Technical Difficulties
Impending Doom
A/N: I don't know the translations of pounds and dollars (I'm English) but twenty five pounds is quite a lot to me, so I figured it would be a lot in dollars too, if the translation was the same.
FYI, I changed Halloween from Thursday to Friday. Also, apologies for OOC stuff, again. I'm not fantastic at writing Sheldon, I know, but I hope he's okay. I like to imagine he'll go a little out of his comfort zone for Penny.
Penny felt incredibly relaxed. Her muscles were loose and knots of tension had been worked out. She sat down and flicked on the TV, settling to watch Simpsons while she painted her toenails a vibrant fuchsia pink. Wednesday was her day off, so she took advantage of the extra sleep by staying up late watching movies. Penny realised with a jolt that she hadn't drunk for a week. She fell asleep in the early hours of the morning, the natural way.
Penny stretched out, feeling every muscle strain. Opening her eyes, she found that she was in her bedroom, in her bed, snuggled under the covers. Penny, having not drunk the previous night, remembered the evening vividly. She'd fallen asleep watching movies. On the sofa. She shrugged it off at first, telling herself that she'd dragged herself to bed after all. Then Penny found the note.
Penny, You fell asleep on the sofa last night, so I carried you to bed. I didn't want the good work of the massage to be reversed because of a simple location problem. Do try not to fall asleep on the sofa, it is not ideally proportional to your size and you would have gotten terrible back ache. You're welcome.
"Lovely," Penny said disbelievingly. The words sunk in a little and she flushed at the thought of Sheldon carrying her.
Penny found her tips jar. Last night she'd put the crumpled notes in there. She pulled them out and counted twenty five dollars, a lot for tips. Penny frowned. How had she gotten so much? Sure, she'd been happier and therefore friendlier than usual, but that would only guarantee a few dollars extra...
Oh, the perverts, Penny thought. The Penny has dropped! She took a moment to laugh at her pun, then recalled at least two of the idiots tucking a note into her skirt. It was thanks to them she was able to go shopping.
Sure, twenty five dollars hadn't been a lot to go on, but Penny had found a little store that sold decent things for decent prices. She managed to get two tops, a skirt and two pairs of pumps. Penny bookmarked the store in her head for future reference on her 'poor days', days when money was low. Penny realised Friday was two days away. Halloween. She wanted to throw a party.
Groaning at the prospect of having to go shopping again, Penny changed her clothes after a quick shower and made her way to the store, where she bought enough sweets to feed an army. She also bought a pumpkin, determined to actually carve one for Halloween. Sighing, Penny stretched out on her sofa, wiggling her new pink toenails. "I need to get out more," she said grouchily to herself. Penny made herself a sandwich and watched TV. Just as the advert break ended, her phone rang. "Hello?" Penny said, holding the phone to her ear without checking caller ID.
"Penny," Amy said in a tight voice. "I have a matter I wish to discuss with you, and I'd rather not do it over the phone. What time will Sheldon be back?"
"Tonight's new comic book night and video game night," Penny said doubtfully. "Come round at about six, okay?"
"I will. Goodbye." Amy hung up abruptly, startling Penny, who had just opened her mouth to say goodbye.
"What's up, Shel-bot? Did your batteries run down?" Sheldon had been sad and withdrawn all evening. Now, he sighed heavily, as though just existing were a huge effort.
"I was accused of something I didn't do," he said sadly. Penny was surprised and pleased he'd opened up to her, so she pressed further.
"Who?"
"Amy."
Did this have to do with the phone call? Did Sheldon get one too?
"What did she accuse you of?"
"Courting another woman while in courtship with her."
"Um...cheating?"
"Exactly." He thought for a moment. "Why would Amy accuse me of something she has no evidence to prove? That's not like Amy. She is a woman of science, like myself."
Her hopes dropped a little at that statement. She knew she was not, and never would be, a woman of science.
"She said she will be over at six to discuss matters with me and for some reason, you."
Penny's heart leapt into her mouth. Did Amy think that Sheldon and her had started a secret relationship, or something?
Penny reminded herself to stop asking her conscience silly rhetorical questions.
A/N: I know. It is so short I can't believe. Also, I know it's a lot of Penny inner monologue, but it's like the chain between two chapters, as there had to be something between two fillers :)
This is your Christmas present (albeit late)! Kind of a crappy cliffhanger but I hope you're looking forward to the talk! Amy and Leonard vs Penny and Sheldon! Who will triumph?;) Btw, thanks so much for 60 follows!