Surprise Baby Girl-Ch 9

Derek watched as she pulled away and he said, "Chad, who's Chad, she never mentioned anything about him to me", he was pulled back to reality with the sound of his son squealing, "bee beeeeeeeee". Derek walked over and took the table off and said, "sorry buddy but it's just you and me baby girl's gone", the little boys bottom lip started to quiver and Derek said, "it's okay, it's okay we will see her later, I promise".

He kissed his son on the cheek and said, "daddy loves you", he then put the little boy down in his playpen and picked up his cell and dialed an ohhhh so famaliar number and after a few rings he said, "who's Chad"?, Dave said, "ohhhh yeah him, how did you find out about him"?, Derek said, "I was getting ready to ask her to spend the day with me and Hank when he called".

Dave said, "wellllll they have kind of been dating but not really", Derek opened his mouth to say something and Dave said, "other than Chad how were things going"?,
he blew out a deep breath and said, "well we were talking and I think we were making progress but with Savannah here and Chad". Dave said, "waitttttttt waitttttt, hold on, what do you mean Savannah's here"?, he ran his hand over his head and said, "yeah she's here and she's wanting my son".

Dave said, "I'll call Aaron and get him to come over to the house", he said, "that's a good idea, I'm going to need all the help I can get", Dave said, "don't worry everybody will be there soon". After the call ended he looked down at his son and said, "don't worry daddy's going to make her see that she belongs with us not this Chad person".

Penelope pulled up in front of the diner, she got out of her car and walked inside, Chad smiled and said, "how are you doing gorgeous"?, she said, "welllll you are never going to guess who came to visit"?, Chad said, "don't tell me"?, she nodded her head and said, "yep Derek, he's back and his marriage is over and he wants us to be together".

Chad put his hand in hers and said, "and what do you want"?, she said, "I'm so confused right now and I don't know what I want", he brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it and said, "let's not think about Derek right now, let's talk about us". The waitress brought over a cup of coffee and Penelope said, "thanks Mary", she winked at Penelope and said, "sure thing honey" before walking back to the counter to wait on her customers.

Penelope had been in love with Derek for years and when he married Savannah she was heartbroken but when Hank was born she started seeing less and less of her hotstuff which was understandable, hard to take but understandable. The day her heart shattered into a million pieces was the day that Derek moved away, he promised that he would call and come for visits but neither of those things happened.

She was sitting deep in thought when Chad said, "earth to Penelope", she said, "huh, what"?, he said, "what are you thinking about"?, she said, "I was just thinking about what Derek said that's all". Chad blew out a deep breath and said, "what did he say"?, she said, "I called a few times and Savannah answered and she never told him that I called".

Chad said, "Savannah sounds like a very jealous woman to me", Penelope said, "ohhhh she is and she's in town", Chad said, "maybe she's here to kiss and make up with her husband". Penelope said, "yeahhh that ain't gonna happen", he said, "how can you be sure"?, she said, "he brought divorce papers with him and he's already signed them".

Chad said, "what does that mean for us"?, she squeezed his hand and said, "I have a great time with you Chad and I don't know what I would have done without you in my life after he left". Chad said, "I love you Penelope, I want us to spend the rest of our lives together", her mouth flew open and she was speechless as she watched him pulling a small black box out of his pocket.

He looked at her and said, "this isn't the way I wanted this to happen buttttt here goes", he opened the box and said, "Penelope Garcia you are the most amazing woman I have ever met". She felt her heart racing as he continued by saying, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you, loving you and being loved by you and I hope that you will do me the great honor of marrying me".

She didn't know what to do as she looked from the ring to his happy face, she was torn, she wanted to be happy but was Chad enough for her, she cared for Chad but she was now and would forever be in love with Derek. Chad said, "what do you say gorgeous"?, she said, "Chad I care about you I really do but I don't think that we should be getting married".

He took the ring out of the box and slid it on her finger and said, "why don't you just think about it for a while, I don't want to rush you, I love you Penelope and I want to make you happy". She said, "Chad I can't keep this", he kissed her lips and said, "yes you can, keep it and just think about how happy you could be, how happy I could make you".

She then sat there watching as he paid for their coffees and made his way out the door