“No!” Penny’s eyes snapped open, and she felt a momentary confusion at her surroundings. This happened every time she came out of her meditations, but the confusion cleared quickly. She found Ronan sitting cross-legged in front of her and looked around until she found her father curled up and sleeping a short distance away.
“Are you okay?” Ronan seemed to be doing his own meditating. He regarded her with one open eye, which quickly slipped shut again as soon as he saw she was.
“She kissed him,” Penny blurted. She leapt to her feet and began pacing. “Right in front of Zoe! She’s going to hate me now!”
“Good,” Ronan said. “That’s good.”
Penny screamed.
Ronan’s eyes popped open, and Torin jerked awake.
“Whoa ... what?” Torin stumbled to his feet and raised his fists in front of his face
