So I thought I'd end this story here…. I hope you enjoy the last chapter.

"Em, I really think we should take you to the hospital. Just get checked over quickly." JJ stated for the third time, turning around in the front seat of the SUV to look back at Emily.

"JJ, I'm not hurt. I told you. She didn't touch me."

"No, she just held a knife to your throat Emily." Morgan said a little sarcastically.

She shifted in her seat to face him, "Derek, I just wanna see Dillon ok? I'm fine honestly." Her eyes were pleading with him to leave it alone.

"Ok." He whispered, moving his hand to lay on top of hers. She looked down to his hand and then back to his face, giving him a small thankful smile and then turned to look out the window of the moving car.

The car fell silent for a minute or so. JJ kept glancing in the rear view mirror, watching Morgan watching Emily. He hadn't taken his eyes off her the whole journey so far.

The blond agent turned to face her friend again, "I spoke to Garcia before we got in the car. Dillon is absolutely fine you know."

"I know…." Emily's slightly broken voice started. "….. I know Pen would take care of him." But she didn't move her gaze from out of the window.

From the moment Stephanie had taken her she had fought this vision, but now all she could see was Dillon's face the last time she saw him… so scared. Pleading for his mommy to go to him and not leave him. The backs of her eyes began to sting and she squeezed them tight to stop her sadness pouring out. She felt Morgan's fingers gently tracing along her knee and felt his stare that had not left her the whole journey. She couldn't look at him though, because she knew if she did he would give her that look. That look that said he loved her and was worried about her and that look would break her. She didn't want to look broken when she saw her son. She wanted to be strong for him. Instead of facing Morgan, she sought out his fingers and slipped hers in between them, not letting go until they made it to the station.

When they did, Emily followed JJ through the building with Derek at her side until they got to the soft interview room. Walking in she said Dillon's name softly but it was like an alarm had gone off. Before she knew it he had slipped off Garcia's lap and had jumped up to her, burying his face in her neck.

Derek watched as the boy sobbed and Emily finally gave in and the tears fell silently down her face.

"Derek, they're both safe now. It's ok." Garcia whispered to him, touching him lightly on his arm.

She watched as he nodded slowly, but unconvincingly.

"I'll leave you to it." The techie said, closing the door as she left the room.

"Hey sweetie…" Emily started softly. "It's ok. I'm back now."

"I missed you mommy." He cried into her neck.

"I missed you too. But I was always coming back. I would never leave you. You know that right?"

She felt him nod. "Daddy said he was going to find you. That's why he had to go."

She looked over Dillon's shoulder to Derek and at that point she could see the guilt whirling around his eyes.

"Come here." She said patting the fabric of the sofa next to her as she sat down and placed Dillon on her lap.

He did as she said and once he was sat next to her he moved his hand to wipe the tears from her face. She hadn't even noticed them. She took hold of his hand and squeezed it in hers.

"Listen to me. This was not your fault Derek."

He looked to her then looked down, "It is though. If I hadn't gone to see her….."

"Hey, if you hadn't gone to see her, something else would have triggered it eventually. She wasn't right."

"Exactly. I should have realised."

She shook her head, "No Derek. No you couldn't. You made her happy, that was clear when I talked to her, and so long as she was happy that side of her would never have shown."

"Yeah but….." She stopped him by putting one finger to his lips, "Stop it Derek. Stop beating yourself up over this. I'm safe and so is Dillon. I never doubted you would come for me and I promise you I don't think this is your fault in any way ok?"

She smiled as he looked at her and nodded. Both of their attention was drawn away as they heard Dillon's little voice.

"Mommy?"

"Yes baby." Emily replied quietly.

"Can you and me and daddy watch Bednobs and Broomsticks when we get home?"

Derek and Emily looked at each other and let a small laugh escape.

"See, he's fine…." She started as she stood up. "…..Dillon, go to daddy."

She passed him over and they began to walk out of the room.

"Mommy? You know I said Daddy said he would find you and bring you home? I helped too."

"Well I am lucky having two such brave boys aren't I? I guess you both deserve a treat tonight don't you?"

"Ice cream?" Dillon asked.

Emily looked to Derek, "Ice cream do you?"

"And pizza." He said.

She couldn't help but smile as they both had the same questioning look on their faces.

As they walked out of the station, she figured that none of them would get over the days events so easily, but she knew that as long as it was the three of them, it wouldn't beat them.

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It was seven the next morning when Dillon ran into Derek and Emily's room, jumping on the bed. He didn't say anything, just lay on top of a sleeping Emily and threw his little arms around her neck.

"Hey baby." She said sleepily, beginning to stir.

"Hi mommy,"

"You sleep ok sweetie?"

"Uh huh."

She kissed his forehead and stroked the back of his head, "You hungry?"

"Yeah."

"Ok, why don't you go downstairs and feed Toby and I'll be down in a minute."

"And daddy?"

"Sure. And daddy."

She felt him hesitate and squeeze her a little tighter. Wrapping her arms around him, they lay in silence for a little while. She took in his sweet scent and knew she'd never forget this feeling. She never wanted to.

"Sweetie…." She whispered, "….. Go put some cartoons on the TV and I'll be down in a few minutes….. I promise."

"Ok mommy." He lifted his head and gave her a small peck on the lips before jumping off the bed and running out of the bedroom. She smiled as she heard him calling out for Toby as he went down the stairs.

She rolled on her side and let her arm snake around Derek's waist, nuzzling her face into the crook of his neck. She felt his hand lightly stroke her back.

"You're awake then?" She whispered.

He let out a small groan.

"You have to get up. You have orders from your son."

"I don't wanna wake up. I was having a great dream." His raspy voice mumbled.

"Oh yeah, what was it about?"

"Well, I had this hot, beautiful brunette in my bed and she had her arms wrapped around me…."

"And?"

"And I could feel her warm breath on me."

"Then what happened?"

"Then she kissed my neck…."

"Like this?"

He closed his eyes as he felt the softness of her lips on his skin, exploring her way from the base of his ear down to his pulse point.

"Then what?" She breathed into him.

"Then she moved up to my cheek."

She placed feather light kisses all along the one side of his jawline, eventually planting one sweet, long kiss on his cheek. Lifting her head to look at him, she watched his trance for a few seconds until he slipped out of it and opened his eyes to meet her smiling face.

"Then?" She uttered.

"Then this….." He lifted his head and closed the distance between them kissing her sweetly on the lips. As the kiss became more searching, they both melted into it, the events of the past few days momentarily forgotten.

"So….." she mumbled, not breaking the kiss, "…. You get some from this brunette?"

She felt him nod his head.

Pulling out of the kiss, she smirked at him, "Well, it can't be me because this brunette has to get up to get your son some breakfast."

He closed his eyes and scrunched up his face with the look of a child having his favourite toy taken away.

She kissed him on the tip of his nose, "Come on, we have to get up."

As she went to move away from him, he pulled her back into him.

"What?" She asked.

He looked deep into her eyes, "Marry me."

Chuckling, she looked at him a little confused, "Derek, you already asked me that and I already said yes remember?" And she wiggled the rock on her finger in front of him.

"I know, but I don't want to wait. Let's just get married."

She stared at him for a few seconds and then kissed him quickly on his mouth, "Listen, I'm not going anywhere, ring or no ring Derek."

"I know, I just want you to be Mrs Morgan like now."

She gave a little laugh, "Ok, we'll talk about it later but we have to get up now…"

As she got up, he took hold of her hand and held on as she went to walk away. Turning back to look at him, she pulled on his hand, "Come on get up….. or that brunette won't be making any more appearances in your dreams for a while."

"Ooh that's harsh woman." He said as he threw the sheets aside and followed Emily's lead.

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Garcia sat next to JJ holding a pack of tissues in front of her in the grounds of the Grand Park Hotel. She, along with everyone else turned as the music started. A big smile crept across her face as she watched Dillon walking along the blue velvet like walkway. His face was almost a frown as he looked intently at the cushion he was balancing on his hands. His upper body wobbled as he took small steps, concentrating hard on putting one foot in front of the other.

Catching Garcia's eye, Derek winked at her and then went back to watching his son with an amused smile. The smile soon turned into one of both pride and nerves as he looked up to see Emily behind Dillon holding the arm of her father. He felt his breaths deepen watching the ivory dress sway as she moved, her slender leg peeping out of the knee high slit upon every second step.

His eyes remained fixed on hers as she took the final few steps towards him and he swallowed hard as he felt her cold hand take hold of his. Placing a hand on Dillon's head, he guided him backwards so he was stood in the middle of them both as the registrar began.

Everything was a blur until Derek heard the prompt from the registrar for him to begin. He looked Emily in the eyes and took a deep breath. He almost forgot to release the breath until he saw her smile and ever so slightly nod her head in encouragement.

After swallowing hard, he started in a deep, choked voice,

"Emily….. You are everything I want and everything I need. I can now safely say that all of my dreams have come true. You have stolen my heart and I never want you to give it back. I promise that as long as I am on this planet I will love you and you will never walk it alone. Thank you for giving me Dillon and thank you for giving me a life that once I thought I could have only ever dreamed of."

Emily felt her heart beat pounding in her chest as Derek finished his words. She had managed to maintain a façade of togetherness so far, but she could feel it start to slip as her time to speak was creeping up on her. She couldn't believe how nervous she was just saying a few words. Her eyes bore into Derek's, wanting him to save her somehow, and they widened as she felt his hand squeeze hers. He leant in and whispered, "Now isn't the time for second thoughts Em."

She shook her head and quickly whispered back, "No, I'm not…."

She stopped as she saw his smiling face, "I know baby. Go on, it's ok." He uttered.

She smiled back focusing on him and him alone.

"Derek…. You have shown me how it feels to be loved and respected, despite my flaws and you make me feel safe. You are the most amazing, caring and selfless man I have ever known and I am the luckiest girl alive to have you in my life….. For the rest of my life. I can't wait to take the next part of my journey with you and Dillon. You are my best friend and I am in love with you more than you could possibly know."

After the rings were exchanged and they shared their first kiss as husband and wife, Derek picked Dillon up. Before the three of them could move, they were surrounded, firstly by JJ, Garcia and Derek's sisters, quickly followed by the rest of the small gathering of family and friends.

Later that evening, Derek glanced across the hotel lounge where the wedding party was in full swing. He caught his bride's attention, signalling with his eyes towards the door and she nodded in understanding.

He took her hand and led her to a bench in the middle of the night covered garden.

"You ok?" He asked as they sat.

"Yeah I'm good." She smiled.

"I know you didn't want a big fuss, but today was ok right?"

She shifted her body so she was facing him right on, "I think with the mixture of your mama and sisters and JJ and Garcia, this was the least fuss today was ever going to be. But, it was perfect. I loved it."

"Me too." He whispered as he pulled an envelope out of his pocket.

"What's that?" She asked.

"Don't know yet. Your father gave it me."
"My father? But they already gave us so much and paid for the wedding."

"I know…. Here, you wanna open it?"

She opened the envelope and pulled out the piece of paper inside.

"Wow, two weeks in a five star hotel in Dubai for the three of us."

He raised his eyebrows at her.

"Did you already know about this Derek?" She said suspiciously.

"Sort of. Your father asked me when would be best to book something. I didn't know where though. Dubai is pretty amazing….." He chucked, "Something tells me they've been waiting for this day for a long time Emily. To spoil you I mean. You deserve it."

He kissed her on the forehead as she read further…. "So I take it you couldn't get time off for a couple of months then?" The disappoint in her voice making him smile.

"No….. No I couldn't. However, remember that weekend I told you about? The one where Garcia said she'd have Dillon for us?"

Rolling her eyes and with a little smirk she said, "The dirty one you mean?"

"Yeah that one….." He winked, "…. We go on Friday."

She gave a small laugh and leant in closer to kiss him sweetly, before resting against his body, his arm around her shoulders.

"So wifey….. "

"Er don't call me wifey." She interrupted before he could finish the sentence.

"Ok Mrs Morgan." He chuckled.

"Oh my god I'm Mrs Morgan." He heard her giggle, pulling her in tighter to him as she did.

So, this is the end. I'm kind of sad to finish this story but I think it's come to its natural conclusion (unless anyone has any bright ideas as to where it should go… I am really sad to finish it…. Ridiculous I know!). Thank you so much for all the reviews and your opinions on it. It has made it such fun to write. 24 chapters isn't bad for a story that was only supposed to be a couple.