Bound to Love
By Pandakelly
Chapter Four
A/N: I own nothing. I am soo terribly sorry about the long time since I last updated. I did get the job I interviewed for and it has been a whirlwind of craziness. Also I did just graduate from college with a degree in psychology. Anyway I am not all that sure about this chapter which is part of the long wait, I would also like to just remind everyone that this is an AU story and that while there might be small hints of cannon in the characters they are not cannon. oh one more note I plan on updating at least a bit more today to make up for my lameness.
Sheldon's Point of View
The next day Sheldon is still feeling terrible he knows that he had broken all of the non-optional social conventions of a conversation. Sheldon was not sure how to make it up to his new owner, Penny, I need to start calling her Penny, it's a pretty name and it seems to fit her perfectly. Of his fifteen previous owners Penny is by far the most aesthetically pleasing and he would crazy not to admit it. No he was not crazy he knew that much at least. As the sun begun to break into the small library Sheldon felt his cover once again being open, shifting his focus north he was once again met with forest green eyes.
"Please don't avoid me Sheldon, I shouldn't have dropped you but I was startled, I mean how often do you find yourself reading an interesting book and suddenly hear a real voice introduce itself and you realize that it has nothing to do with the book you were reading?"
After a few more moments of silence Sheldon felt Penny sigh.
"Come on Sheldon please cut me some slack I really do want to get to know you more."
Sheldon soon felt tears splashing down onto his pages, never one to leave a damsel-in-distress he made a decision that no matter what came along he knew he could never regret.
"Please don't cry Penny, I don't do well when people are crying. I am sorry that I startled you and I am also sorry that I ignored you last night. It's just that this isn't my first time in the junior rodeo. I just don't know if I can fully trust you yet."
"I guess I can understand that sweetie, what do you mean? Have you had other owners?"
If Sheldon had had the ability to pale he would have, he had never told an owner about the ones before them.
"I am sorry I don't really know how to proceed, I haven't really had anyone asked me anything like that before Penny. For some reason I feel like I should trust you, why don't you read a couple more chapters while I think about what to say."
Penny's point of view
Penny smiled as she turned the page to start the next chapter, the chapter was about a man named Jim who seemed to have it all, he had a supportive peer group, a great job with opportunities for growth, including the respect of his peers. The thing that he seemed to lack was love, although he didn't seem to mind the absence Penny felt terrible for him. As the story progressed Penny started to notice that there were several similarities between the whack-a-doodle in the story and the voice of the book.
Penny wondered how he was able to communicate with her at all and if he was as old as his cover made him seem. Three chapters later she was starting to fall for the nerdy man written about on the pages of the book, he was arrogant sure but he also had an innocence that could not be ignored. Penny was torn from the next chapter as Sheldon cleared his throat and asked if he could have a few moments of her time. Placing her silk bookmark in its proper place she situated herself in her chair ready to listen.
Sheldon begin to tell her all about himself; apparently his first memory was being a book, she was his sixteenth owner and of those all but two had been women and only four of them were noteworthy. He only had loved two women but they were long gone now, one on her own, and the other he had forced away. Penny couldn't help but feel his pain as his words started to catch in his throat. Sheldon confided to Penny that he had no clue why he was able to talk to her or why he could only do it after the third chapter was complete. He also told her that he did not know what his books were about; he just knew that his previous readers had really enjoyed the stories that filled its pages.
Penny couldn't help but cry as the full meaning of his words hit her, it seemed that Sheldon was such a wonderfully layered person and that she wanted to get to know him better.
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