A/N: I thought the movie was really cute, but it definitely needed some spice, so here it is. Also, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!! Or else the next chappie will not be posted.

Disclaimer: I do not own Penelope or Johnny *sigh*.

"You lied to me! I guessed piano, and you said—"

I grabbed the girl whom I now knew was Penelope. My Penelope. I kissed her.

Yeah, I know it was pretty stupid to even think that she would want to be with me. I couldn't break the curse for her. For God's sake, I wasn't even Max! Penelope was under the illusion that I was "one of her own kind", which, of course, I wasn't. How many times in the past months I had wanted my love to be enough.

While we kissed, I thought about how much I loved the girl in front of me. I realized that for the sake of a good relationship, I had to tell her the truth, so I pulled away. I said, "I'm sorry. I can't break the curse."

Penelope looked down, laughed, and looked back up at me. Then she pulled the mask off her lovely face and said, "You don't have to. I did it myself. It's me, Max!" I was dazzled by the beautiful face that was so near mine. I already knew Penelope was gorgeous, but now she was even more so.

On the inside, I was torn between the jealousy that I hadn't been the one to break the curse; and happiness that Penelope had not said yes to that, um, unpleasant fellow Edward. Oh, who am I kidding, he's an ass. And there was also the side of me that was overflowing with love for Penelope.

On the outside, I replied, "The name's Johnny."

"Right. I knew that, Johnny."

And then I couldn't resist. I reached out and caressed her face; then I kissed her once again, except this time I didn't pull away. There was no doubt in my mind that THIS was what I wanted.

I gently tugged on her bottom lip with my teeth. I was pleasantly surprised to feel Penelope moan softly and open her mouth to my kisses.

I've got to stop this before it gets too far, I thought to myself.

Little Penelope was far too good at it; her tongue danced lightly with mine, at first so soft and hesitant, then seductive and nearly dominant.

My mind was a jumble of incoherent thoughts; it felt as though all my blood had migrated south. I thought, WTF, what a way to ruin the moment.

"Oh, Penelope" I whispered softly to her. "I was so worried when the press was talking about your... disappearance and then when...."

"Enough, Johnny." She murmured, placing a finger over my lips. "I'm here now, aren't I? Let's not talk about what happened before. I understand. I heard the whole story from Wanda, who couldn't hold herself back from telling me about you, and I just kind of understood the rest. I get you, Johnny. It's sort of hard to explain but, really, I do."

My beautiful Penelope's eyes were shining with earnestness at the end of her little speech, and their beauty --as corny as it sounds-- took my breath away. Who knew that wasn't just some romantic-sap figure of speech? Gosh, I had really fallen for this girl. Head-over-heels. Me, Johnny Martin. Mr. Flying-It-Solo. Penelope is the second --don't ask about the first, it's a long, painful story-- and last person I wanted to say "I love you" to. Speaking of those three little words, I probably should tell her, I thought. Maybe that would explain some of my more… lusty… actions tonight.

"Look," I say, "I really was worried when you disappeared because..." I paused. "What I'm trying to tell you is: I love you, Penelope. I loved you before the curse was broken, nose and ears and all. I loved you so much that I declined to marry you, because I was afraid that you would reject me for not breaking the curse. I wanted to go to that out-of-town job not just to get away from gambling, but to get away from those sick people dressed up as you, and from the memories. Which, by the way, we only have like a week of them, and you didn't even know my real name, and…"

"But none of that matters!" she whisper-shouted. "Do you believe in love at first sight? I don't! I believe in love at first speak, and from the first time you said something to me, I just kept thinking: He stayed -He stayed! - He's the one! When you left... that was the first time I cried over a suitor who thought that I was hideous. Which I guess you didn't really think so. Really. And now, with the curse broken I can finally be with you, Johnny. I WANT to be with you. And not just to break to curse, because that's already done...Sometimes the brain and heart agree on something; something infinitely important; the most sought after, beautiful, and difficult to find emotions in the universe. True, pure, real love. And I believe I've found it with you."

I just stood there with my mouth gaping open at her powerful words. God, I love her, I thought.

"Did you understand that, Einstein?" Penelope whispered teasingly.

"Uh-huh," I moaned as Penelope attacked my lips.

She pulled away less than an inch and whispered, "I love you, too."

My previous thought about ruining the moment was completely nullified.

I could feel Penelope press her slender body against my own wide one and I shuddered with pleasure. How long had we been kissing? Five minutes? Twenty? Time had no meaning right then. All I wanted was to be with her for the rest of my life.

I was unable to restrain myself as I steered Penelope towards the couch, but then I regained control of my body when we plunked down on the aged piece of furniture. I pulled away and whispered, "We should stop."

"Yeah, we really should," Penelope answered, "the question is, do we want to stop?"

"No, we most definitely do not want to stop," I was speaking for both my brain (now devoid of blood) and my now-throbbing cock (who had stolen all the brain's blood).

I was greatly upset when Penelope completely pulled away, snapped out her vibrating cell phone, and said, "No, we really have to stop. Annie's calling. Hold on a sec. Hey, Annie! Can you call me back later? Uh, no, that's not it."

Penelope blushed and then held the phone away from her body. I could hear a woman's laugh coming out of the speaker. Penelope sighed and put the phone back up to her ear.

"Listen, Annie, I'll talk to you later. Yeah, sure. Bye." Penelope sighed, frustrated. She put her phone away, and all of a sudden her face got all sad-looking. "Are you still going to go out of town?"

"With this sudden turn of events, I think not," I said with a devilish smile. "Anyways, where were we?"

Penelope returned the smile and said, "I think we were discussing whether we should stop. So what's the final decision on that?"

"I think you know," I responded, and then I picked her up bridal style and carried her to my bedroom.

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A/N: So, what did you think???? If you liked it, please review. If you didn't like it, review anyways. Tell me if I was too sappy or corny or if it was OK... Thanks!!!

PS: thank you so much to bookworm-with-bite, who greatly contributed to the making of this story 