Sheldon and Penny had been dating two months; so far their relationship consisted on weekly spaghetti dinners at Penny's followed by an alternating choice of chick flick or sci fi classic on movie night. Sheldon would hold her hand during the film or if he were feeling adventurous he might put an arm around her and give her a peck on the top of the head or her cheek when the film finished. The lack of any sexual contact was starting to drive Penny crazy. Every boyfriend she had ever had had at least tried to make out with her by the second date and every one after eighteen had made love to her by the third date. She would often stared at Sheldon and wonder what she saw in this whackadoodle but then he would do something completely adorable like kiss the top of her head and she would melt from all the Sheldony goodness before her.

After watching four episodes of Battlestar Galactica, Penny finally worked up the courage to tell him how she was feeling. She watched him rise and stretch his arms out while yawning before looking at his watch, 'midnight already. I believe it is past my bedtime Penny. I wish you goodnight,' he told her turning towards his room.

'Sheldon, wait,' Penny shouted standing from the sofa and grabbing the sleeve of his thermal.

Sheldon turned towards her, 'oh yes, I almost forgot,' he leaned down to the smaller woman and placed a tiny kiss on her hairline, 'sweet dreams, my lucky Penny.'

Penny smiled, 'thanks Moonpie, but I wanted to ask you something before you go to bed tonight.'

Sheldon looked at his watch again, 'I don't mean to rush you Penny but If I don't start my evening routine soon, I will not get the required eight hours of uninterrupted sleep I needed for optimum performance at work tomorrow.'

'We wouldn't want that,' Penny shook her head, 'can I spend the night here tonight?'

'As always you are free to sleep on our sofa when ever you want to, Penny. Is there something wrong with your own bed?' Sheldon asked concerned.

'No, I just thought,' Penny's cheeks grew red; 'since we have been dating two months it might be nice to sleep together.'

Sheldon looked at her in shock, 'you want to engage in coitis?'

Penny put her hands in front of her, 'not tonight, sweetie. I know you're not ready for that. I just thought it might be nice instead of me going back to my place like I always do, if I spent the night and we slept in the same bed. I do mean sleeping only… unless you want to kiss little first, but definitely no coitis tonight, I promise.'

Sheldon's face returned to normal color as he exhaled deeply, 'you're terms are acceptable. I will start my evening routine and await your return from your apartment with your own night time supplies,' he nodded heading for the bathroom.

Penny followed him to the bathroom, 'If you don't mind, Moonpie, I'll save myself the journey and just wear one of your t-shirts.'

Sheldon stopped in his tracks in front of the mirror, 'without any pants or shorts?'

Penny shrugged, 'I'll have my panties on. It's not like you've never seen my legs before.'

'On those occasions you weren't sleeping next to me in my bed, with the soft skin of your thighs against mine,' Sheldon corrected her, 'I think your legs could be very distracting to a man trying to get his eight hours of sleep next to you.'

'We don't have to just sleep if you have something else in mind,' Penny teased him to get a rise out of him.

'Very well,' Sheldon agreed grabbing Penny wrist and leading her to his bedroom.