Bound by Love

by pandakelly

Penny reads a rather unique book. Based on the idea that someone should write a book where the character slowly falls in love with the reader. Shenny all the way. This is AU but I will try and keep the characters somewhat in character.

3. Chapter 2

Bound to Love

By Pandakelly

Chapter Two

A/N: I own nothing but I did get a new job that I will be hopefully starting on April 1st so for a while the updates will be pretty close but they might be more spread out as I work more regular hours. Once again thank you to all the followers reviews and favoriters you guys give me the strength to keep going. On a positive note I do have the majority of what I want to say in chapter three so I will actually just have to write it out and get it edited.

Penny's Point of View

Penny Coble was a practical woman, she knew that she was pretty and when she was younger had exploited the fact to its fullest. At 29 she was done with love, sure she still dated but all of her boyfriends had been kept at an arm's length and the moment they professed their love they were gone. Penny hated romance stories and tended to stay away from them.

Her psychologist told her that she avoided love because of what had happened to her parents, but she ignored the overpriced quack. Sure her parents had always seemed in love but beneath the veneer of happiness was a brittle and dark relationship that was mainly held together by Penny and her two siblings. The late night fights and icy breakfasts convinced Penny that her parents had never been in love despite what her sister claimed. When Penny was 19 her parents divorced. Two years later her mother died and just last year Penny's father suffered a heart attack and died.

After the divorce Penny had moved to California. Finding an apartment and a waitress job Penny was quickly discovered and worked for a year and half paying dues before she was cast in a low budget science-fiction movie that turned into a cult classic. She loved touring the Comic-Con scene and was soon offered a part in a franchise movie that went on a gaggle of spin-offs and merchandizing crazes. It seemed that until last year Penny would never break from her nerd shell, not that she didn't love her nerdy followers but she was ready for parts with a bit more meat. Her chance came in the form of a sitcom. The sitcom had brought in real offers; sadly most of them were romantic comedy films. Recently Penny had been offered a role as a female scientist who moved into an apartment across from a pair of male models. The producer had promised that she would not become a love interest but that she would be the glue that held the show together, while the other characters dallied in romance.

When Penny had first picked up the mystery book the lack of title had clinched the sale and soon she was bringing it to her fourth floor penthouse. After reading the first chapter Penny put the book down and decided that she would just let it gather dust as the writer was far too sure of himself for her tastes and had offered her a live changing experience if she only read further. Sorry book, but I have already had enough life changing experiences she thought as she returned the book to his place on her book shelf and reached for her beloved Shelly. So for the next three weeks Penny ignored the book in favor of her less annoying novels.

After being insulted by one of her coworkers throughout an entire shoot, Penny decided to give the book one last chance. Picking up she relished the weight of the tome it had been quite a few years since she had read something so long and just maybe it will grow on her. The next two chapters seemed to be written by a completely different author and soon Penny was wrapped up in the world of the novel. She had just reached the fourth chapter when she suddenly heard someone clearing their throat. Startled but not deterred Penny kept reading but dropped the book when she heard a man introduce himself.

Great I have really lost my mind now, she thought as she rushed out of the penthouse to the bar down the street. After a few drinks the memory of that voice seemed to still be etched in her head, maybe just maybe I got soo engrossed in the book that I started to imagine what the cover man's voice would sound like. With that reassuring thought Penny walked back into her penthouse and went to bed.

Sorry about the shortness of this chapter but I really want to get back to Sheldon's perspective and found it hard writing Penny. So was the Big Bang reference too much or just right? Also let me know if you like the switching of POVs or if you think that I should stick to Sheldon. The next chapter will focus more on Sheldon's backstory because so many of you asked for that.