Beating The Odds
Chapter 25
Explaining To Do
AN: Thanks for the reviews I own nothing hope you enjoy.
Derek walked into the apartment finding Nick sitting on the couch, and what Wills said came back to him. He put his bag down walking over to Nick, "You have some explaining to do and now," he said.
"What did I do?" Nick asked.
"You been telling some guys what great lay my wife is?" Derek asked, "Seems like you got a big mouth when my players start talking about fucking her in the dug out," he said.
"What, I didn't say shit," Nick said.
"You think I'm going to believe you, after last year?" Derek yelled.
"What's wrong?" Jenna asked coming out the bathroom.
"You're brother's about to get his ass kicked," Derek said, "Get up now," he said to Nick.
"Penelope," Jenna said watching her brother get up, "You might want to get out here," she said.
"I didn't say shit," Nick said.
"You didn't tell the guys that I was with Pen?" Derek asked.
"No, I might have said she's lucky, or getting lucky, I was drunk," Nick said.
Derek punched him in the face, sending him back into the wall behind them, "NO, you went and told them she was a good lay, I left two of them were talking about you and her in the diner, now you want to explain that one?" Derek said grabbing Nick's shirt collar and pushing him against the wall, "You don't want to be friends, you're just buying your time so you can get in her pants again," he said.
"The hell I am," Nick said, "I just want to see my daughter," he said.
"She's not your fucking daughter, you gave her up," Derek said, "Now I better hear the right answers soon or I'll kick your ass again," he said.
Penelope came out the bedroom in shock, "Derek let him go," she said.
"Let him get his ass kicked," Jenna said, "He told those guys about you and him," she said.
"NICK, DEREK," Pen yelled, but they weren't listening.
"Did you tell them?" Derek asked.
"I was drunk," Nick said, "I was pissed off at you, I might have let it slip," he said before Derek punched him, "But it was last year," Nick said.
"Derek," Pen yelled, "Stop it now," she said going over to them, "Stop NOW," she shouted getting between them, which had been difficult, but she pushed Derek back.
"He lays a hand on you and he's ass is dead," Derek said, "I don't give a damn, I don't trust him and I never will," he said.
"If you're going to be an ass, then you need to leave," Pen said, "Take Rachel and Jenna and go do something," she said.
"You think I'm leaving him alone with you, then you really have gone mad," Derek said.
"Come on Nick," Pen said taking him to the bathroom to clean the blood off his face, "You are on the damn couch tonight," she said to Derek, before going in the bathroom slamming the door behind her.
"Damn you pissed off," Nick said sitting on the toilet seat.
"Well he pissed me off, he shouldn't have hit you, I know he's pissed off, those damn teenagers are giving him hell and how dare you say that about me," Pen said getting some water in the sink before she took the cloth and started cleaning the blood away.
"You sure you want to be in this bathroom alone with me?" Nick asked, "He might think we're doing something, after all, you did screw me on the back the truck," he said.
"Worst mistake I ever made," Pen said.
"What?" Nick asked pulling away, "I thought we had something, like when we made Rachel, I love you Pen, I thought you loved me too," he said.
"I did love you Nick, but you changed, I changed, I'm not that wild girl I was that night, and I want be her again," Pen said, "Not with you," she said, "I'm sorry that you think we can be that way again, but it won't happen, I love Derek, Nick," she said.
"Then I guess I got no hope of being best friends with you again," Nick said.
"Not the way you want to, Nick, we haven't been friends since you left for Texas when we were fifteen," Pen said moving to lean against the wall, "The sad thing is, before I meet Derek, I thought we were supposed to be together, I cried over you for months, Nick, but it don't matter any more," she said.
"Yeah, you're married and having baby with Derek," Nick said, "I didn't want to leave you, I changed because I didn't want to have my heart ripped out again, my dad made us leave, I loved you Penelope, it wasn't meaningless when we were fourteen and I made love to you, that was all real," Nick said, "I don't want you to go to Virginia, stay here in Chicago, go to NWU with me," he said standing up.
"ODU has a lot of great things, and computer classes that I want to do," Pen said before she realized that Nick was really close to her, "Nick," she said, "I need you to…" she said about to move, but instead Nick moved closer, "No," she said before he kissed her.
Nick tried to deepen the kiss, but Pen kept her mouth shut, she was shocked, she could have sworn that Nick was trying to change, "I love you, Pen," he said.
"No," Pen said pushing him away, "This is not happening, or so help me God, you will be out of here in a heart beat," she said.
"One kiss, please?" Nick asked before Penelope pushed him away going to the bedroom where Nick followed her, "I'm just asking for one kiss, please," Nick said.
Of course Nick walked right into his death wish, with Derek standing there luckily he was holding Rachel, "Nick leave," Pen said but Derek put Rachel in the play pen and went over to Nick.
"Did you just ask her to kiss you?" Derek asked.
Nick knew he was screwed and if he got his ass kicked now, maybe it wouldn't be so bad, "No," he said moving away from Derek going to Pen and pulling her into his arms and he kissed her right in front of Derek.
"Oh my god," Jenna said from the door before Nick was jerked away from Penelope and landed on the floor after Derek punched him in the face knocking him back.
Pen was standing there shocked before she heard Derek's voice coming through her mind, "You kiss my fucking wife," he yelled kicking Nick in the ribs, "Get the hell out of the apartment," he said grabbing Nick by the back of the neck and walking him to the door, "Stay the hell out too," he said.
Jenna sighed; she should have known that Nick would screw everything up, "I'll go with him, make sure he don't get drunk again," she said, "I'm sorry," she said to Pen before leaving the apartment.
"Don't say it," Pen said looking at Derek with tears in her eyes, before going over and picking Rachel up, "I just can't believe that in three years I lost my best friend," she said, "Why can't he see I'm happy," She asked with tears in her eyes, "He used to be a great guy, he saved me from getting my ass kicked few times, and Travis was scared of him, but I don't get it any more," she said looking down at Rachel, "You'll be a year old next month," she said.
Derek went over and sat down beside her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lose it," he said, "He pisses me off," he said.
"He kissed me in front of you, Jenna can stay, but Nick has to go," Pen said, "I thought that maybe things had changed, but he's just the same guy he was before he left, he's not the friend he was when I was fourteen turning fifteen, or the one that got me away from Travis," she said.
Derek pulled her in his arms, "I'm sorry for kicking his ass, but he deserved it," he said.
"I know," Pen said looking up at him, "I'll just be glad when June seventh gets here, I want to leave, I love your mom and our family and friends, but I want away from Nick," she said.
"Till then I think the best thing is that he not be around you or Rachel," Derek said.
"And you stay away from him too, I don't need you in trouble because of this," Pen said, "Let's just go watch some TV," she said.
"K," Derek said giving her a kiss.
Monday morning and they only had one day till spring break and they'd have till the following Tuesday off. Derek got in his classroom finding Nick there, "I hope you enjoyed kicking my ass, because as of now, this whole school knows you've been fucking Pen, and I'd say by tonight the school boards going to know all about it too," he said before he left the classroom with smile.
"Damn it," Derek said before going after Nick, however that's when he noticed the flyers on the lockers with him and Penelope on them, how in the hell Nick got their wedding photo he didn't know, but it was on the papers.
Pen groaned slamming her locker door before she went to the principal's office, "Can I make an announcement sir?" She asked, "I really need to do this," she said.
"Penelope," he said before she turned the PA system on.
"HI everybody, my name's Penelope Morgan, that's right Morgan, I'm married to Derek Michael Morgan, he's the baseball coach and he teaches some he Psych classes here, however, the thing is, we are being attacked by Nick Wells, he's my ex boyfriend," she said, "I am eighteen years old, and I looked it up, we did not break any rules when I married Derek, and Nick, you will not use this to black mail us, you kissed me last night and you asked for a beat down, and I will not ever love you again, and we are no longer friends," Pen said, "Derek, sorry, but I had to do this," she said, "The baby I'm having is Derek's, I'm not a slut like you all think, Rachel, my daughter is Nick's yes, but it was a mistake on my part, but I got Rachel out of that and I'd never change that for the world," she said, "Love you, hot stuff," she added flipping the system off, "You can suspend me if you want, but you know it'll never show up in the system," she said.
"Consider Spring break your punishment," the principal said stunned, "And don't you ever do that again," he said.
"I promise, oh, does this mean I can have sex with Derek in his office?" she asked with smile.
"NO," he said with his mouth still open.
"Later sir," Penelope said before she got her books and left the office.
Principal Williams sat down stunned, in all his years he'd never meet anyone like Penelope, and he shook his head with a smile, "Nick Wells report to the Principal's office," he said flipping the PA back on, "Nick Wells in my office now," he said over the school, and everybody turned to look at Nick who was no longer smiling.
Penelope walked towards Derek's classroom and she went in and right in front of the whole class she kissed him, before walking back out and going to her first class.
"Oh my god, she's your wife," one the girls said.
Derek smiled, watching his baby girl leave, "Yeah she is," he said, "And I'm going to spank your ass woman," he said to himself watching the door close when she left.
TBC
AN: I know that would never happen in a real school, but this is fiction, and I couldn't resist.