The Apple Pie Thesis.

Okay, this is my first fanfic. So please don't be judging me too harshly, pretty please? :)

Also, the rating is just to be on the safe side

Disclaimer: I do not own the Big Bang Theory or any of the characters involved in this story. If I did, I'd be rich.

Chapter One –The Early Morning Experiment.

LPOV

Sunday, the one day I get to relax at home, without Sheldon trying to get me to take him somewhere. He should really get a car, but knowing him, he'd try to 'fix' something, and end up breaking it. I chuckled to myself. I knew I should probably try to find something productive to do, but I'd been working all week, and then yesterday, Sheldon wanted to be taken to the store because he said he needed some new bed sheets.

After about an hour of wandering around the apartment, and looking at my board for a brief moment, before disregarding any work, I ended up laid across my bed, and decided to spend my lazy day thinking. Inevitably, I did end up thinking about Penny. Ah, Penny.. I sighed, You haven't changed a bit. Not since that first day I saw you, with your long blonde hair falling around your shoulders, and your cute smile.

-knock knock- I looked up, confused.

"Coming," I said, and went to open the door. There she was, with a huge grin on her face.

"Hey Penny, um, what's up?" I asked, knowing full well that the only reason she would come round on a Sunday was if something was wrong. Usually she wasn't even up at 11am, she was normally with her latest boyfriend, or sleeping off a hangover. Yet here she was, 11.02am, standing at my door.

"Nothing's up." Penny smiled, "I just thought that we could hang out, I haven't seen you guys much this week, except for a few nights when I came over for Chinese and pizza."

"Oh," I said, most probably still looking pretty confused, "Well, Sheldon's out, he went with Howard to go see Raj before we go paintballing, I think he wanted them to team up against me, because I forgot to get his special soy sauce or something" I laughed, then realised Penny looked disheartened, "But, that doesn't mean we can't hang out, if you want" I added, just hoping to see her smile again.

"Yeah!" Penny exclaimed, with a sparkle in her eye, which worried me, while still leaving me confused. Boy I was not good at understanding girls. Oh well, here goes nothing. I took a deep breath, and looked her in those sparkling eyes of hers, "Penny? What, exactly, do you have planned for today?" I asked, tentatively.

"Shopping!!" she squealed, then grabbed my hand, dragging me out of my apartment and down the stairs. I barely had enough time to grab my keys before the door slammed shut behind me.

Downstairs, sat in Penny's car, I was left sat in the passenger seat while she ran back upstairs for her bag. I know, I could have ran out of the car, and locked myself back in my apartment, or ran to Raj's for safety. But honestly, I was pretty intrigued. I mean, why would Penny want to take me shopping? And what exactly does 'shopping' with Penny entail? These were things I could only get answers to by going with her. So I bottled up any pride I had left, and stayed sat in the car, I even locked the door, just so there was no way I would get out. A few minutes later, there she was, that beautiful neighbour of mine, skipping out of the building with a big smile across her face. She practically jumped into the car, and started the engine.

PPOV

Woah, I'm actually in a state of shock. It's a Sunday morning, and I woke up at 9am, without an alarm! I guess that's what you get when rather than go out drinking and flirting with cute guys, you go to your best friends and play Halo 3. Huh. Can I even call them my best friends? I mean, to me, they are, but I don't know how highly they regard me. Even though, before I found out how awkward Sheldon was with social interactions, I totally would have pinned him for nervous around me because he liked me, and I tell you, that, would have been pretty creepy.

Now I have the problem of what to do with my day. My normal friends wouldn't be awake at this time, nowhere near. So, who would be? Leonard!

I jumped in the shower, and thought about what we could do today. I'm not really a paintball girl, or some kind of, smart thing. He'd probably wear that brown corduroy suit anyway, he really needs a new suit. Actually, he needs a whole new wardrobe, something to replace that paisley shirt, and the tie that he thinks will suffice, even though he spends most of his time having to wear suits for something or other to do with science stuff.

Oh my god, I know what we could do! I rushed my shower, and threw on my cute denim shorts and a pretty purple shirt. I practically ran out of the door, grabbing only my car keys. –knock knock-

"Coming," I heard from inside. See, I knew Leonard would be up. A few seconds later he was at the door.

"Hey Penny, um, what's up?" he asked, and I knew he was as shocked as me, because I've never been round on a Sunday unless something was wrong.

"Nothing's up." I smiled, "I just thought that we could hang out, I haven't seen you guys much this week, except for a few nights when I came over for Chinese and pizza."

"Oh," he said, looking pretty confused, "Well, Sheldon's out, he went with Howard to go see Raj before we go paintballing, I think he wanted them to team up against me, because I forgot to get his special soy sauce or something" he laughed, but I put on my saddest face with the puppy dog eyes, because if he was going to use them as an excuse to get out of hanging out with me, I'd at least make him feel a little bad about it, "But, that doesn't mean we can't hang out, if you want" he added.

"Yeah!" I exclaimed, which must have worried him. He took a deep breath, and looked me in the eyes, "Penny? What, exactly, do you have planned for today?" he asked, tentatively.

"Shopping!!" I squealed, then grabbed his hand, dragging him out of his apartment and down the stairs.

I led him down to my car, and told him to sit, and stay there while I ran back up for my bag. He looked at me and nodded, with a slight smile on his face, and I turned and ran back into the building, up all the flights of stairs, grabbed my bag and a jacket and ran back downstairs to find that he'd locked his car door. I giggled, because I knew that it would have been to stop him from leaving. I got into the car and smiled at him, excited about the day we would have.