I was kept at the hospital after I woke up longer than I was comfortable with. My shoulder had been really stiff where I was stabbed and because I had been in a coma all of that time my shoulder and arm weren't in shape. I was admitted into physical therapy for it, and the team was behind me the whole way. Especially Derek. The man rarely left my side at all. When he had to take a case he would let me know and kiss me my check, brush his hand through my hair as he looked at me and reluctantly walk away. Always telling me "I love you, babygirl." My heart would throb at those words, and I would say those three words right back to him.

The hardest part of it all...was Kevin. He came to see me once he found out I was awake. I woke up hazy off of the drugs they had put in my IV and he was holding my hand crying. I could see his body shake as he pressed his forehead against my hand and heaved. My throat closed up, and I felt like I couldn't breathe. I made a sound, trying to force his name out of my mouth and he looked up at me.

"Penelope, oh I'm so happy you're awake. I visited it you when you were...oh baby-" I flinched when the word baby came out of his mouth. It was what Derek called me. Seeing Kevin after the proposal I turned down, the tension with Derek, and being attacked...I felt incredibly overwhelmed. "What's wrong?"

I couldn't tell him that I didn't want to see him, that it was too much. So I shook my head and blinked the tears from my eyes. "It just makes me happy that I'm awake, you know. Not in a coma."

"Me too, I missed you. I wanted to...I feel like it definitely is too soon but I-"

There was a knock on the open door of my hospital room, and there was Derek Morgan. Reid stood by his side holding a bag of greasy food I had requested specifically. I had lost a lot of weight from being in a coma, and I didn't like how I looked. Yeah I may be near the weight that I should be for my height but I didn't feel like me. I felt like someone else. Plus I needed the comfort food that fried food gave me.

I turned away from Kevin, and waved Ried and Derek in with my free hand. That's when I noticed that Derek wasn't looking at my face at all. He was staring at Kevin holding on to my hand. His eyes narrowed down into slits, and his jaw rolled. Then suddenly his face relaxed and he looked at me. A blazing shiver ran down my spine like every time he looked at me.

I swallowed dryly and pointed at the drink he was holding that I was sure was mine. "Gimme! I'm dying to have real soda instead of the diet stuff." I covertly yanked my hand out of Kevin's since his attention diverted and took the drink in both hands. I sipped until I was content and leaned back in bed "Ahhh. That's the good stuff. Reid let's see what's in the back."

He smiled and pulled the contents on my rolling table and I rubbed my hands together. "Aha, you did well very well. The plan went accordingly."

Reid snickered, holding back facts on how unhealthy the food I asked for was I bet. Derek looked distracted but took a seat on the small sofa against the wall. "What plan?" I heard from the doorway. I knew that voice.

"JJ!" I squealed. She rushed in and hugged me and I didn't want to let her go. "I missed you."
"I know, we missed you too. I've been away on a job the Director gave me and I couldn't be here. I'm so sorry." JJ explained.

"Oh, hush. I understand, and who's the we? Did you bring little Henry?" I asked excitedly, I loved that little guy.

JJ nodded pushing her hair off of her shoulder to look towards the doorway. "Yeah, Will is taking him to the little store here to buy you flowers. He's all hyped up about it too."

My heart squeezed, he was a thoughtful kid. "He's a sweetheart, Will is teaching him well."

Just then Henry came running in on his little legs with a bundle of mixed flowers. He stopped once he got to my side, nudging his mother away. "P! P! I got you flowers!"

I gasped as if I was stunned. "Oh, they're so beautiful Henry. Did you pick them out all by yourself?"

Henry nodded proudly, looking back at his father for confirmation. "I did, I did! No one helped, I picked all the flowers out. Even the card." He pulled shoved it towards me as any excited kid would when they got to do something all on their own.

I smiled and bent down to kiss his head. "You're such a great guy, Henry. Thank you so much."

"Uh-huh, you just get better P. Love yooou." He cooed to me.

"You guys undoubtably did amazing with him." I said laughing.

JJ, Will, Henry, and Reid stayed for an hour. Laughing and joking with me, ultimately trying to cheer me up. Then left once the nurse came and made a comment about visiting policies. That left Kevin and Derek. Derek didn't seem to be going anywhere and I could sense that Kevin wanted to talk to me about something. I knew it wouldn't be about anything that I wasn't to touch on though. So I welcomed Derek's company.

"So Kevin." Derek said to him after the others had left. "You don't have anything else that you need to do?"

Kevin was shocked with Derek. You could see it all over his face that he didn't know what to say. So he looked at me for answers. My eyes were wide, shoot I didn't know what to say either!

Kevin licked his lips nervously. "What do you mean?"

Derek scowled. "You know what I mean. You and Garcia aren't together anymore, she isn't yours-"

Kevin stood up from his seat, "So what, now she's yours?!"

Hey, wait a minute I'm not some possession! What am I a trinket? "Cut it out you guys! Now. I don't belong to anybody."

Derek's head snapped towards me. "Oh, yeah? Maybe I just assumed that the person my heart belongs to also belonged to me."

The world stopped all of a sudden. My eyes were only for Derek then, he was all I saw. The walls, the floor, and Kevin disappeared in a poof of smoke. "What are you saying Derek?"

"Do you love him?" I heard from beside me, the sharpness of the voice cut through my haze. Making me look away from Derek and see Kevin staring down on me. "All of this time...our whole relationship did you love him?" He glared at Derek. "Did you love her!?"

I shook my head, "It was never that way between Derek and me. I didn't have those feelings-"

Kevin shook himself angrily, and walked away from and out of the door without another word. It was the first time that I had ever known him that he showed a bit of menace. Tears ran down my face uncontrollably, I felt Derek's arms wrap around me and his warmth swarmed me. I couldn't let myself relax into it however.

"Derek...why would you do that? You hurt him and you didn't have to."

He sighed, knowing he was wrong. "I'm sorry, Penelope. I am. I couldn't help myself, I understand why he was here I just...I hated the fact that he was. I don't know what is going on in your head. I didn't know if you would wake up and think that you actually did want to be with him forever. It would crush me for you to take him back."

"Because you want to be with me?"

He went quiet and then his lips kissed my temple. "Yes, babygirl."