It was nine thirty in the morning on the Saturday, Penelope had slept though the night. She was that exhausted yesterday, she slept in the rest of her work clothes, and the door was left unlocked, fortunately no one appeared to know that... But when Penelope fell into the 'lucid dream' Arthur took her trousers off and not realising, when she woke up, she had no trousers on, even though she knew she was wet from the dirty dream... 'If Arthur could tire me out without being in my presence, imagine what he could do if he was here' Penelope thought to herself.
Her eyelashes fluttered as she began to wake up, the first thing she thought of was Arthur, and she didn't even know him! But he has an affect on her... She yawned and stretched wide as her legs still dangle off the side of the bed. Staring at the ceiling, she thought over the dream she had about Arthur last night. 'The way he leaned on the door, the way he greeted Hardy, the way he pinned me to the sofa and licked my... Penelope!' She scolded herself for having dirty thoughts about a stranger. Sitting up on the bed, she kisses Hardy's head as he is still asleep next to her, then gets up to take a shower. It feels a bit breezy...
"What the..." Penelope saids out loud, she looks down to see she is not wearing any trousers, "when did I take my trousers off?"
She thought over if she took them off when she woke up the first time, but she couldn't remember. So she picked her trousers up from the floor of the living room, and threw them into the wash basket, along with the rest of her clothes. Choosing a flowered, slim fit long jersey dress and clean underwear, Penelope jumps in the shower. Turning the warm water on, she let's the water flow over her face, trying to free her mind of Arthur.
Lathering her hair in shampoo, she stands silently as she cleans herself. 'Because you wanted me here' she thought over what Arthur said to her in the dream, and he wasn't wrong. Although she only just met Arthur, and he was a stranger, she already felt like she needed to see him again, 'but that won't happen' Penelope thought to herself.
*Sighs*
Penelope finished cleaning herself and hopped out of the shower, drying herself off with the soft fluffy towel, she got changed into her clean clothes and left the bathroom. She fed Hardy, who was waiting patiently for his breakfast, made herself a cup of tea, and sat in the back garden at her large wooden table.
Her back garden was massive, full off evergreen plants, more bird feeders and bird baths, she also had a large pond with several giant Koi fish inside, and a conker tree. She placed her tea on the coaster, and closed her eyes, relaxing back into the chair, when all of a sudden...
*Ping*
Penelope got a text, much to her annoyance. She hated getting texts, they were usually from service companies or scams, so she was surprised when she saw Fiona's name pop up.
Text reads-- Hey Pen, I don't know what happened with you yesterday, do you want to talk about it? I thought we could go to that quiet pub near your place that just opened up. I know you don't like pubs or drunk people, but it might give you a breather from whatever is going on with you, remember it hasn't had a lot of publicity, so it should be empty for a while. Let me know x.
"Mhhhhhhh" Penelope grumbles while sipping her tea.
She knew going out did her good once and a while, and she hadn't been to the pub in a while, in addition, it was five minutes away from her cottage. When it came to going out, Penelope was lazy, she never wanted to. She finished her tea before she made a decision...
Text reads-- Hey Fi, I guess I could get a quick drink with you, got to hear about this knew bloke you've got ;) When was you thinking? x
'Great I have to go out now' Penelope thought, lazily. All of a sudden, the woodpecker was perched on the chair directly in front of her! She didn't move an inch, not wanting to scare it away, she smiled and thought to herself 'oh my god'. It just perched there. It sat for at least a minute, made a high pitched churp, and flew away.
"Bugger" Penelope said out loud, regretting not trying to get a picture.
All of a sudden, she could hear Hardy bark. She quickily ran back inside to find him barking at the front of the door. 'Who the fuck is that?' she thought, slightly alarmed. She put her hand on Hardy's head to calm him down, and looked through the door viewer.
"There's nobody there, silly waggy tail" Penelope said to Hardy sweetly.
He suddenly started to whimper, wanting her to open the door.
"Oh fine, you stay there" She huffs, opening the door.
"See nobodys th..." Penelope stopped speaking.
Her Palaeontology equipment!
"Oh my god I forgot about that" Penelope said happily, bringing it inside.
Text reads-- Great can't wait, and his name is Dan for your information ;) Was thinking in about an hour? x
Text reads-- Oooo Dan, Fi that's your third one XD Ok perfect, and thanks for dropping off my equipment!x
Text reads-- Oh har de har har ;) I didn't drop your stuff back, when I looked for it before I left it was gone, maybe a member of the team dropped it off? x
Penelope looks at her phone confused, no one else knows where she lives... She is not exactly friends with them all, but she brushed it off to Fiona.
Text reads-- Must have been, see you in an hour x
Text reads-- Ok see you in a bit x
While she waits around, Penelope sits down to watch tv. 'What, has the tv been on this whole time?' she thought to herself, 'oh well'. She forgot about it and after roughly fifty minutes, she saids goodbye to Hardy and leaves her cottage to meet Fiona at the pub.