Hi! I hope this turns out okay, I'm going to give Penny/Seaweed a whirl!

This is a songfic: the song is Hooked on a Feeling by B.J. Thomas. I don't own the song, nor do I own any of the characters from Hairspray.

Oh, and BTW: the song is written from the point of view of a guy, but in this story, it's Penny's point of view. Just didn't want you all (my readers) to be confused!

I can't stop this feeling

Deep inside of me

Girl, you just don't realize

What you do to me

It was an odd situation that Penny was in.

Prudy, after seeing Penny lock lips with Seaweed during the Miss Teenage Hairspray pageant, had, upon Penny returning home, scolded her for "escaping her binds without permission" and forbade her from going out during the night for one month and especially from "fraternizing with that boy again."

It wasn't that Penny wanted to disobey. It wasn't that Penny hated her mom. Prudy meant well (Penny thought), she was just a little…well…over-zealous? Maybe that was the word.

No, it wasn't that Penny wanted to turn the wrath of her mother against her again, but it wasn't like she really had a choice. She couldn't not see Seaweed, not after what had happened at the pageant. It wasn't psychically possible.

When you hold me in your arms so tight

You let me know everything's all right

I am hooked on a feeling

High on believing that you're in love with me

It wasn't like she could see Seaweed every day, either. She couldn't see him at school, not unless she got sent to detention every day, and she knew if she did that, that her mother would find out what was really going on soon enough. She wasn't on the show, either. Besides, it wasn't as if that would have made a difference, anyway, seeing as how Prudy wouldn't have let her dance on it anyway, not since it was integrated.

Penny knew that the difficulty that came with seeing Seaweed wasn't going to overpower her strong desire to be with him, however. If anything, being held down was going to make it stronger. She needed him, needed to feel his arms around her, needed to be able to look into his eyes, needed to be able to taste his lips.

Lips are sweet as candy

The taste stays on my mind

Girl, you keep me thirsty for

Another cup of wine

She was sitting on her bed, lost in her thoughts and desires, when she heard a sound outside her window. It barely registered in her mind. She just figured it for one of those sounds, those ones that came in the night with no real explanation for why they came or went. That is, that's what she thought until she heard it again. She made her way to the window, only to jump, startled, as a ladder clanged onto her windowsill.

Penny ran back to her bed and watched, smiling, as she saw a head, then shoulders, then torso appear.

"Hey, baby," Seaweed smiled, his eyes sparkling like diamonds.

I got it bad for you, girl,

But I don't need a cure,

I'll just stay addicted

And hope I can endure

Seaweed made his way over to Penny's bed and sat down next to her.

"Oh, Seaweed, you came!" Penny exclaimed, unable to keep the excitement out of her voice.

"What? You think I wasn't gonna come?" Seaweed asked, grinning. "I love you, babe. I can't live without you. I need you with me every minute of every day."

Penny smiled as she and Seaweed locked in an embrace and shared a hot, passionate kiss.

All the good love, when we're all alone

Keep it up, girl, yeah, you turn me on

I am hooked on a feeling

High on believing that you're in love with me…