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So, I admit that I enjoy writing Shenny stories although I know that they will never get together on the show.
Also, in this AU, Sheldon and Amy never met, but I do love Amy. So, don't get the wrong idea. Lol...
There is a little bit of recapping of the Season 1, Episode 1.
Penny was sitting at her small dining room table staring out the window, her left hand under her chin and her right holding a pen. She was writing in her journal, but seemed to be lost in thought for a brief moment. She glanced back down and read what she'd just written.
I think I have feelings for Sheldon Cooper. Am I crazy?! Maybe I need to get tested...
She bit her bottom lip and reread the words on the page and she thought about how or when this may have happened. She remembered when she first met Sheldon and Leonard.
She had left her apartment door open and was in the process of unpacking when she saw them staring at her. She was a little alarmed at first, but they seemed perfectly harmless and she'd said "Hi". They came closer to her doorway and awkwardly said "Hi" a few times too many. She also recalled Sheldon fiddling with his messenger bag nervously. She could tell that they didn't have much experience talking to women. They had invited her to eat Indian food and she'd accepted because honestly she was starving and they seemed like nice guys. When she had pointed out Sheldon's whiteboard, she saw how proud he was of his work and he had given her a cute little smile when she had said, "You're like one of those beautiful mind, genius guys". Leonard interrupted wanting her attention to his whiteboard and Sheldon seemed to want to disprove him, but she just let them argue while she sat down to eat. She tried flirting with Sheldon by telling him to sit next to her when he complained that she was sitting in his spot. He completely ignored her advances and went on about why it was his spot. She realized then, that Dr. Sheldon Cooper was a whackadoodle.
When she'd met Sheldon she had tried to flirt with him a few times until she realized that he was clueless and perhaps a little on the crazy side. That's when she decided to just be his friend. Now she wondered what had changed her mind.
Knock, knock, knock
"Penny,"
Knock, knock, knock
"Penny,"
Knock, knock, knock
"Penny,"
Oh God. It's Sheldon. Penny thought to herself as she slammed her journal shut and ran into her room to put it in her night stand. She came back out and tried to calm her nerves before opening the door for him. She opened the door and put a big smile on her face.
"Hey, Sheldon"
"Hello, Penny," he said as he looked straight into her soul (at least that's how she felt at the moment) with his stunning blue eyes, "are you alright? Your face is a bit flushed."
"What?" she asked as she touched her cheek, which she could feel were warm from blushing, "I'm fine. I was just doing a little exercise."
"Oh, was I interrupting? I can come back later."
"No, I just finished. What's up?"
"Well, tomorrow is Raj's birthday and Leonard suggested, to my dismay, that we have a small gathering to celebrate the occasion."
"Okay and...?" she raised her eyebrows at him.
"I don't know how to plan a party and you were the one who planned Leonard's surprise party."
"So, let me get this straight. Tomorrow is Raj's birthday and you want me to plan a party in one day?"
"Yes," he answered with a slight lost puppy dog look on his face.
She was both pleased and annoyed that those two brainiacs couldn't plan a party without her. She sighed and looked at Sheldon, who stood silently awaiting her answer. She couldn't turn down his request for her help.
"Alright, I'll help you. I'll make a list of things that Leonard and you need to go buy today. I'll call Bernadette and Howard and a few of my girl friends."
He smiled, "Oh good. Just invite a few people. Not as many as last time."
"Don't worry. I won't go overboard." she said as she smiled back at him. She loved when he smiled at her, it was rare and it gave her butterflies.
"May I come in? I'd like you to write the list now, if you could."
She moved aside so he could enter. He came in and sat in her green and white chair. She went into the her bedroom to get a piece of paper and a pen. When she turned around Sheldon was standing right behind her. She nearly screamed in terror.
"Sheldon! What the hell?!" she yelled as she jumped back.
"I'm sorry. Did I startle you?" he asked innocently.
She rolled her eyes at him, "Of course you did. What are you doing?"
"I noticed your bed wasn't made," he said as he gestured towards her bed, "It was bothering me."
"Seriously?!" she said through her teeth.
She wanted to slap him for scaring the crap out of her because her bed wasn't made up, but he just started making the bed. He straightened the sheets, pulled the comforter up to about a foot from from head of the bed and folded it over. Then, to Penny's surprise as she stood there gaping at him, he fluffed her pillows before placing them neatly on the bed. He stood straight again, placed his arms at his side, and smiled.
"That's much better." he said as he once again gestured at the bed.
"Uh, thanks, sweetie." she replied embarrassed that he was even in her bedroom and let alone made the bed, "Now let me write that list for you."