A/N – hello everybody! This is my second fanfic and I hope you will all enjoy it. There is a film called 'Leap Year' that I watched recently and it inspired me to write this story. Whoop, Shenny!

My updates will most likely be weekly for this story because I have hardly any time to write at the moment. Please forgive me for any mistakes in my chapters because I won't have much free time to proof read them and double check on them. I do appreciate reviews; good or bad – J

Here is the first chapter… I hope it makes you want to come back for more. ;P

Chapter 1 -

Oh wow, this is really happening. Penny looked at the small navy velvet box in front of her in shock.

Here she was in a nice restaurant, with a nice sweet man. She was wearing a pretty little blue dress, and her four year long boyfriend had just placed a navy velvet box in front of her glass of wine.

She has wanted this all her life. Every little girl dreams about being proposed to by the man of your dreams. He may not be price charming but he was the best that she could ever find. After the catastrophe that was Kurt, she can't exactly say that she has done badly for herself.

Four and a half years ago, she caught the dirt bag in her bed with her best friend. She got a new start and moved out of their apartment to find herself her own place to live and to start her Penny Blossom business. This led her to 2311 North Los Robles, apartment 4B, next door to two nerdy scientists; Leonard Hofstadter and Barry Kripke.

Leonard called their relationship love at first sight. Penny had other thoughts. She saw the decent guy in a long time and just let herself be carried away. When she was in the darkest part of her life after just having her heart ripped out, he picked her broken body up off the floor and claimed her heart for himself. She hates to say that she used, him but he fixed her broken heart and saved her when she needed it most. She felt like she was just depending on him at the beginning because he made her feel wanted.

Their relationship wasn't love at first sight, but over the four years she has grown to love him. She deserves a decent guy to love her and Leonard is that man. She deserves a beautiful engagement ring for all the years of putting up with his disgusting roommate too.

So here she is, gaping at shy Leonard and slowly picking up the little box.

''Go on, open it. This is to show you how much I love you. You have been by my side throughout everything and you deserve something to let you know how much I appreciate that.'' Leonard said, encouraging her to open it.

Her hands were shaking with anticipation and excitement as she slowly clicked the box open and peeked inside to reveal….earrings?

''Oh wow, Leonard. They are beautiful. They must have cost you a fortune'' Penny says feigning excitement. She is so stupid. An engagement ring? Really? That's. Just. Silly.

''You're worth it'' Leonard said with pride as if he was proud of his romantic words; lifting his chin up high and smirking.

His phone starts vibrating and he picks it out of his pocket. ''oh sorry'' he says without any sincerity and looking down at his texts. ''Ugh. It's Kripke. Telling me about tomorrow''

He peeks up at her for a split second whilst replying to Kripke. ''Aren't you going to try them on?'' He asks, looking at his phone again.

''Oh yeah, sure. Sorry. What did Kripke want?'' she says whilst taking off her favourite emerald green earrings and replacing them with the new sparkling silver and diamond ones.

''Well, actually he wants me to go home now and sort out some last minute experiment checks in time for our trip tomorrow.'' Leonard explains to her nervously; never taking his eyes off his phone. ''You know, he is actually making a good point. We need to make sure that everything is perfect. I think that I'm actually going to go help him, I'm so sorry, this is important, you know that. I'm really sorry.'' Leonard kept blabbering on.

''Yeah, sure, no it's fine sweetie'' she smiles to him but doesn't quite reach her eyes. It didn't reach Leonard's either because he was packing up and getting ready to leave without sparing her a glance.

As he stands up from his chair, he looks up at her with pleading eyes and a pout. Why is he pouting? Penny thought bitterly. ''Forgive me?'' he leans down and gives her a chaste kiss as he was walking past her chair and then rushes off.

She sits there wondering what on earth just happened. She went from silently figuring out her 'yes' face to being ditched in a restaurant, the night before her boyfriend has to leave for New York. Would she have said yes? Yes…she thinks to herself, uncertainly.

Leonard and Kripke have got lectures lined up in New York to represent Caltech. If they do a good job then big things could come for them. He has been distracted lately so she lets his attitude slide more and more when he ignores her. He is under stress so she can't get too annoyed with him.

That night she is lying in bed alone since Leonard and Kripke got on their plane an hour after she was abandoned at the restaurant. They decided to get an earlier flight so that they can prepare in New York.

She tosses and turns and can't seem to fall asleep. She still feels like she is sat in the restaurant with an unopened velvet box in front of her. She feels like there is a silent drum roll in her head, waiting to be 'popped the question'. She feels like she needs closure of some sort. Her mother even thinks that it's time for her to settle down. She should propose to him. After a few seconds of laughter after that crazy idea, she thinks to herself, Why don't I?

She sits up in bed and stares at the opposite wall. She's a 'big ol five'. Why can't she just do what Leonard is too afraid to do?

She leaps to action and grabs her laptop and starts planning her trip to New York.

What do you think? Don't worry all this madness will become clear soon… just trust me! :P