Heya guys. I'm continuing with tradition and writing song based fan fics. BUT over my holidays sabbatical, I decided to put all my Penny/Sheldon obsessed fan fics in the same fic to save you guys the hassle, so you can just subscribe to the one. Easy!

Anyways, I was having trouble with this one, so it's only the one verse. I'm thinking that some of them are going to start being inspired by just one or two verses. Getting harder to pick awesome songs!

Anyways, as usual, if you guys are listening to the radio, ipod or tv and hear a good song, send me a buzz and let me know so I can get a copy and try to write an awesome fic. It would be great if I could write some fics especially for you guys.

AN: I don't own the song or any characters.

"Electrical Storm" by U2

Car alarm won't let ya back to sleep
You're kept awake dreaming someone else's dream
Coffee is cold, but it'll get you through
Compromise, that's nothing new to you

Penny was startled awake by the sound of the car alarm on the street below. Yawning, she stretched her arms above her head. She looked down at the textbook in front of her that had been her pillow for the last hour and a half. She groaned as she flicked through the pages and saw how many she had left. She was going to be here for hours. But it would be worth it just to see Sheldon's face. She reached out for the coffee cup in front of her and could feel it was cold, but it would just have to do. The caffeine alone should be enough to wake her up enough to finish cramming for this exam.

It hadn't been her idea. It had been Leonard's. She wasn't sure what had convinced her in the first place, but taking Sheldon's class was a good way to show him that she wasn't just a community college drop out. And maybe, if she could convince him that she was smart enough, he might begin to take her a little more seriously... And possibly even begin to like her back the way she was interested in him.

She shook her head and leant against her hands. This whole plan would fail if she couldn't pass the final. Leonard had helped her enrol under a different name and she had been able so far to use that alias to do her assignments online. But the exam called for her to be present in the class. She would have to show her face to Sheldon as Jennifer Connelly, the amazingly cognitive student who Sheldon was full of praise for on her returned papers.

She yawned again and stared at the page, willing the theories on monopoles to infiltrate her mind. She needed to understand. She needed to know this. But somehow, she couldn't concentrate. She was so nervous about the idea of, in a little under 5 hours, showing her face to Sheldon. She, who was his little protégé.

A small knock on the door startled her out of her reverie. She crossed the room and opened the door to find Leonard standing there, a hot cup of coffee and a croissant in his hand.

"I thought I could bring you some breakfast. Figured you would need it for the big day."

Penny smiled appreciatively. She and Leonard may have broken up a few months ago, but it wasn't awkward. It was nice to be able to slip back into that friendship without any consequences.

But she wasn't sure how he would take the idea of her being interested in Sheldon, so she kept that to herself.

"Sure, come in." She invited. "I was just realising how much I actually have to learn. I don't know if I'm going to finish in time." She panicked.

"Well, what are friends for?" Leonard smiled.


* * *

Penny was panicking as she sat down in front of the test paper. Sheldon hadn't arrived yet. She began writing her alias name on the top of the paper and tried to remember to breathe properly.

Suddenly, she heard the voice that was all too familiar to her.

"Hello students." He stood at the microphone in the front of the hall and cleared his throat. Penny was lost at the back of the hall and knew that he wouldn't be able to see her from all the way back there.

"Today we are obviously having the final for this unit. And as one of the best Professors in this university, I must ask that you not fail and tarnish my reputation."

Nervously, someone laughed in the back of the hall. Penny sighed; they obviously didn't think he was serious.

"Now, you have three hours, please mark all of your working on the sheet- in logical orders please- and I expect at least 5 pages for the final essay, as it is a rather easy topic."

Penny flicked through to the final question and smiled. Easy, huh?

"You may begin."

A large amount of rustling could be heard as all of the students opened their test booklets to the first page and began scribbling down answers. Penny meanwhile, sat there for a strategic few minutes before she nervously raised her hand. Down the front of the class, Sheldon saw a student raise their hand and he sighed. If they didn't get the questions at the front of the booklet, they were never going to get the ones at the end.

Climbing the stairs to the top of the lecture hall, he stopped when he saw who was sitting there. Penny was staring directly at him, her hand still raised in the air.

"What are you doing here?" He whispered, looking around at the other students.

"I'm taking my exam." She answered. "But my pencil broke. You don't happen to have another one?"

Sheldon slowly reached into his pocket and withdrew a perfectly sharpened pencil. As he placed it on the desk, he flipped over the front cover of Penny's booklet and saw the name printed so neatly in the space.

"No." He whispered.

"Oh, yes." Penny replied, smugly. "I'm your little protégé."