Sheldon woke to the smell of pancakes and the feel of Penny's breath against his neck. This was his ideal morning, he didn't need her to have sex with him to invoke feelings of affection the way Leonard did, he was happy with just waking up with her by his side but he had to admit their carnal activities were much more pleasurable than he had expected. He stayed there, looking at the beautiful woman laying beside him.

"Morning" She whispered as her eyes fluttered open.

"Good morning Penny" He whispered back, kissing the tip of her nose.

"Sleep well sweetie?" She asked, propping her head up with her arm and smiling at the whackadoodle beside her.

"Very well actually, I find having you beside me helps" He stated shooting her a sleepy smile.

"Same here sweetie, hey we better get up, smells like your mom is cooking breakfast" She said, pulling the sheets off herself.

"Oh must we? I would be much happier to just stay here and avoid everyone's questions" He whined.

"C'mon Sheldon, you can't avoid them until August" She said, walking out of their room.

"I bet I could if I tried" He muttered, getting out of bed and putting on his slippers and robe.

"Good mornin' darlin" Mary said as she poured the syrup over her pancake.

"Good morning Mrs. Cooper" Penny chirped.

"Now now it's Mary darlin', you'll be Mrs. Cooper soon" She said smiling at her future daughter in law.

She was definitely the kind of woman she hoped her Shelly would end up with and knew that Sheldon would never have settled with anyone other than the pretty lil' thing from across the hall. Sheldon had spoken to his mother about Penny on many occasions but he never mentioned that he had planned asking her out let alone proposing to her, Mee Maw probably knew, heck of course she knew Penny's wearing her ring Mary thought to herself when she arrived yesterday.

"I know, I still can't believe we're even together and now we're engaged" She squealed.

"Good morning mom" Sheldon said, walking into the kitchen and putting exactly three pancakes on a plate.

"Good mornin' Shelly" Mary chirped.

"Where's George?" Sheldon asked suspiciously.

"George is staying with a friend darlin' because there just aint enough room here for the both us"

"I guess that is a reasonable explanation for his absence" Sheldon said, sitting down on his spot, eating his pancakes.

"Now y'all are gettin' married in August not long to go. Have y'all decided where yet?"

"We haven't decided on anything yet" Penny said, biting her lip.

"Penny has a box from her childhood filled with things she would like at her wedding but refuses to let me give her the wedding she wants" Sheldon said bluntly.

"Sheldon you know that's not true" Penny said, eyes blinking rapidly.

"But it is Penny, why must you be so stubborn?. I am merely trying to give you what you want" Sheldon sighed.

"Sheldon can we not talk about this now" Penny asked.

"Hold your horses here, Penny I see where you're coming from but try think about this from Sheldon's point of view. Shelly go into your room for a few minutes"

"But mom don't I need to be here for conversations about our wedding?" He whined

"Not this one, now off you go" With that he got up off the sofa and went off to his room like a small child who had been grounded.

"Penny I understand completely that you don't want to rely on Shelly for things but Sheldon grew up seeing his father provide for our family and it seems to have rubbed off on him, Shelly's just doin' what he thinks he should do." Mary said.

"I know but it just wouldn't feel right to always have him paying for everything, my mom always said to be an independent woman but how could I do that if I just let Sheldon pay for everything? It wouldn't be right, I just couldn't" Penny explained.

"Penny, the things that are in that box of yours, is that still what you want?"

"Well it's what I dreamed of..." Penny started but was soon interrupted

"Darlin' that's what you're gonna get and nothing less. Shelly's never had feelings like the ones he has for you and he's gonna try give you the day of your dreams. You can either help him along with it all or he's just gonna take that little box of yours and do it all himself" Mary said, sipping her coffee. "Either way you're gettin' that weddin' of yours" She stated.

"Can I come out now?" Sheldon asked from their room.

"I guess you can" Mary answered.

"Now Penny this is something that need's to be discussed and soon as there is only a few months to go and I still insist on having the wedding you want, now would you please stop being so stubborn and agree to letting me give you what it is you wish for?"

"But Sheldon.." Penny started but she was interrupted by Sheldon

"Penny, why must you make such an ordeal out of something so simple? It is hardly unorthodox for a man to try and give the woman he loves what she wants, Penny I can either do this with your help and you will get the wedding you wish for or I can arrange a Comic-Con wedding"

"Okay hold it right there we are not having a Comic-Con wedding" Penny spluttered.

"Well then I shall give you the wedding you wish for with no more arguments, agreed?"

"Agreed" Penny muttered, she hadn't wanted to give into him but the thoughts of a Comic-Con wedding had convinced her. Sheldon sat there with a smug look on his face as he drank his coffee and looked up at her, she tried to look angry but as soon as he shot her his kill batman smile, knowing she would laugh, she burst into fits of giggles and Mrs. Cooper just looked at the pair and smiled.