Tattoo - LoreenPenelope had eventually got out of the pool to join Eloise back at the sun beds. After a while of chatting with the girls, her and Eloise went over to the bar to get a drink. As they got up to the bar an attractive guy, around Penelope's age she guessed, walked up to them to take their order.
"I'll have a gin and tonic please" Eloise asked.
"And for the lovely lady?" The man smirked at Penelope. Penelope blushed instantly, she was barely getting used to flirting with Colin, let alone getting attention from anyone else.
"A martini please" Penelope smirked back at the man behind the bar.
"I'm Calum by the way, what lovely name do you have that matches your gorgeous face?" Calum winked towards Penelope. Clearly Penelope was taking too long to answer because Eloise answered for her.
"Penelope her name is Penelope" Eloise laughed.
"Lovely to meet you Penelope" Calum smiled as he turned to get their drinks. Eloise was grinning at her friend, trying to egg her on to flirt with the man. For some reason Penelope felt guilty. When in reality she had nothing to feel guilty over, if the boot was on the other foot she doubts Colin would think twice.
"There we go ladies, have a lovely day" Calum smiled at Eloise and winked at Penelope.
"No thank you" Eloise smiled as she grabbed their drinks and walked off with Penelope. "He was so into you, why didn't you say anything" Eloise asked Penelope, who just shrugged the question off. Although she knew she should've, she just froze. Men don't pay attention to Penelope a lot, so when they do she just doesn't know what to do. She would be lying if part of her wasn't thinking about Colin either.
As the girls walked back over to the sun beds, Colin and Benedict had made their way over to their beds also. She hoped Eloise would drop the topic as they sat down. Colin had decided to park himself on the end of her sun bed, so she was sat next to him.
"Penelope has an admirer" Eloise smirked as she told everyone around her.
"I don't have an admirer" Penelope tried to shut down the conversation however Eloise had other ideas.
"Don't listen to her, he asked her name, told her she had a gorgeous face, winked at her multiple times" Eloise laughed. Unbeknown to Penelope, Colin had begun to look rather pissed off.
"Well, I guess he was really cute" Penelope said, she wanted to try and see if Colin would actually care if anyone was trying to hit on her. Fran gave her a smirk; she knew what Penelope was doing as well.
"Who that guy behind the bar, what is he like five foot six maybe?" Colin laughed to himself, as unfortunately for him, no one had laughed with him.
"Oh shush don't listen to him, you should go for it he's cute. Have a holiday fling, they're the best!" Fran stated.
"And how would you know that?" Michael asked. Fran blushed, clearly forgetting she hadn't told Michael about her previously holiday escapades.
"I'm sure he was just trying to be nice, it's probably part of the job" Penelope assured everyone.
"I don't know I still think you should go for it" Eloise spoke. Penelope decided to look over to Colin to see if he had any reaction to the whole thing. What Penelope hadn't realised was that he was already staring at her. He was definitely pissed off; did he really care that another man was interested in her?
"Fine, I'll go and speak to him okay? Don't all look at me though, it'll make me nervous" Penelope laughed.
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Baby Blue
FanfictionPenelope goes on holiday with the Bridgerton family every year. However, Eloise is bringing her new boyfriend along this year, meaning Penelope is left sharing a room with the only single Bridgerton, Colin. How will she hide her feelings from him fo...