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The morning Penny woke up groaning when she realised she had fallen asleep still wearing her dress, she got getting undressed before heading into the shower.

While taking her shower Penny recalled her date last night with Leonard, remembering it brought a smile to her face, Leonard had looked so handsome last night in his suit. She had enjoyed the date going to the restaurant and the walk on the beach , her smile grew as remembered that it was on the beach that Leonard had kissed her for the first time. Remembering the kiss the only way she could describe how it felt was wow, no kiss had made her feel the way that one kiss from Leonard had made her feel. After the beach they went to a club and Penny had for the most part had a really good time getting to dance with Leonard and drink without getting to drunk. Of course the downside was she had guys coming up to her all night trying to hit on her and seeing how Leonard looked every time a guy came up to her made her sad. But she quickly made sure to reassure him by giving him a kiss after she got rid of the guy, and while also making a point of telling the guys she had a boyfriend. Her smile fell and tears came to her eyes again as she remembered also how their great night together was ruined by her spotting Sally then Emma outside the club. Then confronting them as to why they where there , of course finding out that they where spying on her. Unfortunately her being angry at what she had found out meant Leonard was on the receiving end of her anger also not because she was angry with him. Just that when she gets angry she can't help being angry at everyone not just the ones who deserves it. Thinking about her being angry at Leonard for no reason other than the fact he just happened to be with her when she was angry, Penny began to sob at how she was with Leonard.

After a while Penny was able to compose herself enough to finish her shower after drying herself off and putting in her underwear and then a robe. She picked up her phone deliberating whether to send Leonard a message or phone him, but both options weren't right she needed to apologise to him face to face . However she didn't know when she'd see him next or where he lived , after thinking for a moment she decided she would phone and ask him could she come to his apartment tonight. Where she would apologise to him in person and have the added benefit of seeing where he lived, and maybe get to spend some time with him as well deciding this was her plan she phoned Leonard.

Leonard got up he was still confused as to what happened last night, every thing seemed to going great until she went after the person she knew only to come back in a snapping at him . Then walking off on him then not saying a word to him all the way home , then getting out of his are without so much as a goodbye or thank you.

He picked up his phone checking to see if he had received a message from Penny, disappointed to see he hadn't but he did have one from Howard

"Hey Leonard, i was wondering did Penny give you a phone number for me?.

Crap he had forget to give him the number, he had no idea why Penny was giving him a number of a waitress to give to Howard , but it was none of his business.

"Sure Howard here it is" Leonard sent Howard The number Penny had given him.

"Thanks buddy"

"No problem".

As he was about to put his phone down it started to ring and he saw it was Penny " Hello".

"Hey Leonard , i want to say i'm sorry about how are dated ended, can i come over and see you to explain ?".

"Um sure Penny when do you want to come?".

"Well i'm in work till 4 so let say 6pm ?"

"That's fine we have takeout at 6 so you'll be able to join us , i'll see you then"

"Great can you get me some dumplings , also you need to tell me where you live so i know where i'm going"

"Oh of course it's 2311 North Los Robles Avenue , apartment 4A, word of waring the life doesn't work so you'll have to use the stairs"

"Okay thanks i guess i'll see you then bye Sweetie"

"Bye Penny".

Both had smiles on their faces after the all , Leonard because she apologised and was coming to his tonight and was going to explain to him what went wrong. Penny because Leonard didn't seem mad at how their at ended and was allowing to come to his and apologise for how things ended and she was going to tell him why.

Penny got ready for work whilst doing so she started to think about how to deal with her second problem, namely her supposed friends spying on her at the request of Cheryl. Deciding to give herself some time to think about it she left her bedroom and strode to the door ignoring everything Cheryl was saying, she'll deal with her and Sally and Emma later.

Penny made her way back to Cheryl's place , she had spent the entire day trying to figure out what to do but all she was doing was getting angry at them for what they did. She was still not in the mood to talk to them so when she came in she just ignored Cheryl heading to her room , taking a quick shower and getting dressed ready to go and see Leonard. After she was done she quickly left the apartment this time Cheryl didn't say anything, making her way down stairs and to her car , getting in a driving over to Leonard's.

Leonard had arrived with the food , he hadn't told Sheldon or the guys that Penny was coming over tonight, thinking best to have it happen more of a surprise to them.

Entering his apartment, Sheldon looked up " Finally Leonard what took you so long?".

Sighing" Sorry our order to longer than normal " In fact Leonard had taken his time getting there order as he wanted them to be only starting to eat when Penny arrived. Placing the takeout on the table emptying it out slowly hoping Sheldon wouldn't notice the difference, unfortunately he was wrong " Leonard why is there extra food".

" Well because i have a guest coming over "

"A Guest? when where you planning on informing me? you no this goes against the room mate agreement".

"Sheldon "Leonard said slightly exasperated " It will be fine "

"How can you say that, the inclusion of additional person will effect the balance of our meal times"

Leonard was about to respond when there was a knock on the door " I'll get it". Leonard rushed to the door taking a breath before opening it to be greeted by a smiling Penny.

"Hey you"

Smiling back at her " Hey, come in".

Penny walked in and was surprised to see the other three guys from the restaurant where here as well , she had been hoping it would just be her and Leonard " Oh hello".

"Leonard why is the waitress from the Cheesecake Factory here?".

"Because she asked could she come here ".

"But Why?".

"Because i wanted to see Leonard and get to see where he lived".

"Why would you want to do that?".

Penny was getting tired of the conversation " Because he's my boyfriend and i'd like to see where he lives and spend some time with him". Glaring at Sheldon," You got a problem with that".

Howard perked up at hearing that "So he's your boyfriend now?".

Penny turned her glare to Howard " Yes he is , what's it to you anyway?".

Leonard decided to intervene before things got out of hand " Guys the take out is getting cold" That did it , they all started to settle and start eating. Penny was wondering where to sit when she saw Leonard bring over a wooden chair and place it next to the cream coloured chair. Looking up at her he smiled patting the back of the cream chair " Penny do you want to sit here?".

Smiling back at Leonard she made her way over to the chair sitting down , Leonard started to dish out the takeout making sure to hand Penny hers first .

"Here you go Penny , the dumpling you asked for".

Turning to him with a smile " Thank you sweetie".

Penny could feel the other guys eyes on her and it was making her uncomfortable so she tried starting a conversation " So what do you guys do? i know Leonard is...Pausing to try and remember what he told he " I want to say a experimental physicist " seeing Leonard grinning while nodding to conform she got it right. So what is it you guys do?".

Looking at them waiting for them to say something , Sheldon was first to respond " Well i'm A Theorectical Physicist i have a iq infinately higher thand anyone else in this room i work at Caltech and am currently working on m theory ot string theory to lamens like you".

Penny just blinked not sure if had insulted her again deciding to move on looking at Howard and Raj " So what about you guys?" wait Howard your a engineer right?".

"I'm a M.I.T trained engineer".

"What' the difference?".

Sheldon piped up " Nothing he just thinks by saying he's a M.I.T trainded engineer sounds better than just saying a engineer".

"Okay, what about you Raj?".

Raj looked flustered and leaned over to Howard and started whispering in his ear, Penny waited for Howard to tell her what he said " He says he's a gay porn star". Raj got even more agitated and started to whisper in Howard's ear again , Howard turned to Raj " Well you should learn to talk to women".

Penny was confused as to what was going on , Leonard decided to end it " Penny Raj is a Astrophysicist and also works at Caltech".

Penny looked at Raj and saw him smile and give a thumbs up to Leonard " So you all work at the same university then?".

"Yes " was the group response, then they all went back to eating, Penny looked at them wondering who would pick up the conversation seeing that no one was Penny took it up again . "So what do you guys do for fun?".

"Well we place video games , read comic books , play board games , card games we pay Klingon boggle" Sheldon realed off to Leonard's embarrassment .

Penny turned to Leonard " Klingon boggle?".

"Yeah it's like regular boggle except in Klingon". Leonard said slightly embarrassed "

Howard decided to ask Penny a question " So Penny tell us about yourself".

"Well let's see i'm from Omaha Nebraska and ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of moving to L A and becoming a movie star, things haven't worked out as well as i'd hoped but I still believe my dream will come true".

Leonard put his hand on Penny making her look at him smiling at " I'm sure it will Penny".

Smiling back him " Thanks", before continuing " I work at the Cheesecake factory which you all already know, i'm also a vegetarian expect for steak, I love steak".

"So when did move to LA?".

Penny thought for a moment " It was just after I graduated , my then boyfriend who I had been with since I was seventeen, wanted to come here as well so we did and here I am".

Penny hoped that no one asked anymore that relationship unfortunately Howard was too nosy " So how long where you guys together?".

Even though she didn't want to answer she did anyway " We where together for over four years".

"Why did you guys break up?".

"Because I found him cheating on me"

Leonard could see that Penny was getting uncomfortable about this topic, and he remembered how upset she got talking about her ex boyfriend "Hey guys what do you want to do?".

Sheldon was glad someone was changing the topic because he was not interested in the life of the woman currently in his apartment "Well I think we should play some Halo". Looking at Penny" Unfortunately it only accommodates 4 people , so you have to leave now".

Both Leonard and Penny where stunned at Sheldon's remark essencially he was kicking Penny out " Sheldon don't be rude". turning to Penny " You don't have to go".

Penny actually wasn't interested in watching four grown men play video games " No it's okay Leonard, I going to go". Grabbing Leonard's arm " Leonard before I go can I talk to you". seeing the others staring at them she continued " In private".

Leonard nodded not sure why she wanted to talk to him in private, hoping it was nothing bad " Sure we can go to my room if you like".

Smiling at him " Okay " then standing up waiting till Leonard got up and followed him to his room, upon entering Penny was a bit surprised at how well without being rude how nerdy it looked. She looked around at all the to her anyway toys and the posters on the walls of strange things looking down at his dark blue comforter on his bed moved over and sat down. Leonard waited as he watched Penny observe to the stuff in his room before he sat down on his bed, before sitting down next to her waiting to hear what she wanted to talk about.

Penny felt Leonard sit on the bed next to her but not saying anything she knew he was waiting for her to start talking about whatever it was he thought she wanted to tell him.

Penny was going over and over what she should say to him and how to start the conversation, finally starting with something simple , turning to look at him she took his hand in hers " I'm sorry".

Leonard didn't know what she was apologising for " Sorry for what?"

"For last night , I know I've already told you that I was sorry , but I need to say sorry ruining what had been a amazing night with you. But how I acted towards you at the end, believe me when I tell you, you had done nothing wrong it's just when I get angry I take it out on every one".

Leonard nodded he at first thought he had done something wrong and that's why she was angry towards him , it was good to know he hadn't but he wanted to know why she got angry. " Penny what go you so angry?".

"Well you remember when I said I saw someone I knew then went over to them" Leonard nodded "Well it turns out they where friends of mine and when I asked why they where there. I found they where spying on us and had been since the start of our date, finding that out got me really angry and that why are was the way I was to you when I got back".

Leonard was stunned to find out Penny's friends had been spying on them " Why would they do that".

Penny looked at Leonard wondering how much to tell him about it all, for moment she even considered telling him the whole truth about the bet, but she didn't know how he'd react to that. So decided to tell him a partial truth .

"Well I turns out that my supposed friends didn't believe we where going on a date".

Leonard frowned " Why would they think that? what did they think we where doing?".

"They thought we where just pretending to date".

Leonard was getting more confused" Why would they think we where pretending?".

Penny just looked at Leonard not able to say anything how does she tell him without him finding out about the bet, "Well I think they erm think I wouldn't go on a date with you not once but twice. So they wanted to see if we where really dating or you know just messing with them".

Leonard was completely lost he had no idea why her friends where spying on them or why they thought they where only pretending to go on dates , and he had a feeling that Penny wasn't telling the whole truth as what she was saying made no sense. But he was going to let it go for now " Okay".

Penny could see that Leonard didn't buy her answer but was glad he had let it go for now at least " So Leonard what do you want to do now?".

"Well i'm supposed to be playing Halo with the guys".

Penny nodded remembering what Sheldon had rudely said to her " Well okay I better be going then". She started to get but Leonard grabbed her arm " Penny you don't have too".

Smiling at him " No it's okay".

"Please stay I don't care about playing that game i'd rather we did something together ".

Penny heart melted , he was willing to give up on something he enjoyed doing so he could spend time with her again. Penny wanted to agree but he had been letting her make all the decisions on their dates so this time she was going to let him do something he liked " Okay but where going to do something you want, so what do you want to do?".

Leonard didn't have a clue what to choose , as he thought things he liked doing Penny probably wouldn't have a interest in, thinking of the least nerdy thing he does "Do you want to go bowling".

Penny grinned, she actually liked bowling so it was perfect they could something they both liked " I'd love too".

A huge grin spread across Leonard's face " Okay but we've got to hurry they won't be open much longer".

Holding out her hand whilst smiling at him , he took her hand as he stood and they left Leonard's bedroom still holding hands only to come around the corner and find the three others staring at them.

"Ah finally she's leaving now we get to playing Halo".

"Actually we're both leaving"

Sheldon looked shocked " Leonard you know when we play Halo we do teams you and I and Wolowitz and Koothrappoli , how are we meant do that that if you leave "

"I'm sorry Sheldon , but I want to spend time with Penny " This made Penny smile he wanted to spend time with her instead of his friends, she remembered how Kurt always seemed to choose his friends over her. Leonard was so much better he didn't put his own interests before hers although he did have a habit of doing what she wants , she was going to have to get him to start letting them do things he wants as well starting with bowling.

"Well that's completely unacceptable Leonard".

Sighing " Well Sheldon I don't care" and with that he left the apartment still holding hands with a smiling Penny, they made there way down to his car silently, once in his Leonard sighed.

Penny looked over to sympathectically " You okay".

Turning to look at her yeah , i'm just going to have pay for that at some point"

Penny frowned " You're kidding right?".

Shaking his head " I wish I where but unfortunately i'm not, anyway we better get going if we want to get there in time to bowl."

They arrived at there bowling center and where lucky that they had time to play a couple of games , after paying and getting there shoes making they're way over to there lane. Penny was up first going to pick up her ball but paused to turn and look at Leonard " Sweetie".

Leonard looked up "Yeah".

"A word of warning i'm pretty good bowler, so i'm sorry sweetie but i'm gonna kick your ass at this".

Leonard smiled then shrugged his shoulders "That's okay I don't mind I just want to have fun".

Penny was once again stunned , Leonard didn't seem to care if he lost, and once again she couldn't help but compare him to Kurt, when she had gone bowling with Kurt he was just as competive as her. When he won he would gloat about how much better than her he was , however when he lost which happened a lot he would throw a tantrum claiming she was just lucky.

They where on the way home after the bowling matches , Penny had a huge smile on her face she had beaten Leonard quite easily but not once did Leonard care about her beating him. Whilst he wasn't bad he wasn't great either but he always looked enthusiastic at what ever number of pins he managed to knock down, getting excited to have even hit any. This actually had Penny start to cheer him on and was just as excited as he was when he managed to get a strike, yep that had been her favourite game of bowling ever.

They arrived back at Los Robles Leonard parking his car , Leonard turned to Penny smiling at her " I had a really nice time I can honestly say bowling without Sheldon is a lot more fun".

Penny grinned " Me too I especially liked how I beat your ass at it"

Leonard shrugged " Hey I don't mind losing to you it's Sheldon I hate losing too".

They sat silently in the car for a moment , Penny not wanting to leave as she knew if she did she would be going home and she wasn't ready to deal with Cheryl yet, maybe Leonard would like her to stay a bit longer. " Leonard do you mind if I come up with you?".

"Sure you can but don't you want to go home?".

"I'm not in the mood too, remember what I told you about the girls ? " Leonard nodded " Well it turns out Cheryl was in on it too".

Leonard felt sorry for her, knowing your friends are spying on you isn't something he'd be happy about either " Well in that case you can stay as long as you want".

Penny looked at Leonard a idea forming , she wondered if this was a good idea but she decided to risk it " Well in that case , can I stay here tonight ".

Leonard turned to Penny wide eyed " You want to stay here ?".

"Sure I don't want to deal with Cheryl and I am a bit tired , I can sleep on the couch".

Leonard was still trying to process what Penny was saying she wanted to stay in his apartment, while he liked the idea of seeing Penny when he gets up in the morning he knew Sheldon won't be happy. Looking at Penny and seeing her looking at him with expectantly he decide to heck with Sheldon " Sure Penny you can sleep on the if you want, or you can have ny bed I've just got new pillows there hypoallergenic ".

Penny was pleased he was letting her stay , she had to admit the idea of sleeping in his bed was enticing. However she wanted to wait for when they'll be sleeping in it together and she knew that wouldn't happen tonight " The couch is fine". With that they got out of Leonard's car and made there way into the building Penny took a hold of Leonard's hand as they walked up the stairs in a comfortable silence. When they finally made it to 4A , they unfortunately found Sheldon still up sitting in his spot wearing his pyjamas when he saw Penny follow Leonard in he was not pleased.

"Leonard why is she coming in with you".

"Penny is too tired to drive so I offered her the couch".

Sheldon stood glaring at Penny " Leonard a word", sighing Leonard walked over to Sheldon who had moved to the kitchen

"You have a problem with this?".

"Where do I begin"

"It's up to you, Crazy person's choice".

"Well, first, we don't have house guests, frankly if I could afford the rent i'd ask you to leave".

"Your friendship meams a lot to me as well". Leonard said sarcastically " What else?".

"Well our earthquake supplies, we have a two-man, two day kit".

"So".

"So if there's an earthquake and the three of us are trapped here we could be out of food by tomorrow afternoon".

Leonard knew where Sheldon was going with this but asked anyway" Are you suggesting that if we let Penny stay we might succumb to cannibalism?".

"No one ever thinks it'll happen until it does".

Turning round to look at Penny and receiving a smile from her " Penny , Sheldon says if you promise not to chew the flesh off our bones while we sleep, he let you stay".

Penny let out a slight chuckle " Ha What?".

It was Sheldon who spoke first " He's engaging in reductio ad absurdum, it's a fallacy of extending someone's argument to ridiculous proportions and then criticising the result. Looking at Leonard " And I don't appreciate it".

"I'll get you a blanket and a pillow". Leonard said with smile. receiving a smile back from Penny, she watched him go over to a door, but was interrupted by Sheldon.

"Okay, since i'm obviously being ignored here, let's go over the morning schedule. I use the bathroom from 7 to 7:20, plan your ablutions and bodily functions accordingly".

Penny thought it was ridiculous thing to ask " How am I supposed to plan my bodily functions?".

"Well I suggest no liquids after 11 p.m".

Leonard had returned by this time with the blanket and pillow" Here you go". turning to look at him giving him a smile " Thanks Leonard". Penny started to prepare her bed for night as she put the pillow down on one side she heard Sheldon speak " Heh wrong", Penny was getting tired of him now, turning back to look at him " I'm listening".

"Your head goes on the other end " with a slight sigh " Why?". Well it's culturally universal a bed even a temporary bed is always with the headboard away from the door. It serves the ancient imperative of protecting oneself against marauders",

The look on Penny's face showed her annoyance at what Sheldon was rambling about " I'll risk it".

Ooh" was Sheldon's response before turning to walk away , Penny decided to ask before he said anything more " Anything else I should know about?".

Sheldon stopped turning back to look at her " Yes if you use my toothbrush i'll jump out that window" pointing to the window before continuing " Please don't come to my funeral, have a good night". and with that he left them.

After watching Sheldon leave Leonard turned to Penny smiling at her " Sorry about that".

"Grinning back at him " That's okay".

"FYI, his toothbrush is the red one in the Plexiglas case under the UV light".

Still grinning slightly Penny nodded her head" Ha got it". turning back to continue making her bed., Leonard watched her for a moment "Well sleep tight" starting to leave but stopping. " Funny expression, sleep tight " laughing nervously he continued " It refers to the early construction of beds which featured a mattress suspended on interlocking ropes , which occasionally". Seeing Penny turn to look at him with a look that showed she wasn't interested in what he was saying, he stopped looking down while fidgeting with his fingers "Sleep tight". when he looked back up smiling at her ,to his relief Penny was grinning at him, turning to make his way to his bedroom but not getting far.

"Leonard".

Stopping Leonard turned to look at her " Yeah".

Penny walked up to him putting her arms around his neck looking into his eyes" Thank you for letting me stay he tonight " Leaning in to kiss him quite passionately. After a moment she broke the kiss " Sleep tight sweetie". Letting go of him and making her way back over to the couch , then for some reason deciding to mover her pillow to the end Sheldon had said it should go too. Getting as comfortable as she could she saw the lights go out indicating Leonard must of waited till she was settled before turning them off. She leaned around turning off the lamp next to the couch and then getting settled and drifted off into a pleasant sleep.

Leonard stood watching her until he was sure she was asleep before retreating to his bed room , getting undressed and climbing into bed , getting comfortable under the covers. His last thought wondering if he will ever get to sleep with Penny in his arms, with a smile on his face he went to sleep dreaming of how it would feel.

A/N: Thank you for reading this latest chapter, I hope you enjoyed it, I apologise if it wasn't that great. Anyway please review and let me know what you think.