Thanks for all of the follows and REVIEWS! This chapter was hard for me to proof so I apologize for the typos.
Also, the personal thing Garcia was doing was the salsa class. I updated Chapter 5 to reflect that!
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Next day-
"Morning Princess" Derek says as he is walking into the bullpen.
"Mornin" she says slightly dazed walking through the door he held for her.
"Pump ya brakes –Every day I say 'Good morning' and every morning you say 'I'll show you a good morning, Hot Stuff.' Everyday. But not today?"
"I hate profilers. Do you know that?"
"Spit it out." He said giving her a fake stern face.
"Nothing, I'm exhausted. Last night took a lot out of me, my feet are killing me and I had to get here at 7am to work with Team B - Do I have carry-on luggage underneath my eyes?"
"No, you look beautiful" he said as he played with the pencils holding her hair in a knot.
"Thank you my chocolate Adonis"
"I forgot to get a coffee on my way in - so my first cup is going to be FBI coffee… ick."
"I was actually walking this over to you. Coffee just the way you like it - Full fat vanilla latte with walnut syrup."
"A god amongst men you are."
"Don't you forget it, baby girl" he says as he taps her nose.
"Don't you guys ever get tired?" JJ asked as she entered the kitchen.
"Never, he's my motivation" she says as she exits
As he watches her walk away. JJ asks, "You really dig her don't you?"
"JJ, we're friend. Nothing more" he says as he continues to watch her.
"Well only Will looks at me like that"
Conference Room
After lunch, we convened in the conference room. Hotch starts the meeting with "You guys did excellent work on the last two cases. Let's go to Adobe Blue for Margaritas and start our weekend now"
When no one moved, Hotch asked "Why are you all still here? First round is on me."
"You don't have to tell me twice" Derek says as he leaves the room.
Adobe Blue
As they entered the bar, they claim a long table opposite the bar. The bar was decorated with sombreros all over the ceiling acting as paper lanterns to the light fixtures.
On one side of the long picnic style table sat JJ, Rossi, Hotch, and Morgan and on the opposite side sat Emily, Reid and Penelope. The waitress took their order and much to Reid's dismay Penelope order everyone a shot of tequila.
"Reid this new hair cut requires that you try new things… I just ordered you a glass of peer pressure—college style" she teased as she ruffled his hair.
Emily leans over "Garcia leave Reid alone, if you can't finish your shot… I'll help ya. I mean I'm already doing JJ shot" she chuckled.
The shots, the pitchers of margaritas, and JJ's ginger ale came at the same time. We gave thanks to the four day weekend and slammed our shots.
"Pretty Boy, I new you could do it" Derek cheered!
"Senorita Penelope" someone called from across the room.
It was Miguel and Eric from dance class. Miguel was a handsome 6 ft. Peruvian lobbyist who worked in DC proper. He has beautiful green eyes and deep honey skin. His eyes are striking but his hair steals the show. His hair is like this ocean of short luscious waves. He lives with his partner Eric who is a DC freelance blogger transitioning to full time artist. Eric was shorter, like 5ft 10, with sandy brown hair and a hipster beard.
"Be right back, guys." She walks over to them. Eric greets her with a kiss and hug, while Miguel acts as if he hasn't seen her in years and gives a kiss and a twirl.
"What are you doing here?" she asks.
"It's salsa night at Adobe Blue and I DJ this party" says Eric as he heads over to the DJ area.
"And I am here to watch my lover and dance all night – you must dance with me Penelope" he says as he spins her and guides her into a simple salsa two step.
"I will, I promise – are folks from class coming too?"
"Yes the Tuesday night folks will be here."
"Awesome!"
She hopped up to the DJ area and watched Eric as he put the final touches on his set list.
"Play something easy for Miguel and I to dance to… pretty please"
Simultaneously this conversation was happening at the table
Rossi and Hotch are discussing the art of a fine cigar, when Emily says,
"Hubba, Hubba look at the tall one… geez Louise."
JJ laughes "you're too much."
"I'm just saying Sergio and I get lonely sometimes"
"Did you know Garcia was a dancer?" Reid asks anyone who is listening to him.
He continued with "I remember her saying she had two left feet when we went to see 2001: Space Odyssey—so this is a new development."
"Maybe her boyfriend is teaching her" Emily replied "she is kind of secretive about her weekends."
"She doesn't have a boyfriend" Reid and Derek say at the same time.
"Well she definitely has some moves." Derek said thoughtfully
The Dance Floor
The music starts to play and Garcia takes off her cardigan. She is now wearing a fitted tank top and a wrap skirt with embroidered flowers at the end, and matching green sandals. Miguel grabs her hand and she starts to cha cha.
Derek silently watches her dance. Her partner leads her into a playful cha-cha. 1,2, 3 and 1, 2, 3 and spin. As Derek watched her hips sway, his heart tightened.
He missed her. They were gone for like 3 weeks and he missed just being around her and holding her. At first it was just about sex but it merged into something else for him. It happened when they went down to Chesapeake Bay for Maryland Blue Crabs. They drove bright and early on Saturday morning—well he drove and she provided the soundtrack. There was a lot of traffic so a 2-hour ride became 3 and change—and all they had to eat was coffee and yogurt. By the time they got to St. Michael's Crab Shack, a floating restaurant on the bay, she was beyond famished. The look on her face when a bucket of crabs was delivered with a hammer and a bib was priceless. It took her twenty minutes to eat her first crab and when she was done – she could not believe she did so much work for so little crabmeat. She pouted and he knew at that moment what she must have looked like as a child who didn't get her way. After that, they sat on the bay by the lighthouse and ate a lemon ice and made-out like teenagers. As they headed back to the car, she kissed him and said "it was the best day she ever had". That night she broke one of her rules and slept over. It was one of the best nights of sleep he had in months – no nightmares.
"More margarita Morgan?" Reid asks.
"Sure Pretty Boy" he murmured still watching her.
There were more people on the floor and Penelope gave Miguel a kiss and headed back to her seat.
Derek wondered who was this guy? And how long have they been together? I have no right to ask that. That's one of her rules. Penelope had a bunch of rules—she didn't think he knew, but he did. They have been hooking up for 6 months and she never sleeps over. When she sees him with other women -she never asks about it. The closest they ever got to a declaration was Chesapeake Bay. She pretends to be this aloof and cool woman with him. But, never in his years as a profiler, or as Derek Morgan, has a relationship remained so ambiguous for so long. Every woman and I mean every woman starts the "where is this going" conversation but, not Penelope. Maybe she just didn't expect or want more from him. But he new he wanted more from her. He wanted to add his own rule, "We sleep only with each other."
"Hey twinkle toes" Rossi said as he passed her a 'rita.
She takes a sip of her margarita and says "Yum, this is so good!"
"I thought you had two left feet."
"I do, Dr. Reid but a month or so ago I signed up for classes at the studio down the street. So now I have one and a half left feet."
"Impossible to have half a foot"
"Does he teach the class?" Emily asked as she continued to oogle Miguel.
"No, Miguel is my partner. He is amazing - You should come Em it's a lot of fun and it's right by your gym… I've learned salsa, cha cha, and merengue."
"Well show me what you got, baby girl" he says as she grabs her hand
"I pooped—"
"Not gonna take no for an answer –" he says as he removes the drink from her hand "I've gotta see these moves up close and personal."
A merengue song is playing as, Derek places one hand in the middle of her back as she places a hand on his shoulder. He takes her other hand and begins to dance. With one leg between hers they begin to sway counter clockwise to the drumbeat.. As her feet move to the beat her hips glide to the rhythm.
"I thought I knew all you moves, baby girl?"
When he said that she danced away and around him like she learned in her advance class. When she arrived at her starting position she whispered in his ear "You ain't seen nothing yet."
As the music quickens so does Penelope's hips and Morgan begins to spin her. They are having so much fun they forget there are other people on the floor.
As the song end, Penelope starts to head back to the team when Derek pulls her closer and they dance to the next song which is a slow latin love song.
"I knew you were going to show off, Angel Fish."
"What do you mean?" He says too innocently
She smiled and tilted her head "aaww you missed me?"
"Maybe. Did you miss me?"
Her smile widens and her heart races as she shakes her head looking at the sombreros on the ceiling "Not really."
He brushed her hair out of her face -
"Since we don't have to come in, tomorrow, I think we are going to have to break one of your rules. You're sleeping over."
As she was about to protest he put a finger on her lips and said "I wasn't asking"
"Are you sure, Gina won't mind?"
Surprise danced in his eyes and he leaned in and said "Jealous?"
"Never, Hot Stuff"
Back at the Table
Rossi and Hotch notice that Derek and Penelope are still on the dance floor. Rossi smirks and asks Hotch "When do you think they will let that cat out of the bag?"
"Imagine what our conference calls will be like when they do." Hotch replied
"I think I should sign them up for a professional conduct class." The two men chuckle.
Derek put is hand in the middle of her back as he guided her back to the table.
"You never cease to amaze me Penelope Garcia." Hotch said.
"That makes the both of us" Derek