Penny (Sheldon) – Sheldon's identity in Penny's body
Sheldon (Penny) – Penny's identity in Sheldon's body
Chapter 2 - What the frak?
It was a Monday morning when Sheldon and Penny found out that their bodies exchanged. It wasn't the best morning they had and are found to be seated together, staring at nothing inside Sheldon's apartment. Penny, now in Sheldon's body, have a cup of coffee on her hands looking at the blank screen of the TV and sitting at the other end of the couch away from Sheldon. Sheldon, now in Penny's body is seating on his spot, have a bottle of water on his hands and looking at the blank screen of the TV. Both of them not saying anything just shocked on how on earth or what in god's name did their bodies swapped. Soon Leonard woke up and made his way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast not noticing the two sitting in the couch. Leonard helped himself for a cup of coffee but noticed that there was coffee already brewed. He looked around and jumped a little to see the two sitting and staring blankly at the TV screen. He also noticed that Penny (Sheldon) sat on Sheldon's godly spot and Sheldon (Penny) on the other end of the couch. This got him curious and raised his one eyebrow to the both of them.
"Good morning?" Leonard said as he took a sip from his coffee cup.
This got snapped out the two of them from their daze. Panic settled in between them. Both looked at each other seemed like talked through their eyes.
How are we supposed to do this, Penny?
The hell if I know, you're the scientist you figure it out.
Penny, if we want to get out of mess, you need to help me.
Sheldon, I don't know what happened. Let's just stick to our initial plan that we talked about earlier, and then we'll need the whole day to figure this out.
The whole day!? Penny, I need to work. I am a theoretical physicist who will change the world.
Sheldon, I need to work too. So please just stop thinking about yourself for one minute and work with me, okay?
Fine, let it be known that I Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper helped a woman in damsel in distress.
After the long pause, Sheldon (Penny) replied; "Good morning!"
"How come it took you a minute to answer my 'good morning'?" Leonard asked moving towards the seat next to them. As he sat down, Leonard smelled the coffee emanating from Sheldon's cup.
"Sheldon is that coffee?" Leonard asked and raised his eyebrow on him.
"Uhh…"Penny being in Sheldon's body panicked and racked her brain for an answer. Everyone knew that Sheldon didn't drink coffee.
"He was past his bedtime last night and got up earlier than he used too causing the shift in his REM cycle. I gave him caffeine to stimulate his neurons since he looked sleepy. Thus having coffee." Penny (Sheldon) answered eliciting a tic on his eyes. He was bad at lying.
Leonard still raising his one eyebrow at them could tell that something is off. He was trying to analyze why would Penny sit on Sheldon's spot and Sheldon not sitting on his spot. Also he was trying to absorb what Penny had just said, she used the words that would usually come out of Sheldon's mouth and noticing that Sheldon didn't answer his question about the coffee. (A/N: in Leonard's POV, he still doesn't know that their Penny and Sheldon's identities are switched so I am referring to their physical bodies).
"Hey, Sheldon, why haven't you prepared yet? We are going to be late at work." Leonard said getting up and letting the unusual situation slide.
Sheldon (Penny) panicked again for an answer. Luckily this is Penny, she is good at lying, and she can handle such small situation. "I still feel dizzy from the space mountain and my stomach feels kinda funny from the churro I ate and threw up. So I think I will skip work for now."
"Woah, are you okay? Do you want to go to the hospital?" Leonard asked being a good friend and roommate.
"Leonard, don't be absurd. The hospital is full of bacteria, viruses and sick people. Who knows what I'll… I mean, what Sheldon will come in contact with. You know very well that he loathes hospitals." Penny (Sheldon) said. Even if he is trapped in Penny's body he still didn't want to get his real body in contact with viruses, bacteria and nosocomial infection that lurks in the hospital.
"Okay, what about you Penny, don't you have work at the Cheesecake Factory?" Leonard asked and looked at Penny.
"I have the afternoon shift." Sheldon (Penny) answered.
"Okay, so how come Sheldon is answering and not you, Penny?" Leonard stated. He was really getting confused on how these two people are acting.
"We had a conversation earlier. So I was informed about her schedules for the day." Sheldon (Penny) said trying hard to speak Sheldonese.
"Ohh… okay, I'll go on ahead then. I'll just change some clothes… oh and by the way, why did you scream Sheldon?" Leonard asked looking back at them.
"I saw an… arachnid outside the window." Sheldon (Penny) said trying not to look away from him.
"Ohh okay… I'll go get changed then." Leonard said as he closed the door to his bedroom.
The two left in the living room sighed and sat down the couch again.
"That was a close one." Sheldon (Penny) said as she took a sip from her coffee.
"Evidently. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll fix some oatmeal for my breakfast since it is Monday." Penny (Sheldon) said as he made his way to the kitchen.
"I'll help myself on some French toast." Sheldon (Penny) said as she also made his way to the kitchen.
Just as they were preparing breakfast, Leonard came out and went to gather his things.
"Okay, I'll be going… Sheldon, I thought you're stomach is feeling funny, why are you making French toast?" Leonard asked as he fixed his bag.
"Uhh… Penny wanted some so I'm making it for her. In exchange, she will prepare my oatmeal." Sheldon (Penny) answered quickly.
"Really, that's weird. Usually you prepare your own meal because you don't want anyone touching your food." Leonard said.
"Sheldon, is training me on how to handle his food properly. I'm about to use gloves and don some hairnet." Penny (Sheldon) said as he donned some gloves.
Satisfied and not really caring about the two, he nodded and bade goodbye. They were left alone eating breakfast not talking because they were still taking in the fact that their bodies have been switched.
(A/N: now that Penny and Sheldon are alone, I'm going to use their original identities for you to understand the next part of the story)
"Okay, now that we are alone, how are we gonna deal with this matter?" Penny asked as she took a bite off her French toast.
"First of all, matter is anything that occupies space and has mass. For you to refer as this…" gesturing them "as a matter is not acceptable. Second, even with eidetic memory and IQ of 187, I cannot believe the next words will come out of my mouth, I don't have any idea on how this could have happened. " Sheldon replied.
Silence dawned over them, thinking of the past events that happened between them the day before. The only thing that happened is that they went to Disneyland. They rode and went to the Big Thunder mountain railroad, Disneyland monorail, Disneyland railroad, Finding Nemo submarine, Indiana Jones adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean, innoventions, space mountain, California screamin', splash mountain and many more. They saw the parade, the fireworks, fantasmic show, California World of Color, even joining the Jedi Training academy. Nothing came odd to the both of them.
"Nothing that I can remember odd happened yesterday." Penny said when she finished remembering what transpired yesterday in Disneyland.
"Penny, I don't trust your memory since you don't have and eidetic one like mine and you don't have an IQ of 187." Sheldon said as he finished his oatmeal and stood up to go to shower.
"Penny, I'm going to take a refreshing shower, I suggest that you too. Then we can talk about whatever this is." Sheldon suggested which Penny didn't argue with since she wanted a shower however…
"Wait!" Penny shouted causing Sheldon to jump and clutch his chest.
"Good grief, Penny are you giving me a heart attack?" Sheldon said as he took his time to catch his breath still clutching on his chest.
"Sheldon! What are you doing putting your hands on my chest?!" Penny shouted.
"Your chest… ohhh…" Sheldon said realizing that he was still trapped in Penny's body. "My apologies."
"Wait, you can't take a shower." Penny said.
"Excuse me, why can't I take a shower, I need to clean myself so as not to harbor any germs and keep myself from illness." Sheldon said.
"Well, I won't allow you to see me naked."
"Naked? Ohhh… that is right. Well how am I too take my shower if I a trapped in this body of yours?" Sheldon said anxious about his shower.
"I have an idea." This got Sheldon's attention. He really needs his shower badly.
"How do you propose on getting a shower without seeing each other naked?" Sheldon asked raising his eyebrow for an answer.
"Well, for you not to see my body naked while you shower, you need to blind fold yourself…"
"Blind fold myself? Really, how am I supposed to…"
"Let me finish sweetie. You have to blindfold yourself and I'll be the one who will clean my body for you. Meaning you don't have to see or touch anything just let me take care of it. in reverse, so that I won't have to see your naked body, I will blindfold myself while you clean your own body." Penny said with a smile proud that she was able to come up with an idea that is acceptable to Sheldon.
"Well, I suppose that is fine. Very well, I'll prepare my clothes that you will be wearing as you prepare the clothes I will be wearing. And Penny, I don't like those shorts or tank tops that doesn't really cover your body. I don't want anyone looking at your body like you're piece of meat."
"It's my body, it's my decision on what to wear."
"I know it is your body, but since I am the one inside your body, I don't want men eyeing on your body. It's annoying."
"Fine if that's the case, then I will have to prepare the clothes your body is going to wear. Seriously, jeans will be much better with your superhero shirts. And you need to lessen wearing those shirts."
"Penny, I like my superhero shirts. Don't change my wardrobe."
"Fine, I won't but jeans will be staying as you insist on me wearing clothes that will cover me up decently."
"Agreed, now can I go to shower already?"
"Let's go, here put on your blindfold."
After both have taken shower, they were quiet. They were in Sheldon's apartment sitting in the couch. Well it was really awkward for them to clean their bodies in other perspective especially when it came to clean their own genitals. It was really weird. So both of them sat in silence.
"So… what are we gonna do today?" Penny broke the silence and the awkwardness between them.
"Well, as you have said earlier we need to figure this out and resolve it immediately before, this gets out of hand." Sheldon said erasing the writings on his board.
"How do you plan to approach this?" Penny asked.
"Well, let's see from what we can remember yesterday. We'll compare it and formulate hypothesis from there." Sheldon said.
"So what do you remember from the events of yesterday?"
"Well, we went to Disneyland. We rode cool rides even if you don't like heights. Ate churros, chowder and bought toys and your hat."
"I do agree on what you have just enumerated. I kept on going back to the scenes of yesterday and I don't find anything odd about anything. Except Goofy of course, he gives me the jitters and nightmares."
"Hmm… what about your sciency stuff? Anything?"
"I'm afraid only science fiction will explain."
"Hey, something the same have happened in the movie, It's a boy girl thing."
"Penny, chick flicks are nothing but a waste of time. And take note that it is a movie not a documentary or claims of real life situations such as what is happening to us right now."
"Whatever, well in the movie, they we're in front of this statue and said something at the same time causing them to change identities like us."
"Which leads you to think that we need to find this statue and say the same words from the movie hoping that it will change things back to the way it is?"
"It was just a suggestion…"
"Seriously Penny" Sheldon said as he stared into the whiteboard trying to analyze the data and come up with a hypothesis.
"Wait… Sheldon remember when we were in the ferris wheel thingy?"
"Penny, I have an eidetic memory, of course I can remember. And I think you mean Mickey's Fun Wheel."
"Whatever" Penny said rolling her eyes. " Remember what happened? It was after the world of colors that we took our last ride. The Mickey's Fun Wheel."
"Ohh… I remember that. I didn't consider that as a fact since I have always thought it was normal that the wheel will spin the other way instead of clockwise as a part of what they call fun."
"We were at the peak when it stopped and it turned counter clockwise."
"Yes, and just then we felt dizzy and a cold breeze which is impossible because the wind can't go in because of the windows being closed and the door."
"Yeah, that's right. After the ride we bumped into Goofy and gave us…"
"The Mickey mouse necklace. In which I gave it to you since it came from Goofy."
"Do you think?"
"It's plausible.
"So what do we do know?"
"We'll go look for Goofy."
"Sheldon, you do realize that there are a lot of workers that use the costume of Goofy?"
"You're right. It will be impossible to track the same Goofy that we have met yesterday. Also there is the Mickey's fun wheel conundrum. We have to go back."
"What? Now?"
"Yes, Penny now. If we want to get back our own bodies we need to do it now or forever we be stuck in this situation."
"What if we fail?"
"Let's not hope of that result. If it fails then we have to stick on what he have talked about earlier. We'll pretend to be each other so that no one suspects."
"Sheldon, what if I need to pretend to be you. I don't know science like you do."
"I will help you. You can also take this an acting class. That is if this expedition fails."
"I hope not. Let's go back to Disneyland!"
They went back to Disneyland to resolve whatever happened to them. Neither of them knows what will happen next.
Goofy took off his mascot and revealed someone very familiar to Sheldon and Penny.
"I'm sorry Shelly and Penny. I didn't mean to play God to the both of you but you need to realize how important the both of you with each other."
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