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Penny woke up from a very pleasant dream, the smile returning to her face as she thought about Leonard, she just couldn't believe that someone like Leonard would give her the best date she's ever had. a small part her did feel guilty though back in high school a guy like Leonard she would of picked on ,no chance she would of gone on a date with them. The guilt turned to shame at how she judged guys based on there social circles and not who they where, she knew this was part of the reason why she didn't want to tell Cheryl the truth. Cheryl was her oldest friend and travelled from Nebraska not long after her and Kurt so she knew what Penny was like at high school. This is why she couldn't tell her the truth not that she was ashamed but because she knew Cheryl would end up teasing her for enjoying a date with that type of guy. Reminding her how they used to pick guys like him ,she then realised that she still had to face Cheryl and her questioning about what happened last night. With knowing there was nothing she could do to stop it ,Penny got up and went to take shower, before getting ready for work, then having to deal with Cheryl.
The guys where all huddled together in the shack listening to Sheldon plan a strategy for them to win a paintball, it was pretty useless as they always ended up losing. Howard decided this was a good time to ask about his date with Penny " Hey Leonard wasn't it your big date with the hot waitress last night?".
Looking over at Howard eyeing him suspiciously " Yeah".
"So how did it go?".
Leonard just looked at Howard the Raj and saw expectant looks on there faces and the annoyed look on Sheldon's for being interrupted" Erm it was okay"
"Just okay you go on a date with the hottest girl I have ever seen and all you can say is it was okay?"
Glaring at Howard " What do you want me to say?"
" I don't know, how about you tell us what you guys did, did she kiss you did you kiss her?" finishing with a creepy smile.
" I'm not going to tell you anything Howard, we had dinner watched a movie and that's all your going to get" getting up and leaving the shack deciding to avoid being hit than tell them about his date.
Penny took a deep breath before leaving the bedroom, only to be greeted not only by Cheryl but Emma and Sally as well " Oh hey guys what you doing here?".
Cheryl spoke for them" I think you know why, we want to know how your date went last night".
"Oh I don't really have the time I have to get to work "
"Oh please since when have you gone to work on time, sit tells what happened
Penny looked at her girlfriends all looking at her expectantly, letting out a sigh she moved to the couch and sat down, she wished she had more time to think of what to say to them.
Cheryl just stared at Penny waiting for her to say something but she didn't so decided to push her" So what happened?"
"Well he picked me up then we went to dinner and watched a movie"
Cheryl frowned " If that's all you did then how come you didn't come in till after 2 in the morning?"
Damn what does she say to that, " Erm well I wanted to go a club so after our date he dropped me off and I went to a club by myself then got a cab home"
Cheryl looked at Penny dubiously some how she didn't quite believe what Penny was saying but decided to leave it for now and focus on her time with Leonard " So how did the date with Leonard go?"
Apart of her wanted to tell the truth that she had been on the best date of her life and would happily go on another with Leonard if he asked, but she was scared of what they might say. Would they be happy for her or would they laugh at her for wanting to date someone like Leonard , instead of the kind of guys she used to date or they expected her to date.
"Well it was okay nothing great but it wasn't the worst date I ever went on so you know it wasn't bad" Looking at the three girls seeing if they had bought what she told them.
"Well I guess that will have to do, a shame though , but about what i'd expect from a guy who probably never been on a date before" Sally said.
Penny didn't take to kindly to the insult to Leonard but decided to hold her tongue and just get out of there " Well i have to go need to get to work" getting up and leaving before they could say anything more. Once in her car she took her breath she knew this wasn't the end of it the look on Cheryl's face showed that she didn't really believe what she said. But for now she had some more time to think, starting her car driving off to work.
Back in Cheryl's apartment, Cheryl sat going over what Penny said whilst the others continued to talk among themselves it was Sally who brought her out of her reverie. " Cheryl when are we going to get the shoes for Penny?"
Looking at her for a moment " I don't know, but i think we should hold off from buying them for now"
"Why she won the bet"
"Did she?".
"What do you mean? you said that he picked her up, and she came back late and you heard her while it wasn't much of a date it was still a date so she did what we wanted"
"That's just it i'm not sure she did, yes he picked her up but i'm not sure they went on a date"
"Okay what do you think happened?"
" I'm don't know, but i'm leaning towards them making a deal where they gave the impression they went on a date but actually didn't "
"You really think they would do that just to win a bet, but what would he get of it?".
"I really don't know the only other alternative is she is lying about what happened on the date but why would she do that ,unless she had a nice time and thinks we will make fun of her".
"Well let's be honest we probably would of ,if she told us she had a nice time with him" Sally said.
Emma spoke " I wouldn't of laughed at her well a few years back maybe, but I've served those guys for years and I always thought Leonard was kinda cute, i'd of gone out with him if he asked"
Cheryl thought Sally was kind of right, but while she might of teased Penny for enjoying her date with Leonard ,she wouldn't of made fun of her or mocked or picked on her . She did understand why Penny might be worried and how she would probably think they'd make fun of her for dating Leonard after all they used to pick on guys like him at school. But she wasn't like that any more and she did think he was quite cute looking along with Raj ,on the other hand Howard was quite creepy looking and Sheldon was well Sheldon. But she still needed to know if they did or didn't go on a date so she came up with a plan.
"Girls, I think we should try and convince Penny to up the bet"
"What do you mean?"
"I think we should offer her something else if she's goes on another date with him"
"Okay say that she agrees we still won't know whether she is pretending to date him or if she really likes him"
Smiling Cheryl answered " Actually we will because we're going to spy on them and see what happens"
"I don't like the sound of that, if she finds out you know what her tempers like".
"She won't as long as you don't get spotted, also Emma I need you to swap shifts with her again"
"Really? why?".
"Because I want to see how they are around each other, if she truly likes him i'll know".
Sally and Emma where not sure about this but agreed anyway just out of curiosity, with Emma also agreeing to ask Penny to switch shifts with her again.
They managed to get Penny to work the late shift on Tuesday for Emma again, Cheryl was waiting with curiosity about what will happen Penny had been quite frustrating. Every time she brought up her date with Leonard Penny would change the subject and would still not tell anymore details about what they did on there date. Although Penny was also getting annoyed with her for not honouring the bet she says she won and buying her those new shoes for winning like they promised. Cheryl and the girls fully intended to honour it as soon as they seen how she would act around him tonight, and then see if they can get her to up the bet with her going on another date with Leonard.
Penny was looking forward to working this shift, she hadn't heard from Leonard since there date on Friday and she wanted to see if he'd like to go out on another date with her. Although she wasn't looking forward to seeing his creepy friend again as she had yet to ask one of her colleagues to agree to go on a date with him. She had thought of telling him Cheryl wanting to go out with him , telling him she was just playing hard to get that's why she kept turning him down, she thought it would be funny to watch him keep hitting on her. That would teach her a lesson for not buying those shoes she rightfully won, but she wasn't that cruel, deciding she'd ask the new waitress who had started. Although that was risky as she didn't know what she would be like, although Leonard's creepy friend probably wouldn't notice what she was like due to been well stacked for such a small woman.
She saw the door open and smiled when she saw Leonard come in with his friends, although she also expected Leonard's creepy friend to as her about the girl she promised to set him up with. That shifted her mood slightly but then knowing she'll be able to see and talk to Leonard whilst he's here more than made up for having to deal with his friends. Maybe she might be able to get him alone and do something she's never done and ask him if he'd like to go on another date with her, because she really wanted too.
Making her way over to there table once they sat " Hi guys i'll be your waitress can I start you off with some drinks"
Unfortunately Sheldon spoke first " Oh not you again, why are you serving us instead of Emma?"
Surprisingly Penny just rolled her eyes at what he said, she figured that she'd have to get used to his behaviour if she was going to be spending more time with Leonard. She did wonder if Sheldon he lived alone, because she didn't think anyone would have the patience be crazy enough to live with someone like him.
"Well it's good to see you too, now what would like to drink guys?".
"Can we have three diet cokes and a lemonade please Penny". Leonard said smiling at her.
Giving him as smile back" Sure coming right up"
Leonard watched her leave to get there drinks he had been torn on whether to ask her out again the euphoria he felt after there date had worn off and now he was questioning whether she would agree to gout out with him again.
Penny returned with there drinks, surprisingly remembering who had what " There you go guys have you decided what you want?".
After giving her there orders and leaving Leonard got up and made his way to the restroom, after coming out he saw Penny clearing a empty table and decided to approach her.
"Hey"
turning at the sound of the voice seeing that it was Leonard she smiled " Hey Leonard, what's up?".
"I erm, I just wanted to say that I had a nice time on our date"
Smiling at the memory " Me too"
'That was good' Leonard thought "So I was wondering if you would like to maybe go out again sometime?".
Penny was happy that he'd asked her saving her from trying to ask him " Sure i'd love too, just let me know when and we'll arrange something".
"Great i'll call you" still smiling Penny answered " You'd better i'm looking forward to it", seeing his friends looking at them and turning to see Cheryl and Sally staring at her "I think you'd better get back to your friends and let me finish clearing this table before I bring your orders over".
Nodding" Sure i'll see you at our table then" giving her one last smile before heading back to his table.
Cheryl had been watching Penny the entire time she was around his table but couldn't see anything out of the ordinary or anything to suggest that she was attracted to Leonard. So she was now more certain that maybe they messed with them and hadn't gone a date just pretended to in order to win the bet, why she couldn't figure that out yet. However when she saw Leonard walk up to Penny and start talking to her she saw something she wasn't expecting and now she realised she was wrong ,the look on her face it was obvious she did like him. Cheryl smiled she was happy for her but also annoyed because that meant she lied about how there date went. So she decided she was still going to go ahead with her plan and have her go on another date with him and get the girls to spy on them.
After bringing the guys there meals,Penny made her way over to the bar where Cheryl was standing with Sally she saw them both smiling at her and it made her a bit nervous as to why " Hey what she you two smiling about?".
"Nothing we just saw you talking to Leonard and wondered what you where talking about, that's all". Sally said grinning.
Penny didn't quite believe them but let it go " Oh well he was just saying thank you for our date the other day that's all".
Cheryl decided now was a good time to ask " So about the bet, do you fancy say upping it a bit ?".
Penny frowned she didn't know what she was up to" What do you mean?"
Cheryl continued" Well how about you go on another date with him, if he agrees to it we'll buy you a dress as the shoes, but if he doesn't then we don't have to get you the shoes".
Penny smiled at this not only was she going to get a pair of shoes but now a dress as well,they didn't know that he'd already asked her on a second date she was just waiting to find out when. Although she wondered if they had to see him ask her out or her ask him? " Erm does he have to ask me or can I ask him?".
Cheryl thought about it, but decided it didn't really matter as all she wanted to do was get them on a date so she can found out just how much Penny really likes Leonard.
" It's up to you if you want to ask him then go ahead and it doesn't have to be in front of us".
Cheryl's answer surprised Penny but it was a relief she didn't have to have Leonard ask her out again in front of them, " Well I might as well tell you then he already asked me out again" deciding to lie a little. "However I told him I wasn't sure and i'd think about it".
Cheryl had seen there interaction and knew Penny was probably lying ,he wouldn't of looked so happy if she'd said that, she guessed Penny had in fact said yes and was just keeping it to her self. It didn't matter that she had lied " Well go tell him you that you will go on another date with him", smiling at her.
Penny looked at her for a moment before shrugging " Okay" walking away and back to the guys table going directly to Leonard leaning over to whisper in his ear " I'm looking forward to our date". It got her the reaction she wanted he looked at her with a huge smile on his face " Me too". turning and leaving his table making her way back to Cheryl " There I told him yes ".
Cheryl knew now though that Penny was just pretending and she probably had already agreed to go on a date with when they spoke earlier, but she wasn't going to bring it up. "That's great, when are you going out?".
"I don't know he said he would call and let me know". walking away before Cheryl could ask her anything else, but unfortunately she was suddenly face to face with Leonard's creepy friend.
"Well hello fair lady, I hope you haven't forgotten our deal"
Sighing " No I haven't".
"Then when do I get to meet the mother of my children?"
'Is he for real' she thought" I haven't asked her yet but I will".
"Well don't leave it too long someone as good looking as me might be off the market soon, and then I might have to mention our conversation to Leonard".
Penny just glared at him " Fine i'll ask her as soon as I see her and if she agrees i'll give her number to Leonard, because there is no way i'm giving you my number".
With that she walked past and back to the guys table standing next to Leonard putting her hand on his shoulder " So how Is everything?". turning to look at her and fully aware of her touching him " It's was great and again so was the service", grinning at her. Penny smiled down at him and stayed with there table for a while. Penny ended up spending all her free time at there table much to Sheldon's annoyance always resting her hand on Leonard's shoulder.
They left after a while Leonard once again leaving her a extra tip, Leonard happy she'd agreed to go out with him again and Penny happy he'd asked her out again. Cheryl was also glad they where going out again as she really wanted to find out just how much Penny really liked Leonard. She'd seen a glimpse of it when they spoke to each other but wanted to see how deep it was when they were alone.
Thank you for reading this chapter, I am sorry for it not being good it feels like it's just a mess to me, anyway please review I really appreciate them