7. Sacrifice: (Billy, au post-musical)
Billy couldn't help but be jealous when Penny bounded into the laundromat, happier then he'd ever seen her, and handed him an envelope.
"Hey Penny!" He greeted, placing the envelope on the washer, and hoping it would disappear.
"Hiya Billy!" Penny squealed, waving her left hand. Billy tried to make the band on her left hand disappear too. "Aren't you gonna open your envelope?" Penny looked so disappointed when he poked the darn thing, he picked up the offending item and ripped it open.
"It's..." Billy started, as he scanned the small sheet of cherry blossom printed, cream colored paper. "It's an engagement announcement." He choked on the words, praying they were wrong.
One look at Penny's glowing face told him they weren't.
"Well," He said, hoping his voice sounded excited, and not like he was about to cry. "Let's see the rock Penny!" iLet's torture myself by watching what I can never give her.../i
To add insult to injury, Penny insisted he be the best man.
He stood by the alter, a year later, stoic. But looking bored was better then portraying the suffering he actually felt. Penny was beautiful, and he had never hated Jason Hammer more then he did now, what he wouldn't give to blow the bastards head off...
But he couldn't, because Penny was happy, and it was better to let her do this, to sacrifice his own happiness for hers. Besides, when she became Mrs. Penny Elisabet Hammer, she'd be protected by all the evil weirdos, like him
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