Chapter 11

Penny felt better the next day. Her bruises were healing and Roger's plan of not telling mom was still working. Penny and her mom still haven't settled about her relationship with Chris. He was with her in her room for an hour doing their so-called "therapy". No one was home when they came. Chris' shirt was off and only their panting and breathing was heard.

"Chris, behave yourself!" said Penny, sarcastically while Chris was kissing her neck. She was on her bed while he was on top of her.

"Maybe you!" he said, and crushed his lips to hers. He kissed Penny passionately and so did she. She felt his tongue between her upper lip and front teeth. (You'll get it if you watched Eminem's We Made You)

"Chris, it tickles!" Penny said, laughing.

"I bet you like that."

He kissed her again quickly. His tongue was playing in her mouth and she placed her arms around his neck and wrapped her left leg on his hip.

"You call this therapy?" said Chris, demandingly. Penny smirked and spun Chris around her bed, making her on top of him.

"That better?" she asked him. He responded by kissing her aggressively. The memory of their first kiss popped into Penny's mind. Chris wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. He kissed her again passionately, making her sweaty and breathless.

"Stop! We're getting all sweaty and you're exhausting me." She said, sitting up.

"C'mon, just pretend this is Gym class." He said, and kissed her collarbone.

"Well, it's not like we're doing something athletic."

"Let's just say, we're doing bed gymnastics."

"Good enough." Said Penny. She placed her hands and kissed him softly. But he made it crazier and rougher and let his tongue enter her mouth and played with her tongue. Just then, the phone rang.

"Let me answer it." Said Penny, reaching for the phone on her side table. But Chris pulled her back and continued kissing her. The phone rang for the second time, but Chris kept restraining her. It rang for the third time.

"What if it's important?" she said, and stood up to answer the phone.

"Hello? Oh, hey, Gordie. Yeah, Chris is here." She said, and handed Chris the phone.

"Yo, Gordie. Sorry, Penny and I were busy." He said, smirking at Penny. "Well, I'll be there. Bye."

"What was that about?" asked Penny, placing her arms around Chris's neck.

"I have to go. Gordie and I am gonna hang out in his house. Wanna come?"

"Nah, you go and have fun." She said, and kissed him softly.

"Don't worry. The next therapy is gonna be much better." He said, and put back on his white shirt. She accompanied him downstairs until he left. After a few minutes, Penny heard her mom's car arrive at their garage. Great, she thought. She ignored her mother enter the house but heard a knock at her door. It was her mom.

"Come in."

"Hello, Penny."

"Hey, mom." Penny greeted without looking up.

"Listen, darling. I'm sorry about what I said to you. I guess I just don't understand."

"Aw, mom. It's okay." Said Penny, looking up and hugged her mom.

"Well, I guess you two are still doing fine."

"Yeah, we are."

Penny's brothers came home before dinner. They had salad and juice. Roger and Johnny looked as happy as yesterday. Since Johnny had a wonderful date with Heather. Penny cleaned up after eating and thought of visiting Johnny in his room.

"Yo, Johnny." She said, as she entered his room.

"Hey, sis." He said, while fixing his bag and pouring all sorts of crumbled papers. Penny sat on his bed and examined the trash. She noticed something orange and picked it up. It was sticky and was rubber. She looked at Johnny suspiciously and raised the condom and said,

"You did it?"

"I guess."

"When the hell did you this?" she asked him, sounding like a mother.

"This afternoon at her dorm."

"I see, at least you had protection." She said, starting to smile. So, both of her brothers weren't virgins anymore then. She remembered when Roger had a condom in his closet and girl's clothes.

"What happened to you two?" he asked her, grabbing the condom from her and threw it to the near bin.

"We had therapy this afternoon."

"You mean you made out?"

"Yeah." She said, Roger also called make out "therapy".

"How'd it go?"

"Why the hell am I gonna tell you?" she said, and stood up from his bed. "Good night, Johnny."

"Night, sis. Remember to always be protected." He said, and lay down on his bed as Penny closed his door.

*---*

Penny was ready for school and just had a quick breakfast. She saw Roger's car keys on the dining table and thought about doing something her dad taught her. She quickly grabbed them and started Roger's car. She remembered how to reverse and all the stuff her dad taught her. She drove all the way to school and arrived there to look for a parking spot. Everyone stared at her as she got out of the car. She entered the hallways and went to her locker.

"Hey, Pen." Said Chris, leaning on a locker.

"Oh hey, Chris." She said, looking up at him and kissed his cheek.

"Listen, you wanna come with me to the Prom?" he asked her.

"Of course, Chris." She said, and smiled.

"Great."

Penny bumped into Johnny. And he looked at her a bit mad.

"Did you take his car?" he asked her.

"Yeah. Hey, at least I can drive it!" she protested, and showed him Roger's keys.

"Well, too bad. You're gonna have to walk. I need the car." Johnny said, and grabbed the keys.

'Damn, whatever." She said, looking pissed. "Nice going, Johnny."

After school, Penny hurried home since she was scared that she might bump into the Cobras and cause trouble. Roger was home early and looked at her and asked,

"How's the car?"

"Great. I still remembered." She said, confidently. "Mom home?"

"No. Did you hear about Johnny? He's crazy about what happened yesterday."

"Yeah. I guess you and Mandy also had "therapy",eh?"

"Hell, yeah." He said, looking up and imagining things.

"Roger, snap out of it. I guess, you and I were doing the same thing. It was exhausting at first."

"What?! You mean the therapy? Who? Chris?" he asked, looking surprised.

"Well, yeah. C'mon, at least we didn't have sex."

"Right." Said Roger, and tapped Penny's shoulder. They heard a car park outside their house. It was Johnny. He entered the house and walked dizzily.

"Guys." He said, as he entered the house, his nose bleeding and looked beaten up.

"Johnny!" said Penny, and stood up from the couch and walked up to him.

"What the hell happened, man?" asked Roger, and held his armpits and let him sit on the couch.

"The Cobras." Johnny said, catching his breath.

"Oh, shit. Eyeball." Said Penny, and wiped his nose with a towel.

"What do you mean?" Roger asked, confused.

"They're coming back for us." said Penny.

"You can't be so sure, Penny." Said Johnny, as his nose stopped bleeding.

"I am sure! I guess they're gonna come back for what they did four years ago too. What if someone else, too gets hurt?"

"What are you going to do, then?" asked Roger.

"Hell, I don't know."

Penny was in her room, thinking of what to do. She heard a knock and saw Chris.

"Hey." She said, looking sad.

"Penny, I heard about what happened to Johnny." He said, and sat down beside her at her bed.

"Yeah. What the hell am I supposed to do now, Chris?"

"Listen, we all just have to stick together and avoid walking and being alone." He said, and touched her cheek.

She breathed heavily and said,

"I'm sorry I had to put you guys through this. It's all my damn fault." She said, as tears started to fall from her eyes.

"It's not your fault, Penny. They're just assholes who don't have lives and just keep beating people up." He said, and kissed her forehead.

Penny started to yawn a few minutes later. She lay down on her bed and Chris was beside her. He stroked her hair and said,

"I love you, Penny."

"I love you, Chris." She said.

"I didn't know you were awake!" he said, sounding surprised.

"Did you mean that?"

"Mean what?"

"That you love me."

"Yeah. And did you mean it?"

"Yeah, Chris. I love you." Penny said, and kissed him. She remembered the time when Chris slept with her when she got hurt from her date with Eyeball. She smiled and fell asleep in his arms.

Chris woke up and saw the time, almost eleven p.m. He must've fallen asleep, he thought. He carefully stood up and looked at Penny sleeping. He smiled at her and muttered something inaudible under his breath. He left Penny's room without making a single noise.