Chapter 6 - Loving each other

Penny couldn't help but watch Leonard as they drove back to their apartment building, she just wanted to be alone with him, to be able to just love on him without anyone interrupting them. The romp in the SUV had been fun, maybe too fun, Leonard joining her in the back seat resulting in a very lustful joining, the excitement of what they were doing making them both reach satisfaction quickly as they went at each other like two bunnies in heat. But now she wanted more, she wanted to lay with him, be against him, and make love to him slowly and deliberately. Penny just wanted him and a small smile formed on her face and she watched him, she was so happy to be with him, so she leaned over and kissed his cheek softly whispering, "I love you."

Those where three words were words Leonard never tired of hearing from her, she had resisted those words for so long that her saying them freely, like now, warmed Leonard's heart. He turned his head slightly to see her, "I love you, too." and was rewarded by a big smile on her face.

Penny snuggled under Leonard's arm as they walked from the car to the apartment building doors, and kissed him as soon as they were inside away from public eyes. It was a very long kiss and she pulled him tight against her, actually rubbing herself on him as she crushed her lips against his and ran her hands through his hair. It set the tone of their whole trip up the three flights of stairs, them stopping at each landing to kiss each other again and holding each other tight. By the time they reached the fourth floor they were all over each other, their tongues in each other's mouth with each kiss now as their passion kept escalating. Leonard actually thought that Penny was going to have sex with him in the hallway, she had his belt undone before he could get the keys from his pocket and open her apartment door. Then they were pulling each other's clothes off before the lock even clicked closed on the apartment door.

Sheldon sat in 4A, watching TV, but it was being spoiled, because he began to now hear, 'Oh my God', Oh Leonard' and 'I love so much' being shouted several times from Penny's apartment, along with a couple other things, he didn't really understand or want to. It was bad enough that he needed noise cancelling headphones when they spent their nights together in Leonard's room, but it was now early evening and they were in the other apartment. He needed to curb this behavior, in the future, the inconvenience it caused him was unacceptable, so he decided that they were both getting three strikes, and that made him smile as he tried to get back into watching his TV show.

It was almost 9 PM when they finally got their pizza, and they were relaxing after three hours of ….WOW, was the only way Penny could describe it. It had happened like she hoped, them both in bed naked together while they kissed and rubbing against each other for a long time, making out until neither of them could stand it anymore and they joining in what Penny could only describe as loving. They had even stayed naked as they ate and Penny had almost choked from giggling so hard after getting a little sauce on her left nipple and asking Leonard to lick it off.

Consequently it was after 11 PM when Penny finally put some clothes on, her hello kitty shorts and very thin, almost see through, camisole, that she now wore especially for Leonard. The bathroom door opening made her quickly look towards him and suddenly it was silent, as they just stared at each other. The look on Leonard's face was adorable, she could see the love, the awe, the way he always looked at her like she was something special. It made Penny smile

and walk over to him, wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him deeply, the feeling of his warm body so close and his lips against her, always making her feel so wonderful. They spent a few minutes like that, just standing there close to each other before they realized that if they went to bed, they could be even closer, them both soon under the covers and holding each other tight. It felt so intimate to be in Leonard's arms and Penny felt like she could stay like that forever, a deep-down feeling in her soul that she was loved and was safe being held by him. Kurt had been huge compared to Leonard but she had never felt that way with him, Leonard was the only man who made her feel safe and secure.

They continued to hold, kiss and just softly talk to each other for the next hour before the comfortable feelings they were having with each other made them get very relaxed and tired, Penny curling up against Leonard, her head on his chest. Penny felt so good, Leonard's arm was holding her close and she could hear his heart beat, making everything in the world seem to be so right that night. She would have normally fell right to sleep then but for the thoughts going through her head about everything that had happened that weekend. She knew she was totally in love with Leonard, her feelings for him different and so much more real than she ever felt for anyone else, so she knew it was real love. She also knew she had crossed the line she had made for herself; she had given him her heart so she would be devastated if she ever lost him and that made losing him not even an option to her. It was time for her to take the next step, even though it was extremely scary, because the thought of losing him was much worse that any commitment issues she had. This knowledge about what she needed to do finally relaxed her and that finally let her go to sleep.

Leonard woke up when the sun entered Penny's bedroom and he looked at the clock to find it was 6 AM. Penny had not moved an inch from where she was when he fell asleep, her blonde mane covering his chest and tickling his nose every time he looked down at her. He didn't want to move but he needed to get up in a little bit and go to work, but it was not going to be easy, he didn't really want to wake her up. So that was his problem, how was he going to get up without waking her up, he just didn't know so he laid there quietly trying figure out something.

It soon became increasingly hard to think about getting up as he kept looking down at her, she was so adorable he had to control himself from chuckling, and he really didn't want to move. He loved the feel of her so close and the musky smell of her, the smell of her hair, it made it only made it much harder to get up, but finally he knew he had to go to work. However, now he still had to figure a way to wake her and he figured that the only way was to move her, so after waiting till the very last moment, he gently started to shake her. "Penny, I have to get up and go to work."

Penny slowly stirred, mumbled something that Leonard couldn't understand, then scooted closer up to him and buried her head in his neck. So, he tried again. "Penny, please I have to go to work."

Penny moved her face so her lips were now on his neck, he could feel her hot breath, then she gave him a little kiss and mumbled 'okay'. He laid there another five minutes, until he was sure she had fallen back to sleep. She was really out of it and what really surprised Leonard was she didn't have nothing to drink and she was this tired.

He looked at the clock again, it was past 6:30 AM, and he was no better off getting up then he was a half hour ago. He decided he would have to push her off gently, which he hated to do, but what choice did he have. He put his hands on both sides of her, under her armpits and started to lift her off, it did no good, her arms snaked around his neck and she pulled herself in tighter, mumbled something again, then gave him another little kiss on his neck. Again, after a couple minutes he knew she was asleep again, he was so losing this battle. There was only one thing to do, he rolled over, to roll her body off his, he thought that would work, he was wrong, she was off of him now, but she still had hold of him, her arms around his neck.

Penny groaned, "NO." and held him a little tighter, Penny was strong when she wanted to be. Leonard was so confused, he had to go to work, but as he was laying, trapped in bed, with the woman he loved, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, after a night of the most amazing sex a man could ever want and her refusing to let him go, the thought of just staying was finally winning him over. Leonard realized if this had happened when he first met Penny, he would have quit Cal Tech for the experience to be with her, that thought making him wonder what was his problem, and he made his decision to stay. Leonard put his arms tightly around her and pulled her body tight to his, the feeling of intense happiness filling his soul. Penny's eyes opened a little, they were her bedroom eyes, they made Leonard's heart flutter, as she looked at him, a smile slowly forming on her lips.

"You're staying with me today?" her smile now spreading larger and her eyes opening a little more.

"Yes, how could I leave the bed of the most beautiful girl in the world." his smile matching hers.

"Good, today you're mine and I have the whole day off." with that she closed her eyes and snuggled back into his neck, she was content and happy, but wanted to sleep some more with her man.

They had fallen back asleep, after Leonard sent his text to work, about his taking a personal day, warm, comfortable and wrapped in each other's arms.

'Knock, Knock, Knock….Leonard'

'Knock, Knock, Knock….Leonard'

'Knock, Knock, Knock….Leonard'

The groan from Penny could even be heard by Sheldon outside the door. "I forgot about him." she stared at Leonard, not believing her bad luck.

"Yeah, me too. I need to take him." Leonard sighed.

"No, I'm not giving up." Penny rolled over and got her phone off the nightstand, and hit her speed-dial. "Bernadette, has Howard left for work…I need a big favor…..Could Howard come by and pick up Sheldon?…..It's my day off and Leonard is here in bed with me, and…you know….I owe you big time, thanks Bernadette." she hung up and smiled at Leonard. "Don't you move. Keep my spot warm." Penny got up on wobbly legs and grabbed her robe to talk to Sheldon.

Penny opened her door, to see Sheldon step back and cover his throat, finally composing himself from the shock of seeing her before 11 AM. "Leonard needs to take me to work."

"Leonard is in bed with me. Howard will be in front the apartment in 10 minutes to pick you up." She then started to close the door.

"Wait, you said I could have him back this morning. It's morning, he needs to drive me to work." Sheldon boldly went on.

"Oh that, I lied. Have a nice day. My spot is getting cold." Penny then closed the door in Sheldon's face. Penny crawled back into bed with Leonard, burying herself into him to go back to sleep, but she had one more thing to do.

Sheldon, was honestly mad, she couldn't do that, she agreed to let him have Leonard today, so he brought his hand up to knock again, until "Don't you dare, remember it's before 11 AM." come from the apartment, so Sheldon turned around to walk down the stairs, remembering how he told Leonard years before that saying hello to that woman would only bring trouble.