When Penelope opened her eyes on Christmas morning she sat up in bed and smiled when she saw rose petals surrounding her bed, she heard her favorite song start to play and she looked up to see Derek standing there with a bouquet of Roses in his hand. She grinned when he handed her the roses and said,
"Merry Christmas goddess".
She smelled the roses and said, "they smell wonderful handsome, thank you so much", she then got up and wrapped her arms around him and leaned in and presssed her lips against his". When they pulled apart he rested his forehead against hers and said, "I wanted to be the first person that you saw this morning baby girl".
He smiled down at her and said, "may I have this dance"?, she grinned and said, "but Derek I'm in my jammies", he laughed and said, "baby in another week I will be seeing you in alot less than that". She playfully slapped his shoulder and said, "what am I gonna do with you"?, JJ cleared her throat and said, "dance with him Garcie", the rest of the gang smiled as they watched her put her hand in his and they started to sway across her bedroom.
Reid wrapped his arms around her waist and said, "don't they make a beautiful couple"?, she nodded her head and said, "yes they do, almost as good as we do". He kissed the side of her neck and said, "Merry Christmas Jayje", she relaxed into his embrace and said, "Merry Christmas Spence", Dave and Hotch wrapped their arms around Erin and Emily and watched as Derek dipped Penelope.
After the song ended Derek sat her down on the bed and Hotch handed him a very small Christmas tree and he sat it in the middle of her floor and then all of the friends put their gifts for each other under the tree. Penelope got up and got her gifts out of the closet and placed them under the small tree and then took her seat back on the bed.
Everybody started handing their presents out and about an hour later the last of the packages was ripped open, Penelope smiled and said, "Penelope looked at Derek and said, "ohhhh my god Derek". He smiled and said, "I hope you like it", Emily said, "what is it Penelope"?, she held up a beautiful gold bracelet with their birthstones on it.
Penelope kissed his lips and said, "ohhhhhhhhhh I love it Derek and when the baby is born we can put his or her stone in it to", he kissed her lips and said, "I'm so glad that you liked it baby". Emily looked down at Penelopes hand and said, "ohhhhhhhhh my god Penelope are you and Derek engaged"?, she held her hand down and said, "yesssssssssss".
The girls crawled over to her and hugged her and said, "congratulations Penelope", Erin said, "when is the wedding"?, Derek smiled and said, "we are hoping to get married one week from today". Reid said, "you do realize that is New Years Day right"?, Derek laughed and said, "why yes we do Reid and we know that we have a lot of plans to make and not a lot of time to get them done in".
JJ smiled and said, "don't worry Garcie with all four of us working on it those plans will be done in no time", she hugged her three friends and said,
"awwwww I love you guys". They all three in unison said, "we love you to Penelope", Hotch looked at Derek and said, "that is a good idea getting married before we go back from Christmas break, but what are you going to do about basketball"? Derek said, "well I am gonna go ahead and play the season, well as long as Penelope and the baby are alright I will play".
Penelope smiled and said, "where are we going to live"?, Hotch said, "well my cousin has a two bedroom apartment that he is wanting to rent to someone,
maybe the two of you can take that". Derek said, "where is it located"?, he said, "it is 2 blocks away from school and it is only about 5 minutes away from here so you can pop over and see your parents any time".
Derek shook his hand and said, "can you call your cousin and see if that apartment is still for rent, find out when we can check it out", Hotch said,
"well he is leaving on the 2nd or 3rd of January so you can move into it a couple of days before school starts back". Penelope said, "what are you boys tallking about over there"?, Derek said, "we are talking about one of Hotchs cousins apartment, he is moving and we are going to try to get his two bedroom place".
Penelope kissed his lips and said, "I love it and that way maybe we can get moved in before we go back to school on the 5th", Dave looked down at his watch and said, "babe I need to get you back to your house before your mom kills me". Erin smiled and said, "yeah my aunt and uncle are coming over in a little bit".
Penelope said, "well girlies how about we get together tomorrow and start planning the wedding"? the girls all hugged Penelope and congratulated her again and JJ said, "Merry Christmas Garcie". She smiled and said, "Merry Christmas guys and thanks for all of the beautiful gifts", they all waved as they headed out the door.
Derek hugged Penelope up and said, "Merry Christmas baby girl", she laid her head down on his chest and said, "Merry Christmas hotstuff", they sat there wrapped in each others arms and talked about their plans for the future. Penelope got dressed and headed over to Frans with Derek at about 2:00, she had a wonderful time laughing and talking with Dereks family.
As Christmas came to a close Derek held Penelope in his arms and kissed the top of her head and said, "I love you so much baby girl and in one week you are going to be mine allllllll mine". She laughed as she wrapped her arms tighter around his waist and said, "that is all I ever wanted handsome and next week you are going to make my dreams come true", they looked out the window and watched as the snow started blanketing the ground.
