"Five years and that's all you have to say to me?" he asked. Standing so close she could taste his breath.

She wanted to move away from him. But she didn't want him to know just how much he affected her. So she stood right there. She wasn't going to let him intimidate her.


"Well... Is there anything else you want me to say?" she asked 

The side of his mouth moved upwards.

He was smiling? Why the hell was he smiling like that? She thought. She didn't remember saying anything funny.

"You left... Kitty" he said. "I asked you to stay... Begged you to stay... And you left anyways.. With him. And now you come back... Acting like everything is okay between us...?"

There was something about him... She thought. Something about the way he called her 'Kitty' that made her heart flip. He was the only one who called her that. She hadn't even realized how much she missed him calling her that. 

"You shouldn't have gone with him". He said. 

"Oh really? Why not? Because you didn't want me to?" she asked. She was starting to get angry. 

"Yeah that's right" he replied. "And because of what you felt for me -what we felt for each other. When I came near you, you felt an excitement so intense that you ceased to breathe --like you are feeling right now. You wanted me just as much as I wanted you. And that should have been enough to make you stay"

ALWAYS BEEN YOU 

Penny sighed. "Yes I know that" she said. "But I'm sure that once once you get to meet Jeremy, you wouldn't be so worried about this... So now please, will you tell me what has been going on with you?" 


Audrey smiled at her, and began to tell her about her job, and some guy from work who wanted to date her, but she wasn't sure about him yet, and Penny was glad for the change of topic. 


But Jeremy didn't call that night and when Audrey finally went to bed and Penny called him, he said he was too busy and wouldn't be coming home that night. 


He didn't return until the next day after Audrey left and he told Penny he was sorry and hoped he could meet Audrey some other time. 


Two days passed and Penny realized that she felt tired sometimes. And the fatigue came suddenly especially when she hadn't even done much work. Her period wasn't late, and she was damn scared to take a pregnancy test. 


Chapter One Hundred and Ninety Eight