It had been week since Jerome's death, Rumer's second break out, and Tabitha's murder. Rumer had a bounty on her head.
The GCPD wanted her behind bars, but she had Ed in there to keep her updated. And Theo wanted her dead, but he couldn't kill her the way he wanted to without making their former alliance obvious.
"Penguin, what's this about your mom?" Rumer said as she walked into his bar. Penguin hobbled up to her, "Theo Galavan has my mother. He wants me to do his bidding for him, to stay compliant." Rumer felt her eyes widen. She walked up to Penguin and hugged him, "I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna kill him and get your mom back Penguin. I promise." Rumer said, tears streaming down as she thought of her mother, kidnapped, tortured, and murdered as a form of bribery.
Rumer was brought out of her memories by Penguin's voice, "Thank you." He said releasing her, just a little. Rumer was just about to tell him how it was no problem and she knew he would do the same for her when Penguin smashed his lips onto hers, eyes closed tightly.
In a shocked rush, Rumer pushed him off, her eyes wide, "WHAT ON HEAVEN AND EARTH WAS THAT!? What was that?! My boyfriend, who I love - in case you forgot that part - died just seven days ago! Are you freaking....What!?" Rumer yelled, stumbling over her words.
Before she could yell at Penguin anymore, Jerome walked from the back, laughing, "What did I tell you Cobblepot? She loves her Maniac Come to Daddy, Sweetness!"
Rumer just stood there, making sure she wasn't imagining him. That her mind wasn't playing some sick, twisted trick on her, some terrible terror sent to punish her for all of the people she'd killed. For all the people she enjoyed killing.
Jerome could see the disbelief on her face, "It's me Sweetness. Promise." He said to her in the sweetest and most gentle voice he could muster. Rumer felt her face light up with joy.
In that moment, Rumer lifted her hand gingerly and swung back, slapping Jerome harder than she'd ever slapped anyone before. "I thought you were dead! I have been living in agony for a week! I escaped prison! I killed someone! Well, someone else, but that's not the point! He, he just kissed me! And you, you walk in like nothing's happened."
Jerome rubbed his cheek, feigning sadness, while also soothing his pain, "You already did all of that stuff Sweetness. Except for the kiss with Penguin. That's never been done, unless he'd like to die."
Seeing that it was in fact Jerome and that he was the same Jerome she had grown to love, Rumer laughed and jumped onto Jerome, hands clasped behind his neck as she kissed him with all of the passion and emotion she could muster up.
She was so wrapped up in Jerome that Rumer didn't see the sadness in Penguin's face. The kiss was something Jerome had asked him to do just to see her reaction, but Penguin had been looking forward to it. He'd grown to adore Rumer's bubbly attitude, psychotic antics, and genius mind.
"Okay kids, you have a room at my place, as always. But you might want to get out of here, that friend of yours, Ed, stopped by looking for you. He was going to tell you that Jim was stopping by here soon." Oswald said, covering up the ache in his chest with a small smile.
Rumer finally stopped kissing Jerome, who was breathing so hard he couldn't speak, and looked to Oswald, "Thank you, Penguin, for everything. We'll see you later."
Knowing they had to leave before Jim got there - due to Jerome being 'dead' and Rumer having a price on her head - Rumer jumped out of Jerome's arms and walked towards the back entrance. Jerome followed behind her, smiling with his bruised lips, leaving Penguin to wallow in his sorrows and attend his bar as he waited for Jim so he could protect the woman of his dreams and the man of hers.
You are reading the story above: TeenFic.Net