A/N: Final Chapter. Thanks for reading!
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This starts where it left off. Jake and Penny are in his office kissing. (Lyrics in **)
This Chapter is called "Need".
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Penny is just standing there, kissing someone who she knows will just break her heart again. Kissing someone who doesn't even want her. Kissing someone who she needs, but doesn't need her back.
Tears roll down her cheeks. Jake stops their kiss. Penny just stands there crying silently, falling apart in front of the person who she worked so hard to keep herself together for.
"Penny," Jake says softly, "what's wrong?"
Penny sits down on the couch and hides her face in her hands. Jake looks at her with concern, and shock, for he's never seen her cry or be so emotional.
"Penny," he says again. But she stops him
"Just, everything. Everything is wrong," she tells him. "I have nothing left. There's nothing left inside of me. I loved you, and I gave up my pride to tell you. And when I knew that it was over, I left to save the little dignity I have. Now, I give in, to a friendship that I'm not supposed to need (because I'm strong). And when I sense more heartbreak coming, I try to escape, but then you grab me and I can't let go. I can't push away". There is a long pause as Jake just looks at her. "I'm not supposed to need anything, Jake, but I feel like I need you so bad. And it scares me, because I know that I'll never have you. And what am I supposed to do when you're gone for good?"
*Am I supposed to stop talking to you
Am I supposed to forget
Am I supposed to move on like you have
When you're the most beautiful thing I've ever met*
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Dylan had seen Penny go into Jake's office. She wondered what was going on. They'd been in there for a while. She decides not to interrupt anything, she'd just talk to Jake later. About everything. She'd been thinking about it more and more and it was starting to effect her. She needed to know how he felt about her, because ever since his little stint with Penny ended, her feelings for him grew stronger. There was nothing left to do except tell him. She was terrified.
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Jake was so shocked at what Penny had just told him. He had never seen this side of her. Her pain, her longing, her needs: they had never been that important to him. But they were right now. He finally saw who she really was. Her strength was a barrier, and he had broken it with love. She wasn't really so negative, or so hard. She was just a girl, who had been put through too much, and had to protect herself, with a wall, standing in front of her heart.
Jake looked deep into Penny's sad and tearful eyes and saw everything he had ever wanted. She was wrong; he needed her every bit as much as she needed him.
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Penny couldn't stand to sit there crying any longer. She brushed away her tears and stood up.
"I think I'm just going to go," says Penny. Jake hadn't said anything for a while, almost like he was frozen there. She opened the door to leave, but-
"Penny," Jake calls.
"Yes?" she asks. She still has tears in her eyes.
"I need you too," he says.
She shakes her head. "No, Jake, don't do this".
"I'm not doing anything," he says as he walks towards her. He puts his hands on her waist. She looks at him sadly. "I need you".
"How can that be?" she asks him amazed.
"I've been dying these past two weeks without you," he tells her. "At first I thought it was just your friendship I missed, but it's not. It's you. I need you. And I know I don't deserve you, but I love you. And I promise if you give me a second chance, I will prove to you just how much you mean to me".
Penny looks so shocked. She thinks that she must be dreaming. It can't be happening. Jake loves her? She thought he loved Dylan. This must be a mistake.
"Jake, this can't be true."
"Then how come it is?" he asks her.
They just stand there, not talking, not moving, just staring. Then, smiling. They kiss. A sweet and soft symbol of what they've just proclaimed. They kiss, not caring that Dylan and Frank and others can see them because they've left the door open. It doesn't matter. Nothing does, except for each other. That's all that's left now.
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End of story.
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This starts where it left off. Jake and Penny are in his office kissing. (Lyrics in **)
This Chapter is called "Need".
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Penny is just standing there, kissing someone who she knows will just break her heart again. Kissing someone who doesn't even want her. Kissing someone who she needs, but doesn't need her back.
Tears roll down her cheeks. Jake stops their kiss. Penny just stands there crying silently, falling apart in front of the person who she worked so hard to keep herself together for.
"Penny," Jake says softly, "what's wrong?"
Penny sits down on the couch and hides her face in her hands. Jake looks at her with concern, and shock, for he's never seen her cry or be so emotional.
"Penny," he says again. But she stops him
"Just, everything. Everything is wrong," she tells him. "I have nothing left. There's nothing left inside of me. I loved you, and I gave up my pride to tell you. And when I knew that it was over, I left to save the little dignity I have. Now, I give in, to a friendship that I'm not supposed to need (because I'm strong). And when I sense more heartbreak coming, I try to escape, but then you grab me and I can't let go. I can't push away". There is a long pause as Jake just looks at her. "I'm not supposed to need anything, Jake, but I feel like I need you so bad. And it scares me, because I know that I'll never have you. And what am I supposed to do when you're gone for good?"
*Am I supposed to stop talking to you
Am I supposed to forget
Am I supposed to move on like you have
When you're the most beautiful thing I've ever met*
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Dylan had seen Penny go into Jake's office. She wondered what was going on. They'd been in there for a while. She decides not to interrupt anything, she'd just talk to Jake later. About everything. She'd been thinking about it more and more and it was starting to effect her. She needed to know how he felt about her, because ever since his little stint with Penny ended, her feelings for him grew stronger. There was nothing left to do except tell him. She was terrified.
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Jake was so shocked at what Penny had just told him. He had never seen this side of her. Her pain, her longing, her needs: they had never been that important to him. But they were right now. He finally saw who she really was. Her strength was a barrier, and he had broken it with love. She wasn't really so negative, or so hard. She was just a girl, who had been put through too much, and had to protect herself, with a wall, standing in front of her heart.
Jake looked deep into Penny's sad and tearful eyes and saw everything he had ever wanted. She was wrong; he needed her every bit as much as she needed him.
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Penny couldn't stand to sit there crying any longer. She brushed away her tears and stood up.
"I think I'm just going to go," says Penny. Jake hadn't said anything for a while, almost like he was frozen there. She opened the door to leave, but-
"Penny," Jake calls.
"Yes?" she asks. She still has tears in her eyes.
"I need you too," he says.
She shakes her head. "No, Jake, don't do this".
"I'm not doing anything," he says as he walks towards her. He puts his hands on her waist. She looks at him sadly. "I need you".
"How can that be?" she asks him amazed.
"I've been dying these past two weeks without you," he tells her. "At first I thought it was just your friendship I missed, but it's not. It's you. I need you. And I know I don't deserve you, but I love you. And I promise if you give me a second chance, I will prove to you just how much you mean to me".
Penny looks so shocked. She thinks that she must be dreaming. It can't be happening. Jake loves her? She thought he loved Dylan. This must be a mistake.
"Jake, this can't be true."
"Then how come it is?" he asks her.
They just stand there, not talking, not moving, just staring. Then, smiling. They kiss. A sweet and soft symbol of what they've just proclaimed. They kiss, not caring that Dylan and Frank and others can see them because they've left the door open. It doesn't matter. Nothing does, except for each other. That's all that's left now.
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End of story.