A/N: Okay because it's Sunday and I'm not sure how fast I'll be able to update this week I'm giving you all an extra-long chapter! I have never written anything like this so feedback on this chapter would be greatly appreciated! I hope you all have a great Monday tomorrow and I'll be working on Chapter Five any chance I get!
Chapter Four:
Parking Lot of Prince William Forest Park, Quantico, VA:
Derek sat there for a few minutes. He couldn't believe the scene she had made. This was ridiculous. He just started laughing. She behaved like a child. She had made this whole thing so easy for him to walk away. He knew he needed to call Penelope, but honestly right now he needed to change his locks and get her stuff out of his apartment. It was all a part of getting her out of his life and showing Penelope he was serious about her. He sat there for a few minutes and just kept thinking about how when he went to talk to her he wanted all of his ducks to be in a row. He wanted her to see how serious he was, and how in love with her really was. He knew he wanted help doing all of this, and more than everything he needed to clear his head. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, and dialed.
"Hey Old Man, can you help me with something?" Derek asked as he heard Rossi answer the phone.
"Yeah of course, what's going on?" Rossi asked getting out of his car at his house, and walking around the car to help Fran out of the passenger's side.
"Well I broke up with Savannah and she went crazy. Man she was seriously screaming at me in the damn park. It was so childish. I need to get her things out of my apartment and change my locks. Can you meet me at my place in ten?" Derek said starting his SUV and pulling out on the road.
"Yeah I'll meet you there. Have you called Penelope yet?" Rossi asked knowing full well he hadn't
"No when I finally go and talk to her I want to have all of this taken care of. I want her to know I'm serious, that this wasn't just something I'm doing because I've broken up with Savannah. I just. I want to get this right, does that make sense?" Derek asked the older man.
"Yeah it does. Give me twenty, I just got back to the house, and I want to at least change out of the clothes." Dave said walking into his house.
"Okay man. I'll see you then." Derek said hanging up his phone, and heading towards his house.
Prince William Forest Park, Quantico, VA:
Savannah couldn't believe this. Derek did not seriously just break up with her. She was the best thing that had ever happened to him. And what was this crap about someone else having his heart. She just couldn't be so easily replaced. He must be losing his mind. He needed her. She was just going to have to get rid of this other girl. But who. Who was it that stole him away from her? She knew it had to be someone close to him. That narrowed it down to three women. J.J., Emily, and Penelope. J.J. and Emily were both married to his two best friends. Derek would never do that. Penelope was his best friend. She wasn't his type though. She's short, fat, dorky, and just so not Derek. She's not worthy of him. Somehow though Savannah knew it was her who pulled Derek away from her. He must feel sorry for her. Savannah knew she had to push Penelope away from Derek. Savannah walked back to where she parked her car when she followed Derek to the park.
A few minutes later she pulled up to Penelope's building. She fixed her make-up and headed inside the building. She luckily caught someone coming out so that she didn't have to buzz her to unlock the building's door.
Penelope's Apartment:
Penelope had just gotten out of the shower and was making herself a drink. She had cried so hard in the shower she literally felt dehydrated. She had just started the tea kettle when she heard the knock on the door. She really didn't feel like company at this point.
The last thing Penelope was expecting was to see Savannah Hayes.
"Savannah what's – what's going on?" Penelope didn't know what kind of sick joke this was, but this was the last person she wanted to see.
"Penelope can I talk to you. Woman to woman. Please." Savannah said in her fakest sweet voice she could.
"Listen Savannah this isn't a good time. I'm sorry. I will be happy to talk to you any other time, but please not right now." Penelope said trying to close the door.
"Derek asked me to marry him." Savannah blurted out.
"W-what?" Penelope didn't even realized she'd been able to speak.
"Derek asked me to marry him. I want to say yes, but I don't want to keep competing with you for his attention Penelope. Derek and I could be really happy together, but I can't say yes unless you promise me you're going to back off. I'm not trying to be mean. I know that Derek would never ask you to back off, but if he and I are going to have a future it needs to be me and him, not you him and me. Does that make sense Penelope?" Savannah kept talking, knowing it was digging that knife in her deeper and deeper. She could see the wheels turning in her head.
"I'll back off." Penelope muttered as she closed the door, locking it behind her.
Penelope slowly made her way back to her bed. Ignoring the squealing tea kettle. She couldn't even function. She wanted to just burry herself in her bed and forget this day.
Derek's Apartment:
Derek was boxing up the random crap that Savannah had left over at his apartment when he heard the familiar knock.
"Come on in Rossi." Derek yelled over his shoulder.
"Hey where are you?" Rossi asked walking into the living room.
"Bedroom. Packing crap that she left here." Derek said closing up yet another box.
"So you want to tell me what happened?" Rossi asked putting another box together for him.
The two men talked about everything that happened at the park. Rossi agreed that Savannah's outburst was pure childish. When they had finally put the last of her crap, in the last box, Derek called for the maintenance to come change his locks as they started putting the boxes in the back of his SUV.
"How are you going to drop them off without having to deal with her?" Dave asked as he closed the back of the SUV.
"I'm just going to drop them off outside door, and then when I exit the building I'll ring the buzzer." Derek said heading back inside.
"Okay son I'm going to head home, do you want to come with me your mom's making homemade chicken pot pie?" Rossi said standing in the door way. The maintenance man handed Derek the new keys and left.
"Yeah I think I will. I want to talk to Mama about Penelope." Derek said locking his door behind him.
Penelope's Apartment:
J.J., Emily and Fran had knocked and knocked on her door. Called for her. Everything. She wasn't answering. They knew that she was there. They had seen Esther outside.
"Jayje do you have the key still?" Emily asked getting worried.
"Yeah I think so. I hate using it though." J.J. said pulling her keys out.
"I think right now Penelope will understand." Fran said holding the food containers in her hands.
They walked in and could hear Penelope in the bedroom. She was just sobbing uncontrollable cries. Emily and J.J. just immediately walked into the bedroom, dropping their bags on the couch as they went. Fran set the food she had brought for her and her bag on the counter, taking the tea kettle off, and followed them in. Penelope was laying in her bed just crying. She felt so stupid. She couldn't believe he was engaged to that woman. And she had the audacity to come here and tell her to back off. She heard them come in. She knew who it was. The only people with a key to her place were J.J. and Derek, and Derek wouldn't be here. He was probably out celebrating with his new fiancé.
"Garcie.." She heard J.J.'s familiar voice.
"Yeah Jayje?" Penelope couldn't believe how hoarse her voice sounded.
"Emily, Fran and I are here. We brought you food." J.J. said siting on the bed next to her best friend on the bed, Emily sitting next to her, and Fran going to the head of the bed to try to pull the covers from Penelope's head.
"As sweet as that is, honestly I don't think I could eat right now." Penelope said more into the pillow to them.
"Penelope please honey. You need to eat. As upset as you are with Derek right now it doesn't change the fact that you need to eat. You have to take care of yourself. You never know what could happen next time you see him. Things could be completely different P." J.J. said trying to console her best friend.
"Jayje, you don't understand everything is different now. There's no chance. You know earlier I was hurt but I knew our friendship was worth it, I could deal, I could function, but now, now I don't even have that." Penelope buried deeper in the covers.
"Penelope what are you talking about honey?" Fran asked sitting down by the pile of covers that currently was Penelope.
"It doesn't matter." Penelope muttered into the pillow.
"Penelope Marie Garcia, I love you as my daughter. If something is hurting you honey it does matter to me. Now pull yourself out of these covers and talk to us. I said now Penelope!" Fran raised her voice. She knew Penelope was hurting, but she couldn't fix it if she wouldn't talk to her.
Penelope sat up in the bed, and looked at the concerned faces of two of her best friends and the woman she considered her mother.
"Good, now talk to us." Fran said shifting to face her.
"I will tell you, but you can't say anything. Let Derek tell you." Penelope said trying to hold it together. She got mutual replies of yeah, and okay. "No I want promises. You have to promise me. Please."
"I promise." J.J. said.
"Of course. I promise." Emily said nodding.
"Sweetheart I don't like this, but for you, I promise." Fran sighed. She didn't like the way this was starting to sound.
"I got paid a visit earlier. From Savannah." Penelope said holding back the tears.
"What?!" seemed to be the only response she got from the trio.
"She said she wanted to talk to me, woman to woman, and I tried to get her to leave but before I could, she." Penelope took a big breath. "She told me that Derek proposed, and that she wanted me to back off. Let them be together, and be happy." When Penelope finally finished tell them what had happened she just cried.
"Penelope that's not possible." J.J. said trying to position herself to where she could at least give her friend a hug.
"Derek wouldn't do that PG. I talked to him earlier today, he was done with her. He said so himself." Emily rushed out moving over on the bed.
"Sweetheart that woman is lying to you. I know my son he wouldn't ask her to marry him. He himself told me she wasn't the one for him. Oh when I see that boy I swear he's going to-"
"No! Mama you promised me! Please!" Penelope begged.
"Penelope." She got from the group.
"No. He wants Savannah. He's happy. They're engaged. And I'm going to back off. I'm going to try to deal with this the best I can. That's all I can do." Penelope sighed.
Eventually they all agreed to back off, they knew they had promised her and to Penelope trust was everything. They couldn't betray her now. Even if they all agreed this could be cleared up if they just talked to each other. J.J. and Emily both agreed that they wanted to catch Savannah alone in alley somewhere, but after being chastised by Fran that they couldn't do this until after they got Penelope and Derek together they decided to focus on their main issue. They got Penelope up, and she ate and drank some new tea that Emily made. Around midnight they all left and went to their homes. Deciding that this was not over and they were more determined than ever to get them together. Each of them spent the whole way home thinking over ways to help Morgan and Garcia.
Rossi's House
When Fran walked into her home, it was well past midnight. She tried to quietly walk into her living room only to be surprised by the sight of her son and husband asleep on the two couches in her living room. She walked over and gently shook Derek's shoulder and then David's.
"Mama?"
"Tesora?" (Darling)
"Sorry boys, but you honestly didn't look to comfortable. Why don't we all call it a night and we can have breakfast together in the morning?" Fran asked smiling at them. She got tired nods from the men and they all climbed the stairs to get to their bedrooms. As Fran and David got to their room, David remembered where she had went.
"How was she Tesorina?" Rossi asked laying down on his bed. (Sweetheart)
"David words cannot describe how she is right now. I have so much to tell you, but honestly right now I just want to sleep." Fran said cuddling up to her husband.
"Non ti preoccupare ora l'amore, facciamo solo dormire . Ti amo, sogni d'oro." (Don't worry about it now love, let's just sleep. I love you, sweet dreams)
"I love you too. Goodnight and sweet dreams."
A/N 2:
Okay I'm sorry that all the craziness isn't cleared up yet, but I promise it will get better soon! Like I said super nervous about this chapter! Please let me know what you think!
