Do I Know You-Ch 16
Derek looked at Penelope and said, "baby girl she isn't my girlfriend, she is", Penelope held up her hand and said, "I don't need to hear about it Derek" before running back toward the house. Tamara smirked as she walked closer to Derek and put her hand on his arm and said, "how can you say that we aren't dating Derek"?, he pushed her hand off his arm and said, "that's simple Tamara, because we aren't".
Her mouth flew open and she said, "but I want us to be", he turned and headed toward the house and said, "well that's your problem now isn't it Tamara". She ran over to him and stopped him and said, "I want us to be together", Derek took a deep breath and said, "I don't, you are my neighbor Tamara and nothing else, do you hear me NOTHING ELSE".
Derek said, "I love my wife, I love her with all my heart and when I lost her I thought my life was over but do you know what kept me going those four years, do you"?, she shook her head and said, "no I don't". Derek said, "the only person that kept me going when Penelope was gone was Bella our daughter".
Tamara opened her mouth to say something and Derek said, "save it Tamara because I don't want to hear it, now if you will excuse me I need to go talk to my wife". She then watched as Derek headed up the path and disappeared out of sight, she took a deep breath and said, "if you think that I am going to give up so easily then you are foolish".
Penelope ran into the house and up the stairs and shut her door before collapsing on the bed in tears, this feeling that she was having what was it, could it be, was it jealousy"?, she didn't know Derek but she hoped to get her memories of him and their daughter back but was it to late had he moved on.
Derek ran into the house and when Fran heard the door shut she walked into the living room and said, "where's Penelope"?, Derek said, "we were starting to get somewhere, we were connecting and when I kissed her". Fran said, "you kissed her"?, Derek said, "I was trying to see if us kissing would trigger some memories".
Fran put her hand on her sons shoulder and said, "well did it work, did the kiss trigger any memories"?, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "before I could find out Tamara showed up and told Penelope that she was my girlfriend and then Penelope ran away from me". Fran said, "that girl is up to no good baby boy, no good indeed".
Derek said, "I need to talk to her momma, I need to make her understand that Tamara and I aren't together, she is the only woman that I want and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her". Bella walked over to Derek and looked up at him and said, "where's momma"?, Derek said, "she is probably up in her room sweetie".
Bella smiled lovingly up at her daddy and said, "me want momma, me want momma", Derek said, "baby momma isn't feeling good maybe we should just leave momma alone for a while". Dereks heart broke when he saw the tears streaming down Bellas face, he wiped away the tears and said, "okay baby okay, come on daddy will take you to momma".
Derek picked her up and she wrapped her arms around his neck as they headed up the stairs, when they got outside Penelopes room they stopped and Derek listened as he heard Penelope crying. He knocked on the door and Penelope said, "leave me alone Derek, I don't want to talk to you", Bella knocked on the door and said, "it me momma, tan I tome in"?, Derek put her down on the floor and stepped aside as he waited to see if Penelope was going open the door and let Bella inside.
Penelope wiped her cheeks and got up off the bed and over to the door, she opened the door and smiled as she looked down and saw Bella standing there. Bella held up her arms and said, "tan you holdie me"?, Penelope picked up the little girl and said, "I would love to hold you sweetie", as Derek headed back down the stairs he heard Bella laughing at something Penelope had said and at that point he knew that it would be a long long time before things would be back to normal, if ever.