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JJ burst into Penelope's office the next morning with two cups of coffee. "Dearest, Garcie!" she chirped. "I've got your coffee for ya. Your usual caramel macchiato with the usual list of things you want done to it." She was eager to find out if her friend had given any more thought to what she was going to do, and if asking Derek had even crossed her mind.
Penelope sat in her office, staring at the wall with a blank expression. She didn't say a word as JJ set the coffee down in front of her. JJ arched a brow. What the hell could this possibly mean?
"Umm, what are you doing?" she asked Penelope in confusion.
"I asked for Derek to be my sperm donor," Penelope said, still not blinking.
JJ could have leapt with joy. The plan had worked. She grinned, thinking about the fact she and Dave would be having a celebratory bottle of wine and round of rowdy, pleased-with-themselves sex that night.
"That's amazing!" she said, feigning surprise. "I'm so excited for you. What did he say?"
"He said yes," Penelope murmured, still not looking at her friend. Instead, she swallowed hard and reached for her coffee. She took a sip of the steaming liquid, not even phased by the fact it was extra hot.
Now JJ was completely confused. "Okay," she drawled out. "Then…why do you look like someone just rolled over Sergio with their car?"
"Because he asked me to go on a date with him as well," she replied blankly.
This time, JJ remained quiet. She had no idea what to say. Her and Dave's suspicions had been entirely correct when they assumed Derek still wanted to be with Penelope. But something seemed strange about the way she was acting when relaying the fact to JJ.
"So are you telling me he is saying he'll only let you have his sperm if you go on a date with him?" JJ asked, thinking this sounded nothing like Derek. She frowned. "He's holding his sperm hostage?"
Penelope shook her head. "No, no," she protested. "He's going to give it to me no matter what. But he said…he said he's still in love with me." She finally looked up at JJ, her eyes wide. "He – he showed me a card from the speed-dating night that had us at a one hundred percent match that he just didn't show me before."
A smile spread over JJ's face at the thought of Derek's admission. She could have clapped her hands together with glee. This was what she and Dave had been waiting for.
"Well…" she started, trying to appear like all of this was a surprise to her. "That's great news! Are you going to take him up on the date? I think that would be great. Can you imagine if you – "
Penelope shook her head. "I don't know if I'm going to take him up on the date," she said, finally reaching for the coffee JJ had set before her.
"What?" JJ cried. "Why not?"
Shooting her an incredulous look, Penelope rose to her feet and looking like she was trying to soothe her shaking nerves. JJ studied her friend carefully. There was something off in her expression. She seemed unsettled by what Derek had asked her. This didn't seem like Penelope at all.
"Derek and I didn't have a real great relationship!" Penelope said, her wringing her hands together. "It wasn't that we didn't love each other, but we just…we just work better as best friends."
JJ leaned against the desk. She frowned. "Other than fighting, what was so bad about it?" She waited expectantly for Penelope to answer, but when her friend came up with nothing, JJ went on. "You guys are best friends. You had some really great times when you were together. Aside for one or two huge fights – which ended in amazing makeup sex, according to you – and a few mini fights, what made it so bad?"
Penelope's lower lip trembled. "I – I don't know," she stuttered.
"See, that's what I'm saying!" JJ said happily. "You and Derek have a normal relationship. Everyone is going to fight sometimes, and your relationship is perfect the way it is. All you're doing is adding some sexy magic back into the mix." She winked at Penelope.
Penelope's face remained pale, even as she tried to smile at JJ. "I still don't know," she admitted. Sighing, she returned to her seat and took another sip of her coffee. "I'll let you know what I'm going to do when I think about it more."
JJ smiled sadly at her best friend. "Okay, Garcia," she said. She left the office, knowing Penelope wanted some time alone to think about what her options were.
Hurriedly, she dashed toward Dave's office. The news practically bubbled out of her lips when she closed the door, much to his shock. His eyes went wide as the door
"Umm, JJ, what's going on?" he asked, rising to his feet.
She grinned widely, taking both his hands as she stood in front of him. "Everything is working!"
Smiling, Dave took her hands as well and placed a kiss on her forehead. "As gorgeous as you look when you're excited, I have no idea why you're acting like this," he said.
"Derek told Penelope he's still in love with her after she asked him to be her sperm donor!" she cried in excitement, throwing her arms around his neck. She rambled on about everything Penelope had told her. "You and I, my dear David, are the greatest matchmakers in history. We've successfully maneuvered things so these two are back in love and ready to –"
"Okay, Bella, back up," Dave said. "Did I miss something, or did you completely miss the fact that Penelope hasn't decided to actually get back with Derek?"
JJ blinked several times. "Well, yeah that's just a tiny detail, though," she said. "I'm sure she's going to say yes."
Dave smiled, kissing her softly. "While I agree with you, I think you just need to slow down for a few minutes," he said. "We need to see if they'll actually get together."
JJ pouted and shook her head. "I'm sure it'll work," she said. "We just have to wait until they announce they're back together and having a baby."