Look new chapter! I know, since I like feedback, I put it up as quickly as I could. So reviews are like burgers. I love burgers.
I was watching glee and I notice that, the creator: Ryan Murphy really listens to the fans. Like there was a couple that was not supposed to be together, but the fans wanted them to be together and BAM! The writers made them a couple. I wish that they'd just scrap Lenny and listen to us for once.
Disclaimers are Bazinga.
WARNING: Fluff. Long, long, chapter. Shenny overload, you're welcome *wenk*
Penny was happy today. She was really, really, really happy. They had just finished shooting her commercial, which meant that her bank account was happy. It wasn't overflowing with money, but it was enough to get her by for the next couple of months.
Well, if she avoided malls and online shoe stores.
She skipped to their front door, unlocking it and swinging it open.
"Hey Moon Pie!" she chirped. Sheldon had his back to her, staring intently at his whiteboard. She walked over to him, poking his arm. "Sweetie, are you okay?"
Sheldon glanced at her before returning to his whiteboard, "No I am not. I am stuck"
Penny stared at his whiteboard, placing a finger on her chin, "but you're a beautiful minded genius guy! I'm sure you could get un-stuck, like maybe taking a break? You look like a zombie!"
He erased an equation before writing another one. He ran his hand through his hair, groaning. He grabbed the eraser, erasing it again and re-writing the old equation. "Yes, many have said that, though not in the community college way like you did"
The blonde sighed, her cheerful mood ruined. She plopped down on the couch, "Maybe I could help you? Is there anything I could do to help you?"
He scoffed, "Penny please, not even Spock could help me."
"That's the pointy eared guy with that horrible haircut right? Oh wait, he kinda looks like you!"
Sheldon stiffly turned to her, his eyebrows furrowed, "Penny I have thoroughly explained to you who Spock is just the other night. Must I explain it to you yet again?"
Before Penny could answer, Sheldon had already started his lecture about Spock. She knew who he was, she just, forgot the exact words he used and just decided to describe him. Other than that, her top priority was to get Sheldon to relax and take a day off.
"Penny! Penny did you get that?"
She snapped out of her trance and smiled at him, "Okay, I now know who he is cause you're so smart. So maybe you could let me help you?"
He raised his eyebrow, "Penny there is absolutely no possibility that you would be able to help me," he turned back to his whiteboard, "so just go and watch your foolish TV shows and let me be"
Penny's eyebrows furrowed at his words. Her mother always told her that anything was possible, including helping one crazy assed Sheldon Cooper.
"It's time to go Junior Rodeo on his ass"
Sheldon woke up from his… nap? Was it a nap? He didn't remember going to sleep… He looked around; he was lying on the floor! How did he get on the floor…? He closed his eyes, trying to recall the previous events, when suddenly Penny appeared.
"Well hello there Sheldon" she said, a hand on her hip.
"I fell asleep?" He slowly stood up, turning around, "Good lord! Where is my board?" He yelled, frantically searching the room. Penny walked over to the counter, grabbing her coffee and taking a sip from it.
"You didn't fall asleep sweetie," she answered, "I knocked you out, and then I hid your board." Sheldon stared at her in horror, she gave him a big grin, "doesn't it feel great to have a good night sleep?"
Sheldon furiously walked up to her, glaring, "Give me my board back, or I'll blow your head up"
Penny chuckled, "try me."
Sheldon placed his fingers at his temple, staring at her intently. Penny laughed, "Nothing's happening sweetie," she placed her mug on the counter, "I'll tell you what, you'll get your board back, if you agree to hang out with me. Just for today"
He threw his arms in the air, "this is preposterous! I order you to return my board, NOW!"
"Listen closely Sheldon, your board could be anywhere in this apartment, maybe even outside the apartment," she slowly walked towards him, "maybe it's in my room underneath all those dirty clothes, maybe it's at the Cheesecake Factory, who knows?"
"You know. Now tell me where it is"
She looked up at him, smirking. "The only way I'll tell you is if you agree to spend the day with me. I can live my life without telling you," she poked him in the chest, "but I wonder if you can."
He folded his arms across his chest, a confident smirk on his face. "I could easily get a replacement board. I have an eidetic memory, therefore I could write down all of the equations I wrote down and everything I wrote since last year" He folded his arms across his chest, a confident smirk on his face.
"Really Sheldon, are you really willing to change boards?" she purred, causing him to wince. Sheldon stared at her smirking face. Was he really willing to change boards? He hated change.
He took a step back and sighed, "Alright. You win; I agree to join you in a day of useless activities. But I am sure that your efforts will be futile and will only waste my precious time"
He started walking towards his room until Penny grabbed his arm. "Wait, I got you something" She muttered, grabbing a paper bag off the couch. She brought the bag up to his face and smiled.
"Here's a little something for ya"
He shook the bag, "This doesn't sound like a comic book or an action figure"
Penny groaned, grabbing the bag and pulling out a pair of dark blue jeans and a black jacket.
"Penny, what are these for?" he asked.
"Well, I thought that you would look good in these, even with your childish shirts on!" She happily said, handing him the clothes. Sheldon sighed, throwing them over his shoulder.
"Alright, but I'm telling you this will not change anything. Not to mention the face that I am in debt to you"
"Uhuh you can pay me back later, now go take a shower and get changed! It's already 10 AM, and past your bathroom time!" She pushed him towards the bathroom, "Go on, I don't want to be late! This will be fun!"
"Sarcasm?" he asked, looking at her. She shook her head, "No. Now go!"
She pushed him inside the bathroom and slammed the door. Happy with herself, she sat on Sheldon's spot and opened her laptop. She knew that this would be a fun day, she could feel it. She opened up facebook and decided to update her status.
Gonna have a fun day with Sheldon Cooper!
Penny was surprised at how good Sheldon looked even with his superhero shirt. He was wearing the black jacket she gave him over his red the Flash shirt, and he wore the jeans! She wondered if he was wearing a long sleeved shirt underneath, but she couldn't tell with him pushing the jacket's sleeves up to his elbows.
"I honestly do not think that this is a good idea Penny" he complained as he got into her car.
"Sheldon, I'm currently in a very good mood. Don't ruin it," she warned. He sighed as he buckled his seatbelt, "I see Mr. Check Engine Light is still there"
She placed her hand over his mouth, "shush sweetie, or else I will drive this car off a cliff"
The drive was long and ridiculous for Sheldon, while it was long and annoying for Penny. When Sheldon wasn't talking about science and the check engine light, he was forcing her to play one of his silly car games. If she hadn't promise herself that she would help Sheldon, she would have grabbed his face and slammed him to the window. Or suffocate him. Or kick him out of the car and wait for a truck to run over him. Okay, maybe the last one was a bit too brutal, but he was just so annoying!
Luckily, there wasn't a lot of traffic, making their drive shorter. She smiled as she saw the entrance of their destination.
"Penny, why are we at the zoo?" Sheldon asked as he stared at the sign.
"Stop asking questions sweetie"
They started their tour at the Aviary area. Penny excitedly took pictures with all the colorful birds. She thought that they all looked beautiful, while Sheldon stayed there at the entrance, screaming whenever a bird flew near him. She was a bit disappointed when she saw the woodpecker; it looked nothing like Woody the Woodpecker! Come to think of it, Woody the Woodpecker looked like a duck.
"Penny if you are done taking pictures, I would like to leave this place immediately" Sheldon said, avoiding birds. Penny laughed at the sight of him, a ridiculously tall, grown man, screaming and freaking out each time a bird flew near him.
"Aww come on Sheldon, this is fun!" She grabbed his arm, pulling him towards one of the birds, "Hey birdie, this is Sheldon, he's a praying mantis!"
Sheldon stared wide eyed at the bird, it was a Bali Mynah, and it stared back.
He grabbed her arm and ran towards the exit, "Sheldon where are you dragging me to?"
"You didn't see it, but it was planning on killing me!"
Penny burst out laughing as she allowed Sheldon to drag her out.
After a quick bathroom break, Penny allowed him to choose where to go. She smiled as she watched him scan the zoo map. Even though he didn't admit it, she knew that he was having fun well at least that was what she thought.
"Penny! Look they have a Monkey trail!" He exclaimed like a little kid, "May we go there next?"
He looked at her, a smile on his face and his eyes lighting up.
"Of course, this day is about you relaxing sweetie"
He happily clapped his hands as they walked to the monkey trail.
"Penny! Take a picture of me and the monkey!"
Penny walked over to where Sheldon was, preparing her camera. Penny took the picture; Sheldon smiling wide, a monkey sitting on his shoulder. She then took a picture of her and Sheldon with the monkey in between them.
She watched as Sheldon happily interacted with the monkeys. He kept on giving her a lecture about how monkeys were the best animals in the zoo. It felt good to see Sheldon happy.
"Alright guys, it's time for the monkeys to go rest"
There was a hint of disappointment in Sheldon's eyes when the zoo keeper told them that the monkeys were going to take a break.
Penny placed a hand on Sheldon's back, guiding him toward the exit, "I can't believe they made the monkeys take a break!" He muttered, "I was having fun"
She wanted to go junior rodeo on the zoo keeper for ending Sheldon's fun, but she understood that the monkeys had to rest too. Much like a certain tall neurotic physicist she knew.
She opened the zoo pamphlet, in search of their next activity. "Hey sweetie, why don't we watch the dolphin show?" she asked. Sheldon looked at the picture of the dolphin balancing a ball, "Though I prefer the monkeys, it does seem amusing"
They made their way to the aquatic ward where the dolphin show was held. Unfortunately, all of the seats had been taken. Sheldon pointed to a spot, "Penny there are seats down in front"
Penny stared at the spot; she knew that it was empty because nobody wanted to get wet. But who does? Either get wet, or ruin the fun. She grabbed his arm, "well let's go!"
They slowly made their way down to the front and got to their seats. They watched as the dolphin tamer instructed the dolphins to jump through the ring and balance the beach balls. For the finale, all of the dolphins jumped into the water at the same time, causing the water to splash all over the front row spectators.
Sheldon's eyes widened as he wiped the water off his face, his and Penny's clothes were soaked. "That water could be dirty!" He shrieked, "The germs! There are millions and millions of germs crawling on me!"
He quickly removed his jacket and his top shirt, leaving only his (which answered Penny's question) thermal shirt, which was not as wet as his other layers. Penny grabbed the hem of her shirt and squeezed the water out, it was a good thing she was wearing shorts. Sheldon grabbed his hand sanitizer from his messenger bag and applied it to his exposed flesh.
"Sweetie, I doubt that you'd die from the water," Penny stated, shaking off her damp hair, "They wouldn't let people get wet if it was dirty"
The physicist tilted his head to the side, "I guess you're right. But it doesn't hurt to be clean Penny, you should try it sometime"
Penny punched his arm lightly before helping him to stand up, "Come on, let's go buy one of those souvenir shirts to change in"
Penny couldn't decide on what shirt to get. She had found tons of shirts that she just couldn't decide, but she had narrowed it to three choices. Most of them were those couple shirts.
The first one was in light blue, with two cartoon penguins on it, and it was just so cute! Well, they were all cute. Once the t-shirts were placed together, there would be a picture of the penguins hugging!
The second one was cream, with a cartoon rhino and hippo on it; together it would appear as if the rhino was giving the hippo a flower, and like the first one, it was so cute!
The third was apple green in color, with two pandas on it; one was holding a bamboo shoot like a sword, and the other was holding it like a magic broom. And well, it was so cute!
She was staring intently at her choices when someone suddenly bumped into her. "I'm sorry" the little girl said, helping her pick the shirts up. "Its okay" she smiled at her. The kid smiled back before running back to her mom. Suddenly she saw the perfect t-shirt. She placed the three shirts back in the pile, and picked the other pair up.
It was red, with light blue stripes and small yellow circles; like the ones in pop art. The girl's shirt had a monkey with flower on her head, holding a shoe, with the words 'I'm pretty!' in a speech bubble.
While the boy's shirt had a monkey holding a test tube, with the words 'I'm smart!' in a speech bubble. She blinked; she thought that it wasn't real. The shirts were too much of a coincidence! She placed them on the rack for a few seconds, and then picked them up again.
They were real!
She bee lined to the counter and paid for them immediately. Sheldon would love his shirt! First of all, it looked like one of his superhero shirts. Second, it had a monkey on it. Third, it had the words "I'm smart" which Sheldon practically nags to everyone.
"These are so perfect!"
Sheldon picked up the stuffing-less monkey and aligned it to the machine, filling it with cotton.
He had found one of those Build-a-Bear stores at the souvenir shop and thought that it would be a perfect way to repay Penny. He knew that Penny would take hours to choose a t-shirt, so he decided to start working on his gift.
Once he filled it with the appropriate amount of stuffing, he moved over to the clothes section. He had found a "The Flash" shirt for the stuffed toy and immediately dressed it up. He held the monkey-flash and smiled, two of his favorite things in one! Now all he needed was a train…
After paying for the stuffed monkey, he went out to sit in one of the benches. He really had a fun time today, and that means that... that... he was... wrong. Sheldon cringed at the thought. He had just admitted that he was wrong.
"Good lord what has that woman done to me?" He muttered, placing his his hands to his face/
"Hey Sheldon!" His head shot up at the familiarity of her voice, "Hello Penny, I find it that you have gotten us our replacement clothing?"
Penny happily held up the shirt, "Yup! Whattaya think?"
He grabbed the shirt and stared at it, a monkey that claims that he's smart, witty. He noticed that Penny was already wearing her shirt, a monkey that claims that she's pretty, and holding a shoe.
"Go on, wear it over your shirt!" Penny encouraged. Sheldon placed his paper bag on the ground, and wore his shirt over his gray long sleeved shirt. It felt great to have double layers again. Penny smiled at him, it was so Sheldon-y except he was wearing jeans!
"Hey what's in that paper bag?" she asked, pointing the bag. Sheldon picked it up, "oh yes, I almost forgot about that," he handed it to her, "this is my payment to my debt"
"Debt? Sweetie that was nothing, you're my friend and that's what friends do" Penny opened the bag, and pulled out the little monkey, "oh my gosh! It's like a little you!"
She pulled Sheldon in, giving him a tight hug, "oh thank you Sheldon! I love it"
She smiled at the little monkey, it looked like Sheldon! It was really sweet of him to get her a souvenir. Sheldon placed his hands behind his back, watching her.
"That's good. Are you going to give me my board back now?"
Penny pulled away and brought out her phone, "Nope, I'm not done yet," She held the camera above her head, "Cheese!"
"Did you know that Sheldon is at the zoo with Penny?" Raj stopped eating while Leonard shifted his gaze towards Howard, "Really? How did you know?" Leonard asked, taking another bite from his cheese-less burger.
"It's on Penny's facebook," Howard answered, turning his laptop around.
Gonna have a fun day with Sheldon Cooper!
Leonard adjusted his glasses, "I'm not friends with Penny"
Raj grabbed Howard's laptop, "hey guys look! Penny uploaded a photo!"
Howard craned his head to see the picture on the screen. It was obvious that Penny took the photo of them based on the angle of the camera; Penny was holding a monkey, smiling brightly, while Sheldon stood behind her, a big smile on his face, and they had matching shirts!
"They look happy"
Penny scanned the menu while Sheldon went on about their day.
"I really loved the train museum. Even though I've been there tons of time before, I still find it fun and exciting"
After going to the zoo, Penny brought him to one of those railroad museums. Sheldon kept talking on and on about how much he loves trains and how much he preferred it over every other means of transportation. At one point, he told the guide to shut up while he explained all the wonders of trains.
Penny had to apologize to the obviously irritated 80 year old tour guide, while Sheldon continued to terrorize the visitors. He even got a warning that if he ever did that again, he would be banned from every railroad museum in the state.
She then brought him to watch "Up". What she really wanted to watch was "Princess and the Frog", she loved the Disney princesses, but what didn't? But he insisted that princesses were out of date and that a floating house was revolutionary.
Before watching "Up", he had lectured her that animated movies nowadays were idiotic and were full of non-sense. She traded him Red Vines for his silence, which he gladly accepted.
Halfway through the movie, Sheldon kept on asking her why Doug was so loyal to the old man, when the old man was mean to him. Penny had to explain that some people are like that too, even how crazy and annoying their friend was, they would still stick with him.
He even thought about a theory that Doug was really a robot, and that he would lead the robot takeover. Penny had to ask him to shut up before they were asked to leave the theater.
Near the end of the movie, Sheldon suddenly started crying, and kept saying that Kevin, the bird, was gonna be left behind. In the end, he admitted that he had liked the movie, even though it was nearly impossible for balloons to lift an entire house up. And that the man that invented the collar that translated dog language to human speech deserved an award.
The final stop to "Sheldon's day out" was at the good ol' Cheesecake Factory.
Bailey walked up to their tables, her notepad in hand, "Hey guys, what will you guys have?"
Penny closed her menu and handed it to Bailey, "Hey Bailey, I'll have the chicken lettuce wrap"
Bailey brought out at a pen, writing it down, "Okay, and what will you have Mr. I'm Smart?"
Penny giggled along with Bailey while Sheldon glared at her, "It's doctor I'm Smart," Penny rolled her eyes, "It is not Tuesday, and Penny is not my waitress. I am unable to order"
The tall waitress crossed her arms, "You're getting on my nerves Sheldon"
"See Penny, this is why I only want you as my waitress" He shook his head before returning Bailey's icy glare. "Penny, do something before I strangle him"
Penny sighed, "Sheldon, just for today, live out of the box. Don't follow your schedule and do not mind that another waitress will serve you," Sheldon gave her a confused look, "Besides, you've known Bailey for months now, plus it's social protocol"
"Alright then," he turned to Bailey, "I'll have my regular barbeque bacon cheeseburger, barbeque-"
"Bacon and cheese on the side, I know, I know" Bailey hissed before walking off.
Penny smiled at him, "See isn't this nice Sheldon? A break and a little relaxing are great every now and then" Sheldon nodded, smiling, "I must admit that I had fun today. I was really mistaken, and it pains me to say that you were right. Thank you Penny"
Penny's smile grew wider, "I told ya' Moon Pie. All you need was a little relaxation" He frowned, "Penny, only Meemaw is allowed to call me Moon Pie"
"Not anymore"
Penny trudged up the stairs as Sheldon continued on about what they should do on their next relaxation day. He had suggested visiting every railroad museum in California, then visiting one in each state. As they reached the fourth floor, Penny felt like she would collapse. Sure it felt great to know that she helped Sheldon in some way, but with all the driving and the bat crap craziness, she just wanted to take a long hot bath, or maybe sleep, or both.
Once inside, Sheldon reminded her about the deal about the whiteboard. Penny stomped towards his room, and took it from under his bed. After returning the board, she decided that it was time for Penny's holiday.
Sheldon opened Penny's camera and looked through the pictures they took. There were pictures of him and the monkeys, and pictures of her and a few birds from the aviary. There was some at the dolphin show and at the museum.
He stopped at another picture of them together; it was the one at the Monkey trail, Sheldon had a confused look while Penny flashed her bright smile. They looked so… happy.
"That's it!"
Longest chapter yet! It was supposed to be longer but I don't know, I ran out of words. And no, there is no Leonard-Penny-Sheldon love triangle. He is a prop for some Shenny love! Did I mention that I love burgers and that reviews are like burgers? Yeah so review :D
Looking through the outline of the future chapters, I realized that Bailey is my favorite OC, cause there a lot just saying. Plus here's a description of Bailey, cause you're gonna see a lot of her!
Name: Bailey McKenzie. Age: 24. Hair: Black. Eyes: Green. Height: 5'9. Occupation: Waitress
Description: Bailey has been working at the Cheesecake Factory for a year now. She is tall, thin and pale with jet-black hair. She is Penny and Bernadette's friend.
Reference: Google up Krysten Ritter.
