"Hi." Penny said, after the two of them sat in silence for a few minutes.
"Hello." Sheldon said, still not being able to look at her. He hadn't looked at her once, since he had walked in.
"You look the way I feel, Sheldon." Penny said, finally causing him to look at her. He looked like he was fighting back a smile. "You can sit down if you want."
He gingerly walked further in the room, sitting down in the chair that Penny found Amy in just a few hours ago.
"You should know that your parents have been staying in your apartment. Amy is heading over there now to tell them that you are awake."
"Sheldon, how have you've been doing these last few weeks? Bernadette told me that you haven't been sleeping. "
"I've just had a lot on my mind lately."
"Sheldon." Penny said, grabbing hold of one of his hands. "Everything is going to be okay."
"I just…I thought that I was going to looks both of you." Sheldon said, squeezing Penny's hand.
"You're not going to lose me. I'm not going anywhere."
"It's just when I got that call that you and Leonard had been in that accident, I didn't know what to do." Sheldon said. Penny could feel his thumb circling on the back of her hand. She found it kind of soothing.
"Why did they…" Penny tried to ask while sitting up but hissed out in pain. She felt Sheldon's hand fall out of her's when he stood up suddenly.
"Penny, are you okay? Should I call for your nurse?" Sheldon asked, Penny noticed that the color had drained from his face.
"No, I'll be fine. Will you please sit back down?" Penny said, motioning to the chair he was sitting in.
"Are you sure you are going to be okay?" Sheldon asked, settling back down in the chair again.
"I'm fine, Sheldon. Just have to remember to not to move."
The two of them sat in silence again. Penny felt Sheldon grab her hand and began tracing the lines on her palm. She couldn't believe all the human contact that Sheldon was putting up with today. Out of the past five years that they've known each other, he had only willing let her touch him like twice.
"I promise you Sheldon that I am going to be fine. I'll be back to my old self in a few months. Everything will go back to normal or maybe a new normal considering." Penny said, lacing their fingers together.
His hands were a lot softer then a lot of guys that she knows. Their hands were rough and calloused from manual labor. She thought that Sheldon's hands was softer then her own, but he did spend most of his work in front of a white bored.
"I do wish for you to come and live with me after you get discharged from here. I am looking for a new apartment and wish for you to come with me, as my roommate of course."
"New apartment? What's wrong with your current one?" Penny asked surprised that Sheldon said he was going to be moving.
"I just don't think I can continue living there considering on everything that has happened. Plus since you are the only person I have considered to be my new roommate, I figured you wouldn't want to live in L...the other bedroom."
Penny finally relied on how much Leonard's death had affected Sheldon. He had known him a lot longer then she had. Here she had been all worried about herself and she hadn't even thought of how Sheldon or the others had been handling it.
"I'll think about it. But I do feel much honored that you asked."
"You're my best friend, Penny." Sheldon said,making himself sound like a small child.
"You're mine too."
"Can I be the one to tell Amy Farah Fowler that I have replaced her as your 'bestie'?"
"You can have more than one best friend, Sheldon."
"But I'm your favorite, right?"
"Dr. Cooper, I have to say you do have a big head sometimes."
"No, I don't. My head is average size." Sheldon said, causing Penny to laugh.
Glad to see that something's hasn't changed.
A/N: Here's chapter 3. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Review please! :) Danielle