This chapter was written by INWHATUNIVERSE so many thanks to her

Looking up at the building HSN was written on the side. Penny smiled as she entered the building and walked up to the receptionist's desk.

"Hi I am Penny and I am here to meet with Ms. Martin-Vashon. I believe we have a 1 PM appointment?"

The receptionist nodded and punched in some numbers on her phone. Through her headset she said "Penny is here to meet with Ms. Martin_Vachon." She listened for a couple of moments and then turned to Penny and said "Cecily will be down in a moment. She will escort you to Ms. Martin-Vachon"

Penny looked around the lobby of the building and then found a chair and sat in it waiting. She looked inside her case one more time and realized she was ready. She still could not believe that she was there. Her eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"Penny?" a young woman about 27 years of age came through some glass doors into the lobby. She was dressed impeccably and every hair was in place. Suddenly Penny felt a little self-conscious. While Penny had dressed up in one of her nicer black dresses and wore a blazer, she still was working through things in therapy that often would rear its head when she was in tense situations. Auditioning was very stressful under normal circumstances, but knowing that you could possibly have a business deal go down that could change the course of your life so drastically was huge.

"I'm Penny" Penny said as she got up and held out her hand. Cecily looked at it and smiled slightly and just turned and said, "follow me." They rode up an elevator to the 11th floor. She was escorted into a very large and posh office.

"Anne will be with you shortly. She is running late from a previous meeting. Just make yourself comfortable" Cecily guided while pointing Penny to a chair. "Can I get you a beverage while you wait?"

"Just some water, if you wouldn't mind" Penny replied. Suddenly her mouth felt very dry. She looked around at the beautifully appointed office. It was elegant, yet not too ostentatious. Cecily came back shortly with a crystal glass of iced water with a lemon wedge on the rim.

"Thank you" Penny smiled as she took the glass. Cecily nodded and then departed. Penny pulled out her notes that she made and went over them briefly while she waited. She was just putting them back in her bag when Anne entered the office.

"Penny?" she warmly asked, holding out her hand, offering it to Penny. "I am Anne Martin-Vachon.

"Yes, I am Penny. It is so good to meet you" Penny stood and took her hand and smiled brightly.

"Let's move over to my conference table, shall we?" Anne pointed. Penny picked up her bag and they moved over to the conference table.

"So why don't you tell me about yourself first and how you started creating your product?"

Penny proceeded to detail the start of Penny Blossoms and a little about herself. Anne nodded as she listened.

"Very impressive actually. I love these "work out of my house or work out of a garage kind of success stories." Anne confided. "It gives other creative people hope that they can eventually succeed."

"Well I hope to broaden the business, of course and do appreciate that you were willing to see me. I know that my producer had a big part in getting me here and I do not take that for granted."

"Humble and charming. Good combinations. You also have a very appealing look." Anne said as she looked Penny up and down. "Why don't you go ahead and show me your product and I would like for you to pretend you are on the show and begin to merchandize the product to the viewing audience" Anne persuaded.

Penny pulled out samples she had prepared and boxed up for the audition. They were stunning examples of her work.

Anne looked inside several of the boxes and her breath hitched. She was truly amazed and how lovely the items were that she was looking at. "Wow, these are stunning. I must admit that I am surprised. I have had a lot of people come to me with their merchandize but these are unique and lovely."

Penny beamed. "Would you like me to start?"

Anne nodded.

"Hi I'm Penny and I am here to show you Penny Blossoms. Have you ever just felt like you needed a ray of sunshine to make your day feel better? Trust me, I have had plenty of bad hair days to find reasons to need some sunshine come my way. One day when I was having a particularly bad hair day, as well as having trouble finding the right accessory to go with an outfit I had selected for an audition, I got fed up and found a few things lying around that I put together and that was how Penny Blossoms was born."

"You know when you go to bed sometimes with your hair wet and how it gets little matted spots that even after combing them out they still have that nasty little kink that just won't go away? Well that happened to me that day and so I created this" picking up a cute blossom hair accessory Penny put it in her hair "and voila! I was able to cover it up with my newly created Penny Blossom." I work at a restaurant and one of the girls there saw it and wanted to know where I got it. Then a second girl asked and one of the patrons of the restaurant asked. It got me to thinking that if that many in such a short time wanted one, maybe I should start making them for others. I began to give them as gifts and then would begin to sell them to friends and colleagues. Soon the demand got more and more."

Picking up a belt that had one of her creations on it, Penny put the belt around her waist and continued "The more I made, the more ideas I came up with and so I branched out and began making belts, purse and shoe accessories and even jewelry." She started to show each of the items.

"But there are so many times you go and find the cutest outfit but it needs a belt and you can't find one that works with it. I solved that with Penny Blossoms". The beauty of these belts is that the accessories clip on and you can change things up" Penny demonstrated by changing the accessories and belts around.

Anne was riveted at Penny's humble start and was captivated by Penny's charm. Holding up her hand to stop Penny she said "You know what, Penny? I not only want our network to merchandize your product, but it has to be you that sells it. We can work with your other job obligations to arrange timeframes for you to tape your segments, but would you be willing to market your products on air?"

"I would love to do that" Penny enthused.

"All right, I will send contracts to your agent and we will begin the negotiations" Anne smiled. "We will have to work out product production details. What kind of output can we expect and turnaround time?"

"I have just acquired in the last three months manufacturing space and assembly equipment and personnel. According to my partner, Raj, we have a very stringent quality assurance process and so we can manufacture about 10,000 blossoms a week if needed and still hold up the quality. Is that going to be enough? If not we can double the equipment and personnel?" Penny was beginning to lose a little bit of confidence.

"Oh trust me, that will be plenty sufficient to start. We first need to see how orders go, but I was hoping at least a couple hundred a week so you are in great shape for now" Anne confirmed.

After looking over calendars, the two women made a follow-up appointment that would include Raj as well as Penny's manager so they could iron out details. It was nearly 4 PM by the time Penny left the HSN building, but she skipped out so excited that she had such a wonderful prospect. Her future was beginning to look brighter by the day.

She thought about how much therapy had been helping her uncover so many things and it was like taking weights off one at a time from her shoulders. It made it so much easier for her to accomplish things in her life that she never would have even approached before. This was like icing on the cake. With that, Penny hopped into her car, grabbing her cell phone to call Raj and give him the news.

Next Chapter will be up in a few days