Chapter 7

When Penny arrived home from work she was absolutely exhausted. Not so much from the shift but from the talk she had with Sam. She knew she was right, and she knew that Leonard did have a right to know that she was in a serious, committed relationship with his room mate.

She had finally admitted that she was in a serious, committed relationship with Sheldon.

She had never thought it would end up being him who made her happy. But he really did treat her with fair more love and respect then any other man she had ever been with. He was always there for her when she needed him and though they argued all the time, she knew he would always care for her.

She sat down on the couch and looked at the college brochures sitting on her coffee table. He had brought them round for her after another disappointing audition. She had gotten so mad at Leonard for doing it, but when Sheldon did the same thing it seemed to be out of general concern. Leonard had brought round a generic brochure for community college, whereas Sheldon had actually researched and cross referenced courses he thought she might enjoy and also that he thought she would excel at. There was information for film studies, classical theatre and, surprisingly, design. He had told her that while she has been unsuccessful as an actress her design for hair accessories seemed to be a success. He explained that she seemed to have an aptitude for fashion design, as he had also seen some of the doodles she had made on dress ideas. He thought that she could be very successful in the fashion design business.

She had never thought about it before, but he did seem to have a point, and the more she thought about it, the more it made a lot of sense. She had eventually admitted it to Sheldon and he gave her a book to help her apply to design school and an application to all the colleges in the area that had a fashion design course. Over the last week he had been helping her with her application and portfolio.

She got up from the couch and went into her room to change out of her uniform. When she walked in her eyes were drawn to the photo on her bedside table. It was a photo taken in Seattle a few weeks back. It was her and Sheldon at a conference dinner. It had been a great weekend. They had acted like a real couple in public and it felt so good.

She needed to tell Leonard. She wanted everyone to know that she was in love with Dr Sheldon Cooper.

She looked down at the bed which she and Sheldon had been sharing for the last two months. At first, the night time visits had been few and very varied, which thrilled her more. This was probably one of the few things that Sheldon had not scheduled into a strict routine. But recently he had slept with her almost every night. They hadn't had sex each of those nights; they had just slept in each others arms.

She was awakened from this train of thought by her phone ringing. She saw that it was text message from Sheldon. All it said was "Thinking of you".

Her reply was simple.

"Love you".

After a few minutes she got another text message from Sheldon. It said "I love you too Penny. I'll see you later tonight".

She felt like she was floating. Well, until she got another text message from him reminding her to wash her sheets as they had had sex the previous night and that to prevent staining she should wash her sheets that day.

It wouldn't be Sheldon unless he sent her something like that. And she loved him even more for it.

She took Sheldon's advice and took the sheets of her bed and made her way to the laundry room. She put in her iPod and grabbed the book that Sheldon had got her on the way out of her apartment.

While putting her laundry in the machine she felt a hand stroke across her stomach and felt some very soft lips on her neck. She looked up and saw Sheldon Cooper looking down at her with so much love in his eyes she couldn't look away.

"What you doing down here Sheldon? It's not Saturday, or eight fifteen."

"I wanted to see you."

"You were going to see me in a few hours."

"I wanted to see you now."

He leaned down and kissed her.

"I sent the photo of us in Seattle to my mother. I told her that I loved you. She may be giving you a call soon."

She leaned up and kissed him. She could have kissed him for hours if not for Mrs Grossinger walking into the laundry room and coughing loudly. This made them break away instantly looking guilty.

"Good afternoon Mrs Grossinger." They both said.

"Good afternoon Penny, Dr Cooper. I would be very grateful if you did not do that," she gestured to the two of them, "down here, as everyone has to use this room and I think I speak for the entire building that no one wants to walk in on you two having sex. It is after all bad enough that we have to hear you two having sex."

She then barged past both of them, who were wearing identical shocked looks. They had no idea that anyone in the building knew that they were a couple. They also both agreed that they needed to tell Leonard that they were a couple before anyone else did.

A/N hi everyone, I hope your enjoying my story. I honestly didn't expect it to be this long, hopefully they'll be a climax coming. There may also be more dirty, sexy fun, and possibly Howard being disgusting, I'm not sure yet.