Still own nothing

Penny came down to breakfast with Leonard close behind. They found Wyatt sitting at the table sipping on a cup of coffee and reading a news paper. "It's probably good you came when you did Sweetie, there's a storm gonna be rollin in and it looks like it's gonna be a big one."

Penny was giddy at the thought. 'Oh my god... Leonard... You won't believe what it's like... All the snow..."

Leonard smiled, "Hey... North Pole... Remember?"

Penny gave him a hug as they sat down and poured some coffee. "Oh yeah... Sorry. But still, it's so beautiful. Daddy, is the hunting cabin open yet? It's so beautiful up there... the sky... the trees... the quiet..."

Wyatt put his coffee down. "Well, Kenny was supposed to close it up after Deer Season, but you know your brother. There's always tomorrow for what you don't want to do today".

Penny slapped Leonard on the arm. "Great. We'll take a ride up and see how things are and close it for ya. Sweetie, you will LOVE this place".

Wyatt looked at his daughter. There's a front moving in, and tomorrow is Christmas. Don't go off runnin around out there. Your mother has a nice meal planned."

Penny jumped up. "Don't worry, we wont be too long. C'mon Leonard let's go".

They were off in one of her fathers old pickup trucks. One he almost never used anymore except to move the horse stall hay. It was fine for Penny, when it was new and she was in high school, she would go out with guys and "watch the submarine races" while in the front seat. That was not something she necessarily wanted Leonard to know, but it still brought a smile to her face.

On her way to the cabin, Penny stopped by a small liquor store for some wine. They picked up a few bottles and went on their way. Half the way to the cabin, the snow started. Leonard was a little worried. "Penny, maybe we should just go back to the farm house".

Penny looked over, "Sweetie, don't worry, we're almost there".

Sure enough, they soon found themselves at the cabin. Penny jumped out and raced to the door. When Leonard made it to the door, he saw Penny starting a fire in the big stone fireplace. "Penny, if you start a fire, we will have to stay until it burns out".

Penny turned with a sly smile. "Now you're catchin on Sweetie". Penny finished starting the fire and placed some logs on to burn. She then stood, turned, walked over to Leonard and put her arms around his neck and gave him a long deep kiss. "Sweetie, why don't you pour us some wine while it warms up in here."

Leonard did as he was told, watching Penny dart around the cabin getting pillows and blankets so they could sir by the fire.

Penny's phone rang and she answered. "Yes Daddy, I know it's snowing. Yes, we made it to the cabin. Yes we started a fire. OK, we'll be fine." She looked over again at Leonard. "It seems that the weather at the House is pretty bad. Daddy thinks that it would be a better idea if we stayed here until the weather breaks. He said that everything should be fine, we should have plenty of fire wood."

Leonard looked a bit on edge. "What about electricity, and water?"

Penny walked over to a cupboard and took out a couple of Kerosene Lamps. "Well, we have these for light and there are plenty of candles. It'll be SO romantic. As for the water, the sink in the kitchen is an old pump faucet. We just have to keep pumping. Now... if we want HOT water, we will need to warm it up first on the wood stove. We could take a bath together to save time..." Penny gave Leonard a sly smile.

Leonard was still nervous. "What about food?"

Penny giggled. "Leonard... we aren't the Donner Party... we wont starve and have to resort to eating each other..." Penny raised an eyebrow. "We have food in the pantry and we can always go get some food". She opened another cabinet and took out a rifle. Leonard just stared in amazement.

Penny went over to the window. "Leonard... look... it's SNOWING! C'mon..c'mon.. let's go outside!"

Leonard smiled at her happiness. "Penny the sun is going down".

Penny looked at him with puppy dog eyes. "Pleeease Leonard. It's so quiet. It'll be fun..."

Leonard could resist no longer. "OK, but not too long."

Penny made sure they were both bundled up. She led Leonard outside and walked him to a clearing where they sat on a pile of wood that wasn't cut yet. They sat and just stared at sky. There wasn't too much wind, but the snow was coming down. The flakes were really big and the Moon poked out from behind a cloud every now and then. The snow flakes were beautiful, and glistened. Penny leaned over and kissed Leonard. All she could think of right now were thoughts of Leonard and how he made her that gift when he went to the North Pole. It was the most romantic gift she had ever gotten. Penny then jumped up, gave him a little shove and ran for a small thicket of trees. As she left, she yelled back at him "TAG... you're it".

Leonard got up, brushed himself off, smiled and ran off after her. The snow was pretty deep, so the going was a little slow. Leonard made it to the trees, and stopped. He immediately looked into the snow to see which way Penny had gone. He followed her tracks yelling, "This will be easy, I can see where you went".

Penny was well skilled in this game with her brother and sister. She had made sure that, just after she went into the trees a short distance, she circled every tree. She was sure that Leonard would over think her tactics and that gave her more time to hatch her plan.

As Leonard slowly walked and followed her tracks, Penny grabbed hold of one of the smaller trees next to him from behind. She then pushed on it and a large plop of snow fell right on him. Penny was absolutely hysterical.

Leonard was taken by surprise covered in snow, but wasn't going to let her get away. As she tried to turn and run, Leonard reached out and grabbed her leg tripping her. Penny fell face first into the snow. "Hey, that's not fair". Penny was now as covered in snow as Leonard.

The two of them wrestled a little in the snow, finally stopping when Leonard pinned Penny on her back. She looked up at him and they both stopped laughing. Penny reached up and put her arms around Leonard's neck and pulled him in for a kiss.

The wind started to pick up and the snowflakes were smaller and started to bite as they blew in. Penny started to get up and was then lifted out of the snow by Leonard. "Sweetie, we're soaked. We need to get back to the cabin before we catch a cold and freeze".

They trudged through the snow and got to the cabin. Once inside, They shed their outer clothes. Penny stood there looking at Leonard shiver. 'Oh Sweetie... let's get out of these clothes".