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Our Love Story

Fights and Feelings

"Penny Lou Pingleton…will you marry me?"
All the other dancers (plus Corny and Maybelle) gasped. Penny's mouth dropped open, and Link bristled in rage.

Penny took a deep breath, and said…

"I'll think about it,"
Link stared at her in shock. Penny hardly seemed to notice all the horrified looks she was getting as she reached into her pocket, pulled out a red sucker and smiled happily at Seaweed, before walking off the set. Seaweed looked around in surprise.

"What…what happened there?" he cried.

"She said she might actually marry you!" Inez cried, "Is she deranged?"
Seaweed shot her an angry glare, getting to his feet. Link sat on the bench, completely in shock.

"Wow. Penny may be getting married," Tracy sighed, sitting beside Link. Link nodded mutely.

"Really makes you think about what might happen in your future, right? Or mine," Tracy giggled, pointedly. Her meaning was clear.

Link felt himself grow paler and he stumbled to his feet, "Um, yeah. If we're gonna…stay on this show for a while longer, right?"
Tracy looked slightly down heartened, "Yeah. The show."
Link turned and walked towards Seaweed, anger overcoming his shock at Tracy hinting they should get married.

"Hey, cracker boy," Seaweed beamed at Link. Link just glared at him.

"How could you do that to Penny?" he asked, angrily.

"What? Propose?" Seaweed laughed.

"Yeah, that's exactly what I mean!" Link barked, attracting even more attention, "You kiss some other girl, then expect her to come running back to you?"
"Hey, it's her choice!" Seaweed snapped defensively.

"Was it her choice to be cheated on?" Link retorted. Seaweed frowned.

"What's that got to do with you, Larkin?" he asked.

"Well, I'm a friend. I know that you might hold off cheating on her for a while," Link snarled, "Maybe for six months, but then you'll just hurt her even more. Am I right?"
Seaweed smirked, "Who knows? If I do cheat on her, like you say I'm going to, who's gonna tell her? You?"
This was all the already-furious Link could take, and before he knew what he was doing; he drew back his fist and punched Seaweed in the face, causing a crack to echo around the set as Seaweed's nose broke.

Seaweed clutched his face, blood dripping from his nose, before lunging at Link and the two started fighting. Maybelle and Corny ran in to stop the brawl, while the other council members stood around, dumbstruck.

By the time the boys were separated, Corny was holding on tightly to Seaweed's arm and Maybelle had Link by the ear.

"What is goin' on here?" Maybelle asked, annoyed. Link didn't answer; he merely pulled his head out of her grip and stalked out of the studio, ignoring Corny calling him back.

Link knew he must be a mess. He could taste blood in his mouth, and could feel in on his face, and he knew he'd been hit in the eye, so that was probably blue and starting to swell. His feet carried him of his own accord to a familiar house, and, registering that her mother wasn't there, he knocked on the door. A moment later, Penny Pingleton answered, and her jaw dropped when she saw what a mess Link was.

The minute she saw Link, she dropped her 'ignore him' act, and cupped his cheek, inspecting his injuries.

"Oh my goodness, what happened, Link?" she exclaimed, leading him into the house and sitting him at the kitchen table.

"We had a fight," he said simply.

"With who?" Penny asked as she got some hot water and began cleaning his cuts.

Link sighed, "Seaweed,"
Penny immediately stiffened, and she retracted her hand, looking at him.

"Why did you fight, Link?" she sighed.

"I don't know," Link answered, "I told him he couldn't just…propose to you after what he'd done, and I told him he'd hurt you, then he said something and I punched him,"
Penny shook her head, "Why did you get into a fight over me?"
"Because I haven't stopped thinkin' about you this last week, alright?!" Link exclaimed, "Every time I'm with Tracy, I see you. When I'm eating, I see you. Whenever I see a girl with a sucker, I see you! I can't stop thinking about us and that kiss, and I've hated the fact that you've been ignoring me!"
Penny stared at him, "You don't mean that…"
"I do!" Link insisted, "I think I may even love you!"
Penny didn't reply, and the cloth she'd been washing his face with slipped from her hand and fell onto the floor.

"I'm sorry, Penny," Link sighed. He began to reach for the cloth, but Penny grabbed his collar, and pulled him upright, before kissing him heatedly. Link wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her with an equal amount of fire, before Penny finally pulled away, smiling goofily.

"I think I may even love you, too," she sighed. The minute she said this, Link felt his blood sing with happiness.

"What about Seaweed?" he asked slowly.

"What about Tracy?" Penny countered. Link nodded and leant his forehead against hers.

"We'll be mature and tell them together," he decided. Penny nodded in agreement.

"You worried?" she asked with a coy grin.

"Yes. You?"
Penny pulled away, letting go of his jacket, "Of course. I don't want to hurt my best friend!"
Link shrugged, grinning, "Maybe…maybe we won't tell them,"
"What?" Penny cried.

"Well, we'll break up with our respective partners, but keep our relationship secret," Link said thoughtfully.

"Can we really do that?" Penny asked.

Link nodded happily, "If we're good enough at keeping secrets,"
Penny giggled and kissed Link again, "You're really on a roll with these ideas today, aren't you, Larkin?"
Link grinned, "It's one of my many talents!"

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