It is the afternoon on the same day (really slow!). There is lots of
tension.
Same deal with the lyrics here (**)
This chapter is called "Goodbye".
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything.
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Penny decides that there is no point of lying around her apartment all afternoon sulking (especially since she never really got the time off). That only shows weakness, and she is tough. She decides to go back to work, even if it meant facing Jake.
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Dylan was still walking around doing nothing when Penny came back. She decides to go try to see what is wrong.
"Penny?" says Dylan, cautiously.
"What Dylan" says Penny, sort of harsh, as she walks past her to her desk.
"Um, are you okay?" asks Dylan.
"Yes, I am fine" says Penny. It's not very believable.
"Are you sure?" asks Dylan, still very cautious.
"Yes Dylan! Why wouldn't I be?" says Penny, moving things around on her desk to make it look like she was doing something.
"Well, because, um, you stormed out of here so angry. And when I went to talk to Jake he wouldn't talk to me. He just told me to leave" Dylan tells her.
"Oh, now he tells you to leave" says Penny angrily.
"What is that supposed to mean?" asks Dylan defensively.
"Just, nothing Dylan. I gotta do work. I'll talk to you later" says Penny, sitting down and opening up a program on her computer.
Dylan walks over to the coffee stand annoyed.
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Jake was still sitting on his couch thinking about things when he heard voices out in the main area. He decides to go see what is going on.
"What is all the racket out here?" says Jake while he opens the door. He is surprised to see Penny sitting at her desk. "Penny."
"What?" she says, not looking away from her computer.
"You came back." says Jake. He is still stunned.
"Yeah, well, I didn't want to get fired. That's the last thing I need right now" she says, still typing. "I'm surprised you noticed I was gone"
Jake looks upset, "Of course I would notice.". Just then he notices Dylan watching them. "Can you come into my office, so we can talk?" he asks Penny.
"I'm kind of busy right now, Jake. Too much work to do. But Dylan is bored, why don't you bring her into your office to talk to?" says Penny, almost daring him to do so.
"I can talk with you if you want, Jake" says Dylan smiling.
Jake looks at her, then at Penny, then at the floor. He just walks sadly back into his office and closes the door.
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Penny was proud of herself. She didn't fall back into the hole that her whole Jake thing has dug for her. Instead, she took a small step away.
"What was that all about?" Dylan asks her.
"It's really none of your business" says Penny, turning back to her computer.
"But Penny, I'm worried about you. You're my friend and I-"
"I'm not your friend, Dylan" says Penny, looking at her. "Jake is your friend. We just work together. If you are so worried then why don't you go talk to him?"
"But he doesn't want to talk to me" says Dylan sadly.
"How come you can take his hints?" replies Penny. Dylan looks even more hurt. Penny sort of feels bad. "Look, I'm not one of those people who will just open up to anyone that want to know. I only open up to, well, myself, and the occasional other person. I don't talk things over. I say what needs to be said and move on"
"So what needs to be said?" asks Dylan.
"Basically, I don't want to talk. Not to you, not to Jake, nobody. If you're bored then go find a new toy to play with" says Penny.
Dylan just stares at her. Then, "Fine" she says and she leaves.
Penny sighs. Then she hears a door open behind her.
"Jake, I told you, I don't want to talk," she says without turning around.
"But we have to, Penny," says Jake.
"No we don't," replies Penny.
"Yes we do. I owe you an apology".
Penny stops working and turns around. "Okay, I'm up for that".
She walks into Jake's office. He closes the door after her. She turns to face him.
"Alright," she says, "go ahead"
"I should never have lied to you and then went off with Dylan. I wasn't thinking, everything slipped my mind. I'm sorry," he says.
"Well, good to know I'm just something that slips your mind" says Penny sarcastically. She walks towards the door but Jake blocks her.
"Look, Penny, we need to talk" he tells her.
"I was informed that I would hear an apology and leave, no talking mentioned" says Penny.
"I also owe you an explanation" says Jake.
"No" says Penny. "I can figure that one out on my own. You're in love with Dylan".
"No, I used to be. Love is a very strong word" he tells her.
"I know it is. I know exactly just how strong the word and feeling of love are. That's why I can't believe I." she stops talking here.
"You what?" asks Jake stepping towards her.
"I, nothing, nevermind" says Penny. She tries for the door again but Jake blocks her.
"Penny, why do you love me?" he asks her, looking directly into her eyes.
"Why do you care?" asks Penny, looking back at him. She loves his eyes. They are like a window into the wonderful person that he is. She suddenly realizes that her eyes could be a window into the person that she is and she looks at the floor.
Jake puts his hands on her shoulders. She pushes them off and turns away from him.
*Of all the things I believed in
I just wanna get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry*
"You don't care, Jake," she tells him.
"Yes, I do," he assures her.
"Not enough," she says, turning to face him, "that's why we shouldn't be together, or whatever it is we are".
"But Penny-"
"No, no buts. You're into Dylan. You always have been, and, you always will be. And I just can't stand by and watch you drift away. So whatever it is we are, well, we aren't. Goodbye Jake" she tells him, and she walks out of the office, closing the door behind her.
*Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold onto*
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Jake watches Penny leave his office. 'She is so strong' he thinks. 'She isn't even crying'. You could see tears sort of welling up in Jake's eyes, but he brushes them away and goes to his desk. 'I just gotta get through the rest of this day' he tells himself.
This chapter is called "Goodbye".
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything.
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Penny decides that there is no point of lying around her apartment all afternoon sulking (especially since she never really got the time off). That only shows weakness, and she is tough. She decides to go back to work, even if it meant facing Jake.
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Dylan was still walking around doing nothing when Penny came back. She decides to go try to see what is wrong.
"Penny?" says Dylan, cautiously.
"What Dylan" says Penny, sort of harsh, as she walks past her to her desk.
"Um, are you okay?" asks Dylan.
"Yes, I am fine" says Penny. It's not very believable.
"Are you sure?" asks Dylan, still very cautious.
"Yes Dylan! Why wouldn't I be?" says Penny, moving things around on her desk to make it look like she was doing something.
"Well, because, um, you stormed out of here so angry. And when I went to talk to Jake he wouldn't talk to me. He just told me to leave" Dylan tells her.
"Oh, now he tells you to leave" says Penny angrily.
"What is that supposed to mean?" asks Dylan defensively.
"Just, nothing Dylan. I gotta do work. I'll talk to you later" says Penny, sitting down and opening up a program on her computer.
Dylan walks over to the coffee stand annoyed.
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Jake was still sitting on his couch thinking about things when he heard voices out in the main area. He decides to go see what is going on.
"What is all the racket out here?" says Jake while he opens the door. He is surprised to see Penny sitting at her desk. "Penny."
"What?" she says, not looking away from her computer.
"You came back." says Jake. He is still stunned.
"Yeah, well, I didn't want to get fired. That's the last thing I need right now" she says, still typing. "I'm surprised you noticed I was gone"
Jake looks upset, "Of course I would notice.". Just then he notices Dylan watching them. "Can you come into my office, so we can talk?" he asks Penny.
"I'm kind of busy right now, Jake. Too much work to do. But Dylan is bored, why don't you bring her into your office to talk to?" says Penny, almost daring him to do so.
"I can talk with you if you want, Jake" says Dylan smiling.
Jake looks at her, then at Penny, then at the floor. He just walks sadly back into his office and closes the door.
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Penny was proud of herself. She didn't fall back into the hole that her whole Jake thing has dug for her. Instead, she took a small step away.
"What was that all about?" Dylan asks her.
"It's really none of your business" says Penny, turning back to her computer.
"But Penny, I'm worried about you. You're my friend and I-"
"I'm not your friend, Dylan" says Penny, looking at her. "Jake is your friend. We just work together. If you are so worried then why don't you go talk to him?"
"But he doesn't want to talk to me" says Dylan sadly.
"How come you can take his hints?" replies Penny. Dylan looks even more hurt. Penny sort of feels bad. "Look, I'm not one of those people who will just open up to anyone that want to know. I only open up to, well, myself, and the occasional other person. I don't talk things over. I say what needs to be said and move on"
"So what needs to be said?" asks Dylan.
"Basically, I don't want to talk. Not to you, not to Jake, nobody. If you're bored then go find a new toy to play with" says Penny.
Dylan just stares at her. Then, "Fine" she says and she leaves.
Penny sighs. Then she hears a door open behind her.
"Jake, I told you, I don't want to talk," she says without turning around.
"But we have to, Penny," says Jake.
"No we don't," replies Penny.
"Yes we do. I owe you an apology".
Penny stops working and turns around. "Okay, I'm up for that".
She walks into Jake's office. He closes the door after her. She turns to face him.
"Alright," she says, "go ahead"
"I should never have lied to you and then went off with Dylan. I wasn't thinking, everything slipped my mind. I'm sorry," he says.
"Well, good to know I'm just something that slips your mind" says Penny sarcastically. She walks towards the door but Jake blocks her.
"Look, Penny, we need to talk" he tells her.
"I was informed that I would hear an apology and leave, no talking mentioned" says Penny.
"I also owe you an explanation" says Jake.
"No" says Penny. "I can figure that one out on my own. You're in love with Dylan".
"No, I used to be. Love is a very strong word" he tells her.
"I know it is. I know exactly just how strong the word and feeling of love are. That's why I can't believe I." she stops talking here.
"You what?" asks Jake stepping towards her.
"I, nothing, nevermind" says Penny. She tries for the door again but Jake blocks her.
"Penny, why do you love me?" he asks her, looking directly into her eyes.
"Why do you care?" asks Penny, looking back at him. She loves his eyes. They are like a window into the wonderful person that he is. She suddenly realizes that her eyes could be a window into the person that she is and she looks at the floor.
Jake puts his hands on her shoulders. She pushes them off and turns away from him.
*Of all the things I believed in
I just wanna get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry*
"You don't care, Jake," she tells him.
"Yes, I do," he assures her.
"Not enough," she says, turning to face him, "that's why we shouldn't be together, or whatever it is we are".
"But Penny-"
"No, no buts. You're into Dylan. You always have been, and, you always will be. And I just can't stand by and watch you drift away. So whatever it is we are, well, we aren't. Goodbye Jake" she tells him, and she walks out of the office, closing the door behind her.
*Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold onto*
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Jake watches Penny leave his office. 'She is so strong' he thinks. 'She isn't even crying'. You could see tears sort of welling up in Jake's eyes, but he brushes them away and goes to his desk. 'I just gotta get through the rest of this day' he tells himself.