Surrender

[Penelope Serrano-Blaise]

Penelope hadn't been expecting such an excited reaction for the news she offered Carleigh. The Brit's own eyes widened, although more with surprise than anything else, she thought to take a step back in fear of being pulled into some sort of affectionate embrace. Penelope wouldn't put it past Carleigh to be the hugging type. Keeping her arms together, she tried her best to make it clear that that was not allowed.

Carleigh's words were drawing a different reaction out of the Brit, however. She had yet to mention to anyone else the fact that Lucy and herself were planning to move in together, and verbally letting it pass her lips brought on a shift of her pulse that refused to settle.

"We haven't yet." The psychometrist explained with a nod. She sucked in an breath, feeling the wavering nature of it within her lungs. "Yes, it's a good thing." And for once, the corner of her mouth dragged upward in front of the blonde.

[Carleigh Davidson]

Carleigh didn't take notice to the way the British girl's eyes widened in shock and maybe in fear of being attacked with a hug. It was completely plausible; she was known to hug even strangers. Even she had to know limits, and hugging Penny definitely crossed that line. Carleigh didn't have to think twice about that.

It slowly dawned on the blonde that this was something new between them. Sharing details about their life. Her life. Almost like... Carleigh didn't dare to think the word. She was caught off guard, momentarily, by the realization. It wasn't one she was about to verbalize either in case of ruining the moment.

Her mind was quickly brought back to the conversation, nodding in answer to her first statement. "There are some nice places around here." Carleigh casually mentioned. She had spent less than ten minutes searching for places to move into come summer. Graduation. It loomed ahead, and then afterwards, was the unknown. Variables that she would soon have to decide.

The biggest twist came not in forms of words, but a smile. A small smile that graced Penny's lips in her presence. Carleigh matched it with a grin of her own. Maybe this was a turnaround point for the two of them. She could hope.

[Penelope Serrano-Blaise]

A smile was a rarity to anyone who wasn't Lucy Serrano - even then she the upward pull of her lip was never quite seen as often as Lucy herself had. Had Penelope the means to control it, she likely would have stopped it from happening in the first place. She barely registered it herself, but the moment she had the Brit cast her glance down towards the floor. It wouldn't stop.

"There are." The psychometrist agreed with a small nod as she straightened her back. This was getting far more personal than she expected it to be - and considering she had gone to Carleigh for proposal advice, it was quite a feat.

"I should go." She offered, although there was a slight shift in her tone - lacking some of the edge normally behind it and instead falling back on politer tones. "She's waiting for me."

[Carleigh Davidson]

The smile was a victory Carleigh would not soon be forgetting. She almost wanted to text Lucy in excitement, but then that would require an explanation as to why she was talking to Penny in the first place and what they were talking about. So, that wasn't a good idea. It was something she'd have to keep to herself; a shared secret between the two girls.

She made a quick side note to start looking at places herself later. Graduation was coming closer and closer and the last thing the blonde wanted was to find herself without a place afterwards.

Surprisingly, Carleigh found herself pouting slightly when the British girl mentioned she had to get going. Who would've thought that would happen? She nodded, twice. "Right, sorry, didn't mean to keep you." She apologized, offering another smile. "I'll... talk to you soon." Because talking was a step up from just seeing each other.

[Penelope Serrano-Blaise]

Penelope wasn't sure how long this was supposed to take, but she knew her counterpart would have been back from work by then. Unaware as to just how long cheerleading practice was supposed to be, the Brit had found herself waiting longer than expected. Coupled with an unexpected turn of conversation, she was sure Lucy was wondering where Penny was. Had she been carrying her phone on her, it wouldn't have been a surprise to have a couple of messages from the ink manipulator.

"No need to apologize." Penny explained shortly, "I was the one who sought you out." Although she wasn't particularly fond of admitting it, it was factual and therefore she wasn't about to deny it.

Giving a nod herself, she took the necessary steps towards the door. Opening it, she almost thought to walk off without real acknowledgement to the statement given to her, but a quick glance back at Carleigh somehow changed her mind. "Thank you." She offered before stepping out of the classroom entirely.