Penny & OTA
Penny didn't like doing this. She didn't. She might've only been eleven, but she had pride. She also had a hungry feeling in her stomach and she'd had it for days. She needed to eat, and food at the Food Club meeting was free. She could go to that and it wouldn't be stealing.
She was okay with that.
So the woebegone little orphan had cleaned herself up as best she could, still coming out of it looking like a little ragamuffin -- but at least not looking dirty and scraggly, just pitiful -- and managed to sneak into the gathering. She couldn't believe the amount of food there, couldn't believe everything she was seeing. Amazing.
Penny grabbed herself a plate, careful not to take too much -- because she knew she'd make herself sick if she ate too much -- and tried to do it without being too obvious.