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Chapter 4
"What do you wish to talk about?" I asked, clearing my throat and proceeding to stand up.
"Well, look. You probably haven't been in this kind of situation before but when two people kiss, that's usually supposed to be a conversation topic."
"Really? Huh." I was puzzled. "But Penny, just earlier, you said…"
"Okay, wait." She waved her hands in the air. "I'll do the talking, alright?"
I frowned, I could not allow that.
"Actually, Penny, there are quite a few remarks that I'd like to make, regarding…"
"Shush." She kept waving her hands in the air and giving me a mean look, so I decided to just hear her out firstly, for safety measures. She stared down while talking, tapping her foot on the floor and occasionally shifting her body weight from one foot to the other.
"It's just…When you kissed me I…Felt something, I don't know what it was…"
Perhaps she wanted my help guessing?
"Hunger? Pain?"
She glared at me annoyed.
"No. I just felt something and I was angry because I realized you just did it for your experiment. But then I came here and you told me you didn't want to experiment again, and I just wanted to kiss you again, but I, I'm not sure why."
She looked at me, and if I may judge, appeared to be sad and confused.
"Penny are you by any chance implying that you may have romantic feelings towards my person?"
She sighed.
"I don't know, Sheldon. I felt something in the kiss. Maybe. I guess."
"Penny I'm finding all of this to be extremely confusing."
"Well, imagine what I'm finding…"
"Annoying? Terrifying?"
She laughed. Quite frankly, I must state that while I excel in most areas of expertise, psychology is not one of them. Granted it's a soft science, but nonetheless I was unable to interpret Penny's reactions. Nothing that she was doing or saying made any sense. What feelings was she having? Was I perhaps having those as well?
"No, sweetie. Look, forget that. I just want you to know that I understand if you want some time to process all of this."
"What's there to process?"
"I don't know, I guessed you'd be embarrassed. Or uncomfortable. But you and I are friends, right?"
"Penny, Penny, Penny. Don't be naïve, I do not get embarrassed. I'm confident that you and I can move past the events of today and go on with our normal lives."
There. Perfect solution. It settled everything down and I wouldn't have to deal with those foolish thoughts and – dare I say it – feelings any longer. I knew I could solve this; I was a genius, after all.
"Is that what you want?"
"Yes." It was what I needed anyway. I should've never accepted the kissing hypothesis in the first place. This entire mess was my fault, but I was redeeming it now.
Penny looked down and I observed that her bottom lip was probing up in a pout. But just as I acknowledged that she looked up, determined.
"Well it's not what I want! I think there's something here and I don't know what it is exactly but I can't just ignore it. You can't just ignore it. I won't let you."
"But Penny…"
"No, you will not walk away from this, Sheldon Cooper. You kissed me first, you should deal with the consequences and unfortunately the consequences are that I want to kiss you again."
"You see, Penny I was just explaining all of this to myself. I trust that you and I are merely experiencing a common biological stimulation to…"
"Oh, shut up."
And with that she kissed me.
