Until The End of Time

13. A Shoulder to Cry On

Derek's POV:

I stand there holding Penelope while she cries in my arms. I never wanted to let go of her. I put my face in her hair and inhaled deeply. It smelt like mangos. I imagined Penelope in a bright pink bikini on the beach with me holding hands and playing in the water.

Penelope speaks and snaps me out of my wonderful daydream,"I'm sorry I'm so sorry I just.. I'm sorry." She let go and kept sniffling while tears escape her eyes and roll down her face. "Hey hey, it's alright. It's perfectly fine." I closed the door and walk up to her.

I place my hand on her cheek and she looks into my eyes. I wipe away her tears with my thumbs and say,"It's ok." Even with mascara smeared across her face, she was still beautiful to me. She smiles at me and I smile back. Her smile falls and she says,"How did you get that bruise?"

I take my hand off her face as she reaches to touch my cheek. She lightly taps it and I wince in pain. "When you were screaming in your chair, I tried to grab you and you punched me in the face. You pack quite a punch there little one." I laugh and she smiles at the floor.

"Just what were you dreaming about?"

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Penelope's POV:

I stop smiling. I didn't know how to explain it. I didn't want to explain it and relive those horrifying moments again. Even though it was just a dream, it seemed so real. I really didn't want to tell him about the elevator with me and him.

I stared at the floor with my hands folded. Derek sat me down on the couch. He had found me in my office screaming and woke me up. I sat there biting my lip trying to stop crying. "Penelope." Derek said in a concerned voice. I finally spoke,"He was stabbing me in the car. Kevin. I couldn't move but I was screaming. Why didn't you help me. WHY?!" I scream and jump up off the couch.

Derek jumps up too with a confused look on his face. "Who's Kevin?" I stare at him breathing heavily. I turn around and put my back against the far wall and slide down to the ground, tears free falling from my eyes. I sit there, starring at my office door. Derek watches me for a few seconds and then walks up to where I'm sitting. He squats down and says to me,"Penelope, talk to me. What's going on up there."

I look at him through my tear filled eyes and whisper,"Hold me Derek. Just hold me." The whisper was so low, I don't think he heard it. He clenches his jaw then sits down on the wall to my right and grabs my hand. We lock fingers and I squeeze his hand as if saying thank you. He whispers,"Anytime."

I finally stop crying, close my eyes and lean my head on Derek's shoulder. He kisses the top of my head and then lays his head on mine. I can hear him breathing and there was a peaceful silence in my office and I never wanted this moment to end.

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JJ's POV:

I walk to Garcia's office and, once I got there, I opened the door to see Garcia and Morgan sitting on the wall asleep and holding hands. I smile and joy fills my heart. I may not be a profiler yet but I could tell that Garcia really liked Morgan since the first time they met.

I just had to capture this moment, so I took out my black iPhone and take a couple of pictures of them. Once satisfied with about 100 pictures, I place the papers on her desk and quietly walk out her office.

Once the door clicked shut, I ran to go find Emily in the bullpen. I walk through the doors and spot her in the break room. I say,"Emily! Come here!"

She sets down her coffee cup and walks over to me. "What's up JJ?" "Look who I found in Garcia's office just now." I scroll through the pictures of Morgan and Garcia sleeping on the wall and she says,"Finally he did something!"

"Who did what?" Morgan's deep voice startled me and Emily. We both look up and see Morgan standing in front of us. "Uhhh, nothing. No one. Um, I'll talk to you later JJ." Emily quickly grabs her coffee and rushes off to go see Penelope I guess. Morgan watched her rush past him and out the glass doors. "What was that about?" "I dunno." I say making myself a cup of coffee.

Morgan was looking at me with a suspicious look on his face. "What were y'all looking at just now? Huh?" "Oh... nothing. Just celebrity gossip about how Ryan Gosling finally made a move on his long time high school crush Jessica. They're finally going out." "Oh." The tone in Morgan's voice told me that he was confused. And that was perfect.