"Leonard, wake up" Sheldon called as he knock repetitively on Leonard's bedroom door.

"Go away Sheldon"

"Leonard, I need your help. It's a girl problem."

Leonard rolled out of bed, as fast as he could, staggering to the door to find a very pleased Sheldon Cooper standing behind it.

"Now, since your awake you can take me to the campus". Sheldon said, walking away with his bag throw over his shoulder.

Leonard groaned, and just grabbed his car keys, knowing that if he didn't take him he would only keep bugging him.

Leonard was wearing his pyjamas; his superman boxers and an old star wars shirt. He just hoped that he wouldn't see anyone he knew. He drove to the campus, and dropped Sheldon off. He pulled up in front of the lecture rooms, and almost kicked Sheldon out of the car because he just wanted to get home.

His phone buzzed just as he was about to drive off. 'Hey, did you just drive into the lecture rooms? I'll come see you' Of course the text was from Penny. She had seen him. He couldn't just drive off. Leonard pulled down the rear vision mirror to an angle that allowed him to adjust his hair. He uncrippled his boxers, and wiped the fluff off his shirt. He saw in his right side mirror Penny walking up towards the drivers side door. He smiled into the mirror, as she approached. Leonard winded down his window to greet Penny.

"Good Morning" Leonard said, as Penny leaned in the window to give him a hug. "A good morning indeed…"

"You don't have a lecture today, why are you here?" She asked, already knowing the answer. "Sheldon?"

"Why else?" Leonard laughed; he opened the door of his car.

"Nice boxers" Penny said, as she pulled a bit off fluff off the side of his shoulder.

"Thanks…" he said, not sure whether she was making fun of him or if she was actually complimenting his style; which was unlikely.

"Have you talked to Jennifer?" Penny asked, as jealously mixed with curiosity started to hover above her.

"Well she's our neighbour, there is the awkward good morning and we often run into each other every now and again; after she told me that she liked me, she hasn't really talked to me" Leonard mumbled. "Do you think I stuffed up our friendship?"

"No, I really don't think so. If you wanted to meet me for lunch, we could meet up and I don't know; talk about our situation".

"We have a 'situation'?"

"Well not really, but we still should talk."

This was never good; whenever a girl said that she wanted to talk it was never good. In Leonard's experience anyways, which was two girls. Not really enough to form a valid conclusion.

"We can just hang out now?" He debated, wanting to know what their 'situation' was so desperately.

"Leonard, your in a public place in a half torn shirt and boxers. Maybe we should meet up later." Before Leonard could reply, Penny kissed him on the cheek and turned away. Leonard started his car and drove away, anxious about meeting Penny later on. When he returned back to the building, he entered to check the mail, finding Jennifer removing the contents of her mailbox into her handbag. Leonard tried to make it up the stairs before Jennifer noticed that he had come home, in his pj's no less, but she turned around just as he hurried up the stairs.

"Morning cutie pie" Jennifer said, as she walked over to Leonard and gave him an unexpected hug.

Leonard cleared his throat. "Morning?"

"Has your girlfriend dumped you yet?"

"She's not my girlfriend…" Leonard insisted.

"Just as well, look. I like you, but I am just warning you now Leonard, mainly because I don't want to see you get hurt. Penny isn't the relationship kind of girl; she has more of a fuck em and dump em kind of attitude. Hey, maybe it's different with you, but it's not a risk that I'd be willing to take if I were you. Just think about it Leonard, and just remember I'm always just a few meters away…"

Jennifer kissed his cheek, and walked away, making sure to put emphasis on the way she walked because she knew Leonard was looking. What Jennifer just said had completely changed what Leonard thought was going on between him and Penny, would explain last night, as well as Penny wanting to meet him today. He always thought that she was into him. Should he ask Jennifer out, should he stick with Penny? Leonard thought to himself, that he was kind of glad that he didn't have this kind of girl attention in his younger years; it was so confusing. He turned around to go and get his mail, and then headed up the stairs to his apartment; four floors up.

Leonard just went straight back to bed, for a few hours at least until he had to meet Penny again. He decided to text Jennifer, just to see if she was being serious.

'Hey Jenny, it's Leonard. Just forget about everything between you and I and can I just ask for an honest opinion from you?'

Almost immediately, he heard his phone buzz.

'I'm probably not the best person to ask, since I am extremely biased, but hey. See where it goes and when; wait, I should say if she breaks your heart, I'd be there to pick up the pieces… Did you want me to come over and cheer you up ;)'

'As tempting as that is, I really have some work to do' he lied, as he continued to type 'Thanks though.'

Leonard threw his phone across his bed, and ditched his glasses on the bedside table. He rolled over, and threw his head against the pillow, closing his eyes just for a little minute.

-=0o0=-

He awoke to the sound of his phone vibrating. He had received a text from Penny.

'Meet you at the Starbucks down from my apartment in 10?'

'Yep' Leonard replied, jumping out of bed, putting his glasses on, pulling up some cargo shorts and quickly changing his top. His palms became instantly sweaty as he ran to the bathroom, running a comb through his brown curls, and putting on some deodorant. Here goes nothing…

A/N - 1,000 words chaps are all I am able to manage at the moment, sorry if you guys like the longer chapters, let me know if you do and I'll work on it. Please review, it means so much to me to be able to know what you guys think, I am trying to mix things up a bit, and reading the reviews helps me go in a direction that you all like and will enjoy reading.

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