A/N - Gym time fun! Hope you enjoy this latest adventure ;) Don't forget to review, please - I love reading them! Also I love your ideas and things you'd like to see happen, such fun! Righto, enjoy :)


"Hey, you came!" Leonard grinned as he spotted Penny walking towards him. He put his glasses on, sitting up from the bench press, and had to stop his mouth from dropping. Somehow, she was managing to make her sports wear incredibly hot. He let his eyes slowly take in the neat ballerina bun, the natural, make-up less but perfect face, the pink sports bra that was making her breasts look... ridiculously amazing, that was the only phrase he could think of... her toned stomach, her super tight yoga pants, her never ending legs, and- no. He laughed. White sneakers with Hello Kitty shoe laces. Jeez, even those are hot.

"Yeah," She sat down on the bench press next to his, grinning. "I told you I would, didn't I? How many more bench presses you got?" Please have loads. Please have loads. Say you have loads left.

"Thirty," He lay back down and took of his glasses.

Yes! "Ah, well, I'll just wait here until you're done."

And she did wait, and it was the best wait of her life. Three weeks of missing out on those muscles made seeing them at work now even better. She couldn't keep the smirk off her face. Here she was, watching Leonard work out at the gym, and Priya had no idea how much her 'less time with Penny' rule was being violated.

"So what next?" Leonard asked, sitting up. He grabbed his water bottle and wiped at his forehead before putting his glasses back on.

Penny nominated the ellipticals next, followed by the treadmill and power plates, and the rowing machines. At each work out station, they once again dared and challenged each other, neither backing down, fuelled by the need to impress each other. Leonard didn't object to being by the mirrors this time; as much as he didn't enjoy watching himself, they were a great way to keep his eyes on Penny. He could have sworn that he caught her looking at him sometimes too, but he put that down to her making sure he was doing okay without his inhaler, or something lame like that. Maybe if he worked out a bit more he could change that.

After what seemed like an eternity, they agreed that it was time to leave. Neither dared to mention it, but both walked towards the doors hoping that their gym session would end just like it had last time. They walked through to the corridor quickly, and they stopped when they reached the changing room doors, equally disappointed, but neither of them quite brave enough to bring up the fact that they had already gone past the bathroom they had used last week.

"So..."

"Yeah." Leonard nodded awkwardly.

"See you in the lobby?"

"Sure."

And so they parted ways, entering their respective changing rooms. Penny slumped onto a bench, groaning as she kicked her sneakers off. What had happened to her? She used to be a big old five. She was a big old five, so why hadn't she said anything? Meanwhile, Leonard grabbed his bag from his locker, and headed to the showers, wishing he was the kind of guy that initiated sex. Though he had to admit, he had somehow become the kind of guy who cheated on his girlfriend, so maybe he wasn't doing too bad in that department... although, he wasn't quite sure if that was even a good thing.

"Yeah, overthinking is really going to help," Leonard mumbled as he pulled off his t-shirt.


After a stair climb filled with small talk, Leonard and Penny finally reached the hallway outside their apartments. As Leonard turned to open the door to 4A, Penny decided to take some action.

"Hey, Leonard?"

"Yeah?" He turned back around to look at her.

"You wanna come in for some coffee?" Well, it's better than nothing, Penny reasoned with herself.

"Sure," He shrugged, and followed Penny into 4B.

"What's this?" Leonard asked, grinning at the box and jar on the coffee table. "101 Totally Cool Science Experiments for Kids? Didn't I get you that?"

Penny blushed. "Oh, umm... yeah, I found it the other day." She shrugged, trying to adopt a casual expression. "I thought I'd try one or two of them out."

"I see," He grinned, bending forward to look closer at the jar. "Ooh, fireworks in a jar!"

"Yeah, that one looks really pretty. I also did the volcano one, the rainbow one and tornado in a jar." She grinned proudly now, though she left out the part where she pretended Priya was on top of the volcano she had made explode. She also left out the part that she had just been trying them out because she knew if Leonard found out, he'd appreciate that she was actually using his gift. And perhaps she'd learn something out of it that could come in useful one day. "So, coffee?"

Leonard gave her a nod and they headed over to the kitchen. Penny switched on the coffee maker and grabbed two mugs from the shelf.

"So which experiment is your favorite so far?" Leonard asked, leaning on the island counter.

"Volcano one. I liked watching it just blow up like that."

"You going to try any of the others?"

"Maybe," Penny turned around to pour the coffee into their mugs. "Crap," She frowned as she spilt some onto the counter.

"Here," Leonard grabbed a jay cloth and went over to stand next to her. She lifted the two mugs and he quickly wiped the counter and the bottom of the mugs, before throwing the cloth into the sink as Penny placed the mugs back down. As he reached over to pick up his mug, his arm brushed Penny's, and he raised a brow when she looked at him with wide eyes. "What?"

"It's-" It's just that when you touch me I want to kiss you. But instead of giving him an answer, partly out of worry that it would sound stupid, she just continued to stare at him, her lips slightly parted, trying to figure out what her next move was supposed to be.

But she didn't need to, because Leonard had made it for her. He leant forwards and kissed her, pulling her closer, tangling a hand in her hair. Penny responded quickly, and he took this as a sign to deepen the kiss. They were moving quickly; this had been building up all day, heck, it had been building up ever since Leonard had told Penny he missed her at the gym. Penny found herself curling her fingers in his hair, moaning desperately into his mouth, as he moved his hands up her t-shirt and gripped her waist, hoisting her onto the island counter.


"I'm so going to have to clean the counter," Penny giggled, still slightly out of breath, as she picked her t-shirt up off the floor and pulled it back on.

"Yeah..." Leonard smirked, turning to the dish rack, which currently sported his boxers. He let out a small chuckle as he picked them up and put them back on.

The pair froze and they heard a knock at the door. Penny ran over to the peephole and looked through, before turning back to Leonard with wide eyes.

"Hide!" She mouthed, motioning wildly to her bedroom. "It's Priya!"

Leonard grabbed his pants and t-shirt, running into her bedroom and shutting the door. Penny did up the buttons on her jeans quickly before opening the door.

"Hey Priya," She gave her a small smile.

"Where's Leonard?" Priya asked, trying to look over Penny's shoulder. "He has Tuesday's off and he's not in the apartment, normally he's back from the gym by now."

"I dunno." Penny shrugged, fighting back a smirk. "Maybe he went to the comic book store or something. I haven't seen him today."

"I'll check there." Priya turned around and headed downstairs, without a goodbye. Penny waited until she could no longer hear Priya's footsteps before shutting the door and calling Leonard out of the bedroom.

"She's gone," Penny said as he came out of the bedroom, now fully dressed.

"What did she say?"

"She wanted to know where you were, I suggested the comic book store."

"I should probably head back to my apartment," Leonard picked up his gym bag, which he had put down next to the sofa.

"Yeah." Penny nodded, giving him a small smile as she opened the door once again.

Just stopped and turned quickly to look at Penny once he was out the door. "Nice new gym clothes, by the way. I like the shoelaces." He grinned as he walked into his own apartment.

Penny grinned as she shut the door, doing a small dance as she walked towards the kitchen to clean up. So he had noticed.