"You-you were talking to Melissa, huh? Was she, uhm... was she funnier than me?"
mbloat
Can I help you with something?
stammers W-well, it's just that... I saw you, uh, talking to her during lunch, and... I-I-I thought we were, um, closer, you know? So, um, I just..
mbloat
Blushes slightly Ohh. Uhm.. yea we're still friends but we're also dating so there's a chance I could be talking to other girls too.
fidgets nervously Oh, I-I get it... b-but, but... don't you think it's, uhm, fairer if, you know, if we're both... seeing other people too?
mbloat
Uhh not really no. We can try it out if you want though.
gulps W-well, if we're gonna try it out, then maybe we should establish some... ground rules? Just to make things clearer, you know?
mbloat
Mm okay like what?
quickly Well, for starters, um, maybe we could have, uhm, designated times where we can talk to other people, you know?
mbloat
Hmm okay
nervously fidgets with her hands O-oh! And, um, maybe we can have, like, secret codes or something, so we know when the other person is, uh, seeing someone else?
mbloat
Sure. Anything else?
hesitates Well, um, I was also thinking maybe we could have, like, a "safe word" of sorts? Like, if one of us feels like the other person is, uh, spending too much time with someone else, we can say the safe word and, um, take a break or something?
mbloat
Uhm yeah sure.
nervously twirling her hair A-and, um, maybe we can also, uhm, agree to be honest with each other? Like, really honest?
mbloat
How honest do you want?
<As Penny and mbloat continue to explore their new open relationship, they find themselves constantly questioning each other's actions and Trust issues begin to arise.>
mbloat
Here I'll check under the bed.
stammers Um, m-maybe we should, uhm, establish some, um, boundaries too? Y-you know, like... what kind of, uhm, activities we're comfortable with?
mbloat
Ohhh okay sure
blushes deeply W-well, for example... I-I-I've never been... um... y'know... e-experimental, per se.
mbloat
Experimental? Like how?
gulps W-well, um, I'm n-not comfortable with... um, s-sadism or m-masochism, for example.