This chapter is based on the 100th episode during Leonard's daydream date. One of my favorite episodes. It's not word for word as I added some parts to the date. I hope you enjoy and I don't own TBBT.

Chapter 8

"This place is amazing and beautiful. How did you get in here?" Penny asked looking around the restaurant with a radiant look upon her face and then back to Leonard.

"Well to be honest, the manager is trying to get his doctrine himself and so he kinda owes me a favor since I helped him study for his last exam." Leonard said with a smile as he took a drink of his wine as Penny looked impressed.

"Damn Hofstadter! Well you surly reeled me in." Penny said with a wink towards him as she herself took a drink of wine.

Leonard sat his drink down and leaned forward, "If I'm completely honest, this place can not compare to your beauty." He said giving Penny a goofy grin.

"Kinda chessy there Hofstadter. But damn you still are the romance ninja there buddy. Anyways thank you for asking me out. I missed you plus I needed a break." Penny admitted to Leonard giving him a wink.

"Yeah, I would have never thought I would see you again. Even after you told me you were moving back here. More since it just seemed we were too busy for each other. But right now I could not be happier." Leonard grabbed his wine glass and took a drink. When he put it back down he titled his head slightly and asked, "So is there name for a first date that you once had a two week sexual encounter with?" Leonard asked with a smirk on his face and his head titled slightly.

Penny raised her eyebrows and her eyes were wide. "Um, how about awkward?"

Leonard nodded calmly, "That sounds about right." Only making Penny chuckle as she took a drink of her wine. Then Leonard thought of an idea. "Okay how about this, lets just act like we have never met and we were set up on a blind date?" As he asked, Leonard gave Penny a hopeful look.

"Okay, I can do that." Penny agreed with Leonard as she gave him a nod.

Leonard poundered for a second and then sat slightly to the side making his right leg sit up his left. "So Polly, so tell me about yourself?" He began with a deadpan look.

Penny leaned forward over the table and interrupted Leonard, "It's Penny." She acted like she was annoyed with him not getting her name right.

Oh, right, sorry. Akward!" Leonard apologized with a sympathetic look, which only made Penny chuckle once again. He then only smiled back at her.

Penny then relaxed some and finally answered. "Okay let's see, I'm from Nebraska, and ever since I was little girl I dreamed of moving to LA and becoming a movie star. After that did not work out, I had an opportunity to work in New York as an actress on the theater. But yet still had to work in a dinner. Now I moved back and just got done filming a t.v. movie and yet still working at a restaurant. So, you know, dreams do come true! Your turn!"

"Hmm..." Leonard began to think bad as he looked up for a second. Then eyes were back on Penny as arms were crossed. "Ah, let's see, I am an experimental physicist at Caltech. Most of my research is with high-powered lasers and, oh, I've just gotten a big government grant to see if they can be used to knock out incoming ballistic missiles."

Penny blinked in surprise, then leaned forward with her chin on her fist as she became interested, "Wow! Can they?"

Leonard frowned jokingly, "Oh, God no!" He saw and heard Penny laugh. Leonard was glad she seemed happy tonight, So he continued, "But the money's pretty good..." They both nodded. "And I used the equipment to make my own bat signal" Leonard confessed with a proudful smile.

Penny rolled her eyes with her lips tight together trying to hold back her smile, "Bat signal? What are you, some kind of nerd?"

Leonard gave her smug look, "Not some kind of nerd, I am the king of nerds!"

Penny grinned ear to ear as she let out a genuine laugh" What does that mean?"

Leonard felt confident and comfortable being around Penny. He could actually feel happy. So he let her know what he meant. "Uh, it means, if anyone displeases me, I don't help them set up their printer or computer." He then held a straight face as Penny's laugh filled his ears.

"You are so funny!" Penny let him know as she fixed on his face on how adorable he was being this evening. She felt like a girl blushing over her crush.

"Good! Remember that when I take my shirt off." Leonard said with a deadpan look only making Penny chuckle.

"This is the Leonard I'm use to. You almost seemed shy askinge in front of everyone. Why?" Penny asked as she was a little confused.

Leonard shrugged his shoulders. "I guess since being back home I felt I was not as confident. Plus you surprised me when I saw you and I felt like you were going to let me down since you know we really have not seen or talked to each other for some time now. Also once I told my friends I was going on a date with you and you were mystery girl from New York, they basically laughed iny face." He finally let Penny know.

Penny became serious and bluntly said, "Well I guess when we get back I guess we will just have to prove them wrong and make out in front of them. Then ask you to help me break in my new bed. Which I hope we do."

Leonard almost spit out his wine. Hos hand shook as he sat down his glass and swallowed hard. "Really?"

Penny lifted an eyebrow, "Yeah, got a problem with that?"

Leonard shook his head quickly, "No, not at all." Then stopped their waiter forcefully, almost scaring him, "Check please!" Leonard told him giving him an apologized look. Only making Penny laugh again at Leonard's eagerness.