Who: Penelope Garcia & Matt Murdock What: confirming a departure Where: Derek's apartment When: after this Warnings: tbd Status: closed/in progress
This was not something Penelope was looking forward to doing. Like she told Matt, she knew what it meant when Derek didn't show up to meet her for breakfast and her texts to him bounced back as undeliverable. She just didn't want to accept that her one tie to home, the one person who was always there for her, was gone and she was left to deal with all of this on her own.
Still, she wasn't going to turn down Matt's offer to break into Derek's place just to make sure. This wasn't home and he wasn't out there putting his life in danger in new and inventive ways every time she turned around, so there was little chance that he'd somehow borked his phone and gotten injured. Even so, she knew she needed to confirm for certain that her suspicions were correct because she'd never forgive herself if something else was going on.
Plus spending time with Matt was never a bad thing. She enjoyed talking to him and was curious about his apparent ninja skills. When she saw him walking towards her, she took a deep breath and then called out, "Hey, Matt, I'm here."