Authors Note: Penny and Sheldon meet
Disclaimer I do not know Big Bang, all I have is the story.
Penny stood at the door for a moment then
Knock Knock Knock
"Sheldon"
Knock Knock Knock
"Sheldon"
Knock Knock Knock
"Sheldon"
Penny waited and watched as the door knob turned
The door opened and Sheldon looked at Penny
"Hello Penny"
"Hello Sheldon"
"Please come in"
Penny entered the office, suddenly she felt as if she wanted to grab Sheldon around the neck and plant the most passionate kiss that she could on him but she knew that while Sheldon may be willing, they needed to mend their relationship first.
"Sheldon, I am sorry about leaving you five years ago"
"I am sorry also that I was not a good enough husband to see you were struggling"
"Sheldon you did nothing wrong" Penny said "You would not have known, I did not really know until I fled"
"I read your letter Penny"
"Sheldon I have had five years to think about this, that letter was a pathetic reason to walk away from a wonderful husband"
"But Penny I do not understand"
"Understand Moopi, Sheldon"
"You can call me Moonpie Penny, you are my wife"
"I have no right to call you Moonpie, Sheldon, I have not earned the right to call you that again and to do so what be insult to your Meemaw"
"Penny"
"No Sheldon, please I know you bear no ill but I have to do this my way ok, I need to earn your trust, your love and I need to deserve to be a mother to Anna"
"Penny, you never lost my trust or my love"
"I should have, I deserved nothing less"
"Penny we got married then you fell pregnant and had Anna, when we married we wanted you to continue your career"
"I know Sheldon"
"Yes but in all that had happened, you became the one thing we both did not want you to be, you became Dr Sheldon Cooper wife and Anna's mother, you lost the identity that made you special"
"Sheldon those things should have made me special, I was selfish I wanted to be a big actress and be famous"
"And you are those things"
"Yes but those things mean nothing"
"I do not understand, it is what you wanted"
"Yes I wanted them things but when I finally got them there was something missing"
"A car with the engine light fixed"
"SHELDON"
"Gee I finally develop some good humour and you do not like it"
"I am serious Sheldon, it was not what I hoped for because you were not there" Penny said tears beginning to form "I had everything I came to California for, I am famous, obviously not famous enough that the guard here do not know who I am but famous, rich, with a big house, dogs, horses but no one who loved me for me"
"You have two people who could provide that"
"I had one Sheldon, Anna was too young and now I have messed her up so bad, I may never be able to repair the damage"
"You had all those men you were dating"
"Sheldon you know very well all about those men, I know my sister Ruby has been talking to you every Wednesday at 5pm"
"You do"
"Yes she is about as good as being a sneak than you are at keeping a secret"
"Oh"
"Yes"
"Then why have you waited until now to make contact"
"I do not know Sheldon, pride, I am stupid"
"PENNY YOU ARE NOT STUPID"
"Ok sorry Sheldon, but I walked away from you that was stupid, I left you to care for an eight month old baby"
"I survived, we survived, though Penny having to care for a mini version of you can be pretty daunting, I have new respect for your father"
"Well consider living with the two of us"
"With pleasure"
"Well we are a long way off from that, you and I may be close but Anna and me we are no way even on the same page"
"You spoke to Anna this morning"
"Fought more like it, where did she learn to speak like that"
"She seems to like using words that people use to relate to others, I have spoken to her about it before and told her it is not right, unfortunately the people across the hall are not as responsible when they talk about you outside the apartment or when I am not present"
"I have gathered that Amy, Bernadette and Leonard have formed a group to do me wrong"
"No Penny they have formed an alliance to ensure that you do not weasel your way back into my life"
"You know"
"Yes I am not stupid though those three seem to be convinced I am"
"But"
"But why have I not cut them off, Penny while they may be morons, they are still friends, not good ones I must say, also Howard has been a real friend as has Wil Wheaton, I do not want to cause stress to Howard's relationship"
"I believe Howard is prepared to redefine his relationship with Bernadette as he feels that she has been corrupted by others"
"Ok but please protect him"
"I shall and hopefully within six months he will be a Doctor like us"
"He is getting his Doctorate"
"Yes, please do not tell anyone"
"Why"
"One day Bernadette and the Hofstadter's were very demeaning to Howard about his lack of a Doctorate"
"So have you"
"Yes unfortunately I have been, during that incident, they referred to him being no better than the uneducated bitch you were, I am sorry but while I do not like that description it is what was said"
Penny stays silent waiting for Sheldon to continue
"Well I spoke up saying that you were not stupid or were you uneducated, you were more educated in areas where I was not, Howard I also said had achieved things that never of the three of them had done"
"Then what happened"
"The usual stuff about me being socially retarded from Amy and Leonard, the next day I asked Howard if he would like my assistance in obtaining his doctorate, offering to pay of course so that Bernadette would not be worried where the money would come from"
"That was nice Sheldon but we were have gotten off the track"
"Anna"
"Yes"
"Penny I will do all that I can to help you with Anna but…"
"In the end it is up to me and her"
"Precisely"
"Would you like to have dinner somewhere tonight" Penny thought "So we could talk and so Anna and I could try to be a family with you helping us?"
"I would love that Penny"
"Well how about 6pm tonight, Ruby will come as well so she can meet her niece and maybe allow us to talk some more"
"That would be nice"
"Sheldon I know you have a lot of work to do, but could I just sit here and read something and just be here with you"
"Penny that would make me very happy"
"Thank you Sheldon"
"Do you want to eat lunch with Howard, Alex and Raj?"
"Alex?"
"Yes her and Raj have formed a friendship, though Howard and myself believe Alex would like more but Raj is Raj"
"Still cannot talk to the woman"
"He has improved but still has trouble with the feelings and telling Alex how much he likes her"
"Well maybe I can help"
"Penny"
"Sheldon"
"What am I going to do, you have to play matchmaker"
"Of course"
"Anna will probably be next"
"Maybe but not with the Hofstadter offspring"
"Definitely not"
Sheldon showed Penny some of the books he had, there was some science fiction that Penny thought she might be able to read, and not that reading was what she planned to do. She just wanted to be with Sheldon.
"I should point out the cafeteria food in not great"
"Hey one day I will shout the four of you to a meal with a difference"
"Umm ok"
"Relax Sheldon I know what the requirement will be"
"I know you do"
Sheldon turned back to the board and Penny laid down on the couch, to them both it felt so natural and calming that it was like they had not been apart.
Penny made a quick call to tell Ruby to come back at 1 as she was eating lunch with Sheldon
But for the next two hours she was back with her man, all she needed now was to reconnect with a daughter she did not really know.