A/N: So Sorry that it has taken me s long to update. Pure laziness on my part, again I do apologize. Anyway, heres the morning after ;).
We spent about an hour talking about nothing and everything. He would go on some tangent about Kripke and I would laugh at the evilness in his voice, then I would talk about work and he would listen closely, carefully analyzing every word that left my mouth. It was peaceful and carefree. It was nice to see that everything about MoonPie wasn't gone but also interesting to see how he let himself go and smile and laugh like a normal human being.
By about 3am Sheldon passed out. At first I was going to leave but then I saw his face and immediately was put into swooning mode. I have now dubbed his current face, Cute Sleepy Time Face. After a couple of minutes of creepiness on my part, I got comfortable on the bed (not too close to him) and fell asleep as well.
I woke the next morning between the sheets and alone. I reached over and put my hand on the empty spot. Cold. He must have been awake for a while. I looked over at the clock and read 6:30am. My eyes widened in horror. Holy crap on a cracker, what have become? A dirty, good-for-nothin' early bird! I sighed heavily before springing out of bed and racing down the hall and into Missy's room before anyone could see me. I flipped on the lights and just about had a heart attack when Missy appeared. "Nice boxers." She said. "Fine, you caught me, take me to jail officer." I said jokingly. She instantly smiled and giggled. "You n' me are gunna have some gossip time at the beach!" Reality hit me like ton of bricks. "Missy, you're a life saver, I totally forgot about the beach!" She laughed. "No problem hun, oh and Shelly's cooking breakfast, might want to check that out." I nodded and slipped on a pair of sweatpants and stuffed the boxers away in my suitcase before walking downstairs with Missy. "Oh, n' do you no what's up with him not wearing his robe, I don't think I've ever seen him in the morning without his plaid robe." She said in bewilderment. "Well he has changed a lot." I offered. She nodded, but I could tell she still wanted answers from her twin. As we rounded the corner to the kitchen, my nose filled with the sweet scent of bacon, eggs, and waffles. I smiled and practically ran the last two steps to the kitchen. Sheldon was still in his white t-shirt but he slipped on a pair of green plaid pajama pants over his boxers. I smiled and went up to him and ruffled his hair. "Morning!" He glanced at me. "Mornin' Penny." I blinked several times. Did he just go Texan on me? "Wow, MoonPie you sure sound southern with that drawl of yours." I replied with a faux accent. He suddenly seemed very pleased with himself. "Darn straight." I couldn't help but smile like a schoolgirl. Country Cutie, all mine! He turned to look at the family and my eyes turned as well and noticed that there were a few additional people gathered around the table. There was a tall, fairly built man in a dark blue t-shirt and brown board shorts. I poked Sheldon. "Who's that?" I pointed to the man. "That… is my brother, George," he pointed to a skinny woman beside him, "his girlfriend Christine, and their daughter, Ava, should be around here somewhere." He looked around for a second before a little girl with black hair and bright blue eyes ran in and jumped on Sheldon's pant leg. "Uncle Shel!'" She whispered secretively. She motioned for him to come closer. He kneeled down and leaned in while she whispered in his ear. I couldn't hear a thing and this reminded me a lot of whenever Raj would whisper something about me to Howard. He turned to me then back to her and smiled while picking her up. "Ava, this is Penny, Penny this is Ava." I smiled at the little girl, she was beautiful. Dark hair and blue eyes that resembled her uncle's so much, she had pale skin, like a little Snow White. "Hi Ava, nice to meet you, you're such a pretty little girl." I said in the kindest voice I could muster. She smiled before frowning. "I'm not little." Sheldon chuckled, it was weird, not hearing his breathy fake laugh but instead a deep baritone. "Of course you're not Avacado." My brows furrowed. Sheldon opened his mouth to answer but Ava beat him to it. "He calls me by the fruit's name because it seems to be similar to my name; he also changed the O in Avocado to A to fit the nickname fore me." She replied and gave me the oh-so-familiar look that almost sent me into shock. I looked at Sheldon beside her giving me the same look he was famous for and for a moment, they looked like twins. A sudden, shocked laugh came from me that seemed to delight Sheldon. He smiled, looking at Ava, before bursting into laughter. Again, not the fake laugh, but a full out belly laugh, and it was highly contagious seeing as I started laughing as well. And it appeared that everyone had been eavesdropping on our conversation because the entire kitchen roared with laughter. Suddenly someone passed by me and reached out his arms for Ava. Sheldon gave her to him and he took Ava and ruffled her hair. "Looks like we got another Shelly in the family." He turned towards me to reveal George Cooper. "Hey there, you must be Penny." He reached out his free hand to shake mine. "Nice to meet ya Darlin', we are so glad Shelly finally brought a girl home." He chuckled. Sheldon reached out and punched his brother lightly in the arm. "Aw, Shelly, when will you learn that your punches are useless against the guns?" He set Ava down and grabbed Sheldon in a headlock. Sheldon pushed George and him out of the kitchen giving me one last fleeting look before George gave him a merciless noogie. I ran over to the food and turned off the burners. The bacon was lightly burned but the eggs and pancakes were fine. I almost jumped when I felt a tug on my pant leg. I squatted down to Ava's height. "Do you need something sweetie?" She smiled and pointed at Sheldon, who currently had pinned George down and was giving him a wet willy. "Are you friends with Uncle Shel?" I nodded. "Are you his girlfriend?" I blanched. "Um, well…. I don't really know." She gave me the same incredulous look that Sheldon gives me. "How can you not know, you do or you don't." I couldn't help but smile at the resemblance. "Well, it kind of confusing," I looked back at the little girl before sighing, "yeah, I guess I am." She gave me a big toothy smile. "Good, because I like you." Suddenly, she ran over and tackled Sheldon screaming, "SPARTA!" Sheldon fell over laughing at Ava, who, with her father, proceeded to tickle the life out of Sheldon. I smiled at the giggling bunch before turning and serving everybody food.
When I got to Leonard he looked at me with a soft smile. "He sure is different around here isn't he?" I smiled and looked over as Sheldon walked in, out of breath. "Yeah, it's like day and night." Leonard chuckled. "Yeah, I know… Poor Raj is in shock, he's never seen him like this." I giggled. "He's going to need therapy because of you guys one day." Leonard shrugged. "So, do you have any idea what beach we're going to?" I asked him. "Yeah, apparently we're all going to Stewart Beach, it about forty five minutes from here." I nodded. "Thanks."
Who knew Sheldon was good with kids? Next Chapter, Car Ride and then the Beach. What does Sheldon have in store? Review and find out! Every review I get, I will add one hundred words. So you might get the car ride and the beach all in one, and you might not... Mwahahahaha! :)
