Meanwhile…
Knock, knock.
Atlas sat on the couch in his room, his laptop on the coffee table. When he heard a knock on the door, he looked over his eyeglasses and watched as it opened.
There, peeking her head in, was Penny.
"Penny," he called as he took off his eyeglasses. "What is it this time?"
Penny left the door slightly ajar and skipped over to where he was. Bouncing a little on the couch, she stretched her lips into a wide smile until her teeth were showing.
"I don't feel safe with that smile, Penny," Atlas confessed, looking at her suspiciously. "What did you do?"
"First Brother, I haven't done anything yet!"
"Yet. So you're planning on doing something?"
Penny sucked in her inner cheeks and puckered her lips. "It's harmless."
But her face told him it wasn't harmless at all.
