Comic Con day 3

It was nearing the end of the day and Ally and Penny were packing up their things to head back to the hotel.

'Hi, how was your afternoon?' Leonard said to the girls

'Great, we actually had a bit of interest from some Marvel fans today so maybe all this latex isn't going to waste' Penny said motioning to her costume.

'Are we still on for dinner tonight?' He asked Penny, taking her bag from her so she didn't have to carry it.

'Of course. Ally, Sheldon, would you like to join us?' Penny asked

'I actually have plans' Ally said

'Doing what?' Sheldon spoke without realising that he had willingly asked another person something which he normally held no interest in.

'I am….' Ally stalled 'um... doing some… extra work on… the PR for the comic' she finally finished. Sheldon noticed she looked unhappy but lacked the social skills to ask her about it in a way that would show he cared without revealing how much.

'You are? How come I didn't know about this, do you need me to help' Penny asked immediately concerned that Ally was being asked to do more work than she was being paid for.

'No no, I offered this morning and it's just stuffing envelopes stuff like that. You go and have fun at dinner.' Ally reassured her.

'I thought we were going out for food, I spent time this morning finding a suitable restaurant outside of the hotel. At your request I hasten to add.' Sheldon said

'I'm really sorry Sheldon, you guys can still go, have a good time, you won't even miss me.' Ally finished inwardly cursing her self for yet another lie.

Back at the hotel room Ally was in the bathroom changing in a more formal dinner dress, making sure to wrap herself in one of the large complimentary robes before leaving the bathroom. Penny was just pulling on her flip flops before heading out to meet the guys.

'are you sure you can't come?' Penny asked

'yeah, I'll just get dressed and head down to the lobby to meet up with the team, I'm not sure what time I will finish though so don't be surprised if I'm not here when you get back.' Ally reassured her.

Penny gave Ally an appraising look, she was good at spotting when people were lying to her, it was how she had found out Kurt was cheating on her. Ally had the distinct uneasy look of someone who was hiding something. 'Ally you know you can tell me anything right' Penny tried to placate her.

'of course' Ally said trying to sound normal but it came out a couple of pitches too high.

'I'm serious. Did something happen with you and Sheldon last night, you barely spoke to him today. I know he's sometimes rude, who am I kidding he's always rude but he doesn't mean it. At least not all the time anyway.' Penny tried again.

'look Penny, I'm fine I … nothing happened with Sheldon, he's great, actually he's better than great, you too. Honestly if I had something I could tell you I would' Ally finished hoping Penny wouldn't pull her up on the whole 'could tell you line'. Penny sighed and pulled Ally in for a quick hug before picking up her purse and making her way down stairs to meet the guys.

As the door closed Ally let out a big breath she had been holding. She checked her watch and saw that she only had 10 minutes left to freshen her make up before heading down stairs herself, hopefully the group would have left by then and wouldn't notice her getting in a strange car.

Ally got through the lobby without any sign of the group and was relieved to see that the car was already waiting hurrying into the back seat she was met by Mark her godfathers PA. He was pleasant enough and luckily didn't try and engage in small talk with her, the way Ally's head was tonight she doubted she would have been able to follow it. The car was soon pulling up at another hotel 'I thought we were going to a restaurant?' Ally questioned seeing the impressive obviously five star hotel.

'your godfather thought it would be nicer to have an intimate dinner in his suite.' Mark replied opening the car door for her and leading her across the lobby.

Ally was glad, no chance of her photo ending up in the papers that way. The elevator took Ally and Mark up to the presidential suite, Mark left Ally outside the door to her godfather room where she knocked gently.

The door swung open and Ally was enveloped in a big hug by her godfather, Patrick Stewart.

A/N- I have no affiliation whatsoever with Patrick Stewart (sigh) I did see him in Waiting for Godot though, he was fabulous. Although when isn't he.