Once Upon A Straight Tequila NIght

Chapter 23 - Wedding Preparation

Penelope's POV

Derek and I walk into work and JJ stops us as we head for my office and says "Garcie we are going to have to think about planning this wedding soon otherwise there will be no wedding until after the babies are born" I nod and say "how about at lunch you, me and Emily sit down and start going through somethings like dresses, flowers and catering and then Derek and I can choose a date and then everything else is all sorted" JJ nodded and said "ok so we will meet in your office at say 12:00 pm."

JJ walked back to her office and left Derek and I to go into my office Derek puts all my stuff down and pulls me into him and wraps his arms around me and kisses me passionately and says "do you know how much I love you Baby Girl" I shake my head and say "no, but I am sure you are going to tell me" he replies "I love you so much Baby you are giving me a family and I can't thank you enough for that and I will show you everyday that I love you and these babies more than my life itself" I stand on my tip toes and kiss him and say to him "you better get to do your work Handsome otherwise Hotch will have you for fraternizing and we don't want that now do we."

Derek swats my ass and says "no Baby we don't want that" before leaning down to capture my lips with his in another passionate kiss, I pull back and say "go and do some work and you can come and visit us later" he lets go of me and picks up his go bag and walks towards the door he turns and says "I will see you later Baby, I will bring you something for lunch ok" I reply "ok Handsome, we will be waiting."

Derek's POV

Penelope and I walk into work and JJ stops us as we head for her office and says "Garcie we are going to have to think about planning this wedding soon otherwise there will be no wedding until after the babies are born" Penelope nods and says "how about at lunch you, me and Emily sit down and start going through somethings like dresses, flowers and catering and then Derek and I can choose a date and then everything else is all sorted" JJ nodded and said "ok so we will meet in your office at say 12:00 pm."

JJ walked back to her office and left Penelope and I to go into her office I put all her stuff down and pull her into me and wrap my arms around her and kiss her passionately and say "do you know how much I love you Baby Girl" she shakes her head and says "no, but I am sure you are going to tell me" I reply "I love you so much Baby you are giving me a family and I can't thank you enough for that and I will show you everyday that I love you and these babies more than my life itself" she stands on her tip toes and kiss me and says to me "you better get to do your work Handsome otherwise Hotch will have you for fraternizing and we don't want that now do we."

I swat her ass and say "no Baby we don't want that" before leaning down to capture her lips with mine in another passionate kiss, she pulls back and says "go and do some work and you can come and visit us later" I let go of her and pick up my go bag and walk towards the door I turn and say "I will see you later Baby, I will bring you something for lunch ok" she reply "ok Handsome, we will be waiting."

Penelope's POV

At 12:00 pm there is a knock on my office door I say "come in" the door opens and in walks JJ and Emily with their lunch and a stack of bridal magazines, I clear off the back table and they sit down I sit back in my chair and roll over to the table and JJ hands me a few magazines, I also have my laptop set up on there so that we can search for florists and caterers as well as look for maternity dresses as I will be bigger in a few months.

There is another knock on my office door and I say "enter if you are tall, dark and Handsome" the door opens to reveal Derek standing there with a brown paper bag in his hands and a bottle of ginger ale in the other, he enters and places the bag and the bottle down on the table and says "Baby I got you a salad sub" he opens the bag and pulls out the contents there are two subs in the bag he hands me one and takes the other, leaning down he kisses the top of my head before turning to leave closing the door behind him.

JJ looks at me with raised eyebrows and says "you have that man whipped Garcie, he is going all soft and gooey on us" I laugh and say "yes he is whipped at the moment only because he is still on a high from yesterday, but he is definitely not soft and gooey" JJ and Emily roll their eyes and Emily says "we need to get on with this as we don't have much time left of lunch" I smile and say "we could get together everyday at lunch when you are not on a case and do more planning and before I get pregnancy brain and forget would you two do me the honor of being my bridesmaids" both JJ and Emily squealed as they said "yes" in unison.

Derek's POV

At 12:00 pm I head out of the FBI building and make my way to a little cafe down the street to get lunch for Baby Girl and I while she is in her office going over wedding plans so that we can get married before she gets to big or before she goes into labor as we only have 5 months before she could potentially deliver the triplets, as far as I care we could get married in front of a judge at the local courthouse but I know my Baby Girl wants the whole big white wedding so the big white wedding it will be.

I am back from getting lunch I knock on her office door and I hear "enter if you are tall, dark and Handsome" I open the door and stand there with a brown paper bag in one hand and a bottle of ginger ale in the other, I enter and place the bag and the bottle on the table and say "Baby I got you a salad sub" as I open the bag and start pulling out the contents handing one sub to Penelope and taking the other for myself, I lean down and kiss the top of her head before turning to leave closing the door behind me.

I make my way to the break room where the guys are sitting already eating their lunch, as I pull out a seat Hotch says "so Morgan are you ready to join the fatherhood club" I nod and say "hell yeah I am ready I have been ready for a long time I just never found the right woman to want to settle down with until after a very drunk night with my Baby Girl, and now that I have the right woman in my life I am ready to conquer everything and that includes being a husband and a father" Hotch smiles and replies "I am glad to hear it Derek the rest of the team and I were wondering when the two of you would get your shit together and tell each other how you felt."

Penelope's POV

Here I am sitting at my desk working and while I am waiting for searches to be completed I rest may hands over my belly and notice that my belly is slightly more rounded than it had been, even though I am only 9 weeks along I am beginning to show early I pick up my cell phone and dial Derek's number he answers on the second ring "Hey Baby Girl what are you doing" I reply "I am waiting for searches to be completed and I am just sitting here rubbing my belly and noticed that is slightly more rounded than it was a few weeks ago" I hear him start running just before the door opens and he shuts his cell phone and walks over to me as I shut my cell phone and place it on my desk.

Derek is now crouching down beside my chair and places his hand over the top of mine which is still on my belly as I move my other hand to his cheek and say "Handsome you didn't have to come running in here, you know" he smiles and says "I know I didn't have to come running in here but I don't want to miss anything of this pregnancy" he then leans forward and places three kisses to my belly one for each baby nestled in there before he begins to trace circles around my belly and says "how are you feeling Baby, are you ok" I reply "I am ok the ginger ale has helped to keep the nausea at bay for a little while so if I keep having little sips every now and then I hope I will be able to keep food down a bit better."

Derek's POV

I am sitting at my desk doing paperwork when I hear my cell phone ring I answer it on the second ring "Hey Baby Girl what are you doing" she replies "I am waiting for searches to be completed and I am just sitting here rubbing my belly and noticed that it is slightly more rounded than it was a few weeks ago" I get up and start running towards her office and open the door I take my cell phone from ear and flip it shut and walk over to where she is sitting, Penelope shuts her cell phone and places it on her desk.

I crouch down beside her chair and place my hand over the top of hers which is still on her belly she move her other hand to my cheek and says "Handsome you didn't need to come running in here, you know" I reply "I know I didn't have to come running in here but I don't want to miss anything of this pregnancy" I then lean forward and place three kisses to her belly one for each baby nestled in there before I begin tracing circles around her belly and say "how are you feeling Baby, are you ok" she replies "I am ok the ginger ale has helped to keep the nausea at bay for a little while so if I keep having little sips every now and then I hope I will be able to keep food down a bit better."

I pull up a chair and take a seat beside Penelope and say "Baby Girl there is something I want to ask you and you can say no as I know that you have your heart set on a big white wedding, but being that there is not much time to try and plan a wedding and there will only be the team, Mamma, Sarah, Desiree and your brother Markus attending, I was wondering if you wanted to get married in front of a judge at the courthouse before the babies are born and then when they get older we can have the full white wedding that you have always wanted when we aren't expecting little miracles."

Penelope's POV

Derek pulls up a chair and takes a seat beside me and says "Baby Girl there is something I want to ask you and you can say no as I know that you have your heart set on a big white wedding, but being that there is not much time to try and plan a wedding and there will only be the team, Mamma, Sarah, Desiree and your brother Markus attending, I was wondering if you wanted to get married in front of a judge at the courthouse before the babies are born and then when they get older we can have the full white wedding that you have always wanted when we aren't expecting little miracles."

I sit there thinking before saying "Handsome that is a great idea I was just gonna suggest the same thing because I can't wait to become your wife and since we have most of our family here I think that now would be a great time to get married all we have to do is go to the courthouse and apply for a marriage license and then we can get married in a few weeks and we can speak to Rossi and ask if we can have a little party at his mansion like we did for our engagement party, and we need to call your Mamma and let her know what is happening."

Derek's POV

I can't believe that my Baby Girl just agreed to getting married as soon as possible in front of a judge she is all for it, I get up and lean down to kiss her lips in a soft but passionate kiss once we separate I say "ok Baby I will go and see Hotch and see if we can get tomorrow morning off so that we can go to the courthouse and fill out all the paperwork and then I will go see Rossi to see if he will let us have the party at the mansion" I turn and leave her office with a smile a mile wide plastered to my face, I make my across the bull-pen and up the stairs to Hotch's office the door is closed so I knock and wait for him to answer I hear "come in" I open the door and enter closing the door behind me again.

Hotch looks up and says "how can I help you Morgan" I reply "Hotch I was wondering if it would be ok if Penelope and I came in a little late tomorrow as we have decided that we want to get married as soon as possible before it becomes impossible for her to do so, we want to go to the courthouse and fill out the paperwork for the marriage license and then when the triplets are old enough then I will give her the big white wedding she has always wanted" Hotch smiled and said "of course Morgan take as much time as needed and we will see you when you get in."

I make my way to Rossi's office and knock he looks up and says "come in Morgan" I enter and head towards his desk and say "Rossi, Baby Girl and I were wondering if we could have a little party at the mansion in a few weeks to celebrate us getting married" he looked at me stunned and said "just when are you and Kitten getting married, Morgan" I smile and say "we are going to fill out the paperwork for the marriage license tomorrow morning and then we will be getting married the following weekend hopefully" he then says "and Kitten is ok with getting married in front of a judge in a courthouse instead of having her big white wedding that she wants" I nod and reply "yes I mentioned it before and she said that she was thinking the same thing and I said to her that when the triplets are old enough I will give her the big white wedding."