A/N: Just an idea I had last couple of days. Something different. Penny POV. This is set around season 5-6 and Penny never moved to Los Robles.
Her head was spinning. It felt like someone was beating drums inside her head and she was on a roller coaster ride. She had no clue what time it was. All she remember was she drank a lot last night.
She looked to her right. She was at least in a bed. When her friends Amy and Bernadette had suggested they go to Vegas to get away from her lousy job at the Cheesecake Factory, it seemed like a good idea at that moment but right now she regretted it. At least she had gotten her own room. After she shared a bed with Amy a few years ago she had thought to never do it again. That woman was screaming several times during the night and was the most restless person she ever been to sleep with in bed. Her friends, who both had PhD's, was a far cry from the people she used to hang out with, but somehow they had gotten friends when they were all searching for an apartment and were now living together.
Bernadette used to work with her at the Cheesecake Factory but was now done with her degree. Amy was another story, she didn't quite know her past much, but she also had a well-paid job unlike her. That's why she thought she really needed this trip to finally blow-off some steam. They had played some in the casinos but neither was lucky with it. As both Bernadette and Amy had more strict sleeping-pattern than her, they went to sleep while she went to a bar nearby. That's all she remembers. The rest is blank as of now.
She checked her phone and realized that she had slept for a while- It was already 11 in the morning. But then again, she didn't know when she got in bed last night either or how she got there.
She raised herself to a sitting position and turned around and got the surprise of the day. There was a guy sleeping next to her. She had no idea who this guy was or what they were doing in bed together. Did she get so wasted last night she slept with some random guy? A guy she doesn't even remember the name of.
She quietly got out of bed and walked towards the bathroom and emptied her bladder. When she got back into the room, she saw some paper on the nearby table. She picked it up and almost collapsed when she read the headline. "Marriage certificate". Her name was on it. She quickly read through it and found out the guy's name at least. Leonard Hofstadter. The name didn't ring any bells. This is not happening she thought. What would her parents say when she told them she got married to a guy after hooking up the evening before. A total Vegas cliche.
She walked back to the bed and took a closer look at the guy sleeping there. He suddenly opened his eyes and she shrieked getting startled.
"Do you have to be so loud woman? It's really rude when someone has just woken up." He looked straight at her and she felt herself drowning in his eyes. He was at least cute. It seemed to go on forever until she finally broke the spell.
"Are you Leonard?" She finally spoke.
"Who else would I be? Of course I'm Leonard." he said as it was the most natural thing in the world.
Penny felt a little dumb, but let that go for now. "Do you know what happened last night?" Penny was desperate for some answers.
The guy seemed to think for a few seconds. "I remember us talking at the bar and drinking several shots and beers."
Penny looked at him and silently asked him to continue. "I'm sorry, that's pretty much all I remember right now. Uhm, I kinda need to use the bathroom." Leonard said.
Penny didn't really wonder why he would say that. "Okay then go."
"Uhm, could you turn around?" Leonard asked looking down on the bed.
"Are you serious? We just spent the night together and now you are too shy to walk in front of me?" Penny was flabbergasted.
He looked at her with his cute eyes. "Fine. Just go" Penny turned around looking some more on the paper, still not quite believing it.
She was pacing back and forth in the room and didn't stop until she walked straight into Leonard.
"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you." He said. The sincerity in his voice told her he meant it.
"No, that was my fault, I didn't see where I was going." She gave him a smile. "So, I'm not sure if you remember, but apparently we are married." She handed him the letter.
"Whaaat? You can't be serious?" Leonard replied looking shockingly at the paper she handed him.
She decided to give him some time to process this before speaking again.
"It looks pretty serious to me. It has the official stamp and everything. Do you remember anything about it?" She hoped he was but looking at his face she knew he couldn't.
"No I'm sorry. It's all blank for me Penny." She was taken aback. How did he know she goes by that name? It's only her official name that was stated on the papers.
"How do you know that I'm called Penny?"
"Oh, I guess I do remember that then." He smiled at her and couldn't help but give him a smile back.
She wasn't sure how to ask him what she needed to say. Figuring that it was the best to just dive in she spoke again. "So I guess we should get an annulment then?" But she was once again shocked hearing what his respond was.
"No, that won't be necessary."
What the hell?
A/N: I hope you liked this one-shot. I left it in a cliffhanger in case you want me to expand on this one and make it a story. Let me know in the reviews. Thanks for reading.
