A/N: Thanks to all in the continuios interest in my rambling a.k.a. my stories. You guys just rock.

The moment she agreed to that date, she had a weird feeling about it. She knew Morgan wouldn't pull any funky stuff or even weird, but still, there was this little feeling in her stomach that told her she was in for something big. She couldn't really say why. It was just the way she knew Morgan, knew what he was like when he wanted something. Especially when he wanted something badly. And him waiting patiently for six months for her to agree to a date was definitely falling under the category of 'badly'. The grin that was plastered all over his face the moment she agreed was another indication that she might be right with her gut feeling. Somehow.

It wasn't that she had been only using Morgan up to this stage for a quick release, or that he came in rather handy at a perfect time. No, she loved him, always had, ever since the day they met. There Emily and JJ really were right. But with the failure and shatters that the relationship with Kevin Lynch left her in, she got careful. It wasn't as if Kevin had done something incredibly bad or mean. No, they just … kind of fell out of love and the last few months it felt like Penelope was shouldering their whole relationship all by herself. If she didn't make plans or had ideas, he certainly wouldn't. It was as if he had lost interest and she was somehow still clinging on to each little quantum of hope she could find. She just didn't want to end things. She was still hopeful. Every couple had their hard times, right? They could still turn it around, right?

Wrong.

Kevin started distancing himself more and more each week until Penelope basically only saw him once a week. Getting him to go on dates with her, take her out and just have a couple's night was a very rare thing that nearly never happened. When she had to admit defeat and call it quits he, of all people, had the guts to sort of blame her for how their relationship went. As if she was the only on in that relationship. It didn't take much more than three weeks for him to move on. To Charlie. Some barista from the coffee place Penelope went to every morning.

With all this she got burned and she didn't plan on another repetition. Looking back on the loves of her life, it all fell apart sooner or later. Either they fell out of love, or they just didn't seem interested any longer. One had even chose to leave the country for good and only told her a few hours before boarding a plane. Yeah, when it came to love Penelope Garcia definitely was not a child of fortune. And she didn't want to risk another failure in her love life, especially not with her best friend. They had too much going on and were too close for her to ever be able to get over that loss, in the case that it shouldn't work out.

"Okay," Morgan answered, still smiling at her widely. "But, sweetness, trust me. this will work, you'll see," he finished confidently.

This was what he had been waiting for since six months and finally his chance came. Morgan also knew he had only one chance to make this good, one chance to convince her. He needed a good date in order to move them further. It wasn't as if Derek Morgan in the wake of his life ever had encountered a bad date – well, maybe the first ones he went on when getting interested in girls – but here, with the stakes so high, with a chance of him wanting something but not getting it, this was a whole different story. He needed something good. Something that would convince someone as opposed to this idea as Penelope Garcia. And the funny thing about this was- and Morgan nearly had to actually laugh about the irony – that so far he never had to convince any girl to date him. But, of course, Penelope needed to be the exception. He wouldn't have it any other way actually.

"Since I only have one date, as you so nicely pointed out earlier," he continued, a smile still on his lips, "you hopefully won't mind when I take a day or two to come up with ideas for our date, would you?" he asked, seeing her grinning at him.

"What, Hot Stuff? No brilliant idea already? And here I thought you have been waiting six months. Not prepared?" she asked playfully, making him laugh softly.

"I might have given up hope at some point that we might ever make it that far, Baby Girl. But no worries, Goddess, I will take you up on that date and will make it unforgettable."

"You do realize, Hot Stuff, that this will make me now expect big things, don't you?" she smiled wickedly, at which he only let out an involuntary growl.

"You know you're a tease, Baby Girl, don't you?" Morgan grinned at her after a moment.

"Why?" she asked, looking innocently at him. "Because I'd like to do nothing more likely than pulling you with me into the closest closet and have my way with you?" The innocent look by now had vanished again and was replaced with a grin. "Here is an idea for your date. Let's start it in bed and also finish it there."

At that Morgan let out a loud laugh for a moment. Why wasn't he surprised at her proposition for just a second? After all the only reason she agreed to this date was because she seemed to be starting to become desperate to figure out some way to get him back into her bed.

"I don't know," he mused, looking at her adorably. "That is something you already have seen more than enough of," he smiled, placing a finger under her chin and tilting it upwards. "And I plan on showing you a side you haven't seen that often of me yet. So don't keep your hopes up too high in regards of that activity."

Penelope tried it yet again with pouting, but Morgan just laughed at that. Sometimes she really hated him.

Truth was, Morgan might not have had the right idea yet of what they could do, but he sure as well knew what they wouldn't end up with. It might be a mission that was nearly impossible- since every time that he was around that tempting best friend of his there was little he wanted to do more than just sinking into her tight, wet heat- but he needed to make this right in order to win her forever. And sex certainly wouldn't get him there, at all.

"Give me a day or two and I'll come up with something great. I'll let you know when I do, Baby Girl," he smiled softly at her, touching the tip of her nose and then spotted Hotch, calling the whole team into a briefing. Perfect timing.