Penny's POV
"Yeah, Mr. Baldwin was our substitute. . . . .no way he did that to you guys as well?. . .hahaha" I laid on my bed with maelyn on the phone, we've been on this call for about an hour now and showed little sign of ending.
"Yeah so as I was saying. . . ." Before I couldn't finish I felt a small hand grab my phone,
"Hey!" I exclaimed
"Bleh! Mama, Penny's got a boyfriend, Penny's got a boyfriend!" Maddie yelled running out of my room with my phone.
"Hey, Maddie get back here!" I yelled back, I ran after her nearly slipping into the long corridor, soon Noah was able to grab her by her long ears quickly and held her tiny body up.
"Hey let me go you bully" Maddie whined
"Look at a kettle calling a pot black, give Penny her phone back," Noah(13 years old) said
"What in the world?" My mum came upstairs after hearing the commotion,
"Mum! Maddie snatched my phone away!" I said
"Hmph, you were talking to your boyfriend too long," Maddie said, she wriggled her ears free of Noah's grip and gave Penny her phone back with a frown.
"Girlfriend Maddie, I've told you this a dozen times," Noah said
"Nuh uh silly, Penny's a girl" Maddie said, Maddie was only five years old and still very clueless.
"Now back to your room Maddie, no more of this trouble or you won't get any pudding for dessert," Mom said
"Fine!" She turned into her beast form and hopped away.
"Thanks, Noah," I said
"No problem, she does that to me with my Gamedex(basically a game console) controller so I feel you," Noah said
"Speaking of which, Penny you've never brought maelyn over how can I as a mother not know the girl who makes my daughter so happy?
"W-well, it's complicated," I said, I walked down the steps trying to avoid her questions
"Oh come now, how complicated could it be, let her know she's welcome and have her come over," Mum said
"Couldn't agree more," My dad said, he was in the living room taking off his scarf and coat.
"Papa!" I yelled, jumping into his arms
"My little furball, how have you been?" He asked
"I've been good"
"Good, good. and I agree with your mother, maelyn is always welcome to come over, invite her for dinner next week my work leave starts next week so I'll be home to see her" My dad said
"Fine, fine I'll ask her but it's still up to her if she wants to come or not," I said, I let go of my dad and returned to my room.
I stared at my phone, I now found myself struggling to call maelyn who just a few minutes ago I had been on the phone with for more than an hour. I took a deep breath trying to get over the unknown and highly unwanted sense of anxiety looming in my chest and redialed her number.
"Penny, I wondered when you'd call back" Maelyn answered
"Sorry Mae, my little sister snatched my phone and ran away," I said
"No problem"
"Hey I um wanted to ask you something"
"Hm? Yeah?"
"Say we have a hypothetical scenario where my mum and dad wanted you to come over for dinner. . ."
"Your mum and dad want me over for dinner?!?!" Maelyn exclaimed
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