Here is the next chapter. Hope you enjoy and thank you for all the reviews. I don't own TBBT but love being a Lenny shipper. Chapter 4
"This place is pretty awesome!" Leonard told Penny across the table. It was their second day in a row hanging out with each other. The day before just involved them going to Coney Island which Penny had only been twice since she moved to New York and Leonard had not been since he was in highschool. He had went once woth hos chess club.
"You think so? It's not my kind of place but when you mentioned the things you like I thought of this place. Some of my co-stars come here." Penny confessed as they enjoyed their beers and food as eighty music played and the sound of old arcade games being enjoyed though the place called Barcade. "So you want to play a few games?" Penny asked with a smile rolling Leonard a roll of quarters towards him.
"Sounds fun!" He grabbed the quarters, stood up and lended his hand out to Penny. As she took it, Leonard led them to the game he had not played in years, "Donkey Kong."
As Leonard played, Penny watched. She was unamused with the facts of the game but impressed how great Leonard was at the game. Then she showed him off on how better she was.
As they sat back down after playing Pac Man and Centipede, Leonard gave Penny a look of defeat. "Wow! You know how to destroy a guys confidence..."
Penny sucked in her lip from laughter, "I'm not sorry. Not my fault I'm better."
"I would love to see you compete against my roommate, Sheldon. Lets just say he is a jerk when he wins but such satisfaction when he is a sore loser." Leonard told Penny with amusement as he began to drink his third beer.
"Oh next time I'm in Pasadena I am up for the challenge." She said with a grin as they both clinked their bottles.
"So what is next for our agenda. I'm free the next three days. The evening before I leave, my dad has this big honory dinner for a recent find with another anthropologist, that is the main reason I am here." Leonard finally told Penny.
"Well that stinks. After today, I have double showings the next two days and one show after that. Unless..." Penny gave Leonard a wink and she took a sip of her drink but was grinning.
Leonard swallowed hard and suddenly become nervous. "Ummm, unless what?"
Penny leaned in the seat and pulle out her keys. She laid them out on the table an began to remove one of them. She looked at Leonard as she raised her eyebrows, "Hold out your hand." is all Penny said. As Leonard did still not knowing what she was doing, Penny put a key in his hand. "That my friend is an extra key to my apartment..." Penny really hoped what that meant.
"For what?" Leonard asked still feeling lost.
Penny rolled her eyes and shook her head. She still had her hand over her key that still laid in Leonard's hand. "Sweetie, a girl gives a guy to her apartment for a certain reason. I know we have only meet five days ago and this is our third time hanging out, but before you leave I want to really get to know you and show you what a real fun time with a woman is really like. You understand my intentions now?" She gave Leonard a hopeful look while biting her lip.
Leonard looked down at their hands and gulped hard. His eyes went to Penny and his breathing quickened. "Really?"
Penny nodded slowly. "So how about show you where I live?"
"Okay!" Leonard quickly said as Penny removed her hand and Leonard closed his hand tight. He fished out his own keys and added Penny's to it. He looked up and happened to see Penny standing up with her arms crossed. "What?" he asked with his voice shakey.
Penny shook her head, "Really? Come on you cute nerd, lets go enjoy the rest of our evening together."
Leonard stood up, through some cash on the table, and followed Penny to catch a cab.
The next morning, Leonard came back to his dad's town house with an extra stride in his step. He only came back because Penny had a morning shift at the diner and needed sleep before her double showing. Leonard went up to the room he was staying in and decided to take a nap himself.
It might have been more than a one night stand but sure was not a relationship. As Penny told Leonard, they were living in th moment and might as well made the moment worth living for. These next three nights were going to amazing and Leonard thought tonight when Penny came home he would ask her to be his guest at his dad's special dinner and award ceremony. That way they could get in an extra day with each other plus Leonard would have a pretty woman on his arm for the night. It would be the least he could do to make Penny feel special.