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Penelope ran to her office to grab her tablet for her 2pm class and she was floored by state of her office. It was taken over by every flower you can imagine. She stopped and grabbed a freesia flower and took it with her. While teaching her class, she raises the flower to her nose a few times and wondered what made Derek send her so many. My birthday, she thought. He had to be the sweetest man ever.
She taught her class but she was only half present, she was thinking about how she could return the favor later this evening. Maybe she would stop by Agent Provocateur on the way home.
She took a picture of the freesia flower and sent it to Derek with this message: I can't wait to see you tonight, love Mrs. Morgan
On the way home, she went to the shopping district and visited Agent Provocateur. She walked around and took in all of the different looks. They had nightgowns, slips, corsets, and body suits. They had this think called the playsuit; it was like an outline of a bathing suit with petals. She had to look at it from all angles to figure out how it could be worn, and she still couldn't imagine it on her body. Just then, something caught her eye, baby doll nighties. They were these cute underwear sets with a matching sheer gown. It looked Uber Sexy she thought. Sold! She bought it in purple with pink accents and headed home.
When she got home, Derek was setting up the table "Right on time!" he said. "Everything will be ready in 10."
Mommy, Mommy the kids screamed as if she was Santa Claus. "Hey" she said as she took off her shoes. Izzy and Chris hugged and kissed her and then started telling her about their day. She took down her hair and headed to the kitchen to wash her hands.
"How big was the elephant you drew," she asked
"Huge like 3 times the size of this house—super big."
"Dinner is ready," Derek called from the dinning room.
"Ok, wash you hands," she told her little munchkins. She lifted them, Izzy and then Chris, to the sink so they could wash their hands. She put them down and they all headed to the table. Derek put Izzy in her high chair and Chris sat in his booster seat.
The kids told them about their art class and snack time as she and Derek drank a glass of wine.
Since Derek switched back to the normal team, he was home more. Work was still busy but he was home most days when they weren't on a case. He also brought work home and did it after they tucked the kids in. She did the same, but they had one rule -1 - 2 hours of working, max—they need to work on making Morgan #3.
After she tucked the kids in, she took a shower and put on her new purchases. She found their furry cuffs and smiled to herself – game on she thought. She text Derek to come to bed. Within in minutes he was upstairs and when he saw her, he smiled. She started to unbutton his shirt and kiss his neck.
"What" he began
"I want to show my appreciation"
"For wh—"
"No more talking," she said as she showed him the furry handcuffs. They had kinky fun until Derek begged for his release then they made love.
Last night was so amazing that she almost forgot what day it was. She got dressed and went downstairs where she was greeted with presents and happy birthday balloons. She smiled and said, "whose birthday is it today?"
"Yours mommy," her kids cheered.
There was a candle in her French toast and they sang happy birthday to her. This had to be the best birthday she had in years. She remembered when she and her brothers used to make her parents birthday pancakes – it was like confetti pancakes with powdered sugar. The memory brought tears to her eyes.
"Why are you crying mommy?"
"I am just so happy, she said as she took a bite of her French toast.
When they were done eating, Derek said, "Birthday celebration isn't over tonight we are hitting the town," he kissed her on her forehead.
She went to work with Derek today because she working on a case for Sam Cooper. As she left his office, she ran into Strauss.
"Do you have a moment," Straus asked, "Walk with me."
"First thank you for including me in the BBQ and movie night. I can't remember having that much fun."
"Who knew Rossi was such a good dancer?" Penelope said.
"I know," she said as they entered her office. "I just spoke to the Director and he would like us to schedule another class at Virginia Tech in October. We want to appeal to the younger students—so maybe you and Reid and teach the class together."
"That sounds great, Erin. We could choose a non-technology case to so they can see how the two worlds come together."
"That sounds wonderful."
"Great, well I have to get back to Cooper's team—we have a school bombing in Virginia."
"Do you miss your team? This work," Straus asked.
"I miss being around my BAU family for sure but the gore – I never miss the gore," Penelope said.
"Oh I forgot to mention. Moore, Dean of the University loved the Profiling class that he sat in on and he would like to expand the college's tech offerings. He may contact you about the computer science department."
As she left Erin's' office, she made her way towards Sam's conference room.
"Hey Garcia, I didn't know you were here today," Emily said, "A package came for you—it's at reception on 4."
"Cool, I'll grab it in a few."
"If you don't get case let's grab lunch you, me, and JJ. I'll send a text."
She hustled over to Sam's conference room where she was debriefed on the case via videoconference. She walked over to her old office, she knocked on the door where Kevin sat at her old desk.
"Hiya Kevin!"
"Hey P-money"
"I just wanted to grab the my computer."
"Go for it."
"How are things?"
"Can't complain—it is slow – unsubs are on vacation," he said as he pushed his glasses up on his nose.
"I wish," she said smiling
"Good seeing you Kevin."
She worked away in Sam's Conference room, they never came to headquarters they preferred to work out of a boxing gym but she needed access to database that only being at the mother ship could provide. Sometimes she met them at their offices but that was rare.
She worked away on the school bombing and came up with a long list of suspects. She helped Sam weed through them all.
Later that morning, Derek stopped by with a coffee and flowers—"Hey birthday girl!"
"Hey"
"We have a case."
"Where?"
Here, someone is raping and killing women in DC. We have two bodies so far and possibly one survivor. The bad news is - we can't celebrate tonight."
"Derek, it's fine – this morning was beautiful—we don't have to do anything else. I mean the flowers are amazing."
He looked at his bouquet skeptically and said, "Well your present will be here soon don't wait for me to open it."
He said as he brushed her bangs out of her face.
"I love you Mrs. Morgan."
"I love you more," she kissed him passionately when Sam's voice came over the phone. "I gotta go," she whispered. "What do you need Coop?"
"Be safe," she said as she gave him a quick peck.
"Always," he said as he tapped her nose.
Later that day, a package came for her. She opened the FedEx box, which was the size of a hatbox and saw a red box with a silver bow. The red box was similar in size to the FedEx box and she shook it wondering what is it was. Nothing moved so she opened it up where she saw a small purple box suspended in the middle of the box. The purple box was held up by clear plastic thread. When she touched the purple box, it opened and revealed a pair of sapphire hoop earrings, her birthstone. She laughed at the box and touched it again and the purple box closed. Another touch and it opened. How did this work she wondered and she tried to figure it out. When she gave up, she took off her earrings and put the new earrings on. They were beautiful. She took several selfies with her holding a sign that said Thank You. She sent Derek the best three pics.
She worked on the case for three days, as her TA covered her classes. Aaron's team was working half in the BAU offices and half at the local police department. Their case was hard, there was a team if unsubs who were drugging, rapping and killing women. The sick part is the women were stabbing themselves to death. They had no leads beside one woman who is in ICU and they couldn't question her. They had seven bodies and the cool down period was diminishing. When the team returned to the office Emily brought her a package that was left at reception. "You forgot to pick this up."
"I thought I got it already," she said.
She opened it up with a note that read, our time has finally come. Inside the box was a TAG Heur diamond encrusted watch. Penelope's gasp made Emily peer over her shoulder. They couldn't believe their eyes.
She looked over at Em and said, "Did you guys get a raise or something?"
When Emily looked at the watch, she couldn't believe it. It was a futuristic watch with a diamond-encrusted face. The time was projected into the diamonds—it was breathtaking and flawless.
"Not to my knowledge," Emily replied taking in the six-figure watch.
As they made their way to interrogate Derek about this gift, across town, in DC proper, a man in a meeting received a call. He exits the meeting and answers the call in the hallway. He clicks the green button and waits for instructions.
"The time is now," the voice on the other end of the line says.
The line goes dead and the man returns to his meeting.
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