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On Saturday morning Penny had a 1130 appointment with a new client that Natasha had booked in for her the previous day, but at 845 she had a phone call from Alex at the store saying that two staff members had called in sick, Alex had already managed to get Natasha to go in as cover and asked Penny if she should call the men's store to to borrow one of their assistants until Penny was able to get there herself, she left Archie with Leonard promising to be back as soon as she could and made her way to the store, she got there at 1030, seeing that they was not too busy, she left Natasha to sort out duties with Alex and went to the office and waited for her appointment to arrive when Natasha came to the door
"Penny your 1130 has just arrived, apparently she needs to be seen now as she has made other arrangements that couldn't be changed"
"Ok, I shall be out in a moment, did you make her a drink?
"Yes of course, but we may have a little problem with this lady as I am pretty sure that just by looking at her, we won't have anything in her size"
"You seem surprised, I thought you booked her in yesterday? Replied Penny
"Yes but over the phone, she was recommended by one of your clients who happens to be a friend of hers"
"Hmm well it can only be a good thing because it will cost more to make whatever it is she will like then" said Penny
"Oh that's probably true, do you want me to work tomorrow? Alex said the weekend staff that called in sick have colds?"
"Hmm maybe its best and you can take Monday off and I will work myself unless I can get somebody else in, Leonard will be fine with Archie, for a few hours, come on lets go see this lady then"
Penny walked out to the waiting area where her client was waiting, she already knew her name and introduced herself
"Hello Mrs Carruthers, I am Penny the owner of the store, I am here to help with any style or choice of clothing you may need"
"Thank you Penny, I am after a whole new wardrobe of all the styles you have in your wonderful store, including some of your lovely handbags"
"Sure, I hope you don't find this too offensive but we don't actually stock plus sizes but we can have them custom made, I will let you know when they are ready though, it may take a few weeks"
"Oh that's no problem, I think you have found yourself a new client" smiled Mrs Carruthers
The fitting went well and Penny had an order totalling over $60,000 and a new client which made her think about advertising on the store website that they would at request make and design plus size clothes, before that though she emailed the seamstress company with all the relevant details of the order and was told that everything would be ready in 3 weeks time, by now it was 12pm and making sure that Alex and Natasha were ok, she left the store and phoned Leonard to let him know she was on her way home
Leonard meanwhile had his hands full as he had Archie and Marie, Amy and Sheldon had gone to the local dog Shelter and he had agreed to mind her until they came back
Amy and Sheldon left the house at 10am to go to the Shelter, they took Daisy with them and left her in the car whilst they spoke to the receptionist
"Have you had experience of dogs before?
"Yes we have a German Shepherd one now and she's in the car, we wanted to bring her in and see who she gets on with to help us choose" said Amy
"Does she get on well with other dogs?
"Yes, our friend has a yorkie and they get on terrifically well" said Amy again
"Ok wait here a moment and I will call for one of the adoption workers to come and see you, I would suggest getting your dog as well"
"Sheldon go and get her will you" said Amy
Sheldon returned with Daisy and the adoption worker took them through to the kennels
"Have you got an idea of what size or type of dog you would like?
"Any that gets on well with Daisy really" said Amy
"Ok we have lots of dogs that we have already tested with other dogs, so I can show you a selection of them, also if you have never been to a Shelter before it will probably break your heart and you will want to take home all the dogs but try to keep your emotions at bay a little"
They walked through the kennels and the adoption lady took them to a kennel where there was a white and tan Springer Spaniel in there,, she opened the door and the dog came bounding out and greeted Daisy with a friendly woof and wag of tail, Daisy responded the same way and the worker took the spaniel to the outside play area for them to bond.
"Ok her name is Cassie and she is 4 years old and she was brought to the Shelter after her previous owner died, we have neutered and vaccinated her, so if you feel this will work then you can take her"
Sheldon and Amy watched the two dogs chasing each other round and getting on fabulously, she called Daisy over to her and Cassie followed and let Amy and Sheldon pet her
"Sheldon I want her" said Amy
"Ok I agree, is that ok? Asked Sheldon to the worker
"Yes that's fine, usually we would do a house inspection for approval but as you already have a dog then we wont need to, I would suggest taking her now for the weekend and making a decision on Monday and you can come back on Monday to sort out the formalties"
"Oh really? Asked Amy in surprise
"Yes its best they spend a little time together before confirming" said the worker
They took Cassie home and Leonard went into the house with them with the babies and introduced Cassie to them and she was fine, the dogs were let into the garden to run off a bit of exercise, Penny arrived shortly afterwards and just as they were sitting down to lunch, Bernadette phoned Amy in a panic to say that she was bringing Rose over as Howard's mother had had a fall and she was needed with Howard at the hospital
Bernadette arrived shortly afterwards and informed the group that Mrs Wolowitz had broken her leg
"How long will she be in hospital for? Asked Penny taking Rose from Bernie
"I don't know but then there is the problem of her not being able to manage the stairs at her house"
"Why don't you let her live at your apartment until she is better then? Asked Amy
"I hadn't thought about that but she will need somebody to look after her at home and I guess that will be Howard, there's a lot to think about but thank you for looking after Rose, she hasn't had lunch yet though so if you could feed her as well" said Bernie as she quickly made her exit
When Rose realised her mother had gone, she not happy and at 14 months old decided to have a tantrum which involved throwing herself to the floor and screaming, the only thing that stopped her from screaming was to bring Daisy over to her and let Rose play with her until Amy could fix her something to eat
Leonard and Sheldon were currently entertaining Cassie by throwing a ball for her while Penny and Amy watched
"Amy how was the shelter this morning? Asked Penny
"Yes it was ok, obviously we came home with Cassie, we have to make a decision by Monday about whether we are keeping her but I think she will be fine living here"
After lunch Penny went back next door with Leonard and Archie and Amy managed to put Marie and Rose down for a nap and Sheldon went to find Amy who was working at her desk in the one room they had dedicated to as their office, he had a suggestion for her but noticing how engrossed in her work she was, he walked up behind her, leant over her and kissed her neck which made Amy shiver as she always liked when Sheldon did that, she then turned her head and they had a passionate kiss before Sheldon remembered why he had come to find her, he reluctantly let her go and sat on Amy's desk while she stayed in her chair
"Amy I have spoken to your Mom and Leonard, between them they can look after Marie and if you would like me to then I would like to join you on your Neuroscience conference"
"Oh Sheldon that would be lovely, what made you do that?
"Well since having Marie, we have not really had any time away together and I know its only two days but we can make it fun" replied Sheldon
"Ok, well Dr Carter will also be there along with my Assistant Grace, our current study is due to end at the end of next week and we will be starting a new one when we return, so it's a good opportunity for us all to go and learn from other scientists"
"Do you know where the conference is being held? Has you room been booked already?
"Yes it is at the Hilton Seattle Airport and Conference centre but I haven't booked a room yet"
"Ok let me have a look and I will book something special for us"
"Sheldon what are you going to do when the speeches are on? I know Neuroscience doesn't really interest you"
"Well I will listen to your speech obviously, I just want to support you Amy"
"Sheldon you are very sweet" said Amy
"Well after our little misunderstanding earlier in the week I want to be with you all the time and make the most of any free time we can get" said Sheldon as he leaned down to kiss Amy again and gently caressed her breasts
"Sheldon doing that will make me want to take you into the bedroom and have some naughty fun with you but we will have to wait until later, remember the babies are sleeping in the next room"
"Well that is a shame" said Sheldon pouting and pretending to sulk, Amy was just about to give into him when her mobile started to ring, seeing it was Bernadette she answered
"Amy, I am on my way back to get Rose, Howard is taking his mom home and staying with her until he can get a carer into look after her, he needs to work and cant afford to take time off to look after her"
"Ok see you shortly Bernie" said Amy getting up and leaving the room with Sheldon following her
"Amy look what state you have left me in!" Sheldon was pointing to his very obvious arousal, Amy cupped his arousal through his trousers and kissed Sheldon again, making him moan that he couldn't have her straight away
"You are such a vixen! Said Sheldon as Amy went to Marie's room and collected Rose who was still sleeping and took her downstairs to wait for Bernie to arrive
Next Chapter up shortly
Thanks to INWHATUNIVERSE who helped me with the plus size clothing idea for Penny's store
I have lots of ideas and plans for the story and they will be coming up in the next few chapters, now if anybody has a request for something they would like the characters to do, I will see about incorporating in somehow