Ok, I want to apologize for the long wait. I have had an extremely stressful few weeks. FINALLY I have gotten this chapter down. Slightlyoffkey once again has helped me out.

"Jeez Penny." Leonard Helped her off the floor. "You ok?" She slowly got herself up exaggerating a small groan, with Leonard aiding her a bit. "Yeah I'm ok." Penny looked at Trisha, who was emptying out the napkin dispenser. Her shirt was soaking wet."Sorry...I...want me to get you some towels?""Don't worry about it. The napkins will be enough. I was at the cleaners before I got here so.. I have another shirt I can put on." Trisha said as she dabbed her shirt. "It was an accident." Right. Penny felt like her face was beet red.

She picked up the bucket laying on the floor as Leonard used the rest of the napkins to wipe off the table. Leonard and Penny both looked towards Trisha as her phone started going off. She looked at it and made a riled snort. "Leonard?" Trisha gave him an awkward smile as she got up and grabbed her purse."I'm am REALLY sorry but I gotta cut this short..have an appointment to make. Lets meet again sometime."

"Wait a minute." Leonard stopped her from leaving. She turned and gave him a questioning look."This is where I live."

Damn it Leonard. Penny looked at the ground as he got a pen out of his pocket at wrote something down on a napkin. He gave it to Trisha with a smile. "Really? My brother lives in 3A." She gave a short laugh."Small world huh?" Leonard smiled as she gracefully left.

"Your smell is intoxicating." Penny said with an alluring smile as her and Leonard laid in his bed facing one another. She had always loved how he smelled, but there was something about it today. Something that made her want to tear his clothes off.

Trisha had sent Leonard a text that she wouldn't be able to make it until the next day.

"It's Chanel Allure," he said the last part in an overly deep voice,"FOR MEN." Penny giggled, looking at his characteristic nerdy smile. They laid there, staring into each others eyes for a minute until a slightly serious look appeared on Leonard's face.
"Penny why did you pretend to trip and dump water on Trisha?" Leonard looked at her with furrowed brows. Her smile disappeared and her mouth hung open."Oh my god...he knew? But he acted surprised and helped her up." She was avoiding his eyes."He must have been trying to avoid a scene." Still avoiding eye contact, Penny closed her eyes as tears came."Hey..." Leonard said calmly and put his forefingers to her chin, gently turning her to face him. She gazed into his eyes as he looked into hers. His fingers left her chin and slowly caressed her tear stained cheek.

"She's...gorgeous...Leonard." Penny said with a cracking voice. "Penny. Leonard laughed."Have you looked in the mirror lately?"

"But she's your age and she's.."

"Penny, didn't you learn anything last month?" He shifted closer to her, his hand leaving her face and running through her hair." "I've been in love with you for a while now." Leonard gave her a soft smile as he leaned in, and gave her a gentle kiss that grew with passion. Drinking in the smell of his cologne, Penny smiled inside. Leonard had gotten a little more...assertive...in the last eight weeks. Sure she did find it nice at times to protect her little nerd from the Kurt's of the world, but seeing him being a "man" added some spice. That's not to say that self concious guy who first introduced himself didn't show up again on occasion.

It was 5:00am in 4a. Penny's bra and panties were strewn on her side of the room, while Leonard's t-shirt, socks, and boxers were thrown on his side. Huddled up together, Penny's left arm was around his waist and she had her head nuzzled up under his.

Penny was awakened by Leonard's phone buzzing on his nightstand."I have got to change that." He said in a groan as he reached his left arm over and picking up his phone to stop the vibrating. Covering herself up with the bed sheet, Penny rubbed her eyes as Leonard read the text on his phone."looks like Trisha will be here in about an hour."
"Great," Penny thought to herself.
Leonard quickly turned to her like a light flipped on in his head. "By the way there is a new burger joint that just opened down the road from the university. I thought we'd check it out today."
"Oh, The Three Floyd's?" Penny said with wide eyes and a smile. "Haley and her fiancé went there the other day. She said its really good."
"So it's a date then." Leonard said with a dorky smile. Penny gave him a big smile as she leaned over and gave him a passionate kiss.

After taking a a shower together, which sheldon hated since penny always left the tub messy, they got dressed and had coffee together.

"Leonard I was thinking.."
A quick knock on the door cut penny off. Leonard gave her look before opening the door.
Trisha stood before him with a smile showing her almost too perfect white teeth. She was wearing a tight, low-cut, short denim dress with a wide leather belt. Wearing the same two inch heels, she had her hair in a simple ponytail, exposing her lightly tanned neck and shoulders.

"Alright lady...you are REALLY starting to piss me off." Penny thought to herself with glaring eyes and clenched teeth. "Great, her boobs are bigger than mine too. what's next, is she an erotic massage therapist too?" She thought with a frown.

Leonard stepped aside holding the door open as he gave Trisha a friendly smile."Come on in. Make yourself comfortable." He motioned towards the living room. Trisha smiled, walking past him as she touched his shoulder with her hand before taking a seat on Sheldon's side of the couch.
"Oh I'm sorry Trisha you can't sit there." Penny said with a big smile inside as she sat her coffer down.
Trisha turned to her with a curious look."Why not?" She said with such a sweet voice that Penny wanted to hurl. She went over the whole thing with Trisha thinking how proud of her sheldon would be.

Leonard looked at Penny then to Trisha. "It's fine Trisha, you can sit there." Penny was going to need something a lot stronger than coffee. She sat her coffee mug into the sink and passed Trisha, stopping at Leonard still by the open door.

"Um sweetie, I'm gonna to go to my apartment for a minute." Before he could respond she leaned in and gave him an extremely passionate kiss, sliding her tongue into his mouth. After a few seconds, Penny broke the kiss, leaving a stunned look on Leonard's face. She smiled at Trisha and left with a slight grace to her step.

Penny closed the door to 4A with a wide smile on her face. "That should tell her who he belongs to." She got to the kitchen in her apartment, opened a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon and began to rethink her her previous actions. Had she gone a bit overboard? Hell no! That skimpy dress was clearly a move on Leonard.

Holding a half empty bottle of Cabernet, Penny walked into her dimly light bedroom and opened her closet. " I've got something in here that will make that dress look tame.