A/N: Hey, here's chapter 4! Sorry I haven't updated as soon as I wanted too. I was out of town. Happy Mothers Day Everyone!


The Cooper's truck was a beautiful 1956 Chevy pickup with the three seats in the front. Leonard drove, Sheldon was at the other window and I was in the middle while Howard and Raj, who practically ran out of the house as we got in the truck screaming, "Don't leave us!", sat in the back. I was just happy that I got to sit real close to Dr. Badass over there. Howard was still standing with his mouth open while Raj simply look shocked at Sheldon's new look, Leonard just shook his head mumbling something about a leather jacket and 'crazy jackass'. I scooted in next to Leonard and Sheldon followed. Leonard's tendency to hog space finally paid off when I was squished next to Sheldon.

"So Sheldon, where's this shooting range?" I asked a bit overly cheery. He barely glanced at me before answering. "About twelve miles south from here," he turned to Leonard, "make a right past that stop sign." He pointed up ahead of us to a stop sign two blocks down. Sheldon waited till Leonard nodded before turning back to me. "Penny, I assume you can shoot a rifle, correct?" I nodded vigorously. "Good." He seemed satisfied but before I asked him the question that had been pestering me. "Can the esteemed Dr. Cooper shoot a rifle?" I put on the most innocent face I could muster and fluttered my eyelashes a bit. He chuckled, which surprised me and leaned down to whisper in my ear. "You betcha." He lingered a moment before leaning back and looking into my eyes. Have his eyes always been that blue? He smirked and sat back acting as if nothing happened. I sat there blinking my eyes for a minute trying to grasp just how far this change has gone for Sheldon, but the lingering feel of his warm breath on my ear sent shivers down my spine. I sat back and shifted a bit so my arm was against his and leaned my head against his shoulder slightly. Best ride ever.

When we pulled up to the 'shooting range', I was surprised. It was just plain woods with a small path in the center of it. Sheldon jumped out, well more like walked since he couldn't jump due to his height, and bounded after him. He grabbed a large case and a plastic bag filled with paper targets and started for the path. We had to wait for Howard, Leonard and Raj who were incredibly slow. When they finally caught up Sheldon gave them a look of irritation before spinning around and continuing down the path. It was a rugged old dirt path that was surprisingly long with winding turns and trees that seemed to be closing in on us. I was relieved when we finally came to a small clearing filled with old wooden posts. "Is this the shooting range?" I asked Sheldon. He gave a curt nod. "Well it's more rundown then I remember but it will work." He said and pulled out five targets and put them on the posts. "Alright, Penny, Howard and I will be starting with the rifles, Leonard and Raj will be starting with the handguns." Sheldon turned and opened the case to reveal five beautiful 9mm Beretta PX4's. I gasped. "Oh Sheldon, these are beautiful." He smirked. "I thought you might like them." He wiped the smirk off his face and turned to face all of us. "Leonard and Raj you will go there, and there," he pointed to two spots at the end, "Penny will be next to me and Howard you will be next to Raj and I." He pointed to the targets that were closest to us. He picked up his gun and walked over with a type of swagger that made those jeans work great with his ass. I licked my lips; I do love a man in good jeans. Howard looked a little lost at first but seemed to follow Sheldon's technique and hurried after him with his gun looking a lot like a person in a war video game. I held back a laugh at how ridiculous he looked and took my gun. I smiled at the feel of a gun underneath my hands. It's been a long while. I jogged after them, extremely excited about seeing Sheldon shoot, and took a spot on the end, next to Sheldon. Howard was on Sheldon's other end and struggling extremely with his gun. Sheldon sighed and went to help him before handing us some earplugs. We slipped them in and took our stance; well Sheldon and I did but Howard kind of waited to see what to do. I lifted the handgun and started shooting. I got near the bullseye almost every time and hit it a few times. I glanced over at Sheldon and nearly jumped him right there. Has anyone noticed how sexy a man could look with a gun in his hand? Well let me tell you, it can work wonders on a tall man from Texas. He had the same focus that he has when he works on a physics problem or when he's winning an argument. But with the leather and jeans to compliment him along with his scruff, holy crap on a cracker. I barely noticed when he stopped shooting. He looked at me in confusion. "Are you alright Penny?" I nodded warily. He nodded. "Are you both done?" He asked us, we nodded. He set his gun down and went to retrieve his target. It looked like one bullet hole, but it was too big and jagged. I looked at mine and it almost looked like it was smiling at me. So, Sheldon can shoot.


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