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Flashback

Penny had been having a shit day and that was putting it mildly. She just got fired from her job for punching a customer in the face. He'd been grabbing her ass, what else was she supposed to do? She'd been told her pursuits in acting were futile by some stuck up director and she walked home to find the man she loved being kissed by her "bestie". Penny didn't stay out in the hall long enough to see Sheldon terminate their relationship agreement. He called over a few minutes later and then her shit day seemed like a distant memory.

Sheldon had taken her out for dinner and because it was anything can happen Thursday no one took much notice of it.

"Why can't we tell them?"Sheldon asked her as they walked home.

"Sheldon what about Leonard?"she replied looking up into his baby blues.

"What about Leonard? Penny you and Leonard terminated your relationship months ago, why should he play a role in ours?"He asked bluntly.

"Shelly just give it some time okay?" She said placing a little kiss on his jawline.

"Oh the things I do for you" He sighed, pulling her into his warm embrace

"It's because you love me Moon Pie" She giggled.

"Yes, yes it is" He said leaning down to give her a kiss. He just ignored the fact that only Mee Maw was allowed call him that.

It had been two weeks since they began their relationship but no one seemed to notice their glances across the room at each other or the way Penny always rested her hand on his thigh when they watched a movie. Then one day Penny called round to see Sheldon at work...

She was sitting on his desk, watching him write a formula on one of his whiteboards when he just turned around, lifted her up off the desk, wrapping her legs around his waist and pulling her in for a kiss, a kiss she returned very enthusiastically. Then Howard walked in...

"PENNY?" He screeched

Shit Penny thought to herself as Sheldon gently put her down. "Okay uhm think fast" She thought

"Howard don't you dare tell anyone" She said, smoothing down her skirt

"So Sheldon does have a deal?"He thought out loud

"I mean it Howard, you wouldn't want Bernadette finding out that you lost your virginity to your cousin, would you?" She gave Sheldon a little smirk

"BUT YOU AND SHELDON! Does Leonard know about this?"He asked

"No he doesn't and we plan on keeping it like that for a while so you're not going to say a word to anyone about me and Sheldon and I wont tell your fiancé about your incestuous activities. Are we clear?"

"Sheldon and I" Sheldon thought, I should correct her but she'll probably just get mad at me too.

"Fine I wont say a word but Jesus I never thought you two would hook up" He said baffled, walking back out the door.

Sheldon was leaning against his desk, looking down at the floor when Penny walked back over to him, going back to resume their kiss when he pulled away from her.

"Penny... are you embarrassed about being with me?" He asked, tears prickling his eyes.

"Of course not sweetie, why would you think that?"

"Then why are you adamant that our relationship remain a secret?"

"Do you want to tell people?" She asked him, putting her hand under his chin and forcing him to look into her eyes.

"I don't want to parade about the way Leonard did but I don't want this to be a secret either, we have been dating for almost a month now and you are still adamant for it to remain a secret" He said, staring her dead in the eye.

"Oh sweetie, how could I be embarrassed?" She said pulling him up off the desk,sliding her hand into his and walking out of the office. She kept walking until she found the lunch room and they walked right through it. She could feel Leonards eyes burning holes into her head and Howard just looked at them knowingly. Then she looked up and saw that everyone was watching so she planted a big kiss on his lips so he could see she wasn't embarrassed at all if anything she was proud. Leonard lunged forward at Sheldon but instead knocked Penny to the ground. Sheldon felt anger burning up inside him and threw a punch at Leonard, it caught him right in the jaw. As Leonard stood there, a little stunned, Sheldon picked up Penny and checked her vital signs to see if she was okay and pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her waist and walking out of the lunch room of shocked scientists.

"You okay?" He asked her out in the parking lot,his hands cupping her face, eyes looking at her worriedly.

"I'm fine sweetie just a bit sore" She reassured him. He pulled her against him again and encased her in his arms, she rested her head on his chest, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Penny, have you ever been to Paris?" He asked looking down into her green eyes.

"No but I've always wanted to go, why?"

"Valentines day is in a few weeks and Paris seems to be the ultimate destination for this day. So would you like to go to Paris with me for Valentines Day?"

"Sheldon Paris sounds great but I can't afford it right now, I lost my job..." She hadn't told him about losing her job until now.

"Penny what kind of gentleman would I be if I expected you to pay? I shall pay for all expenses and you will relax, enjoy yourself and then we return home you shall move in with me" He said it like it was simple, as if to say what else did she expect.

"But Leonard lives with you and I couldn't expect for you to pay for everything, it wouldn't be right"

"Penny, I have a room mate because I choose to have one not because I need one. I could easily pay the bills and whatnot on my own therefore you shall move in and Penny you practically live in my apartment anyway. Paris is my treat Penny, please consider it but you shall be moving in and Leonard can move out. I have not looked at him as a friend since the trip to the Arctic and after his antics this afternoon I wouldn't want him living with me"

"Sheldon, you really want me to move in?" She asked with a glimmer in her eyes.

"Isn't that basically what I just said?" He laughed, placing a kiss on her temple.

"And you really want me to go to Paris with you?"

"Penny what is with all these rhetorical questions? Of course I want you to come to Paris with me"

"Then I'll go and I'll move in but Sheldon you know that we'll be sleeping in the same bed every night?"

"I look forward to it" He said with gentle smile.

Leonard, I am terminating The Room Mate Agreement and I expect you to have all of your belongings removed from the premises by this Saturday.

Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper.

He hit send and went into his bedroom and began moving things around to accommodate Penny when he saw one of her plush toys positioned in the middle of his bed. Two days until she could move in. He couldn't wait much longer, couldn't wait for all the nights they would spend together cuddling and all the mornings he would wake up and find that beautiful woman laying next to him and he would do everything and anything to keep her. That amazing woman.

They were flying over to Paris on the 12th and were staying until the 18th. He had them booked into the hotel already, they were going to be staying in the penthouse suite on the top floor. A whole floor to themselves. It wasn't even a dent in his savings, he had invested in some stocks last year just in case he ever needed a lot of money for something and of course they were paying back quadruple the amount he put in, every three months he would get a nice big cheque and would put it into his savings account and then that earned a lot of interest on top of the money he put in. This by the end of July he would have a quarter of a billion. He never told anyone about his financial situation other than his mother and Mee Maw, he found that everybody seems interested in someone who has money so he never said anything about it to anyone other than them as he would send them money regularly no matter how much they refused to take it. He had also asked his Mee Maw for that wedding ring she had been keeping for him. He was going to everything perfectly.