A/N: Thank you for all the reviews and for wanting me to continue this story, however i have never attempted a story like this before so please bare with me whilst i try to make this enjoyable for you to read. Also the chapters will not be very long in this story probably no more than two thousands words, anyway here's the next chapter for you.

The next day at lunch break Leonard found himself in the school cafeteria again it was something he rarely did, however now he had a motivation to come in there. Ever since seeing the blonde girl yesterday he was unable to take his mind off her it had effected his attention both in class and during his training and he went to sleep that night dreaming about her. So here he was in the cafeteria hoping to she would be here maybe getting the chance to find out her name .

Penny had been thinking about the guy who helped her yesterday called Leonard, she thought about his dark curly hair and those beautiful brown eyes he was cute ,and just like Leonard wasn't able to concentrate.

Penny got her lunch and turned towards the cafeteria looking to see if her friends where there noticing them she smiled but it quickly vanished as she remembered what happened yesterday.

Leonard had been waiting to see if she would show up, getting disappointed when it looked like she wouldn't he was just about to leave when he spotted her facing the cafeteria not moving. Deciding this was his chance to talk to her a find out her name, he walked up behind her.

Penny was busy worrying about getting to her table with her lunch to notice Leonard so it made her jump when he spoke "Hey". turning to the person who spoke smiling when she saw who it was.

After staring at him for what felt like a age she finally got out her reply" Hey".

Smiling at her "Are you okay?".

Penny nodded "Yeah it's just". looking back towards the seating area.

Leonard knew what she as thinking " You're worried the same thing will happen to you again aren't you ?".

Penny didn't say anything just nodded , Leonard decided he was going to help her "Here give me your tray I'll carry it to your table for you ". Penny turned to him wide eyed and couldn't do anything when he took her tray from her hands and started walking over to her friends , all she could do was follow him.

Sheldon, Amy , Raj and Howard where stunned to see Leonard approaching there table with Penny following behind him closely , upon reaching there table he placed her tray in front of one of the empty seats.

Turning to look at her "There you go" smiling at her

"Thank you " was all she could say,whilst smiling shyly at him.

He saw her smile and smiled back "You're welcome but can i ask you something?"

Penny looked at him curiously not sure what he wanted " Okay".

"Can you tell me your name"

Penny grinned at him "My name is Penny".

"Nice to meet you Penny i'm Leonard". holding out his hand for her to shake, Penny shook it tentavilt and marveled at how soft it was like veal

While all this was going on Alicia was staring at them with a scowl, She had seen Leonard come in and was waiting for him to come over to her table, but got confused as he seemed to looking for someone. Then she looked on in shock as he not only approached a nerd but carried her tray for her What the heck is going on she thought. But when she saw him put his hand out for the nerd to shake, that was too much she didn't like the fact that Leonard was being friendly to a nerd and a girl one too. She was going to have find a way of getting this nerd to stay away from Leonard, on the other hand she mess with her, this made her smile mischievously messing with her could be fun.

Leonard left the table and went back to where his brother and sister usually sat finding them both there , thinking the entire time about the pretty blonde nerd with those amazing green eyes. As he approached Michael and Hayley he saw all the looks he was getting from them and everyone else on the table but he didn't know why they where all looking at him like that.

"Hey guys". still receiving odd looks from them all and what looked like a scowl from Alicia " What?".

"Nothing " was the answer he received from them all, sitting down looking at them all, they soon went back to what they a talking about , Hayley took the opportunity she leaned towards her brother and whispered . " Leonard why where you with that nerd?".

Leonard frowned "What's it to you?".

Looking around the table before answering " Leonard can we talk in private, Michael can you come too, both Leonard and Michael agreed and followed there sister out into the corridor.

Hayley looked around to make sure no one was around "Look Leonard i don't have a problem with you talking to her and i'm sure Michael's okay with it too" .looking at Michael and getting a nod from him. "However to the rest of them this will make you look less cool if you are seen hanging around with nerds even girl ones".

Leonard frowned " Shouldn't that be up to me".

"Yes but i'm just warning you that some here might not like it, we're okay with it but i don't think Alicia will be happy about it and probably make that girls life a misery".

"She right brother didn't you notice the scowl on Alicia's face , she won't be happy about you talking to that girl , especially considering she thinks you belong to her".

Leonard was a little irritated now "I'm not hers i don't even really like her that much, besides she has a boyfriend , well she has guy anyway ".

"Neither do i but she's very popular and she's the head cheerleader and can throw me off the team if we say anything or try and defend you hanging around with that girl".

Looking at his sister and brother " Look i understand your concern, but i'm not going to let the fact that Penny isn't popular or a nerd from me wanting to get to know her".

Both Hayley and Michael looked at each other then both nodded "Okay Leonard, but be careful okay, you might be popular now but that could soon change if Alicia has anything to do about it".

"It's okay I can deal with not being popular".

"Are you sure about that, no offense brother but i think if you weren't the captain of the wrestling team and a champion in your division you would be getting picked on yourself".

Leonard frowned "Why would i be getting picked on if i wasn't the captain of the wrestling team?".

Hayley looked Leonard in the eye "Because Leonard, i'm not being mean but you kind of short and also bright, whilst you might not be a nerd being academic will make you a target for bullies. Also have you forgotten how you where treated at elementary school?".

Of course he hadn't forgotten being picked on by much bigger kids all the time. it was what had lead him to become a wrestler he wanted someway to defend himself . It also meant he knew how Penny and her friends felt "Leonard sighed " Maybe that's why i find Penny so interesting , we could be so alike if it wasn't for me being popular".

Hayley sighed "Well Leonard, just be careful okay".

Leonard nodded "I will, don't worry about me".

Hayley stepped forward hugging Leonard" I'll always worry about you" feeling a hand on his shoulder from Michael" While i'm your younger brother you are the smallest out of the three of us and i'll always want protect you".

"Thank guys but i can take care of myself".

Hayley nodded "Well i hope you can, just think about what you are doing and what could happen "

"I will" with that Hayley nodded and left to go back to the cafeteria followed by Michael, Leonard stood there thinking about what his sister had said was he willing to be a outcast so he could get to know Penny more?. Honestly he didn't know but one thing he was sure of was he wanted to know more about her so for now he was going to do discreetly. Deep down though he knew getting to know her was more important than any social standing he had ,though for now he was going to have to be careful not for himself but for her.

Whilst all this was going on Alicia had continued to stare at this girl that Leonard was being nice too, she couldn't see anything remarkable about her i mean come on she wears glasses. Why would Leonard show interest in a nerdy four eyed girl there had to be something she was missing and she was determined to find out just what is was about her he liked about her. However she needed to find out everything she could about her so she could make her life miserable because the nerd was not going to get to date Leonard before her.

A/N: Thank you for reading this chapter, sorry if it isn't to good, i wanted to set up the situation which Leonard has to contend with school status and of course someone to cause problems for him. As for my other stories, i'll be honest with The Bet i'm stuck so it might be a while before that gets updated, but Proof of Love i know where i'm going with that and am currently working on the next chapter. Also Bamadude asked me to do a one-shot based on The Romance Recalibration which i'm working on also.