A/N: Thank you for the reviews of my last chapter they are much appreciated, i hope you like this chapter.

It was Friday night and Penny was getting ready for her date with Leonard this time she was far more excited than she was before their first date last Friday. This time she was going to wear a dress

Leonard sat nervously in his car waiting to go up to get Penny for their date, he had gone out and got himself a new shirt and jacket for this date hoping that he looked well dressed.

Penny was all dressed up like she was going somewhere special not because she was but because she wanted to look good for Leonard, smiling to herself at his reaction when he sees her. She was going to wear heels but decided against it opting to wear a cute pair of flats she had

When she came out of her bedroom she was greeted again by a grinning Cheryl " Now that's more like it ". But are you sure you wont give him a heart attack dressed like that?".

"Well i wanted to look better this time it is a second date after all".

Cheryl took this as opening " So you see this as a second date not just a attempt to win the bet and get the shoes we owe and a dress too?"

Damned Penny thought " Yes to both i do see this as just a way of winning the bet, but it is a second date as well and besides you said i hadn't put much effort into the way i looked before our first one".

"I did but this quite the turn around from what you wore the first time, you look like your going to spend the night on the town looking to hook up with some guy".

Penny looked at herself then at Cheryl " No i don't ".

"If you say so",

"I do, why are so interested in the way i'm dressed?".

"I'm just curious that's all, you seemed to be more invested in this date than the first one".

Damn, what can she say to get out of this' But luck would have it Leonard chose that moment to knock on the door, Penny was thankful for the interruption, making her way to the door. Taking a breath and trying to calm her racing heart and the butterflies in her stomach, unfortunately when she opened the door , seeing Leonard stood in a very nice suit. Her heart rate picked up more and the butterflies in her stomach went crazy, all this just from seeing him , the expression on Leonard's face when he saw her was what she had hoped for.

Leonard was speechless Penny looked absolutely amazing, but at the same time he was a little worried, he remembered on there last date she had wanted to go to a club. But he hadn't because well it just wasn't him, but he wanted to show her he would do anything to make her happy, so tonight they where going to a club after there meal if she wanted too. However the way Penny looked he was seriously considering changing his mind, as he was worried that in the club she'll probably be constantly hit on. Worse what if she saw a guy she really liked and just ditched him in the club to be with that guy, Leonard knew he was over thinking but he just couldn't help it.

Penny saw the expression on Leonard's face changed and grew a little worried " Leonard are you okay?".

Penny's voice brought Leonard out of his thoughts, looking at her he smiled " I'm fine, i was just thinking that's all, you look beautiful Penny".

Just like the last time he gave her a compliment she blushed , she wondered why this happened she had been given compliments all her life yet she never reacted like she does when Leonard gives her one. " Thank you". Looking at how Leonard was dressed she was quite surprised how great he looked in what looked to be a new shirt and jacket " You look great your self Leonard, are they new?".

Grinning at her " Actually they are, how did you know?".

Shrugging her shoulder " Just a guess".

Smiling at her, before holding out his hand " Ready to go?".

Grinning back at him as she excepted his hand " Yes". Not bothering to look behind her as she shut the door.


As soon as the door was shut Cheryl was on her phone , Emma picked " Emma they're on the way now".

"Okay we'll wait for him to drive off before we follow".

"Good, just don't let them see you".

Emma had just got off the phone when Penny and Leonard excited the building, watching with surprise as Leonard open the passenger door for Penny before closing after she git in. Waiting for the car to pull away first, Sally began following them a short distance behind.

Leonard drove to the same restaurant they went to on the first date, Penny's smile grew when she saw where they where " Leonard i can't believe you brought me here again ".

Smiling back " Well i knew how much you liked it last time and i remembered you wanted to walk on the beach afterwards, so i thought why not come here again and if you want to go to the beach afterwards we can".

Penny's smile turned into a grin " I would love that, but are you sure you want to go to the beach? i remember what you said about it".

"No not really but i'll do it if you want to go".

Penny was still surprised at how he would do things for her no one else would, she could feel tears welling up,leaning over she kissed him on the cheek. " Thank you sweetie". They got out of the car and headed into the restaurant.

They shared a wonderful meal together and afterwards went for a walk along the beach , Penny was enjoying being there with Leonard so much so she linked her arm through his and rested her head on his shoulder . Leonard was surprised that she had her head on his shoulder, but was to distracted by thinking about whether he should attempt to kiss her or not.

For Emma and Sally after following them to the restaurant they had sneaked over to window to see what they where like in there, both were taken aback by how happy Penny looked. When they got up to leave they quickly moved away and back to the car, waiting to follow them to wherever they went next so when they didn't go to the car but went to the beach. They both proceeded to follow them although carefully as they didn't have anywhere to hide , luckily Sally had brought some binoculars with her so they could watch from a greater distance.

Leonard was still going over whether he should kiss Penny or not, when he remembered something by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger called Schrödinger cat. In which he hypothesised Schrödinger's cat: a cat, a flask of poison, and a radioactive source are placed in a sealed box. If an internal monitor (e.g. Geiger counter) detects radioactivity (i.e. a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered, releasing the poison, which kills the cat. The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a while, the cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Yet, when one looks in the box, one sees the cat either alive or dead not both alive and dead. This poses the question of when exactly quantum superposition ends and reality collapses into one possibility or the other. Leonard thought this could be applied to his current conundrum over whether he should kiss Penny or not he knew kissing her could be both good or bad and only by kissing her will he know.

"Schrödinger's cat" Penny heard Leonard mumble making her lift her head to look at him " I'm sorry what is Schrödinger's cat?".

Leonard hadn't realised that he had said that out loud "Wh.. why did you say that".

"Because you just said Schrödinger's cat, so tell me what is it?".

"Well in 1935, Erwin Schrödinger, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics, he proposed an experiment. A cat is placed in a box with a sealed vial of poison that will break open at a random time. Now , since no one knows when or if the the poison ha been released , then until the box is opened, the cat can be thought of as both alive and dead.".

Penny just looked at Leonard confused " I'm sorry why would you be thinking of something like that now?".

"Well just like Schrödinger, something i was thinking about has the potential to be both good and bad. It's only by opening the box that i'll find out which it is".

Penny was still confused " Okay, so what was it you where thinking about ?".

Looking at Leonard muster up all his courage " This" taking a step forward placing his lips on hers. Placing his left hand on her arm and his right behind her head.

Penny was surprised by the kiss not just because she wasn't expecting it but the feeling the rushed through her body as soon as his lips touched hers. Her own hands rested on his upper chest

After the kiss Penny kept her eyes closed for moment before opening them " Well if i understand what you said, then i'd say the cat's alive " patting him on the chest whilst smiling brightly at him. They turned and continued to walk along the beach both smiling happily about their first kiss.

Sally was lying on the beach watching what was happening between her friend and Leonard through a pair of binoculars , when she saw them kiss and Penny's reaction she was left shocked. Emma unfortunately couldn't see so much as she was without the binoculars so was relying on what Sally was telling her. But even from this distance she could still see that Penny and Leonard had just kissed but she couldn't see how Penny responded to it.

"Sally what's going on? did she like the kiss?".

Sally passed the binoculars too Emma " See for yourself".

Taking the binoculars from Sally she looked back over to where Penny was they where still not moved but she could clearly see the expression on Penny's face , and it was one of pure joy.

"Well she clearly liked the kiss, i guess she does like him after all and wasn't pretending too like Cheryl thought".

"Maybe, but i think we should stay watching them for a while longer see if things change".

"Okay but i don't think we need to see anymore, they clearly are dating"

"I know it's just i have never seen that expression on her face when she looked so happy".

"That's a good thing though isn't it ? we should be happy she's happy".

"It is, but i'm worried if it's more to do with him being so nice to her and not that she really wants to be with him".

Emma shook her head " Can't we just except that Leonard is a good thing for her and we never know she may truly want to be with him and he's not some rebound".

"Well i hope you're right".

"I am". with that Emma went back to looking towards Penny and Leonard both where now walking along the beach again with Penny back to resting her head on his shoulder.

After a while Leonard and Penny left the beach and went back to his car after getting in Leonard took a breath " Penny what would you like to do now?".

"Well i'd like to go to a club and drink and dance " Leonard went instantly nervous, he didn't like the idea of a club all those better looking and taller guys who he knew would hit on Penny even though he'll be standing right there. But Penny had clearly shown she liked him and had enjoyed there first kiss so he doubted if guys hit on her she would ditch him for them.

Taking another breath he nodded " Okay we can go if you like".

Penny's eyes lit up " You will?".

Leonard nodded "I will, However just so you know i'm not much of a dancer".

Throwing her arms around him " Thank you sweetie".

After she let him go he drove them to the club.


Once in the club Leonard nervously followed Penny through the throngs of drunk dancing patrons , Leonard already hated this place in the few minutes he'd been ion here he had been almost knocked over several times. Penny was just ahead and Leonard was struggling to keep up with her but was still able to see her long blonde her. That was until he got knocked by yet another dancer unfortunately he stumbled this time and by the time he regained his balance , he had lost sight of Penny. Leonard looked around the best he could but couldn't see her anymore, deciding his best hope was to continue in the direction he thought she was going in. He made his way through the crowd and eventually noticed a bar , taking a gamble that this is where he would find her , he headed towards the bar. Once he got near he felt relief at spotting Penny but that soon turned into disappointment when he notice that she was being talked to by the very kind of guy he was worried about her seeing. As he approached it took until he was stood almost behind her before he could hear what the guy was saying, unfortunately it was just what he suspected , the guy was hitting on her. Leonard had no idea what to do , he knew if he tried to confront the guy he would lose as he was much bigger than he was. Surprisingly he ended up having to do nothing .

"Listen buddy i'm not interested i'm here with my boyfriend".

Leonard smiled at her calling him her boyfriend, taking this moment to intervene " Hey Penny".

Hearing Leonard she quickly turned around, smiling brightly at him before throwing her arms around him" Leonard sweetie " .

Leonard was happy at reaction and at the shocked look on the guys face before he left.

Emma and Sally had managed to stay close to Leonard without being seen, and had witnessed the whole event. Emma just smiled at the sight of Penny not been interested in the guy hitting on her and the bright smile on her face when Penny had noticed Leonard.

Leaning over to Sally so she was able to hear her " Well there we have it Penny does like him"

"Yeah she does, i'm happy for her though i don't know why she lied to us".

"Does it matter she is clearly happy with him lets leave it at that".

"Okay, so what do we do now?".

"Well i don't know about you but i plan on having a drink and dancing".

Penny and Leonard stayed at the club till closing time , Penny was having a great time she hadn't had many drinks as she didn't want to ruin this by getting drunk. She had convinced Leonard to dance with her he was clearly reluctant but did it anyway, after the first dance he became more comfortable with it which made her happy. While he wasn't the best dancer he wasn't as bad as he thought he was and besides she didn't really care how good he was she was just happy he was dancing with her. Unfortunately the guy who hit on her at the bar turned out not to be the only one to hit on her, she told them all to get lost as she was with her boyfriend. She felt awful and angry every time one of them hit on her as she saw the dejected look on Leonard's face , she assumed he thought she would leave him for one them. This confused her as she had shown no intentions of doing it yet every time a guy hit on her he would act the same way. So after they had been successfully gotten rid of Penny would put her arms around Leonard's neck smile sweetly at him before kissing him passionately. It did the trick as he would smile brightly at her afterward making her happy she was able to bring him out of the misery of having to watch her being hit on.

Leonard had for the most part had been enjoying himself, while he wasn't one for coming to clubs and dancing, having Penny in his arms happily dancing with him made it tolerable. He hated it every time a guy tried to hit on her and smiled inside every time she brushed them off and calling him her boyfriend then after they left putting her arms round him and kissing him.


They stayed until the club closed a very happy Penny and Leonard left the club, Penny spied someone she thought she knew, she was pretty sure it was Sally .

Turning to Leonard "Leonard sweetie i just saw someone i know i'm just going to say hello, will you wait here for me?".

Leonard just nodded " Sure Penny".

Smiling brightly " Thanks" giving a quick peck on the lips, before going after who she was sure was Sally , it was on her way that she also saw Emma.

Sally and Emma where just out the club " Well were lucky they didn't spot us ". said Emma.

Sally turned " Yeah we..". suddenly going wide eyed, before turning quickly and walking more quickly, Emma was confused until she looked back and saw Penny heading towards them. Turning around and quickly following Sally, when she got to Sally's car Emma was just about to get in when she felt someone grab her shoulder , she knew instantly it was Penny.

Turning around to look at her " Oh hey Penny what are you doing here?". she asked innocently.

"I'm on my date with Leonard, but i saw Sally wondering why she was here i made my way over but she looked shocked when she saw me and started to hurry away. Then i saw you too and you started to do the same" squinting her eyes Penny continued " Where you spying on me?".

"No no we weren't we just so happen to be at the same club as you" by this point Sally had got back out the car walking to stand next to Emma.

Penny looked at them both " No you're lying ... you where spying on me, why where you doing that?".

Sighing Emma decided to come clean" Sorry Penny, yes we where it's just that we wanted to see how you where with Leonard on a date, that's all"

"THAT'S ALL ! what gives you the right to see what me and Leonard do on our date". Penny had a sudden thought " How long have you two been spying on us?".

This time it was Sally who answered " Since you left Cheryl's".

Penny looked at them completely in shock at what she had just heard " Why would you do this ? " a moment past and Penny had a sudden realisation " You don't believe we are dating, that's it isn't it?".

When neither answered " I guess i have my answer , you think i've just been pretending to go on dates with Leonard to win those stupid bets". Well guess what i went out with him because i like him , yes the bet was the reason i originally went out with him and wanted him to asked me out ,but i realised i like being with him".

"Where sorry Penny but you have to see from our point of view,he isn't exactly the kind of guy you date".

"Are you saying i'm shallow? ".

"No it's just that he isn't the type of guy we've seen you with and i know we made the bet with you to date someone like him but we didn't think you actually like him".

"That sounds a lot like you do think i'm shallow, yes i've never dated a guy like Leonard before, but after going on our first date i realised he was better than any of the guys i used to date. Oh and by the way , when i first saw Leonard at the Cheesecake factory i thought he was really cute so i would of gone out with him if he'd asked , even without me wanting to win the bet".

"You know what i don't care what you guys think " and with she turned and headed back to Leonard , annoyed at her supposed friends behaviour.


When Penny came back to where Leonard was waiting for her he could see something was wrong " Penny is everything okay?".

"It's fine Leonard" Penny snapped .

Leonard was taken aback by her tone " Are you sure because it doesn't sound like it".

Penny glared at Leonard " I said it's fine, can you just take me home".

Before Leonard could answer Penny was already heading towards where he parked his car, Leonard had no idea what had upset Penny but given her mood he wasn't going to try and ask. When he got to his car he found her leaning on it waiting for him to open , as soon as he unlocked it she got in , not giving him a chance to do what he been doing since there first date.

The drive home was silent Penny was still annoyed at finding out that her supposed friends had been spying her as they couldn't believe that she liked dating Leonard. When they arrived Leonard just pulled over and she didn't say anything just getting out and heading into the apartment building leaving Leonard to wonder if he would see her again.

Cheryl had gotten a message from Emma informing her that Penny had caught them spying on her and they had admitted to doing it and how it was her idea.

Hearing the door open Cheryl saw the angry look on Penny's face " Penny " but she stopped speaking when all she got was a glare from Penny as she stomped to her room and slamming her door shut.

Penny just collapsed onto her bed finally allowing her tears she had been holding in to fall, how could her friends do that to her?, why couldn't they believe she wanted to date Leonard. Oh god Leonard she felt awful by the way the night ended it wasn't his fault, she was just angry at her friends that's why she snapped at him , when all he doing was asking how she was. Worse still she had not only not spoken to him all the way home but she got out without even thanking him for such a wonderful night, that she had put a dampener on at the end.

Penny tears increased she hoped that this wasn't the end of there relationship hoping that when she saw him next that she could explain why she was rude towards him at the end. That's if he would want to see her again, after all if a guy had done what she had at the end of there date she probably wouldn't want anything to do with them.

Penny eventually fell asleep still in her dress and what would end up being a very restless night for her.

A/N Thank you for reading , sorry if it's not that good; please review and let me know what thought of this chapter.