Chap. 21 Birthday part 1

Derek spotted his mother among the crowd in the airport. He managed to have some time off to celebrate his birthday with his family.

He gathered her in his arms smiling.

"Where's Pen? She said she would be here with you." he asked when he finally released her.

"Glad to see you too baby" Fran said smiling.

"Sorry...So?"

"Well, she was busy something came up at work..."

"Oh so they cancelled her day off." He said disapponted.

"She will join us later. What can we do? The girl is terrific with a computer, she could be really handful for the FBI."

Derek chuckled and followed her outside.

He was so glad to finally be home after all these months; he has missed them so much.

He spent the afternoon with his mom and helped her to cook the dinner. He had phoned Penelope to invite her but she had refused because she had other plans. He was a little upset but he knew that there was no way that he wouldn't see her the next day; after all it was his birthday.

Derek was becoming more and more upset; he hadn't ben able to have Penelope on the phone or see her all day. It was his birthday and she wasn't even there. He had decided to please his mother and had spent the day with them outisde; now they were heading back home to change clothes and go to a fancy restaurant. He sould be happy but not knowing about Penelope was messing with his head.

"Derek, you ok?" Sarah asked with a smile.

"Yeah... it's just i'm rather worried about Penelope."

"Mom told you she had some personal things to deal with..."

"Well yes; but she could have called me for my birthday." He growled.

Fran parked in front of the house smiling.

Derek sighed and followed them inside and then had the surprise of his life.

As soon as they heard the door and the light went on; the guest shouted cheerfully.

"Surprise!"

Derek looked at the people in the room. He smiled and looked at his mother and sisters.

"I should have known." he muttered with a smile.

He spotted Lex coming from the kitchen and walked towards him not before waving at everyone.

"Alex, Do you know where's Penelope?"

Lex looked past him and smiled.

"I'm here derek." Penelope's voice said from behind him.

Derek turned back and looked with his mouth wide open as Penelope walked towards him.

A/N Sorry for the mistakes and more soon!