You Saved My Life: The Start

As soon as they heard the moan, the group looked at the patient's bed. Mr. Peabody ran to Sherman the instant he heard him moan. "Sherman, are you alright?" Sherman couldn't see, he couldn't hear well, and he couldn't talk well. The father saw that his child was still in pain—he was in a mild concussion. He repeated the question, "Are you okay, Sherman?"

After a few seconds, he finally answered. "W-what happened?" the auburn-haired boy asked, having slight amnesia of what the accident was.

Mr. Peabody answered whilst stroking his forehead, "You got into a car accident." At this point, he had regained vision and other senses.

"How?" he tried getting up, but he couldn't, due to the fact that it had not been that long from the disaster.

Mr. Peabody gently made him back to lying down on the bed and explained, "Penny was crossing the road, without knowing that there were rapid robbery cars coming her way, and you saved her from the calamity."

Sherman took it for thought for a while and tried to jog his memory up, then a light bulb lit up on his head. "So I was the one who got hit instead of her?"

"Yes." Penny entered the conversation from behind her parents, answering before Peabody could.

Shocked that Penny was actually here, he questioned her, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I could've died if it weren't for you." She took a couple of steps further to the hospital bed. "Thanks a lot, Sherman, you saved my life."

Sherman smiled by that sentence, he would always do it for her. Everyone in this world can be gone, but not her. Oh god, not her, just not her. He couldn't afford to lose her. "Don't need to thank me, I'm all good."

"Well, if she doesn't need to, I guess that we are the ones who should." Paul came forth and gestured to him and Patty.

Patty grinned. "Sherman, if you weren't there for our daughter, she'd be the one in this hospital bed instead of you. Even worse, she could've died. Thank you, Sherman, thanks a lot. You are in our debt for this heroic act."

"Putting the payment of the hospital bill aside from that," Paul added.

Sherman was just there in bed, feeling emotionally strong and healthy for what he did. "You're welcome."

March 28, 2017 / 14:36
New York City High School

Penny exited from the school faster than usual today. She already saw her family's driver by their car waiting for her. The driver let her in so that they could leave already. "Where are we heading, Ms. Peterson?" he questioned in his British accent.

"The nearest McDonald's drive-thru." With that being said, they left the school and went to the fast food restaurant's drive-thru. Luckily for Penny, she knows Sherman's favorite combination: a big mac, large fries, an apple pie, iced tea, and a hot fudge. She also bought for herself ten pieces of chicken nuggets and an iced tea. After ordering and getting the food, they drove off to the hospital.

Sherman was just in the hospital watching some episodes of his favorite TV show, CSI: Cyber. He liked the show so much because he wishes that someday he'd be a Forensics Scientist. Then there came a knock on the hospital door. "Come in," he said. The first thing he saw was an arm stretching out with a hand carrying two bags of McDonald's drive-thru.

Penny was the one knocking and entered the room. "So sorry that I'm kinda late, Ms. Nancy had a lot of work for me to do. Plus, I had to finish up some group projects, which was so stressful, since my teammates aren't as bright as yours." She talked as she was preparing his food on the tray. "I ordered some McDonald's just for some food to comfort you. Haven't seen you in days."

He put the TV on mute and calmed her down. "It's okay, Penny, everything's fine. I couldn't care less of you being late. Geez, I don't even think you're late at all."

"Really?" She raised her eyebrow, still looking worried as if she really was late.

"Not in the slightest."

She spoke just right after his answer, "Good, because the last thing that I would want today."

"And may I ask the question on why that is?" he questioned as he sat up from lying down. "I'm guessing Ms. Scott gave you a handful of History assignments to do last Wednesday, which is due tomorrow morning, and you haven't finished it yet."

"Luckily for me, I have an amazing time-traveling friend who knows everything about history." Penny raised an eyebrow as she started eating her chicken nuggets. "And how did you guess that correctly?

"I was definitely not born after last Wednesday, and I am most certainly not part of my own high school group chat on Facebook." he explained and took a munch on his burger.

She smiled and asked, "So you're not suffering in the hospital?"

"Well, to be honest," he paused, taking two pieces of French fries and eating them, "my life nowadays is just constantly full of hour-to-hour checkups and the free Wi-Fi. Not to mention the cold room with a lovely and comfortable bed to cozy on in."

"Now you're making me feel that I should've been the one hit in the first place," she rolled her eyes. "Speaking of which, when are you gonna get outta this place?"

"You mean discharged?"

Giving careless thought to the correction, she went, "Yeah, whatever it's called. When are you?"

"Doctors are saying probably this coming Friday." Sherman recalled.

"Good, because you're missing a lot in school nowadays. You do know that the Writers Club have will mention you on their monthly newspaper?"

The boy nodded. "Yeah, that and that the yearly newspaper."

Penny smirked. "Not just that, but because you're not supposed to be in here if I should've focused on the road."

"Here we go again." He sensed the once more tension between them about the matter. They've been over this talk once before back in the Facebook chat and in the hospital a few days ago. Although, they never really got to the endpoint of the conversation. She never wanted to stop blaming herself for what happened to him.

"This is totally my fault, Sherman. None of this would've ever happened if I should've been aware."

"Penny, I think it's time for you to move on from this." He tried to cheer her up. "It's not your fault, it were those bozos zipping around New York City that should be blamed for."

She sighed. "Yeah, but one of them is still on the loose," she mumbled. Sherman got the earshot of it, though.

"What? The police said that they caught all of them," he said.

"Well, yesterday, they gave my dad a call about them, and I overheard it. Somehow, one of them escaped via another escape car," she reported.

"That still does not change the fact that you never had to be blamed for what happ—" He was cut off.

"Do you think that I don't think of you everyday, thinking that I should be the one there in that bed?!" she exclaimed as she stood up.

"Hey, calm down."

"Calm down? I can't calm down!" She continued her yelling at him.

"Why?"

"I don't like seeing you like this, Sherman!" The blonde neared him. "You're in this mess all because of me." She started to tear up and cry on his. "But if anything, all I can say is thank you, Sherman. Thank you."

They both stood in silence for moments. Sherman didn't know what to do. He never saw Penny anything like this before. He never had a moment with her that was so strong that she would cry. The boy couldn't understand what the real problem behind this is.

Alas, it was not long until he would've come to a conclusion. All the times these past few years, always bringing them closer, people teasing them when they're together, then this. He would just shrug this thought off his shoulder, since studies and other shiz was more important than this. Even though that, yes, there were very little nights that he would be up, thinking about her. Just like last week when he was in bed, he couldn't stop thinking if he should tell her or not—tell her how valuable and precious she was to him.

"I love you, Sherman." Penny broke the silence with her three words after getting herself together. With that, she pulled herself closer to Sherman and kissed him.

Penny is kissing me, right now, on the lips! Is this for real? Sherman thought in his mind. All he could do is just cup her cheeks and just place his lips gently on hers.

Whilst the osculation, Penny couldn't help but just scream in her mind, He has done something for me big time. This is how I will express my gratitude. Just for once. Until we are older, this will ever happen again.

When they pulled apart, Sherman proclaimed, "I love you too, Penny." Penny smiled at that sentence. After a few seconds, she replied.

"So what happens now, to the two of us?"

"What do you want to happen?"

Penny bobbled her head. "Let's see what happens. But we have to keep this a secret. We don't wanna let our parents freak out about this."

Sherman smirked. "Likewise, Penny, Likewise."