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Rating:
Adult ++
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19
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5,418
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14
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Chapter 19
I would like to give credit to a friend who helped to write most of the the sex scene. Otherwise everything is still mine. Please leave reviews thank you.
Chapter 19
Penny had been listening to the conversation, partially hidden behind an adjacent wall and when she heard James tell Thomas that he loved her, she sunk to the floor. Soon after Penny heard James walk out and the door close behind him. It wasn't more than a moment that Penny decided to go after him. So Thomas would not see her she went out a back door in search for James. She even went to the docks. The Throne was there but it appeared nobody was on it. Penny assumed that perhaps James found a tavern. She went back to her home and changed into some breeches. Before heading to taverns Penny decided to go look on the ship one last time. Penny jumped aboard the Throne. It was dark out and nobody appeared to be on the ship. She thought perhaps to wait for someone to return, for James to return. Penny went to James's cabin first. She found a lantern and headed for the drawers that struck her curiosity for what seemed like an eternity before. Penny never did look back in those drawers not since the night the portraits broke. Penny decided while she waited that since James now knew who she was that she could learn a little more about him.
Penny found nothing more than she saw before. She figured there was more to find but the lack of light made it impossible. Penny closed the drawers and went walking around the rest of the ship. Penny walked down to the crews quarters to look for things that she may have had when she first slept there that were left behind.
James walked aboard the ship to hear a noise in the crew quarters. Penny was still down there and just walking around and looking under things to see if she found anything. Penny did not hear the footsteps from above. James knew that the few of his crew that came on this trip were off in taverns and such and were not to be aboard the ship and Brent was off with a woman he met earlier in the day. Penny wasn't speaking to him, so it could not be her. So anyone who was aboard the ship was a trespasser. James did not like trespassers on his Throne. Before going down to the noise James found a bag of sorts. He was going to deal with the trespasser before they could ever see him.
James crept down the ladder into the crews' bunks. Before Penny could take any notice of James a bag was thrown over her head and she was dragged up the ladder.
“Ah! Got ya trespasser!”
Penny tried to oppose but with a bag over her head she couldn't be heard clearly. “Oh shut it trespasser! What ya doin aboard my ship?” Penny kept yelling through the bag but still could not be understood. James ignored the yelling and just brought her into his cabin and tied her up to a chair through her struggling. The bag made it hard to hear even if the trespasser was male or female. It was dark and Penny had her breasts bound as well. James nor Penny could see anything. James was slightly intoxicated therefore did not even realize who he was dragging into the cabin. He found a rope and tied Penny to a chair. James thought it would be entertaining to interrogate the trespasser a little.
“James you are an idiot!” Penny shouted from underneath the bag.
“What?” James said.
“I said you are an idiot!” Penny said again.
“Oh I suppose if I want to hear ya I will have to remove the bag, won’t I?” James said cynically. Penny sighed as she waited for him to move the bag. He lit a candle to see his trespasser and he removed the bag.
“You can untie me now,” Penny said annoyed.
“What! Penny what are you doing here!”
“I don't know why don't you tell me.” she replied.
“What are you doing on my ship?”
“I was looking to see if I left anything.”
“Did you find anything?”
“Will you please just untie me now,” Penny replied more annoyed.
“No. I think I like you there. You my love are under my control. Now what a wonderful advantage I have. Now what shall I do with you, hmmm..” James said with a smirk.
“J-” Penny began to say as she was cut off with a kiss from James. James wreaked of rum and probably whiskey. Penny tried to speak but James kept kissing her. Penny tried her best to resist but she couldn't move and she was beginning to get into it. James moves his fingers down her tunic all the way down to her legs and back up again. Every time Penny resisted the more James tried and the more she wanted.
James slowly moved his hands down her shirt once again. He lifted the thin shirt just enough to get his hands beneath it.
James's hands moved across Penny's breasts, floating his fingertips around, but never quite touching her nipples. Penny ached for his touch, she thrust her chest foward, attempting to encourage his touch, but he remained hesisitant. He kissed and nipped her neck, giving her just a little of his touch but not as much as she desired. James carefully and affectionately unbuttoned Penny's breeches. Every movement he made he did with careful accuracy. Penny felt chills going up her down her spine. She could feel the goosebumps as James moved his hand to her lower back. Penny forgot she was even tied up until she tried to move her hands around James. She longed to wrap her arms around him, to pull his body against hers and feel the heat of their skin pressed together, but with her hands bound she could only strain against the ropes, struggling vainly. Her shoulders ached, her body demanded more...but she was helpless.
James just barely unbound Penny so he could remove her tunic but he never let her free. Quickly he bound her up once again. James moved his fingers once again brushing her breasts and pulled them away. James pulled Penny's breeches off her smoothly. Penny hardly noticed they were coming off until they reached her knees. She felt herself become warm and wet. James guided his hand down Penny's thigh feeling her warmth and quickly pulled his hand away. Penny shuddered, leaned her head back and sighed, partially from the sudden electric touch, partially because he had stopped touching her. She breathed deeply and stared at the wooden ceiling of the room, "Why wont he touch me?" she thought to herself "This has to be killing him as much as it is me, why wont he just take me now, take me hard?!" She wriggled her hips against the chair, grinding against it, and grinding her thighs together. Anything to bring even the slightest bit of relief to the searing heat between her legs. She pumped her hips, opened her legs, and closed them again, James watched her torment in silent amusement. A smile formed across his face, the kind of smile that was mischievous and teasing. Penny continued to struggle, her attention divided between her burning body and attempting to undo the ropes that bound her, "God these knots are impossible, what the hell did he tie? Uhhh! Why wont he touch me? I can feel him just watching me, this is driving me crazy! If I can just get one hand free I can-AAAAAAAAAH!!!" Penny screamed in ecstasy, when she had opened her legs again James had thrust two fingers deep inside of her and stroked her engorged clit with his thumb. Penny's body pushed violently into his hand as James quickly and roughly pumped his fingers in and out of her, the chair creaking and banging against the floor. Penny couldn't think, she couldn't breath, she could only scream as the lightning bolts of pleasure electrified through her body, paralyzing her. Penny's head lolled back and forth, her eyes rolled to the back of her head, she could feel an imminent explosion building up, the ultimate sweet release her body was bellowing for. But as she felt the first fires of orgasm James stopped suddenly. Penny came back to this world, she blinked, once, twice. She picked her head up to see what had gone wrong, what possible demon could have denied her her release so cruelly. Yet all she saw was James, watching her, and smiling. Penny stared at him in horror, "James why!” she whined. James simply watched at her torment and smiled. Penny felt like she wanted to kill him. Penny pulled against the ropes. “James let me go!” she complained. Her pussy was dripping wet and if she could just touch it just for an instant it would push her over the edge, but the knots held. James said nothing only smiled. “James!” Penny shouted now annoyed. Still he said nothing as he felt himself stiffen as he longed to enter her. But he wanted to hold back for as long as he could. James walked behind the chair Penny was tied to and ran his hands through her hair and to her face. He lifted her chin ever so slightly to kiss her. He used his other hand to begin to pull off his own tunic and breeches. James stood tall and muscular behind Penny. He came in closer to make contact with Penny's skin. As James touched her, Penny felt a tingling sensation between them and a twist in her stomach as he came closer to touching her again.
“James please, give me more,” she begged. Penny begged and from behind her James moved his hand down from her chin to her breasts slowly as he continued down towards her clit leaning over her. Penny could feel his breath upon her as he leaned further and further over her warm body. He moved his hands up and down her torso and to her legs for as far as he could reach, keeping Penny distracted as he untied the ropes discretely. He left them tied just enough to be tied but easily undone with light pulling. Penny's body trembled in sexual tension. She went to beg for more but each time she did James covered her mouth with a kiss. After he teased a little more he stopped leaving Penny wanting him so much she could barely tolerate it. “Goddammit, why!” Penny thought to herself. “Why won't he let me have what I want!” James pushed the chair towards his bed and with a little tilt, pushed it forward letting Penny fall to the bed face first as the ropes released from the chair.
“Penny tell me what you want.” James teased leaving Penny still half on the chair and half on the bed. She wanted him so much she could not tolerate it. “I can't take it anymore, give me some!” she responded in desperation. “Want what,” he teased more. “You!” she replied. “Really?” he said. Just as many was about to lose it and pull her way out of her entrapment between the chair and the bed, James pushed the chair aside and laid himself carefully on top of her pinning her down. Penny moaned in exasperation to his touch. Her mind and body began pulsating sexual sensation throughout her. James held against her touching her warm silk skin. He moved his hands down her sides tickling her ever so slightly without allowing her to move. He caressed the side of her ass giving it the slightest squeeze nearly throwing Penny over the edge. He moved his other hand down the opposite side massaging her and squeezing a little harder. Penny panted has her forehead began dripping droplets of sweat her face. James reached underneath her front and massaged her clit. Penny screaming in ecstasy wriggled underneath his weight as his two middle fingers moved faster and faster on her spot. Penny's fluids dripped down her legs as James spread her legs just enough apart. James was hard and ready to enter her. Penny begged him to go inside of her. Finally James followed through with her wishes. Penny on her stomach legs apart felt him go deep inside her sex. James thrust deeply, first slowly then quicker as his other fingers massaged her clit. The tension inside Penny continued to build more and more. Penny screamed and climaxed once. James moved his fingers from her clit to her ass. He continued quickly and harder as he squeezed her rear. Penny climaxed once, twice, three times, and four times as James released and he fell on top of Penny exhausted. Both of them lay there unable to move, unable to talk as there breath slowed. And sweat dripped down their bodies. James pulled out and fell to Penny's side on his back. Penny laid still front down on the bed. Both fell asleep within minutes side by side bodies touching.
Penny woke before James the next morning and tried to find a parchment to leave him a note. She found what she could and quickly gathered her clothes and walked hastily back to her home. Penny tried to get back before anyone woke her household and hoped that she arrived in time. The back door was unlocked and she scattered in as quietly as she could not to wake anyone. She went to scurry up the stairs and get herself cleaned up before Thomas noticed and interrogated her. The sun was just barely up and the house was not lit well.
“Where the hell have you been!” he said grabbing her arm turning her towards him.
Penny partially startled, partially annoyed that she failed at making it unseen sighed and said“Oh Thomas its nothing of your care let me be,” she said as she tried to go upstairs.
“Penelope where were you! Been worried sick about you! I was beginning to think you've gone up missing again.!” Thomas demanded looking as if he hadn't slept a wink.
“Oh I am quite sure you were. Now if you will please excuse me I would like to go.”
“Where have you been!” Thomas shouted angrily.
“Nowhere.” Penny smiled shaking her arm out of his grasp as she scurried upstairs at last.
Thomas stood for a moment. “You weren't!” he exasperated realizing where she probably had been. “Weren't what Thomas?” Penny stopped and turned around and replied. Penny knew what Thomas was probably thinking and he was right so Penny glanced at her brother's expression and quickly turned around and ran up the stairs. Thomas after a brief pause went after her followed after her. “Penelope!” he shouted running after his sister. It got him nowhere. As soon as he caught up to Penny at the end of the long hall she slammed and locked her door in his face without even turning around. Penny jumped on her bed and let herself fall onto her cushioning bed and sighed with a giant smile.
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James woke a couple hours later to find Penny not next to him. With his sleepy eyes he winked a few times to clear his vision. Once he could see again he sighed in disappointment at the empty space in which she had laid wondering if she would ever return. As James rose from his bed to gather his clothes and clean himself up he found a piece of parchment on the chair where he had Penny bound the night before. “Ah what an appropriate place,” he thought and laughed to himself.
“James,
I had to retreat home but I wish to see you soon. Meet me if you wish when the sun is the highest in the sky.
Love,
Penny
James smiled as he read the note and dazed out for a moment in passionate thought of the night before and then stopped and quickly glanced at his pocket watch. He sighed in relief when he saw he had a few hours to spare. James cleaned up the ropes from the night before and bathed and shaved himself until his skin was glistening. He looked for his best tunic and breeches and shined his boots and belt buckle. His tunic was a bit wrinkled but he did what he could to smooth it out and put it on. He brushed his now clean and soft hair pulling it back into a small pony tail. He paced around the room for nearly an hour wondering what on earth he would say to Penny, since they had hardly said a few words to each other the night before.
“Hey there James!” Gitt walked in surprising James somewhat. Gitt went to go on talking but paused and looked at James's attire. “James? What be the occasion?” Gitt asked still smelling of the previous night's festivities.
“Ah well, uh.. Penny was here last night and..” James began to say.
“Say no more my friend, continue with yer pacing, ain't pay any mind to me now.” Gitt said. James did go back to his pacing as he tried to figure out what he was going to say. As he paced Gitt went and grabbed the key for the drawers and pulled them open. He closed them quite loudly as James turned around and stopped. “What are y-?” James began to ask. Gitt stopped him short by placing a small piece of treasure into his hand and closing it. “Take it James. I wish you the best of luck.” Gitt said. James opened up his hand to find the one thing that he has kept close to him for the past couple years. He looked at his pocket watch and realized what the time was. “I- I-” James began to say. “Go on, good luck mat”.” Gitt replied pushing James a little towards the door. “Uh, thank-” James said. “Get going!” Gitt ordered him in a friendly way.
Penny had cleaned herself up and tried to keep herself busy all day long while also avoiding any conversation or glances from Thomas. Thomas had been trying all day to get Penny to talk. It was nearly noon and Penny was beginning to get fidgety wondering if James would come back to her. Suddenly a knock was heard on the door and Penny ran over to it reaching it before Thomas could even move from his seat or any of the house servants could reach it. She opened the door to find a young man dressed to the tens and looking as handsome as the night of the ball. Penny smiled. Before she could say anything James had entered the house. “Good day my Lady,” James said with his hand already in his pocket as he immediately went down on one knee. Thomas was about ten feet from them nearly leaning against a wall when he saw this. James put the ring on her finger, “Miss Penelope Marie Chous, Duchess of Loll will you be my wife?” Thomas shocked at the site had stopped moving when he suddenly came back to his senses and he was about to object, “N-” when Penny replied, “Yes!” Thomas fell to the floor, speechless.
Chapter 19
Penny had been listening to the conversation, partially hidden behind an adjacent wall and when she heard James tell Thomas that he loved her, she sunk to the floor. Soon after Penny heard James walk out and the door close behind him. It wasn't more than a moment that Penny decided to go after him. So Thomas would not see her she went out a back door in search for James. She even went to the docks. The Throne was there but it appeared nobody was on it. Penny assumed that perhaps James found a tavern. She went back to her home and changed into some breeches. Before heading to taverns Penny decided to go look on the ship one last time. Penny jumped aboard the Throne. It was dark out and nobody appeared to be on the ship. She thought perhaps to wait for someone to return, for James to return. Penny went to James's cabin first. She found a lantern and headed for the drawers that struck her curiosity for what seemed like an eternity before. Penny never did look back in those drawers not since the night the portraits broke. Penny decided while she waited that since James now knew who she was that she could learn a little more about him.
Penny found nothing more than she saw before. She figured there was more to find but the lack of light made it impossible. Penny closed the drawers and went walking around the rest of the ship. Penny walked down to the crews quarters to look for things that she may have had when she first slept there that were left behind.
James walked aboard the ship to hear a noise in the crew quarters. Penny was still down there and just walking around and looking under things to see if she found anything. Penny did not hear the footsteps from above. James knew that the few of his crew that came on this trip were off in taverns and such and were not to be aboard the ship and Brent was off with a woman he met earlier in the day. Penny wasn't speaking to him, so it could not be her. So anyone who was aboard the ship was a trespasser. James did not like trespassers on his Throne. Before going down to the noise James found a bag of sorts. He was going to deal with the trespasser before they could ever see him.
James crept down the ladder into the crews' bunks. Before Penny could take any notice of James a bag was thrown over her head and she was dragged up the ladder.
“Ah! Got ya trespasser!”
Penny tried to oppose but with a bag over her head she couldn't be heard clearly. “Oh shut it trespasser! What ya doin aboard my ship?” Penny kept yelling through the bag but still could not be understood. James ignored the yelling and just brought her into his cabin and tied her up to a chair through her struggling. The bag made it hard to hear even if the trespasser was male or female. It was dark and Penny had her breasts bound as well. James nor Penny could see anything. James was slightly intoxicated therefore did not even realize who he was dragging into the cabin. He found a rope and tied Penny to a chair. James thought it would be entertaining to interrogate the trespasser a little.
“James you are an idiot!” Penny shouted from underneath the bag.
“What?” James said.
“I said you are an idiot!” Penny said again.
“Oh I suppose if I want to hear ya I will have to remove the bag, won’t I?” James said cynically. Penny sighed as she waited for him to move the bag. He lit a candle to see his trespasser and he removed the bag.
“You can untie me now,” Penny said annoyed.
“What! Penny what are you doing here!”
“I don't know why don't you tell me.” she replied.
“What are you doing on my ship?”
“I was looking to see if I left anything.”
“Did you find anything?”
“Will you please just untie me now,” Penny replied more annoyed.
“No. I think I like you there. You my love are under my control. Now what a wonderful advantage I have. Now what shall I do with you, hmmm..” James said with a smirk.
“J-” Penny began to say as she was cut off with a kiss from James. James wreaked of rum and probably whiskey. Penny tried to speak but James kept kissing her. Penny tried her best to resist but she couldn't move and she was beginning to get into it. James moves his fingers down her tunic all the way down to her legs and back up again. Every time Penny resisted the more James tried and the more she wanted.
James slowly moved his hands down her shirt once again. He lifted the thin shirt just enough to get his hands beneath it.
James's hands moved across Penny's breasts, floating his fingertips around, but never quite touching her nipples. Penny ached for his touch, she thrust her chest foward, attempting to encourage his touch, but he remained hesisitant. He kissed and nipped her neck, giving her just a little of his touch but not as much as she desired. James carefully and affectionately unbuttoned Penny's breeches. Every movement he made he did with careful accuracy. Penny felt chills going up her down her spine. She could feel the goosebumps as James moved his hand to her lower back. Penny forgot she was even tied up until she tried to move her hands around James. She longed to wrap her arms around him, to pull his body against hers and feel the heat of their skin pressed together, but with her hands bound she could only strain against the ropes, struggling vainly. Her shoulders ached, her body demanded more...but she was helpless.
James just barely unbound Penny so he could remove her tunic but he never let her free. Quickly he bound her up once again. James moved his fingers once again brushing her breasts and pulled them away. James pulled Penny's breeches off her smoothly. Penny hardly noticed they were coming off until they reached her knees. She felt herself become warm and wet. James guided his hand down Penny's thigh feeling her warmth and quickly pulled his hand away. Penny shuddered, leaned her head back and sighed, partially from the sudden electric touch, partially because he had stopped touching her. She breathed deeply and stared at the wooden ceiling of the room, "Why wont he touch me?" she thought to herself "This has to be killing him as much as it is me, why wont he just take me now, take me hard?!" She wriggled her hips against the chair, grinding against it, and grinding her thighs together. Anything to bring even the slightest bit of relief to the searing heat between her legs. She pumped her hips, opened her legs, and closed them again, James watched her torment in silent amusement. A smile formed across his face, the kind of smile that was mischievous and teasing. Penny continued to struggle, her attention divided between her burning body and attempting to undo the ropes that bound her, "God these knots are impossible, what the hell did he tie? Uhhh! Why wont he touch me? I can feel him just watching me, this is driving me crazy! If I can just get one hand free I can-AAAAAAAAAH!!!" Penny screamed in ecstasy, when she had opened her legs again James had thrust two fingers deep inside of her and stroked her engorged clit with his thumb. Penny's body pushed violently into his hand as James quickly and roughly pumped his fingers in and out of her, the chair creaking and banging against the floor. Penny couldn't think, she couldn't breath, she could only scream as the lightning bolts of pleasure electrified through her body, paralyzing her. Penny's head lolled back and forth, her eyes rolled to the back of her head, she could feel an imminent explosion building up, the ultimate sweet release her body was bellowing for. But as she felt the first fires of orgasm James stopped suddenly. Penny came back to this world, she blinked, once, twice. She picked her head up to see what had gone wrong, what possible demon could have denied her her release so cruelly. Yet all she saw was James, watching her, and smiling. Penny stared at him in horror, "James why!” she whined. James simply watched at her torment and smiled. Penny felt like she wanted to kill him. Penny pulled against the ropes. “James let me go!” she complained. Her pussy was dripping wet and if she could just touch it just for an instant it would push her over the edge, but the knots held. James said nothing only smiled. “James!” Penny shouted now annoyed. Still he said nothing as he felt himself stiffen as he longed to enter her. But he wanted to hold back for as long as he could. James walked behind the chair Penny was tied to and ran his hands through her hair and to her face. He lifted her chin ever so slightly to kiss her. He used his other hand to begin to pull off his own tunic and breeches. James stood tall and muscular behind Penny. He came in closer to make contact with Penny's skin. As James touched her, Penny felt a tingling sensation between them and a twist in her stomach as he came closer to touching her again.
“James please, give me more,” she begged. Penny begged and from behind her James moved his hand down from her chin to her breasts slowly as he continued down towards her clit leaning over her. Penny could feel his breath upon her as he leaned further and further over her warm body. He moved his hands up and down her torso and to her legs for as far as he could reach, keeping Penny distracted as he untied the ropes discretely. He left them tied just enough to be tied but easily undone with light pulling. Penny's body trembled in sexual tension. She went to beg for more but each time she did James covered her mouth with a kiss. After he teased a little more he stopped leaving Penny wanting him so much she could barely tolerate it. “Goddammit, why!” Penny thought to herself. “Why won't he let me have what I want!” James pushed the chair towards his bed and with a little tilt, pushed it forward letting Penny fall to the bed face first as the ropes released from the chair.
“Penny tell me what you want.” James teased leaving Penny still half on the chair and half on the bed. She wanted him so much she could not tolerate it. “I can't take it anymore, give me some!” she responded in desperation. “Want what,” he teased more. “You!” she replied. “Really?” he said. Just as many was about to lose it and pull her way out of her entrapment between the chair and the bed, James pushed the chair aside and laid himself carefully on top of her pinning her down. Penny moaned in exasperation to his touch. Her mind and body began pulsating sexual sensation throughout her. James held against her touching her warm silk skin. He moved his hands down her sides tickling her ever so slightly without allowing her to move. He caressed the side of her ass giving it the slightest squeeze nearly throwing Penny over the edge. He moved his other hand down the opposite side massaging her and squeezing a little harder. Penny panted has her forehead began dripping droplets of sweat her face. James reached underneath her front and massaged her clit. Penny screaming in ecstasy wriggled underneath his weight as his two middle fingers moved faster and faster on her spot. Penny's fluids dripped down her legs as James spread her legs just enough apart. James was hard and ready to enter her. Penny begged him to go inside of her. Finally James followed through with her wishes. Penny on her stomach legs apart felt him go deep inside her sex. James thrust deeply, first slowly then quicker as his other fingers massaged her clit. The tension inside Penny continued to build more and more. Penny screamed and climaxed once. James moved his fingers from her clit to her ass. He continued quickly and harder as he squeezed her rear. Penny climaxed once, twice, three times, and four times as James released and he fell on top of Penny exhausted. Both of them lay there unable to move, unable to talk as there breath slowed. And sweat dripped down their bodies. James pulled out and fell to Penny's side on his back. Penny laid still front down on the bed. Both fell asleep within minutes side by side bodies touching.
Penny woke before James the next morning and tried to find a parchment to leave him a note. She found what she could and quickly gathered her clothes and walked hastily back to her home. Penny tried to get back before anyone woke her household and hoped that she arrived in time. The back door was unlocked and she scattered in as quietly as she could not to wake anyone. She went to scurry up the stairs and get herself cleaned up before Thomas noticed and interrogated her. The sun was just barely up and the house was not lit well.
“Where the hell have you been!” he said grabbing her arm turning her towards him.
Penny partially startled, partially annoyed that she failed at making it unseen sighed and said“Oh Thomas its nothing of your care let me be,” she said as she tried to go upstairs.
“Penelope where were you! Been worried sick about you! I was beginning to think you've gone up missing again.!” Thomas demanded looking as if he hadn't slept a wink.
“Oh I am quite sure you were. Now if you will please excuse me I would like to go.”
“Where have you been!” Thomas shouted angrily.
“Nowhere.” Penny smiled shaking her arm out of his grasp as she scurried upstairs at last.
Thomas stood for a moment. “You weren't!” he exasperated realizing where she probably had been. “Weren't what Thomas?” Penny stopped and turned around and replied. Penny knew what Thomas was probably thinking and he was right so Penny glanced at her brother's expression and quickly turned around and ran up the stairs. Thomas after a brief pause went after her followed after her. “Penelope!” he shouted running after his sister. It got him nowhere. As soon as he caught up to Penny at the end of the long hall she slammed and locked her door in his face without even turning around. Penny jumped on her bed and let herself fall onto her cushioning bed and sighed with a giant smile.
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James woke a couple hours later to find Penny not next to him. With his sleepy eyes he winked a few times to clear his vision. Once he could see again he sighed in disappointment at the empty space in which she had laid wondering if she would ever return. As James rose from his bed to gather his clothes and clean himself up he found a piece of parchment on the chair where he had Penny bound the night before. “Ah what an appropriate place,” he thought and laughed to himself.
“James,
I had to retreat home but I wish to see you soon. Meet me if you wish when the sun is the highest in the sky.
Love,
Penny
James smiled as he read the note and dazed out for a moment in passionate thought of the night before and then stopped and quickly glanced at his pocket watch. He sighed in relief when he saw he had a few hours to spare. James cleaned up the ropes from the night before and bathed and shaved himself until his skin was glistening. He looked for his best tunic and breeches and shined his boots and belt buckle. His tunic was a bit wrinkled but he did what he could to smooth it out and put it on. He brushed his now clean and soft hair pulling it back into a small pony tail. He paced around the room for nearly an hour wondering what on earth he would say to Penny, since they had hardly said a few words to each other the night before.
“Hey there James!” Gitt walked in surprising James somewhat. Gitt went to go on talking but paused and looked at James's attire. “James? What be the occasion?” Gitt asked still smelling of the previous night's festivities.
“Ah well, uh.. Penny was here last night and..” James began to say.
“Say no more my friend, continue with yer pacing, ain't pay any mind to me now.” Gitt said. James did go back to his pacing as he tried to figure out what he was going to say. As he paced Gitt went and grabbed the key for the drawers and pulled them open. He closed them quite loudly as James turned around and stopped. “What are y-?” James began to ask. Gitt stopped him short by placing a small piece of treasure into his hand and closing it. “Take it James. I wish you the best of luck.” Gitt said. James opened up his hand to find the one thing that he has kept close to him for the past couple years. He looked at his pocket watch and realized what the time was. “I- I-” James began to say. “Go on, good luck mat”.” Gitt replied pushing James a little towards the door. “Uh, thank-” James said. “Get going!” Gitt ordered him in a friendly way.
Penny had cleaned herself up and tried to keep herself busy all day long while also avoiding any conversation or glances from Thomas. Thomas had been trying all day to get Penny to talk. It was nearly noon and Penny was beginning to get fidgety wondering if James would come back to her. Suddenly a knock was heard on the door and Penny ran over to it reaching it before Thomas could even move from his seat or any of the house servants could reach it. She opened the door to find a young man dressed to the tens and looking as handsome as the night of the ball. Penny smiled. Before she could say anything James had entered the house. “Good day my Lady,” James said with his hand already in his pocket as he immediately went down on one knee. Thomas was about ten feet from them nearly leaning against a wall when he saw this. James put the ring on her finger, “Miss Penelope Marie Chous, Duchess of Loll will you be my wife?” Thomas shocked at the site had stopped moving when he suddenly came back to his senses and he was about to object, “N-” when Penny replied, “Yes!” Thomas fell to the floor, speechless.