Adam

"Then do it."

I could've sworn my heart skipped a beat. Maybe I was hearing things. I wanted to kiss her so badly though. I had for a while.

"Adam?" I wasn't hearing things. "Are you sure?" What are you doing you idiot? It's a kiss. Just kiss her. It's not a dream this time. Penelope rolled her eyes. Her hands reached out to my face and she closed the space between us. I could feel it again. The weird, tingling sensation that came when we first kissed as Romeo and Juliet. I wanted so much more of it.

My eyes instinctively shut, and my arms enclosed around her. When I pulled her closer, our foreheads bumped against each other and I pulled away for a second. We both laughed and looked at each other for just a moment. I couldn't help but to touch her bottom lip with my thumb. Her eyes closed and she pulled my head back down towards her. I grinned and kissed her, deeper this time. It was with more intensity. I could feel every movement she made, from her fingers tangling themselves in my hair, to her body pushing itself towards mine. God it felt good.

It felt good to know that she wanted me just as much as I wanted her. This was so different from other... experiences with girls. It felt different. It felt better. I wanted every little bit of her that I could get. I didn't want to stop. My hands slid to her hips and I let my fingers tighten a bit. I could hear her breathing hitch, but she didn't stop. So I assumed all was well.

I stopped for a moment, just to look at her. I put my hand on her cheek and looked her right in the eyes. "Peni. I need you to tell me when to stop." I gulped, feeling myself lose a little of the control that I had built up. She nodded, holding my hand in her's. "I will." I took this as a sign I could keep going. So I did. I leaned forward until she was leaned against the edge of the couch and I was over her.

I put my arms on either side of her to hold myself up. This was what I had wanted for so long. I wanted her for so long. The only thing that was going through my mind was 'Don't you dare screw this up.' And I wasn't going to, not this time, not with her.

Her fingers slid down my chest and rested at my sides where my shirt was riding up. I swear for a second, everything was spinning. I started kissing everywhere I could reach. I was an absolute lunatic. I don't think I've ever felt anything like it.

"Adam," My name coming from her lips was the  most amazing sound. You know that feeling when you just know something's going to happen but you really don't believe it will. And then it does. That's exactly what I was feeling.

"Adam!" My eyes widened and I jumped back. "What, what is it? Are you okay? Did I do something?" I started to back away from her but she stopped me. "No, you stopped holding yourself up like halfway through that, and I was almost out of breath." She laughed. I could feel my face flush. "Oh my God I'm sorry, I didn't mean to I swear." She grinned and shook her head, pushing her glasses up on her nose.

"Just shut up and kiss me." She threw herself on me. It took me by surprise but I certainly was not about to object. It felt like we had kissed each other a million times before, and yet I still couldn't get enough. My arms tightened around her torso and she sat up on her knees, pulling me towards her. I played with the bottom of her shirt and began to tug on it.

My adrenaline was off the charts. I could feel blood rushing through every single part of.... Oh God. Oh no. "Oh noooo..." I scrambled back and grabbed a pillow, throwing it over my lap. I held it there with my elbows.

Peni's eyes widened, and she sat back uncomfortably. "Um, okay then. If you wanted to stop kissing me you could've-" I interrupted her thought quickly, shaking my head, "No no no, I don't think you understand. I didn't want to stop kissing you. I don't want to stop kissing you. In fact I really would've enjoyed to continue kissing you, like a lot.... like maybe too much." Her eyebrows shot up and she made an "o" shape with her mouth.

"Oh. Okay then." She started to giggle. I frowned. "It's not funny Peni." She wasn't listening to me, "Yeah it kinda is." I crossed my arms, "Shut up."

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"Okay, I've got to go. Seriously this time, Adam. My mom is going to be insanely worried about me." I sighed, those words were what I had been regretting. I didn't want to hear them at all. I had been sitting there with Penelope in my arms. We were talking and laughing... and kissing. It was like a dream until she said that. "I wish you could just stay with me forever." I mumbled and dug my face into her neck.

"I know. But I do have a mother that would not be okay with that." She laughed and curled my hair around her index finger. I loved the way that felt. "Okay fine." I kissed her neck and stood up, pulling her after me.

I walked her to my car, sadly. It was very difficult to take her home, I didn't like it one bit. We rode the whole way there with her hand clinging to mine. She had a tight grip on me. That made me smile. It let me know that she didn't want to leave me just like I didn't want her to. I made sure to steal glances of her every once in a while.

It made me sad that the drive to her house wasn't very long. She had her eyes closed and her head tilted towards me.

"Um, Peni..." When we pulled into her yard, I noticed white sheets of paper hanging from a tree. And then I saw it everywhere. At first I thought it was just a harmless joke. "What?" She opened her eyes and her jaw hung open. Her mother stood out in the yard with her hand over her mouth looking at the giant window at the front of the house.

I squinted to see what she was looking at through the darkness. When I could fully see it, my jaw tightened. In giant, red letters, the word "SLUT" was painted on the window. I wanted to puke. I could only imagine what Peni was thinking. I looked over at her to see her staring blankly at it.

"Peni?" I whispered her name, and she slowly looked at me. A tear was midway down her cheek. "Do you know who did this?" I didn't want to ask her that, I don't know why that's what came out. The look she gave me said, 'Yes I know who did this. I know the exact person. But I'm not going to tell you.'

What she said was, "No. I-I don't." She quickly wiped the tear from her cheek and got out of the car. I followed her.

"Mom." Her mother turned around and looked at her, "Peni, are you okay? When I got home and no one was here.... and then this... I don't know. I got worried." She gave her mother a big hug. "Wh-Who did this? I had to explain it to Sarah. This is absolutely ridiculous, we need to file a police report. Hello Adam." Peni's mother was furious. "Hey Mrs. Forbes."

Penelope shook her head, "No mom. It's probably just somebody doing those stupid halloween pranks you know? We can clean it up tomorrow. Let's just go to bed. Good night Adam, thank you for everything." Peni wouldn't look at me. "Goodnight... I can help you clean it tomorrow if you'd like. Just let me know." I walked back to my car. "Thank you Adam!" Her mother waved as I got back in the car. I was seeing red I was so angry. I tried not to show that though. I just don't see why anyone would do that to my Peni. My beautiful, sweet, innocent, loving, caring, wonderful Peni.