Chap. 20 Connexion
A/N: I'm really sorry for this long update… I'll try to update more often if that's possible. Read and review! Thanks!
Penelope woke up suddenly; she tried to recover her breath. The nightmare had been awful and she grabbed the cup of water near her bed. Nonetheless the bad taste didn't disappear. She sensed that something had happened to Derek and decided to call him.
He immediately answered.
"Morgan."
"Hi Derek, it's me Penelope."
"Penelope? Is everything ok?" he asked with an alarmed voice.
"I should be the one asking you that. Are you… ok?"
"Yeah…. Why do you ask me?" he asked with an uncertain voice.
"Hem… I'm not sure. Are you hurt?" she asked.
He sighed.
"No. not…"
Penelope heard a feminine voice saying. "Morgan, you really should shake this graze…"
"Hem Pen, I'll call you later, I'm working… are you sure you're ok?"
"Yeah, I'm ok. You just shouldn't be lying to me." She said before hanging on.
Derek sighed again when Penelope hanged on; he closed his phone and turned towards Prentiss.
"Let's go, you're right it hurts like hell."
He knew that he shouldn't have lied to Penelope but he didn't want to worry her. It had been months since they were together in the park. Work hadn't allowed him to fly to Chicago and they had only talked through the phone. He was amazed how perceptive she was regarding his person.
Once he would be done with his shoulder he would phone her.
Penelope was frustrated, how dare he lie to her? Weren't they friends? She stared at her ceiling unable to sleep. Then she decided to go the kitchen. Unknown to Derek she had made some progress and was able to go and retrieve herself from her wheelchair. She has even made some steps with the help of a walker…she wanted to surprise him on their future encounter. She knew there was still a long road ahead but was satisfied with the turn of events.
Derek took a seat alone to call Penelope. The phone rang for a long time before she picked up.
"Yeah Derek." She answered with an upset voice.
"Pen. I'm sorry. I didn't want to lie but…"
"Derek you know that it's not the first time… I feel it…whenever you're hurt."
"I know… I didn't want to alarm you."
"Oh… I can't sleep though."
"Sorry." He whispered.
"That does ok… don't do it again superman." She said and he sensed she was smiling.
They kept talking for a while, and then he closed his phone and closed his eyes.
It amazed him how their relationship had grown these past few months even if they weren't physically near each other. This connexion scared him as much as it was warming his heart.
He dozed off with a smile on his lips.
Penelope was relieved to finally hear from him. He hadn't been hurt badly but still… he was her friend and she was worried.
She climbed into bed and thought about the way she was going to tell him about her progress. She made a silent pray for his safety and went back to sleep.