Penelope was lying next to Derek in their bed, he was asleep but she was wide awake she had far too much on her mind to be able to sleep right now.

A loud knock was heard coming from the front door so Penelope got up and quickly got dressed careful to not wake her sleeping husband in the process.

She looked at the person through the peep hole before opening the door and saw a unfamiliar woman standing there. Obviously not seeing the women as any threat to her she opened the door.

"Hello?" Penelope said.

"Oh its you." The lady snapped out angrily.

"Im sorry do i know you?" Penelope questioned.

"No but i know all about you Penelope and how you decided to just swoop back in here after five fucking years and take my boyfriend from me!"

Now things were starting to make sense. "You must be savannah."

"Yeah i am and you must be the slut that stole my boyfriend from me!"

"Ok listen, i am sorry that Derek broke up with you but that doesn't mean that you can just show up like this and start yelling at me. I understand that you're upset but i need you to calm the hell down and maybe we can talk this through girl to girl."

"Don't act like you care about what my feelings are! You ruined my life!" Savannah yelled before hitting Penelope hard in the face.

Penelope was quick to react grabbing her arms so that she couldn't her again. She didn't want to fight savannah, and even of she did she certainly didn't have the energy for it. "Go home Savannah." Penelope said keeping her voice calm but firm.

As Savannah walked away Derek appeared behind Penelope. The yelling had woken him from his sleep. "Whats going on?"

"Well i met your girlfriend, she seems... nice." Penelope joked.

"What did she want?"

"She wanted to yell at me for stealing her man." Penelope said as she turned to face him.

"Hey what happened?" Derek asked referring to the red mark that was appearing on her cheek. "Did she hit you!"

"Its not a big deal she was just pissed off."

"No, Pen that is not ok. Are you alright?"

"Relax I'm fine, i can take a hit its not a big deal."

"Ok." Derek said hesitantly knowing full well that physically she was mostly fine but he was more concerned with her emotional wellbeing.

"I just need some air." Penelope said quickly as she slipped on her shoes and went outside, she started walking although she didn't know exactly where she was going she just had to get out of there she was feeling claustrophobic all of a sudden. Derek didn't follow her he wanted to but he knew that she needed some space right now and he was going to give it to her as long as she knew that he was here for her he didn't need to hover over her.

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Penelope had been walking for a while and she had completely zoned out but now that she had calmed down she realized that she didn't know how to get home because she wasn't sure how she even got here.

She reached in her cardigan pocket to call Derek but then she realized that she had left it at home.

"Ok do not freak out, look around figure out where you are." Penelope said to herself so she wouldn't panic.

She was on the curb of a empty road, there wasn't any houses that she could see. She picked a direction and just started walking hoping that she had picked the right way, it was all that she could right now.

After a couple short minutes she could see a car in the distance. "Oh thank god." She thought. "Maybe they can give me directions." She waved down the car and it pulled up beside her.

"Do you need some help Ms?" The man in the car asked.

"Actually yes, i got super lost and i was wondering of you give me some direction."

The man got out of his car and met her outside, she then saw him holding a gun and aiming it at her. She acted quickly grabbing the mans arm and knocking the weapon out of his hands, she then managed to get his arms behind his back and pushed up against his car.

"What the fuck lady!" The man yell. "I was just trying to help you!"

That was enough to snap Penelope out of her trance and then she realized that there was no gun, he was trying to give her his phone so that she could call someone. Penelope was so confused, he had a gun she had seen it he was going to shoot her, but yet she was wrong. She immediately let him go as she continued to wrap her mind around what just happened. She felt like she was going insane.

"I-Im so sorry." She said.

She ran, not even caring anymore about it might not being the right way. What was wrong with her? She was terrified and nothing seemed to be making sense right now. She had just attacked some poor guy that was only trying to help her out. She had never been a violent person. She felt like she didn't even know who she was anymore.