CH8

It was the water fight of the century. Penny grinned as she knelt in front of her open bedroom window, waiting for the verbal cue to unleash a garbage bin full of water on the unsuspecting below. When Sheldon had commented that his favourite thing as a child was planning the yearly family water fight against his cousins, she had had a feeling that it had always been an elaborate affair. Being one to love elaborate anything, she'd convinced him to plan another one. The two of them, Bernadette and Amy against Raj, Priya, Leonard and Howard.

The first assault had been victorious, water pistols from behind the immaculate hydrangea bushes as their opponents stepped out of the car. When Sheldon had gone to reload his and Penny's retro Super Soaker CPS 3200s disaster had struck in the form of water balloons from the enemies trunk.

Amy and Bernadette quickly retreated to their second station, unleashing their own barrage along with deathly war cries which Amy had assured them would strike terror in the hearts of their opponents. Personally, Penny thought that the sight of them in full battle gear with war paint and everything was probably enough to do that.

She had enjoyed painting up everyone with her stage makeup. The feeling of Sheldon's face underneath her fingertips was a bit disconcerting, he had such clear skin, and it was so soft... His eyes were so blue against the blacking that she had carefully traced under his eyes, and he had seemed to enjoy the feeling of her hands on his skin...

Lost in thought, she nearly missed the first cue, but just in time she upended the huge green bin through the window with a war cry that nearly masked the squeals of shock from below.

"A hit! A capital hit!"

~S~

The sight of Leonard and Priya being doused in a cascade of water from above was satisfying on so many levels, and from his vantage point, Sheldon grinned widely. He watched as Penny leaned out of her window and signalled to Bernadette who then catapulted several water balloons at the already drenched couple with uncontainable glee. Raj walked around the corner of the house just in time to get a water balloon straight in the chest, and as he looked down in shock Amy turned on the hose from where she was hidden under the deck.

His plan was being executed perfectly. Unlike the Physics Department Paintball team, this group was motivated and eager to win, and displayed a slightly terrifying viciousness. Penny in particular was acting rather Lara Croft today, and he had to admit it brought out the primitive male in him when she tossed him a victorious grin from her spot at the window before disappearing.

He had noticed a slight shift in himself towards the barbaric recently. Amy had dismissed it as a form of nesting- he the alpha male of his group, feeling protective of his house and the woman who resided within it. While she was indisputably the expert in brain function, he was unprepared to admit the cause was so simple. While Penny was a woman certainly, and she did live in his house, she was not his woman.

Amy had countered with a simple question. Did he want her to be?

The thought was vaguely terrifying. He would think about it later. Right now it was time to lay siege to Howard.