Word Count: 615
Summary: Penny was never an early bird.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Big Bang Theory or the characters.

Penny was never an early bird. She always hated to wake up early, but she loved to complain about it. Leonard, on the other hand, was never someone to bother to stay in bed, preferred to lie on the couch watching TV.

But that one day, they actually had things to do and they were already running late. Leonard was ready to go, Penny was still sleeping. At first, Leonard allowed his wife to stay a little longer in bed, she seemed so in peace. He made breakfast, put her clothes ready for her to dress, everything was ready for her to wake up. Everything was ready, but she wasn't.

He slowly entered their shared bed and looked at her peaceful face. Smiling at how cute his wife was, he started to give her some kisses, trying to wake her up.

She starts to smile too, even opened her eyes. That's when all hell broke loss.

"Come on, you got to get up." He mentioned, and she quickly turned to the other side. "Penny!" Leonard warned. "You have to get up. We're already late!"

"I need to sleep! Go alone." Her voice was barely audible under the blankets.

"I can't go alone, you promised to come with me. Raj needs our help."

"But I'm hibernating!"

Leonard laughed. "Penny, we're in the middle of Summer, it's almost hundred degrees outside. Plus, you're not an animal."

"I'm whatever I want to be." Her voice was now more understandable but was still the kind of sleepy voice people have in the morning. Leonard was now wondering how she wasn't smothering under the blankets with the heat.

"Yeah, you are. But you are not a bear, Penny." He couldn't help to laugh, but tried to make sure she didn't hear him do so.

She kept herself under the covers. He continued to talk.

"Just come out of bed Penny. I won't warn you again." He threatened.

Silence.

It took him a few seconds to climb out of bed, but as soon as he was next to her, he took her in his arms, bridal style.

Penny kept yelling, threatning him and shouting for help. Eventually, even their floor neighbours came to see what was happening, but they quickly realized that it was only because Penny insisted in staying in bed even though it was after 10 AM.

"Put me down!" She kept screaming as her husband took her to the living room.

"Fine." He puts her down when they reach the kitchen, and when she locks eyes with him, she closes her hands hard trying to remain calm.

"I want to sleep." She tries to run to the bedroom again, but Leonard is quick to grab her hand and laugh.

"Eat breakfast, change clothes, let's help Raj with the sale."

Sighing, she quietly drinks her coffee and eats the pancakes Leonard made. As soon as she was ready, she changed clothes and then went to the living room where her husband was waiting for her. Together, and with their friends, they climbed down the stairs.

The drive to the place where the sale was going to take place was quiet. The radio was off, and the only people that sometimes spoke where in the backseat. The couple in the front were silent.

When they got to the event, Bernadette was the first to ask why Penny seemed upset. Leonard smiled as he looked at his wife's miserable and sleepy face.

"I didn't let her become a bear."

Everyone looked at him, wondering what he meant by that. And because everyone was looking at Leonard, no one saw the small smile that started to appear on Penny's lips, only him.

The End

It's been hard for me to write long stories since the principle is a small one. And with stories like this, that are a bit sweet, I feel that if I write more than I'm "supposed to", the story will no longer be a good one. I rather write less and like the story, than write a lot and hate it.

Hope you all enjoy all of this sweet stories I've been writing! (I´ll be posting them on random days, and I'll try to write a continuation of the episodes - there's only one left this year, I think - between Friday and Saturday.)