I do not own Pepe or Penelope

I do own the Le Pew Family and Miniona. (By the way, I made a mistake in To Have and To Hold, I made her name Bertille. It's supposed to be Miniona. Sorry about that.)

Miniona

Only a couple days after Penelope found out she was pregnant she and Pepe met with the family again to celebrate the new addition. While Penelope rested in the kitchen she watched her brother-in-laws fix desserts.

"I'm glad Pepe's married," Louis said to her. "Not only zhat, he's going to be a father!"

"I'm glad he didn't marry Miniona," said Diego. "Penelope's better than her."

"Who?" asked Penelope. The three looked nervous, but Louis and Shamus looked mad at Diego.

"She's nobody!" said Diego sharply.

"We'll just tell you," said Shamus after a long pause after Diego spoke. He sat down in a chair next to Penelope who already seemed like a sister to him. "Pepe…zhis was long before he knew you; he was dating zhis one girl."

Shamus couldn't continue, so Louis picked up the pace.

"Miniona was a pole dancer een New York, but Pepe never knew zhe truth. He was zhinking about proposing to her. Shamus found out zhe truth when he went on a treep weeth zhe school."

Shamus started trembling. He felt terrible then about telling his brother and now he had to tell his sister-in-law.

"We went to what we zhought was a restaurant. It wasn't, it was a club. I saw her there dancing and took off out of zhere immediately. I felt shocked and angry. I didn't want to tell Pepe, but I knew he had to know. He was obviously oblivious of what she was doing because for weeks on weekends she said she was going over seas to take care of her sick grandma."

"How did he take the news?" asked Penelope.

"Not well," said Diego. "He didn't know what to think, so he asked her and she was honest. She didn't want to marry him she wanted him only for-"

She gets eet!" snapped Louis. "Pepe was hurt and upset that she wanted him only out of desire, not out of love. He broke up weeth her, but he was torn apart."

"He wouldn't tale to us," continued Shamus. "I felt like zhe whole zhing was my fault, even zhough he said it wasn't. He just sat outside and Mom fixed up some chocolate mousse for him. I zhink he cried a little."

Then the three of them waited for Penelope to rage off with seeth and steam. To their shock Penelope shed tears.

"How could she do that to him?" she sobbed quietly. "He didn't deserve her to treat him like that!"

"Actually Penelope," said Louis. "She didn't deserve heem." He handed her a tissue.

"On zhe bright side," said Shamus. "He met you."

"Fell in love with you," added Diego.

"And now you're both married and expecting," said Louis. "You've brought heem farther along een life zhen I ever zhought he would go."

"I just can't believe someone would be so heartless in that way," swallowed Penelope. "She missed out on a great guy."

"You didn't," said Shamus. "Zhat's what matters. When he came back from zhe Casbah, he seemed happier. He was whistling and smiling like he never had before."

"I met him there," said Penelope.

"Well, zhat explains a lot," said Louis. He patted her shoulder and went back to the oven to check on dessert.

"Why didn't he tell me?" she asked. "I wouldn't have been angry."

"He didn't want to hurt you," said Shamus. "Pepe's more concerned about hurt feelings zhan anger."

Penelope was touched by that. She looked around the corner of the kitchen to see Pepe brushing Marie's short hair who was combing Ann's short bangs. She had a man of mystery for a husband, but who would desire only one thing from him? He had every quality a woman would want in a man. Not just because he was attractive, he was kind, tender and romantic with a mix of tough, protective and faithful. Why didn't Miniona see that? She was blinded by exterior instead of interior. She hoped that Miniona got a bitter taste of medicine when she realized that she should have see more to him. Or maybe she was one of those ignorant types who never learned.

Now she stared back at the table and her hand touched her lower stomach which was still flat. She already wondered how the baby would be. Penelope only hoped the new baby would be like Pepe with the good qualities.

Author's Note: I'm tired, I would like to add more to this little story, but I'll have to put that aside and focus on other ones.