A Life Worth Living
Chapter Nine
December 31, 2007- Monday
Her lips actually tingled when Derek kissed Penelope good-bye on Monday afternoon. He had taken her back to her place to get dressed for New Year's Eve, which would be their first real date.
Something about that kiss in her living room was magical and left her in a dreamy haze as she got ready for that night out.
There was romance in the moment. It marked the first time they would separate since Friday night when they took their relationship, after three and a half years, from just friends who flirted to lovers.
When Derek showed up back at Penelope's apartment four hours later her heart raced at the sound of him knocking on the door. Checking her image one last time in the mirror she crossed the room, looked through the peep hole, and answered it.
His eyes took in the silky purple dress she had on. "Wow, you always look good to me, baby girl, but you look even better now that I know I can take that dress off you at the end of the night."
"Only if you're a good boy, Morgan."
He grinned. "Remember what my job is before you lie to me, Garcia."
She busted out laughing. "I hate profilers."
He strolled inside. "That right, baby girl? Then how did you ever fall for me?"
"Your hot ass, of course." She slapped his ass before he got a chance to turn around to face her.
"Watch yourself, woman," he teased. "You're assaulting a federal agent."
"Lock me up and throw away the key, SSA Sexy."
Derek pulled her close to him. Penelope yelped and cried "Your hands are freezing!"
"Sorry, baby."
"Well this is new. Me complaining about having your hands on me. Maybe the novelty is wearing off already."
"Hush your mouth."
"Hush my mouth for me."
They shared a tender kiss. Derek moved back "Come on, lets get out of here before we don't get out of here at all."
"I wouldn't mind that a bit. What better way to see in 2008 then riding a Greek God?"
"Being ridden by a Goddess?"
"Touche."
He helped her get her coat on and then kissed her cheek. "Remind me to kick my own ass for agreeing to go to Rossi's party. What the fuck was I thinking?"
"It was weeks ago that he brought it up. Who knew we'd have to give up naked, sweaty fun in order to go?"
"It should have been obvious."
Penelope smiled. "Now that you mentioned it....yeah, it so should have been pretty obvious, Hot Stuff."
"Live and learn." Derek grinned. They walked out of the apartment, locked the door, and then Derek placed his hand on her back and led her to the stairs.
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Because the party was attended by lots of their co-workers, beyond just the team, Derek and Penelope decided to keep their relationship a secret. Rossi hadn't been working with the BAU long and they didn't know him very well. He had retired for ten years and just came back. This party was his way to re-establish old friendships and start new ones. Among the guest list were also people who lived in the same luxury condo complex as him and some of his friends from the literary world.
Derek stuck to talking to Reid, Hotch and Haley, mostly, where Penelope was off with JJ mixing and mingling. Derek found her in the kitchen at one point. She was pouring herself a drink.
Walking up behind her he whispered in her ear "I could think of better uses for that ice."
A smile spread over her lips.
Derek leaned against the counter and looked at her. He asked "What do you think about getting out of here before midnight?" He faked a yawn. "We do have to work tomorrow."
Penelope winked at him. "Smart thinking. I need my beauty sleep."
"Lets just face it. We're old now. We can't hang like we used to."
"You better track down our coats. I'm getting so sleepy already."
"Go say our good-byes to Rossi and I'll meet you by the door in five."
"Make it three."
He raised an eyebrow.
She said "I know you can move fast when you're motivated."
Derek sauntered out of the kitchen with a smile on his lips. Penelope looked at one of Rossi's friends, who she didn't know, and said "Too bad that super fox looks at me like a sister."
The woman shook her head. "Honey, I've got a brother and he's never looked at me like that."
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Derek laughed as Penelope told him about what the stranger had said. They were walking into his house. "Sister? What were you thinking telling her that one?"
"I've heard people say we have a sibling type relationship."
"What people?" he asked, in disbelief.
"You know, around work."
"Woman, either you heard wrong or they got something wrong with their eyes. Cause only someone blind could think that about us." He locked the door and armed the alarm. Clooney ran up to them to get some love for both of them. Derek took off his coat and then said "Let me deal with him so we don't get interrupted later, okay, sweetness?"
"Yes, sugar."
They shared a short kiss and Derek walked toward the back of the house. He opened the back door and let Clooney outside. Ten minutes later he went looking for Penelope only to find her up in his bedroom.
She had changed into a pink nightie, taken her hair down, and flipped on the New Year's Eve Countdown on TV. Derek leaned against the door and watched her. "You look like you belong there."
She gave him a sweet smile. "Glad to know you like the picture I paint in your bed but its not quite perfect yet."
He raised an eyebrow, wondering if she was going to take off her nightie, when she patted the spot next to her on the bed. He grinned and walked over, kicking his shoes off along the way. Sitting down next to her, so that his back was against the head board, Derek said "That better, Garcia?"
She nodded in a cute way, bobbing her head up and down. His eyes darkened and lingered on her. Their gazes held for a long moment until she asked "We're not going to watch the countdown, are we?"
"Not this year, baby girl."
She tossed the remote aside, put her glasses on the night stand, and then they went into each other's arms, smiling before they kissed.
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The next morning Derek brought Penelope breakfast in bed. She protested "You're spoiling me, baby."
"Hush, woman," he sat down and placed the tray over her lap "You need to get used to this kind of treatment cause you," he tapped her nose "are gonna be getting this all year long."
She smiled sweetly. "Okay, if you insist, I'll let you treat me like a princess. Who am I to complain if a Greek God wants to pamper me?"
"You are my princess, baby girl, and I do appreciate you, you know that, right?"
She nodded and took a bite of her french toast. "And I appreciate a man who can cook."
"And I appreciate a woman who is flexible."
Penelope blushed. "You just have to make everything dirty, don't you?" she teased. "I'm so glad I'm not like that at all."
"You're the one who taught me to be like that, girl."
She laughed. "Oh, yeah, that's right, isn't it? Oops! Do you want to spank me?"
"If you say spank one more time," he warned, his tone filled with seductive heat.
Their eyes met and held, both dancing with amusement, tenderness and love.
Penelope looked down. She picked up her fork. "Spank."
"That's it!"
The tray went off the bed, getting set down on the nearby dresser, and then Derek climbed onto the bed and placed his hands on the headboard, behind Penelope. "You are gonna get what you keep begging for, baby, if you say that word to me one more time. Just one more. Last warning." He caught her lips in a tongue tangling kiss and then rolled onto his back, bringing her with him.
Moving his lips to her throat he licked and sucked at her pulse point. Penelope breathed into his ear "Spank, spank, spank, spank, spank," and then chuckled.
She wore her night gown and he had on pajama pants and black t-shirt.
Derek pulled up her nightie, as she rested on top of him, and let his hands massaged her thighs and then her ass. Penelope moaned.
He lightly tapped her ass. She hissed out "Harder."
Letting out a soft moan, as Derek kept kissing her neck, he smacked her ass just a tad harder.
She moaned and cried "Fuck that's good. Again, baby. I've been so bad."
He smacked her again but it still wasn't very hard.
Penelope begged "Put me over your knee, Morgan. Do it right."
"Garcia," he dragged out her name, not sure about if he wanted to go there. All his threats were just flirting but they had built up quiet the fantasy for his baby girl. One she wanted lived out now that they were having sex regularly with each other.
"Please, baby, it will be so good, I promise." She gave him a kiss and he relented.
Penelope got up on her knees, to allow Derek to get up. He sat with his legs over the edge of the bed. Taking her face by the chin he said "You need to tell me when its enough, baby, so I know, okay?"
She gave him a sexy smile. "Oh, you'll know!"
Penelope laid over his knees, still resting on the bed, with her knees slightly bent so her ass was raised. Derek kissed her lower back and murmured "I love you, baby girl."
"You made me want this. Now make me love it."
He grinned, his hand massaging her ass, "Oh, you'll love it, sweetheart. So much you'll be begging for more."
"Your Goddess has been a bad, bad girl. I've been so naughty and I need punishment."
Derek moaned in pleasure at her spicy words. His hand slipped between her legs and he started to finger her. He worked her into a frenzy and just before she was about to come he pulled his fingers out and started to smack her ass again in a steady rhythm.
Penelope moaned and withered in pleasure. "OH GOD YES! Derek, yes! Harder. Harder! Please. Ohhhhhh."
He never did smack her very hard but her ass got slightly red anyway. "You like that, girl?"
"Mmmm-hhmmm."
"God, I want to fuck you so bad right now, Garcia."
She crawled off his lap. Derek stood up, got off his boxers, and then motioned in front of him "Lay here." He lifted up her legs and placed them over his shoulders, then pounded into her dripping, aching sex. "Oh, yeah, that's good, baby girl."
"Derek, Derek, Derek, oh my God, I'm close."
He thrust into her even faster and she clenched around him. He kept pumping and after a few more deep strokes he came too, only then realizing they had made love without a condom.
Even though that wasn't his usual style he knew that nothing with Penelope would ever be like with any other woman. He loved her and he couldn't think about anything but sharing the rest of his life with her. There would always be moments of fear but never again would he give up on them rather than fight to keep her as his girl. Never again would he keep his mouth shut when she needed to hear "I love you."
This was the life they shared together now. The life that would one day, hopefully, include kids. Their life that wasn't ruined by the bullet that pierced her skin.
Instead it was made more precious because now neither one of them would ever take each other for granted again.
Derek pulled out and then he got on the bed. "Come here, angel."
Breathing hard and very flushed she slowly moved close to him and lay her head on his chest. He covered them with a blanket.
His fingers caught her necklace in his grasp. It was his Christmas present to her. Derek told her "Next year I'll get you a ring, promise."
"I don't need a ring right away. I just need you. Its okay, handsome. Lets take it slow." She kissed his chest. "I love you so much. Never doubt that for a second."
"You make my life worth living, Penelope. I just hope you know I'm all in."
She looked up at him and smiled. "Of course I know, you silly man. I'm the Oracle, after all."
Derek laughed and they kissed again. Life was good when he had his baby girl naked in his bed. What more could any man ask for?
THE END