Holy…fuck. It has NOT been 2 months since I updated.
No.
Shit. 0.o
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Our Love Story
Gossip
Word got around. And fast.
It had not been two days since the incident at the Corny Collins set, yet when Link arrived at school that Monday morning, everyone was talking.
"Yeah, he CHEATED on Turnblad!"
"I heard he was getting a little friendly with the Amber again!"
"No, Amber told me it was Penny Pingleton who ran away from set with tears in her eyes, after Tracy said she and Link kissed!"
"PENNY? Catholic girl? Her and Link, no...WAY!"
Eyes followed Link everywhere he went, and the first place he went was straight to a certain Von Tussle's locker.
"Why'd you tell about me and Penny?" he snapped.
Amber was still calm as she put books into her bag, "Cos, people were saying stuff about you and me. I even heard I was pregnant!"
Here, she turned to Link and gestured to her tiny waist, "Do I look pregnant to you??"
"Of course not!" Link cried, "But you could've just insisted it wasn't you. Now, everyone thinks Penny is a slut,"
Amber sighed, "Who was saying this stuff about Penny?"
Link thought back, "People in the corridor…Lucia-May Evans, and Rebecca Johnson…"
"They've both been away this weekend. They haven't heard the real news yet."
"What... 'real' news?"
Amber was about to answer when Penny walked by, holding hands with Seaweed. Link's eyes followed them down the hall, heart breaking.
"She accepted." Amber stammered, "On Friday night, after the Corny Collins set fiasco, she went to his house and told him she was wrong to turn him down."
Amber sighed and leaned against the lockers, "She's moved out of her house and into his. She's turning eighteen in two weeks, then…they're getting married."
Getting married…
"No," he whispered.
"I'm sorry, Link," Amber whispered, putting a hand on his shoulder, "A good guy like you doesn't deserve this,"
Link looked back at her, eyes full of tears. Amber felt her own lip wobble and, dropping her bag, she pulled Link into a hug.
"I'm so sorry, Link," she murmured, "You've got to move on,"
Link nodded, burying his face in Amber's shoulder, "I love her so much."
Amber nodded and, letting Link go, she picked up herm back and took his hand, leading him to homeroom.
What neither Link nor Amber knew was why Penny was marrying Seaweed.
She sat in the corridor, on the floor beside her homeroom door, thinking. On Friday, she'd told Seaweed she'd marry him. She told him she loved him.
She didn't love him.
She loved Link.
She was only doing this to hurt Link.
She'd stayed around his house that night. Not in his bed, Maybelle turned out to condone sleeping together before marriage, but she'd slept in Inez's bed, as Inez was staying around a friend's house.
On Saturday, she'd told her parents. Her father flipped out; he yelled, screamed, threw stuff at the wall and told her she'd never marry a negro, while he mother sat crying on a chair and asking God where she went wrong.
Penny moved out. She threw her clothes in a bag and stormed back to Seaweed's. How she'd longed to go to Link's…
But he kissed Tracy.
He kissed her!
Penny sighed and laid her head on her knees. Link had headed to his homeroom, but she had the same homeroom as Tracy and Link. Tracy had been given her evil eyes since they'd met in the corridor – as their lockers were beside each other – and Link…she couldn't face him.
At that moment, the door swung open and Penny looked up to see Link Larkin himself step out.
"AND STAY OUT!!" yelled Mrs. Barrister, "Stay out until you learn to treat me with respect!!"
Link slammed the door after her, and swore under his breath before noticing Penny.
He immediately blushed, and murmured, "Hi…"
She didn't answer, but got to her feet and tucked her hair behind her ear, showing him the ring Seaweed had given her. It was nothing special; just a simple gold band with one diamond on top, but Seaweed had insisted it cost him his whole budget. (A/N: Pic in profile…)
"So it's true." Link suddenly spat, "You're marrying Seaweed,"
"Yes," Penny said curtly, crossing her arms, "What do you care? I thought you and Tracy were getting cosy,"
Link bristled at this, and shook his head, "I love you!"
Penny looked away, trying not to show him how much she loved hearing that, and how much she longed to hear it back.
"How could you do this to me?" Link demanded, "Marrying the man you hate!"
"I do not hate him!" Penny cried, "He is my future husband; I love him!"
"That isn't true; I can see it!" Link insisted.
"Oh, are you a body-language expert now??"
"No, but I know you like the back of my hand! I know when you're upset!"
Penny shook her head, "Whatever. Better forget about me, cos I'm marrying Seaweed."
Link's face suddenly turned sly, "Does he, er…turn you on?"
Penny paled, "What?"
"Is that why you're marrying him? Cos he's handsome? A pretty-boy?" Link chuckled. Penny reddened with embarrassment.
"Shut up!"
"Is he good in bed?"
"We haven't slept together yet!!" Penny exclaimed.
"So, does he turn you on?"
"No!"
"Who does then?" Link asked.
"You do!" Penny suddenly barked, grabbing Link roughly and pushing him up against the wall, kissing him with as much passion as she could muster.
He kissed back immediately, hands fixed behind her head and pulling her closer. His hands ran through her golden locks, as his tongue invaded her mouth and fought for dominance.
Link suddenly turned around, so Penny was against the wall, and hooked his hands under her knees and pulling them up, so she was suspended between him and the wall, never breaking the kiss.
"Oh my God!!"
Link stepped back suddenly and dropped Penny, as they both noticed Amber standing at the end of the corridor.
Amber was shuddering and hurried past, muttering about what 'strange things you see on the way to the bathroom', but not before giving Link a small wink.
Link smiled at her and turned back to Penny, but was suddenly slapped hard by him.
"How dare you let me kiss you?" Penny hissed, wiping off the lipstick that had smeared over her face, "I'm engaged!"
With that she ran down the corridor, leaving Link in a shocked stupor.
"Hey, man!"
Link looked at Fender, who had randomly appeared and was clutching a bathroom pass.
"Wow, Mrs. Barrister is mad at you!" he chuckled, closing the classroom door, "Anyways, we gotta talk,"
"What?" Link grumbled.
"I heard about you, Tracy and Penny," Fender grinned. Link scowled.
"Wow, both of 'em," Fender chuckled, "I heard that you and Penny got a little cosy. A little too cosy."
Link rolled his eyes. There weren't rumours about Penny being pregnant too, were there?
"Yeah," Fender chuckled, "I bet you popped that cherry, huh?"
"What?" Link cried.
"Just some harmless gossip I heard!" Fender cried, "Something about you and Penny, erm…spending some nights together,"
He then sighed happily and winked, "Can't blame ya! She is a very fine girl, considering her mother. I would take a whack at that anytime…"
It happened before Link could stop it; his fist came flying out of nowhere and hit Fender square in the face. He staggered back into the lockers, clutching his bleeding nose.
"You know, Fender," Link snarled, "Sometimes, gossip hurts!"
With that, he ran off down the hall, furious.
"Asshole," Fender muttered, before setting off in the other direction, fully prepared to spread some more gossip about the supposed nicest kid in town, Link Larkin.
God, PUR-LEASE DO NOT POINT OUT THE OOC-ness of that!! I know it was terrible, and more swear words than normal lol :D
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