The day that Penny's parents were due to arrive came quickly, Leonard could remember calling them like it was just yesterday. Somehow he had managed to keep himself from obsessing over what he would say to Penny's father when the day arrived, but only just. And now, with only hours before they arrived, he found himself pacing the apartment, panicking over what to say and how to say it. Wondering how he was going to get her father alone this weekend so he could have the talk without either Penny or her mother knowing what was going on. It wasn't going to be easy, but he was certain he would find a way, he had to.

"Hey, honey." Penny said as she entered the apartment, snapping Leonard out of his panicked state. She looked dishevelled and tired as she dropped her purse on the floor and collapsed onto the couch.

"Hey." Leonard said as he walked over to the couch, lifted her feet and placed them on top of him as he sat down. "How were rehearsals?"

Penny groaned into the pillow and turned around so her head was resting on the armrest. "Long and exhausting. We only have one more dress rehearsal which is tomorrow so everyone was kind of stressed out today, but we are pretty much ready now for Saturday." Penny smiled a little at Leonard, then put her nose in the air and sniffed. "What is that I can smell?"

"Ah ha!" Leonard grinned, got off the sofa and headed to the kitchen. "I made dinner."

Penny smiled and followed him to the kitchen. "You're kidding right?" Leonard shook his head. "When did you learn how to cook?" She said raising an eyebrow.

"I found a recipe for beef bourguignon on the internet, so I thought I would give it a try. Don't get too excited, it could end up tasting like feet." He said with a chuckle as he took out two plates from the cupboard.

Penny went over to the hob, lifted the lid from the big pot and smelled the food that was cooking inside. "Mmm, doesn't smell like feet, so that's a good sign!" She giggled, put the lid back on and turned around to face him. "I still don't get it though, why did you decide to suddenly go all Martha Stewart on me?"

"Very funny." He answered as he set the table. "I thought it would be nice for us to sit down and have dinner, then maybe watch a movie afterwards. We have barely seen each other these past few days with me working during the day and you at rehearsals in the evening." Leonard smiled at her and just managed to keep the rest of the reason he was going through so much trouble inside. It was true that she had been working a lot lately and he really did want to spend some quality time with her, but the whole night had been planned so that she would be awake for her parents arriving. She had been coming home from work and heading straight to bed after having a quick bite to eat, and he knew he couldn't let that happen tonight. So he decided the best way to keep her up, was to cook her dinner and watch a movie.

Penny smiled and walked towards him, wrapping her arms around his neck as soon as she got close enough. "You are amazing you know that?" She said as she looked into his eyes.

Leonard grinned, "I wouldn't say that until we have tried the food, I could end up poisoning you, wouldn't be so amazing then would I?"

Penny laughed and kissed him on the lips. "Okay, I'm going to go for a quick shower first."

"Yeah I think that's a good idea." Leonard said as he scrunched his face up.

Penny giggled and hit him on the arm, "Shut up." She said and then headed into the room.

15 minutes later, Penny came back into the room, as Leonard was setting the food out on the table. "Just in time!" He said when he spotted her.

Penny beamed as she sat at the table, while Leonard poured them a glass of wine each and then sat down with her. They happily chatted and joked while they ate Leonards dinner, that they both agreed didn't taste like feet. He was actually quite proud he had managed to pull it off because he was sure it was going to be a disaster. At the end of their dinner, Leonard noticed that Penny kept on yawning, and her eyes seemed to be getting heavier. If it was any other night, he would have suggested they skip the movie and head to bed, but that wasn't an option tonight.

"So, what movie do you want to watch?" He said as perky as he could, in the hope that it would wake her up a little.

She yawned again, but he could see her try her hardest to hide it and match his perkiness. "Is it my turn to pick? I thought it was yours?" Leonard nodded and she grinned, obviously happy she didn't have to sit through one of his movies. She got up and headed over to the cupboard where the DVDs were kept and rummaged through them while Leonard went to the sink to wash the dishes.

A few minutes later, Penny skipped over to him at the kitchen sink, with a DVD in hand. "I picked one!" She said happily then put it down on the counter and began to dry off the dishes he had washed.

"What did you pick?" He said as he dried off his hands and picked up the DVD. Penny grinned when she saw his face fall. "P.S I Love You?" He whined. "Really?" Penny giggled and nodded her head. Suddenly Leonard was worried more about keeping himself awake than her. "We have watched this like 3 times already! Do we have to watch it again?"

"Oh come on 3 times is nothing! How many times have you seen Star Wars?"

"That's different!"

"How?"

"Because stuff actually happens in Star Wars. This is just some silly movie about a widow who gets letters!"

"letters from her dead Husband! It's romantic!" Penny said as she laughed at his despair and put away the dishes she had washed. "Quit being a baby and go put it on!"

Leonard huffed and headed over to the television. "The only reason you even want to watch this movie is because you like the British guy in it." He said as he put the DVD in the player and sat on the sofa.

Penny laughed as she headed over to the couch. "Actually, he's Irish." She said as she lay down, resting her head on Leonards lap.

"Oh, I see and that's better is it?" He said as he took the remote from the table and pressed play.

"Wayyy better!"

"Alright then." He said and then tried to use an Irish accent. "Suppose we better watch the movie then, eh darlin'!"

Penny frowned and turned her head to look up at him. "What the hell was that?"

"What?! I was using an Irish accent! Don't you like it?"

Penny shook her head. "I don't know what that was, but it was definitely not an Irish accent! It was more like a cross between an Australian and a Russian one." She chuckled.

Leonard opened his mouth and pretended to be shocked. "Are you telling me you don't like my Rustralian accent?" He said using the same accent as before.

Penny laughed and shook her head. "Shh, the movie's starting." She said in a whisper.

"Ohhh I wonder what's going to happen." He whispered in a mocking tone. Penny giggled again and Leonard settled down and began to absentmindedly play with her hair as he tried to focus on the film.

About half and hour into the movie, Leonard received a text from Pennys father, telling him that they had just arrived at the hotel to drop off their bags and that they would be heading to their place soon. Leonard grinned widely as he began to get excited to see Pennys reaction to her parents visiting. Plus, he had been spending most of the time she was watching the movie making sure that she didn't fall asleep on his lap and he was glad that it would finally be over.

Before long, there was a knock at the door. Leonard's heart immediately began to pump with excitement, so much so that he almost jumped up and ran to the door.

"Who on earth is knocking on our door at this time?" Penny moaned as she looked at her phone and saw that it was just after half 9.

"I don't know… Why don't you go see?" Leonard said, trying his hardest to stay calm.

"Why me? Why don't you go?" She asked with a frown.

"I can't go… I am like sooo into this movie!" He said as seriously as he could.

Penny dropped her jaw as she sat up. "You're just being lazy." She said with a glare. "What if it's a murderer or a burglar, and you are sending me to go answer the door to them?!"

"Stop being dramatic." He said with a chuckle. "And think about it, if it was one of those things, who out of the two of us would be of more use?"

"Hmm." Penny said as she got up off the sofa. "I guess you're right. You would just scream like a little girl." She grinned at him then turned to look through the peephole. "OH MY GOD!" She screamed as she opened the door. Leonard chuckled as he got up off the sofa, turning the DVD off as he went.

"MOM, DAD!" Penny shouted as she ran out into the hall and hugged each one of them. "Leonard look!" She said as she excitedly headed back into the apartment.

Leonard laughed and held out his had to shake Wyatts as he entered the apartment. "Hello, Sir. Nice to see you again." Wyatt ignored Leonards hand and gave him a hug instead.

"Good to see ya Leonard! How you been?" Wyatt said with his slight country twang.

"Good thanks." He answered when Wyatt let go of him. Leonard then headed over to Pennys mother to greet her. "Hello, Ma'am." He said holding out his hand again.

"Sweetheart, what did I tell you the last time we met?" Pennys mother said and Leonard panicked a little as he searched his mind. "You save your 'Ma'am' for when I'm the Queen okay? Until then, you call me Hilary." She said with a smile that immediately calmed Leonards panic.

He smiled and nodded. "Sorry, Hilary. I forgot." He said shyly as she pulled him in for a hug.

Leonard had always liked Pennys parents. They were just the right mix of genuinely sweet and caring, with a hint of an 'I'll tell it like it is.' attitude. Most of that attitude came from her mother. She was blonde, like Penny, and was quite a curvy lady, but you could tell she didn't care. She was the type of woman that just didn't bother about what anyone thought about her. She was loud and at times obnoxious, and if she didn't like you, you would know it, but it was rare for her not to like someone. Despite her attitude, she was an incredibly likeable woman, who got along with most people. That likeability was definitely one of the things she passed down to Penny. She could be a complete bitch sometimes, but somehow everyone still loved her.

"Jesus you guys seem happier to see him than me!" Penny joked.

"Oh, don't you be getting jealous sweetheart!" Hilary said when she let go of Leonard.

"I'll go get some drinks in. Wine okay for everyone?" Leonard asked as he headed to the kitchen and everyone agreed.

"So, what are you doing here?" Penny asked excitedly as they all sat down, Penny and her mother on the sofa, and Wyatt on the chair.

"Well, a little bird told us that you were in a play this weekend." Wyatt began.

"And there was no way we were going to miss watching our baby girl on stage!" Hilary added. Penny beamed as she looked at each of her parents then furrowed her brow a little as she figured out who had told them to come.

"You told them?!" She said as she turned to Leonard in the kitchen.

Leonard just smiled and continued to pour the wine. Then he looked up and frowned. "No, I don't think you were listening, your dad said it was a little bird. Do I look like a bird?" Penny just smiled and stared at him. "Okay, it was me." He said smiling again as he took two glasses to give to Hilary and Wyatt.

"The real question is, why didn't you tell us?" Hilary said to Penny. "We told you to tell us next time you were in a play so we could come and see you."

Penny returned her attention to her mother. "Oh, I know, but I just got so busy that I forgot to call and then when I did remember it was too late to expect you to come up." She then looked back at Leonard in awe. "When did you tell them to come? Did you know they were coming here today? How did you manage to hide this from me?!"

Leonard giggled as he handed Penny her drink and sat down beside her. "Calm down. I asked them about a week ago, yes I knew they were coming today and to be honest I have no idea how I managed to keep it a secret, I've been dying to tell you since the day I asked them." Penny smiled and shook her head in disbelief, then pulled him in for a kiss.

"Woah come on you two leave that for the bedroom!" Hilary said.

"Oh leave them alone and drink your wine!" Wyatt said with a grin.

Penny pulled away from Leonard, and began to chat away to her parents. They caught up with everything that had been happening back home in Nebraska and Penny told them all about her work and college. They had barely finished their first bottle of wine, when Pennys tiredness began to show again. Her voice began to croak, her eyes became heavy and she started to yawn. "Oh sweetheart, are you tired?" Hilary asked sweetly as she stroked Pennys hair. Penny rested her head against Leonards shoulder and slowly nodded, having her parents around had almost turned her into a little girl again. Pennys parents decided it was time that they went back to their hotel and slept to make sure they were refreshed for the next day. They agreed that they would come back over to the apartment tomorrow afternoon, after Penny had finished her last rehearsal.

This was Hilary's first time in California, and she was excited to hit the stores, so she and Penny agreed to go shopping, much to the disappointment of Leonard and Wyatt. However, Leonard quickly realized the reason that he had invited them here in the first place and realized this was the perfect moment to arrange to do something with Wyatt where it would be just the two of them. But before Leonard had the chance to speak up and arrange something, Wyatt spoke first. "Well, looks like it's just us two, son. Unless you wanna go shopping with the girls?" Leonard laughed and shook his head. "Good. I was thinking we could head down to the Dodgers stadium, see if we can't pick ourselves up some tickets for the game?"

Leonard tried his hardest to hide his confusion and nodded. "Yeah… That sounds great."

Wyatt smiled "Alright! It's a date!" He laughed. "Now come on Hilary, think it's about time we left, Penny looks like she's about to fall asleep here." And with that, Hilary and Wyatt said their good-byes and left.

Leonard already felt much more confident about the talk he had to have with Wyatt. Seeing Pennys parents again reminded him of how much they already treated him like family. Wyatt even called him son, it was something he hadn't paid much attention to before, but suddenly now, as he was about to ask permission to join their two families together, it stuck out in his mind. It told him he had already accepted him as a son, whether he was married to Penny or not, and knowing that was a big relief.

Penny headed straight to bed when her parents left, while Leonard stayed up to put away their wine glasses. He ran through in his mind a few times what he thought he might say to Wyatt, but everything he thought up he dismissed as not being good enough. He decided to stop thinking about it just now because he wasn't getting anywhere, and decided to focus instead on what the 'dodgers' were. Wyatt had said he wanted to take him to see them play, but he had no idea what they played. Football? Basketball? Baseball? Soccer? There were so many options and he had no idea which one it was. He was about to go on his iPhone and look it up, when he heard Penny shout on him from the bedroom. He frowned at first, because he thought she was sleeping, and then he put his phone back in his pocket, and headed into the bedroom.

"I thought you were sleeping?" He said to Penny, who was curled up beneath the covers in bed.

"Not yet." She grumbled. "Come here." She said as she patted the space beside her.

Leonard smiled, turned the lights off in the apartment, and then stripped down to his boxers and t-shirt before slipping into bed beside her. She instantly wrapped her arms around him and nuzzled her face into his neck. "Thank you." She said quietly and reached up to kiss him.

"What for?" He asked confused.

"For making me dinner today," She said as she made patterns on his t-shirt. "For watching the movie with me, well part of it anyway, for bringing my Mom and Dad here, and for being so freaking amazing."

Leonard let out a little laugh, and then gave her a kiss on her head. "You're welcome." He whispered. "Penny can I ask you something?"

"Yeah?"

"Who are the dodgers?"

"I was wondering when you were going to ask me that," She laughed. "They're a baseball team, sweetie."