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seventy one

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john

they made it to penelopes home rather quickly and wasted no time stumbling into the darkness of the hallway. as soon as the door shut behind them penelope dropped her jacket to the floor and latched onto johns lips kissing him harder than before. he was taken aback only for a second before responding with just as much passion. he pushed her against the wall holding her face in his hands but penelope had other plans.

she moved her head to the side and he started kissing down her cheek to her neck. she hummed whilst he sucked on a spot that she liked. she twirled his hair round between her fingers before remembering this was her time to show him how much she loved him.

"john," she whispered trying to catch his attention. he didn't hear her and so continued.

"john," she spoke a bit louder and he pulled away quickly.

"did i do something wrong?" he asked worriedly.

she smiled at his anxious state and shook her head, she placed a hand on his cheek and kissed his lips reassuringly.

"go wait in the living room," she ordered once pulling away. he frowned confusedly and she rolled her eyes, "just go."

he didn't object but hesitantly made his way into the living room whilst penelope walked into her bedroom instead, pushing the door shut behind her. she went straight over to her wardrobe opening the compartment for her nightwear. she pulled out her short/vest sets and her nightgowns messily scattering them across the floor to find something somewhat different to her usual pyjamas.

that's exactly what she found when she picked up a nightdress that she'd brought months before meeting john. it was silk, light pink, with lace outlining the bralette style top half and an embroidered small rose just below which fell at the centre of her chest. the gown fell to a little higher than mid thigh. she undressed and slipped it over her head. it was a baggy type of nightgown, it was snug on her hips and waist, giving her a figure she was so adamant didn't exist. but around her chest area it was loose - on purpose of course - it fell off her shoulder quite a lot but but she liked how it looked with her bras underneath, in this case her bra was pretty basic - just white with small flowers covering it. she didn't often wear padded bras, she didn't need to - and this was one of those instances. this nightdress was something she'd brought with this type of encounter in mind. she'd never worn it before but now was the perfect opportunity.

she sprayed some perfume over her body to freshen up and make herself more presentable for john, she fluffed her hair up slightly for the same reason and then inhaled deeply before exiting her room.

she went straight for the dimly lit living room finding john standing - obviously anxious - in the centre of the room. he nervously pulled at the chain on his neck, he felt nervous mostly among other things - this was the first time he didn't quite know what to do with himself in this situation.

penelope leaned against the doorframe as casually as she could whilst looking at him. she pushed all nerves aside and cleared her throat making him turn his head round to her quickly raking his eyes over her body and almost bulging them out of the socket. he was utterly speechless at her appearance in this moment. he always felt absolutely winded when he saw her anyway, but right here he couldn't muster up one word.