Confession

"Greg..is it..okay with you?"

I blinked.

Huh? Huh?!

Wait, is WHAT okay with me?! 

Is she talking..like, sexy stuff?

Wait-hold on, what did I miss?!

I shook my head, swiftly returning to reality.

Woah, how long was I distracted for?

Jeez..what the heck is my deal? You can't afford to be blanking out right in front of the magnificent goddess- princess Penny you fool!

I looked up at her, slightly disoriented. 

"H..huh? Sorry, I didn't catch that" I chuckled lightly (and a little awkwardly), adjusting my legs into an outward spread as I looked directly into her eyes.

She cocked her head to the side seamlessly, smiling all the while letting out a small breath indicating a muffled giggle. 

"I was asking if it's okay for us to continue? We have to end things soon, because it is getting a little late" she said almost absentmindedly, leisurely moving her gaze to the window behind me.

I followed her gaze, looking back at said window soon after and noticing the growing darkness, blackening the precursory luminous that spread across the sky so very recently. Quickly, noticing that I hadn't checked the time in a while, I looked down at my phone to discover a shocking revelation. Another, atop the plethora of epiphanies and sea of discoveries I had already formed throughout the day.

It's 8:30. I had been in this room for about 2 hours.

...

Crap! It really is getting late!

This isn't good, Penny's (as usual, natural as the flawless beacon of light and truth that she is) judgement was correct. Too correct, in fact. What would my parents think if they found out I was here? No..actually that wouldn't be that bad. The really horrifying scenario would be if Sarah and Piper (especially Sarah I must emphasize) ascertained this knowledge..the image, ah, the idea of the image even, makes me shutter to the absolute depths of my core.

I need to get out of here, and soon. I don't have time to chitchat with Penny anymore, to my greatest, bitterly tremendous dismay. The thought of leaving this divine heavenly palace of the most awe-striking numen of an avatar goddess to have ever existed, almost brings a tear to my eye. In fact, it brings me to the edge of what would (and most likely could be) the plunge into my greatest despair. Dang it all!

Ugh, it's so disconcerting that it's throwing off all of my typically dazzling lexiconic speech. I need to get out, fast.

I look up at her, trying to hide my growing anxiety. After all, a potentially even worse fate than my sisters finding out is her parents getting suspicious of the potentially passionate, uh..let's just say "familiarity" that the strange boy (in reference to myself) who they-no, who not even both, only the father had met, might greet their precious daughter with. That was truly the worst outcome imaginable, a tragically sanguine conclusion. 

Agh! F-Focus! Stop getting caught up in your head and just talk to her! Hurry you fool!

I gulped, before slowly opening the gates locking my mandible tightly shut, as beads of salty fluid dripped down my cheeks.

"R-right, I should go pretty soon" I replied, before transposing myself up off the bed. 

Before I could fully lift myself up, however, a strangely peculiar occurrence took place.

Or maybe it'd be better to say that a serendipitously fortuitous happenstance gripped hold of me tightly.

Quite literally, in fact.

As I looked down, I noticed Penny's delicate, silk smooth skin rub against my own scaly-rough skin, caressing my radius with ever-present subtly.

She looked up at me, smiling bashfully, her rosy cheeks blossoming with the elegance of  neonate botany.

I instantly sprung with internal elation, forcefully suppressing a massive grin as her eyes looked into mine with a gleam of pure innocence.

"Wait..can't you..stay a little longer? Just a couple minutes, if that's okay" she said meekly, submissively turning her head slightly to her right and shifting her neck downwards at a near imperceptible angle, putting her other hand over her mouth to cover it with her fingers.

"Yes, that's not a problem" I stated, surprisingly staunch.

Well, I suppose it isn't really that surprising. It's pretty expected from someone like me in all honesty. Especially because of how much I deify her as well, I'd naturally dismiss all of my stress and tension in a heartbeat merely at the faintest wave of her hand.

I am her servant, and will do any and all things she asks of me.

W-whoah-what did I just say?! W-wait I take it back-that's not what I meant I-

...Okay, I have no excuse this time.

Jeez..and just when I made that stalwart declaration on seeing her in a completely different light and adjusting my perspective accordingly..I just had to make everything (exactly like I always did) so..so uncool!

As I sat down, lamenting my pathetic subservience, Penny watched me closely. Expectantly, perhaps? At least that's what it seemed like.

I sighed, looking down before awkwardly tilting my head up to meet her stare.

"You know Penny, I'm surprised you knew so much about this whole butterfly thing. This kinda stuff just seems niche, you know? You're like a genius or something" I expressed, smiling weakly

Penny played with her hair as she shifted her eyes to the side and-...a small blush?

Wait, am I lucid? Is this an illusion?

No, she really is blushing! She's blushing!

"Oh silly, I'm not that smart..I just really love them, hehe"

God, if you can hear me right now, please-please-please-PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE let me marry this girl! Because if I cannot, just take me now. 

I beg of you.

"I think you're pretty smart personally" (cute too) I grinned playfully, coyly lowering my gaze.

She just smiled at me, before placing a shy, dainty finger on my hand, before slowly enwrapping its surface with the entirety of her palm.

"I'm really glad I picked you as my partner, Greg" she said, seductively.

Wait, huh? Seductive..s..s-s-seductively?! Am I imagining things (probably), or is she trying to flirt with me?!

A faultless, impeccable saint of her caliber is getting at a chump (and that's doing myself a favor, I'm more of an ignoramus nit wit if anything) like me? Incomprehensible!

As my mind raced and forced itself from passing out due to overwhelmingly palpable delirium, I looked back at her calmly and gave her a line I don't believe I'll ever regret.

Staring directly into the depths of her soul, I peered through her pearly hazel lenses as a small smile appeared on my face.

With a calm, easy tone, I uttered the words that may..no..will without a doubt, shift the trajectory of our relationship, forever.

"Thank you. You're the best partner I could've ever asked for"