A/N: I tried to get this written as soon as I possibly could. Hope you guys love it! Enjoy the finale!
Penelope didn't say anything for about ten seconds. "Say something Pen," Derek said. "Say anything to break this tension."
"Oh," she said. "Oh."
"That's all you have to say? " he said incredously. "I just said I was in love with you." Then: "You don't feel the same way, do you?"
Penelope looked at him sharply. "Of course I do! Don't think for a single second I don't feel that way toward you. I always have. It's just…a lot to take in at once. I thought I'd lost you, Derek. When Hotch called and said you were in the hospital, I kind of freaked."
"You probably felt the same way I did when you got shot," Derek replied. "That's why we don't need to be apart anymore. We're better together. You know that, Baby Girl. I know you do."
"I do know that," she said quietly. "I've known it for a while now; I just hadn't had the courage to act on it yet. Seriously though, I couldn't be more relieved that you're alright. There was a while I thought you wouldn't be."
Derek started to kiss her, but Penelope pulled away. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Isn't this what you want?"
"We have to break up with our significant others first," she explained. "I've been cheated on too many times to do that to someone else."
"Okay," he said. "I can wait." Then: "You seem to be taking all of this epiphany business quite well. I wasn't too sure that you would when I woke up."
"Well," Penelope said, averting her eyes. "It's not like I haven't thought about it myself. What woman hasn't thought about having genetically perfect children with a god like you? Plus…"
"You're rambling," he interrupted. "You only do that when you're trying to distract me from something. What is it?"
"Well…" she started. "I…er…kinda had a similar dream that you did. Except in mine my mother was showing me all of these future events and warning me our lives were going down the wrong path. It's a little freaky is all. The only difference is in mine you became an alcoholic and got kicked out of the BAU. Can you even imagine?"
Derek only stared at her. "That's what happened in mine," he said. "Exactly what happened. What was the end result with you and Sam?"
"He was abusive," she answered. "Really abusive. We were engaged and happy, but he just changed overnight. I think he had some anger management problems. He was attending classes and trying to get better, but nothing seemed to work for him."
"Do you remember anything else?"
She shook her head. "Not about Sam. I woke up a little after that. I do remember that one of our girls was named Calliope though," she recounted. "Which, by the way, is the coolest name ever. If the dream ever comes true, we are going with that name. No buts about it."
"Penelope, we had the same epiphany," he close to yelled. "Don't you see? This is one of those highly coincidental things that happen in life. We were both shown this other universe so we'd admit to our feelings."
She considered that for a minute. "I guess you're right," she said slowly. "It is a wee bit crazy that we had the same dream. Of course you were unconscious and I was just asleep on the plane…"
Derek cut her off by kissing her. He couldn't stand it another minute. How could he sit here and tell his feelings and talk about that wonderful dream and not do it? She didn't pull away immediately, but she finally did. "Damn you. I didn't want to cheat on Sam." They kissed again. "But kissing you is ten times better than I ever imagined it to be."
"Well, Baby Girl, if you recall from our epiphany the guy was abusive," he said between kisses. "I think he deserves a little payback, don't you?"
She only gave him a look. "We don't know that it was an actual representation of our future, Hot Stuff," she giggled. "Wouldn't that be a little farfetched?"
Derek only kissed her again, completely forgetting where he was and about his head injury. "Haven't you realized by now that this epiphany was a sign for us to get together already?" he asked. "How could it not be completely true?"
They only continued to kiss. "Well," Penelope said breathlessly. "I guess it doesn't matter whether it was true or not, does it? We'll make our own future together. Maybe we'll even top that."
Derek couldn't help but grin at her.
A/N: Alas, I am finished! Hope you guys enjoyed the ride! Don't forget to leave a review!