A/N; This is about Kevin and Gwen's eldest daughter... read and you'll see.

Troy's POV;

Nothing else was in my mind besides hilarity or whatever it is you want to call it. I'm not big with words so… yeah. AVF was on the TV in front of me and in my opinion, there was no better show out there… besides, of course, old reruns of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'. Nothing better than stupid guys getting whacked in the groin because they stood too close to a piñata. For about 30 minutes, my mind was focused solely on that show… that is, until the door to the Tennyson's living room opened.

In the doorway stood 13 year old Penelope Isabella Levin. For a moment there, my heart skipped a beat, but that's what it always does when a girl I like steps in the room. Not that I like her! Now way in Hell! But why wouldn't someone like her? Her strawberry hair fell to the middle of her back when she let it down from her ponytail, which she rarely does. When she smiles, there's nothing else that's real to me, except her. And her eyes… it's like you're swimming in coffee, you don't even need to drink it to wake up, all you gotta to do is look into her eyes.

But something was wrong, I could tell. It was the middle of winter and she was wearing sun glasses, which she also never does. The black leather jacket and the blue jeans were nothing new of course, but the way she clutched it tightly around her body as she crossed the room to sit on the couch with me didn't exactly inspire a good feeling. When she sat next to me, she didn't even looked at me. The way she was sitting worried me too. It was as like she thought if she sat back into the couch, she would get hurt.

"Uhm, Penny?" I said, cautiously. She turned her head towards me, her jaw trembling as she did so. Anger boiled in my veins, but I had to control it for now. For now. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yes I'm f-f-fine," she stuttered, her voice threatening tears. I scooted closer to her and gently took her hand in my mine.

"You can tell me," I said, giving her hand a gentle squeeze.

"Troy, just because you're Adrian's best friend, doesn't mean you get me to tell you my secrets," Penny said, waspishly. I swallowed the lump in my throat. Penny could be pretty intimidating at times, but I had to find out what was wrong with her.

"Penny please, tell me," I said, sticking out my bottom lip and widening my eyes. It was ridiculous but she can't resist it on me. I think it's because I have brown eyes like her, I don't know.

"Uggh! Troy Robert Anderson, I hate you," Penny growled, smacking me in the back of the head. I grinned and rubbed the back of my head tenderly, also smoothing back my black hair that she messed up. She took a deep breath and said, "Instead of telling you, I'll show you."

I tensed up with anticipation as she raised her hands to her sunglasses. She pulled them off slowly and once they were off, anger, fury and hatred boiled within my stomach; for there, around her right eye, was a big blue bruise. It was then that I realized, that Penny's boyfriend, Eric, abuses her.

A/N; Oh Troy's gonna be PISSED in the next chapter! So stay tuned! Rate and review please!

~Ellie~