When Sheldon woke up in Penny's bed he had a smile on his face. He was getting used to it. He liked sleeping with Penny. He found he liked doing a lot of things with Penny even if they both got annoyed every once in a while.

He got up and went across the hall to his apartment. He noticed he barely slept there anymore. Penny's bed was bigger so they usually slept there. They spent most of their time in 4A though.

"Morning Sheldon." It was Stacy's voice. Sheldon was a little irritated with the girl for the things she said to his girlfriend but decided to remain pleasant all the same.

"Good morning, Stacy. I hope you slept well." He said trying to get to his room but she was standing in the hallway.

"Didn't really sleep much. " She said and he rolled his eyes.

"I'm sorry for your sleep loss. May I get through?" She squished herself up to the wall and he passed. "Also, I don't like the way you spoke to Penny last night, nor do I like your allegations. If you want to accuse someone of something like that maybe you should talk to Leonard." Sheldon took a shower and got ready for the day.

When he came into the kitchen to get some breakfast before work Leonard was there with an irritated expression on his face.

"What did you say to Stacy?" He said and Sheldon groaned.

"First, may I ask what did she say I said?" He began eating and Leonard shook his head.

"She said you told her I was pining over Penny!" Leonard shouted.

"I did not! And I doubt she would use those words!"

"Well then what happened?'

"She was being odd. Standing in my way, telling me she didn't sleep much. I didn't ask how she slept. I just said I hope she slept well. Anyway I told her I didn't like the way she spoke to Penny last night or the things she accused her of. I'm pretty sure as Penny's boyfriend I was supposed to defend her honor."

"Wait, what did she say to Penny?"

"She told her that she was," he formed air quotes, "using me to get to you." He used them once more before throwing up his hands, "her words, not mine. Penny was highly upset."

Leonard stared at Sheldon for a minute, "How does she deal with you? And seriously, what does she see in you?" He didn't say it but he thought it, that she doesn't see in me? Leonard shook the bad thought away.

I have Stacy! Who cares about Penny? They went to work with Sheldon babbling the whole way about the whole relationship thing. Leonard wasn't really listening he was thinking about way to confront Stacy.

He may not like Sheldon and Penny together but they were still his friends and he wasn't going to have Stacy making absurd accusations. Even if a part of him wished they were true. A part he was going to push down.

Leonard didn't want to get in the way of their happiness and Penny never truly liked him. He needs to get over her. Especially since Sheldon and Penny are getting so serious. He needs to get his act together.

Penny was off and decided to meet with Bernadette to see how her and Howard were. She hoped Bernadette didn't hate her guts for introducing them. So they went shopping, even though Penny was broke, she still liked looking at shoes and torturing herself.

"So, how are things with Howard…?" Penny finally asked after hours of pouting over not buying shoes.

"Great! He's such a sweetie." She smiled at Penny and Penny shook her head in disbelief.

Howard was a lot less creeper now that he was steadily dating Bernadette but she couldn't believe that someone actually liked him.

"We should go on a double date!" Bernadette said excitedly.

"I'll see if Sheldon wants to but you know he isn't exactly…normal." Then Penny shook her head at herself.

Like she had the right to judge Bernadette when more than half of the people that know Sheldon can't stand him most of the time.

She smiled thinking about him though. He's getting a lot more comfortable with relationship stuff. It's pretty much normal now. Besides sex, and God, did Penny miss sex.

"Well just let me know. I have to go now. I'm meeting Howie for lunch."

"Wait, isn't he at work?"

"Yeah, he invited me to see where he works."

"Oh, let me tag along. I wouldn't mind seeing Sheldon."

When they arrived at the university Howard excitedly stood up and squeezed Bernadette.

This was the first time she met the guys. Penny walked over to oblivious Sheldon and kissed him on the cheek.

"Penny! What are you doing here?!" He asked surprised.

"Well Bernadette told me she was coming to see Howard and I wanted to see your place of work. You know what mine looks like." She said and Sheldon smiled quickly.

Just at that moment Kripke walked by.

"Wow, you are hot." He said to Penny and then looked over at Bernadette, "double hot. What are you ladies doing here?" He said and Penny looked at Sheldon.

"Kripke, this is my girlfriend Penny." He announced and Kripke laughed.

"Oh sure, how much is he paying you?"

Penny's mouth fell open, "what the hell is wrong with you?" She resisted the urge to punch him. "Sheldon is my boyfriend. We lived across the hall from each other for a couple years now."

Kripke shook his head, "you're serious? Wow. And what about you? Howard's been known to hire hookers."

"Oh my God, did you get dropped on your head as a kid? That's Howard's girlfriend and my friend Bernadette. Now get out of here before I kick your nerd ass!" Penny said and Bernadette giggled.

"Nicely done Penny." Sheldon said and she smiled at him.

"Thank you sweetie."

Sheldon showed Penny where he worked and what he was working on, even if she didn't completely understand it.

"This is really neat honey." She said and Sheldon shook his head.

"Really neat? Penny, my house is neat. This is pure brilliance." He said and it was her turn to shake her head.

"Oh-kay." She replied. "Well, I was thinking maybe tonight me and you can go out and have a special dinner? Or I can make you spaghetti with hot dogs cut up in it."

"Oh will you?" He said excitedly and she laughed.

"Yeah, just be over at eight. Okay?"

"I'll see you then." They shared a kiss and Penny left.

"I wonder what made her want to do that." Sheldon pondered aloud to himself but quickly shrugged the thought away.

Penny was so nervous when she was cooking. She didn't know what to wear or how to approach the conversation. She was nervous for his reaction. When the food was done she quickly ran into her room to find something to wear. She chose a cute blue halter dress. She didn't want to be too dressy but she also didn't want to be too casual. She did her make-up light, and put her hair in waves.

She put on some flats and heard Sheldon's signature knock. She felt more nervous than before. Her stomach was doing flips. She opened it and revealed Sheldon wearing his normal attire. Of course she didn't expect him to get dressed up. It was just dinner.

"It smells delicious." He said and she smiled.

"Sit down and I'll serve us." He obeyed and she tried to steady her hands.

Why is this so nerve wracking?! She quickly served their food and drinks.

After a while of Sheldon telling her about his day, he noticed she was quiet.

"How was your day Penny?" He said and she shook her head.

"Uh, fine. I went out with Bernadette and asked her about Howard. They're obviously doing good. She wants to go on a double date."

"A double date? If I'm correct that's when two couples go on an outing together?"

"Yeah, I told her I would ask if you're up for it but I didn't make any promises." Penny wasn't really thinking about it she wanted to tell him how much she felt for him.

"It sounds nice enough, as long as we go somewhere we can enjoy ourselves." He said and Penny snapped out of her daze.

"What do you mean? We always enjoy ourselves when were together." She started assuming he was getting bored with her.

"That's not what I was implying. I meant if they begin to bore us they're be other entertainment." Penny couldn't hold back her laughter.

"That's rude Sheldon. People still pay attention to you when they don't want to hear it."

"What I say is always fascinating." She laughed again.

"It sure is." She smiled warmly.

They were quiet for a moment until Sheldon spoke up, "Penny, I didn't know why you suddenly wanted to cook for me or take me out so I asked the guys…and they said its because you were planning on telling me something important or asking me something and it made me think a lot….I just want to tell you that I love you. I've come to realize this after a lot of wondering what I was feeling and I realized that I truly love you." Sheldon was red and he couldn't look away from his plate.

"Oh my God…Sheldon." Penny's voice was barely above a whisper. She was tearing up. "I love you too." Her voice was kind of weak but Sheldon looked up still tinted red.

"Penny, I don't ever want to lose you." He said quietly.

She got out of her chair and hugged him; it was kind of awkward while he was in his sitting position. "I don't think you could get rid of me if you wanted to." She choked up a bit.

She never felt so emotional over someone before.

After a long stretch of silence Penny still held on. "I wish I could be more experienced for you." Sheldon said and Penny pulled away.

"Its okay sweetie. I think you're perfect just the way you are." She kissed him.

Leonard was sitting in 4A with Raj and Stacy. Raj felt like a third wheel but Howard was out with Bernadette and well he was lonely. Stacy and Leonard weren't really talking anyway.

Leonard knew, he just knew, Penny was telling him how she felt. She was probably telling him she loved him. He shook his head. He didn't understand it. How could she fall in love with him?! Of all the people, of all the nerds, in the world?

"Leonard, honey, can we talk…privately?" Stacy looked at Raj and Raj hung his head and left the apartment.

"What's up?" He said and Stacy frowned.

"Do you not want to be with me?"

"Of course I want to be with you Stacy. Why would you ask that?"

"Well, we've been arguing over that Penny for so long. It seems like you'd rather defend her than listen to me." She started pouting.

"No, everything just got all misconstrued."

"Well…I was thinking maybe I can move in with you. We see each other all the time. I pretty much live here anyway. I just feel like we should take our relationship to the next level." Leonard quickly glanced at the door.

Yes, maybe he should take his relationship to the next level.

"That sounds wonderful Stacy." He said and placed a kiss on her cheek.

"Yay! I'm so excited." She squealed and Leonard smiled.

She was adorable and maybe she had some odd tendencies but that was okay, he could learn to love all of her.

Penny and Sheldon were cuddling in bed, Penny just seconds away from sleep when Sheldon's voice brought her out of her trance.

"I think…we should attempt to engage in coitus." He said and Penny sat straight up.

"Honey, that's not something you think we should do. We only should do it if you're one hundred percent sure. I don't want you to regret it afterwards. Besides don't you think its kind of fast? It's only been a couple months."

"It's been two months exactly. My, where did the time go?" Sheldon shook his head.

"Maybe you should sleep on it. If you feel the same tomorrow then we can try. I don't want to rush you into anything."

"You're right Penny." He pulled her to him and kissed her softly. "I don't want to ruin this moment anyway." She smiled and snuggled into his chest.

She missed sex but not enough to jeopardize their relationship. She feels so close to him and it seemed like things were going to get a lot better between them. She couldn't wait for their future together.

A/N:I hope it doesn't seem like I'm rushing things...it didn't feel that way until I read through it again. Well I feel like things are going to end quite nicely pretty soon. Its been an awesome time with this fic and I would like to thank all of you who reviewed/fanned/favorited it makes me so happy to know that people actually like my writing! You guys are all fantastic! :D