Just after 8:00 Penny's eyes opened to see the sunlight glowing behind her bedroom's window's drawn shades.
Slowly she rubbed her eyes and sat up with her elbows supporting her upper frame. She leaned back into bed and stretched a good stretch.
That felt so good!
As she settled for a moment, she smiled as she recalled last night and the breakthrough hers and Leonard's relationship had attained. All the fears and hesitation about whether or not to declare to each other how they felt seemed so foolish and so extraordinarily wasteful it seemed as if two other people had inhabited their bodies and were finally discarded last night.
A new Penny and Leonard had emerged.
Sitting up and pushing back her bed sheets, she slipped on her slippers and headed towards the bathroom. She decided to quickly shower and then have breakfast before taking care of some apartment cleaning before she had to prepare herself for work later on. Her shift would be from 2 to 10:30 tonight. She figured she could probably get some rest just before noon and get changed into her uniform by 1:00 p.m.
The warm shower engulfed her and she felt so good to have the water warm her body and wake the muscles up to a new day.
As she bathed, she thought about talking with Leonard and discussing with him plans for tomorrow since it was her regular day off. Maybe they could go to the beach or take a walk or have a nice post afternoon lunch. He did owe her a meal after all since he had attained a free on in light of the unpleasant and unexpected confrontation with her ex-boyfriend, Kurt.
What a gigantic asshole he is! Penny thought.
She decided not to dwell on the negative and got back to thinking about how Leonard had declared how he truly felt about her, how she was always in his thoughts and had been so afraid of her reaction to him telling her his feelings.
Likewise, she reflected it was similar for her. Every day, she thought about Leonard. No, more than that, he was in her thoughts just about all the time. Here was a man whom she cared about that in return did not ask for any sexual compensation for his time with her. Of course Penny knew that he longed to make love to her and she did also long to culminate their relationship, which hadn't happened because unfortunately that menace of an ex had derailed to what she was hoping would be night of passionate love making in her apartment.
Penny then came to the conclusion that last night's postponement would be this morning's culmination. She would get some sexy underwear on; cover it up with old clothes she normally wore around her apartment. Briefly she would go over to Leonard and Sheldon's apartment and ask Leonard to come over and once inside she would seduce him in a manner that would make this Saturday a one to remember for all time to come.
Finishing up quickly, she dried off, got her garments on, put some make up on and headed towards the front door. Before she had placed her hand on the knob, a knock came from the other side.
She peeked in the door's peephole and saw Leonard's face eagerly awaiting her emergence.
She smiled as she turned the doorknob and opened the door.
"Good morning Penny!" Leonard exclaimed as he saw her face. His heart skipped a beat from the excitement of knowing that she loved him as much as he did her.
"Good morning my sweetie!" she declared as she lifter her arms to embrace him and landed her lips on his mouth and their bodies molded into one.
As they kissed they drank in each other's cup of passion overflowing with energy, excitement and delight. As they continued kissing, Penny had caused Leonard to back up slightly that she heard him back into something. Breaking their kiss, Penny peeked over Leonard's shoulder to see a cart full of breakfast.
"Wow! Sweetie, this looks great! Did you make this!" she remarked as he stepped out of her way to reveal a tray covered with two plates full eggs, bacon and sausage, plus additional plates of fruit, bread and some muffins, accompanied by two glasses filled with orange juice.
"No, I didn't. I got the idea to prepare you breakfast, so I went to a donut shop, bought some muffins and then went to Denny's where I ordered pretty much the rest. Oh! The juice, fruits and toast I prepared here in our apartment. I kept the food warm in the oven and then got this cart out, covered it with a white sheet to make it look nicer and umm, here I am!"
"That is very sweet and thoughtful of you!" She exclaimed as she gave him another kiss on the lips.
"Thank you for that kiss." He chuckled and smiled as would a little boy. "Well, before it gets cold, can I come in and serve you breakfast?" he asked after her thank you kiss.
"Oh, yes, come on in!" she replied as she stepped to the side and allowed him to roll the cart into her apartment.
"Where would you like to eat at?" He asked her.
"Oh, at the table by the window, I've got to cleanup my stuff off the sofa." She replied.
"Great!" Leonard proceeded to start laying down the food on Penny's dining table. As he put everything down, he suddenly he discovered he had forgotten a couple of things.
"Oh, great!" he exclaimed disappointingly in his failure to remember two important things.
"I forgot the cutlery and the napkins."
"Oh, don't worry, I've got that covered." Penny exclaimed as she went to the kitchen drawers and retrieved the necessary sets for both of them and fetched a few napkins out of the holder on the counter.
"You hungry?" Leonard asked.
"Hmmm hmmm!" she replied as she sat down at one side, Leonard on the other.
"Cheers!" he said as he raised his glass to hers and a mild clinking of glass kicked off their first breakfast together as a couple.
They soon delved into their meal. Leonard had cut up some apples, bananas and some nectarines and placed in one bowl. Along side were bran, blueberry and cranberry muffins in another. Next to them was a plate with cut up wheat toast. Finally, each of their plates contained a hearty meal of eggs, sausage and bacon.
Penny dived right into the meal, beginning with fruits and muffins. Leonard ate some toast and went right into his main dish.
"Mmmm!!" exclaimed Penny, "These are good, so juicy and tart sweet!" She had just bitten into the nectarine slices.
"Well I'm glad you like them!" he replied.
"I haven't had a home prepared meal since Nebraska!" she explained.
"Well, it's a combination of outside and inside food." Leonard added.
"Thank you!" Penny exclaimed as she reached and grabbed his hand and squeezed it.
"You're very welcome but remember I still owe you dinner." He said.
"Oh no!" Sweetie, please this is good, you've done more than you needed to." She remarked.
"Nevertheless, next time dinner is on me. I won't take no for an answer." He finished.
"Alright, let's not argue. Let's enjoy this." She said.
For the next 20 minutes, they ate to their hearts content. All that was left were a few pieces of toast, a couple of muffins and a couple of slices of fruit. Penny felt thirsty and went to her refrigerator to get a couple of cold bottles of water. Handing one to Leonard, they opened them up and drank nearly all of them.
"Wow, I didn't realize how thirsty I was!" Leonard stated.
"That would be the sausage and bacon. It's got a lot of sodium that will make your body crave water." She explained.
"That would be the process of Osmosis." Leonard began.
"Water will move in the direction where there is a high concentration of solute and hence a lower concentration of water. Salt is a solute and draws water in its direction. That is why you get thirsty after eating something salty." He concluded at the same time as he saw her with a semi-blank look on her face.
"Sorry." He stated semi-embarrassed at displaying his intellect and watching his love not seem to have a clue.
Why do I do that? He chided himself.
Penny saw him kind of draw into his shell a little bit. She was a little mad at herself for not showing a little more understanding of what he was trying to explain. In his own way, it was a way of showing off to her to demonstrate he was intelligent. However, to Penny, by now, he had shown more than intelligence in winning her heart.
"Sweetie, don't be embarrassed by showing off your intelligence. I know that salt makes you thirsty; I just don't remember that it's called Osmosis. Besides, it's not your intellect that I only fell in love with you for."
"Really?" he said with a smile returning to his lips.
"Yes, really!" she answered and she took his hands and gently kissed them.
"Ok, let's take care of these dishes and put them in the washer." She quickly shifted gears.
"Oh, okay, let me help you." He added.
"It's okay, sit on the sofa. It will only take a minute." She replied as she got up and took all the utensils and dirty plates to the kitchen counter and began rinsing them and then placing them in the dish washer.
Leonard stood up and walked to the sofa and stretched out a bit while rubbing his stomach to indicate how good the meal had been. Closing his eyes and opening them he looked over to Penny and it seemed so incredible that he was sitting here in her apartment and knowing that they belonged to each other. Once again, he smiled as he closed his eyes.
As Penny, placed the last of the utensils in the dishwasher and closed its door, she looked over at Leonard and saw that he had leaned back and had one hand on his stomach and one hanging down by its side. He seemed to be asleep. Looking at her wall clock, it was just past 9:00 a.m. and it would be a few hours before she needed to be ready for work.
I think this is a good chance as any to do make my move.
She went over to the window by the dining table and she drew the shades to darken the living room. As it darkened, even with his eyes closed, Leonard noticed the sudden absence of light, so he opened his eyes to see what its cause was.