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Warning for bullying and slight bit out of character. Word count is 1,100 words. I hope you all enjoy the next chapter of The Cutest Meetings Saving Penny.
"I remember the first time we met," Penelope told Audrey, as they and Hermione Granger shared a quiet evening at home. "I remember it like it was yesterday."
"You do?" Audrey asked her, a wicked smile crossing her face. "Remind me, please. I think I've forgotten."
Penelope folded her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow at one of the women she loved more than anything in this life. "Is that so?"
Before they could get into an argument the other spoke up quickly, anticipating the fight. "I think I might want to hear this story too," Hermione spoke, brown eyes pleading with Penelope to tell the story.
"Fine," Penelope sighed, brushing a lock of her curly blonde hair behind her ears. "It all started in middle school."
"Whoa, Nelly," one of the mean girls in Penelope's seventh grade class, Arya called nickering at her like a horse as she crashed into Penelope sending her books flying. "Watch were you're going."
"But…"
"But what? You just slammed into me."
Penelope wanted to argue that it was auburn-haired girl that had just slammed into her but she knew that would only make matters worse. She didn't want to spend any more time in Arya Snark's presence than she had to.
"I'm sorry, Arya," she said, going to regather books.
"Here, let me help you with that," Arya said, surprising mostly everyone in the hall including Penelope herself. She walked over to the last of Penelope's books pretending like she was going to bend down and pick it up when she kicked it down the stairs instead. "Whoops! Sorry!" She shrugged and then walked off.
People nearby started to snicker and someone else bumped into Penelope sending her books flying yet again. Fighting the tears that were stinging her eyes, Penelope started to regather her books yet again.
"I don't see anything funny, do you?" a voice that sounded sent straight from heaven asked.
Penelope chanced a look up at her savoir while reaching for a book that had fallen under an open locker door. The girl kneeling nearby, picking up Penelope's history book, was a stunner in Penny's eyes. Her auburn hair, and grey-green eyes were shining in fury as she glared at the people standing around.
"Here you are," the auburn-haired angel said, holding out the books she'd gathered. "Are you alright?"
Penny blinked feeling the unshed tears start to rescind a bit. She nodded and took her books holding them close to her chest. As though the books themselves could form a sort of protective shield from the cruelty of her peers.
"I'm fine," she lied, not understanding why this girl was helping her.
"Well, fine, I'm Audrey," the girl said sticking out her hand in a friendly manner, catching Penny off guard. "This is the part where you tell me your name," Audrey jokes.
"I'm Penelope."
From that day on Audrey and Penelope had become fast friends. Penelope couldn't believe that she had so much in common with this beautiful girl. They both enjoyed reading a good story. They both had pretty good memories and enjoyed playing those memory game puzzles.
But there was one way that Penelope was different from Audrey. One very big way. As the years went by Penny felt herself slowly finding Audrey more and more attractive. She couldn't help herself. It was bad by the time they reached high school. Penny try as hard as she might could not stop thinking about Audrey.
The things she'd think were what she didn't understand the most. She had been taught that she should marry a nice young man and have a bunch of children. But when she thought about her future it was always Audrey standing there with her. Her kissing Audrey's lips. Her holding Audrey tight at night. Her doing other things she'd only done with her ex-boyfriend Percy Weasley, with Audrey.
"What are you thinking about?" Audrey asked her as they leaned against each other in Penny's family's home entertainment room. Audrey's grey-green eyes gleamed with curiosity as she watched Penny.
Penny, however, wanted to melt into the floor. She'd been caught more than likely staring and that was what brought on the question.
"Just thinking about things."
"Like what?"
Like kissing you senseless and more some, Penelope thought a dark blush coloring her cheeks as she turned back to movie on the tv screen.
"Penny, we're best friends. You can tell me anything and I won't judge you."
"Are you sure?"
Audrey nodded enthusiastically. "Cross my heart. Hope to die. Stick a needle in my eye." She giggled when she finished the saying.
"You promise you won't get mad or judge me?"
This stopped the giggling right away. Audrey turned a concerned face towards Penelope. "Why do you think I would get mad or judge you? I've never done that before, have I?"
"No. It's just…."
"You really can tell me anything. Is Arya being mean again? I can handle her like back in middle school."
"No. She's steered clear ever since we became friends."
"That's good. But what is it that makes you think I'd be mad at you or judge you?"
Seeing no way out of this situation, Penny decided that the best answer was to tell the truth to her best friend. Taking a deep breath, she dove right in feet first.
"I've kind of had a crush on you since you helped me back in seventh grade. It didn't help that you just keep getting more beautiful by the year, you know?"
Audrey's eyes widened not in fear or disgust but in shock. "Are you kidding me?" she saked happily.
"No." Now it was Penny's turn to be shocked. "Why?"
"I've had a crush on you since the same day. I admired your spirit. The way you kept picking up your books only to have them knocked back down." She giggled. "It's one of the things I love about you."
"You love?"
Audrey nodded pulling Penny into a chaste kiss. "I do."
"It really happened like that?" Hermione asked, as she snuggled next to Penelope and Audrey. She always liked being in the middle of the cuddle puddle as they called it.
"It really did," Penelope said, stroking a bit of brown curly hair out of Hermione's eyes. "I wouldn't change a thing about that day. Would you, Audrey?"
"Nope," Audrey said. "Or, for that matter, the day we met this little beauty either?" She tickled Hermione gently.
"I love you guys," Hermione said, smiling at both Penelope and Audrey.
"We love you too," they both said.
I hope you all enjoyed Saving Penny as much as I enjoyed writing it.
