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JJ opened the door and pulled her friend into her arms, Penelope cried and said, "thank you for letting me stay here", Reid walked over and said, "here Garcia let me get this for you". Penelope kissed his cheek and said, "thank you boy wonder", he smiled and said, "I'll take this to the guest room across from Henrys room", she smiled and said, "thank you" as he headed up the stairs.

JJ said, "come and sit and tell me what's wrong"?, Penelope sat down on the couch beside JJ and spent the next few minutes filling JJ in on everything that had been going on. JJ looked at her and said, "so at the cookout you and Derek were ya know upstairs"?, she said, "yes", she giggled and said, "well how was he"?,
Penelope blushed and said, "he's amazing".

Reid walked back downstairs and said, "who's amazing"?, JJ gave him the cliffnotes version of everything that happened and he said, "so you and Morgan were ya know together at the cookout"?, Penelope said, "I was there with Eric and he was there with Amber and one thing let to another and we ended up having sex in her bathroom".

Penelope looked down at her hands and said, "I need to get away for a while", Reid said, "where will you go"?, she said, "California to see my brothers but no matter what happens you can't tell Derek where I am". Reid said, "but he loves you", Penelope said, "he was with Jordan, Amber and me all within 48 hours Spencer,
how serious could he be about me"?, JJ said, "wellllllll".

Penelope took a deep breath and said, "I have already asked for time off and it was granted so I have some time off to get my head together and decide what I want to do". Reid said, "what about Eric"?, she said, "I'll tell him that I had to leave because of a family emergency and that I will be home as soon as I can,
he's a great guy and he'll understand".

Spencer said, "when do you leave"?, she said, "I have to be at the airport at 7:00 in the morning", JJ said, "what about clothes"?, she said, "I have a few things in my bag, the rest I can pick up in California". JJ said, "are you sure about this, maybe you should tell Derek", she said, "NOOOO, he can't know where I am, please Jayje".

JJ looked at Spencer and said, "he won't find out anything from us Garcie I promise", she hugged her friends and said, "it's been a long night so I think I'll turn in". Spencer said, "we'll take you to the airport in the morning", she said, "thank you all so much", JJ hugged her and said, "that's what family does for family", she nodded her head and then hugged Spencer before heading up to bed.

Spencer looked at JJ and said, "you know that Morgan is going to be devastated when he finds out she's gone", she nodded her head and said, "I know Spence but what was I suppose to do she's one of my best friends". He wrapped his arms around her and said, "I know Jayje, I know", they sat back on the couch and sighed happily as they sat in each others arms.

Derek was sitting in her parking lot all night hoping that she would come home, he tried her cell several times and it went straight to voicemail, he laid his head back against the seat and said, "everything was going so perfectly and then Amber shows up". He sat up and said, "wait, she said she got a text from me but if I didn't send it to her how did she get it and who was it from"?, he sat there wondering how things went from amazing to him possibly losing her all over again.

He sat there with his eyes on her front door for several hours until he fell asleep, Penelope woke up the next morning and got dressed and headed downstairs to spend some time with her family. When she stepped downstairs she saw Henry coloring and JJ was fixing a thermos of coffee for the road and Reid was coming in from putting her gobag in the car.

The entire trip to the airport Henry talked to Penelope and told her how much he was going to miss her, she kissed the top of his head and said, "I'll miss you to sweetpea". JJ said, "don't worry honey she won't be gone long", he looked at Penelope and said, "weally"?, she laughed and said, "yes really, I will be back before you know it" causing him to clap his hands and say, "yayyyyyyyyyy".

A few minutes later they were walking through the airport, she looked up and sighed when she saw her flight was on time, she hugged her family and said, "I love you all and I will see you soon". As she got in line she looked over her shoulder and saw Henry waving at her, she waved back and said, "I love you Henry", he blew her a kiss and said, "lub you toooooooooo" as she disappeared out the end of the tunnel.

The Reid family stood there watching as Penelopes plane lifted off, Henry laid his head down on his dads shoulder and said, "I miss her aweady daddy", he kissed his son on the temple and said, "me to buddy, me to" as they headed back toward their car.