Took a little from the one hundredth episode and the pilot/earlier episodes for this chapter. Enjoy and I don't own TBBT. Enjoy reading reviews.

Chapter 7

Leonard was walking up the stairs with Sheldon to their apartment and Leonard decided to ask Sheldon whether he will consider changing their dinner menu, "Indian food or Tex Mex." He just wanted a change in their schedule. Of course Sheldon was ignoring the question and instead asks Leonard what he thinks if humans evolved from lizards instead of mammals. Leonard looked up to the ceiling with a sigh yet lets Sheldon continue with his rant. Sheldon gives factoids about lizards and how humans would be should they have evolved from lizards and ends up impressing himself and saying he loves his mind. Leonard responds sarcastically "We all love his mind too... Now what to eat for dinner?" Of course once again Sheldon is still into lizards as they reach their apartment which Leonard is feeling a lost at his attempt for dinner and his conversation. They both notice there is a package by the door and Sheldon gets excited to find that it's his new life-sizeSpockstand-up display, "Oh goodie, oh goodie, oh goodie!"

Leonard shook his head and happened to notice the door was opened to 4B. Must be him and Sheldon had a new neighbor. As he stares, there was Howard's fiance Bernadette and Sheldon's girlfriend, Amy. That is when he recognized a certian blonde. One he had not seen for two months. He knew she had moved to California a month ago when the last talked. His schedule and her schedule both got too busy to even meet up. He was certain Penny moved to Los Angeles, not this close to him. Leonard couldn't help but smile.

That is when Penny looked up, hearing what she guessed was her new neighbor. But when she did, she noticed the man next to him was a certian guy she had been hoping to see since she last said goodbye two months ago and a month since she moved here. He was smiling at her so she smiled back as she was taking jewelry out of a box.

"Excuse me." Leonard told Sheldon as he began to walk over to 4B. Sheldon acted like he was talking to Commander Spock giving Leonard okay. As he made his was to Penny's door he knocked. The other girls looked up seeing it was Leonard. "Hi Amy, hi Bernadette, hi Penny." He said.

Amy and Bernadette said hi back in confusion that he said hi to Penny. Penny could tell they wondered how Leonard knew her. Penny walked over to her door to greet her new neighbor. "Hi."

"Hi!" Leonard said again nervously, rubbing the back of his neck. "So um, you found me."

"Yeah I guess so, I needed to find my own place and well this place seemed well good enough. Maybe could get enough chance to see you again. Looks I get to see quite often now." Penny said with her as crossed but her smile leaving her face.

They were inturpted by Sheldon to go suck it to the Zachary Sonquintos Spock. Making Leonard roll his eyes and Penny smiling. Leonard tried to get Sheldon today hello to his new neighbor but was he was too occupied by returning his life size Spock but not too occupied to say hello to Amy.

"Don't mind Sheldon. Anyways what are you doing tonight?" Leonard asked after watching Sheldon go into their apartment woth the cardboard cutout. He gave Penny a nervous smile.

"Why?" Penny asked as she titled her head with courosity.

"I was thinking since its been awhile and well you are here and just happened to be my next door neighbor we could go on a date." He couldn't help but feel a bit confident.

"Ooohhh!" Came behind Penny from Bernadette and Amy with heads tilted and looked dreamy eyed.

Penny bit her lip feeling conflicted. "Like a date, date?"

"Yes a date, date..." Leonard feeling not so sure of himself.

"Ooohhh!" Came from the girls again. Penny turned her head and shot them a look. They turned their attention back to unpacking.

"Are you sure?" Penny asked again looking at Leonard with uncertainty. She was not sure since it has been two months and their lives were busy enough.

"Yes I'm sure. I think we need to go on a date." Despite his own insecurities and doubts, Leonard wanted to give this thing he had with Penny another shot while he still had a chance. After all she was right there. He wanted that again. That two weeks of his life was his happiest.

Penny blinked and stood back in surprise. "Okay! So see you at seven?"

Leonard grinned ear to ear once more, "Okay, yes I will be over at seven." He had crinkles by his eyes from smiling so big as he turned around and went back to his apartment to get ready for a real date.

Penny closed her door and smiling herself placing her forehead on the door. Few seconds later she turned around facing two giddy friends. "What?" She asked them.

"So how do you know Leonard?" Bernadette asked sitting down in a forward position. Her chin was sitting on her fist anxious to know.

Amy sat down on Penny's couch impatiently waiting for an answer too. "Yes tell us? How do you know the same Leonard we know and all the juicy details what happened between you two? This is all too exciting to know."

Penny rolled her eyes as she shook her head as she sat down next to Amy. "Fine if you must know." So Penny told them for the next thirty minutes. "And so when my show ended in New York and got a call they wanted me to make a television movie in Los Angeles I told Leonard all about it. So we made plans to meet up. But it never happened because I had to find a place to live and as you girls know I started filming right away. He began a new laser project and so we put off plans. Filming ended couple days ago and I knew Leonard lived in Pasadena near Cal Tech, I just thought what the heck after I settled in I was going to look for him at Cal Tech and surprise him. I didn't think I happened to move across the hall."

While across the hall while Leonard was getting ready, Sheldon, Howard, and his other friend Rai were all playing a board game. "What makes you think this woman you just across the hall will want to go any future with you after this date. Maye she just said yes because she felt sorry for you. Trust me I've seen Penny plenty after becoming Bernadette's roommate. She's hot and well you are..." Howard stated as his hand was displaying Leonard and his looks.

"Not near being an average male?" Sheldon commented as his attention was fully on setting up the board game.

"Yeah dude she is way too hot for you. I could have a better chance than you ever will. Plus you had a better chance withy sister after defiling her. But you ruined that." Raj chimed in shuffling the cards.

Leonard stood up against the desk with his arms frowning at his friends. "You know what Raj, I was in a relationship with your sister. Ot was not going anywhere. And for your information for all of you Penny is mystery woman from New York." He couldn't help but smile again with confidence and memories flooding his head. But was soon broke up with laughter and telling Leonard he had to be drunk thinking mystry woman was Penny. He just blew them off and walked out the door.

He only took a few steps reaching Penny's door. He knocked, stood up straight, and tried his best to get rid of his anxiety. But all went away when the door opened and there stood Penny in a blue and back cocktail dress and hair straight and makeup beyond perfection. Leonard swallowed hard in his grey suit and blue tie. "Are you ready?" He asked in a shaky voice placing his hand out.

"You bet!" Penny said with a smile and wink taking Leonard's hand, which led her arm linking with his. She leaned in and gave him a peck on his cheek. Penny noticed Leonard turned a light shade of red. Was going to take all night to get Leonard back out of his shell like she did in New York. But it was Leonard so it was all worth it. She just hoped he was not this shy when they ended up in bed together.