I had this written up a few days ago, but completely forgot about it! So I decided to upload it, just for all of the wonderfully lovely things everyone said in their reviews for A Tragic Fairytale! Hope you like it, and let me know if you do :)

Leonard groaned as he turned over in his bed to pick up the ringing phone on his bedside table. He grabbed his glasses and strained his eyes to see who was calling him at this hour. He wasn't even sure what time it was, but it was definitely late, too late to be getting a phone call.

His eyes focused and he saw Penny's name on the screen, and a wave of confusion hit him. Penny was supposed to be out with her college friends, celebrating passing their end of year exams, so why on earth would she be calling. She knew he had work early the next morning, it was the reason he had told her he couldn't join her, although if he was completely honest it was probably more to do with the fact that he wasn't really into the club scene, and would no doubt just embarrass himself. So what was she doing calling him?

He cleared his throat and answered his phone. "Hello?" He said groggily.

For a few seconds all he could hear were the distant sounds of people talking and laughing, mixed with the echo of some thumping music. "LEONARD!" Penny shouted down the phone, followed by a hiccup and a slight giggle.

Leonard pulled the phone away from his ear for a second to check the time, before putting the phone back to his ear. "Penny, it's almost half three in the morning, why are you calling me?" He said into the phone, unable to hide his annoyance at his sleep being disturbed for what was nothing more than a drunken phone call.

"Did I wake you?" She slurred. "I'm sorry baby."

Leonard shook his head and sighed, she was definitely drunk, if the slurred speech hadn't been enough evidence, her use of the word 'baby' certainly was. There were only a few times when she would call him that; in the heat of the moment as they made love, occasionally when she was trying to make him feel better and she would say something along the lines of, 'Aw baby are you okay?', managing to sound less sympathetic and more sarcastic, or when she was drunk. Any other time, her term of endearment would be, 'sweetie' or 'honey'.

"It's okay," He lied, hoping that she didn't really need him for anything and would just hang up and let him go back to sleep. "Why are you calling me?"

"Well, the club has finished, and we…" Hiccup! "…are waiting on… a cab. Almost everyone I am with is making out with someone else," She slurred, making it almost impossible for Leonard to understand, especially when mixed with all the background noises. "So I thought I would call you to talk to while we wait!" She said excitedly.

"How long have you been waiting on a cab?" He asked, mainly because it was the only part of the sentence he understood.

"About a half an hour," She said before making a slight shivering sound. "Every time one comes over, it takes too long to," Hiccup! "get everyone in because they are too busy sucking face!" She giggled. "So the cab leaves and we have to wait again."

Leonard wanted to just say something like, 'okay well I'm going to sleep, see you tomorrow', so he could hang up the phone and go to sleep, but his conscience wouldn't let him. He couldn't leave her waiting out in the cold in that outfit he had seen her leave in; there was barely anything to it! And she was pretty much alone, her friends were there but not paying attention, anything could happen to her. He made an audible sigh before saying, "Penny, where are you?"

"Outside the club, two blocks down from The Cheesecake Factory." She laughed, "It's sad that even on a night out I'm still within walking distance of that place!"

"Okay, stay there. I'm coming to get you." He said as he moved the sheet from over him and began to get out of bed.

"No, no, no." Penny said, "Y…"Hiccup! "You don't have to come get me baby… I'll be okay."

"Well, I'm already on my way." He said, trying his best to hide his frustration, as he put his pants on. He was still slightly annoyed, she knew what he was like, she should have known that calling him at this time, and then telling him that she was pretty much standing outside alone, would make him feel the need to come and get her. She should have just let him sleep.

"Are you mad?" She asked, sounding almost like a child.

Leonard put his t-shirt over his head, before putting the phone to his ear again, "No I'm not mad." He said trying his best to sound sincere. "Just wait there, I'll be there soon."

Leonard hung up the phone, not awaiting her reply and put on his jacket and shoes, before heading out of his room, quietly so as to not wake Sheldon. He picked up his car keys from the bowl and left the apartment.

The drive to the club was short, the roads were fairly empty, and that was certainly a good thing because Leonard still hadn't properly woken up and was sure he shouldn't be driving. As he neared the club, he began to see a few people dotted around, the only people left over after the ending of the club. He scanned the drunken faces, until he saw Penny, perched on a small wall, talking to one of her friends. Her hair was slightly straggled, her make-up had become a little smudged, and her shoes and jacket were sitting on the wall beside her.

Leonard pulled up a few feet down the road from where she was sitting, and got out of the car.

"Leonard!" She shouted happily when she spotted him. She pushed herself off the small wall and began to stumble over to him, accidently standing on a small rock as she walked. "Ow, ow, ow." She said as she stopped and lifted up her foot, swatted away the rock, and then giggled. "You were quick!" She said as she reached out to him, putting her hands around his neck.

Leonard was still slightly annoyed, but he couldn't help the butterflies in his stomach at the fact she was so happy to see him, even if she was wasted. "The roads were quiet," He said as she hung around him, "Come on, let's get you home."

"Okay." She said with a smile, before planting a kiss on his lips. "Come on you guys!" She shouted as she turned her head around. "Leonard will take you home!" She turned her head back around to Leonard, "You don't mind do you?" She said as she began to play with some strands of his hair. "I can't just leave them."

Leonard did mind, he just wanted to get her home, so he could go to bed. He wasn't in the mood to be driving everyone around, but what choice did he have? He sighed loudly, showing his frustration, but Penny didn't seem to notice in her drunken state. "No, I don't mind, let's go."

He headed back down to the car, with Penny holding on to his arm to keep herself steady as she walked. He helped her into the passenger seat, before opening the back seat door for her three friends to get in. He was about to go into the driver's seat when Penny let out a dramatic, "OH NO!"

"What is it?" Leonard asked irately.

"My shoes!" She said as she pointed to the wall, "and my jacket!"

Leonard hung his head and rubbed his forehead, "I'll get them." He said before making the journey to the wall and returning with her belongings.

His head thumped as he listened to the drunken conversations of Penny and her friends. They talked about their night with extreme excitement, and burst out into fits of laughter as they talked about when one of them had fallen on the dance floor. They asked him drunken questions, and told him how 'awesome' it was that he was taking them home. According to the three ladies he was a 'pretty cool dude'. One by one Leonard dropped her friends off, receiving overexcited, drunken thanks from each one.

He was finally on his way home, finally able to see his comfortable bed in his near future, all he had to do was get Penny to bed first. Penny sat fairly quietly beside him, and Leonard assumed she was falling asleep, but when he turned his head, he saw her looking at him.

"Hey…" She said quietly, with a small smile on her face.

Leonard could feel the anger he had felt at being abruptly woken up, slowly begin to disappear. He wanted to stay annoyed at her, she had been selfish, and thoughtless, and he wanted her to know how annoyed he had been. But when she reached out, took a hold of his hand and began to intertwine her fingers with his, as she stared dreamily into his eyes, all anger melted away. He never could stay mad at her for very long.

"I'm sorry I woke you up." She said as she looked down at their joined hands and began to use her free hand to trace patterns on his skin.

"It's okay." He said as he lifted his hand up and gave hers a quick kiss, making her giggle for a second, before hiccupping again.

"I'll make it up to you." She said with a grin.

They arrived at their apartment building and Leonard grabbed Penny's jacket and shoes before helping her out of the car. He held on to her waist as he helped her walk up the mountain of stairs, while she draped her arms around him. She whispered all sorts of sweet nothings in his ear while rubbing her hand across his chest, and Leonard had to use all his strength to not let himself get caught up in her words. He knew her too well to be fooled. Maybe if she hadn't had the last few drinks of whatever she was drinking in the club, she would have been able to follow through in the words she was whispering. Although 'whispering' would probably not be the appropriate description considering had anyone been on the other side of those apartment doors, they would certainly of heard what she had planned.

However, she had had those last few drinks, and Leonard knew, all too well, that as soon as her head hit the pillow on her bed, the tiredness would kick in, and she would pass out.

"How much have you had to drink tonight?" Leonard asked, trying to take his focus away from the fact she was lightly biting on his earlobe.

"Um…" She said when she broke contact with him, "I'm not sure." She slurred, "I remember having a couple… more than a couple, glasses of wine at my friend Emma's house before we left. And I think we had a few jagerbombs too, but I can't remember much after that!" She said with a giggle.

Yup, Leonard thought, she will definitely be passing out. "Alright, here we are, where's your keys?" He asked when they reached their floor.

"In my purse!" She said holding it up triumphantly, before rummaging around inside it and eventually pulling out her keys, "Found them!" She said excitedly and turned to her door, and tried to put the key in the lock, but failed. She tried again, but stumbled around the lock, before trying a third time, and giving up. "My key's broken." She said turning to Leonard.

He let out a small laugh and took the key from her, and managed to effortlessly open the door while Penny watched on in shock. "You little genius you!" She said as she walked past him, squeezing his cheeks. She threw her purse on to the sofa, before turning back around to Leonard and throwing her arms around him. "Now it's time for me to make it up to you!" She said before passionately kissing him.

Leonard could taste the different types of alcohol on her lips, reminding him not to get too caught up in what she was doing. He pulled away from her, "Okay, you go lie down, I'll be in in a second." He said and she happily obliged. Leonard went straight to the sink, poured a large glass of water, and grabbed the bucket that was sitting in the sink, just in case she had to be sick, and didn't have time to get to the toilet.

When he entered her bedroom, he was met with the sight he had expected. Penny was sprawled out on her bed, still in her black dress, with her head lying on the pillow and her eyes closed. Leonard walked over to the bed, sat on the edge, put the bucket on the floor and the glass on the table.

"Penny?" He said as he stroked her hair. "Penny, wake up."

"Mmmm" She moaned. Yeah, now you know what it feels like! He thought, making himself smile.

"You're still in your dress sweetheart, you need to wake up and get changed."

She groaned once again before opening her eyes a little, and turning so she was lying on her stomach. "Can you unzip me?" She said into the pillow.

He smiled and gently undone the back of her dress, before touching her shoulder to let her know he was done. She turned back around and began to wriggle out of her dress, before throwing it to the floor and getting under the covers, dressed only in her underwear. She was lying on her left side, with the covers pulled up to her chin, looking up at Leonard, who was still sitting on the edge of her bed.

"Do you not want pyjamas?" Leonard asked and she shook her head. "Are you sure? You might get cold?"

Penny looked at him for a second, before pulling her hand out from under her sheets, and touching his t-shirt. "I want this." She said with a smile, pulling on it slightly.

Leonard smiled a little as he shook his head in disbelief. "Nothing is ever easy with you is it?" He said with a giggle. "You have loads of pyjamas in there," He said motioning to her closet, "And I'm pretty sure you have a few of my t-shirts too, but you have to have the one I'm already wearing?"

Penny smiled and nodded her head. "It hasn't been washed yet, so it smells like you."

Leonard smiled and then sighed. It was hard for him to say no to her on a normal day, but when she was like this, still pretty drunk and being incredibly cute, it was almost impossible. Leonard took off his hoodie and jacket, then his t-shirt and handed it over. Penny sat up excitedly and immediately threw it on and lay back in her bed, pulling the collar of the shirt up to her nose. Leonard bent down, and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before standing up and saying, "Goodnight."

"Wait, where are you going?" She said sadly.

"Home, to bed." He said, lifting his hand up to point in the direction of the door.

"No! Stay with me."

"Penny, I have to work in the morning. I have to be up at seven and it's already half four. Do you really want me making noise and waking you up at that time?"

"I'll sleep through it." She said with a smile, "Please you have to stay with me, you're my big spoon." She whined.

Leonard instantly frowned in confusion, as he walked back to the bed and sat back down. "What?"

"We're spoons when we cuddle." She said with a giggle, "You're the big spoon." She looked to the empty space behind her, "You go there." She turned back around, "And I'm the little spoon." She said with a smile.

Leonard let out a small laugh and shook his head. He loved it when she was like this, it was quite rare. She was never really one for being overly affectionate, but in her still drunken state, she didn't care what she said, she just said what she wanted, and she sounded so sweet and innocent.

"What's so funny?" She said with a slight frown.

"Nothing, it's just funny being described as 'big'." He said with a chuckle and she giggled back.

"Oh..." She said with the hint of a glint in her eye, removing the innocence straight away, "but you are big." She bit on her lip suggestively, before letting out a little giggle at his instantly red face. She was teasing him again, and she knew he knew it. "Come on," She said with a smile pulling at his bare arm, and pouting her bottom lip. "You can't leave the little spoon alone, she doesn't like it."

"Alright." Leonard said, unable to fight his tiredness, or her sweetness, any longer. He stripped off his pants and walked around to the other side of the bed, before climbing in beside her, and fitting his body to hers. He took his glasses off and handed them to her, before sinking his head into her hair, while she put his glasses on the table. She shifted her weight, pushing her body as close as possible to his and held on to his hand that was over her stomach.

"I love you big spoon." She said as she lightly stroked his arm.

"I love you too."

"little spoon." She whispered.

Leonard chuckled and gave her a quick kiss on the neck. "I love you too little spoon."