As Joe and I sat there enjoying the lunch her mother prepared, Joanna sat there and stared at us. She had a ten-mile wild smile on her face. She was happy for us, but both Joe and I could tell that she had reservations. She was worried about how Penny would react. Penny loved me, and we all knew it. Joe and I had to disappoint her. We didn’t want to, but the longer we kept it from her, the harder it would be on her. We almost choked when Penny walked into the dinning room.
“Hey guys!” Penny said. “Hi !!!” She leaned over and kissed me on the lips. She tried sticking her tongue in my mouth, but I pulled away. It didn’t upset her, as she had tried this before, and was always met with the same reaction.
“Where’s Angel?” Joe spoke up.
“She’s trying on her new bikinis in the guest room. She’ll be a while.”
“Good. Penny, we need to talk to you about something. Something important.” Joe trembled.
“The bachelorette party tonight? Angel’ll be there. Don’t worry.” Penny remarked.
“No, it’s not about that. It’s about and me.” Joe said in a blunt voice.
“What about you and ?” Penny asked in a way that spelled out that she knew, but didn’t want to believe it.
“After spending a year living together, we’ve realized that we’ve fallen in love with each other. We’re going steady now.” Joe just came right out and said it. Joanna watched with approval of how we, err Joe, handled the situation but she was not prepared for Penny’s reaction.
“WHAT?” Was all she said. She stood there for about a minute or two in disbelief. The she erupted.
“YOU BITCH!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME? YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT HIM!!!” Penny was pissed. Joe tried to intervene.
“Penny, it’s not like…” was all she could get out.
“FUCK YOU!!! GOD DAMN WHORE!!! OF ALL THE GUYS YOU COULD SCREW, IT HAD TO BE HIM. AND ON THE DAY YOU KNEW I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOVE!!! I FUCKING HATE YOU!!!” Penny screamed as she started walking to the door.
“Penny wait…” Joe said as she went after her. Penny didn’t hear her as she was already out the door by the time Joe got up. Joe went outside and called for her again.
“Penny, don’t be like this, please!” Joe begged, but it was futile.
“FUCK YOU JOE!!! DON’T EVER TALK TO ME AGAIN!!! YOU’RE NOT MY SISTER ANYMORE. YOU ARE JUST A SEXUALLY CONFUSED, CARPET EATING LESBIAN WHO THINKS SHE LIKES COCK NOW!!! I KNOW ITS BULLSHIT JOE!!! IN A FEW WEEKS, YOU’LL BE BACK TO FUCKING YOUR DYKE GIRLFRIENDS WITH YOUR PLASTIC DILDOS!!!” Penny finished as she stormed into the garage.
Her words cut through Joe like a hot knife through butter. She collapsed to the ground in a heap. Tears were rolling down her face. I rushed to her side to comfort her. In the heat of the moment, Joe and Penny were too preoccupied to notice their grandmother, aunt and preacher uncle standing in the driveway.
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