Chapter Five:

Penny didn't know what to do. Here was the main reason that Lee was here. The instigating factor of what was wrong with Sheldon's mental health. Penny wanted to throttle him. She wanted to ask him what had happened during the meeting for the switch to occur.

Kripkey took her silence as assent and pulled her in close to him. Until he was pressed up to her did Penny try to release herself from the creeper's grasp. He wasn't taking the hint and pulled her in closer. 'Ugh! He is so gross!' she though as she pushed against him to get away. Gross and deceptively strong apparently.

Penny looked around to make sure that Lee was not looking in her direction. No such luck. Lee looked livid at the bar, before handing his drink to Leonard. He strode over to Penny and Kripkey as if the club had parted for him. 'I'd get out of his way too. He looks scary!' Penny thought before she was pulled into Lee's arms.

"Kripkey, what rock did you crawl out under from this time?" Lee sneered at Kripkey before glancing down at her. She could tell that he was trying to assess if she'd been hurt. This made her heart flutter a little and pulled a smile out of her. Lee nodded and smiled, before turning a stony face back to Kripkey.

"Why're you cwock bwocking Cwooper?" Kripkey was clearly drunk off his ass.

"No need to block from your almost nonexistence cock. Just had to get Penny away before she caught something from you."

"You'we just angwy that I got you fiwed! You'we nothing but a hack! A joke as.." Kripkey never finished his sentence before Lee punched him square center in his face. Kripkey fell to the ground holding his clearly broken nose and howling in pain. Lee towered over him and sneered at his crumpled form.

"Say that again! Come on!" Lee's smirk was all sorts of evil and he was too focused on Kripkey that he didn't see the security making their way towards him. Penny saw them however and she looked for the exits. Seeing an exit in the back she pulled on his arm. He turned towards her and his glare softened.

"We gotta get outta here Lee!" She pulled him to the back and out the door. They raced down the alleyway and came out on the main street. Penny pulled him into another bar and looked out the window. The security was out looking around the street for them but didn't seem to think to check the bar. They went back inside and Penny let out a sigh. She really didn't want to bail Lee out of jail tonight.

She looked up at him and saw him smiling down at her. His look made her flush with pleasure and another feeling she really didn't want to label just yet. This was still Sheldon. Dr. Whackadoodle. She needed to figure out what her heart was trying to tell her. She copped out on analyzing her feelings to analyzing Lee's. The reason he was here was now out on the table.

"So. Sheldon got fired. That's why you're here" not even questioning herself on this matter. She knew she was right. Sheldon's world would be off kilter if he got fired from CAL Tech. His world revolved around his work and CAL Tech was his work. Lee's smile faltered a bit before coming back. Not as strong but it was still there.

"You got it darlin. Sheldon couldn't handle being fired twice and here I am. Not sure what he's gonna do but I'm here till I know he's ready" Penny didn't think she would ever get used to the fact that there were two people in this one body. This one tall, lean, southern, wonderfully delici…..

"Girls! Why are standing in the door? You need to join the Par-Tay!" Penny was interrupted from her thoughts by a voice screeching in her ear. She turned to see that the hostess of the bar they went in was dressed in style. Well, she assumed he wanted to be called a hostess from how he was dressed. Penny looked around and noticed what kind of bar she drug Lee into.

"Um…we were actually just leav…." The hostess stopped her before she could finish. The drag queen was draping herself across the hostess stand while smiling lasciviously at Lee.

"But Girl! That man there could win our amateur strip night! Couple Gs to make the night a bit brighter! He is all sorts of yummy!" The hostess was flirting blatantly with Lee by now, who was just smiling charmingly taking it in stride. In all actuality, he looked to be enjoying the attention being given to him.

"No No! I'm sure he.." Lee stopped her this time by pressing a finger to her lips. A full blown smile filled his face, which left Penny a little weak the in the knees, before pulling her deeper into the club. The techno music pulsed around them as he signed the sheet the hostess handed to him.

"Penny! How could I not? Didn't you hear? I'm all sorts of yummy!"

**Let me know if you want to see the pic for the next chapter. I posted this story on livejournal first and someone drew the most amazing piece of fanart for me. If you want me to post it, let me know.****