Penny lifted the remote and clicked off the TV, than stood up and stretched loudly not caring as she was the only one in the room. She checked the clock on her microwave, it read 7:08. She moved to her bedroom and pulled out a pair of jeans and a yellow short sleeve shirt. She slipped off the short shorts and spaghetti strap top and pulled on the clothes she had picked out. As she let her hair down she viewed revealing black cocktail dress, while she knew it would have no effect on Sheldon (other than a roll of his eyes) if she wore it she could probably get Amy to pay for her dinner and her rent. She walked out of her room and over behind the counter and picked out a $10 bottle of red wine for her and Amy knowing the Sheldon would have had his beverage picked out for a week already. She walked over to the door and exited to the hall where he met Amy approaching Sheldon and Leonard's apartment.
"Hi bestie" said Amy before knocking on the door. They heard footsteps than Sheldon opened the door and stepped aside to allow them in. He eyed the bottle in Penny's hand and gave her the look that all in the social group had received at one time or another, Penny returned by sticking tongue out at him then nonchalantly walking over to the cupboard to grab a couple of wine glasses, opened the cap like cork on the bottle and filled the glasses about 2/3 of the way. Amy pulled the Styrofoam containers out of the slightly grease stained paper bag than handed one to Sheldon and one to Penny.
"What did it come to" said Penny fishing for her wallet in her purse.
"Ten bucks a meal" Amy responded collecting a small wad of bills from Sheldon a then the same from Penny. They all settled down Amy on the far side of the couch from Sheldon and Penny in the brownish whitish armchair, all grabbed the household forks and knives that Sheldon had laid out prior to their arrival. Sheldon grabbed the remote and opened up the HDR and started playing an old rerun of a Criminal Minds which all members of their social group enjoyed because of its scientific nature but also paired with action.
"So Amy have you been working on anything major since they removed you from your nicotine addiction study"? Asked Penny
"Well" said Amy swallowing "I'm currently doing research into the cause of extreme emotional blocks in the human brain in hope that I may find a cure through pharmaceuticals or therapy". Penny gave her a smiling look to which Amy only returned with an innocent one.
"What about you Penny" asked Sheldon "what great strides have you made in the field acting"?
"Now that you mention it I got a part in an auto insurance commercial and I've been keeping it a secret for a while but I might as well tell you I got a part in a small production of fiddler on the roof as one of Tevye's daughters" said Penny beaming.
"Well that is excellent news I can't wait for everyone else to hear this"! Said Sheldon who was genuinely excited for her.
"We still have a few months before we put it on but so far I think we've been making a-lot of progress".
As the evening wore down Penny began to finish off the conversation "And to this day when I go home that cop gives me the same dirty look every time".
As Sheldon rose collecting the empty Styrofoam containers, walking over the trash can and said in an antagonising tone "yet again another result of alcohol and poor judgment".
Penny rose placed her index and middle fingers on her temples and scrunching her face looking directly at Sheldon than turning to Amy and asking " Are you sure your safe to drive"
"Yes I'm sure, I only had a glass and a half so I'm fine. Goodnight Sheldon, Penny" said Amy than left.
"Nite Sheldon, thanks for having me over" Then left, leaving Sheldon to his nightly ablutions. She returned to her apartment, used the washroom and brushed her teeth, undressed and put on a pair of night shorts and crawled under the covers of her bed. She fell asleep thinking of her quirky yet loveable next door neighbor wondering for the first time if that was all she felt about him.
Sorry for the long wait to put up chapter 2. I have been experiencing severe writers block and kept putting it off. Anyway please review.