Sneaking out
Don't own Penny or Leonard or anyone else mentioned in TBBT TV show...
It wasn't so hard to get hold of her girlfriends even if she was cooped up and forbidden to go out. Penny had asked Denise to take her mother into town for some shopping and her Dad was over at Frank's helping with his farm. Penny dialed Tammy and got the low down on the party at Valerie's. There was no way that Penny was going to miss this. There was too much at stake. She learned pretty quickly that Timmy was indeed going with one of the other guys. Tammy didn't know who it was, but there was at least a remote chance that it was going to be Leonard. Those two had gotten pretty tight over the summer. From what Penny had been told, Anna was hoping that Timmy would bring T.J.
Penny sat with the phone propped up between her ear and her shoulder while trying to give herself a pedicure. She was going to put on a coat of "baby-doll pink". "So… Tammy… what's the scoop on this party that Val's putting on?"
It just so happened that Tammy was being preoccupied by the exact same endeavor… except with a bottle of "ruby rose red" clicking away as she shook it. "IT's gonna be pretty late… her parents aren't leaving to go to her aunts in Lincoln until her Mom gets off the dinner shift at the Diner."
Penny thought… that would actually work better… her Dad would probably be in bed early if Denise had anything to do with it… Frank liked his beer and if Penny knew anything about her Dad… it was that he didn't like being shown up at ANYTHING… especially when it came to pounding down BEERS. "That's great! Maybe everyone won't see that I'm not there at the beginning of the party".
Tammy finished filing her right foot. "Well… when you think about it… it'll be better if everyone ELSE is there and THEN you walk in… just don't walk in without Anna and me… if we're gonna make an entrance… we gotta make it together."
Penny started putting on her first coat. "Sure… sure… are you sure that your sister is okay with getting us there? And make sure that she doesn't come into the drive… park down the hill… I'll meet you… That's "Denise Rule" Number three…"
Tammy giggled. "Yeah… she's cool… she just got her license and she knows how important these things are…"
The conversation went on long enough for both girls to make sure their toes were just right. Penny heard the noise of the gravel and ran to the window to peek out. When she saw that it was her Dad's truck coming up past the house to park by the garage, she scooted back to the phone to tell Tammy to give her about an hour before she came to pick her up. Penny then hung up the phone and ran into the den and turned on one of her T.V. shows.
Out by the barn, Henrietta jumped down from the driver's seat and made her way around to the other side of the truck to open the door and let her husband literally SLIDE out of the passenger seat while grabbing for his wife. "Okay… Okay… that's enough of that… you're in no condition for any of that tonight… you'll be lucky if I don't set you up nest to the toilet."
Wyatt smiled as his hand slid off his wife's shoulder, down her back and settled on her ass. Are ya sure there Honey? I remember when we were younger…"
Henrietta smiled grabbing the offending hand and putting it around her waist as she shifted their combined weight. "Yeah… well we're NOT young anymore and you'll be lucky to make it to the bedroom much less the actual BED!"
The trip across the drive and up the steps was interesting enough. But when the adults were met at the door by their younger daughter… with an incredible smile on her face… Henrietta could say very little. "Do NOT… say a word… and help me with your father!..."
Penny took Wyatt's other arm and slung it over her shoulder and helped her mother into their room… in the back of the house… Penny was just happy that they didn't have to climb up the stairs to where her Denise's, and her brother's rooms were. After settling her father on the bed for her mother to tend to… Penny could still smell the odor of liquor… and it wasn't beer that she smelled. "Mother?... is that Tequila?"
Henrietta waivered in her own ability to stand perfectly still. "Penelope… we will NOT discuss this further…" She then softly closed the door basically pushing Penny out the door. Penny smiled inwardly… at some time in the near future… she was going to have to thank Denise for the help.
Penny quickly went up to her room and put on the cutest off the shoulder crop top with the tightest pair of jeans and then stuffed her flip flops into the back of her pants. Naturally, Penny had no bra on under her top... so there were no straps to ruin the look. Penny then opened the window and quietly stepped onto the roof outside and made her way to the tree branch and looked down. Taking a deep breath… she jumped to the tree and clambered down to the ground. Once she was on firm ground, she put on her flip flops and made her way down the drive and up to where Tammy was going to be waiting.
Penny got into the back seat of Tammy's sister's car and asked as she closed the door. "So… do we have to pick up Anna and anyone else? Your cousin?"
Tammy turned around. "Anna… for sure… but not Karen… She actually lives right close by to where Val lives… so she could just walk there… but I doubt she'll be there… these kind of parties are not what she's really in to…"
Fort the first time that evening, Penny actually felt calmer… knowing that Karen was not going to be at the party… now all she had to do was make sure Valerie and her friends stayed away from Timmy… and Leonard… if he was there.
They made their way to Anna's house and picked her up. That girl was WAY too wound up… if this was any indication of what it was going to be like in High School… it was going to be a very long four years.
Just as Penny had suspected… Valerie was trying to put on a party that was supposed to be better that her own. It looked like all the guys and girls that were at her party were here tonight. Only tonight… there were no parents to make sure things didn't get out of hand. Penny could see that Kurt was walking up with a case of beer slung up on his shoulder. That could mean only one thing… things could very easily start to get out of hand.
When Tammy's sister left them standing on the curb, Anna and Tammy took up a place just a step behind Penny. They already figured that they probably would have their place and they accepted taking it. Penny shrugged and sighed at her two friends and made their way to the door. Knocking was not needed as the door was wide open and there were kids literally ALL over the place.
Anna smiled as a bunch of the other girls and guys sitting in the front room turned their gaze toward the front door as Penny came in followed by her two friends. Penny didn't really want to make a scene. She was here just to find Timmy and Leonard and talk to them. Sure she wanted to make sure that Valerie didn't get her mitts on either of her friends, but she wasn't looking for any trouble.
Unfortunately, Valerie saw the bit of commotion that Penny had caused when she came in. This was just like it was at Penny's party. She was being upstaged. It wasn't something she was used to, and not something she was going to put up with… especially with school starting up in a week. Valerie had always been the leader… she always hung around with the hottest guys… and now there was Penny… sticking her perfect little nose… her perfect… not so little boobs… and her perfect little ass… where it didn't belong!
Valerie pulled out a bottle of tequila and some small cups… then set up a line on the table and started to get some of the guys into a drinking game. All of a sudden… all the attention that was on Penny… shifted to Valerie…
Penny couldn't care less and started to look around for her friends. Anna and Tammy followed the crowd to the game Valerie started because… that's where all the guys were. Standing on the edge of the crowd… Penny found Timmy… She pulled him out to the kitchen where the beer was and wanted to talk. To make sure she didn't look out of place, Penny took a beer and started to drink. She may be young, but just like her Dad, Penny didn't like to be shown up. And when it came to drinking beer, Penny had learned from the best. She basically pounded down the first one as some of the crowd watched and then grabbed Timmy's arm and took him… and another beer… outside.
Once they were alone, Timmy looked into Penny's eyes. "Cool… you made it… from what Tammy said… I didn't think that you would be able to…"
Penny looked back. "Yeah… well… that's something I'll probably have to deal with when I get home. Why are you here anyway?"
Timmy looked confused. "Why wouldn't I be? Everybody is here… this is going to be a great party." Timmy then finished off the beer he had and picked up two more handing the second one to Penny. "Why are you asking? Are you checking up on me? Are you worried I might be with another girl? Maybe you're surprised to see me here because you're with another guy…" Timmy was now just playing with Penny… he was pretty sure that Penny wasn't one of those girls. Suddenly, Timmy realized that there might be a reason that she was here… "Maybe Leonard?"
Penny quickly downed half the beer she had been given. "It's not like that… I… I just wanted to talk to you guys… that's all".
Timmy cocked his head. "Us guys? The last time we were together… there was no room for an US guys…" Timmy winked and pulled Penny in for a hug.
Penny giggled. "Yeah… well maybe I just wanted to find out what you and Leonard were talking about? He said you and he talked and it sounded like it was about me and it was Okay…"
Timmy was getting a bit nervous not exactly knowing what Penny and Leonard ted about. "Aw… c'mon… we didn't mean anything by it… it was just a guy thing". Penny fell to one side as she stepped on an empty beer can and Timmy grabbed her waist as she grabbed around his neck with both arms.
From behind Penny, Leonard came through the crowd. He easily saw that Timmy was holding onto Penny around the waist and Penny had thrown her arms around Timmy's neck. Leonard immediately looked down and turned… walking out the front door and sitting on the steps.
Penny caught her balance and stood. "Did Leonard come? You both need to let me know about this GUY thing…"
Timmy shrugged and sat down on a chair by the picnic table. "Yeah… he didn't want to… but I sort of made him drive me here… He's around… so how about that hug we had in the pond?" Timmy then grabbed Penny and sat her on his lap.
Penny squealed in surprise and leaned back almost falling off. "Hey…!" She then sat up and put her hands on Timmy's chest… "It was … nice… I'm gonna find Leonard." Penny then moved off Timmy and into the house. It wasn't long before Anna took up residence on Timmy's lap… with a beer of her own.
Penny walked through the kitchen and around the living room looking for Leonard. She stopped short as she saw Leonard sitting on the front steps through the front window. Leonard was sitting very close to a short dirty blonde… Penny had seen her before… she was one of the smart girls that always made her feel so inadequate… always answering all the questions… Kathy was her name… Kathyyyyy…. Kathy Geiger...!
Penny was about to go outside when she was grabbed from behind by Donnie. He had seen her from the other side of the room and just wanted to talk. He was one of the fringe guys in Valerie's group of friends that usually paled around with Curtis. As Penny turned to see who grabbed her, she saw Kathy put her arms around Leonard's neck.
Penny squirmed away from Donnie and practically fell out of the front door past Leonard and Kathy who was now sitting on his lap. Penny was losing all the composure she had when she saw Kathy put a light kiss on Leonard's cheek. Penny could see red… She then saw Timmy and Anna come around the corner of the house and made a bee line for Timmy. She then grabbed his arm and spun him so he was facing directly at her and grabbed his face in her hands and planted a kiss right on his lips!
Penny then turned and stomped up the front steps right next to where Leonard and Kathy were sitting… into the house and into the kitchen to grab a beer. Timmy went into the house a little red in the face… past Leonard. When Timmy got into the house… he saw Penny standing and looking at Valerie who was having the best time seeing what Penny was going through. Penny plunked down the bottle of Tequila Valerie had used earlier and put her hands on her hips. "How does this game work?" Leonard came up behind Timmy and the two of them stood and watched as Penny took her first shot.
Leonard watched as Penny proceeded to challenge all comers to drink… as the night progressed, he saw guys grabbing at her… trying to slide their hands up her shirt… and she throwing them off. He saw most of the girls at the party fawning after the hotter guys… Timmy was one of those… And he was constantly being asked by Kathy to come out behind the house. Leonard politely talked with whoever he could… watching Penny the whole time… making sure that no one took advantage of her.
The rest of the night was a complete blur for Penny. She had stood… well mostly stood… by the end of the night… she had to be clamped pretty tightly to Timmy to keep from falling down… she had out drunk most of the other contestants… guys… or girls… the only ones that beat her were Valerie and Kurt. By the end of the evening, things had quieted down pretty much and there were a lot of girls that were snuggled up to the guys that they came with or worse… those girls… grabbed their guy and found their way up the stairs and into one of the bedrooms… one room actually had three couples going at it at the same time. Penny stumbled into that room trying to find the bathroom and was sure she saw Valerie with Curtis… or Kurt… or both…
Timmy grabbed Penny's arm and pulled her out of the room and down the stairs where he brought her out into the cool air. Unfortunately, once Penny made it outside, the change in temperature made her feel sick and then there was a shrub off to the side of the patio that was the subject to a through vomiting.
Timmy stood dutifully by… holding Penny's hair. Leonard made his way to the back yard when he heard the rumors of Penny getting sick. He walked up to Timmy and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey… we better get her home… Tammy says that she was not really supposed to be here and she's gonna really get it when she gets home."
Timmy looked horrified… "Have you seen her DAD? That guy's crazy… and he has a gun!"
Leonard took a deep breath… "We can't leave her here… and I can't drive and make sure she doesn't choke in her own vomit. You're coming with me… and you're helping! If you're going to be her boyfriend… then you have to step up!"
Timmy heard the words and through the beer fueled haze of his own, could see some logic to Leonard's words. They both took part of Penny and made their way down to Leonard's car. Timmy got into the back seat with Penny and Leonard drove towards her house.
Penny came to… mostly… about half way home. She looked up and saw Timmy's blue eyes. "Hi…Sweetie…"
Timmy smiled down. "We're gonna get you home."
Penny's eyes went wide. "You can't go into the drive with the car…. Denise rule number three…!" Penny then seemed to pass out.
Timmy looked up at the back of Leonard's head. "Dude… she says not to go into the drive."
Leonard was confused. "Why not?!"
Timmy tried to wake Penny up. "Penny… Penny… why can't we go up to the house?"
Penny's eyes fluttered open… "Your eyes are SOOooo pretty".
Timmy smiled. "So are yours… but why can't we go into your drive?"
Penny smiled and held her finger to her lips. "SHHHhhhhh… Daddy will wake up… He said I couldn't go out... NO BOYS!"
Timmy looked a little scared. "So you were GROUNDED?"
Penny giggled. "HE has a gun you know…. SHHHhhhh… don't wake Daddy up… Denise says… go in the window to my room…"
Leonard turned quickly around swerving the car then getting it back on the right lane. "Your room is on the SECOND floor…!"
Penny smiled… "BIG tree outside my room…" Penny then closed her eyes again smiling… "shhhhh".
Timmy looked at Leonard with wide eyes… "We have to get her up a TREE?!"
It wasn't so long before Leonard parked his car up the road a bit from the drive to Penny's house. The two boys lifted Penny out of the back seat. She threw her arms around Timmy and smiled as she started to slide down. She looked into Timmy's eyes. "Woops!" Timmy grabbed her tighter by the waist and Penny leaned up against hm. "That's nice!" Then Penny went completely limp.
Leonard came and took Penny's arm and they walked her up to the house around the back to where her room was. Timmy looked up at the tree. "You have GOT to be KIDDING!"
Leonard scowled. "We can't just leave her here!"
Timmy now looked really scared. "Dude… her Dad has a gun!"
Leonard sighed. "Help me get her to the porch." They then went around to the porch and got Penny up on the porch swing. They then went back to the car and Leonard drove Timmy back to his house.
On the way back to his own house, Leonard felt terrible about leaving Penny on the porch for her parents to find. He immediately turned the car and went to Penny's house to make sure she was okay. Parking up the road as he did before, Leonard walked up to the porch with a blanket his Uncle kept in the trunk. Leonard found Penny just where they had left her. He looked down at her and smiled. Then he lifted her just enough so he could put her head on his lap and covered her with the blanket. Soon, they were both sleeping.
When the morning started to break… Leonard woke with a start… if Penny could be believed in her drunken state the night before in the back of his car… Wyatt would be not pleased to find her lying in his lap. He looked down at her still sleeping face and slid out from under her. He brushed the hair away from her face and made sure she looked comfortable and tucked her in with the blanket. He then turned and quietly walked down the steps and made his way to his car… happy that he stayed with her that night making sure she was alright. She didn't get sick and no one took advantage of her.
Leonard sat in the driver's seat of his Uncle's car wondering if he had done the right thing… leaving Penny on the porch to be found by her parents… he hated himself for being coward enough not to stand up for doing what was right. Hopefully Penny wouldn't get into too much trouble. Timmy was right about one thing… Wyatt had a pretty big gun… and Penny said she was to be around "NO BOYS!"
Penny's mother awoke when she thought she heard a noise out on the porch. She dragged herself out of bed still feeling some of the night before… thanks to her daughter Denise… Looking over at her still snoring husband, she could only hope to see a quiet lazy day ahead. Hoping that it wasn't a stray raccoon looking for breakfast on the porch that was heard, she stopped in the bathroom on the way to the kitchen to find out what the noise was.
Penny had roused just as she heard the bathroom door close. Looking confusedly down at herself she saw that she was on the porch swing wrapped in a blanket she was not familiar with. Realizing in short order that if she was found, there would be HELL to pay… she quickly rolled up the blanket and stuffed it under her arm. Knowing that it was going to be a chance at being caught, but also knowing that the stairs up to her room would not squeak if you stayed close to the hand rail… Penny made her way up to her room as quickly and quietly as she could.
Finishing her morning routine, Henrietta made her way out to the porch and stretched her arms and arched her back finally coming to rest with her hands on her hips. Looking around and seeing nothing particularly out of the ordinary, she could hear the sound of a car passing on the road, but that certainly wasn't anything greatly out of the ordinary… Shrugging, she went back into the house to make a pot of coffee… the stronger… the better…
Penny flopped onto her bed after throwing the unfamiliar blanket into her closet. She then tried her best to piece together the evening before… Penny could remember well enough meeting Tammy and her sister down the road, getting to the party with Anna and talking to Timmy. She then recalled seeing Leonard with Kathy Geiger and starting to drink with Valeri. After that… things were pretty much nonexistent until she woke up on the porch…
The only other thing she could remember is looking up into Timmy's cool blue eyes … they were so dreamy… That and the words that he was bringing her home… the blanket must be his… he must have wrapped her in it to make sure she was warm and safe… that was SO sweet! Realizing the pounding in her head wasn't quite gone… Penny took off her jeans and crop top tossing them on the floor and crawled under the covers wrapping herself in her arms and shutting out the light by closing her eyes.
