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The week passed by in a flash, Penny started her new job and was busy learning everything she needed to do. Everyone seemed friendly enough and she even had lunch with Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard on Wednesday. By the time the weekend rolled around Penny just wanted to sleep, but over their Wednesday lunch they decided that they should go to the movies on Saturday.
A version of Star Wars: A New Hope was showing, it had fifteen seconds of digitally enhanced, unseen footage. Penny was thankful the girls would be coming. Howard stated that it would be 'like a double date, squared to the degree of awesome.' Sheldon told him that those weren't valid numbers and that he was concerned for the safety of our future astronauts.
After getting a blue icee for Sheldon, some popcorn and a diet coke, they walked into the dark theater. Since they were there fairly early, they were able to find six seats together. Sheldon tried to protest that the seats weren't in the acoustic sweet spot of the theater and everyone told him that he was being a crazy person. Penny sat on the end closest to the wall, next to Sheldon who sat next to Leonard. She gently patted his forearm as she leaned into him.
"I'll show you my acoustic sweet spot." Penny whispered into his ear. She gently bit at his ear lobe and pulled away. He smirked at her. He leaned into her and Penny was eager to hear what he had to say.
"Though your mildly suggestive innuendo doesn't really make sense, I appreciate the effort." He whispered into her ear. He pulled away and offered her a small smile. Penny smiled back, how he could make condescension sound sexy, she would never know. Sheldon turned his attention toward the screen as the lights dimmed and the theater became quiet. Penny wasn't sure that she could take another viewing of Star Wars, so she waited patiently as the movie began.
She let him finish his icee and then made her move. Penny gently grasped at his thigh, startling Sheldon. He jumped under her touch and looked at her hand in the dark. Penny gently moved her thumb in slow, lazy circles along his leg. Sheldon turned his attention away from the movie and looked at Penny. She offered a suggestive smile and he placed his hand over hers.
He quickly shook his head, kissed her quickly on the lips and returned his attention back to the movie. Penny grasped his hand into hers and placed it on her thigh instead. As she watched, Sheldon rubbed at her thigh. She grinned to herself as he began slowly working his way up. Sheldon leaned in as he pressed his fingertips against her clit through her jeans. Penny gasped. Sheldon quietly shushed her, Penny closed her eyes.
"You don't even know what's happening in this movie, do you?" He whispered into her ear as her slowly and inconspicuously rubbed at her through her jeans. Penny fought off a moan and wished they weren't in a movie theater. She put her hand over his and placed it back on her thigh as she leaned in to reply.
"Sheldon, I have seen this movie like a billion times. Luke buys R2D2 and C-3PO from a robot garage sale and then Obi-Wan teaches Luke about the force and Luke gets his very own light saber. Then they go and save Princess Leia from the Death Star." Penny said, which made Sheldon laugh. Penny smiled to herself as they continued to watch the movie. As they watched, Sheldon continued to tease. Penny tried to fend him off, but it was exciting and felt really good to be so naughty. She never thought that Sheldon would be the type of guy to get frisky at the movies.
The movie was soon over and Penny felt like she was going to explode. Everyone exited the theater and stood together for a moment. The boys discussed their extra fifteen seconds of footage and the girls talked to Bernadette, it seemed like they hadn't spoken in ages.
As the conversation died down, Penny's gaze met Sheldon's. He had a smirk displayed on his face and Penny couldn't help but smile back. She quickly grasped his hand into hers and silently urged him to take her home. Everyone said their good byes and Penny and Sheldon left the group.
"I don't think I'll ever get over that sight." Penny overheard Howard say as they headed toward the door. They walked out to the street and began to walk a couple of blocks to his car. The theater only had street parking and even though they were there early, they struggled to find a close spot. As they walked toward Sheldon's car, Penny gripped his hand a little tighter. The wind was cool and tickled the back of her neck.
She thought about taking him home and getting into bed with him, but then thought that maybe they could do their laundry together and drink tea instead. The thought made her smile to herself. Domestic Sheldon and Penny or Shenny as Howard called them. She looked up at Sheldon and flashed her smile at him. He smiled back and put his hand on her lower back to guide her the rest of the way to his car. As they rounded the corner, they heard footsteps behind them.
"Excuse me, I think you dropped this." A man's voice called out behind them, Penny began checking her pockets and she quickly turned around. The man was wearing a dark hooded sweat shirt with the hood pulled up over his head and his hands stuffed in the pockets, he was pretty thin and about Penny's height. She couldn't make out any discernible facial features as he used the shadows of his hood and the dark alley he stood beside to his advantage. Penny looked him up and down and realized that she hadn't dropped anything. Sheldon looked down at her and she looked up at him with a worried look on her face.
"Look, you two seem like nice people. Just give me your wallets and I'll be on my way." The man said. His voice was husky and raw, like he had been smoking for the majority of his life. Penny bit at her lip as Sheldon took out his wallet and obediently tossed it in front of the man in the dark hoodie. He quickly rifled through his Flash wallet and pulled out three crinkly dollar bills. Sheldon always took his credit cards and debit cards out of his wallet, only taking exact cash just in case of situations like this occurring. This was the first time it had ever happened.
"Seriously? Three fucking dollars? And what is this? A fucking justice league card? What are you? Eight?" The man asked as he stuffed the bills into his pocket and tossed Sheldon's wallet on the ground. He looked Penny over and she silently sized him up. Was she actually considering going junior rodeo on his ass?
"Give me your purse Blondie." The man impatiently said. Penny licked at her lips, quickly looked at Sheldon and then back to the man. She could take him, she was sure of it. Her heart hammered in her chest and she could feel the blood flowing through her veins. She clutched her hands tighter around her purse and tried to formulate a plan of attack. Suddenly the man pulled out a small revolver from his pocket and Penny froze. She couldn't take that on. Fuck.
"I said give me your purse, you stupid girl!" The man shouted at her. Her breath quickened and as desperately as she wanted to give her stuff over to him, she couldn't. She just stood there paralyzed. It was like everything was falling away from her and all she could focus on was the barrel of his gun staring back at her. She could hear Sheldon talking to her, pleading for her to just give him the purse, but it sounded like he was underwater. His voice was muffled and he sounded very far away. She knew what she should do, but couldn't.
It was like it happened in slow motion. Penny heard the man yell something and then watched his gun jerk back in his hand. Penny felt her shoulder getting hit, at first it felt like being punched really hard, but then the pain transformed into a burning sensation, like she was being prodded with a hot iron poker. Her body followed the force of the bullet and she fell to the ground. Her ears rang and she felt like she was on fire. This was it, this is how she was going to die. As she studied the brick on the building next to her, she felt her body being shaken.
Sheldon turned her onto her back and she could see that he was talking to her but she couldn't hear him. His mouth was moving and nothing was coming out. Penny slowly blinked up at him. Everything was silent. The burning feeling was replaced with a numbness that Penny had felt before. It was like her mind was sober, but her body was intoxicated. Penny watched as Sheldon reached down, she tried to follow his hand but couldn't move her head at that angle. She watched as he pulled back his hand, his fingertips were covered in her blood. Penny studied his face, he was still shouting at her. His eyes were wide and she could just see the gears grinding in his head. She prayed that his apocalypse survival plans included taking care of bullet wounds.
"Penny!" Sheldon frantically shouted. Suddenly the noise of the street filled her ears. The look on his face was wild. He quickly ripped off his jacket and took off his t-shirt leaving his thermal on. Blood stained his thermal as his hands grazed the fabric. He haphazardly folded his t-shirt and pressed it to her shoulder. Thank God for endorphins. Sheldon hastily tore his cellphone from his pants pocket and dialed 9-1-1. Penny swallowed, she pressed the back of her head into the sidewalk and listened to Sheldon talk on the phone. She was glad he put it on speaker phone.
"9-1-1, what's your emergency?" The lady on the other end of the phone asked. Sheldon took in a shaky breath and brushed the tears out of his eyes with the back of his hand while he still clutched his phone. Penny could feel the pressure on her shoulder from his other hand pressing his t-shirt against her wound. It didn't hurt, it felt like nothing, just pressure.
"She's been shot! We need someone here now!" He tried to calmly shout into the phone. His voice was panic stricken and his Texan accent came through. Penny felt like it was getting harder to breathe, she tried to take in as deep of a breath as she could but it burned her lungs. Sheldon told the woman their location and she stayed on the line with him. Penny grasped at his hand with her functional hand.
"Penny, you've been shot. An ambulance is on the way." Sheldon calmly told her. All she could so was nod her head. She watched as tears fell from his eyes onto her body. She felt like crying too, but couldn't. Penny swallowed hard and tried to focus on her breathing. It was definitely taking more effort just to get a lungful of air.
"Your body is going into shock. You're going to be ok, ok?" He half asked, half told her. He quickly wiped at his nose with his sleeve, placed his cell phone on her chest and touched her cheek with his now free hand. Penny licked her lips and frantically looked around at her surroundings. Tears stung her eyes and she let them fall down her temples, into her hair.
"Sheldon, you can't leave me." Penny finally said, the way it came out sounded more like a desperate plea. Penny bit at her lip. Sheldon nodded as he wiped his tears on his shoulder. She watched as his breath hitched in his throat.
"I'm not going anywhere. They'll be here any minute." He assured her as he looked down the street for the ambulance. Penny could hear sirens in the distance.
"You can't let me die. Ok?" She asked. He quickly nodded, tears streamed down his face. Penny took her free hand and placed it over his. He quickly placed his lips against hers and softly kissed her. Penny closed her eyes and let him wash over her.
"I promise." He said as he pulled away from her. Penny had to say it in case there was no coming back from this. She loved him and the thought of never saying those words to him broke her heart.
"Sheldon, I love you. If something happens, I need you to know that." Penny said, her voice was tired and weak. Penny felt the edges of her vision fade to black and she felt like she was just slipping further into the darkness. The one thing she heard before she passed out was Sheldon reciting a prayer for her.