Married By Christmas-Ch 26

Epilogue- 5 Years Later

Derek looked around their backyard and grinned as he watched his 4 year old daughter Sophie was chasing their dog Clooney around the yard. Derek and Penelope bought the house right after returning from their month long honeymoon.

The house had everything they could both ever want in a house and they couldn't be happier especially since it was right next door to Dereks mom Fran Rossi. Right after the newlweds returned home Penelope had a family dinner in which Fran and Dave met and were soon inseperable and then married.

Reid was pushing his 3 year old daughter Megan in the swing while his 6 year old son played in the sand, JJ on the other hand was inside the house helping Penelope with the 2 week old fraternal twins Hank and Hannah Morgan.

The twins were a surprise, a welcomed surprise, Penelope and Derek went out of town for a weekend and not long after returning she found out she was pregnant. JJ and Reid had become a normal fixture at casa Morgan so had the Hotchners Emily and Aaron.

Emily and Hotch got married about 2 months after Derek and Penelope got back home from their honeymoon and 9 months later Jack Derek Hotchner was born. The Hotchner clan grew again 3 years later with the birth of Nathaniel David Hotchner.

Derek looked up and saw his wife and JJ carrying the twins, they laid them down in the porta cribs and made their way over to the tables. Derek said, "alright, who's ready to eat"?, everybody said, "meeeeee" causing laughter to fill the air.

Penelope smiled as Derek helped her sit down at the table, she kissed his cheek and said, "thank you sugar shack". Derek said, "you are very welcome sweetness", he then sat down beside her and glanced over his shoulder at the sleeping twins.

Sam was sentenced to 30 years for drugging and assaulting Penelope and then given another 20 years for his behavior during his trial. The last thing the judge told Sam before he was dragged from the courtroom was that he would spend the entire 50 years in prison before he got out".

Penelope and Derek could now laugh and enjoy the rest of their lives knowing that Sam would never again be around to bother them. Dave raised his glass and said, "I'd like to make a toast", everybody raised their glasses and he said, "here's to many many more days like this one".

Everybody smiled as he said, "friends and love are the two things that make like worth living and we are all blessed to have an abundance of both". Their family were all laughing and talking as they all said, "family and friendssssss" before taking a sip of their drink.

Later in the evening Derek said, "who would have thought that our happiness would all have started when we bumped into each other right before Christmas that year". She kissed his lips gently and said, "not me for sure hotstuff".

Derek said, "do you ever regret us getting together"?, she glanced over her shoulder and said, "never, because you, our kids and family are my life and I wouldn't change a minute of it". Derek kissed the side of her neck and said, "me either baby girl, me either".

THE END