MARQUIS
Penny was just leaving work as her phone rang "oh hi Leonard what's up".
"Hi Penny here's the thing I've left our copy of Halo 3 in the office we were going to play tonight"
"yes Leonard 'and! ".
"Could you pick it up on the way home?". Leonard thought Penny had hung up "Penny you there?"
"yes I'm still here I'm thinking", Penny sighed
"ok Leonard where is it?"
"room 4572 thanks Penny"
yah' fine I've only been on my feet all day. Penny at last got to room 4572 "god you could get lost in this place".
Penny never knocked as it was Leonard's office, she opened the door to find Sheldon standing by a white broad . "Come in please" Penny looked behind her then looked at Sheldon
"what Sheldon?"
Sheldon gave a Penny a sarcastic look "oh sorry Penny 'that was sarcasm' Penny people knock, before coming into my OFFICE!". Penny clenched her fingers
Leonard Hofstadter you are so dead,!
"I'm sorry Sheldon Leonard said this was his office he asked me to pick his game up".
"Penny there are a number of errors in that statement," again with the sarcastic look ! "Leonards office is in the basement" Penny had moved to pick the game up from the table
"and two it's my game". Sheldon was too quick for Penny and he had the game in his hand.
"Ok Sheldon what happens now?" Penny's feet hurt and now her head hurt.
"Now Penny you drive me home but we need to stop on the way, I have a number of errands to run"
"sure Sheldon why the hell not"
"Penny was that sarcasm"
"yah little bit".
Leonard was smiling as he hung up after talking to Penny, Raj who had overheard the conversation sat down next to him "you do know she'll kill you or worse"
"no Penny's ok",
"dude this is Sheldon we're talking about".
Leonard's smile slipped just a little!.
As Penny pulled out of the parking lot, she saw Sheldon looking at the dash broad "Penny your fooling no one by putting black tape over your check engine light". Penny looked at Sheldon and smiled
"it was worth a try".
"Sheldon you know about things right?" boy did she know what buttons to press.
"THINGS! Penny THINGS! I'm a theoretical physicist I know the whole universe".
"So that's a yes" Penny was laughing "sorry Sheldon I was just messing with you" Sheldon was looking out the side window "we ok Sheldon?". Sheldon turned his head and looked at Penny, he sighed he could not stay angry with Penny.
"Yes Penny we're good".
" Sheldon do you know the Marquise de Sade?"
Sheldon looked sideways at Penny "Penny I think you mean do I know off him he died in 1814".
"Yah ok so spill"
"Penny in as I applaud your search for knowledge, I must point out that an infamous French writer who gave us the term 'sadism' is a strange topic to ask about".
"Please Sheldon I caught a little on the history channel"
For the rest of the drive home only stopping at the comic book store and potty barn, Sheldon gave a detailed and at times graphic outline on the life of the Marquis de Sade. "He's most infamous work was '120 DAYS OF SODOM, as I'm sure you know his work was frequently banned due to the extreme cruelty"
"so not out on DVD then" If Sheldon gave her that look once more!.
As Penny stopped outside their apartment block "wow Sheldon he was some bad fu" "yes Penny he was not very nice" Sheldon cut in.
"Penny by your general demeanour since you picked me up, I feel some form of tricky or deception was used by Leonard am I right?"
Penny looked down at her hands "yah kind off" Penny looked up at Sheldon.
"Sheldon I don't have a problem picking you up I do kind of like your company"
Sheldon smiled "as I do yours Penny".
"Penny your sudden interest in forms of sadism would not have anything to do with Leonard and what is often referred to as 'pay back' would it?. Penny gave Sheldon a very mischievous smile . Sheldon could not stop himself from grinning.
"Oh Penny ,Penny, Penny, I'm in".