2 weeks later

During the past few months Sheldon and Penny had been hanging out a lot more, she had even made him spaghetti with cut up hot dogs after she had gotten back from her audition. She had been so nervous but she hoped more than anything that she got the part. Sheldon had tried to tell her to calm down and that even if she didn't get the part at least she wouldn't have to go back to waitressing, he was right at least she had a good job to fall back on in case she failed yet again.

Sheldon and Leonard were sitting on the couch with Raj and Howard having a Star Wars marathon while the girls were out shopping with Penny and Amy trying to keep her busy while she waited for the call from her agent telling her if she got the part or not. Finally her cell phone rang while she was in the dressing room trying on a little short black dress, she dropped the dress and screamed when she hung up the phone.

"Oh my god I got the part." Penny was screaming and jumping up and down in the dressing room.

"Congratulations." Bernadette and Amy said excitedly as they all three jumped up and down.

The guys were right in the middle of "Return of the Jedi" when the door was flung open and Penny came rushing in with the other two girls right behind her.

"Guess what guys!" Penny said.

"You're here interrupting our movie, that's what." Sheldon said shaking his head at her.

"No." She said glaring at him.

"So you're not really here and we're just imagining you interrupting our movie?" Sheldon replied.

"OK, I get it I'm interrupting the movie but it's for a good reason. I got the part. You guys officially know a movie star!" She screamed.

"Congratulations." Howard ad Raj said.

"I can't believe you actually got it." Leonard said.

"See I told you all your failures would mean something someday, now can we get back to the movie?" Sheldon said.

"No let's all go out and celebrate." Bernadette said.

"By celebrate do you mean getting drunk and dancing?" Sheldon asked

"Yes." All three girls said at the same time as the marched him out of the apartment with the other two guys right behind them.

Raj had called Emily from the cab and they picked her up on the way to the club. Now that they had all had a few drinks Howard and Bernadette were dancing and Amy had persuaded Leonard to dance as well they seemed to be having fun. Penny and Sheldon were the only ones left sitting. Penny was drinking a glass of wine while Sheldon was on his second long island ice tea.

"Sweetie you might want to pace yourself remember the last time you drank those you ended up barfing in Will Wheaton's front yard." Penny said.

"I have to be drunk to stand this terrible music." Sheldon replied finishing the drink.

Someone tapped Penny on the shoulder she turned around to see who it was, it was some really hot guy she hadn't seen someone with that much muscle in a long time. "Do you want to dance?" He asked trying to look like he wasn't staring at her chest.

"No thanks." She said turning back towards Sheldon. She had made a promise to herself that she wasn't going to date anyone for a while, she was going to concentrate on her career.

"That's the third guy that's asked, I would've thought now that your single again you'd take up where you left off before Leonard." Sheldon said.

"No, I told you I'm taking a break from men to concentrate on other things." Penny replied.

"Oh come on we both know how long that's going to last you have the attention span of a Gnat." Sheldon said laughing.

"Shut up." Penny said getting up from her stool.

"Hold on Penny, I was just having fun." Sheldon said grabbing her arm to stop her from leaving.

"Was that an apology?" Penny said surprised, he barely apologized for anything.

"As close as you're going to get to one, since everyone else is dancing I suppose we should." He said holding out is hand for her to take.

"Fine." She said. It was a slow song, Penny had forgotten that Sheldon could actually dance until they hit the dance floor. The rest of the evening went by in a blur, Sheldon had two more long island ice teas and by the time they got back to the apartments he was stumbling as Penny and Leonard were helping him up the stairs. Penny had just gotten the door to her apartment open when Sheldon rushed in front of her and a second later they heard retching noises coming from the bathroom.

"I'll take care of him, you go ahead and go to bed." Penny said.

"Great, thanks I owe you one." Leonard said opening his apartment door.

Penny saw Sheldon hunched over the toilet. "Maybe next time you'll listen to me when I tell you to slow down." She said helping him off of the floor. She was going to offer her couch to him so he didn't have to walk back to his apartment but before she could he had plopped himself on her bed and was now sound asleep, so she took a blanket and headed to the couch smiling to herself. She still couldn't believe she had gotten the part and that she would be leaving for the summer to film a movie her dreams were finally coming true.

"What happened last night?" Sheldon asked stumbling out of Penny's bedroom the next morning.

"Isn't it obvious you got drunk, we danced and you puked and passed out on my bed?" Penny said sitting up on the couch rubbing her eyes.

"You couldn't get me to my own bed?" Sheldon asked confused.

"What was I supposed to do carry you there? Is it really that big of a deal? At least you came home with pants this time."

"Good lord you just had to bring that up again, are people ever going to stop talking about that?" Sheldon asked remembering the horrific mooning experience from his award acceptance speech.

"Of course not, it's on YouTube and it was they funniest thing I have ever seen." Penny said laughing at him. Sheldon gave her one disgruntled look before he stormed out of her apartment.