The next day she popped across the hall to see if the guys needed anything from the supermarket.
"Hey guys I'm just popping out to the store, do you want me to get you your usual stuff?"
"That would be great thanks Penny." Leonard called from the kitchen. She grabbed their shopping money from the counter and turned to leave.
"Hey where's Sheldon?"
"He went out shopping with Howard and Raj"
"If he's out shopping then why do you guys need me to get your groceries?"
"He's gone out to buy a baseball bat. Don't ask"
"A baseball bat? Seriously?" then it dawned on her "Is this because of the burglary?"
"Yeah." Leonard said reluctantly "He has taken it upon himself to "up" our security."
"Well that's good right?"
"Of course, but he's just gonna end up hurting himself. The man has no upper body strength."
She giggled and waved, turning to leave. She was leaving the apartment building when she saw the guys getting out of Raj's car.
"Hey guys did you get the bat?" she said jogging up to meet them. Raj waved it happily at her while Howard looked slightly angry. "You ok Howard?"
"Ask Sheldon." He practically spat Sheldon's name and stormed inside. She looked at Raj in surprise but he shook his head, not knowing what was wrong either, and hurried to follow Howard upstairs. She turned to a sheepish looking Sheldon.
"Oh honey what did you do now?"
"I simply won the argument that engineering is not as beneficial as physics. He didn't seem to like that very much."
"I don't doubt that." she said. "Don't you think you should apologise to him? He looked really upset."
He sighed dramatically. "You're right, of course I should apologise to him immediately." He began to head inside the building leaving a baffled Penny standing on the sidewalk. "Penny." he called from the doorway.
"Yeah honey?"
"I'm glad you're alright, I know it was quite a scare for you to take on that burglar for us, and for that I thank you."
She beamed with pleasure. "Thanks Sheldon, that was really sweet of you."
"Sarcasm?" he asked tilting his head.
She laughed "No, not this time sweetie. Now go apologise to Howard."
"Damn when will I get the hang of that?" he muttered and headed inside.
She smiled and got in her car to go to the store.