Cheers for reading
This chapter will be a little shorter than normal but the one after will more than make up for it
After Penny left her manager on Friday she wasn't expecting to hear from her for a few days and was surprised to get a call asking to meet on Sunday afternoon so Penny invited her to her apartment and Claire arrived shortly after 2pm
'Hi Penny I am glad you could see me at short notice, now I have arranged for you to go on The Craig Ferguson show on the 6th of January, this will be a recorded interview and shown the following week, also last night I heard back from the people who would like to model your clothes on the catwalk, they would like you to model them rather than a regular model'
'I really don't want to model, that's not what this has been about, I am happy to send some items for display but absolutely no modelling' said Penny firmly
'Very well, I can't change your mind, but also Anne from the HSN has informed me that your Penny Blossom range was the highest selling gross item in terms of sales for this year alone'
'Wow I obviously know how many we have sold but that has surprised me' said Penny
'Yes she also mentioned if you wanted to show any of your accessories from your shop then you can, were you planning on making more things like the Penny Blossoms?
'Yes I was thinking about bringing out a range of jewellery with the Penny Blossom motif on charms and on rings, I need to talk to Raj about it though as he is financing it all'
'Well that all sounds good Penny, I will be in touch if anything else comes up and I can ask around the Jewellery world to see if anybody would be interested'
'Thank you Claire'
Penny then sent Raj a message asking to meet him when he was available
Meanwhile at 4a Sheldon and Amy had just received emails from President Siebert requesting a meeting at 9am Monday morning at Caltech
'Sheldon what do you think this is about?
'I don't know but if I had to guess then probably just confirming where we will go on the work trip in 2015' said Sheldon
'Oh of course, Faisal wants us to go to some Universities in the middle east and Siebert was looking into it
'Oh I was hoping they would forget about it but no such luck' said Sheldon
'Well we have signed a contract after all' said Amy
Monday morning
Sheldon and Amy arrived at President Siebert's office and were let in by his secretary and asked to wait until he arrived a few minutes later
'Good morning Dr Cooper and Dr Fowler, thank you for coming, now the purpose of this meeting is to confirm the 2015 schedule, as you are aware Dr Fowler your donor Faisal had requested we visit Universities in the middle east and that is what we have now confirmed, I do have a suggestion though to both of you and I hope its not too personal' said Siebert
'Ok go ahead' said Amy as Sheldon nodded
'If you are planning on starting a family or have children by the time this trip goes ahead then we will arrange for you to have a nanny go on the trip with you to help'
'Oh thank you President Siebert but we don't know how soon we were planning that but it's good to know that you are willing to do that for us' said Amy
'Not a problem, now the Universities you will be going to will be in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Qatar and Yemen, now Faisal has said that he will provide security for you both on the trip'
'Why would we need security? Asked Sheldon
'Well as you know there is a lot of unrest in the surrounding areas and we wouldn't want you in any danger, Faisal will pay for all the security so that something we don't have to worry about'
'Why on earth are we going there if there is so much danger? Asked Sheldon
'Well Faisal has promised to donate large sum to our universities if we agreed to this' said Siebert
'Well can I have it for the record that I am very unhappy about this and If I wasn't locked into a contract I would refuse to go'
'Dr Cooper your safety is guaranteed and if in the meantime there are problems in the areas you go to then we will cancel'
'Thank you President Siebert' said Amy as they prepared to leave
'Amy I will walk you to your car' said Sheldon taking her hand and walking with her 'You know I am not happy about this middle east tour'
'I know but there isn't much we can do about it now, do you fancy going to the cheesecake factory tonight? Asked Amy
'Yes why not, even though I am trying to keep to a schedule, I think I can deviate it from it a little' said Sheldon
'Shall we see if the others can join us? Asked Amy as she reached her car and unlocked it
'Ok I can ask Leonard, Howard and Raj and you can ask the girls' said Sheldon
'Ok if we agree to meet there for 6pm would that be ok? Asked Amy
'Yes of course, now as much as I'd love to stay here with you, I don't want you to get behind on your work' said Sheldon
Amy responded by kissing Sheldon and hugging him for a few minutes
'See you later, love you! Said Amy as she got into her car and drove off
Sheldon saw his friends at lunchtime and decided to ask them about dinner
'Amy and I are going to the cheesecake factory tonight if any of you want to come? Asked Sheldon
'Actually that kind of works for me, Penny wants to have a meeting with me so I can arrange for her to meet me there' said Raj taking his phone out and sending a message
'What's the meeting about? Asked Howard
'Probably to do with work things, I don't know until I get there' said Raj
'Sheldon you can count me in and I have something to tell you and Amy as well' said Leonard
'Ok now I wish you hadn't said that, you know I don't like things being kept from me' said Sheldon
'Don't worry its nothing bad but I would just prefer Amy to be there as well' said Leonard
'Very well' said Sheldon taking a bite of his sandwich as Howard's phoned beeped with a message
'Well it looks like I will be coming as well, that was Bernadette telling me we are coming tonight'
'That's good it looks like all of us will be there then' said Sheldon
Later that day
Amy had agreed to meet Sheldon outside the restaurant to have a little private time with him and had got there at 545, she was waiting in her car when she saw him drive into the car park and park next to her, he got out of his car and into hers where she was sitting in the back
'Hello Amy, looks like we have everybody here tonight and also Leonard has something he wants to tell us both' said Sheldon
'Ok forget about that for a moment' said Amy as she put her arms around his neck and pulled him towards her for a kiss which became very intense until there was a bang on the door, they looked up and saw Penny grinning at them and quickly got out the car
'Way to go Shamy' said Penny laughing taking Amy's arm and leading her into the restaurant
They all sat down with Raj and Penny next to each other so they could discuss what Penny wanted to talk about and Leonard was on the other side of the table with Howard and Bernadette with Amy and Sheldon opposite them with Natasha and Alex at the ends of the table
'Leonard you said you wanted to talk to Amy and I? asked Sheldon as the waitress appeared and started taking orders.
'Yes I have decided to go and see my mother in New York for Christmas after all but I will come with you to Texas for a couple of days, providing that's still ok? Asked Leonard
'Leonard of course it is, I will be happy to have you there and my mother will be very pleased' said Sheldon excitedly
'Sheldon I think that means we will take Daisy with us, providing its still ok with your Mom of course' said Amy
Penny meanwhile was talking to Raj about her new ideas
'I am going to see if Claire can get me another slot on the HSN but not for a while, she is also going to help me find a jewellery company that would be willing to supply us with bracelets, necklaces and rings with the Penny Blossom motif on them'
'Once again Penny you have a great business brain, I do like the idea of that, were you planning on selling them in the store or through the Penny Blossom website' asked Raj
'Oh I think in the store but we can do both can't we? Asked Penny
'Yes it could be that we will get more sales that way' said Raj
'Yes also we need to organise the new range of clothing for spring, so I will go and see the seamstress company for ideas and in time we can slowly start phasing out what we have already' said Penny
'Penny are you sure you are not overloading yourself with all these things? Asked Natasha
'What do you mean? asked Penny
'Well its just that you have the store, the web series and the Penny Blossoms, how will you find time to oversee everything? Asked Natasha
'Oh its fine, the web series will be ending in the summer anyway and I can think about it then, I was asked to go on the catwalk and model my own outfits but I refused to do it, that's not what I am about, but I am thinking about the future, I spent so long not getting anywhere with my acting that I am going to make the most of it' said Penny
'You still want to do more acting? Asked Natasha
'Yes if I can, I know opportunities are not going to come easily but I have plenty to do in the meantime' said Penny
'Ok you know I am only asking out of concern for you, you have worked so hard recently' said Natasha
'I know but everybody in the store has worked hard and I will show my appreciation for that in December' wages' said Penny
'You really are a great sister! 'said Natasha
'I do my best' said Penny smiling at her
'Raj by the way I would like to thank you for paying for the rent for the first 3 months, can I take you out to dinner one night? Asked Natasha
'Sure but I had no problems doing it' said Raj
'Natasha if you want to do that then there is a great Chinese restaurant I can recommend' said Amy
'Oh thanks Amy' said Natasha as Amy wrote the details down on one of Sheldon's spare napkins which made Sheldon grumble but not for long as Amy got him a replacement one
Natasha and Raj agreed to meet up later that week for dinner and at the end of the meal the group slowly departed the restaurant to their homes
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