Penny smiled as she watched Tracy, Link, and Seaweed dance. She was waiting for their rehearsal for the Corny Collins Show to end. Penny sucked on her cherry lollipop and then went back to her homework. "If x is equal to y and y is the sum of 3t and s, divided by a, what is the square root of xy?" Penny muttered under her breath. "Well, I'll just copy off of Tracy. I've got no idea."
Penny swirled the lollipop around her mouth, before sucking on it again. Penny didn't realize that the studio was slowly emptying. She also didn't realize that Link, Tracy, and Seaweed disappear. So when a pair of soft, large hands covered her eyes, she flipped out.
"Guess who?" a sweet voice asked that she had memorized by heart.
"Jeez, Seaweed. You gave me a heart attack." Penny sighed. Her boyfriend ever since the Miss Hairspray Pageant grinned at her.
"Then I guess I did my role right." Seaweed said, helping Penny up and then kissing her deeply.When they broke apart Penny felt dizzy.
"Oh, Seaweed." Penny breathed. She wanted to jump on him but then again, she was in the middle of a studio. She might have wanted him but she wasn't stupid.
"Come on, baby. I gotta get you home, 'fore your Mama gets home." Seaweed's voice woke Penny from her fantasy.
"Oh, yeah. Right." Penny murmured. She picked up her backpack and slid the strap on her shoulder. "Where's Tracy and Link?" she asked as they started to leave.
"Right there." Seaweed chuckled, nodding at the wall. Penny turned and had to let out a giggle herself. Link had Tracy pinned against the wall and he was . . . doing something or other. "Hey, white boy. Maybe leave the studio before you get the clothes off." Seaweed suggested.
Penny giggled as Link jumped and turned around, like a guilty person. Tracy straightened her skirt and hair before grinning at Penny. "You ready for that big test tomorrow, Penny?" Tracy asked as the two couples left the studio and started walking down the street. Penny was holding hands with Seaweed. As usual people were staring and pointing. Some looked disgusted and others, disappointed.
Penny groaned. "No. I don't even get half the stuff she's talking about in class. I"m probably gonna fail and then get tied up without food for a couple of days. You know my mom." They all nodded.
P enny's mother had always been on the crazy side. Maybe because her husband left and she thought that turning to the Lord would save her soul. But whatever happened, Penny had to deal with it all. And it drove Seaweed insane, especially the way her mother treated her.
So when Penny started joking about it, he scowled. "Baby, come on. Don't talk like that. You deserve better than that and jokin' ain't helpin'," he said.
"Yeah, that's probably right." Penny said. Just then they'd gotten to her house. "Bye Trace, bye Link."
"Bye Penny. Bye Seaweed." Tracy and Link continued down the street, towards Tracy's house.
Penny unlocked the door to her house and let herself and Seaweed in. Just as she shut the door, the telephone started ringing. Penny ran to the kitchen and picked it up. "Hello? Oh, hey mom. What? You're going to be late tonight? How late? You're not getting home until 11? Alright. Okay. Bye." Penny hung up and turned to Seaweed. "She's not coming home until 11. You wanna stay a while?"
Seaweed grinned. "Alright. But how 'bout we get a little cozy?"
Penny smiled as Seaweed wrapped his arms around her. "Or we could do something else?" she hinted.
"Fine by me, baby." he replied.