16A/N: I am sorry for the delayed conclusion to this story. I had such a wonderful time in San Diego with ddgorgeous that time just slipped by me. I hope that you enjoy the surprise ending! Hehe! Thanks again to my beta and friend ddgorgeous for her support, help and inspiration. I would also like to take the time to thank Polhop, Jenny Crum, DaisyDay and Pamkins86 for their continuous support, love and friendship. You guys are all the best, I love all of you! Thank all of you that have read, reviewed, followed and favorited this story. It means a great deal and warms my heart. FYI, I am writing a new story and will start posting it as soon as I can. So, keep your eyes out for it! God Bless!
Now onto the great news that I found out a couple of days ago. Thanks to all of you and your votes in the Profilers Choice Awards, I was bestowed the honor and privilege of being voted Favorite New Author for 2016 and Best Reviewer of 2016. Needless, to say I was blown away! I am humbled by your support and the fact that I won against all those other wonderful authors. I have been on this site for almost two years and have read some wonderfully written stories by great authors and to even be considered for any these categories is a great honor. Wow, I just can't believe it and again thankyou to the wonderful readers for taking the time to vote. I love all you and just can't say enough. Congrats to all the other winners! Great job! Personally, I want to especially send my congratulations to my friends Polhop, Jenny Crum and ddgorgeous on all your well-deserved wins! Yayyy, to everyone! Also, sending out a huge thanks to RogueStorm on all her hard work with awards. We appreciate all you do and all that you have done for our wonderful Criminal Minds fandom! See you guys very, very soon!
The excitement was building in anticipation of both the auction and the identity of this year's secret superstar guest. The girls were all excited and jabbering a mile a minute when they made it over to the menfolk.
The auction was due to start in thirty minutes. Everyone decided to make their way over to their seats. Finally, the crowd was seated and they waited for the main event to begin. Even Jack and Henry were excited after a day filled with magic as they sat next to their Uncle Spence.
The music began and the spotlights illuminated the area as BAU Section Chief Mateo Cruz took his place at the podium center stage.
The crowd applauded as he readied to speak. "Good evening, ladies and gentleman. My name is Mateo Cruz and I am the Section Chief for the BAU division of the FBI. I will be your Master of Ceremonies for this evening's main event. I would like to welcome you to this year's Charity Auction. I hope everyone had a great day of fun with all the games, rides, animals, the magic show and of course all the delicious and scrumptious food that we had all day. I want to thank all our wonderful volunteers this year for the rousing success that they brought to this year's carnival!"
The whole audience whooped and hollered as they all applauded everyone for a job well done.
Cruz waited until the din had died down and began again. "Alright, now to the most anticipated and exciting part of the day. This year we are auctioning off a date night with a very famous star. This will include a limo driven evening to a well-known restaurant followed by a moonlight evening cruise. This gentleman has quite the following and is known for his television characters. He holds this year's particular charity the American MS Society very near and dear to his heart."
The crowd started to buzz with excitement and became more restless. The music temporarily keyed up again.
"Alright Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment we all have been waiting for! It is my great honor to introduce to you, Mr. Shemar Franklin Moore!"
Shemar walked on stage and the place went wild with applause, cheering, whistling and they gave him a standing ovation. There were many women jumping up and down flailing their arms around unrestrainedly and swooning unabashedly.
As all the women swooned and blew kisses to him, he shook hands with Cruz. Once the crowd finally quieted down Shemar stepped over to the microphone.
Shemar grinned and looked out over the whole audience. "Wow, thank you all for such a wonderful reception. I will keep this short so we can raise some good money for this wonderful charity. This charity has become a big part of my life. As most of you are aware my mom, my partner in crime was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis years ago and still lives with its consequences every day. There is still no cure for this debilitating disease. Any and all monies raised today will go a long way to help in finding a cure of this disease. So, let's reach down deep and give what you can to this charity. Let's get this party started! Thank you and God bless all of you! Let the best woman win!"
Cruz smiled and clapped as did the rest of the audience. "Thank you Shemar and we will do our best for you and this special charity. Alright, let's get started! We will start the bidding out at one thousand dollars, shall we?"
Much to Derek's surprise, Penelope jumped up and yelled. "One thousand dollars!"
After her bid, Derek sat there chuckled and shook his head at his Baby Girl. She glanced over at him giggled and threw him a kiss.
"Don't worry Hot Stuff, I still love you!"
Derek grinned. "No worries, mama! I love you too, silly girl!"
As the bidding continued, Jordan Todd tried to take over the auction by bidding ten thousand dollars. Much to her chagrin, Fran immediately outbid her with a bid of fifteen thousand dollars.
Time went by and the last bid was by Jordan who bid a whopping thirty-five thousand dollars. The other women of the team had long ago given up bidding and let Fran take the lead. Fran was doing her best to up the ante for the sake of the charity with the blessings of her hubby Dave. Fran made one final bid for forty-five thousand dollars.
The whole crowd sat perfectly still and quiet. They all looked at Jordan with anticipation wondering if she would try and top Fran's huge bid for charity.
Jordan just sat there and scowled at Fran knowing she was just about at her limit. She made up her mind and screeched out her very last bid of fifty thousand dollars and held her breath. The crowd gasped and couldn't believe their ears.
It was bad enough she was around those dirty, smelly animals all day. Jordan got stuck picking up fecal matter all day, much to her dismay. She thought she was much too good to be stuck with such a nasty assignment, it was so much beneath her to do those horrible things. The team had a huge laugh at her expense throughout the day. After her demeaning day, there was no way in hell she was going to lose out to Derek's older married mother. Hmmph, she was not going to give up her chance to seduce Shemar Moore!
Cruz looked around and called out. "Alright folks, the last bid was fifty thousand dollars from our own Jordan Todd from Counter-Terrorism. That's quite generous of you Jordan."
Jordan nodded triumphantly and smirked. She had them now! Victory was within her reach, finally.
"Alright, fifty thousand going once! Fifty thousand going twice and fifty-"
He was suddenly cut off when someone stood up in the audience and shouted out. "One-hundred thousand dollars!"
Everybody gasped and their mouths dropped open in complete shock and awe. Shemar followed the voice and smiled broadly as soon as he saw who it was and winked at her.
Cruz was totally impressed and dumbstruck and bellowed. "Wow! That is some generous and giving bid! Okay then, one-hundred thousand going once, one-hundred thousand going twice and one-hundred thousand going three times. Sold! Sold to the lovely lady in purple! Thank you so much for your wonderful gift. It will go a long way to finding the cure for MS. Everybody give a big hand to our winner! Miss, I need you to make your way to the stage, please!"
There was a huge round of applause by the whole crowd. Everybody was totally thrilled and excited. Well, not everyone! Jordan was furious that she was the big loser again. she grabbed her things and stomped out of the area and disappeared into the woodwork for the rest of the evening.
In the meantime, the winner made her way to the front and walked onto the stage. Cruz walked over to her and shook her hand. She then looked over his shoulder to see Shemar making his way over to her. When he reached her, he pulled her into his arms and gave her a huge hug. They then shared a very public and passionate kiss. The whole group whooped, hollered and the sounds of cat calls could be heard.
Shemar pulled back and winked at the beautiful blond in front of him. 'Thank you, gorgeous! It's about time we got this chance!"
The bubbly and beautiful woman giggled as she had a twinkle in her eyes. "I agree, Handsome! That's why I wasn't about to let this opportunity pass me by. We should have done this a long time ago!"
They hugged again and intertwined their fingers together.
Shemar cleared his throat, smiled broadly and readied to speak. "Well, ladies and gentlemen I am sure most of you know who this lovely lady is that is standing next to me. For those of you that don't please let me introduce to you my best friend and co-star Ms. Kirsten Vangsness! She may have made the winning bid tonight, but I am the winner here! Not only did the MS Society make out very well today because of your generosity, but I am the happiest that I have ever been!"
When he finished speaking he gently squeezed Kirsten's hand and leaned in for a quick kiss on her pouty, full and sultry lips. They pulled apart and both shook hands with Cruz. They waved at the crowd as they made their leave and exited the stage to begin the next new exciting part of their lives.
Cruz grabbed the microphone. "Well, everyone that concludes the festivities for today. Thanks again for all your generosity, time and effort for making this carnival a complete and rousing success.! Enjoy the fireworks on the way out. God bless and drive safely!"
Everybody applauded each other again as the fireworks began to go off in the distance. Derek, Penelope and their extended family said their goodnights and headed to their cars. They were all glad that the carnival was such a success for the MS Society. They were all exhausted from their long tiring day. Although, it definitely was worth it.
Derek and Penelope made their way to the SUV. Derek opened her door and before she could get in, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to him. He looked lovingly into her beautiful face. He brought up one of his hands and gently brushed his fingers over her bruised cheek.
"I love you so much, Baby Girl! I hope you know how important you are to me! You are my life, my best friend and I wouldn't have anything if I didn't have you! I am so sorry that Sam hurt you and that I didn't get there before he attacked you. Please forgive-"
Penelope immediately cut him off by placing a finger on his lips with a tear in her eye. "Awww, Baby Boy stop that! There is nothing to forgive silly man! You did nothing wrong! You got there before he could do more damage. I ended up with a few bruises, but I am fine. After all, I have my favorite Noir Hero by my side, always! I love you too, Hot Stuff! You are my world, the love of my life and we will always have each other! I am not going anywhere, except home with you Chocolate Drop!"
They rested their foreheads together and giggled. He pulled her even closer and they exchanged a very passionate kiss with the fireworks going off behind them.
They pulled apart and grinned. "Let's go home, Goddess!"
"You don't have to tell me twice my Hunk of Sexy Chocolate!"
As she sat down he chuckled and shook his head. "Ok, crazy girl!"
Once she was settled, he closed the door and made his way around to the driver's side and jumped in. They placed their seatbelts on, he started the engine and gently grabbed a hold of her hand.
Derek grinned at his beautiful girlfriend. "Let's get you home and I will tuck you in for the night. Snug as a bug in a rug! By the way, expect breakfast in bed tomorrow morning, my Angel. I love you so much, now and forever Penelope Calliope Garcia!"
Penelope giggled and took her free hand and tenderly brushed his cheek. "Breakfast in bed, huh? You are so good to me my handsome Hot Stuff. I love you too, with every breath I take and every fiber of my being, Derek Michael Morgan!"
They leaned into one another and shared a few more passionate kisses. He put the SUV in gear and pulled away from the carnival of surprises. As they drove off he was certain that he was the luckiest and happiest man alive.
"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life." -Richard Bach
The End.
I hope you enjoyed it and were surprised with the winner of the auction! I thought it would be cute and unexpected. Thank you all for your support and great reviews.
