Sadly I don't own The Big Bang Theory
Sorry for the really, really long delay! I finally managed to find a job and the shifts were crazy in the beginning, rotating from day shift to night shift but now they have stabilized and I finished writing this story so expect chapters to be release normally from now. All that I have left is QC before posting them.
Hope you forgive me and I will continue the other story as well but one at a time, right?
"You've been spending a lot of time with Amy lately. Are you dating again?" Leonard asked hopeful, if they could start again then perhaps there was hope of him and Penny too.
"That's a ridiculous question." Sheldon answered, his eyes fixed on his laptop. "I am simply going to her for psychiatric help."
He did a double take on him. "What? Why?"
His roommate sighed and turned his head toward him. "Because I require it and your mother is unavailable."
"Is it working?"
Sheldon shook his head. "Not at the moment but I am hopeful. If it does get worse I'll have to check myself into a rehab facility."
Leonard peered over his glasses at him. "Maybe he really is losing it."
Sheldon paced around his office, mentally recalling the past five years of social interactions he had experienced with Penny. His conclusion had made perfect sense to him and the odds of him being wrong was very low or near impossible.
All the signs over the years point to one obvious conclusion that he is, in fact, the guy. Even Penny's behavior toward him is solid proof; pupils dilating, increase of perspiration, rapid heartbeat, calling him 'sweetie' and even 'honey' which is reserved only for her lovers.
He rubbed his temples, why was he so fixated on Penny? Being a Homo Novus he shouldn't be acting this way, it didn't make any sense.
"Sheldon is slowly going insane." Leonard spoke up as they sat in the cafeteria eating their dessert together. He placed a slice of German Chocolate cake in front of himself and took a forkful.
"It's inevitable but I assumed he would have a few years left at most." Howard mused, laughing to himself. "What's he done this time?"
"It's not what he's done but it's his behavior." Leonard replied, earning looks from the two.
Raj swallowed his food before answering. "Like what?"
"For starters he speaks in circles and the majority of his answers keep coming back to an odd number. I've seen it on his whiteboard too when I walk by it."
"Probably stuck on something physics related." Raj answered but it caused Howard to shake his head in thought as he stroked his chin.
"No, I think this has happened before. Do you remember the exact number?"
Leonard furrowed his eyebrows. "Yeah, '2,552 days'. Is it relevant to his insanity?"
A devious smile spread across his lips. "Oh yes it is. Gentlemen, it's beginning once again."
Raj eyed him. "Looks like Howard is next in line to joining Sheldon. It seems like it's getting contagious."
Howard laced his fingers together on the table. "I can't believe none of you remember this! That was the best mini Sheldon-free vacation we had since we went to Vegas a few years ago."
Leonard looked over at him. "He did say it was days."
"And if you take that number and put it into years..."
Raj calculated it quickly in his mind. "Seven years and your point - oh my God."
Leonard's fork slipped out of his hand as Howard nodded confidently."It's Pon Farr alright."
"I am confused as to your problems Sheldon at two in the morning." Amy told him sleepily, and she was completely fed up with him as she rubbed her eyes. "You come to my apartment at random times and it's just a giant loop with you mumbling Star Trek references."
He sighed and walked into her apartment and as he closed the door Penny's enlarged advertisement burned his vision. "Can you remove that from my sight?"
She focused on the image. "I refuse and you seem to be put off by her gorgeous advertisement. I have a hunch that this involves my 'bestie' in some way or another."
Sheldon clenched his hands together. "I'm not put off by it, in fact it's the exact opposite."
Amy tilted her head to the side. "Then you're turned on by it?"
He twitched before replying in a quiet voice. "Yes."
"What did you say? I didn't hear your response."
Sheldon leaned back against the couch and ran his hand through his hair; tousling it. "I said yes, alright?"
Amy pushed her glasses up her nose and nodded, slightly irked that he never gets to the point. "If you had said so sooner then I would have saved myself a lot of time and sleep, Sheldon."
"I told you the symptoms were akin to Pon Farr. If you had watched the show or had the decency to Google it then you would have caught on sooner!"
"Alright, but why didn't you mention anything about being attracted to Penny?"
He looked over at Amy. "I am given the understanding that one does not harbor feelings for another friend's ex. I suppose that this applies to females as well since we terminated our relationship."
"Sheldon, I told you that I was alright with it." She reassured him. "It was only on paper that we were dating and we were more like friends than lovers."
"Then the emotional turmoil was unjustified in avoiding Penny all this time?"
She nodded. "It appears so and from what I've seen she's uncomfortable as well."
"Has she mentioned anything about my behavior?" Sheldon asked, standing up from her couch.
"Not much but she did say that you would avoid her like the plague. If you seriously like her then say something."
"But I'm not entirely certain if it's Pon Farr or not. And refrain from saying anything to Penny as I know females have a tendency to blab everything without thinking."
Amy grasped her doorknob as he walked out into the hall. "Men are the same and I can't help you there. You need to figure out your emotions yourself."
"So the closest female would then be Amy right?" Raj asked earning nods from his friends.
"But they terminated their relationship." Leonard reminded them. "I doubt Amy would be up to a one night stand with him if Kolinar doesn't work.
Howard shook his head. "That would be a problem. I don't think we could handle a horny Sheldon. Luckily, last time he just locked himself in his room without an explanation."
Leonard rubbed his forehead. "If that doesn't work then we'll have to hire a prostitute and tell her to dress up like Uruha. Does anyone know if he's had sex before?"
"He never told us but I doubt he'd want his first time with a hooker." Howard spoke up as Raj crossed his arms.
"Like a cousin is better."
"It was a second cousin and we said to never to bring this up again!"
Penny was upset with Sheldon and he was avoiding her nearly a month now. The awkwardness between them only increased to the point of it driving her mad. She realized through his absence in her life she really did have feelings for him and missed his presence. Why was he avoiding her and going mute whenever she was around?
She hadn't done anything to offend him; that she knew of at least and she no longer took food from his fridge without asking. Sheldon would barely leave his room unless he had to work whenever she was in their apartment. Even the guys saw that something was weird but shrugged it off as him finally going insane like Professor Rothman. They did say it was 'only a matter of time'.
On Saturday Penny finally snapped and waltzed over to their apartment to find Sheldon pondering over his whiteboard after she slammed the door open. He stared at her, with a mix of a frightened and surprised expression.
"I've had it!" She yelled. "Why are you treating me like this?"
Sheldon blinked momentarily and peered at the front door. "I believe you almost broke the door off its hinges."
"I don't care! Just answer my question. You don't respond to my texts either!"
He capped his marker. "I'm afraid I can't for both of our sakes at least until I figure everything out."
A confused look washed over her face. "What?"
"If I were to tell you, it would jeopardize the five years of friendship that we have established between us. I for one do not wish to deteriorate it further."
"It already has because you treat me like a stranger. You barely notice that I'm here and this is the first time that you've spoken to me. What did I do so wrong? At least a strike would be better than this."
"Strikes are useless against you in the first place." Sheldon answered as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "There is something that you have done, I will admit that but it wasn't intentional on your part."
"Just get to the point!"
"You are trying my patience woman!" He yelled, towering over her.
"And you're not?!"
He grasped her shoulders. "You have completely derailed me into nothing more than a common man!"
"What?" Penny asked, confused at his outburst.
"Do you know how difficult it was for me in Long Beach?! Your sexual advances have stymied me since that night. Do you know how much self control I had to muster from not acting on my impulses?"
She raised her index finger as her face inched closer to his. "I swear if you won't tell me-"
"All I could think about was the implications of what I was close to doing. Do you not remember anything that night?"
Penny paused and stared into his darkened blue eyes. She felt as if her brain was rewinding like an old VHS tape when it finally settled on her lying naked on top of him.
Sheldon had stirred awake because of it and sat up slightly, causing her to roll onto her back and it was then that he noticed that she was nude.
"That wasn't nice." She pouted and moved over onto him once more as he sat completely still. Penny cupped his cheek and before he had a chance to scold her, she spoke seductively. "I want you Sheldon..."
She pressed her lips against his and he tasted the residual alcohol on them as his body acted of his own accord. He moved his lips against hers and Penny moaned, causing a switch to flip inside him.
Sheldon rolled her over and pinned her to the bed as her hands moved under his shirt. He moved down to her neck and smelled the wine on her breath, causing him to stop what he was doing. Penny was under the influence of alcohol and Pon Farr was guiding him; this would be taking advantage of her in her state.
"We almost had sex." She breathed and he let go of her shoulders. "But you stopped yourself."
"Yes, it took great restrain to do so but I succeeded only barely. However your promiscuous tanning session brought it all back and I cursed myself for being a weak man. Your commercial and that lingerie advertisement only made it more difficult. It did however, make me realize what I was denying for a long time."
Penny felt a little guilty and spoke up. "Sheldon, I-"
"I think I've fallen for you." He admitted, watching her glare turn into confusion.
"Huh?"
"Has your hearing disintegrated?" Sheldon asked, feeling the temperature increase in the room. If Leonard tampered with the thermostat again he was looking at a strike instead. "I think- no I am absolutely certain that I have developed feelings for you which is odd since I am not a hippie and the time period for Pon Farr ended last week."
"You like me?" Penny asked, hoping this wasn't a dream.
"I do but it's much more than that. I've come to the conclusion that you mean the universe to me, far more than physics does and it has stumped me. Being a man of science I never assumed that I would be bombarded by anything involving females of a sexual nature. Turns out I am not as immune as predicted to your devilish charms as the common man; your advertisements are confirmation of this. I only wish that if you not reciprocate the same thoughts that we could revert our friendship paradigm back to as it was." Sheldon explain as Penny's lips curved into a smile as she walked closer to him, an arm's length away from him.
"I don't want to, not now, not ever."
He frowned. "I expected as much that I went too far. I will learn to dispel these feelings and-"
Penny silenced him as she collided her lips with his, surprising him at the action. He went stiff but she moved her lips against his; luckily Sheldon was a fast learner. His right hand instinctively tangled in her golden locks while the other gripped her hip, pulling Penny closer to him. She trailed her tongue along his bottom lip and he granted her access, deepening the kiss. It wasn't long until they parted for air and they stared fixedly at each other's eyes.
"I like you too Sheldon."
He gave her a genuine smile, a real one not reminiscent of the joker or the koala face in any way. "I am quite pleased to hear you say that. It will certainly make my life less complicated."
Penny giggled, causing Sheldon's eyebrow to rise slightly. "I don't see what could possibly be funny. You have no idea what you put me through since Long Beach."
"That I've managed to single handedly cause the extinction of the rare and elusive Homo Novus."
His blue eyes softened. "I see no cause for concern regarding that fact. You made me realize that I drilled that thought into my brain to avoid the need for human contact from the opposite sex. I only needed to find the right one so to speak."
She gave him a peck on the cheek. "I know you're the missing half of my life, I have no doubts about it."
Thank you for reading and please review! Chapter 8 coming soon!
