Chapter 7 - Penny takes a step Leap!

Penny and Leonard got out of bed just before noon, they actually woke up earlier, but spent over an hour just kissing and cuddling before they got up. Since Sheldon was at work Leonard decided to go across the hall to shower and dress, the main reason being that he didn't have any clean clothes at Penny's apartment. So, he had just gotten in the shower and started to get wet, when he heard the bathroom door open and his blonde headed girlfriend opening the shower curtain to join him. It was probably the longest shower Leonard had ever taken, and the most fun, washing Penny, which he found he really enjoyed, and her washing him, which she enjoyed almost as much as him, leading to a make out session, then shower sex.

Their time in the shower left them both clean and tired, so they ended up just sitting around the apartment for the next hour drinking coffee and eating bagels, while they regained their strength. Them both resting on the couch after eating, in only their robes, Penny snuggled into Leonard's side with his arm around her. Penny felt content and comfortable; it made her feel like it was the perfect time to talk to him about some things she had on her mind.

"Sweetie, about last night."

Leonard, again overthinking, immediately thought the worst. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No...No, Sweetie, last evening was mind-blowing, you have nothing to be worried about, I can't even begin to describe how great it was." she was relieved when she saw the tension of just a few seconds ago seem to leave his body, "Leonard the thing is that I want to tell you that I don't remember ever really experiencing feelings like I did last night, it was so great, and I don't think I have ever been so happy with someone, just laying down and falling asleep like that with them after sex, like I was with you." she looked at him to see how he was taking this information and was happy to see he was listening and looking at her seriously.

So, she went on, "To tell you the truth, I can't even think of last evening as sex, it was something more and I felt we were making love, because that was all I could think of when we were doing it." she again looked at him, he was still seriously looking at her which both made her feel good and made her nervous at the same time, so she tried to lighten the mood, "Also, I was worn out physically too, from…..you know...my stud muffin boyfriend." she giggled and smiled at him and was rewarded by a slight blush and smile from him.

"Anyway, I have been thinking, and one thing I have been wondering is if I am satisfying you? It seems the last few months, after we... make love, I am reduced to a lump of jelly, then you hold me making me just want to be cuddled by you, so I don't even know how it was for you. Are you happy with me in bed, because I can really try harder, it is just that you have to hold off a little so I can concentrate on you more."

Leonard was a little stunned "Of course, you satisfy me, Penny you are great in bed, you always get my motor running." Leonard gave her a big smile, then leaned over to kiss her, Penny's saying these words to him, made him feel extremely good inside. Every man who loves a woman, wonders if he is performing well enough to keep her, so having her basically telling him he was, was a huge boost to his confidence.

Penny had actually been a little insecure about how Leonard felt about those kinds of things, partly because of what the girls told her that night at the Cheesecake Factory bar and partly because of Alex coming after Leonard soon after that. So, she needed to know before she went on with the other thing, she needed to talk to him about, that had been on her mind. Penny now knew it was the right time, so she silently sighed to herself and continued, while she tried to keep the butterflies in her stomach under control.

"Sweetie, I have been also thinking a lot about the last couple of days." She looked at him while she chewed her lip, she was so nervous, but she really wanted this, the last few days, along with the previous months, had been some of the best of her life and she was realizing now that she didn't want that to change. She wanted Leonard to be there when she came home, as a matter of fact she now thought of home as a place her and Leonard lived, so she decided that it didn't matter if it was moving fast or not, she was determined to ask him. "I really like you being there when I come home from work, I love sleeping with you and I just basically love you being around me. Soooo…..I was wondering if you would consider, moving in with me."

Leonard was again stunned, "Are you sure this is what you want?" He immediately felt stupid, why was he over analyzing everything, why didn't he just say 'Yes'?

"I'm really sure, Honey, you are always telling me you love that I give you a place to hide from Sheldon, well, I want that place to be permanent. I have thought about this a lot the last couple of months, but this weekend just reaffirmed to me that I truly want this and I am positive about it."

Leonard wasn't going to over think any more about it, "Yes, Of course. I would love to move in with you." He smiled at her and was given a big smile back by her, but then he realized he had a question. "When?"

Penny's smile became a little coy, "Well, we can move the stuff you need over, this afternoon, after we get dressed. We may not get a lot of it moved but I'm sure we can get enough over so that you can start living over there in our home."

A very sweet smile formed on Leonard's face after she spoke, "our home?"

Penny didn't even realize she had said what she was thinking, however it wasn't the first time she had done something like that, after all she had blurted out she loved him because she knew she did even though she had been reluctant to tell him. So just like then there was no denying the truth to him, "Yes, our home, if you want it to be."

Leonard didn't try to think that one through, "I would."

Penny smiled, "Then I guess this afternoon you need to move into your new home and be my new roommate."

Leonard chuckled, "I guess I do."

Penny then gave him a very sultry look, "Remember a few years back when I told you if you moved in with me, I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off you."

Leonard's smile dropped, "Yes."

"Well, I lied, I wasn't acting, I meant it."

Leonard swallowed hard and just nodded.

Penny now gave him a wolfish smile and got into his lap, bringing her lips to his while grabbing his hand and pulling it under her robe so it was on one of his breast-friends. She wanted to celebrate their moving in together and she knew they would still have plenty of time to move after, well at least enough time, depending how long she planned to make love to her sexy boyfriend.

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Sheldon trudged up the stairs, more aggravated then tired, his whole trip to and from work today had been a burden for him and a big inconvenience. Having to ride with that engineer had been extremely tedious and now that he was home, he decided he was going to have a long talk with Leonard, he had violated too many rules from the roommate agreement already and Sheldon was having no more of that. Sheldon had already given him three strikes and that blonde accomplice of his now had three too, they were really going to see his wrath when they took his class again. But first had to have his talk with Leonard, he had spent most of the day putting together his speech, wasting valuable time he could have been working on physics, and Leonard was really going to be sorry he ever met that blonde troublemaker when he got done with him. Consequently, by the time he reached the fourth floor he was actually smiling, unlocking the apartment door strutting into the apartment. "Leonard!"

Silence, the apartment was completely quiet, and Sheldon figured Leonard must be hiding since he had known he had done wrong by roommate agreement, however that was not going to stop Sheldon, as he went to his roommate's door and started his three-knocking ritual. However, to his surprise no one answered, and he didn't even hear any movement inside the bedroom, the door wasn't even completely closed and just the force from his knocking had opened it a little, allowing Sheldon to just enter. He slowly walked inside Leonard's bedroom, cautious because he didn't know what was happening and was confused, then looking around the room, what he saw making his jaw drop. Sheldon was now completely baffled as he asked himself what was going on as his mind tried to comprehend what he was seeing; something was seriously wrong and a chill came over him as he left the room to head over across the hall.

Sheldon's triple knocking brought the blonde troublemaker to the door, "What's up Bert, looking for Ernie?"

Sheldon stared at her confused, "No, I'm looking for Leonard."

Penny giggled, "He is very busy."

Sheldon now noticed Penny was in her robe and it appeared she wasn't wearing anything underneath it. "I need to talk to him, you seemed to have finished your coitus, so you shouldn't have any other need for him."

Penny frowned at Sheldon, his dismissal of Leonard being only a sex toy to her made her suddenly feel bad about what people were thinking about her and her feelings towards Leonard. So, with a stern voice that bordered on anger she responded, "Leonard, is not going anywhere right now." then she smiled that forced smile she had developed just for Sheldon lately, "And the coitus is definitely not finished." her smile then quickly fading as she now glared at Sheldon.

"Yes, it is, he is, I have a roommate agreement that says differently." he said with increasing frustration

She had been waiting for this, "Oh, but Leonard isn't your roommate anymore, he's mine, and he already signed my agreement." Penny told him sweetly.

Sheldon's jaw dropped for the second time in the last fifteen minutes. "No, that can't be." again, the feeling of confusion and real fear creeping up on him.

Penny smiled and held out a piece of paper to him, it only had four lines on it:

Penny's Roommate Agreement

Leonard is my Roommate

Leonard can have Penny anytime he wants

Penny can have Leonard anytime she wants

The bottom had both their signatures and was dated that day.

Sheldon just stared at the paper for a couple of seconds, then sneered, "This is not valid, Leonard has to provide me 60 days' notice."

"Didn't you see the paper on the kitchen island or the email, Bert." Penny innocently told him.

Sheldon pulled out his phone and checked his email. "Drat" then his frown turned back to a sneer. "He still isn't out for 60 days.

"No, the roommate agreement says he has to give you 60 days' notice, it doesn't say he has to live there after he gives you his notice. We checked, Bert."

"Stop calling me Bert! Leonard still has his stuff in my apartment, well except for the bedroom." He had a sinking feeling he was losing this battle and what made it worse was he was losing to a Nebraskan waitress

"Well he does have 60 days to remove it all, but he will be living with me, while he boxes it up and moves it." Penny explained. "Goodbye Sheldon."

Sheldon now panicked, "Who is going to take me to work?" Things were falling apart before his eyes and he couldn't understand why.

"Hmm, that does sound like a problem." Penny then gave him a forced sweet smile and closed the door.

Sheldon knocked loudly on the door three more times, this was not over he thought, even if he didn't know how to make it not over because he could not figure anything in the roommate agreement that could help him right now. But still he stood there proud and determined until Penny opened the door holding her baseball bat. Sheldon barely remembered closing his apartment door as he ran back to his room, breathing heavily as he locked his bedroom door.

Sheldon didn't know what to do, Penny had Leonard and wouldn't even let him even see his roommate to explain why he needed come back to their apartment. It also was hard to understand why Leonard would even what to live with Penny when he could be living with him, after all being around and serving him gave Leonard's existence a purpose. No, this was a serious anomaly in Sheldon's universe and he need to do something about it fast before it got worse so it was only a few minutes later that Sheldon had Amy on the computer.

"Amy, Penny is out of control, I need you to come over and talk to her." he told his girlfriend, trying hard to keep any pleading tone out of his voice.