Today was Valentine's Day, Penny and Dr. Crygor were spreading hearts all over Diamond City, giving some to all of their friends.
While Penny was still spreading joy, her grandpa was discussing a top secret plan with Mona in his lab. He had some blueprints of a carnival and discussed, "You know what to do, right?"
Mona assured him, "Sure do. At the carnival entrance, when Penny least expects it. I'll deliver your huge gift."
Dr. Crygor removed a tarp, revealing a pink statue of Penny, made out of bubble gum. Mona was impressed and said, "She will love this. I'll rent a flat bed truck and bring the statue to her."
Meanwhile at Penny's Lab, Dr. Crygor came over and his granddaughter gave him a box of chocolates, saying, "Happy Valentine's Day, grandpa!"
"Thank you, Penny. I have big a present for you, but be patient. It's not ready yet."
Penny whined, "Come on, grandpa."
"Do you want to ruin the surprise?"
"Yes."
"Well, you're not supposed to. Come on, let's have some fun at the carnival while you wait."
At the Valentine's Day Carnival, Penny and Dr. Crygor were guzzling down a lot of sweets from chocolates to cotton candy. While Penn was eating a heart shaped funnel cake, Dr. Crygor checked in on Mona, he called her without Penny knowing, asking, "How's that present coming, Mona?"
Mona closing in with the gum statue on the carnival and answered, "I got a visual on the carnival. You want me to bring her in?"
"Of course I do."
"Excellent. I'll...uh oh."
"Uh oh? What's going on?"
Mona looks ahead and sees a lot of cars in a huge accident at major intersection, she explained, "Car crashes. Now I'm stuck in a huge traffic jam."
"Oh no! Please tell me there's a way you get past it."
"Sadly, no. I'm stuck."
"This can't be happening, what do I do now?"
"You'll just have to stall Penny."
"Aaahh!"
He hung up and freaked out to himself, "If Penny doesn't get her valentine...she'll be heartbroken!"
Penny then startled her granddad, "I'm ready for the greatest Valentine's present in the whole world now, grandpa."
Meanwhile, Mona wasn't going anywhere and hit her head against the steering wheel, honking the horn and groaning, "Where's Orbulon when you need him?"
Dr. Crygor sweated a little and said, "Now, Penny, the gift is extra special, so just be patient and wait until tonight, ok?"
The redhead looked a little worried, but understood and sighed, "Ok."
While the two of them laughed and throughout their playtime in the carnival, Penny was looking a little less happy and a little more scared as the hours went by on the roller coaster, ferris wheel and bounce house.
At sunset, Penny and Dr. Crygor were waiting for Mona, who still could not make it. He called Mona asked under his breath, "Where are you?!"
Mona sighed, "Still stuck in the same spot."
The old man became exasperated as he hung up, hours passed with no gift. At night, the park had to close and everyone had to leave, Dr. Crygor looked at her sad granddaughter and explained, "Uh, Penny. You know how sometimes you plan something special and things don't just work out?"
Penny had lost all patience at that point and griped, "So I get nothing from you? I got a gift from everyone but you, don't you love me?"
Dr. Crygor laughed nervously, "Penny, of course I love, it's just...that...sometimes planning special gifts goes...awry and...can't be fixed?"
That must have come out very wrong, Penny's eyes filled with tears and her lips trembled as she cried, "So you give gifts to everyone but me? How could you?"
She ran off crying and her grandpa desperately followed her, pleading, "Penny, please! It's not like that! Come back!"
The redhead ran through town with a broken heart as her grandpa tried to keep up. In the middle of a small park that was lit up very brightly, Penny tripped and continued to bawl. Mona was asleep in the truck as she heard Penny crying, it caught Mona's attention and woke her up. She got out of the truck and asked, "Penny, what's wrong?"
Penny sobbed, "Grandpa broke my heart. He... he didn't get me anything f-for Valentine's Day!"
"Oh...about that. It's mostly my fault, not his. What he wanted to give you is right her-"
The old man finally caught up with Penny and scolded Mona, "Mona, there you are! You took too long and had me worried sick!"
Mona then said to Penny, "Come with us. Your Valentine's gift is right there."
Dr. Crygor and Mona lifted the Penny statue off the truck and they said, "Ta da! It's here! It's here! The best Valentine in the whole wide world is right in front of you!"
Penny saw the statue of her, she stopped crying and started to look happy as she gasped, "Grandpa? Is this for me?"
He replied, "It sure is. Happy Valentine's Day, Penny!"
She giddily jumped up and down in joy and hugged her grandpa, "Thank you, grandpa! This is the best Valentine's Day gift ever!"
Returning the embrace, Dr. Crygor said, "You're welcome, Penny."
Then, Penny ran to the statue and shouted, "Yay! My valentine! Hey, is this bubble gum?"
Penny bit a big chunk of the statue, she was filling her mouth of bubble gum until there was no more room in her mouth. Soon, she hiccuped a pink bubble and it only got bigger with every hiccup. Eventually, it got big enough to cast a huge shadow over Mona, Penny and Dr. Crygor. When the bubble couldn't inflate any more, it burst and pink sticky gum exploded everywhere, creating a very sticky mess.
Finally, Penny said to Dr. Crygor as she embraced him and Mona, "Aw, grandpa. A box of chocolates would have be good enough."
