After lunch's event Penelope let Hope drag her down to the woods to help her clear her head and honestly? She was just glad that Hope didn't press the subject with a question that she didn't have the answer for. The one that she had since buried in the back of her thoughts since they came back for the school.
What if Josie didn't chase after her?
It was a question that honestly Penelope had somehow always pushed down because she thought that her and Josie would just... well fall back into what they used to be. Happy and Josie realizing that she could love two people at once and she didn't have to choose sides all the time because it was never about that. For most of the time Penelope paced around while Hope simply watched but after while she finally spoke up.
" You always knew that this would be a possibility". A sigh escaped Hope's lips as she slowly stood from the grass wiping off the her pants.
" Don't" Penelope let out a warning, eyes locking with unwavering brown ones and instead Hope shook her head. " Penelope you're my friend, you both are and you and I both know Josie when it comes to Lizzie-".
" That's an understatement " Penelope scoffed.
" Despite that" Hope continues, " She loves you Penelope, she really loves you and I think- I think that this time, she might choose you".
The words hit Penelope a lot harder than she thought they would and she ignores the slight tightening of her chest and the her accelerated heart rate. Hope's no longer looking at Penelope but smiling down into her phone at a text that Penelope assumes
is none other than Landon and at least one of them is happily in love. " I'm gonna head back to my room-"
" Um can you come with me to the lounge? I left my thing for Landon". At Hope's question Penelope frowns confused. " And you need me for that because?"
" Because the faster I find it the better so let's go". She walks away before Penelope can say no ( not that she was going to) and has no choice but to follow her back into the school.
The only thing Penelope wanted to do is lay in her bed binge watching crime documentaries and maybe meet up with MG later for whatever's going down if there's alcohol involved because she just knows that she's gonna need it later. She knows what the outcome is and it's the fact that she had pushed down truth for so long that the pending heartbreak didn't really hurt like she thought it would. Josie was only content with loving her behind closed doors and in the confines of Penelope's room where loving her didn't have to come with the hard stuff.
Hope's movements are with pep and it takes Penelope a moment to realize they weren't heading in the right direction. " You do know this isn't the right way to the-" Penelope's words die on her tongue when she sees the last person she expected to. Josie. Penelope blinks a few times and Hope's chuckle from the side pulls Penelope from her shock long enough to see the satisfied smirk on her face.
It was planned.
" Josie messaged me while we were at the lake and I kinda knew you were a jumbled mess so I took it upon myself to drag you here, your welcome". Hope glanced between the two and she was gone leaving Penelope rooted where she stood and she quietly watched as Josie played with her fingers and let out a shaky breath.
" I talked to her, to Lizzie and I told her that I was done hiding how I felt about you. I told her that I was tired of pretending to be happy with someone else, for her when in reality I never wanted to be with Gavin because it's always been you Penelope....it's always going to be you".
It's Josie's who moving towards Penelope and it's her who closes the distance with brown eyes starring into Penelope's with so much emotion that it almost too much for her because this is what she's been waiting to hear this for months and it was something that she thought she'd never hear. " I'm done lying to myself about what and who I want and I know that in the past I've always chosen Lizzie over you but I'm over that and that's why I'm standing here now...because I love you".
It's three words that Penelope missed hearing coming from Josie's mouth and she smiles as her hand reached out to cup Josie's face, her thumb wiping a falling tear from her cheek. " It was never about you picking sides Josie" Penelope breathes out as Josie's expression soften. " I just wanted you to put yourself first, to choose you because you deserve to be happy too, you deserve everything and then some ".
Josie's smile widens as she leans in so their noses brush against the other. " I'm choosing me and I want you". It's everything Penelope wants to hear after all the drama between them. To have Josie chase after her for once and express her true feeling without the fear of someone else finding out and this time Penelope's the one to move in and claim Josie's lips against her own and it's different from before. Maybe it's because loving her doesn't come with ultimatums or secrets anymore and Penelope can love her the way she deserves to be, the way she's always wanted to.
" Just to let you know if you break my heart again I will burn your world down".
Josie's breaks the kiss as her words come out breathy and the small pout on her face makes Penelope grin despite knowing just how serious she is. Her response is to plant a bunch of kisses over Josie's face before pulling away with a grin.
" I know".
End~
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I know I've been gone for awhile, had serious writers block! Any who we finally made it to the last chapter so lemme know what you guys thought! Also I've been thinking about writing a Special Holiday chapter for cute content we'll never get in the show lol.
Holiday Chapter coming soon!❤️
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Touch (Posie)
FanfictionThey were supposed to be ex's' and yet for some reason unknown to Penelope... they'd find each other almost like it was meant to be.
