To see disclaimer please referrer back to chapter one.
This chapter well it broke my heart writing.. honestly, that probably means it is more in my head than here.
I promise you a good chapter and I hope this lives up to your expectations!
P.S. Thanks to the person who corrected my spelling! Appreciate it!
"What movie did you and Penny watch last night?" Leonard asked.
"She made me watch The Notebook." Sheldon answered.
"Really? Penny only watches The Notebook when she's heartbroken." Leonard stated.
He wondered if it had something to do with the guy she's crushing on. Maybe he said no!
"The guy she kissed wanted to be just friends, but she agreed." Sheldon told the guys.
It's true; you know that the guy she kissed only wanted to be friends. Whether or not he meant it is a different story.
"Really? When I talked to her she seemed it be hopelessly in love with this guy. She did say though, that she needed him in her life. I guess that's why she's somewhat okay with being friends. I mean if you need someone in your life, you're not going to go along with whatever they say, relationship wise, because you need them." Leonard spoke sounding more like Raj.
Sheldon stopped eating. Penny said that she needed him? Leonard said she sounded hopelessly in love with this guy. That means if Sheldon would have said that he loved her she would have said so too. Though, given her I love you saying issues they would have just taken on a new social paradigm. What did he do?
"Sheldon, are you okay?" Leonard asked.
"Yes." Sheldon said resuming eating.
"We have to go to work Leonard." Howard said.
"Yeah, alright." Leonard said still eyeing Sheldon.
Leonard, Raj and Howard walked down the stairs towards their cars. They had to see for themselves Sheldon walk back into his apartment. If he had just had sex with Penny they wanted to know.
"Do you think Sheldon knows something we don't?" Leonard asked raj and Howard.
"About Penny?" Raj asked.
"Yeah. Did you see the way he got when I said what Penny told me yesterday? He looked like a deer in headlights." Leonard explained.
"Maybe Sheldon knows the guys Penny likes." Howard suggested.
"Maybe something happened between them we don't know about. I mean Sheldon slept at Penny's." Raj also suggested.
Leonard shrugged. There's no way Sheldon and Penny could be dating. Although, it would explain Sheldon watching The Notebook with Penny and missing Halo night. It would explain how he looked at Penny last night. If looks could tell, that look would say, "Penny, I love you." Leonard didn't believe it. He does have an idea of how to figure out the truth though.
Sheldon found it odd. He finds many things odd, but one of them has to be his and Penny's relationship status. Penny seemed okay with them being friends. She did look sad, and quickly went about other things, but that doesn't mean she likes him. Does it? Why are relationships so complicated?
Sheldon decided to enlist the help of those who know all of this love stuff better than he. Yahoo answers works perfect. Even teenagers can tell when two people like each other. Though, he would trust websites like these in normal situations, he knows that when he tried to figure it out scientifically he came up with him liking Penny as more than a friend. He even talked to Leonard's mom briefly. She had said the same thing. Though, he replaced himself with Leonard.
Yahoo answers came up with the same results.
Sparky94:
You should ask her out! My bet is she'll say yes!
Giantsfootball001:
Speaking from a guy's perceptive, I remember how I felt when I fell in love with my beautiful wife. I smiled all the time around her, and she smiled while I was around. When she cried it made me really upset. I couldn't wait to see her. She was also one of my friends before we dated, but I'm glad I asked her out because now almost eight years later we are married expecting out first child. Sometimes taking risks work out.
Sheldon closed his laptop. He, for once, has no idea how to go about any of this.
Penny woke back up around 10 again. She stared up at her ceiling. When Sheldon woke her up this morning, she wasn't really sleeping. She had been awake for ten minutes. Their position was so comfortable, and it just felt right.
She expected him to freak out. Instead, she swears, he smiled. He didn't notice where her hand was, it was something she didn't really notice either. When he did notice it, he blushed. Penny had never been so close to him before. She woke up in the middle of the night uncomfortable, but didn't dare to move. Instead, she made herself more comfortable and fell back asleep cuddling Sheldon. It made her fall even more in love with him. Every time she sees him she falls more in love with him, but he doesn't love her. One day, she's going to get Sheldon to love her. One day.
Leonard came home. Sheldon and Penny were sitting and then standing, then sitting again playing Call of Duty. He isn't sure if this is good or bad yet. They spend so much time together playing video games now. It's kind of weird. It's not once a week anymore. It's been three days in a row. That's more than Sheldon and Leonard have ever spent together.
When Penny left, Leonard took advantage.
"Hey Sheldon, can I ask you something?" Leonard asked.
"Sure." Sheldon said sitting back in his spot.
"Do you like Penny?" Leonard questioned.
"I do, she's a wonderful friend." Sheldon smiled.
"How about I ask this instead." Leonard said annoyed.
"This morning when I had said that Penny was upset over a guy, you acted really weird. Even for you. Do you know something that I don't? Did Penny say something about that guy yesterday to you?"
Sheldon got frustrated with how much Leonard has involved himself in this. Sheldon can't lie. He has to try though.
"Penny did not mention the guy she kissed yesterday." Sheldon lied.
"I knew it! First off, you can't lie without twitching and I never said he kissed anyone." Leonard triumphed.
"Drat." Sheldon said under his breath.
"Tell me what you know." Leonard demanded.
"I-I can't." Sheldon stuttered.
"Why not?" Leonard frowned.
Sheldon didn't really have an answer. He never promised Penny. He fells trapped. This leaves him only one option.
"Leonard, I am about to tell you something only one other person knows about, not including myself. You have to promise not to be hostile." Sheldon paused.
Leonard nodded.
"Yesterday while you were at work Penny and I were playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. She did not listen, and made us lose on level 44." Sheldon paused.
He drew in a large breath and released it.
"When we were fighting about who made us lose, she kept coming closer and closer to one another." Sheldon paused again.
"This is where I ask you not to be hostile." Sheldon spoke.
"Penny kissed me." Sheldon said.
"Wait! Penny kissed you!" Leonard yelled.
Leonard settled back down, he realized Sheldon wasn't done.
"After we returned from the comic book store, you helped Penny. What you said this morning has had me in frenzy all day. I can't figure it out." Sheldon went on.
"Wait. Penny's in love with you! HOW COULD THIS EVEN HAPPEN?" Leonard wailed.
"Sheldon, I need for you to answer me right now. When Penny kissed you, what did you do?" Leonard asked furious.
"Are you asking whether I kissed her back or not?" Sheldon asked.
"Yes." Leonard hissed.
"I believe you already know that answer. When you-" Sheldon was cut off by
Leonard. "I want you to say it."
"I don't see the point here!" Sheldon argued.
Leonard and Sheldon were both standing now.
"SHELDON SAY IT!" Leonard yelled.
"Fine. When Penny kissed me, I kissed her back." Sheldon said.
"Do you like Penny more than a friend?" Leonard snarled creeping closer to Sheldon.
"I..um.." Sheldon trailed off.
Leonard didn't need Sheldon to say anything else. Sheldon being speechless was Sheldon's way of saying yes.
Leonard punched Sheldon's jaw. Startled, Sheldon jumped backwards, and tripped over the table causing him to fall.
"You're a crap friend. You know I like Penny! Then you come and now Penny loves you!" Leonard yelled.
"And the worse part! You love her! You're a fucking douche Sheldon!" Leonard snarled.
Leonard took his keys and slammed the apartment door closed. He left Sheldon still sitting on the floor clutching his jaw.
The door opened.
"Sheldon?" Penny spoke softly. "Are you okay?"
"Leonard punched me." Sheldon said.
"Come on, let's get ice on that." Penny said as she helped Sheldon up, and pulled him towards her apartment.
Sheldon of course obeyed.
Once they got to her freezer, she handed Sheldon a bag on peas, she never used. He put it on his jaw, and then plopped on the couch.
Penny slowly walked to him. He looked so defeated. Her own mind was racing. She heard Leonard yelling, and she was going to break them apart because she thought it was over something stupid. When she went to open the door, she heard Leonard call out her name.
'And the worse part, you love her back.'
Kept going through her brain.
"Sheldon?" Penny whispered.
He moved her head so he could look at her. He stayed silent. A deafening silence.
"I, uh, heard Leonard." Penny revealed.
His eyes searched her face.
"Why didn't you tell me yesterday?" Penny asked staring at her hands.
Silence.
"Sheldon, I know your jaw hurts, so I won't have you talk, but I need to you to nod yes or no when I ask questions." Penny instructed.
He nodded yes.
"Did you not tell me because you were scared?"
A nod yes.
"Do you also not tell me because you were afraid of what Leonard might do?"
Yes.
"Do you understand how upset you made me when you said we should be just friends?"
A small nod yes.
"Penny, I would like to ask you now if we could change our social paradigm to the boyfriend-girlfriend." Sheldon asked.
"Look, I don't know. You know that I like you more than a friend, and I know you feel the same way, but I just don't think it's the right time." Penny said as her eyes filled with tears.
"I, um, didn't tell you this, but obviously you remember my ex-boyfriend Zack, he called me and asked me out Sunday."
Sheldon's heart broke. He missed his chance, and now she wants to move on.
"I think if we were to be together it would cause so many problems, I mean the only thing that happened was we kissed and Leonard punched you. Imagine if he found out we're dating?"
Penny swallowed hard.
"I think, it's best, if I go on my date with Zack, and if it goes well, then, well, you know. I'm sorry, Sheldon."
Penny ran to her bedroom, her eyes filled with tears. She absolutely hates him for making her feel this way. Just a little while ago, Penny was hopeful with their relationship. She understood that he doesn't understand the emotion, and was going to be patient. Now, she had to be the one to tell him no. She just watched Sheldon's heartbreak. She loves him, but if it's going to cause this much trouble, it isn't meant to be.
Sheldon stood up and walked out of Penny's apartment. He wanted to crawl in a ball and die. For the first time ever, he told a girl he loves her, and she rejected him. If hearts could break, his would. He quietly closed Penny's door, and opened his own. Sadly walking to his bedroom door.
