#5 Have You Got Size Fat?

Penny's POV
Toni had been on the phone to her parents for about half hour, and I didn't think she was anywhere near done.
I packed my last piece of clothing and shoved my bag onto the floor of my bedroom. I wandered into the TV. room, Glomb was their sitting on the couch watching punk'd. I stood next to him and sighed. He looked up. "What's wrong"
I looked down at him and tears began to form in my eyes. This is stupid, I shouldn't be so emotional. "Come sit with Me." urged Glomb. I climbed onto Glomb's lap and put my arms around his neck. "Ooh Glompy"
He laughed. "What's wrong? I 've never seen you look so unhappy, you're always smiling"
I looked up at him, he looked concerned. "I...I feel like I'm going to have to choose...choose between my brother and my best friend. And I don't want to! But if things don't work out I'll have to." Tears began to escape; Glomb held me close and stroked my hair. "What do I do if I have to choose? I mean, Toni's always been there for me, I know I can always count on her. But Raab's my brother. The only family I have, or at least wants to know me, and I want a family. I love Chris, I love that he's my brother, I don't want to lose him, but I love Toni too and I'd die if I lost her...what do I do?" I was crying really hard by the end. "I don't know what's going on, but in situations like this the answer is always the same. Do what you FEEL is best." answered Glomb. I smiled,
it was the same advice I have Raab. Glomb kissed my forehead. "Feeling better after crying"
"Yeah, thanks for listening"
"It's ok, now, please get off so I can change my top that you got all wet." said Glomb. "Yeah yeah, I'm getting off ya." I climbed off of him and wiped away excess tears. Glomb went to find a t-shirt and I sat back on the couch.
The door suddenly opened and Ryan ran in. He looked incredibly scared.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked, jumping up. He smiled. "Nothing, it's just time for dinner.

Dinner was erm...interesting. Bam thought it would be funny to see how much Vito could eat in 15 minutes. Raab was nowhere to be seen. Toni was moping. Ryan was already drunk and trying to put a carrot up his nose. Glomb and Rake were discussing modern architecture,
DiCo and I were talking about why giraffes had long necks...we never did figure that one out.

Toni's POV
We were all waiting at Heathrow Airport. Our flight was leaving soon and Raab still hadn't arrived. I guess it was something to do with me. I still hadn't asked Penny about her talk with Raab, I was afraid of what she might tell me. She seemed a bit distant with me though...maybe it's because Raab's her brother. Oh I don't know.
"Raab you little fucker" How late are you?" Bam shouted.
"Bam please, there are children around." April scolded. I turned around and saw a very haggard looking Raab making his way over to us. He had obviously been out all night, drinking. I looked at Pen, she just raised an eyebrow. What was Raab beating himself up over? What's going on?

Penny's POV
We took the two seaters next to the windows in 1st class. Plane seats: Toni, Glomb, Bam and Ryan, then in the next row was me, DiCo, Raab and Rake. The row after that was Ape, Phil and Vito had two seats.
"No." I shook my head. "No I won't look!" DiCo was trying to make me look out of the window. "Why?" he asked, with a sad face.
"Because I'm afraid of heights"
"Really." DiCo seemed excited with the news. "Yes." I replied with a suspicious tone. DiCo smiled. "It's nice to know what people are afraid of when they're staying at Castle Bam"
DiCo and I spent most of the flight discussing animals that made us laugh, until I fell asleep on his shoulder.

Toni's POV
"Glomb, do you know why Penny is being so off with me?" I asked him. It was halfway through the flight and I was still dwelling on what was going on.
"I have no idea what's up with you two, but whatever it is, she's upset by it. I'm sure she'll be ok when we get to West Chester though." Glomb answered. Okay, now that's sorted, I just have to figure out what's going on with Raab...hmm...maybe it's because I'm Penny's friend...Nah. Penny would have told me already if it was something stupid like that. Maybe I did something or he thinks I'm not good enough for him. I mean, he is or was lovely, everything I could want in a guy, so maybe I'm not good enough. Nah that's not it, I'm definitely not that bad. I really should talk to Raab when we get to West Chester, I hate not knowing. I just want this all sorted out. I hope we do end up together.

Raabs POV
I know I should tell her right now, but I wanna talk to her privately. Oh god, I feel soooo bad. I don't know what to say to her. She's so sweet,
I shouldn't be doing this to her. I reached out to tap her shoulder, but I pulled back. I am such a wuss. We landed, and I felt really nervous. I kept going to talk to Toni, but chickened out each time. Why am I doing this? I clenched my hands. We turned the corner, and there was someone I REALLY didn't want to see right now. Jessi was beaming at me. Shit. Ok, act normal. She ran over and hugged me. "I missed you!" she told me.
"Missed you too." Ha. I totally forgot about her. I let go and kissed her. I took her hand and walked on with the others. I glanced at Toni, and she looked sooo upset, like she was gonna cry. I tried to look like I was sorry. Fucking hell, I've gotta introduce them as well. I told Jessi who Penny and Toni were, and vice versa. Luckily Toni didn't act like she was pissed off or anything.

Toni's POV The flight had been very long and very boring. Once we got our bags we began to walk towards the main exit. We were walking through the area where the relatives/friends wait, when a shrill voice from the crown called out, "Chris! Chris!" I stopped in my tracks; I could hear my own heartbeat. Please be a fan, please be a fan! Of course I knew it wasn't a fan. A twig like woman, with a head full of blonde hair and big blue eyes ran from the crowd and into Raabs arms. Well this makes sense. I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned and it was Penny.
"Sorry." she mouthed. "Why didn't you tell me?" I whispered, not that anyone could hear me over the noise.
"I didn't know she was gonna be here, and I expected Raab to talk to you, I'm really sorry." she really did sound sincere.
"No, it's not your fault."

The journey to Castle Bam was hell! All our luggage was taken in a different car as we were driven in a stretched limo. The worst idea in thee history of time. I was already hurt because Raab had someone else, but now I had to be stuck in a limo with her. I was so jealous. Of course I wanted Raab to be happy no matter what, but I would prefer it if he was happy with me.
"I'm not saying this to make you feel better, but isn't her voice annoying?" whispered Penny. "Yeah, like a chipmunk." I added, we both sniggered.
"I don't think she sounds like a chipmunk." DiCo whispered.
Penny hit him lightly on the arm. "Were you eavesdropping?" DiCo looked at his shoes and smiled. "Maybe." Penny turned to me. "Maybe we're just not used to her accent, no one speaks like her in England. It would explain why DiCo doesn't agree with us. That or he's a dumb ass"
"Oi! I's not stoopid." Penny hit DiCo again, but he just smiled. At least someone's happy. I sighed; this stay at Castle Bam was going to be a nightmare.

Penny and I were, yet again, sharing a room. Not that I really minded because it would give us plenty of time to talk. "I am really sorry you know." she said for the thousandth time, as she unpacked. "I know! You don't have to keep telling me." I sighed as I laid on the bed. "You know what makes this even worse?" I asked. Penny sat down on her own bed, cross-legged. "The fact that she's nice?" she answered.
"Yeah." I was laying on my back, staring at the ceiling. "If she was a bitch I wouldn't mind, but she's nice...oh this sucks so bad." "I dunno, I think you may be wrong." said Penny as she juggled with some rolled up socks. I sat up on my elbows and looked at her. "What do you mean?" "Well, when I spoke to him, he said I still love her I think." "That's supposed to make me feel better? I still love her!" I asked. Penny threw one of her rolled up socks at me. "I think! He said I still love her. I THINK. He's not sure. You're in with a chance and it wouldn't be your fault if they split up, all you have to do is last the 3 weeks we're here for." said Penny triumphantly. I smiled. Thank god she analysis' anything said to her.

Penny's POV I'm so proud of myself. I came up with a way of getting my brother with Toni. I'm just great like that. I had gotten bored of waiting for everyone to unpack so I decided to explore the house. Man does Bam know how to decorate! I walked into the laundry room, not knowing what it was and I found Ryan there. I stood in the doorway shocked. Ryan knows how to do laundry. That thought only lasted a second when he started kicking the washing machine. "Err Ryan, that's not nice." I said. Ryan turned to me and he went from angry to relieved. "Penny! You're a girl! Show me how this is done"
I decided to let the sexist remark pass since he didn't look like he meant it. "I really don't know how." "Oh poppycock." Ryan waved away my reply. "Just help me out...please." "I can try." And I did try, and Ryan tried, but all that trying just resulted in a big mess, a broken washing machine and a room full of bubbles. "Well you're in for it when April gets back." I stated. Ryan and I had taken up seats on top of the washing machine and dryer. "What do you mean I'm in for it, you're the one who broke it!" defended Ryan.
"Yeah, but you got me involved. Anyway, the fact that you tried to do it yourself will confuse April so much that she wont have a go at you, she'll probably forget to." Ryan laughed. "Hey, lets see how long it takes for the others to find us"
"Do they even know this room exists?" I asked. An hour and a half later Bam found us, he laughed at the mess. In the time it took to find us I learnt a lot, like Bam was making Toni and me members of the CKY crew, and that we were going to have an initiation process. I also learnt something else far more interesting than that, something Raab had never told me. According to Ryan, Raab had asked Jessi to marry him a week before he came to see me, but she turned him down. She wasn't ready just yet. Raab was hoping Jessi would want to get married soon, that's why he's still with her. I had no idea how reliable the information was since it came from Ryan. But it explained a lot, like why Raab is still with her and why he may have doubts about being with her. It's amazing how Ryan helps more when he's not trying to.

That night I couldn't sleep. I didn't know if it was because I had so many things going through my head or because I was afraid something might happen to me. Dico --- "Rule #1, NEVER go to sleep without a lock on the door."/ I couldn't take staring at the ceiling anymore, so I quietly got out of bed and crept into the hallway. Slowly shutting the bedroom door behind me, I headed for the only signs of life. To my right and a little further up the hall was someone playing a video game. Careful not to wake anyone,
I went over to the open door and inside...yup no surprise there, DiCo was playing Mortal Combat. I invited myself in and sat on the bed, only to find I was sitting on Glomb. Without taking his eyes off the screen, DiCo said, "Glombs staying the night so Bam gave him my bed. Why are you still awake anyway?" "Can't sleep." I answered as I re-adjusted myself so I was actually sitting on the bed and DiCo next to me on the floor. "Yeah, I get that. What's it called, insomidoid?" questioned DiCo.
"Insomnia." I laughed. "That's it, hey wake Glomb up." "Why?" I asked.
"To see what he does." replied DiCo.
"He's naked, isnt he." "DiCo laughed. "Damnit...Do you know how to play?" he gestured to the screen.
"Nope." "Damn, I wanted a challenge, I beat everyone so easily." bragged DiCo. "Hey GLOMB!" "No wait! Don't wake him up." I jumped and ran out of the room. I think I should try to sleep again.

The next morning I sat at the kitchen table, eating my coco pops by myself... no one else was awake. I put on a cky album and day dreamed.
"GARRRRRR"
"ARGHED" I screamed as I jumped out of the chair and landed on the floor. I looked up and saw DiCo smiling down at me.
"You going to help me up Mr.Dicamillo? Or just laugh at me"
"both." he held out a hand and pulled me up, while laughing at me.
I sat on the chair and dusted my self off. "Why did you do that? You scared me SO much!" I asked as DiCo took a spoon full of my coco pops.
"'Cos you ran away last night... I wasn't really going to wake up Glomb." he answered.
"Well, what you expect. Naked Glomb is scary, of course I ran away." I pointed out.
"Yeah, but I expected you come back when he didn't wake up... I got lonely." said DiCo with a mock sad face.
"You were lonely with out me?" I laughed, "You had Glomb"
"its not the same." stated DiCo as he left.
I stared at my cereal; did DiCo actually say he missed me? I was like two rooms away...I smiled.