Penny's Choice by Annette Archer

watching, she wished he would just tear them off like he did her bra.
    “Hey you perverts,” Charli said, stepping between the gawkers and the lovers. “We need to interrogate him. So if you will leave me to my duties...”
    “Right, Ms. Charlotte, sorry.” The two vampires sulked out of the room. While the duo was making their way out, Thomas’s lips were getting too close to Penny's breasts for Charles's comfort.
    “Okay, Thomas, that's enough!” Charles yelled when Thomas didn't get off Penny fast enough. Thomas pulled his lips off of her body. “Did you really have to go that far?”
    “Blood drinking is the only way to make it believable,” Thomas replied with his hands st ill around Penny's naked waist.
    “I wasn't talking about that...But the whole...She's half naked and you were...kissing her,” Charles said, his brows creasing. “I didn't even think you knew how to kiss a girl!”
    “Oh, he knows how to kiss a girl, well, at least that girl,” Charli said, suppressing her laughter.
    “Shut up Charlotte,” Thomas said and threw a pen from the table at her. “Are you going to get her some clothes or something?” Thomas unbuttoned what was left still buttoned on his short and handed it to Penny. “Until she finds you something more substantial to wear.”
    “You are in so much trouble,” Charli shook her head full of curls the same shade as Char les.
    “Sorry, Charles,” Thomas said. “I didn't mean to get that carried away.” Thomas strode over to the cell and unlocked the door.
    “You should be apologizing to Penny, not me!” Charles said as he pushed his big brother back.
    Penny buttoned up Thomas's shirt. It hung half way down her thighs. As she got up from her perch on top of the table, her legs buckled underneath and she slumped to the ground. Thomas rushed over to her, gingerly picked her up and held her in his arms.
    “I'm sorry, I think I drank too much blood,” he said, wiping a few matted hairs off her face.
    “No, no, you just make me a little weak in the knees,” she said and clung to arms. “It was a little intense...from the beginning.” She rested her head on his chest as her consciousness spun around the room.
    “No, I think you're a little dizzy,” Thomas replied. He sat her down on the chair. “You ne ed to eat and drink something.”
    “I'll be okay,” Penny said before she bit into a piece of bread. “We'll just have to be more...less eager next time.”
    “Next time? There will be no next time,” Charles said.  He flinched as he punched Thomas hardened arm. “Wh at have you been doing to her?”
    “Nothing,” Penny said reaching for Charles arm. “Leave your brother alone. It was me. I started it.”
    “Started what?”
    “Penny attacked me,” Thomas sighed.
    “Well, I figured she would,” Charles said. He crossed his arms around his waist and huffed. “You were involved with her family's demise! But that doesn't mean you can treat my girlfriend like a buffet table.”
    “No, Charles, I attacked him,” Penny said quietly.
    “What do you mean, atta cked?” Charles's eyes narrowed.
    “Like tore his clothes off and bit him first,” Charli said as she walked back in with some fresh clothes for Penny. “Sorry, Chuck, but for the first time in your life Thomas is stealing your girlfriend.”
    Charles started laughing and plopped down on the chair next to Penny. Penny wondered what Charles thought. Their relationship was never very serious. In fact, she knew more about Charles after five minutes with Thomas than she did with four months with Charles. Sometimes he treated much more like a l ittle sister than a girlfriend.
    “Wonders never cease, I suppose,” Charles said. He looked sideways at Penny. “Although, I don't think anyone could steal Penny. She just prefers you over me.”
    “I'm just not into pulling information out of mysterious men,” Penny said. “So, you're okay with this?” She couldn't believe that Charles seemed okay with