Smut alert!
Penny received details from the agency in New York of staff who were available to work and she and Raj had invited them over to work at her two stores for a week, Raj had also paid to put them up in a hotel whilst they worked
Penny found herself working the entire week they were there and by the end of it was feeling exhausted but happy that the plans were working out well, her baby bump was now starting to show more as well and Archie had been cuddling up to her more at night time and requesting sleepovers with Rose and Marie or in his own baby way "sleeps"
Marie had her plaster removed after she had to keep it on for a month and the bone had healed correctly which meant she was able to go back to nursery 3 mornings a week,
The week before Christmas and before they were due to go to Texas, Penny had flown to New York for three days with Raj, Natasha and Mark to set up the store, most of the clothing and accessory items had been sent and Penny was now working with the agency staff that had been supplied to arrange where everything should go, it was made clear to the agency staff that whilst Penny was in overall charge that Mark would manage the men's floor and that Natasha would manage the women's section, they were planning to offer the personal shopper service if it was required and Raj had been to see one of the advertising agencies to arrange for billboard posters to be put up in various locations, Penny had also made an advert which was being played on the HSN and NBC, on the day they were due to fly back to Pasadena Natasha made a suggestion
"Penny I wont be coming to Texas for Christmas, Mark and I can stay here and help finishing setting up, there are still more things to come and you need the holiday to rest because January is going to be so busy you wont know what hit you"
"Nat are you sure? Where will you stay?
"In the hotel until the apartment becomes available at the end of next week" said Natasha
"Actually there is nobody there now, I can always ask the owner if you and Mark can stay, we are already paying for it out of the business account and an extra week wont make any difference" said Raj
"Thanks Raj, we will be coming back to Pasadena anyway today and returning with more clothes as we only bought enough for the time we are here"
Penny returned home to find a very excited Archie waiting for her
"Mommy missed you" said Archie hugging her baby belly
"Oh I missed you as well, have you been good for daddy? Asked Penny
"Yes mommy"
"Good boy" said Penny hugging and kissing Leonard
"Archie wasn't the only one I missed" said Penny as Leonard kissed her again
"I have ordered a Chinese takeaway and it should be here soon, how are you feeling? Asked Leonard
"Tired, Natasha and Mark are going back to stay there, which I agreed to as I know its going to be very busy once everything starts up"
"Penny whilst I am supporting you just please be careful about overworking yourself"
"I know and I will do, are you going to stay in Texas until Sheldon and Amy come back?
"Yes that makes sense really, have you sorted out when you, Barbara and Archie are leaving?
"Yes I have spoken with Barbara about that and we are definitely leaving on January 1st"
"Mommy read story" said Archie coming back into the room with a book for Penny
"Oh maybe when its bedtime" said Penny picking him and giving him a big cuddle which caused Archie to giggle
"He looks just like you when you laugh Penny" said Leonard
"I would hope so" replied Penny
"I have spoken to my mom and she has said she will try and find time to meet up with you and offer any babysitting duties if you need it, I did tell her that you have Barbara coming with you though" said Leonard
"That was nice of her" said Penny
Two days after Penny returned from New York they found themselves back at the airport ready to go to Texas, the dogs were in crates ready to fly and the group were currently in departures waiting for their flight to be called, Marie and Archie were strapped into their pushchairs and Richard was in a baby sling on Sheldon
"You know Penny you will be able to see where Sheldon and I got married" said Amy excitedly
"Oh yes, that's true have you two got plans for your anniversary there? Asked Penny
"Yes we were going to ask you to join us at the restaurant where Sheldon proposed, although it will be for a lunchtime celebration" said Amy
"That will be nice then, thanks for asking us"
"Sheldon and I have booked a hotel room for tomorrow night so we at least will be able to wake up together just the two of us on our wedding anniversary, my mom and meemaw are having the children
"Lovely" replied Penny
Soon after their flight was called and they boarded the plane, Leonard had Archie on his lap and Barbara had Marie, Sheldon who hated flying had passed Richard to Amy and was currently clutching Amy's hand as if his life depended on it, Amy was trying to reassure him that everything would be ok and was whispering into his ear and giving him little kisses
They landed in Texas after a 5 hour flight and collected their luggage and then went to the animal arrival area to collect the dogs and went to the arrivals area where they booked rental cars and drove the short distance to Mary's house
Mary was the first out to greet everybody
"Oh look at my lovely grandchildren and my Shelley" said Mary as Missy and George came out of the house to help with unloading the cars and dogs
"Hi Mr Cooper" said Penny
"Penny don't you look great and with a little bump as well, hello Archie" said Mary as Archie tried to hide behind Penny
"I think he's just shy" said Penny
"Maybe, your parents are arriving shortly and Meemaw will collect them from the airport, now come on in and I can show you to your rooms" said Mary
Once inside the house Mary showed Leonard, Penny to Missy's old bedroom where she had set up a double bed for Leonard and Penny, she had left Sheldon's old bedroom for him and Amy and Richard and the room in between the bedrooms had Archie and Marie sharing which was George's old room
"By the way I borrowed a cot for Richard from one of the neighbours who no longer needs it" said Mary
"Thanks mom that was very helpful"
"Sheldon while you are all unpacking Missy and I will take the dogs for a walk" said George
"Oh thanks"
"Shelley come downstairs when you are done" said Mary going back downstairs
A little while later, everybody was unpacked and were currently sitting in Mary's lounge drinking tea and eating biscuits, Mary was cuddling Richard and Marie and Archie were playing together and George and Missy had returned from taking the dogs out
"Penny I hear you are leaving early, Sheldon told me about your plans"
"Yes it's very exciting and I wouldn't have been able to do it without Leonard's support"
"Well a husband's support is always good, I never had that with my horrible husband" replied Mary as Meemaw arrived with Penny's parents
"Hi Mom, dad" said Penny hugging her parents
"Well we can see you are glowing with your pregnancy and a cute little bump" said Hannah
"Oh yes, I have only just started to show the last couple of weeks" said Penny
"Have you thought of any names yet? Asked Wyatt
"Oh well Leonard and I have discussed it and we thought of three names we really like but we will choose for sure once he is born"
"What names are those? Asked Mary
"Oh, Matthew, Corey or Stephen" replied Penny
"Very nice, I am cooking a lasagne which will be ready shortly" said Mary passing Richard back to Sheldon and disappearing out to the kitchen
The following evening Sheldon and Amy had left Marie and Richard with Barbara and Meemaw and had gone to a local hotel for dinner, Leonard and Penny had joined them and had left Archie with her parents who were also staying at Meemaws house
"Here's to a night off from the kids, apart from this one" said Penny pointing to her belly and raising her glass to her friends"
"Yes, although I do miss them" said Amy taking a mouthful of chicken
"Good tip by the way Sheldon about booking the hotel, Penny and I may need another night together before she goes to New York"
"Well it's a nice hotel, Amy and I stayed here when were here last and when we got married"
"Seeing as we are doing toasts, here is one for Penny, good luck with your New York venture" said Amy nodding at her
"Thanks" said Penny
They finished the meal and went off to their respective rooms, Sheldon and Amy sat around drinking from the mini bar and eventually went to sleep with Sheldon spooning Amy. In the morning they greeted each other with a lingering kiss, Amy responded by lightly tugging at his lip with her teeth and he pulled her closer to him
"Amy you drive me crazy in how much I want you" said Sheldon peeling off his boxer shorts while Amy took her nightie off
"Oh I can see how much you want me" said Amy getting back on the bed with Sheldon she teased him by getting on her hands and knees, Sheldon responded by grabbing her stomach and rubbing his erection against her bottom and rocking against her, he flipped her over and cupped her breasts then kissed her again gently moving his body against hers, the pulled her up so they were both kneeling on the bed, he took one of her breasts in her mouth and pushed his erection against her belly
"Sheldon have you got any condoms? Asked Amy
"Yes but I am not ready to do that yet, I just want to explore your gorgeous body" said Sheldon as he laid Amy back down on the bed and parted her legs, he was pushing in an out of her wetness and rubbing his arousal against her clit, continuing to lick and suck on her breasts, Amy was panting and moaning underneath Sheldon and he soon found himself needing to be inside her properly and put a condom on and kissing her he thrust into her, Amy wrapped her legs around his waist and pulling him deeper inside her, Amy came in a shuddering orgasm shortly afterwards and the sight of Amy in orgasm made Sheldon release his load
"Happy anniversary Amy"
"Same to you" replied Amy hugging him
"I think we should celebrate every day of our marriage like that" said Sheldon
"Oh I agree totally, love you very much" said Amy smiling at him
"Love you too and as much as I would love to stay here in bed all day with you, we had better get ready to go and collect the children" said Sheldon
"Sure" said Amy getting out of bed and going to the en suite to have a shower
They went down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast and were greeted by Leonard and Penny who looked very pleased with each other
"You two look happy" said Amy
"Oh we are, I just showed Leonard how much I was going to miss him and he showed me how much he would miss me" said Penny smiling at her husband
"Happy anniversary by the way" said Leonard "We did get a gift for you but it was too precious to fly here so you can have it when you get back to Pasadena"
"Thanks you two" said Amy as one of the porters came into the room and over to Amy
"I believe these flowers are for you Mrs Cooper" said the porter handing her a bunch of flowers and in the middle of the bouquet were three sunflowers which symbolised three years of marriage
"Thank you" said Amy looking at the card "Oh Sheldon these are beautiful" said Amy getting up and hugging Sheldon then kissing him
"Get a room you two" said Penny laughing
"Oh we have one and we made full use of it" said Amy winking at her
"TMI" said Penny
They all arrived back at Meemaws house shortly after 9am, Marie and Archie were having breakfast and Richard was still asleep
"He woke up twice in the night and the second time was at 5am so he might be ready for a feed soon" said Barbara
"Thanks and thank you for looking after them" said Amy
Christmas passed quickly with everybody having fun and enjoying each others company, Penny had spoken to Natasha and found that everything was now ready and set up for the store to open and on New Years day Penny found herself at the airport with Leonard and Archie and having a tearful goodbye, Barbara who was with them was standing discreetly to one side
"Penny I will be in New York the second weekend you are there, we can skype every night and promise me you will not overtire yourself"
"I promise" said Penny as her flight was called to go the gate, Leonard picked Archie up and gave him a hug
"Daddy will see you soon ok" said Leonard
"Ok bye Daddy" said Archie not really understanding at his young age of 17 months old
Leonard passed Archie to Barbara and kissed Penny and waved as they went off to the departure gate
"You ok? Said Barbara seeing how tearful Penny was
"I will be" said Penny as they went through security and into the departure lounge to await their flight
When they arrived in New York, Natasha was waiting for them, she had hired a car for the duration of their stay and after they packed everything into the trunk, drove off to the apartment that Natasha and Mark had been staying in for the last few days
"Penny you never told me before that it was a luxury penthouse apartment, its fantastic and it has a private lift" said Natasha
"Well if I am dragging my staff all the way across the over side of the country then I need to give them some comfort" said Penny
"Oh it's more than comfortable" said Natasha as they pulled into the underground car park of the building they were staying in and went up in the lift which by using a special key took them straight into the apartment entrance area
"Hi Penny, let me help you with all that stuff" said Mark
"Raj is coming later on today" said Natasha
"Yes we spoke on the phone last night, he is going to stay for all of the first week to help" said Penny
"Are you all hungry because I have cooked us a lovely dinner" said Mark
"Of course and I am eating for two remember" said Penny patting her belly
The next day Penny went to the store, she wanted to see for herself just how ready the store was, she had planned for the store to be set out just like her ones back in Beverley Hills. She had seen her advert on NBC the night before and had passed the billboard advert that was up in Saks Avenue and Raj had told her that there was hundreds of messages on the website from people in New York saying how happy they were that Penny was coming for a month and wishing her luck.
The following day Penny had arranged for all of the staff to go to the store so that she could assign duties and afterwards took them out for lunch to thank them for the help they would be giving her, Penny had advertised that the store would be open every day except for Sunday and would be opening on the Monday at 9am
On the Monday she and Raj were at the shop early, there was already people queuing outside, Penny greeted them with a smile and a hello and went inside. Penny hadn't been able to sleep much for nerves and excitement at the opportunity and she was now standing by the entrance with Raj and Natasha waiting for the clock to turn to 9am
"Ready?" said Penny looking to her sister and staff, they all nodded
"Then lets go" said Penny watching Natasha unlock the door
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