Penny turned her whole body around so she was sitting directly in front of him as she clutched the little box. Leonard examined her expression, trying to figure out if there was going to be a good or bad ending to this night, but all he saw on her face was shock.

"Leonard… I…" She spoke quietly as she stuttered. "You mean it?"

Leonard heard the crack in her voice and noticed a few tears that were beginning to form in her eyes. He took this as a good sign and smiled as he took a hold of her hand. "Of course I mean it, Penny. I love you. I want to spend my life with you." He pulled her hand up to his mouth and kissed her knuckles softly. "Penny, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I can't believe how lucky I am to have found you and I don't ever plan on letting you go." He lifted his hand and used it to stroke her hair then tuck it behind her ear. "You are so beautiful, so sweet, kind and funny. You have made me into a much better man than I ever was before, simply by being in my life." He noticed a single tear drop from her eye and he immediately wiped it away with his thumb. He grinned when he saw that Penny was no longer in shock, she was no longer confused as a smile slowly appeared on her face. "I can't imagine ever being with anyone else. I can't think of anyone in this world I would rather have as my wife than you. So…" He took the ring from Pennys hand and stood her up. "Let me do this properly," He said and Penny giggled as she stood in front of him, wiping away the few more tears that were falling. Leonard got down on one knee and held the open box out in front of him, "Penny, will you marry me?"

Penny grinned as she looked into his eyes and stroked his cheek with one hand. "Yes." She knelt down beside him as she put her other hand to his face and pulled him in for a kiss. "Yes, I will marry you." She said when she pulled away from him.

Leonard smiled at her happy, teary eyed face and couldn't quite believe what he was hearing. His heart threatened to burst out of his chest and do somersaults along the beach, and he would quite happily do the same if he had even the slightest idea how to do it. He eventually managed to pull his eyes away from her and take the little ring out of its box and place it where it was destined to be. He took a hold of her hand and slid the ring on her finger, noticing how shaky his hands were as he done it. Penny must have noticed it too because she held his hand tightly with both of hers and kissed it, before kissing him again.

Their kiss was met with a certain amount of wooping and clapping from the few people around the beach who had been watching their exchange, unbeknownst to them. They both pulled away from each other and giggled when they looked around and noticed the people dotted around the beach. The sound of someone whistling caught their attention and they looked in the direction of the noise, their eyes meeting the sight of Eric jumping up and down in the distance, excitedly and waving his hands in front of his face to dry his own tears. They then realized that they were stood in perfect view of the restaurant that they were just eating at, and a few people were gathered around the big window watching them.

"Did you know they were there?" Leonard said, turning back around to face Penny.

Penny smiled and shook her head, before holding his face again and pulling his mouth on to hers. They stayed in their embrace for a few minutes, neither one of them wanting to let the moment go. It was interrupted however, by the sound of Leonards phone buzzing in his pocket again. Penny looked at him in confusion for a second, wondering why he wasn't checking his phone. "That can wait." He said with a smile, knowing full well that it was Raj texting him and not feeling the need to check it.

"I love you Leonard." Penny said as she touched her forehead with his and placed their noses together.

"I love you too."

"I can't believe I'm going to be a Mrs Hofstadter." Penny giggled as she held her hand out in front of her, gazing at it as she and Leonard began to climb the stairs to their apartment. She still had Leonards jacket on, with the sleeves pulled up a little so it didn't cover her ring.

"I can't believe you agreed to become a Mrs Hofstadter!" Leonard replied.

"Did you really think I'd say no?"

"Well, it's not like you haven't said no before." Leonard said.

"Yeah but, that was different." She said becoming quite defensive.

Leonard laughed and held her hand. "Relax, I know." He said kissing her hand. "You know… you will be the only Mrs Hofstadter." He said as they turned the corner to head up the second flight of stairs.

Penny was immediately confused. "What about your mom, and your sister?"

"They are both doctors. As is my brother's wife. Oh… wait, I don't think my grandmother was… Okay let me rephrase, you will be the only live Mrs Hofstadter." He said with a grin.

"You know, funnily enough, that doesn't exactly make me feel great!" She joked. "I'm going to be the only woman in your family that isn't a doctor!"

"Yeah, but that's a good thing. We gotta break the trend." Leonard giggled. "You really didn't know I was going to ask?"

"Not really." She said shaking her head slightly. "I knew something was up. I knew there was no way you went shopping for clothes with Howard and Raj, but I thought you were just buying me jewellery or something, didn't cross my mind you were buying this!" Penny smiled as she held up her hand and then averted her gaze back to the diamond on her finger. "It really is beautiful you know? Well done." She said with a smile.

"I'm glad you like it," He said as they began to walk up the last few steps to their hallway. "And I'm glad it fits." He giggled.

Penny smiled at him then bit her lip as she led him towards their apartment, Leonard smiled back and was about to go in for a kiss when his phone buzzed in his pocket again. He groaned loudly in anger and frustration. "What's wrong?" Penny asked.

"We can't go in there yet." He said sadly. Penny looked at him, completely puzzled. "There are two little nerds in there," He nodded his head towards 4A, "that are dying to know what happened tonight, and if we don't go in there and tell them, my phone is going to continue to buzz for the rest of the night." He said as he held up his phone, revealing three unread texts, all from Raj.

"They knew?!" Penny said, surprised. Leonard nodded. She stood there with her mouth agape for a few seconds before closing it and thinking hard to herself. "Was that why they were acting so weird today?" He nodded again. "And they really did go with you that day? When you got this?" Leonard chuckled and nodded again. Penny crossed her arms and shook her head. "You sneaky little bastards!"

Leonard giggled and took a hold of her hand. "Come on, let's get this over with quickly so we can consummate this thing!"

Penny laughed as she followed Leonard, "Okay, but don't say anything at first, just act normal. I wanna mess with those little nerds." Leonard chuckled and nodded as Penny pulled the sleeves of Leonards jacket down so the diamond on her finger was no longer visible.

"Hey guys." She said as cool as possible when she entered the apartment. As usual her greeting was met by ones of the same fashion from the people in the room, except from Howard and Raj who were looking at her and then Leonard expectantly.

"How was your dinner?" Bernadette asked.

"Oh, it was alright." Penny answered as she sat down on the arm of the sofa. Leonard made his way to the kitchen to get a bottle of water and keep his attention away from the stares of Howard and Raj.

"Just alright?" Howard asked and Penny nodded.

"Nothing exciting happen?" Raj said as a smile appeared on his face.

Penny pretended to think hard and replied with "Nope. We had a pretty interesting waiter called Eric, he was pretty cool."

"That's it?!" Howard and Raj said together. Bernadette and Amy looked at the guys in complete confusion as Leonard tried his hardest to stop himself from laughing.

"Hey, where's Sheldon?" Leonard asked as he realized his spot was empty.

"He's in bed." Howard said quickly, and then glared at him, as did Raj. "So nothing noteworthy happened tonight?"

"Nothing at all?" Raj added.

Leonard giggled, "Penny, just tell them before they explode."

"Alright then." She said as she pulled up her sleeve. "We got engaged!" Leonard watched her as she stood up excitedly waving her left hand in the air, finding it funny at how girly she became as the girls surrounded her.

"Oh my God! I am so surprised!" Raj said, trying his best to sound surprised.

Penny scoffed and glared at him, "I know you knew." She stated and he opened in mouth in fake shock. "And you too, Howard." She said as she turned to give him the same look Raj had gotten.

"You knew!" Bernadette said in shock. "And you didn't tell me!"

"He told me not too!" Howard protested, pointing a finger towards Leonard.

"He's right I did." Leonard said as he walked back over to his friends.

Everyone turned their attention back to the happy couple, asking questions about the night. The girls fussed over Penny, admiring her ring and telling her how beautiful it was, making Leonard feel extremely proud of himself for picking one everyone loved and eventually the subject of the wedding came up.

"Oooh, oooh, I have to be the wedding planner!" Raj exclaimed.

Penny and Leonard looked at each other in panic, before Penny said "Um… yeah, let us get back to you on that one!"