Okay! I know I said update on Monday, but Monday is thanksgiving (in Canada). For those who are celebrating, happy turkey dayhail try to update as soon as I can, school is kind of kicking my ass.
enjoy!
Penny woke up in her hotel room, hung over and in desperate need of a shower and some pain killers. She still felt really crappy after throwing Sheldon out and going to bed alone. After she got out of bed, she walked to the bathroom and turned on the shower. The shower started to get hot and steam quickly filled the bathroom. Penny wiped the condensate from the mirror and stared at her reflection.
Her makeup was smeared, she had mascara on her cheeks and her hair was wild. Penny shook her head in disappointment and got into the shower. The water was hot, just what she needed to wash away the guilt she felt from last night. She couldn't believe the feelings that Sheldon was eliciting from her. She felt a familiar tingle in between her thighs as she thought about him pawing at her in the elevator.
Just go with it.
His words rang in her ears as she soaped up her smooth skin. She wanted nothing more than to just go with whatever he was offering her. How was it, that Dr. Sheldon Cooper made her want to get into bed with him? Penny stood still and thought about it for a moment as the water practically scalded her flesh. Did she have some old pent up feelings for him when she left Pasadena? Were they there the whole time? Penny sighed. Even if she did want to just go with it, how could she? Her life was across the country. Sheldon was here. It would never work, even if she wanted it to.
Penny quickly pushed her thoughts out of her mind and finished up in her shower. She wanted to get ready because she wanted to try to catch a flight home today. Being in Pasadena was doing something to her, something that she wasn't sure she could handle. As she wrapped her hair in a towel and her body in a different one, she walked out into her room. Penny glanced at the night stand and quickly picked up her phone.
She missed a text from Sheldon. Penny fought the urge to respond, but what could be the harm of reading it. She unlocked her phone and read what he had to say.
Penny, I'm terribly sorry for the way I acted last night. I would like to make it up to you. Are you free tonight?
Penny thought about his request. Something in her desperately wanted to go home and forget that this weekend ever happened, but there was also something that wanted to stay and spend time with her friend. After all, they didn't get a chance to catch up. Penny sighed and began texting back.
I'm free, what did you have in mind?
She set her phone down on the bed and picked out a purple t-shirt and a pair of jeans to wear. Wearing something that was overtly sexy could give Sheldon the wrong message or lead him on. Penny didn't want that. After she brushed her hair out and scrunched it into loose waves, she put on her makeup. She picked up her phone and read his text. Butterflies filled her stomach.
Good, I will have the evening planned out for us. Why don't you come over at 5:30?
Penny smiled. She did have some things that she could get done before then. Her fingers gingerly typed out her response.
5:30 sounds good. See you then Sheldor.
The memory hit her like a ton of bricks. Sheldon took her in when she was locked out of her apartment and taught her how to play Age of Conan. He smelled like laundry detergent and lemons. When he was telling her what to do, he was never condescending toward her and he never made snide remarks. It was a side of Sheldon that she wasn't sure existed. He shared with her a piece of him, even if it was just a video game, Penny never forgot that.
She was staring at her phone when it rang in her hands. Penny jumped and her heart almost escaped through her ribcage. She looked at the familiar number and smiled.
"Hello?" Penny answered.
"Hi Penny, it's Nina! How are you?! I heard you were in town! When do you leave?" Her former agent replied.
"Hi Nina, yeah I'm in Pasadena right now. I leave on Tuesday, but I actually think I'm going to leave tomorrow. Hey, I'm working on something right now, it's just a draft, but maybe you could send it to some people to see if they're interested in it." Penny said into the receiver.
"Sure, anything for you! Send it over my way and I'll get it into the right hands." Nina said. Penny smiled. They exchanged some more pleasantries before they said good bye. Penny went to her purse and pulled out her play. After reading over what she had, she decided that perhaps she could sell this thing as a sitcom. Penny quickly wrote out an email addressed to Nina explaining the premise of the idea. After feeling like she didn't give too much away, she sent her email to her former agent.
Maybe if she was lucky this thing could actually get somewhere. As a play, it didn't really make sense, but as a sitcom, there would be so much that Penny could do with it. Penny decided to take the day and write until her fingertips were sore. She took all her ideas and wrote a new script. Penny would need something to show just in case any network executives liked her idea.
Penny thought about what the pilot should be and perhaps she should get some research done, after all, she only knew her side of what meeting Sheldon and Leonard was like. She decided to write it out, and then get Sheldon's perspective, she could change it when she got home to New York. As Penny wrote, the time ticked by. She didn't even realize that it was already 5. She had successfully written the pilot and four subsequent "episodes". After saving her work on her laptop, she closed the lid, tossed on a pair of sneakers and left for Sheldon's apartment in her rental car.
Penny pulled up in front of her old apartment building and feelings of familiarity rushed over her. It almost felt like she was getting off work from the Cheesecake Factory and that she was going to watch a movie with the boys. Only now, Leonard lived in Penny's old apartment and Amy moved in with him, Sheldon lived alone and Penny lived across the country.
Penny stepped past the front door and smiled at the mailboxes where she and Sheldon would often talk about stuff. He often referred to it as 'banal chit chat', but Penny knew he liked it. Slowly she made her way up the stairs only to notice on floor three that the elevator was working. Penny decided to forgo the elevator ride, because she was almost at her destination. As she stood in front of 4A, she couldn't help but nervously wring her hands together while she mustered up the courage to knock. She heard voices coming up the stairs and quickly knocked on Sheldon's door. Amy and Leonard rounded the corner of the stairwell, Penny caught Leonard's gaze as Sheldon opened the door.
"Hello Penny." Sheldon said with a smile. Amy and Leonard watched as Penny turned away from them and looked into Sheldon's face. His expression was soft and she seemed to get lost in his eyes for a moment. Penny cleared her throat and looked back at Amy and Leonard while they were pretending to unlock the door to 4B. Her attention snapped back to Sheldon when she realized they weren't leaving.
"Hi Sheldon, can I come in?" Penny quickly asked, trying to not sound like she was begging. Sheldon nodded and moved aside as she entered his apartment. She watched as he mouthed something to his neighbors and motioned for them to go inside of their own apartment. Penny smiled as she looked around his apartment, it was practically the same, a few new additions, but mostly unchanged.
Penny quickly sat down on the couch as Sheldon closed his door and walked toward the kitchen. He stopped and looked at her sitting in his spot. Sheldon seemed to fight off the urge of asking her to move out of his spot, while Penny fought off the urge to laugh because she knew he was going to say something. Sheldon grabbed two bottles of water from the fridge and a plate of pizza for them both.
"So, what do you have planned for us?" Penny nervously asked. She felt like she was sixteen again and she was over at an older boys house whose parents just happened to be out of town. Sheldon smiled as Penny slid over to the middle cushion, and he placed their dinner on the coffee table.
"I was thinking that we could watch a movie. I have pre-selected three, but you can make the final decision." Sheldon replied. Penny smiled and nodded, a movie sounded like a very non-sexual activity.
Penny was beginning to feel uneasy about the whole notion of being here, was this cheating? She quickly pushed the idea out of her head. Of course she was being absurd. Sheldon picked up the movies from the side table and handed them over to Penny. Her choices were Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Gate, and The Fifth Element. Penny mulled over her choices and finally settled on The Fifth Element. Sheldon popped the movie in and sat down. The two sat in a comfortable silence eating their dinner and watching their movie.
Penny finished her pizza and took her and Sheldon's dishes into the kitchen and placed them into the sink. She looked back at him and he was smiling at her. Penny smiled back and hurried to take her seat next to him. Sheldon glanced at Penny and caught her eye. He cleared his throat and took her hand into his. Penny felt her heart hammering in her throat, how could something that was conflicting with her morals feel so right?
"Sheldon-" Penny started.
"Yes, Penny I know you have a boyfriend. I'm just your friend and we are simply enjoying each others company." Sheldon countered. Penny looked into his bright blue eyes, they were flecked with a soft grey that made them look intense. She felt like she was drowning and the only thing saving her was Sheldon's fingers laced with hers. Penny turned her attention back to the movie.
"Tell me about him." Sheldon asked, he never turned his attention away from her. Penny blushed, heat radiated and prickled at her ears. Was he seriously asking about this while holding her hand? Penny took in a deep breath.
"Well, his name is Derek and he's an environmental lawyer. He's really nice and he's smart. Not like you smart, but smarter than the average guy." Penny started. Sheldon nodded and took in every word she spoke before continuing his line of questions.
"How long have the two of you.. been together." He finished his sentence with an air of uncertainty.
"We've only been dating a month, but I really like him." Penny stated. Was she telling herself these things to convince herself, or did she really believe them to be true? Sheldon nodded as he softly rubbed his thumb along the back of her hand. Penny couldn't believe how natural it felt to be sitting with him like this.
"How many dates have you been on with him?" Sheldon asked. Penny pursed her lips and couldn't think of a single date, they usually would meet up at one of their places, have a few glasses of wine and end up in bed. Penny quickly averted her gaze to their hands.
"Like in public?" Penny sheepishly asked. Sheldon looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"Isn't that where dates normally take place, in public?" Sheldon said trying to clarify his question.
"None. We usually just see each other after work and … Sheldon I'm not going to discuss my sex-life with you." Penny concluded. Sheldon let out a laugh. Not a gaspy laugh. It was a genuine laugh that Penny couldn't figure out.
"I'm sorry Penny, it sounds like your relationship is a glorified 'friends with benefits' paradigm. Tell me a personal detail about this boyfriend of yours." Sheldon quickly said to her. Penny frowned and suddenly felt defensive.
"Sheldon, that's not fair." Penny countered.
"What's not fair, Penny? You are morally conflicted because you feel like you have to be loyal to a man you barely know. Honestly, the whole notion is preposterous." Sheldon reasoned. Penny didn't like where this conversation was going. Sheldon was out of line. She gritted her teeth together.
"What is my middle name?" Sheldon quickly asked. Penny huffed and rolled her eyes at him.
"Lee." She quickly responded. Sheldon smiled at her with his baby blues. Penny betrayed herself, she wasn't supposed to be giving in like this.
"What's his middle name?" He asked her, a look of satisfaction flashed across his face for just a split second. Penny looked away and stared at the coffee table.
"I don't know." She obediently answered. Sheldon cupped her chin in his free hand and brought her soft lips to his. Penny closed her eyes and let him wash over her. He still smelled like laundry detergent and lemons. It was the best scent combination that Penny had ever experienced. As they softly kissed, Penny brought up her free hand and ran it through Sheldon's hair, gently tousling it. Sheldon pressed against her and Penny let him lay her down on the couch.
She couldn't fight off the feelings that were rushing through her any longer. Sheldon pushed up Penny's t-shirt exposing her stomach to him, he pressed his lips against her abdomen and explored her body with his kisses. Penny let out a sigh and watched as he indulged in the smoothness of her skin.
"Penny, I have waited a very long time and I will continue to wait if that's what you want." Sheldon said, his lips brushing against her skin as he spoke to her. Penny licked her lips and looked down at him. Their eyes met and she smiled.
"How long have you waited?" Penny asked. Sheldon sat up and assisted Penny up as well. He held onto her hand with one hand as he brushed her hair behind her ear with the other.
"Since the day I met you." Sheldon bluntly told her. Penny's eyes darted across his face, searching for something, anything that could give her a clue to this man who was a completely different person, yet seemed to be unaffected by change.
"I couldn't pursue you. I was determined to stay focused, I had to get my Nobel Prize and that meant I couldn't be with you. I had to admire you from a far until the time was right." He explained. Penny felt dizzy, she felt like her heart had been knocked off its feet. She knew there was some sort of electric chemistry between them when they first met.
"What about Amy? Why did you date her?" Penny quickly asked, she hoped that she didn't come off sounding jealous.
"I allowed myself to get distracted for the wrong reasons." Sheldon tried to explain. Penny didn't really understand, but it didn't really matter. Penny kissed him. She wanted this. She didn't care about right or wrong. The only thing she cared about was now. Penny focused on Sheldon's hand snaking around her waist instead of letting her 'glorified booty call', as Sheldon so eloquently put it, ruin this moment for her.
Penny quickly crawled into Sheldon's lap and gently pressed her tongue to his as he parted his lips. Sheldon's hand grasped at the hem of her shirt and he pulled it over her head in one swift movement. His lips gravitated toward her clavicle and Penny let her head loll back while her eyes closed. Sheldon's hands found their way to the clasp of her bra, she could feel the nervous tension in the air as his lips traveled down her chest and his hand replaced one of the cups of her bra as he tossed it to the floor with his other hand.
Penny moaned as he gently tweaked her nipple in between his thumb and index finger. Heat radiated from between Penny's thighs, instinct took over and she ground herself into Sheldon's throbbing arousal. Sheldon replaced his hand with his hot mouth, Penny sharply inhaled as he grazed his teeth along her hardened flesh.
All of the atoms in Penny's body were buzzing, Sheldon quickly picked her up and laid her back down on the couch. He kissed down her stomach and unbuttoned her tight jeans. Penny assisted him as he wiggled them down her thighs, pulling her sneakers off of her feet and her jeans off of her legs. Penny shyly kept her thighs together. Sheldon smirked at her playing modest, she knew that he knew her better than that. Penny was a big 'ol five. He gently kissed at her knees, eliciting a small giggle from her. Penny smiled up at him as he kissed from her knees, slowly making his way down her inner thighs.
Sheldon's slight stubble rubbed against the skin of her thigh, there was something oddly erotic about getting rug burn on her sensitive skin. Penny softly moaned as he gently bit at her hip bone, teasing her flesh with small nibbles. Sheldon worked Penny's pink polka dot panties down her thighs revealing her to him. She was waxed free of hair and her folds were slick and ready. Sheldon quickly looked up into her face, almost asking for permission to kiss her most intimate spot. Penny rubbed at his forearm and moved his hand closer to her dewy lips.
Sheldon brought his hands down to her and pressed his thumb against her clit as he kissed just above where he was applying pressure. Penny sighed heavily as he ran his thumb down into her wetness and pressed two fingers against her entrance. Sheldon licked at his lips and Penny could see him processing everything in his big beautiful brain.
As he slowly plunged his long fingers into her, he placed his tongue against her clit. The feeling caused a shiver to run up Penny's spine and made her hips slightly buck. Sheldon smiled against her sensitive pleasure button, his fingers gently explored her and when he hit her g-spot, Penny couldn't help but cry out. Sheldon switched up his motion as soon as he heard an auditory response from her. It was like he was begging her to come for him on the inside of her body. Sheldon gently sucked at her clit as he pumped his fingers in and out of her.
Penny's body writhed underneath him, and he slid his free hand under her ass so he could stop her from moving so much. Sheldon removed his fingers from her and licked at the wetness that decorated her thighs. Penny was trying to manage her breathing, but failed. She felt like she was going to black out because she was breathing so heavily. Her lungs seemed to burn with every essential breath she took.
"Don't stop, don't stop Sheldon." Penny whispered, she didn't care that she sounded like she was pleading. Sheldon obliged her request and gently sucked on her while running his fingertips along her g-spot. Penny felt her orgasm building, but once she felt Sheldon softly bite at her engorged clit, that sent her over the edge. She came hard, her cries were primal and uncensored. Sheldon fought to keep her bucking hips under control. Once her orgasm spread through her extremities, she laid still on his brown leather sofa. Sheldon kissed up her body as he moved to sit up in his spot.
"That was incredible, Sheldon. How do you even know how to do that?" Penny managed to get out between heavy breaths. Sheldon smirked as he grabbed her panties from the coffee table and handed them to her.
"It's amazing what a little bit of internet research can do." He quipped. Penny laughed as she tugged her panties over her hips and searched for her bra on the floor. It was official, she was going to hell in a hand basket.