The Last Week in December

Chapter Six

On the first day of the new year Derek Morgan woke up holding Penelope Garcia in his arms- and it felt more right than he ever knew anything could ever feel.

She smelled sweet and felt soft. In her sleep she left out a soft moan and cuddled against him.

He felt himself getting excited. He tried to push those thoughts away.

She was wearing one of his FBI t-shirts and some sweats. The night before he had his first real chance to make love to her but he instead just kissed her, caressed her until she was panting and moaning and then forced himself to end it there. Until she was more certain they were right together he didn't want to have sex with her.

Their first time needed to be amazing. He had waited too long to feel like she wasn't really sure about him when he joined their bodies together. When they finally made love he wanted to know she had faith in them working out.

She wasn't there yet and so Derek would have to do what he hated but what felt right to him this time. Wait on his baby girl to get her heart in order. After all she had waited on him for years, back when they first met, and it was only fair he give her as long as she needed now.

Once she was confident in their relationship they could cross that final line and then there would be no doubts about it. He knew they'd be hot together. She got him completely turned around when they were fully clothed.

Once she had him naked he'd be out of his mind about her and her sexy body, her beautiful soul, and her dirty, dirty mind. He was smiling when she stirred awake.

Penelope blinked. "It wasn't a dream?"

"No dream, baby girl." He tightened his grip on her. "You got drunk and confessed you wanna marry me."

She giggled. "Nice try, Hot Stuff! I wasn't drunk and I remember perfectly what I said."

He moved his lips close to hers and whispered "And what did you say, baby?"

"I'm....crazy....out of my head....wild.....passionately.....makes me happy and sad all at once.... best thing that ever happened to me....in love with you."

A huge grin curved his mouth. He started kissing her. Her hands ran over his back. His erection pressed against her thigh as he angled his body over hers. Soon he had to pull away or else he would have lost control. "Go get a cold shower, Garcia," he told her, as he slapped her ass.

"I'm not the one playing hard to get. I don't need the cold shower," she teased back.

He told her, his voice low and full of possessiveness, "The last thing I'm doing is playing." Then he gave her another deep kiss before he told her "We got to get out of this bed or else I'm gonna spend our last day before we go back to work showing you just what its like to be my better half....and then you will be good and caught, girl, believe that."

She smirked. "You think so?"

"I know so."

She chuckled and got out of bed. "Its so cute to see you trying to hold out on me. You're never gonna last though."

"When it comes to doing right by you you're going to learn I can do things you never thought I'd pull off before."

She got serious. "Derek....I'm sorry for the last few days of silence. Do you forgive me? I don't want that lingering between us. Especially since we've finally gotten this chance to see what we can be together....to see if we're as fantastic as you believe we'll be."

He sat up. His chest was bare. "Not believe, baby girl. I know it.. I've known it for years now. And yeah...you're forgiven," his voice dropped "if you get your sexy ass in that shower in the next five seconds or else all bets are off....five, four, three, two,..."

She laughed and hurried from the room.

He called out, laughing too, "ONE! You're so getting spanked!" Morgan lay back down and smiled. The bed still smelled liked her.

He could get so used to waking up this way.

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The next day they met up at work. She had spent the night at her own home. Derek missed her but he knew he couldn't have her in his bed again until she was ready for everything he wanted to give her.

When they saw each other in the bull pen he did his best to not smile, though his eyes were lit up, and she only gave him a small smirk.

"Morning, Morgan."

He nodded at her."Garcia."

"Have a good day."

"Thank you. You too."

She walked off and he watched her go, his eyes getting filled with lust before he jerked them away and turned toward the closest desk. There sat Reid.

Reid said "Its satisfying to realize my original theory was correct, if premature."

"What's that, kid?"

"About you changing into a man who is ready to settle down."

"What brought that up?"

"You were rather formal just now with Garcia, overly so, really. So that leads me to believe that you were both attempting to not be just the opposite: too familiar. Which, considering your previous behavior, the parameters are so wide that it leaves a wide berth for your behavior before any suspicion would be cast your way. By behaving professionally you actually raise more suspicions than if you were saying things to each other that would make Dr. Ruth blush."

"The saying is: Make a sailor blush."

"A sailor? What does the navy have to do with sex?"

Derek chuckled. "I've got work to do. Later, man."

"The navy actually did not even admit women to their ranks until...."

Derek just walked away, shaking his head, with a smile on his lips as Reid's words died out.

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That night Derek and Penelope had a romantic dinner date. He took her home and was sitting on the couch with her, laughing and joking, when his mother called him to tell him that she ran into one of his old high school friends that day. The man had just gotten married and his new wife was pregnant.

Derek had her on speaker phone. Fran went on "You know I'm not getting any younger. When are you going to do right by your baby girl and get started on giving me grand babies? Baby boy, you've got to step up and make her see she's the one who has your heart."

He asked "You sure she has my heart?"

"I know my son. I can see it all in your eyes. You love her. Tell her. Beg her! Do whatever it takes to make her a Morgan."

Derek chuckled. "I'll work on it, Ma. Promise. In fact I'm working on it right now."

Penelope said "Good evening, ma'am."

"Oh!" Fran cried. "I interrupted! Well don't let me get in the way of whatever you too best friends are up to tonight. Just remember.....I'm not getting any younger," she repeated what she said earlier.

She hung up.

Derek laughed so hard he ended up with his head resting on Penelope's shoulder and his arms around her waist. Their laughter died out and their eyes held on each other.

They started to kiss. Her hands smoothed over his chest. She got breathless. Pulling back, her eyes wide with lust, she whispered "I could kiss you every day for the rest of my life."

He grinned. "That's the plan, baby girl," he said before he started kissing her again. It would take longer for them to become a really strong couple but the road they were on, from the start, had always been leading to just one place: making his baby girl the mother of all his babies.

THE END