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Author's note: This is my first time writing and publishing an actual story, Fan Fiction or otherwise.
The story starts somewhere during episode 12 of Season 7: The Hesitation Ramifacation.


"Holy Crap on a Cracker" she blurted out loudly, before quickly exiting apartment 4a.

What…what did she just see? She could not believe it, which almost made her go back in to witness it again. But she couldn't, not only because of her own shock, but also because she realized this was a private matter.

"It…it simply can't be" she stuttered to herself, standing in the hallway between their apartments, trying to catch her breath again.

He has said to both her and Leonard that he is working on it earlier this year, but she never gave it much thought afterwards. It's still Sheldon Cooper we are talking about here.

But still, she could not get the image out of her head, she had seen it with her own two eyes.

Leonard, startled by her earlier outburst, opened the door of Penny's apartment, to see what was happening.

"Hey Penny, what is going on, I heard you shouting, everything all right?" he asked, while noticing an expression on her face he had never seen before.

"I…I…" she still was at a loss for words, much to her own amazement.

How could she explain to him what she just saw, when she couldn't wrap her mind around it?

"I need a drink" she finally said, walking back to her apartment, leaving the door open for him.

After a quick glance at the closed door of 4a, he followed her back towards her apartment, closing the door behind him. When he looked around, he found Penny standing in her kitchen, filling two glasses of wine, almost to the rim.

"Is this about what I said earlier about your acting career? He asked cautious, almost afraid for her response.

"I am so sorry, I shouldn't..." but she cut him off before he could finish the sentence.

"It's not about that" she replied, offering him one of the glasses of wine.

"I'd better not, I don't want to get another Migraine attack" he said, remembering the last time he had some.

"Believe me, you are going to need it" Penny told him, forcing the glass in his hand.

Leonard, looking even more worried now, sat down next to her on the sofa in her apartment.

He could not stop thinking about what happened between them a few hours ago, when she asked him to give her a 100% honest answer if he thinks she has what it takes to make it as an actress.

Penny, in the meanwhile, had already finished half her glass, and was now just staring straight in front of her, with an almost blank like expression on her face.

"What is it then?" Leonard finally asked, after taking a small sip from the glass she gave him before.

Penny was still not sure how to put to words what she had seen in the apartment across the hall, and even more unsure if she should tell Leonard about it.

Sheldon had more than once commented on her need to gossip, and she knew he would not appreciate it if her boyfriend, and even more important, his roommate and best friend found out this way. But could she keep this from him?

Knowing herself, she decided this was too big a secret to keep to herself, not to mention the amount of wine she had consumed in the last few hours caused her to be a blabbermouth.

"Do you remember earlier this year, when Sheldon and Kripke were forced to work together at the University, and what happened as a result of that?"

Leonard had not seen it coming that the evening was going to this turn at all, quickly taking a bigger sip of wine this time.

"You mean when Sheldon told Kripke about his intimate moments with Amy?" he asked, while feeling very uncomfortable by all this.

"No I mean when he told Kripke that Amy and he were having sex all the time, and that his work had suffered as a result of that" Penny replied seriously.

"That's what I meant…" but he decided not to continue down that path, trying to avoid to get into another fight with her.

"But what has that to do with you shouting over at my apartment, did you get into a fight with Sheldon about that?" Leonard asked, very confused about what she was telling him.

"I thought you were happy, albeit surprised, about it back then?"

"I was, and I still am" she said, looking at him.

"But knowing it, and seeing it happening right in front of my eyes, are two very different things" she told him, in a slightly louder voice.

After that, the room felt silent for a moment, as both were trying to recuperate from all that had happened this evening.

"What...what do you mean by seeing it?" Leonard finally had the gut to ask her after a few minutes, in which they both had emptied the wine glasses Penny had poured for them earlier.

"You mean they were, actual…? In the living room?" he stuttered trying to understand what she was saying.

Penny had already made herself over to the kitchen, to retrieve a second bottle of wine, after the last one was now empty. While she was opening it, she took this time to process Leonard's expressions, which were very easy to notice.

After she returned to the sofa with the bottle of wine in her hand, she set down again next to him, and started to fill both glasses again. She put the bottle on the table in front of her, and then turned towards Leonard.

"Well, not at that very moment" she said, and after hesitating for a moment, she continued "but I am sure they are by now".

Penny took another big sip of her wine glass, which was standing right in front of her, while contemplating about what she just told Leonard, eagerly awaiting his response.

But when the room felt silent again, she turned to look at him.

Leonard was staring down at the floor between his feet, slowly rubbing the temples on each side of his head.

"Migraine coming on?" Penny asked, afraid the wine had already taken effect on her boyfriend.

"Yes" he replied. "But not because of the wine, I think".

"I, I can't believe it" he continued. "Do I want to know what you saw over there?"

"You don't have a choice, I am going to tell you anyway, this is way too important to keep to myself" she said. "Besides, he is your best friend and roommate, don't you think he would want you to know?"

Leonard, still looking down, slowly started to straighten himself out on the sofa again, looking at Penny.

"Well, if it is so important, I would prefer to hear it from Sheldon himself. You know how private he is about his relationship with Amy".

"But if it was so private, why didn't they lock the door?" she responded immediately to him.

"Anyone could have walked in on them, and see whatever the hell they are doing".

Finally Leonard decided to give in, after seeing the look on Penny's face, which looked like she was about the burst.

"Ok, fine. Tell me exactly what you saw when you walked over there?" he asked her.

Taking a deep breath, Penny began.

"When I opened the front door of your apartment, I saw Amy in the kitchen, and Sheldon standing almost right in front of her".

"So, what's weird about that" Leonard asked her. "I don't see the big deal".

"That's because you never let me finish talking" she snapped back at him. "It's weird because the moment I stepped inside, Sheldon dropped his pants, right in front of Amy!" she almost yelled at him. Do you understand now why I've been freaking out ever since I slammed the door shut over there?" she continued on, without waiting for Leonard to interrupt her again.

"I'm never going to get that image of Sheldon, in his white underpants, trousers wrapped around his ankles, out of my mind" she said, with a look on her face if she was about to get sick.

"Are you serious, Sheldon did THAT?" Leonard asked her, when he finally was able to speak again, sharing the mental image with Penny.

"Why on earth would he do that? It doesn't make any sense to me" he continued on.

"Like I told you" Penny said "I think this is his way of, working on being physically intimate with Amy, like he told us before, remember?"

After taking a few moments to gather his thoughts, Leonard spoke again.

"And then what happened, did you say anything to them before you left?" he asked, almost curious to what else went on over there.

"No, I said nothing to them, what would I have said? I just let out a shriek and immediately left, I didn't want to see whatever would happen next.

Leonard simply nodded, agreeing with Penny.

"Yeah, that's understandable. I would have done the same thing" he told her, after drinking a bit more of the wine that was still in his glass.

"So…what do you think we should do next?" Penny pondered, almost to herself.

"Should we, go over there and talk to them about it?" she asked Leonard.

"You do whatever you want, but I am staying here tonight. No way am I going over there now" he replied.

"I'll just go over there tomorrow morning, and see if Sheldon or Amy brings it up".


"What was that all about? "Amy asked, as she saw Sheldon pulling his pants back up.

"No idea" Sheldon said.

"I guess Penny just doesn't know what's funny".


Hope you all liked my first chapter, feedback is appreciated.