A/N= Hope you enjoy this new chapter.
"What about Amy?" Penny asked as she took a bit of her food.
Sheldon placed his napkin neatly on his lap and looked at Penny. "What about Amy?"
"Have you thought how this might affect her?"
"What do you mean?"
"How do you expect her to feel?" Penny took another sip of her drink.
Sheldon looked at Penny. "I don't understand your question Penny?"
Penny looked at Sheldon, yep he really had no idea what she was talking about "Well she might be upset?"
"Why?" Sheldon had a look of mystification on his face.
Penny knew she had to explain it better than she had. "Ok, so you say you want to be my boyfriend. How would you feel if I said I wanted to be say Leonard's girlfriend instead?"
Sheldon looked at Penny with a look of complete surprise. "Why would you want to be Leonard's girlfriend rather than mine?"
"No Sheldon, I don't want to be Leonard's girlfriend, I was just using that as an example. My point is how would you feel if I told you that?"
"I would feel that you are quite mad." He replied in all sincerity.
"Sheldon I mean would it upset you?"
"I'm beginning to rethink my request. Why on ever would you want to go out with Leonard rather than me?"
He really does have a high opinion of himself, but Penny understands that for a genius he really has no idea sometime. "Sheldon, what I am saying is that Amy might be upset if we start to go out. You are saying to her it's not that I don't want to be a boyfriend, I just don't want to be your boyfriend." Penny could see Sheldon start to say something, but she had to interrupt him to finish her explanation. "She will be hurt Sheldon, have you thought about that?"
"MMMM." Sheldon sat and contemplated Penny's words, for a non genius she is very clever at times he thought, at least in the area's that he lacks knowledge in. "I should talk to her."
"Carefully Sheldon, you will need to be tactful. Perhaps we should talk to her together, but let's see how this goes first before saying anything to her. No need to upset her for no reason."
"Yes I think that would be for the best." Sheldon adjusted his knifes and forks, they had to straight and at equal distance apart form each other before he picked up his fork and stabbed at his food. "So you don't want to be Leonard's girlfriend do you?"
"No Sheldon I don't. This" She pointed between them both. "Between us could be interesting, but we will wait and see."
After dinner Sheldon as promised took Penny dancing, he remembered the place that they went to once before with Amy and Bernadette, and as he knew no other place to go ballroom dancing he took Penny there.
Sheldon didn't want to hold Penny close, but she insisted that he did, she wasn't going to repeat the Shamy dance. Sheldon placed his arm around Penny's waist and they started to dance, but there was at least half a yard between them, but she let it go this one dance. They were both awkward and Penny looked anywhere but at Sheldon, Sheldon seemed to be looking at the floor most of the time, for anyone looking on for the sidelines they would have looked like a couple out on their first date, which was true, but they were old friends, it shouldn't have been so awkward. The next dance they sat out, and Sheldon got them both a soft drink. They sat there for two more songs, just watching other people dance but then a new song came on and Penny hopped up. "Come on sweetie, let's dance." she grabbed his hand and lead him the the dance floor.
Sheldon tried once again to keep Penny at arm's length, but she wasn't having any of that, "You want to be my boyfriend sweetie, you are going to have to come in closer at some stage." and with that she pulled him right up against her body. Sheldon let out a startled yelp, but he didn't pull away. They danced to the music again not looking at each other, but them Sheldon cleared his throat and Penny looked up at him and he was looking directly at her. His eyes so blue, and he smile slightly at her.
She let go of his hand and moved her hand up to his jaw, and she pulled his face down and kissed him three times on the lips, she moved her face away from his and then let her hand drop, still staring into those deep blue eyes. Sheldon didn't move he just stood there looking at her, they had both stopped dancing and were just standing on the floor looking at each other.
"Time to go home now I think Penny." He turned his back to Penny and walked away leaving her standing on the floor alone.