Until The End of Time

16. Just a Dream

1 day later

Derek's POV:

I woke up sitting in a chair in a warehouse type place. I frantically look around for answers. I look across the poker table and see Penelope sitting down with a smirk on her face.

Her hair is curled and in a high ponytail. She has on black eyeliner and red lipstick on her lips and her nails were painted black. She had on a cute dealers outfit that was low cut.

"I see you're awake." She says in a deep sexy voice. I look at her but don't say anything. "You wanna play a game?" "Sure. What game?" "You'll find out sooner or later." She deals the cards and we play one round.

I lost and she says,"Now take off your shoes big boy." "Ok?" I take them off and put them off to the side. We played another round and she lost. She took off her red heels exposing her pink toenails. We play 4 more rounds and I lost all of them.

I'm sitting in the chair with just my pants on now and it finally hit me. We were playing stripping poker! I hadn't played it in such a long time, I forgot how fun it was. Unless you were losing.

Penelope has a smirk on her face and she says,"Well, since you suck at this game, I'll give you a break." She puts down her cards and gets up from the chair showing her black stockings and short black skirt.

She walks over to me. She leans over me with her boobs all in my face. I couldn't help but look and I guess I didn't realize I had a boner. "Like what you see huh?" She sits on my lap with her back to me and she slowly rubs her hips on me, back and forth. She leans back and grips the back of the chair and she starts moaning a little and biting her lip.

I start kissing her neck and she grabs my hand and puts it on one of her boobs. I wrap my other hand around her waist and pull her closer to me. She turns around on me and she leans in closer to me. She whispers my name in my ear and I close my eyes and smile to myself. Derek. Derek. Derek.

She kept saying it. Derek. Derek. Derek. I open my eyes and she was gone. But the whispering continued. Derek. Derek. I start running and calling out her name,"Penelope! Penelope where are you?!" I run and run and run. Until I ran into a wall.

My eyes flew open and I sit up straight in my bed. I woke up whispering,"Penelope. Penelope." I frantically look around my dark hotel room and, after a few seconds, I realize it was just a dream. I sigh a sigh of relief and flop back down on my pillow.

I stare at the ceiling, wishing it was real. Except for the last part with the running. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn't. I looked at my bedside clock. 2:17am. I decided to go get some coffee in the lobby to help me get to sleep.

I put on a pair of pajama pants and head down the hall. No one was up and it was really quiet. I walked down to the elevator and pushed the lobby button. I rode down there and walked silently to the kitchen. No lights were on so I kept them off.

I start the coffee maker and when it got done I grabbed a green mug and started pouring myself some.

While pouring it, the light turns on and I turn around.

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Penelope's POV:

I couldn't sleep. I never can sleep in hotel beds for some reason. It was still dark out. I decided to go get some coffee downstairs. Coffee always seems to soothe me.

I get out of bed in my pink and purple unicorn pajamas and put on my pink bunny slippers. I grab my glasses off the nightstand and put them on. I step out my room and look up and down the hallway. It was so quiet and everyone was asleep.

I tiptoe to the elevators and pressed the lobby button. I rode down there and walked over to the kitchen area. I flip on the light switch and gasp. Derek was at the counter pouring himself a cup of coffee. Shirtless.

He turns around and says,"Morning Gorgeous." He looks me up and down. "Love your pjs. You got the bunny slippers and everything!" He laughs. "Oh shut up!" I say, blushing.

I sit down on one of the high chairs at the bar. "Want a cup?" "Yeah. Three sugars." He grabs a blue coffee cup off the rack and pours me the coffee with three sugars. He grabs his and hands me mine. "Thanks." He sits next to me at the bar and I take a long sip of my coffee and smile. I wrap my hands around the warm mug to warm up my hands.

"I'm guessing it's good?" "Perfect." "Oh. Well, I could score a job at Starbucks if this doesn't work out. Am I right?" I laugh and he asks,"What are you doing up so early Babygirl?" "I couldn't sleep. What are you doing up?" He looks down into his coffee cup and says,"Bad dream."

"What was it about?" "Ah, nothing." "C'mon! Tell me!" I lean over and put my head on his shoulder. "Nah. It's alright." "Ok Morgan." I look up at him smiling and he smiles back at me. He kisses my forehead and I look down at his abs.

I didn't realize I was staring. "Like what you see?" "What? No! well, uh..well I-" He grabs one of my hands and puts it on his abs and lets me feel all on them! He looks at me and smiles. I sit there rubbing his abs. "Wow." "I know right."

I giggle and he asks,"So how's it going with Kevin?" I sit up straight and say,"Oh it's going well." I take a sip of my coffee. "He takes me on movie dates and we go to the park at night and stuff like that." "Oh ok. That's good." "Yeah."

"So. You got a girl or what?" "Nope." I lean to the side and put my hand on my chest and say,"Whaaat?! The Derek Morgan doesn't have a girlfriend?!" We laugh and he takes a sip of his coffee. "Nope. I just haven't chosen yet you know?" "Yeah. Well, whoever you choose, is going to be a very lucky lady." I look at him and smile and he smiles back.

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Derek's POV:

We get finished with our coffee and ride the elevator to our floor. We get to our doors and I hug her goodnight. I go inside and take off my pants then crawl into bed.

Penelope's words were ringing inside my head. Whoever you choose, will be a very lucky lady. Yes she is. She just doesn't know it yet.