Sheldon lay awake in bed. He knew he had to be at work in the morning but he couldn't shake the thought of Penny out of his mind. Amy had guessed it was Penny and had given her blessing for him to be with her. However, he recalled how he had just run out on Penny with no explanation. The clock read 3am and he sighed to himself. Again, Penny had managed to be an inconvenience to him without deliberately doing anything. He threw back the covers, put his slippers on and made his way over to apartment 4B. To his surprise, the light was on and he frowned, wondering what on earth Penny would be doing up at this time of night.

Knock knock knock

'Penny?'

Knock knock knock

'Penny?'

Knock knock knock

'Penny?'

There was a slight delay before the door opened to reveal Penny in her silk nightie.

'Sheldon? What are you doing here at 3am?'

'I needed to talk to you and I saw your light on.' Sheldon whispered, letting himself in. He saw that the light he saw was coming from the kitchenette and that there was a glass of water with two white pills next to it on the counter.

'Are you taking drugs?' Sheldon asked, staring at Penny.

'No, it's an anti-depressant, I was told to take two every time you walk through my door.' She said sarcastically.

'Really?'

'No Sheldon. I was being sarcastic. They are paracetamol tablets if you must know. I woke up with an awful headache,' Penny said before swallowing the two tablets. 'Now what do you want?'

'I came to apologise.'

'Have you now? That's big of you.'

'Ok, enough of the attitude Penny. I don't make apologies often.' Sheldon said sitting down in his spot and sighing, Penny nodded.

'You're right, I'm sorry.'

'I'm sorry for the way I reacted when you told me we should spend more time together. The reason I made a hasty retreat was because I was so comfortable being around you that it made me uncomfortable. Do you understand what I'm saying?'

'You were uncomfortable with the fact you enjoyed my company?'

'And it felt so right. I wanted to stay with you, I wanted to do things that never would have crossed my mind before and I guess I freaked out. Around you, I can be someone who is far more relaxed and doesn't stick to a structured schedule, someone who is normal and the idea of it scares me.' Penny softened as she took in his tone of voice, all her annoyance and resentment melting away.

'Well I accept your apology. It should have come sooner though and you shouldn't have avoided me for three days as well.' Penny yawned.

'I know, and I truly am sorry. So I've come to ask you if you would consider going on a date with me. Wining, dining, dancing, romancing, that sort of thing.' Sheldon asked and Penny gawked at him.

'You're asking me on a date at 3 o clock in the morning.'

'Yes. Is there something wrong with that?'

'No, but it's not the normal way of asking a girl out.'

'When have I ever been normal Penny?'

'That's very true… alright moon pie, I will go on a date with you.' She smiled.

'Great, I look forward to it,' Sheldon gazed at Penny with adoration.

'Though… shouldn't we run it by Amy?'

'Amy knows, she wished me luck with you and gave me her blessing,' Sheldon smiled and he slowly but surely leant forward and kissed Penny's cheek. 'Goodnight Penny.'

Penny found that that, after he had left, she was truly feeling on cloud 9. Everything she wanted was finally happening.

Leonard rolled off of Priya, breathing heavily.

'My God… sex with you is amazing! I think we christened those sheets and this bed rather nicely.' Leonard laughed before pressing a kiss to Priya's lips.

'Ditto,' Priya smiled. She wrapped herself in the sheets and walked into the kitchen of her new apartment. 'Do you want a glass of wine?'

'At 3 in the morning? I have to get back to the apartment so I can take Sheldon to work with me,' Leonard laughed picking up his shirt and putting it on.

'Forget about taking Sheldon to work baby,' Priya said crawling back onto the bed and kissing Leonard's neck, 'Stay with me and make love to me,' she whispered in his ear, pulling him back towards the bed.

'Priya… I… have… to go… back… I'll…. Come back… tonight…' Leonard said between kisses and he reluctantly pulled himself away from her naked body. He got dressed, said his goodbye's to a protesting Priya and made his way back to the apartment. When he arrived at 4A, he put his key in the lock and jumped out of his skin when Penny's door suddenly opened to reveal a smiling Sheldon. 'Sheldon?' Leonard gawked at his roommate.

'Leonard?' Sheldon asked, shocked as he shut the door behind him. 'What are you doing out here at this hour?'

'What about me? What about you!'

'I fell asleep at Penny's'

'In your pyjamas?'

'Went over for a nightcap...' Sheldon said snottily and Leonard rolled his eyes. 'Why are you home so late?'

'Oh I was out doing… stuff.' Leonard said awkwardly, and Sheldon sighed.

'No doubt you were having carnal relations with Priya… I'm right aren't I?'

Leonard just gave him a look. 'How is it you always assume you are always right?'

'I don't, I just find it hard to operate on the opposite assumption. Goodnight Leonard, see you in 3 hours.' Sheldon smiled smugly before retiring back to bed. Leonard just rubbed his eyes and decided to kip on the couch.

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPP!

'AHHHHH!' Leonard screamed and he jumped so much to the extent that he actually fell off the couch. He propped himself up on all fours and looked up to see Sheldon standing over him with an air horn.

'Oh, I'm sorry, I thought it was air freshener,' Sheldon grinned devilishly before turning back into serious mode, 'it's 7.15 Leonard, you've had an extra hour sleep but we need to leave in 15 minutes!' Sheldon then began to make sure his bag was packed and Leonard threw mental curses at him, swearing as he went to pour himself some coffee and take a couple of caffeine pills.

Soon enough Leonard and Sheldon were on their way to Caltech and Leonard twitched.

'How is Penny?' Leonard asked and Sheldon smiled.

'She's doing well actually, really well.'

'She doesn't miss me at all does she?' Leonard sighed and Sheldon gave a snort of derision.

'Not at all Leonard, you can't cheat on a woman like Penny and expect her to come running back to you.'

'I still love her you know and the thought of her being with anyone else just riles me. I want Penny back.'

'Well she's not for you! Anyway what about Priya? Why don't you re forge your relationship with her? I mean you slept with her last night, you can't flick to and fro between these two women, it's not fair!' Sheldon cried, jealousy rising within him.

'Woah, what's got you so riled?'

'The way you treat Penny! She isn't a toy that you can pick up, play with and when you've had enough put down and play with something else. You can't expect her to be where you left her Leonard and I truly don't understand why you want her back, besides she's moved on!'

'She's moved on? To who?'

'It's not my place to tell you, but she's done with you Leonard and she's found someone who will look after her properly.'

An awkward silence fell across them and Leonard nodded.

'You're right Sheldon, I'm sorry. '

'I should hope so Leonard because I'm tired of telling you that you won't succeed in trying to win Penny back.'

Leonard pulled up into a car parking space and Sheldon immediate got out and left for his office, leaving Leonard alone with his thoughts.

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