A/N: Hello my lovelies! It took me forever and a day to finish this one but it's here!
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Chapter Eighteen:
After their fun in the tub Penelope and Derek made their way down stairs to join everyone. J.J., Emily, Jack, Henry and Fran were in the living room watching WALL E, while Reid, Rossi and Hotch were in the kitchen.
"There you two are. Dave said that the men are treating us to dinner tonight." Fran said.
"I think that's my cue. I'll tell Rossi what we decided." Derek said kissing her temple and walking into the kitchen with the men.
"Decision?" Fran asked raising an eyebrow the same way Derek did.
"Um yeah. Derek and I are going to get married while were here, if you all are okay with it of course. I know were all supposed to be on vacation." Penelope said with a smile as she sat down next to Fran on the sofa.
"Really?" J.J. asked smiling.
"Oh that's a great idea." Emily said with a smile.
"I think that's a great idea." Fran said with a wide smile.
"I'm really going to need your help. I have no idea what all I need to do. Hot Stuff said that Dave was going to get all the paperwork in order, and I'd just need to send all of our info into the office." Penelope said smiling. She was so happy they were all on board with this.
They spent the next hour or so making plans to go shopping for dresses, flowers and supplies tomorrow. When Reid came and let them know dinner was ready, they all moved into the dining room. Penelope was excited and nervous. Everything seemed to be falling into place, but that made her all the more nervous that things might get messed up. She put it all out of her mind and enjoyed diner with her family. Everyone laughed as Henry and Jack tore apart their lasagna, Henry was giving Jack the meat, and Jack was giving Henry the tomatoes out of his lasagna.
"Kitten I think you turned one of my grandsons into a vegetarian." Rossi said watching Henry hand Jack more of the meat.
"My little man has good taste, he must take after his Aunty Penny." Penelope said kissing Henry on the cheek.
"You know I've noticed he's been doing that more. I can usually get him to eat chicken, fish, and bacon, but no red meat. He definitely didn't get that from me." J.J. said watching Henry pick at more of his food.
"Jack has been doing that with certain vegetables too. Brussel sprouts, asparagus, some of the more um, texture issue ones." Emily said choosing her words carefully.
"They are definitely starting to develop certain tastes. Jack has even been turning down mashed potatoes lately." Fran said remembering dinner last week.
"I remember that. Henry wanted more, but Jack didn't eat his." Penelope said as she went to get more to drink, she ruffled Jacks hair as she walked by. He smiled up at her with his sauce covered face.
After dinner Penelope helped J.J. and Emily get the boys bathed and into their pajamas, while everyone else cleaned up the kitchen. Once bath time was over and the boys they were still so exhausted so Penelope went down stairs and let the mommies and daddies read them stories and have some time together. As she came down the stairs she saw Derek and Dave in the kitchen. Dave was on the phone with someone. Fran was sitting on the sofa looking at a photo album.
"Penelope do you remember this?" Fran said looking up as she walked in the room, pointing at the second picture on the page. Penelope walked over and sat down next to her.
"Oh wow. Yeah that's when we took the boys to the zoo. That was two almost three years ago. I remember that. The boys kept making monkey noises for a week." Penelope said smiling at the picture.
"Oh I had forgotten about that." Fran said smiling.
"Remember Sea World?" Penelope said pointing to the picture two down.
"Of course. Oh they loved the dolphin show." Fran said laughing at the memories.
"That was such a great day. We all had so much fun." Penelope said smiling and turning the page.
"We'll have to take so many pictures at your wedding." Fran said looking at the book.
"I'm nervous." Penelope said giving her a weak smile.
"Oh don't be. You and Derek are made for each other. Dave is talking to his friend, Judge Crum, now." Fran said flipping through the pages.
"My Italian Stallion knows people everywhere I swear." Penelope said laughing.
"That he definitely does." Fran said laughing too. Their laughs were cut off by Dave and Derek coming in.
"So tomorrow morning if you can send copies of yours and Morgan's birth certificates and socials to Jeff's office, then by Monday afternoon if were all ready you will be Mrs. Derek Morgan Kitten." Dave said smiling.
"Really?" Penelope asked with a wide smile.
"Really Baby Girl." Derek said smiling back at her. Penelope jumped up and hugged Dave.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you!" Penelope said hugging him. She then turned and hugged Derek.
"Anything for you two. You know how much I love you both." Dave said sitting down next to Fran on the couch.
"We have a lot to do tomorrow." Fran said smiling.
"Well you girls go have fun, we'll watch the boys." Dave said smiling.
"Oh you'll have a list too." Fran said closing the photo album. Just then Emily, Hotch, J.J. and Reid came into the living room and taking seats.
"What will we need to do tomorrow?" Dave asked.
"Wait what's going on?" Reid asked.
"Well Pretty Boy were getting married Monday." Derek said kissing Penelope on the forehead.
"Awh!" J.J. said.
"Ooh that means we have a lot of shopping to do tomorrow." Emily said.
"Well will need to decide what we all are going to wear for the wedding, and then the guys will need to go get their clothes, while we go get our dresses. Do you have any ideas on what you want to wear?" Fran said going to the shelf and getting a pen and paper.
"No I hadn't really thought of it." Penelope asked.
"Well what colors do you both like?" Fran asked. Penelope and Derek both looked at each other and laughed.
"Okay I know you're personalities are both very different, but you have to agree on some colors." Fran said smiling at them.
"I know we both like black." Derek said holding up her black painted finger nails.
"Very true Angel Fish." Penelope said smiling.
"Okay we can have the men in black dress pants, but I don't think you want us all wearing black dresses. Right?" Emily asked.
"No of course not. Ooh, turquoise, we both love turquoise." Penelope said smiling at him.
"Very true Baby Girl. I forgot about that." Derek said remembering their bedroom walls were a dark turquoise.
"So we can have the girls in turquoise dresses, the men in black dress pants, we could try to find some black accessories to go with the dresses. Do you want the men to wear turquoise shirts or white?" Fran asked making notes.
"Uh Hot Stuff? Penelope asked looking to him for input. Derek looked at the other guys.
"Um why don't we just go with the white dress shirts and vests, no jackets?" Derek said looking to the other guys for confirmation. They nodded in agreement.
"I really like that idea Hot Stuff." Penelope said smiling.
"Why thank you Goddess." Derek said kissing her lightly.
"Ooh Jack and Henry are going to look so cute in little dress pants and shirts." Penelope said smiling.
"So we'll pick up flowers, we'll get our dresses, you will get you're out fits. Judge Crum is going to perform the ceremony right?" Fran asked looking at Dave who nodded.
"So what's left?" Penelope asked happily trying to think of what else they might need.
"Well two of the most important things." Fran said smiling. When getting no response Fran chuckled and continued. "The rings and the location."
"The field, that overlooks the beach, it would be the perfect spot." Derek said looking out the sliding glass door.
"Oh that would be so beautiful. Especially at sunset." Penelope said smiling. The excitement was starting to outweigh the nerves.
"I think that's perfect Angel." Derek said leaning over and kissing her.
"How about we each pick out each other's rings Hot Stuff?" Penelope suggested.
"What do you mean?" Derek asked confused.
"I pick out yours and you pick out mine, that way it's a surprise." Penelope said smiling.
"Anything for you." Derek said kissing her again.
Bright and not so early the next morning Penelope sent all of the necessary files over to Judge Jeffery Crum's office, and headed down stairs to help Fran J.J. and Emily make breakfast. After a fun breakfast with the family the girls crammed into one of the cars, and the guys into two separate cars to make their way into town to complete their lists.
The girls it several different shops before finding one that seemed to specialize in weddings. After trying on several different dresses. Some horrendous, some that were okay but just not right the girls finally found the perfect dresses. The dresses for J.J. and Emily were strapless with a sweetheart neckline, and knee length, and the dress for Fran was a tasteful cap sleeve mid-calf dress. They were in the most gorgeous shade of turquoise. After having their dresses put back for purchase the girls began looking for the perfect wedding dress.
"What about this one PG?" Emily said holding up a long princess style dress.
"It's pretty, but it's just not the one." Penelope said continuing looking.
"Oh Garcie this one is pretty." J.J. said pulling out a dress that was somewhat similar to theirs, mid-calf, strapless, but had a sash under the bust line.
"Yeah it is. I just. I don't know. Was it this hard for you guys to pick out you're dresses?" Penelope asked continuing to look.
"Very." Emily and J.J. said at the same time.
"Penelope, what about this one?" Fran said pulling a dress of the rack. It was strapless with a sweetheart neckline, it bunched up on the bust line, but fell straight, and had a slit up the side.
"Oh Mama it's perfect." Penelope gushed. She tried on the dress and it fit her like a glove. She absolutely loved it.
They made their purchases and made their way to the flower shop, and found some beautiful turquoise calla lilies. Fran arranged for several dozen to be delivered to the house the next day. On their way back to their car to head over to the jewelry store they walked past a tattoo shop and Penelope got an idea.
"Hey." She said stopping.
"What's up PG?" Emily asked stopping next to her. J.J. was on the phone checking in with the boys, and tell them not to worry about shoes. They were all going to be barefoot for the ceremony.
"I want a tattoo." Penelope said looking at the shop.
"Really?" Emily said looking to Fran.
"Yeah I was thinking about getting one, and I know what I want now." Penelope said smiling.
"What's up?" J.J. asked getting off of the phone.
"I want a tattoo." Penelope repeated.
"Okay now?" J.J. asked.
"Nope. Tomorrow. We can come back. I'll explain it on the way to the jewelry store to pick up Derek's ring.
They loaded everything in the back of the car, and climbed in.
"So Sweetheart why do you want a tattoo?" Fran asked.
"Well I've wanted one for a while, but I always said if I was going to get one I was going to make sure it had meaning. I know what I want now though." Penelope said smiling.
"Okay what are you going to get?" J.J. asked.
"I'm going to get a heart with Derek's badge number in it." Penelope said smiling.
"Oh that's a great idea." Emily said smiling.
"Yeah I really like that. It's cute, symbolic, and it's not his name so it's not bad luck." J.J. said thinking about it.
"That's cute. It's like a wedding gift." Fran said pulling away from the curb and onto the street.
"Exactly. That's why I'm going to get it tomorrow since were sleeping in separate rooms so he won't see it." Penelope explained.
"Awh that's sweet. I wish I had thought of something like that when Aaron and I had gotten married. He has mine and Jack's initials tattooed on his back." Emily said looking out the window.
"Well why don't you get one with me Em?" Penelope asked.
"Are you sure it's you're idea?" Emily said turning towards Penelope.
"Yeah of course." Penelope said smiling. "You can too if you want Peaches." Penelope said smiling at J.J.
"No thanks you two I'm good. I'll go with you to get them though." J.J. said laughing.
"What about you Mama? Want some ink?" Penelope asked jokingly.
"No I'm good, thanks though Sweetheart. I'll bring you though. This I want to see." Fran said laughing and pulling up to the jewelry store.
"Awh darn!" Penelope said in mock sadness.
"I know I'm breaking you're heart." Fran said parking the car. They all climbed out and made their ways inside. They shopped around a bit. Penelope was looking at different rings. Waiting for the one to stand out. None of them really stood out to her yet.
"Miss can I see you're engagement ring?" The man behind the counter asked.
"Of course." Penelope held up her hand and showed it to him.
"It's a four carat stone, princess cut, platinum setting. Simple, yet stunning. I take it you're shopping for his wedding band now?" The salesman asked.
"Yes sir." Penelope said smiling.
"Okay, to match this you would want to go with a wide band, platinum or titanium." He said pulling out two trays with rings matching the description.
"That one." Penelope said looking at a simple wide band that had Celtic knot work on it.
"Lovely choice."
"Do you know his ring size?" He asked.
"Yeah eleven." Penelope said looking at the ring.
"Perfect. I'll wrap it up for you." He said walking over to the cash register.
After checking out and heading back out to the car they started their way back to the house. Penelope opened the ring box and looked at it. It was perfect. She hoped he loved it.
"Penelope sweetheart I was wondering if you'd be okay with me hiring a photographer." Fran asked looking into traffic to make sure she was all clear.
"Oh that'd be great! If it's not too much trouble of course!" Penelope said excitedly.
"Not at all!" Fran said smiling.
"I can't believe it." Penelope said smiling.
"Still in shock huh Garcie?" J.J. asked smiling.
"That's how I felt too." Emily said smiling at the memory.
"Yeah it's crazy." Penelope said staring out the window.
"What's that Sweetheart?" Fran asked.
"I'm getting married." Penelope said with a wide smiling