Technical Difficulties

Sleepover with Sheldon

Penny sat up and groaned. It was Monday, it was early...and she had work.

Penny began her morning routine automatically. Brush hair, put kettle on, get dressed, make and drink coffee, brush teeth, pocket keys. Then she would check the time and use any remaining to put her makeup on before leaving for the Cheesecake Factory early shift.

At eight thirty am, Penny got to work. Typical nine to five workers were coming in for breakfast, and Penny did her best to serve them. Her shift ended at twelve thirty. Within four hours, she'd reported four perverts, all of whom assumed her blonde hair and aesthetic assets meant that she was 'easy'. Penny had poured cold water on their crotches and been lectured by her boss.

Penny was just glad her shift was over, glad she could go home and wash away all the events of the morning; to shed the memories as easily as she shed her uniform. Penny tossed the clothes onto her bed carelessly and stepped into the shower, soothed by the warm water beating down on her.

She stepped out and dried herself carefully, blow drying and brushing her hair.

Knock knock knock.

"Penny."

Knock knock knock.

"Penny."

Knock knock knock.

"Penny."

Feeling better after the shower, Penny opened her door smiling.

"Hi Sheldon."

"Good afternoon Penny. I am here for my stay."

"Awesome," Penny said. "Oh, by the way, I'm sleeping in my bed."

"I am as well," Sheldon said.

Penny sneaked a glance at him. He really had no idea.

"Well, I guess you can sleep on one side and I'll sleep on the other," Penny said uncertainly. She wasn't sure how that was going to work, with her out of control libido and growing affection for Sheldon.

Settled on her sofa with a mug of cocoa, Sheldon looked rather at home.

"Have you ever had a sleepover before, sweetie?"

"Not unless you count sleeping in the same womb as my twin sister," Sheldon answered.

"The same room?"

"No, the same womb. According to Missy it was an awful experience."

Penny finally caught on. "Right, okay then."

"Although Wikipedia dictates that during sleepovers one must play games and stay up until midnight, I must decline, as I need a full nine hours of REM sleep," Sheldon said seriously. Penny smiled uneasily.

"Sure. Hey, d'you wanna make some Penny Blossoms with me? I brought all the stuff and I was thinking of selling them on eBay."

"Alright."

A few hours later, Penny and Sheldon had made a nice heap of Penny Blossoms, which Sheldon was now packaging neatly.

"Sooo...what do you want for dinner?" Penny asked, although she was sure she already knew the answer.

"Can you make me spaghetti with little hot dogs cut up in it?" Sheldon asked. He sounded like a kid asking for his favourite meal, but really, he was an oversized kid, Penny thought.

Nine o clock came. Sheldon excused himself for bed, while Penny watched television, eagerly awaiting the new episode of True Blood at ten.

Ten came. Penny watched them capture Russell and glamour Sookie and Alcide. She mindlessly saw Tara in her first vampiric fight and saw Sam in the hospital, but the whole time she thought of the Shamy.

Amy had just been paranoid and jealous, no doubt. There was no away Penny had been flirting. Well, maybe a little. But it was Amy's fault for pushing him away in the first place.

Penny got into bed at half past eleven. She'd had a long, long day. Penny smiled to see Sheldon tucked up respectfully on his own side of the bed. He was so innocent. It made a pleasant change from the majority of the male population. Sheldon stirred. "No...Penny, no," he mumbled, turning slightly and reaching out. Penny caressed his hand lightly before tucking herself under the covers and chanting that she was definitely NOT falling for Sheldon Cooper.

A/N: I just wanted to apologise to the die-hard TBBT fans if Sheldon and Penny were a little or a lot OOC in this chapter or any of the others. Please review! :)