His heart thudded heavily in his chest. She thought so highly of him, it was terrifying. Charlie never wanted to disappoint Penelope, did he always do the right thing? That was a lot to live up to, that was a lot to think about. The 'right thing' could be considered different things when looked at by other people, Drystan Fawcett most certainly did not think that Charlie did the right thing.
He tried, that was one thing. He always tried to do the right thing, what he believed in his gut to be the right thing. Charlie felt his face heat up at Penny's kind words, but his smile fell with her last comment.
Fine as it is?
"Penny..." he started, wondering how his emotions could have switched so quickly in the five minutes he was sitting beside her. It happened a lot when Charlie was in the company of Penelope Fawcett, but he had no bloody idea how or why it did. Well, he might have some sort of clue. He bit his tongue before finally blurting, "I love you!"
It hung in the air for a moment, but Charlie managed to catch some of his senses before they disappeared into the clear night sky, "I do and---I want things to change...for the better! That's--I want us to..." There was no way he was going to be able to say what he wanted without sounding like a fool. Charlie shook his head, covering his face with his hand, "I'm such a ponce, I'm sorry..."
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