Luke and Penelope- A BAU Story

Chapter 4

Today the team has to leave on a case again. This time one involving an unsub who leaves roses in his victim's mouths after killing them. How romantic.

The entire day, I can't stop thinking about the previous night's outing with Luke. It turned out to be a lot more than I hoped for and if I didn't know any better, I would almost think it was a date.

When they finally let me know they're on their way home, its already late at night and I'm just on my way to bed. I get into my favorite satin leopard print pajamas, brush my teeth and climb into bed.

I can feel my heart pounding in my chest with fear, when persistent knocking on my door wakes me up. For I moment I'm stress paralyzed. I look for a weapon and the only thing I can find is a very ornate, though very heavy candle stick. So, Ms. Penelope killed Mr. Unsub in the living room with a candle stick. I think as I make my way towards the door. Clearly my sense of humor hasn't disappeared in the face of danger. Then I hear that familiar raspy voice call my name and I suddenly relax. I throw the door open in surprised relief. "Luke! What are you doing here?" Without invitation, he steps into my apartment and I become acutely aware of my not-so-modest nightgown.

"Garcia..." He starts. The expression on his face very serious.

"Oh God... What happened? Who died?" I say shocked as I feel tears make its way to my eyes.

"No, no, no. No one died." He says reassuringly and puts his hands on my shoulders. "I'm sorry I scared you." Relief washes over me. "Then why are you here?"

"I uh..." He frowns and I can see his Adam's apple move as he swallows heavily. He wets his lips with the tip of his tongue and I don't need to be a profiler to see he's nervous. "I..." he says again, his raspy voice disappearing. Then suddenly he draws me close and before I know what's happening, his full lips are on mine. He kisses me hungrily, awakening my inner goddess and I start kissing him back with all the longing I've felt these past couple of months. His lips are on my neck and shoulder and then, without any effort, he picks me up and lifts me against him. I circle my legs around his waist and my pink bunny slippers fall to the ground. He laughs in his throat and pins me against my living room wall. "God, how long I've wanted to taste this smart mouth of yours!" He whispers, covering my mouth with his again. He groans as I wave my fingers through his dark, curly hair, keeping his mouth close to mine. "Bed?" he asks and I nod in the general direction of my bedroom. He carries me through to the bedroom and we get entangled in my sequence string curtain. "I can live with all your stuff, but this thing has to go." He growls. "Agreed." I whisper.

Luke lets me slide down against him, so we can stand in front of my bed. I untuck his blue plaid shirt and start undoing the buttons. My hands have a will of their own and start moving over his six pack, up to his chest and over his broad shoulders. He kisses my neck again, pushing the straps of my nightgown down my shoulders and before I really realize what's happening, I'm naked before him. His eyes look at my body, hungrily, like a tiger about to devour it's prey and my inner goddess sings in ecstasy. He gives me one of his breathtaking dimpled smiles and pushes me down on the bed, while his mouth starts to explore every inch of my body.

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"Wake-up sleepy head. We're going to be late for work." Luke says, his hand tenderly rubbing some of my blond locks out of my eyes. He hands me a tray with coffee and two pancakes covered in syrup.

"I thought you couldn't cook?"

"I can't but the breakfast place around the corner can." He says smiling at me.

I can't help but feel slightly embarrassed around him. I let myself go completely last night. We didn't exactly get the chance to talk much and this morning I'm to scared to ask him about Lisa, afraid that her name will be the pin prick that pops the magical, dreamlike bubble I've been floating in ever since last night.

I quickly take a shower and get dressed before we make our way to the office in silence. We just exit the elevator when Tara comes up to us. "Good, you two are here. We've got a case."

Luckily the case is local for a change and JJ and Emily stay behind to work the case from our office. We've been busy for around an hour when the phone rings. It's Luke. "Hey Garcia. How're you doing? We need you to cross reference this piece of a number plate to any vehicle matching the description we've received from our victim."

Act normal, act normal.... "I'll get it ASAP." I say and quickly push the "end call" button, letting out the breath I didn't know I was holding up.

"Garcia, are you okay?" Emily asks concerned.

"Yeah, you look a bit rattled." JJ says, her blue eyes searching.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm totally fine. Totally. Fine as a dime in fact!" I ramble, fidgeting with the squeaky toy, Luke gave me when he came back from Vermont. "I mean, other than the fact that 'n slept with Luke Alvez, I'm perfectly fine." With horror I realize what I've just said. Verbal diarrhea....

"What did you just say?" Emily asks astonished. "Did you just say you slept with Luke Alvez?"

"Slept? No LEAPT, I said LEAPT. I leapt over a very large puddle of water with Luke today." I pathetically try to save myself.

"I knew it!" JJ exclaims triumphantly. "I knew there was something going on between you! You can't deny the chemistry between you two! Rossi owes me 5 bucks!"

I sigh. "There's nothing going on between is JJ. It was just a one night thing."

"I don't think Luke is the one night stand kind of guy." Emily says.

"Yeah, well I don't know. We haven't talked about anything, least of all Lisa. I don't know what to think of this you guys and I'm totally freaking out! And I'm sorry, Emily, because I know fraternizing between co-workers is really unprofessional."

"Garcia, yes. As your unit chief, I can't condone it, but as your friend, I wish you all the best. Besides, if a relationship between you and Luke should arise, it wouldn't be a big problem. You don't work in close quarters with each other and it wouldn't really influence your work."