SURPRISE! Haha Your guy's reviews seriously make me laugh and so happy! You guys are awesome! :) Anyhoo, Thanks for the comments means a lot. I know you all are just DIEING to see them be a couple, but as my grandma says, "Patients is a virtue and peanut butter is fantastic." (Idk why the peanut butter comment but eh, she says it!) So yeah, just wait for the story to unfold! It's only the 7 chapters so far! :P
Guest: You fell out of your bed?! I hope you didn't get hurt! I would feel so bad!Try not to do it again! :P
Ariella: I try to be unpredictable :) About Selina and Charlie, I don't think there will be much of them in this story, BUT I have a story in mind that will have them as the main characters. Stay tuned. :)
Andrea77: You're freaking awesome, just lettin' ya know! And i don't want to kill anyone! That's so mean! :P I will try my best to update more than once a week but you can always get a guarantee on Saturdays :)
The person who PM me: I am fifteen. I should probably update my Bio and snazzz and will soon, I hope :P
OH! And to the OTHER person who PM me: I live in California too, so I'm truly sorry if you got offended about calling us Californians 'crazy', but I am just sayin' what I am and many of the people I know are here in Cali! Crazy isn't always and insult! :) Again, very sorry.
To everyone else, if i say anything in these stories that offend you, I am very sorry and I promise you it was unintentional. PLEASE tell me if i do offend you in any way, shape, or form! I don't want to come off as mean.
Anyways, HERS YA GO! Enjoy :)
Chapter 7
Penny POV
The last week was very interesting for Penny. She never thought in a million years that Anthony and her would be friends...and ACTUALLY BE friends! The week has consist of their playful banter, some pushing and shoving here, and a nick-name there. But there has been no cold eyes, or annoyed looks...well unless Ray was around. Penny didn't get it. When she was with just Ray, he was her best friend. When she hung out with Anthony, they were good friends too. But when you put the two together, Penny wants to lock herself in a closet. Anthony constantly glared at Ray, and Ray kept on making smug and sarcastic comments to everything Anthony said. The only time they agreed on something was at lunch earlier that day.
Penny saw everyone at the table. Leo, Nico, Thalia, Piper, Grover, Ray and Anthony. Penny quickly sat between Anthony and Ray before World War III started.
"Hey guys!" She smiled at everyone. Everyone said their 'Hellos'.
"Hey, Penny...do you think that Juniper would give me her number?" Grover asked nervously. Penny smiled at him. As well as with Anthony, she got really close to all these people. She loved them all dearly. Juniper was a girl that was absolutely sweet. She was the school president and was nice to everyone. She had reddish hair and green eyes and was like a hippie when it came to the environment. Her and Grover were made for each other,she was sure of it.
"Dude!" Penny exclaimed. "You were all she talked about in class yesterday! She's so into you. Just ask!" Grover blushed and nodded, a ghost of smile on his face. Penny laughed to herself. Who knew SHE of all people was giving relationship advice.
"We finished painting the drama/music room today," Anthony stated.
"That's cool," Penny said.
"You paint, pshh." Ray said under his breath. But Anthony heard and glared at him.
"Yeah, man!" Leo exclaimed. "And I am almost done with the stage! Trying to make a trapdoor like thing in the middle of the stage. It will be FAN-TABULOUS!" Penny grinned.
"Sounds fun."
"Yeah, but we still have to instal the carpet and wood flooring." Anthony commented. "Still work to be done."
"You work?" Ray said smugly. Anthony was about to stand when Penny pushed him back down.
"Seriously you two! Stop fighting before I run for the hills!" They grumbled then fell silent.
"So, what about boats?" Thalia said, changing subject. They were talking about boats, the beach and other related stuff when someone tapped Penny's shoulders. Penny turned around in her seat, back to the table, and saw a guy from her English class. Mike, she thinks. He's tall, brown hair and stunning blue eyes, on the football team. She crossed her arms and raised a brow.
"May I help you?" Mike smiled, actually semi-nice looking, and leaned down a bit to close. Penny saw Anthony and Raymond tense.
"Yeah, I was thinking you me could go to a movie Friday?" Penny choked on her spit. She looked down at her self. She had on a baggy grey sweater and jeans. Why was he interested in her?
"Excuse me?" Mike leaned closer, inches away from her.
"Pretty please with a cherry on top?"
"Sorry, not interested."
"I know you are." Penny opened her mouth to retort but someone jerked him away,from her, turning him around. It was Ray. The cafeteria went dead silent.
"She said she wasn't interested." Mike was about to lunge at him but Anthony held him back, his arms twisted in a tight hold.
"Take a hint and leave, or things might get ugly." Anthony said barely above a whisper in his ear. He shoved him forward, Mike tripping before got himself straight. Ray and Anthony high-fived each other, with out looking at one another, and sat down, like nothing happened.
The rest of lunch, they continued their hatred for each other and went on like they didn't both just agreed to stop a guy from bothering Penny and that they had a mini bro-moment high-five. And guys say girls are complicated.
Penny walked to her locker, getting the books she would need for the weekend. She shut her locker and saw Anthony walking her way.
"Hey, Book Worm!" Anthony smirked.
"Yes, Seaweed Brain?" Penny glared. She still hated that name.
"Do you think that you and the others would like to come over to my house for a movie night tonight?" Anthony thought for a moment.
"I don't know..."
"My mom will have her cookies..." Penny bribed.
"Yeah, we all should be there." He replied in all seriousness. Penny laughed. Last week, Penny brought some of her moms special blue chocolate cookies to lunch. Lets just say, she didn't have one bite.
"Cool. Tell everyone to come to my apartment at like, 8." She smiled at him, gave her address to him, and walked off, looking for Ray.
She found him talking into his cell phone hurriedly.
"I don't care, I can't-" he turned and saw Penny. He did a small smile.
"Fine. Gotta go." He hung up his phone and sighed. "Hi." He smiled a little bigger.
"Hi." She smiled back. She noticed how his eyes have started to form bags and he has been a bit restless lately. And his cloths didn't have as many stains on them, as if he stopped painting. That is never good. "You ok?"
Ray shrugged. "Just a bit stressed but I'll be fine. Whats up?" Penny eyed him but nodded. She remembered the night of the party when he almost kissed her and how he stood up to Mike. He didn't really like her...did he? What was there to like?
"Well, I was going to have some people over tonight for a movie and wanted to know if you could come?" He ran a hand through his hair.
"Sorry, Pen-Pen, I would love to but I can't tonight. Dad wants me home."
Penny bit her lip and nodded. "Ok...maybe another time then." Ray looked at her and lent down and kissed her cheek. Penny almost gasped in surprise. She lightly touched her cheek, pink blush spreading through cheeks.
"You know that you are my best friend and I wouldn't do anything to hurt you, right?" Ray asked, almost pleadingly.
"Yeah, of course. You're my best friend too." Penny said, letting her hand fall to her side. Ray sighed in relief and looked like a weight was lifted from his shoulders. Penny looked at him with concerned eyes.
"Are you sure you're ok?" He smiled.
"Yeah," He nodded. "I'm fine." Penny nodded and waved to him while walking to the front of the school.
"See you Monday." He waved
"Bye, Pen-Pen."
8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*
When Penny got home, she helped her mom cook, clean the apartment, and changed from her jeans and sweater to a tank top and sweats.
She was getting the movie out when the door bell rang.
"I got it!" She yelled. She opened the door and found Thalia, Jason, and Grover at her door.
"Hey guys!" They smiled as she let them in.
"Hey, Nico and Anthony are on their way, and Piper will be late. Leo can't make it tonight." Penny nodded.
"Cool, now come pick a movie out. We got plenty." Grover and Jason started to go through the movies.
"Is RED coming?" Thalia asked. She, and the rest of the crew, started calling him that because his initials spell out RED and his hair.
"No he couldn't make it."
"Good! Don't get me wrong, I love the guy, just when he and Anthony are around, I want knock their lights out!" Penny nodded in agreement.
"Why do they do that? I don't get them!" Thalia looked at her, like she was an alien. Grover and Jason had the same looks.
"Wow, you really are a Seaweed Brain."
"Yeah, even we know what going on and were boys!"
"What? Whats going on?" Thalia opened her mouth but the doorbell rang. Penny answered it, being greeted by Nico and Anthony. Nice ran right passed her saying,
"COOKIES! Where are they? Did you eat them all? Tell me you saved some!" Thalia looked at her boyfriend weirdly.
"And when I first met you I thought you were an emotionless rock. And now I find out I'm dating a two year-old."
Nico smirked at her and kissed her cheek. "Yeah, but you love me anyways." Thalia pushed him off her rolling her eyes, but a smirk played on her lips.
"OK! GROSS ALERT! No kissing during the movie you two!" Penny warned, waging her finger at him. She turned to Jason. "Same with you when Piper gets here." They all look at her innocently. Those nuts.
"Hey, you guys!" Penny's mom came into the room, a full plate of cookies in hand.
"Hi Ms. Sally!" They greeted. She smiled.
"Paul and I are going to go out to dinner and catch a movie. We'll be back around eleven. And Tyson is at a friends house. No getting into trouble." She grabbed her coat while Paul grabbed the keys. He pointed his fingers at all the boy.
"I'm watching you, always." He said in a dead serious tone, thought his eyes were laughing. They left and Anthony shuddered.
"I never knew an old man could be so scary." Grover laughed and pulled out a movie.
"ZOMBIE LAND! YES!"
*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*
After Zombie Land, Piper came over and they watched episodes of How I Met Your Mother. At eleven, Penny's parents came home and went to bed, saying good night. At twelve, everyone started leaving.
"Bye, Penny." They said, walking out. Anthony was the last one there, picking up his coat, when the phone rang in the kitchen. Penny quickly picked up the phone, so it wouldn't wake up her parents.
"Hello?" She answered. Anthony grabbed his keys in the kitchen, passing by her.
"Sally?" answered a deep voice.
"No, this is Penny. May I ask who's calling?" There was a long silence. Anthony waved to her about to walk out the door.
"Penny, this is your father." Penny dropped the phone, making Anthony stop in his tracks, turning around, watching her. Penny scrambled to pick up the phone.
"D-D-dad?" Penny's face turned pale. She hasn't heard from his since she was two. Never called on her birthday or made any motion of connecting with her. Even when he called about them being in danger, he talked to her mom, not her.
"What do you want?" She asked coolly, her shock quickly turning into anger and hurt. Anthony gazed at her curiously, sitting on the counter top.
"I wanted to talk to your Sally." He said, calmly.
"Sorry, her and Paul are asleep. Can I help you with anything?"
"No," he answered. "You're to young."
"To young?" She gritted her teeth. "I am not to young to know that you screwed up our lives. You are the reason we are even here! I am NOT to young! I am freaking eighteen years old but of course, you wouldn't know. You were never around, never seeing how we were doing, never even called on my birthday, but you call once to send us to damn California. Well you know what? Damn you. DAMN YOU..." with that, she hung up the phone. She felt something wet on her cheeks and realized she was crying. She fiercely wiped them away..
" You okay?" Penny turned around, forgetting that Anthony was there, sitting on her white counter top. She wiped her face again, trying to stop the tears. Anthony got down, and pulled her into his arms, holding her to his chest tightly. She didn't refuse but just cried the tears she was trying to stop. Anthony rested his head on her head. Penny cried for a long time til her sobs turned to sniffles. Anthony let her go, and pulled out a kitchen chair for her to sit on. She sat in it and her sat in the other.
"My mom died when I was four." Anthony said. Penny looked up at him surprised.
"You don't have to-" Anthony held up his hand.
"I want to. She died in a car accident. I was so young at the time, I didn't even know she would never come back. When I was seven was when it really hit me." Anthony paused, composing himself. "My dad said he would make things right. So he got re-married. I wasn't happy. I hate my step-brothers. They are twins and total momma boys. After my dad got married, its was like he tried to forget about me. I only see him at breakfast when everyone is eating before school but we don't even talk. I haven't had a real conversation with him for eight years. I learned to fend for myself, do things without any help. You don't have to though.
"I don't know what happened with your dad or whatever, but consider yourself lucky. You have a mom who loves you, an awesome step-dad who treats you as his own, and a pretty cute kid as a brother. You have people to teach you what to and what to not to do. You have a back bone. Don't let some shitty dad steal that away from you. Don't let him decide who you are." Penny smiled at him, tears in her eyes. He opened up to her. He trusted her. And he gave her some damn good advice through it.
"My dad left when I was turning two." Penny said, looking down, scratching her head. "He never contacted us at all. My mom got re-married but I was still hesitant about Paul. Even when they had Tyson, on his second birthday, I lock myself in my room, thinking that he would leave like dad did. When he didn't, I thought that maybe my dad just didn't want me. That I wasn't good enough." She wiped some more tears. "Then last summer, my dad calls. My mom yelled at him for ten minutes. Not about leaving her, but for leaving ME and that he didn't call ME. Then, we moved here, needing to get away. To hide." Anthony studied her and Penny held her breath. She didn't lie but she didn't tell the whole truth. She couldn't exactly say that her dad made enemies with the most wanted man in the CIA, but you know, little details like that don't matter. When Anthony nodded she released her breath.
Anthony stood, helping her up, and hugged her. He let her go and picked up his keys from the counter.
"Don't let him get you down. He doesn't decide who you are, you do. Besides, my life wouldn't be the same with out the famous Seaweed Brain." Penny groaned at the name and he smirked.
"And here I thought we were having a heart-to-heart." Anthony chuckled.
"See you around, Seaweed Brain." Penny saw him to the door and waved as her pressed the elevator button down. "Later, Book Worm." He smiled as the doors closed and Penny went to bed, replaying how comfortable it was being in his arms.
How'd ya like? I know I posted one like, yesterday, but it was my friends birthday and she wanted me to post another chapter so yeah, haha. Hope you guys liked it! R&R :)
