#penny;threads

Setting: Penny’s flat

Day: New Years Eve

Penny had tried to distract herself from the holiday and all the romance and couples that seemed to be surrounding her.  She’d hoped that Trevor could help her but after stopping by the bar and finding out that he hadn’t come in, and was ignoring her texts, she had to assume he was spending the night with Louise. 

She sat on her couch, staring at Verity’s phone number before opening up her messages and sending her a text asking her if she could come over. She took a sip of her whiskey, smiling at the familiar burn as she closed her eyes, remembering a week ago when Verity had come over and given her, her Christmas present. She could remember the touch of her skin against hers and she downed the rest of the alcohol in her glass, not sure that she’d be able to make it through the night alone.

Penny watched the video of her and Verity before quickly deleting the message.  She wasn’t sure why someone would care about what they were doing and she certainly wasn’t sure what someone would get out of her flirting with some bartender but she knew the video couldn’t get out.  At least not until Verity was ready to come clean about everything.  

After changing into something a bit nicer, Penny walked into Danny’s looking around at the patrons.  There were a few people but it seemed to be a fairly quiet night.  She walked up to the bar, sitting down and giving the bartender a small smile.  “Can I just have... “ She knew she wasn’t really supposed to be drinking and she usually tried not to do it unless she was with someone she trusted but she was pretty sure she couldn’t do this sober.  “Can I just have a margarita please?”