Penny For Your Thoughts? [unedited]

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     Sitting in Intro to Entre and listening to the professor's endless monotone groaning was getting old, really fast. I nearly dozed off for the fifth time before the clock even hit 12:00. I eventually tuned him out and began to balance my pencil on the tip of my nose. I was going good for a while, almost defeating my record of 3 minutes and 47 seconds. That was until someone bumped into me, causing my pencil to fall to the floor. I cursed under my breath as the person flopped into the seat next to me, and I reached down to grab my pencil. As I sat back up, I caught a glimpse of the person in the corner of my eyes. My neck quickly snapped to them as my eyes went wide.

Parker.

My eyes were fixed on him as thoughts stampeded through my brain.

He's sitting next to me.

Why is he sitting next to me?

Is he still mad at me?

Does he hate me?

If he hates me then why the hell is he sitting here?

"Take a picture next time. It'll last longer." He murmured, not looking away from whatever he was writing on the sheet in front of him.

Instantly, I snapped forward again, my cheeks turning a bright shade of crimson. I must've been staring for too long. Way to embarrass yourself, Penny. I sheepishly let me hair fall over my face to hide my blushing cheeks.

"I'm kidding, Weaver."
I heard Parker chuckle beside me, causing me to look up in confusion.

"What, you're not mad at me?" I asked as my curiosity got the better of me.

He sighed and put his pencil down. I could practically see the gears turning in his head.

"I was for a while. Less mad, more confused. But I eventually I realized I was being, to put it lightly, a little bitch. I should've respected your decision to want to be friends at the exact moment you said it, but instead I walked away because I was hurt. But all that is behind me, and hopefully, behind us. You're a cool chick, Penny. I'd like to keep our friendship in tact."
He gave me a genuine smile before turning back to his paper.

I, however, was confused beyond words. Well, actually, I wasn't as confused as I was shocked. He actually didn't hate me. I was sure he wanted to push me into a vault of acid, Joker style. But here he was, apologizing. That's a first.

I cleared my throat, suddenly snapping back into reality.
"Thank you for understanding, Parker."

He shrugged.
"It's the least I could do. I know how much you've been going through lately. Especially with your Dad-"

"Wait. What about my Dad?" I asked, snapping towards him. My stomach hit the floor and my heart sank as his eyes went wide.

"Shit, I'm sorry Penny. Benny told me but I wasn't suppose to tell you and—"

I groaned and fell back into my seat. Goddammit, Bennett. I swear to God, next time I see him I'm going to slap him to sleep then slap him for sleeping.

"I swear his didn't tell me on purpose! I came back to the dorm and I saw a hole in the wall and Benny was sitting on the couch with a bloody fist. So I asked him what happened, and he said he couldn't tell me. Then I guess he got angry all over again and he let it slip."

A wave of emotions rolled over me. First, I was pissed that Benny spilled and told Parker of all people. I mean, that's not as bad as him telling Tommy but it's still bad. Second, he punched a wall because he was so pissed. Imagine what the rest of my siblings'll do when they find out. Jas while commit first degree murder, Adam will probably burn the house down, Winn will be very angrily passive-aggressive about it, Chris will punch more than a wall, and we'll have to wait out Tommy's 7 life sentences.
On top of that, Tobias would ruin their lives and I'd be responsible.