poker face , penn !

[JOANNA ISABELLA ULLMAN]

Luck and i n t u i t i o n play the cards
with S p a d e s to start
And after he's been h o o k e d
I'll play the one that's on his h e a r t

Joanna Ullman yawned as she packed a large bag, shoving a few training pants in the big bag, along with a few diapers before she hard the quick and light foot falls of a child rushing into the room, giggling following soon after. The kittens rushed away from the boy before he looked up from the floor to his mother as she continued to pack the bag. They were going to the park in a few minutes, get some sun. She shoved a bottle of apple juice into the bag before she heaved the large bag over her shoulder. She yanked all of her long, straight brown hair before she held her arms out to the little boy.

"Come on, Jackie, we're going to the park." She said to the small boy. He rushed toward her and she swept him up into her arms, groaning at his weight before latching him right onto her hip. She reached for a sippy cup and presented it to him with a look of wonder on her face. The boy looked at it for a moment before he clasped his hands around it and brought it to his mouth.

"Alright, let's go, baby." She said and the pair left the house and made the short trip to the part to spend a little time in the sun. She was thankful for the weekend, she was tired of classes already. The pair reached the park and she heaved the bag onto a table and looked down at Jack as he drained the juice inside the cup before he whined to get down. She set him down and walked with him to the playground area, and over to the swing set. She plopped the boy into the safety seat on the swing and began to lightly push him.

She looked around the park area, slowly starting to daydream as she pushed her son on the swing. She wondered what it would be like to not be in school anymore, be able to spend more time with her son instead of dumping him off in daycare until she was done with school. She wanted to be in Jack's life more, but she knew that she had to get through school first before she could be more active. She then turned back to the swing and pushed, listening to the sweet, adorable laughter of her son fill the air.

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[PENN JACOBSON ARCHER]

When everybody gets there, everybody gets there
And everybody gets their way
I never said I missed her when everybody kissed her
Now I'm the only one to blame

A taller, muscular male dragged himself in to a pair of dark jeans. He let loose a yawn. Ah, weekends. Nights to stay out late and then the ability to sleep until noon the next day. He wasn't usually lazy, but sleep was sleep, and he like most other males of his gender, the more, the happier the guy. He moved to the bathroom, throwing on a clean blue t-shirt slung over a chair and sliding in to the larger bathroom. He stepped forward, aiming to go find a brush or something, but a yellow puddle right where his foot was about to land made him stop, and awaken. A low growl slid in his throught, well now he was going to clean up a doberman bathroom, than take said doberman out. All he did want to do was go back to bed. He ran a hand through his hair and cleaned up the mess quickly with a few towels and some toilet paper, and moved out of the bathroom. The male slid on a pair of sneakers kicked under the bed and motioned for the large, black doberman that was now on his bed to get up. "Come on Max." He grumbled groggily. Reaching forward, he dug out a leash in his backpack slung over his armchair, and moved forward. Nearly tumbling down the stairs, he slid out the front door.

Penn Archer jumped as he nearly walked in to one of his fathers latest flings, a hair cutter, since she was getting the paper. He grumbled and apology and clicked the leash on Maximillion. The first part of the walk was the part Penn wasn't even really awake for, his feet sort of shuffled beneath him, when he did start to wake up, the sight of an older couple and a baby accross the street made him wince. It reminded him of Micha and Jerry, and those weren't the best memories ever. Not many of the people here knew about Jerry or Micha, or Anne, or Mandy, or any of the other people that went through his life. They also didn't know his mother killed herself right infront of him, they where told she died of cancer. Truthfully, Penn wasn't ever going to let it out. He'd threatened both his sister and his dad to inflict bodily harm, jokingly of course, if they told anyone. Yet the joke was actually true. If it got out that him, the attractive, jock Penn Archer, had such a shitty past. He tugged at the leash as Max moved over to the side, aiming to drag his dog in to the park. But instead of doing that, the doberman wiggled out of his collar.

"Shit!" Penn cried. Any last sleep groggy-ness was long gone by now. He moved forward, his own quick strides matching his long-legged dog, but Max, he was trained for running like htis, so Penn had some problems catching up. He watched as the large black dog spun in to the children's area, and started heading towards the swingset area. He moved quicker, longer strides, as he glanced at a nearby child, a little girl, who let out a squeek as the doberman ran forward. Okay, he may not have minded a chase for a while if it was just him and Max, but now that children where involved? It was a whole different matter. He moved quick,er jumping forward and managing a hold on the scruff of the black doberman. Panting, he slipped the loosened collar over the large dog's lean neck. He tightened it this time, so it fit snuggly, but not too snug, he wouldn't do anything to hurt one of his best friends, his dog. He glanced up as he brought himself out of the gravel from where he dove to grab the dog. He found himself nearly face-to-face to Joey, one of the sins, and his sisters friend, at the school. He felt his face warmen as he reached for his dog. Oh great, what a job he just did, his dog just probably frightened her child, and she was one of the elite in the school. Life was unfair sometimes. Very unfair.

Penn gave a lopsided smile to her."Sorry, Max is horrible off leash. He got away from me." He glanced at the little boy on the swing, and looked down at Max, who seemed interested with the littler kid. Max liked kids, it was a surprising thing, the big, scary doberman, turned in to a little marshmallow around kids. He looked at the kid, and offered a smile. "Hey bud, don't worry, Max doesn't bite. He just likes to run a lot." He looked back at his dog, who leaned upwards, and started to reach up and nudge the little boy's feet. Penn glanced back at Joanna.

[JOANNA ISABELLA ULLMAN]

Luck and i n t u i t i o n play the cards
with S p a d e s to start
And after he's been h o o k e d
I'll play the one that's on his h e a r t

Joanna continued to push her toddler son Jack on the swing as her mind continued wander. She thought about things, including that of Jack's biological father. After she found out about Jack, he split, leaving her on her own. Her family had tried to get her consider her options, but adoption and abortion were completely out of the question. Joanna was pleased with the option she chose. Jack was her life, she would do anything for the boy, no matter what happened. Only problem was, the boy was going to need a father figure in his life. A growing child needed a father, no matter what happened. He didn't deserve this, he was just too young to understand what was really going on. It broke the young mother's heart that her son was going without a pivotal role in his life. She hoped that soon, she could fall in love and find that father for him. He may not be Jack's natural father, but that didn't matter. She just wanted him to have a normal family.

Joanna's thoughts were interrupted when a large dog came running toward her and her son and she gasped. She then looked up to see a boy from school chasing after the animal. At first, Joanna had gone to grab her boy out of the swing, but stopped when the dog didn't plow into them. She looked to the guy, her hair sweeping into her face as she stood before him, her hand on the swing as she stood there, in a protective stance with her boy. She listened to him apologize and a smile formed on the brunette's lips, exposing her pearly white teeth. Jack's giggles interrupted her smile fit when the dog went for his toes. She laughed a little as Penn spoke, since she noticed who it was after a moment. She smiled again, liking how he spoke to her son.

"This is Jack." She said, reaching for the boy finally. She pulled the toddler out of the swing and held him against her hip and walked toward Penn, her hips swaying ever so slightly. Jack clapped his hands and reached for the doberman before she heaved him up and looked back to Penn, not seeing why she should lie about the origins of the boy in her arms. A lot of people didn't know about Penn at all, let alone that he was hers.

"My son." She elaborated before her free hand went to the dog and she stroked his muzzle gently and smiled. He was sweet, she liked sweet animals. She wasn't a big fan of dogs, since she was a cat lover, having two kittens at home. Then a thought to get food for Maxxie and Lexxie came to mind, so she made a mental note. She then looked back up at Penn, sweeping locks of her hair from her face as she giggled slightly. Penn was quite the looker, she thought. She wouldn't lie, he was as hottie to put it simply, but she wasn't really one to throw herself at someone.

"Well, it's interesting to see you outside of school. It's good to see you, Penn." She said, heaving the toddler farther up her slender form before looking back down at him as he giggled, looking at the dog. The boy's attention span was that of a small rodent, but he seemed to be enthralled by the canine. She laughed and looked back to the fellow teenager.

"Hey, you busy? Jackie and I could accompany you on your walk with Max here." She said sweetly, which was greatly different from who she was at school. She always felt like she had to put up a front with strangers, she never really let anyone in. She didn't like people, especially ones who had to go around making up shit about her. She was of course one of the Sins, but that didn't mean it completely consumed her life. Joanna Ullman was as person, and she didn't like to associate herself with people who just lived to slander.

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