Sorta like a Square peg and a Round hole

Own not a thing

Guardians of the Galaxy ended and Penny put down the Magazine she was reading on the table as she lifted the empty popcorn bowl to bring to the sink. "So Sheldon…. Now it's my turn for a movie… I would give you a choice, but as you probably don't have anything other than sci fi… and I don't really want to go to my old apartment, why don't you just pull out "The Notebook" form the pile of my DVD's that Leonard hasn't returned yet… that one always gets me going…" Penny then went to the refrigerator for a couple of bottles of water.

Sheldon shuddered a little as he rummaged through the small pile of unorganized DVD's that were on a shelf by the door. "I don't understand why we have to watch one of these romantic comedies that you subject Leonard to. The one I sat through about the time traveling mail box was dreadful. Amy never subjects me to this level of abuse, at least she has interesting documentaries to pick from." As he turned and watched Penny go to the kitchen he raised an eyebrow as he saw her walk away. Sheldon then sighed as he pulled The Notebook from the pile of DVD's. "Must we watch this… there is absolutely no action at all". He then placed the DVD into the player and took his place on the couch.

Penny sauntered over to the couch waving her hips a little seeing if she could get any kind of a response from her new roommate. "Sheldon, the point of this cockamamie experiment is to see if we really have feelings for each other. Relationships are supposed to be two way. You need to learn the other person… get to understand their wants and needs… It's all about give and take. Given half a shot… Amy would pick some of these movies too…" She handed Sheldon a bottle of water and then sat on the couch next to him, adjusting herself to be more comfortable.

Sheldon looked over at Penny surprised. "Whatever are you doing? Sit in your chair".

Penny looked Sheldon in the eyes. "No can do… this movie is full of tender and sentimental scenes that need to be handled by a good hug. Now get comfortable cuz we're gonna get close".

Sheldon stood straight up as Penny fell into his vacated spot when she went to lean on him. "Close… what do you mean by close?"

Penny lifted up on one hand. "Sheldon sit down… cuddling… that's what I mean by close… Girls like it when their boyfriends hold them when they are upset… and this movie is full of all kinds of upset."

Sheldon looked at Penny as if she was crazy. "I do not cuddle… and if you need comfort, I suggest you get hold of a box of tissues."

Penny sat up. "The tissues are a given". Penny lifted the tissue box off the coffee table and waved it in the air. "And you do so cuddle…. Amy has told us ALL about your cuddling."

Sheldon gasped a bit. "What Amy and I do is not for general consideration. That girl has violated the Relationship Agreement yet again. I think she has fallen to the rather unscrupulous ways of yourself and Bernadette. We are going to have a discussion about this at our next Date night".

Penny smirked. "Amy hasn't fallen anywhere… She's just following the well worn and long standing rules of Girl's Night. Boyfriends/Husbands and other Male/Female relationships are Open Season and Fair Game… Now get down here…. It's not like we haven't had any contact with each other… You gave me that big hug when I gave you that napkin for Christmas…"

Sheldon smiled. "That was a return payment for the napkin… there will be no trading of…. ANYTHING while we watch this movie…"

Penny thought. "What about the hug when I told you I would talk to Leonard about taking you to see that super collider thingy"?

Sheldon sighed. "Just another affirmation as to why one should not partake in being placed in close contact with another person".

Penny thought. "What about when I hurt my shoulder… you helped me on with my clothes… and I was naked."

Sheldon spoke one word. "Chivalry".

Penny smirked. "Was it chivalrous to cop a feel with my boob?"

Sheldon blushed. "Honest mistake, I had my eyes closed"

Penny grinned. "It took you a while to let it go… and if I didn't make the suggestion, It didn't feel like you were going to any time soon."

Sheldon said nothing in response, thinking back to that experience.

Penny saw the slight smile on his face. "AND…then you admitted to peaking at my tattoo which, you well know is on my ass".

Sheldon blushed deeper. "Sorry… as I said before… the hero always peeks".

Penny was getting a little impatient. "We could go on and on here you know… like the time you wanted some 'HINEY' with your tea when you got laryngitis when Dr. Stephanie told you to shut your pie hole, or the time you gave me a hug when Leonard was away in the north sea… Leonard would never turn down a chance to cuddle with me. He's great about it… and he doesn't even care if it doesn't go any further… he's always the perfect gentleman. He does other things too… like giving me a foot massage whenever I put my feet in his lap… or giving me a back rub when I'm tense or soaping me up when…. Never mind about that…. You should really take some lessons from Leonard about how to treat a woman… Amy would really appreciate it… and it's not like you are totally against the possibility of coitus… you said so yourself… read that book we got you again."

Sheldon's eyes got a little wider at the last proclamation. "First of all… I meant honey with my tea… and you were the one that instigated the hug while Leonard was away in the North Sea… and it is not the tasks that we are talking about that are in question… I have also seen Amy naked… As you are probably fully aware, I have helped her with a bath when she had the flu… and I rubbed her chest with menthol rub… Oh… and I was somewhat unceremoniously shown her bathing suit area when you three HENS went for a waxing… positively barbaric… I hope they provided all those Band-Aids at no cost. And that book was terrifying!"

Penny huffed. "Fine Sheldon. It's not like I haven't been close with you before… When you came back from Kurt's without your pants, you were not so modest as to run off to your room… you stood there and took a hug from me while in your tidey whities… things could have gotten exciting there…. and then there was the time you had me rub your chest with Vapo-rub… You didn't seem so shy to show off your chest then... you even wanted me to give you a sponge bath".

Sheldon waved his hand. "All separate instances that meant nothing… I am just pointing out that physical contact is not something that I am not accustomed to… I just reserve it for special circumstances. I am not comfortable with, as you would put it… PDA… public displays of affection…"

Penny sighed. "Oh Shelly… sit down here… we're not gonna do anything that you will be uncomfortable with…. And as far as PDA… we're alone… think of it as PRIVATE displays of affection…"

Sheldon cocked his head a bit. "HMMM… very well". He then sat in his spot.

Penny immediately leaned into his shoulder, sighed and picked her feet up on the couch as she grasped a wad of tissues.

Sheldon pushed play for the movie to start and then tentatively placed his arm around Penny's shoulder. "I'm going to have to write another appendix to the roommate agreement about movie watching".

Penny sighed and rolled her eyes as she got comfortable. Sheldon was taller than Leonard and the angle of her sitting and cuddling into his shoulder was off a bit. Although Leonard and she fit well together because of their similar heights, this wasn't so bad either. It was more of a feeling she had had with some of her more affectionate old taller boyfriends. Not something she was necessarily averse to. It didn't take long at all to get comfortable. "Just put your appendix thingy on the desk with the others."

Sheldon looked down at the blonde head leaning on his chest. He could definitely smell that Penny had indeed gone back to her original shampoo. Much like her new haircut, maybe this cuddling idea wasn't so bad after all.


The seats Howard had for the concert were on the floor. They were so close they could see Neil Diamond sweat. The concert was set up "in the round". Neil wanted all of the audience to feel they were part of the experience. The stage moved in a circle so he could sing to everyone. Even when he wasn't in full view, some part of the band was. It was truly an experience. The band was great, and the crowd was really into the performance. There was clapping and singing along with songs.

At one point, Howard got up from his seat and stood in the aisle and held out his hand to AMY so they could dance in the aisle. Amy could hardly believe what was going on. She had never been to a live concert before and to be treated like this by someone she, until recently, tolerated only because he was the husband of a pretty little girl that was the friend of her bestie… this was positively mind blowing. Amy stood and entered the aisle and started to mimic the moves of some of the other dancers. They weren't in complete sync with Howard, but there were no judges at this dance contest… Amy just let herself go and enjoyed the concert far more than she thought she would have. Howard paid little attention to the other attendees and just enjoyed himself. Amy was so much looser than Bernadette. Bernadette did not want to go to the concert an then Amy was fitting in so well. Howard looked over and thought to himself… "that crazy bastard Sheldon… he just can't see how great Amy is…"

There were two full encore's The crowd was one of the best that Howard could remember, easily outdoing the last comi-con panel he had been to about a sitcom about some science guys.

The concert didn't break up until after one in the morning. Howard had reservations at a hotel nearby that his mother had planned on staying overnight in. Howard turned to Amy and asked, "So… Amy… part of the deal with Ma was to stay overnight at a hotel down the way a bit and then make it back tomorrow… We could stay and drive back in the morning… I mean.. you must be exhausted… driving all this way and then this concert….. great huh?"

Amy was a bit taken aback but thought the offer was nice. "I suppose that we could do that…"

The hotel was right close to the concert venue. When they got to the room, Amy was a little apprehensive. She had stayed in hotels before with the girls from their group, Penny at the Panel discussion and Bernadette at a science meeting when they got free drinks from some guys at the bar… This was the first time Amy would be spending the night in the same room with of the guys… and it wasn't Sheldon. Not only that… Howard was a married man… Amy thought about how disappointed her mother would be.

Howard entered the room not thinking anything of it. "SO… how do you want to do this. It looks like Ma rented a room with a King sized bed. Do you want the right side or the left?"

Amy was wide eyed. "Don't you think we should get another room? No offence but, I've seen Bernadette when she is upset… and I'm pretty sure that another woman sleeping in the same bed as her husband would be one of those times."

Howard shrugged. "Hmmmm… Well… here's the thing… when I knew that you were coming to the concert instead of Bernie…"

Amy looked at Howard with a hopeful look on her face. "Aaaannnnd?"

Howard continued with a shy look on his face. "I tried to get a room with two beds… and they were booked solid…. So…. Right side or left?"