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He checked his watch one more time. Then he stood and smoothed his shirt before heading out of the apartment and across the hall.
Knock, knock, knock, Penny?
Knock, knock, knock, Penny?
Knock, knock, knock, Penny?
Sheldon waited for her to answer, nervously. She opened the door and smiled at him.
"Hey, sweetie. What's up?" Penny asked, moving aside so he could enter.
Sheldon moved to stand by her couch and cleared his throat. "Penny, I would like to make a proposal to you. You and Leonard broke up 6 months ago. Amy and I terminated out relationship 5 months ago after she insisted I either sleep with her or she break up with me. Neither of us has dated since. For 15 years I have managed my own desires myself. I have never felt the need or desire for intimacy with another person. However, lately I have begun to want just that. I do not desire a mate, or a girlfriend. I have heard you say on several occasions you do not want a relationship until after you finish your schooling. I would like to enter into a mutually beneficial paradigm wherein we will satisfy the other's sexual urges, but maintain only our friendship."
Penny gaped at him for several seconds. "Sheldon did you just ask me to be your fuck buddy?"
Sheldon turned a delicate shade of pink. "Yes, I did."
Penny wasn't sure if she was offended or amused. "Why me?"
Sheldon fidgeted slightly. "Because you are my friend. I trust you. I know you would never deliberately hurt me, or betray me. I find you appealing, and I think you find me appealing enough to consider it. Because you do not laugh at me, and you defend me, which tells me you would be generous and patient with me."
Penny blinked rapidly. Did he have any idea how sweet that was? "Sweetie, we had this discussion, kind of, once before."
Sheldon nodded. "Yes, and I recall it made you uncomfortable when I asked if you could remain emotionally uninvolved during sex. After careful deliberation I believe you can. I point out the various men you have brought home yet never become involved with as evidence."
Penny struggled to control her quick temper. "Sheldon, there's a big difference between a one-night stand and friends with benefits. Sometimes the friendship gets caught up in the sex and starts to change. It becomes more. Sex with the same person on a regular basis, leads to emotional ties, whether you want it to or not. Especially when that person is someone you care about already."
Sheldon frowned and looked down. "Hmmm. I did not know that." He was silent for a few minutes. "Okay, I accept your terms. Do we go to your bedroom now or would you rather go to mine?"
Penny's head was spinning. "What terms?!"
Sheldon blinked at her. "You're terms about our friendship becoming more."
Penny blushed a deep red. "Sheldon! I wasn't proposing terms! I was trying to explain that this wouldn't work!"
Sheldon's face drooped a bit. His eyes lost some of their sparkle. "Do you not care for me?" he asked softly. Sheldon started to turn away and Penny grabbed his arm.
"Sheldon of course I care for you!" Penny was becoming frantic. Sheldon was her best friend. How could she make him understand without hurting him?
Sheldon looked down at the floor. He tugged his arm from her hands. "You just don't want me, then."
Penny grabbed at his shirt. "Sheldon! Please, sweetie! You mean more to me than almost anyone. I just don't want to hurt you!"
Sheldon looked into her teary eyes, and leaned down slowly. Penny's eyes widened and she found herself unable to pull away. "Penny," he said softly, his lips brushing hers with almost infinitesimal pressure. Desire blazed to life inside her and she moaned. "Bazinga."
Penny's heart stuttered as Sheldon raised back up and grinned fiercely. In seconds he was gone. His parting words echoed in her ears. "Stop stealing my milk!"
Penny collapsed on the couch. Her pulse raced, her skin was flushed and as she licked her lips, all she could think of was he tasted like diet coke and peppermint. For several minutes she sat there trying to recover.
Slowly she smiled. If Sheldon could have seen her, he'd be quaking in fear. So he wanted to play dirty, huh? Game on!