Chapter Nine:
'Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap!' Penny darted through her front door before locking it. She leaned against the door, chest heaving from the short dash and from the surprise of it being Sheldon, not Lee, she was kissing on the couch. 'I gotta get out of here!' was her only thought as she grabbed her purse to get out of the building. Penny knew that she was going to have to face Sheldon but right now she couldn't think of it. She didn't want to explain why she was on top of him and why she kissed him.
'Oh crap on a cracker! I kissed Sheldon!' she finally found her keys, in the recesses of her couch, and made for the door.
Knock Knock Knock "Penny?"
'Shit!' Penny stopped breathing in hopes that he would think she wasn't home and leave.
Knock Knock Knock "Penny?"
'C'mon Sheldon! Think I'm not home' she crossed her fingers while inching towards her window. If push came to shove, she could always escape out the fire escape.
Knock Knock Knock "Penny?"
She waited for the sound of his door closing. She heard the footsteps leave her door and yes! There was the closing of the guys' door. She rushed to her door and quietly snuck out, with her back turned to get to her lock faster. She locked her door before whirling around to head down the stairs.
Whirling right into a chest.
A chest she knew intimately well.
"Penny? Why did you give the pretense of not being home?" Sheldon asked her, while pushing her away gently from his body.
'Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! He has the IQ of 180 something! How could he not know you were faking it!' Penny felt herself flush from the embarrassment of the entire situation. She wished she knew how to proceed here. How to say the right thing so that this could all blow over.
"Sheldon, I am really late! I have to go" she tried to dart past him but she collided with his chest again when he stepped in her way.
"Penny. All I want is the answer to my earlier query. Why were you laying upon my person?" Sheldon's stare pierced straight through Penny. All she wanted to do was tell him everything. How she was in love with his other half and that she kissed him cause she thought he was Lee. Her gaze darted to his lips and she thought of how they felt against her. She felt flushed thinking of Lee especially him from last night.
"I was testing a theory?" her response sounded weak even to her but Penny knew she was grasping at straws now. What she didn't expect was for Sheldon to cock his head to the side and look at her like she was a new equation to figure out.
"And what, might I ask, were you trying to find out?" Sheldon clasped his arms behind him and looked at her curiously. 'Yes!' Penny did a mental happy dance at her small victory. Putting on the most serious face she could muster, Penny looked at him in feigned shock.
"Sheldon! You should know that, without all the data, I cannot release my findings. When I finish the experiment, you will be the first one to know." Sheldon nodded at her explanation with a look of resignation and …was that disappointment? Penny was jostled out of her thoughts by Sheldon responding to her load of B.S. she just gave him.
"Well then Penny, I look forward to your findings. I must say that I am please that you are finding a superior way of using your free time. Your previous endeavors left much to be desired for your mind's stimulation." Penny frowned at this. What did he mean 'Superior way of using your free time?' Jerk! 'I'll show him superior.' At the end of speech, Penny sidled up to his front and pressed herself close.
"Well Sheldon" she looped her arms around his neck, "there is more data that I need to get to prove my theory. Any chance you might" she looked coquettishly through her eyelashes up at him "help me 'get some'?" She saw the red flush that his face took as he took in her words' and body language's meaning. He cleared his throat before putting his hands at her waist. Penny's eyes widened in surprise at his movement and boldness. I made her a little giddy with anticipation. Maybe Lee was right. Maybe there was more to Sheldon then Penny knew.
"If it is in the name of science, Penny, I don't know that I can refuse" Penny felt her heart quicken a bit at his admission. Without realizing her motion, she leaned up into his loose embrace. Using her hand to pull him down, Penny pressed her lips softly against Sheldon's.
The same sparks she felt with Lee flared to life the moment their lips touched and magnified when Sheldon reciprocated the kiss. Sighing, Penny pressed herself fully against Sheldon and ran her fingers through his hair. This jolted Sheldon out of the moment and he pulled away abruptly. Frowning at the loss, Penny gathered her bearings. Why'd Sheldon stop kissing her? It felt so surreal that she wanted to continue kissing Sheldon. 'Speaking of Sheldon' Penny mused to herself as she saw him trying to gather his thoughts.
"I hope that was sufficient for your research Penny. I look forward to more experimenting…I mean! I look forward to your conclusion." Flustered Sheldon made a hasty retreat back to his apartment.
Smirking, Penny headed back to her apartment to get ready for work later. Pressing her fingers to her lips, Penny giggled and thought of the sparks she felt from such a simple kiss. What kinds of electricity would she feel when they went a little further. She felt something with Lee but the spark she felt with Sheldon was the same if not stronger. 'This is worth 'experimenting' more on later' Penny mused to herself while making her through her apartment. This thought helped solidify her plan of getting to know the other side of Sheldon and figuring out where Lee truly originated from. Penny knew that she wanted to help Sheldon with his Lee problem. That and maybe to feel some more sparks.
Singing 'Soft Kitty' and twirling in her bedroom, Penny made her way to the shower to plot some more.
