A/N: With this epilogue another story comes to an end. Also, due to work commitments I will have to go back to Cape Town again and there won't be much internet access for me. Which means there won't be any new story on my part until I return, which won't be before April / May 2012. There might be an occasional oneshot, but I can't predict when and if... I wish all and everyone of you wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year - may it be a successful one.
Morgan always loved being around Penelope, but ever since their night together they practically lived together. Not that this was anything really new. They had spent an awful lot of time with each other before that night already, but now every single moment the team was in town they spent together. Basically it felt just like how they always were with each other, which made Penelope always giggle when he mentioned it. And apart from them actually now sharing a bed and sleeping with each other – among other things – nothing really changed. They were still them. And that was the beauty of it.
Morgan had never considered himself the jealous type. Possessive? Definitely, but definitely not jealous. But with Penelope it was different. There was never a moment when he wondered whether there could be a chance of him losing her to someone else, because he knew. He knew for a fact that she loved him, unconditionally and that he always was on her mind, in her heart and definitely in her dreams. As a matter of fact he was quite positive that he had a leading role in these.
About a month after they had started dating Penelope had set her mind on hooking Kevin Lynch up with someone. She told him how their relationship had ended and despite Morgan not liking Lynch most of the times he was with Penelope, he had to be impressed with the other man. Morgan wasn't sure whether he would have been able to do the same thing Kevin Lynch did with a woman he loved so much.
A year after their first date Penelope and Morgan got married. It was just a small ceremony, in front of their closest friends and family, on a sunny and beautiful day in June.
Emily had shown up with Anderson, whom she had been dating for a while now. Rossi came with Jayna, who already was dubbed 'Wife number 4'. JJ came with Will, and their son Henry was Penelope and Morgan's ring bearer. Hotch only came with Jack, who looked more than excited on being able to spent a weekend with his dad again – who had been constantly away with the team for the past few weeks. Reid was bringing Lila, who everybody was surprised to see. No one even knew they had seen each other again after their brief encounter so many years ago. And when she saw Kevin Lynch, Penelope couldn't help but smile. He was the first who actually got the invitation. He brought Carla, a friend of Penelope's back from college. Penelope decided on setting them up, figuring they were perfect for each other and Morgan couldn't help but agree. Seeing them together they looked rather 'adorably geeky' – as Penelope had said herself.
A lot of things had changed within that year, starting with her and Morgan's relationship and ending with the somewhat odd relationship between Morgan and Kevin. It certainly was not friendship, but a rather funny form of respect both men held for each other, something Penelope thought she never would see. And all just because of one night and one minor slipup. For most this would seem as the stuff that was put in soap operas, for her there had been thankfully a happy ending. For all parties involved.
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