stalker // luke hemmings (DISCONTINUED)

7 : not-so-sick-anymore days

Penny woke up at 5:00 that Saturday, with Luke's arms around her.

"Good evening, Sleeping Beauty," Luke smiled as Penny looked up at him.

"My God, what time is it?" Penny yawned, stretching out her arms.

"A quarter after 5."

"Wow. I'm sorry I made you wait here the whole time."

"You don't have to apologize for anything. How are you feeling?"

"Much better, thanks."

"Any other life stories you wanna spill?" Luke asked, a smirk on his face.

Penny's face lit up. "Sorry if I freaked you out earlier. I think it was the fever talking."

"You apologize too much," Luke replied, playing with her hair. God, he loved her hair.

"Sorr-" Penny cut off and started laughing. Luke laughed too. After the laughter cut off, a comfortable silence overtook the room. In the midst of it, Penny said, "You know, I spilled basically my whole life story to you, and I know next to nothing about you, Mr. Mysterious."

"Fine. Ask me anything and I'll answer it," Luke paused to think for a moment, "Only if you answer some of my questions too."

"Sounds like a deal. Hmmm....what's your favorite color?" she asked.

"Wow this one's tough. I'll have to go with red, the same shade as your hair."

"So sweet, I think I'm tearing," Penny sarcastically remarked, a smirk on her face.

"What's your favorite color?"

"Luke's eyes. So majestic," she giggled.
"What is your middle name?"

"Robert. Are you a virgin?" Luke smirked, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Nope," Penny replied, popping the "p."

"You weren't actually supposed to answer that I'm not one of those assh-." Penny cut him off by shrugging.

"I wish I was. Drew was a douche bag. Me and Michael call him 'Drew the Douche Bag.'" The mention of Michael's name hurt.

"Who's Drew?"

"Drew Harper. He was a freshman in college. I was a junior. I won't bore you with the details

"No, tell me. It's good to get these things off your chest."

Penny sighed. "I was 16. Me and Michael snuck into one of those frat parties. He was there. I thought he was old and cool and hot. He took me aside. I was drunk, and he knew that. He told me I was beautiful and kept saying how bad he wanted me."

Penny paused to swallow. "I loved the attention. We made out in a closet. I gave him head. He wanted to go further, but I stopped him. We exchanged numbers before Michael took me home." She wiped the forming tears from her eyes.

"Throughout junior year, we would meet in secret. He would tell me how much he loved me, and I would believe him. Eventually, he took me alone to another frat party at his house. After I was pretty drunk, he took me up to his bedroom. I told him I was a virgin. He said he would go slow. That fucking liar."

"Right before we were about to...um...start...I asked him about protection. He said that we would pull out and that it felt better without it. I believed him. It hurt like a bitch, and I got no pleasure out of it. But, he told me he loved me again and that was all I needed."

"After that, I thought I was pregnant. I was so scared, I did not want to be on Teen Mom." Penny sadly chuckled, wiping the tears from her cheeks and sniffling. "I called the scumbag crying. He said he was 'busy' and that he would call me back later. He never did. I wasn't actually pregnant, thank the Lord. I never saw that ass again. He texted me every once in a while but I blocked his number. Dirty bastard."

There was a silence before Luke spoke. "Penny, you deserve someone that will care for you. Someone that will watch over you. Someone that will show you love." He pulled her in an embrace. "That asshole doesn't deserve anyone, no less someone as amazing as you."
Penny wiped her eyes before sitting up.

"So, what about you? Are you a virgin?" Penny asked, a sad smile on her face.

"No."

"Are you going to give me any details?"
Luke sadly smiled. "I was 14. We were in freshmen year. Her name was Lily." His eyes glossed over.

"Keep going..."

"She was my girlfriend. We were both virgins and had no idea what we were doing." He sadly chuckled. "It was honestly beautiful. We were so young, but we knew we loved each other."

"What happened to this 'Lily' chick?"

"She's...not in my life anymore," Luke said with tears in his eyes. Penny could sense the sensitivity of the subject and decided not to press any further. She looked up at his face. Luke was staring into the distance. In that moment, Penny thought he looked so small, so fragile. Without thinking, she leaned over and pressed her lips to his cheek.
Luke jumped up and looked over at Penny, obviously startled out of his gaze. Penny jerked back. "Sorry...I don't know what got into me...."

"No, no don't apologize," he chuckled. "I liked it," he said with a big smile.

For a little while, the two sat intertwined on the couch in silence.

"Can I ask you something?" Penny said, breaking the silence.

"Anything."

"Okay..." Penny hesitated, and then sighed. "Why are you here?"

"Do you want to be alone? I understand I can leave if you want..."

"No. Why are you here, with me, when you could be at virtually anyone else's house. In comparison to your other options, I'm pretty much a piece of shit."

Luke looked into Penny's eyes with so much sincerity it almost hurt. "Penny, you are one of the most beautiful girls I have ever met, inside and out. You have helped me, in so many ways, some you don't even know. You can't even compare to the others. You're special. You're - indescribable. Looking at you makes me feel alive, a feeling that if been missing for a long time."

He paused. "At school, I put on this mask. I'm Luke Hemmings, the jock that fucks over girls and controls everyone in school. With you, I'm me. I'm whoever the fuck I want to be. You - you make me feel things I haven't felt in years - and people don't understand why I do what I do and  -"

In that moment, Penny didn't care that she was sick. She didn't care that she barely knew Luke. She didn't care about Michael, or her parents, or all the other shit in her life. All she cared about was Luke. And the softness of his eyes. Of the curve of his nose, his lips.

Penny leaned in and pressed her lips to Luke's.

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I'M SO SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SO LONG, I JUST LOST THE MOTIVATION TO KEEP WRITING BUT LUCKILY I FOUND IT AGAIN AND NOW I'M BACK :)

there will be a part 2 to this chapter don't worry

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-amanda