Just a little something that popped into my head after watching the Cooper Extraction episode.

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Penny stared out of the window of the flight east. It was just a few weeks ago that she stood in Leonard's apartment and told him that she would be his Christmas present this year. She had told him that things were a little short this month. Leonard smiled and reminded her that she was his gift last year too.

It was just for that reason that she couldn't pass up this chance. She really wanted to make this years "present" special. She was tired of always taking the cheap way out. She knew that Leonard would never complain, but she felt bad that it always seemed to come down to money. Her agent had called and said she might have a part in a national Dairy commercial. It was ironic that she was going to be making a commercial about farming after trying to make it in California for the last seven years.

Penny had told Leonard it was no big deal and would only be a small part just like her other commercial. For his part, Leonard was very supportive telling her to do whatever she needed to. He simply told her, that she would be the perfect "farmer's daughter".

Leonard had decided that he had quite enough of Sheldon's stories of the birth of Missy's baby. He also still had quite a bit of leave to take at work. After a short discussion with himself, he called Penny's Dad and asked if it would be alright to bring Penny home for Christmas as part of her gift. Leonard was going to have to give Penny a pre-Christmas gift with the plane tickets. Part of her surprise was that he was going to go with her.

Penny was so happy Leonard wanted to come with her. This was going to be a special Christmas for them. It had been so long since she had been home for the Holidays. Every Christmas, Penny had made sure she was in Pasadena to make sure Leonard didn't have to be alone during what she thought was the happiest time of the year. Even when they were not a couple, Penny made sure that Leonard was not alone on the Holidays, stealing an extra long, more than five Mississippi, hug from him each year. It was always one of her favorite things to do. Penny looked away from the plane window to see Leonard just staring at her and smiling. Penny leaned over and gave him a soft tender kiss. "I Love you Leonard Hofstadter". Penny held Leonard's hand for the rest of the trip leaning into his shoulder and stealing a few minutes of sleep.

This year, Wyatt was ecstatic to have Leonard coming to visit. He had told everyone that Penny was coming and she was bringing someone special with her. Penny's mom was eager to finally meet this boy that Wyatt always had so much good to say about.

The plane landed on time and Penny came through the arrivals gate with Leonard in tow. When she saw her Mother and Father, she let go of Leonard's hand and ran over to them. Penny was quickly wrapped in her mother's embrace as Leonard walked up and shook Wyatt's hand.

Wyatt had the biggest grin, "How are ya son?"

Penny pulled away from her mother's embrace with a big smile on her face. "Momma, this is Leonard".

Leonard walked over to Penny's mom and extended his hand but was immediately taken into the same embrace Penny just had. "My lord, it's good to finally meet you. Please call me Hank, everybody does. My name is Henrietta, but I absolutely HATE that name."

Leonard and Wyatt went to get their bags as Penny and her Mom caught up on all the goings on in town.

They arrived at the house and were promptly met by Penny's family. Everyone was there. Her sister Denise, brother-in-law Frank, Nephew Ben, and Brother Kenny. Everyone sat and had a typical family dinner for Penny. Leonard had never quite seen anything like it except in the movies, on TV or read about in books. His experiences with family were quite a bit more subdued.

After dinner everyone retired to the living room where Penny told everyone about her commercial. Everyone was so excited. Just as she ended telling them what it was about, her phone rang. Penny answered the phone, had a short conversation and then had a sad look on her face. She hung up the phone and she looked at her family. "They're cancelling the shoot for the Holidays. They will let me know if they decide to go ahead with the commercial after the New Year."

Leonard rubbed her back but Penny just got off the couch and ran upstairs. Leonard followed. He didn't really know which room was hers, but found it easily enough when he heard her soft crying. Leonard quietly went into the room and sat next to her on the bed. "Penny, everything will be fine. We'll just have an extra special Christmas with your family, without the interruption of work. They'll call you in a couple of weeks and everything will be great. You'll see."

Penny turned to Leonard and threw her arms around his neck. "You're so great. I'm so embarrassed. What are they going to think. I've screwed up again".

Leonard smiled. "Nobody thinks you screwed up. let's just go back down stairs and get back to your family"

When they got down stairs, everyone was back in the dining room cutting into a coffee cake that Penny's mom had made. Wyatt spoke first. "Don't let it get to you slugger, things will work out. At least you can concentrate on having a good Christmas with all of us."

Penny smiled. 'Thanks Daddy, this WILL be a special Christmas".

After they finished visiting, Penny and Leonard went up to her room to get some sleep. Penny sat on the bed rubbing some moisturizer on her legs and hands. "Sweetie, tomorrow, I'm gonna show you all over the farm. I love this place, It's so beautiful in the winter with all the snow."

Leonard came to bed and got under the covers shivering a little. "My god, it's cold here".

Penny giggled and snuggled close. "Didn't you tell me that you could conserve body heat if you slept close together naked?"

Leonard smiled and held Penny close. "Come here you".