Tales from Gotham

The Next Morning

The Next morning. Ivy had stayed over to Penguins irritation. Penguin said either she had to sleep in the room with Jerome and Barbara or else with Johnathan. No one questioned the suggestion of letting two 12-year-olds sleep together in the same bed. Though Penguin didn't really care if they were up to trouble or not long as they didn't mess up the house or make a lot of noise and woke up the house at night. The Next morning Edward had slept in Penguins bed. Edward had gotten up before Penguin. Penguin was sleeping shirtless in his underwear and Edward slept in his tank top. Edward blinked and grabbed his glasses and put them on and looked at Penguin who had his arm wrapped around his body. He smiles as he tried to move his arm as not to wake him but to get up. Penguin moaned in his sleep as he grabbed a pillow and pulled it towards him. Edward smiled and leaned over kissing Penguin softly on the head. "My little birdy" he says with a smile. Edward goes into the drawer and quietly take out some long green pajama bottoms with a draw string on it. He slides them on and ties the string off in front of his pants. He gets out and quetly leaves the room.

Johnathan perspective:

Johnathan and Ivy had slept together in the same bed. Johnathan had decided to just call her Pepper but she didn't seem to mind. They didn't see it as odd and doing anything more then sleep had not crossed their minds. However Ivy did say she wanted to be his girlfriend the night before. Johnathan was surprised by this, he never had a girlfriend before, he wasn't quite sure what to do. Johnathan had falling asleep on his back and Ivy was facing the right walls direction curled in a ball. Johnathan was in a white tank top and blue trunks that Edward had bought him. He went into the drawers and pulled out some jeans and put them on as he believed it would be rude to just walk around in his underpants. He had awoken around the same time as Edward and came out as Edward had shut his door to the bed.

Edwards head snaps back towards Johns direction and Edward smiles. "John" he says with a smile. "Good morning" Edward says. Johnathan sees he is coming out of Penguins room. Johnathan walks up to Edward and asks. "Why were you in Mister Penguins room"? Johnathan asks. "Well, me and Mister Penguin are boyfriends, but we don't discuss it in this house so don't bring it up. Everyone already knows though" Edward states. Johnathan nods "So you are gay"? Johnathan asks. "I yes, I like guys" Edward says with a smile. "I guess you think its weird" Edward says. "No, didn't think you were the type" Johnathan says. "Oh, I guess I am not really flaming"Edward says. "Want to help me make breakfast"? You were such a good helper last time" Edward asks. Johnny nods "I like cooking with you" John says.

Penguins Perspective: Penguin opens his eyes and looks around "Ed"? he asks grasping around the bed. Penguin gets a wif of something delicious. "Ed must be cooking breakfast" Penguin says as he sighs and lays back. Penguin gets up from the bed and goes to the bathroom to brush his teeth and afterwards walks to the door and opens it and walks out. He shuts the door behind him softly. He still was shirtless in his boxers. They were a shiny material that were striped purple and black. Oswald sees Edward and Johnathan in the kitchen together making breakfast. "Good morning Mister Penguin" Edward says with a smile looking back at him. Johnathan smiles "Hello Sir" he says with a smile as he wisques the eggs in the boy. "What are you making"? Penguin asks as he walks over and reaches into the cupboard above the kitchen counter and pulls out a bottle of liquor and grabs a glass and pulls out the plug in the bottle which was also glass and pulls it in the glass and takes a sip. He grabs the bottle and the cup and walk to the living room "I dont like when you are not next to me in the morning" Penguin says as he grabs the remote and flips on the tv. He turns on the news and its the debate for the Presidential Elections. Edward smiles as his comment "Ill be sure to wake you next time" Edward says back to Mister Penguin. Johnathan could tell they cared about each other and it didn't seem they minded expressing it in front of him. Johnathan thought maybe the fact was that he was a child next to them.

Barbara and Jerome perspective:

Barbara was wearing a night gown which was a long white dress that went to her ankles. Jerome was in a red tshirt and long striped short that were red and yellow. He also had long peach colored socks on and was laying back with one arm hanging off the bed and the other laying back folded pionting upward. He was snoring softly. Barbara head was laying against his chest and her golden hair was laid around them. She had her arms around his body as hers was sideways facing against his. The blanket is was on the floor. Barbara wakes up first and opens her eyes and smiles as she mounts Jerome. "Oh, Jerome" she says with a smile and than slaps him. Jerome is startled and wakes up "What"? he says. "Oh, hey babe" his mouth turns to a smile. "Whats up"? he asks. "How about some morning Whoopie"? she says with a smile. "Long as we can keep it down" Jerome says with a smile. He grabs her wrists and kisses her deeply and she kisses him back wrapping her arms around his neck.

Victors Perspective:
Victor has no shirt and is sleeping on his back straight as a board. He is in black boxer briefs that hug his legs. He wakes up and pulls off his black blanket. He gets up. His entire room is black. Everything aside from his dresser that is mahogony. There is black sheets, blankets, even the walls were painted black. He had gotten up took a shower, brushed his teeth and then goes to his drawers and pulls out some tight black jeans and pulls them on and ties it shut with a silver buckle. He opens the door and leaves his room and walks to the living room. He stops at the Kitchen and turns to see Edward. "Good morning John, Edward" He says with a smile. "Good morning" Edward and Johnothan say in unison. Victor walks into the Kitchen and grabs a glass and sits next to Penguin. "Good morning Boss" he says. "Morning Victor" Penguin says. "How are you doing"? Penguin asks. "Im well, sleep okay last night boss"? Victor asks. "I did yes thank you" Penguin says.Penguin pours some of the beverage into Victors glass. They sit there watching the news and drinking