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Penny's Advantage

It had been a week since Spec's encounter with Penny. There had not been any sign of her since then as Spec was getting ready to close shop again. Out of paranoia, he made sure to walk the entire floor before locking up this time. Everything seemed clear as he made his way back to the front. His demeanor changed as soon as he heard a familiar voice.

"Hi Spec, what are we going to do tonight?"

He jumped back with a with a startled mix of a moan and gasp. Penny stood in front of the shop's door with a different backpack then last time. She wasn't wearing her uniform this time. Instead she was wearing pink tennis shoes with light purple socks, rolled up olive shorts, and a baggy purple shirt. It hung off her shoulder a bit and slid to one side, exposing the strap of her under garment. If Spec didn't know better he could of sworn he was looking at a young valley girl.

"Jeez Penny, what are you doing here? You startled me."

"I came to see you silly Spec. Another slow night it seems."

She showed herself to the check out counter, tossing her bag behind it before taking a seat as Spec watched her.

"What are you doing Penny?"

She rocked back and forth in the chair while smiling at him.

"Waiting for you to close up so we can hang out again. So what are we going to do tonight?"

He sighed as he rubbed his temples with his thumb and middle finger.

"We aren't doing anything tonight Penny. I'm going to close up in a few minutes and clean up before heading home. You are going to go home before your parents worry about you wondering where you are."

"They know where I am."

Spec's chest tightened when he heard that. He swallowed as he stepped closer to her so he could whisper.

"What did you tell them exactly?"

"That I was going to spend the night at a friend's house and that I'll be back Sunday."

He let out a sigh of relief as he held his chest.

"Penny, I have no idea what you think is going on between us but we are not hanging out together."

Her expression started to change as she jumped out of the chair, slamming her palms against the check out counter.

"Then why did you get into it when I gave you that blow job last week?!"

Spec motioned for her to lower her voice as he made sure no one heard. Thankfully the shop was empty.

"Look, what happened last week was a mistake okay? I shouldn't have let it get as far as it did but you also shouldn't have cuffed me to some pipes and forced oral sex on me!"

"Oh yeah? Well why do you still have this then?"

She held up the lollipop she had given to him the previous Friday. She knew it was one of hers because of a cut corner on the flared end of the wrapper. Most wouldn't notice it unless they paid very close attention.

"If you didn't expect me to come back so you could cash in this favor you would have gotten rid of this by now."

He had nothing to say at the comment as he did not know why he kept it himself. He shook his head.

"I don't even know what that means Penny."

"Well you can find out if you want..."

He was starting to get annoyed now as he tapped his foot against the floor.

"I'm sorry Penny, but you have to go. I don't know what you are going to tell your parents but you can't stay here."

Her expression changed to that of anger as she let out a low growl.

"If you don't let me stay with you I'm going to tell the cops and my parents you molested me and threw me out in the middle of the night!"

He scoffed at the statement before leaning in to face her.

"What proof do you have?"

"I don't need any. I might not be able to prove you did anything to me but who are the cops going to believe? I'm a straight A student with a loving family. You're a creepy old book store owner who keeps lollipops at his check out counter and lets little girls stay in his store after closing!"

"You came in here by your own free will!"

She started to sniffle after he yelled at her. He felt bad but tried to keep himself composed.

"I... I was going to my friend, Amy's house. Were were going to have a sleep over but that wolf... that wolf... He grabbed me when I tried to leave his store... And he... And he..."

She just started to sob as Spec rolled his eyes.

"That's bull shit and we both know it."

She quickly changed her act again as she looked up at him.

"Doesn't matter. I can make up any story I want and my friends will back me up. So you have two choices the way I see it. You can risk kicking me out and having to deal with hell from the cops, or you can spend a couple of nights with an adorable eleven year old."

The wolf was tight lipped as he was grinding his teeth inside his mouth. He knew she had nothing on him but he couldn't risk it with all the heat that had recently come up against predators and child molesters. He hung his head in defeat as he locked the shop's door before returning to Penny.

"So I'm assuming you eat pizza. What do you want on yours?"

She instantly perked up a she clasped her hands together in glee.

"Thin crust with extra sauce, sausage, mushrooms and olives."

Spec wrote the order down on a sticky note so he wouldn't forget as he shook his head.

"I'm going to regret this."

Penny patted him on the back trying to cheer him up.

"Don't be a sour puss. I promise we'll have fun like last week."

** ** ** ** **

Spec finished cleaning the shop as Penny kept herself occupied with her hand held game system.

"Hey Spec, why don't you have any music playing tonight?"

"I forgot my music player upstairs today."

Penny closed her game cover to focus on the conversation.

"What's upstairs?"

"The apartment. It's where I live."

The Penny started to shake as she tried to hold her excitement in. Spec noticed as he grabbed the lollipop from the counter.

"Come on Penny, I'll give you the tour."

She grabbed her backpack and followed the wolf, almost bouncing up and down the whole way up the stairs. A short walk down a hall way and they were at a door in the middle of a cross sectional. One way had stairs going up while the other had stairs going down.

"Where do the other stairs lead to Spec?"

Spec fiddled with his keys as he answered.

"One goes to the side entrance. I use that when I don't need to go through the shop. The other goes to the roof where I some times cook barbecue when the weather is warmer. Here we are."

She peaked in as the door slowly opened and it looked nice at first glance. Despite his protest early Spec motioned to Penny to enter.

"Go make yourself at home. Just put your bag anywhere.

She did as instructed with a smile as she looked around to better know her surroundings.

"Your attitude changed pretty quickly from a little while ago."

"Well you kind of put me in a no win situation at this point. That being the case I might as well make the most of it."

He went to the kitchen which was separated from the living area by a counter top with a few bar stools in front. He looked through his take out menus to find a pizza place as he placed an order for the pizza she had requested earlier as well as some chicken wings and a salad.

She walked around with her arms behind her back taking everything in. Spec was an obvious geek as he had various Japanese Mech models displayed on shelves. His movie collection consisted of mostly older action and comedy movies with a few recent blockbuster titles of popular comic movies.

"You like a lot of 80's stuff, don't you?"

He just finished talking on the phone as he put his wallet on the counter. He was distracted and took a moment to realize she was talking to him.

"Oh, well I was born in the early 80's. Guess you can say I was a late 80's kid even though most of the things I really grew up with were in the 90's. Things have changed since then."

"It kind of sucks though. I mean yeah video games are a lot better now but the 80's were the best. Great music, bright colored cloths, PG-13 movies where kids could curse."

Spec couldn't help but laugh at the last part of her statement. He held his sides to compose himself.

"I can't argue with you there. It was a different time as far as mass media was concerned."

She stopped when she saw his mini potted rose bush. It stood out among all the other things in the apartment.

"You like roses Spec?"

"I love white ones the most. Red are okay but they are used every where."

She liked the sentiment he made as she pushed her glasses up that were slightly slipping down her nose. She paused when she saw a large oval stone next to the roses.

"Is that what I think it is?"

He chuckled as he replied in a slightly sarcastic tone, "That's my pet rock." He quickly regretted that decision as she let out a ear piercingly squeal of joy before picking it up to admire it.

"Oh my god! I've never seen a real pet rock before! How long have you had it? What's it's name? Is it a boy or a girl? It's so cute I wish I had one of my own."

She continued on for a moment nonstop. He didn't have the heart to tell her he was joking and that it was just a nice looking stone he found at the beach one day that he uses for a paper weight or to prop things up.

"Well, if you really like it that much you can have it."

"Really?!" She asked with wide, jubilant eyes. She quickly put the rock back down and backed away though.

"No, that would be wrong. It's your pet and I can't just take it from you."

Spec looked at her shocked while holding his breath. It was a few seconds before he could bring himself to exhale as he thought, "What is the deal with this girl?". She continued to explore the living room before jumping down into the couch.

"So what do we do now?"

He sighed as his eyes were killing him. He stood up and made his way to the bathroom which was past the bed room.

"I'm going to go change real quick so I can get comfortable. I'll be in the bed room if you need me."

She jumped out of her seat and followed him once again.

"I'll go with you. That way I can check out where we are sleeping."

It didn't sink in what she said until a moment later when she walked past him, into his bedroom.

"Wait, you're doing what and where?"