge of the building's roof before her legs gave way under her. How could Penelope destroy another woman's happiness to have her own? That was more inhumane that humane and Penelope was not prepared to do that.

Alongside the sadness Penelope did begin to feel some elation. She was finally going to get back to a place that was more her home than anywhere and she couldn't wait to have that feeling back, she couldn't wait to work in the BAU again. Just the comfort of that alone would help her through whatever heartbreak lay in wait or so she had to hope.

"Baby Girl..." She heard Derek call softly from behind her and she closed her eyes and didn't move. She felt him come to her side and crouch down. "What's wrong? We're taking you home."

"I know." She whispered and opened her eyes at last, staying out across Chicago. "I know you're taking me home." She sighed.

"Then what's wrong?" He asked her confused. "I thought you'd be happy."

"I am."

"You sure don't sound it." Derek quipped sarcastically at her and he tried his hardest to profile her but she was making it extremely difficult with all her conflicting emotions. "I mean, you should be packing up eagerly. Packing up your things to move back..."

"Move back to where exactly?" Penelope asked and looked at him. "I have no home there anymore either."

"You can live with me."

Penelope laughed a little in disbelief and shook her head. "That won't go down well with your girlfriend." Penelope muttered and she heard Derek's hurt breath come out and she looked at him. "You've got a life now, Handsome. One that's outside of me. I'm not a part of your life anymore." Penelope smiled sadly at him and grabbed his hand. "Marry her and love her. I know what your love feels like and it's a real good feeling. Someone else really does deserve it."

"I've always wanted you though." Derek said, he was desperate; he was seeing his one true love slipping away even though she was getting closer. "It's not her I want, it's you."

"It's not me, Stud Muffin. If it was we'd have made a move years ago." Penelope looked up at him. "You're in a relationship that's going somewhere, you deal with that and I'll deal with moving back."

"Do you love me at all?"

"Course I do, Derek. I'll always love you." Penelope told him outright.

"Are you in love with me?" Penelope looked away. "Are you?"

"I am, yeah..." Her head raised then and she smiled at him dreamily. "I've always been in love with you. What's not to love?" Her smile grew a little as she captured his eyes. "Life always got in the way." Penelope told him, she was now feeling some happiness knocking back into her. Telling him and letting him go at once was helping her get stronger. "We just were never meant to be." She then stood up and turned to go back down but saw the team. "I guess I have some massive thanks to give?"

"First we're getting you some food." Hotch said as he went up to her, opening his arms some, readying for a hug. "And to get officially back with our team, after you've had a proper night sleeps you're the tech helping on the case... can you do that?"

Penelope's happiness flared in her then. "I can, Boss Man, but only because it's for you."

Hotch chuckled and put his arm around her shoulder and lead her away. "Let's go get food then."

Derek watched Penelope, he knew this wasn't over, his broken heart told him, but his lips were sealed shut until his heart beat hardened and he watched as his entire world became connected at one point.

He grabbed his phone, he couldn't keep a lie going, and he couldn't keep up the facade any longer. He had to let go. He had to finally get back what his life had been missing.

He listened to his girlfriend answer the phone and he just said it. "I've been lying to you." He said with conviction and passion. "I'm not in love with you. I never have been, Amber, and I'm sorry I ever lead you on. You've been my rebound girl the entire time I've known you and for that I apologise."

Penelope turned and watched Derek's face thread with more pain and hurt. However, what was more astonishing was the icy glare on him was disappearing, a weight lifting and she could see the real Derek making a reappearance. She stepped forward a little, she wanted to stop him.

"Say that again?" He said and put a hand on his head and closed his eyes. "Okay, fine... yeah fine... Yeah I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I'm just not the man for you and you know it obviously. I wish we hadn't let it get this out of hand." Derek still didn't look up as he ended the call. Then in the moment that he put the phone down he charged for Penelope.

Drew her into his arms, wrapped them around her and kissed her with all his might. Penelope tried to react, at first to push him off, but then she gave up, he was too strong and much too passionate to do that to, so she just responded.

"I guess we better leave." Rossi commented as they all watched intensity building. The team all agreed and followed.

Penelope's head span as Derek finally ended the kiss and looked at her. "What was that?"

"My life's not going anywhere without the woman I love. That is if the woman that loves the real me still wants me? The woman that likes the reckless me doesn't love me as much as she wanted to. She wasn't too heartbroken by that, I'm not. I'm more upset for living a lie, Baby; my life's a lie without you."

Penelope didn't know if to laugh, smile, or cry at that.

"Nothing's stopping me now, Baby Girl. You can have me if you want me." Derek told her as strongly as he could, filling every note with emotion and want. "I'm in love with you."

Penelope took a deep breath, she had to believe him, she had to believe herself as well so she did. She grabbed him and kissed him again on the roof of her previous work building in the night air, the only lights being from the ones that light up the top of the building a little and from the stars and moon in the night sky.

Penelope fed her every dream before pulling away for air.

She looked at him, her eyes sparkling with tears, her lips full with happiness. "I get my family, my job, my home and the man I love all together."

"I hope you're happy."

"This tech kitten's got it all, of course she's happy!" Penelope told him lazily as her happiness wiped out 7 months of upheaval and sadness. "But..." She saw his face fall, losing the smile immediately. "Derek, you can't expect me to believe this is it. It's all happening too fast."

"I can wait until you're ready, if you promise one day you'll be ready."

"Kiss me again and I'll tell you."

Derek answered her command, deeper, more sensual this time around.

Pulling away Penelope smiled broadly, the biggest smile she could give. "God you better believe my life's good." She said and kissed Derek again with all her power, she didn't want the kissing to stop, the tantalizing feel, the burst of life she got; she didn't want to see an end to it.

Looking at Derek she realised she would never see it end. Not with Derek kissing her.

"We better get you some food, Pen and some sleep." Derek told her and took over, leading her back into the building to join her family.

Penelope had just witnessed that when the fight was due its end battle, good always triumphed the bad.

Penelope now had all her biggest passions back and that was because her family fought for her and won.

"Gonna look after me like this for life?" She asked as they reached the last few stairs.

"Best believe we all plan too." Hotch said as they came into the lobby.

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A/N: HEA! HEA! HEA!

I basically made Wordofwyrd flail at this... proud moment for me! =P

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