Baby Blue

TIO

TIO: Zayn

Penelope stormed back into her room, just moments before Colin followed her through the door.

"Pen, slow down" Colin huffed as he rushed through the door, his demeanour changing completely when he saw how upset she was. "Oh, Pen come here" he ushered her to come over as he pulled her in for a hug. He gently stroked her hair as he let her sob into his t-shirt.

Penelope did know why she was so upset, it's all information she knew before. However, hearing it out loud made her aware of how hurt she really was. Colin had walked them over to the chair and pulled her to sit on his lap.

"I'm too heavy" Penelope whispered in between her sniffles, trying to get up. Which made Colin scoff and pull her back down.

"Don't say that Pen, you're not heavy at all" Colin whispered, trying not to startle her.

Colin continued to stroke her hair until she was ready to talk.

"Why had I never noticed how one sided the friendship was?" Penelope tried to speak between the tears. "Don't I deserve someone who cared for me as much as I care for them?".

"Of course, you do Pen, you deserve the world" Colin nuzzled into her neck as he spoke.

"You're right. It's always been you there for me, it's never been her" Penelope sniffed.

"And that's why we're here now, it's me and you okay?" Colin spoke as he kissed the side temple. "Always" Colin whispered in her ears.

After a few moments, Penelope began to feel slightly better and stopped crying. It was then she realised how red and blotchy she must've looked.

"God do I look a mess?" Penelope asked Colin as she continued to sniffle. It took Colin a few moments to answer, she was wondering why he was staring at her so intently.

"Yes, but you're my mess" Colin smirked as he leant in to kiss her.

They'd kissed a few times by now but this time it felt different, she had forgotten about all the problems she had faced earlier in the evening. She felt comforted. Kissing Colin felt like home to her, and that's all that mattered in that moment.

They had both realised that they were still in their beach clothes, and they were starting to get cold.

"I'm just going to jump in the shower okay?" Penelope smiled.

"Sure, I'll be waiting" Colin smirked as walked over to his wardrobe to get changed.

Penelope grabbed some clothes to change into and walked over to the bathroom. As she closed the door she laid out the clothes she had chosen on the side. She had grabbed what she hadn't actually seen since she packed it, which was her emerald underwear set that started it all. If it wasn't for that trip to the shop with Eloise, she would have never had the confidence to do what she had done on this holiday, and possibly never even tried anything with Colin. So, ironically, this is all down to Eloise.

Penelope jumped into the shower, trying to process what had just happened. She was of course upset about what had happened, however it had made her realise how much Colin had actually done for her in the past. He had always been there for her, albeit Marina had tried to ruin there relationship, however it hadn't worked. What was she waiting for with Colin? She knew she loved him; it was just her own insecurities that were keeping her away. She needed to let him know exactly how she felt tonight, she was ready.