Trying something a little different in this chapter, for ya'll whowere pissed at Leonard. A little angsty but not for long, also I plan on updating again tmorrow, so think of this a the prelude to tomorrows chapter.
Leonards night was not going as good as Sheldon's was and he was laying in his bed fuming about it. It had started out fine, he and Penny were getting along great the whole evening. They were laughing how crazy their friends were, for sequestering themselves after losing their virginities. Then Mr. tall dark and annoying had waltzed through the door and changed to mood of the evening.
"Did you hear that, Leonard, our Sheldon is quite skilled at coitus." Penny says turning to him impressed. Like he was their child and he had just learned to tie his shoes all by himself.
"Yeah, so lets get out of here so they can hone their skills in private." He told her rising up of the couch and stretching.
"Are you kidding me? We are going to have front row seats to the weirdest show on earth! We are staying here tonight." Penny tells him walking towards the bedroom, and he had begrudgingly followed her.
"Penny, I don't think this is a good idea, lets just give them their privacy and sleep at your place."
"No way, I am just too curious, the guy goes from not being able to shake a hand with out a chemical shower afterwards, to boffing his girlfriends brains out in the laundry room! Excuse me for being the teeniest bit curious what that might sound like, and if it gets too gross we will leave."
"Fine." Leonard says yielding to her wishes yet again, still annoyed at the get ready for bed then lay down together. For a while nothing happens they just hear the deep murmur of Sheldon's voice in the other room, broken only occasionally by Amy's.
"Oh my god he really never shuts up! I am not sure they even had sex." Penny says laughing "Maybe he just pontificated her brains out."
"It would not shock me if by saying they had sex, that they only meant they talked about it." He told her relived hoping that she will drop the subject and go to sleep. Then the sounds in the next room change and they hear the bed squeaking and Amy moan.
"Oh good here we go!"Penny says like a kid on christmas as she presses her ear against the wall. "God, they are really going at it! Don't you miss those days? When you are with your first love and all you want to do is rip their clothes off?"
"I still want to rip your clothes off." Leonard says attempting to pull her close to him and she swats his hands away.
"Yeah,yeah, I know I want to take your clothes off too." Penny tells him dismissively. " That is not what I mean, I mean that crazy passionate feeling you get when you are a teenager, and you have your first love. They are going through that in their thirties, they are so lucky, they can all the sex they want and not have to sneak around."
"You don't feel crazy passionate about me?"
"I do, you know that,its just not the same, as your first love. Our love is comfortable love,its being together a long time and respecting each other love. You remember how it felt when we first got together and everything was new and exciting."
"You know, it is really hard for me not to get offended by this." Leonard tells her annoyed.
"What do you mean!"
"Why are you so obsessed with Sheldon and his sex life? To you want to be in the next room instead of Amy? Because that his how you are making me feel right this and that love test you were so eager to take with him, you know I am really starting to wonder about how close you two are." Leonard tells her angrily voicing a concern he had kept hidden for a while. All he wants is for her to say that she does not think of Sheldon like that and then say lets go to her apartment, but instead she flashes him eyes filled with daggers.
"First off how dare you! You of all people should know that I think of Sheldon like a little brother. I am NOSY you know this about me I want to know everything about everybody! That is the only reason I did that stupid love test ,so I could figure out what made him tick. So for you to suggest that I would betray you and my best friend by trying to get with Sheldon is so stupid. You know what I am leaving, you stay here, do not even think of following me to my apartment." She says angrily hopping off the bed and storming off.
Now Leonard is riddled with guilt, he knows that Penny has no feelings for Sheldon, he was being jealous and petty. Of course he knew that feeling that Penny was talking about, but the problem was he still felt that way about her. It hurt to think she did not find him as exciting as he found her. In the next room he hears Sheldon talking again and he hopes that it is over, they have to go to bed sometime right? Just as he starts to drift off though he hears Amy cry out and the bed in the next room begins to squeak again. This time more vigorous than the time before that,he can see now why Sheldon needed those noise canceling head phones, the walls are paper thin. When Amy cries out for a second time he loses his cool, annoyed with himself, annoyed with Penny, annoyed with the situation in general, he knocks on the wall to the bedroom.
"Can you guys please keep it down people are trying to sleep in here!" then he flops down on his pillow again and immediately is filled with remorse. How many years as Sheldon put up with his bedroom escapades going on in the next room. He may have ruined it with Joyce Kim, but after that catastrophe, he had made an effort to deal with the situation. The guy is just discovering sex at thirty five, he should be cutting him some slack not banging on his wall because he just blew it with Penny. They are silent in the next room, and Leonard wonders briefly if he should go knock on his door and apologize. He has no idea what he would even say, sorry I interrupted your coitus, carry on as you were? As he contemplates his next move, he hears some sounds in the next room,the sound of people jumping up on the bed giggling and shouting:
"Wow, Sheldon you gave it to me well."
"Amy, your coitus skills are outstanding!"
"Haha Guys! Go to sleep!" Leonard calls through the wall again
Leonard wakes up in the morning and goes to the kitchen desperate for a cup of coffee .He sees Amy already in the kitchen making breakfast wearing just Sheldon's pajama top. Half of him just wants to retreat back into his bedroom before she sees him. It feels so weird seeing her standing half undressed in the kitchen. Again he has the opportunity to feel sympathy for Sheldon and the years of awkward encounters he has had to put up with. Before he has an opportunity to turn around and sneak back to his room Amy turns around and sees him and calls out brightly..
"Hey Leonard! I am making enough breakfast for you too come sit down while I finish up it." Leonard walks slowly to the kitchen island and sits down and looks at Amy. He has never seen her like this before, the woman usually so buttoned up looks completely different. Her glasses are perched on the top of her head pulling back her long dark hair. The shirt she is wearing is way to big and falls off her shoulders a bit and he catches himself eying her legs as she walks to the fridge to retrieve the milk. Leonard hates to admit it to himself but something about her this morning makes him see why Sheldon is crazy over her. Sheldon had opportunities over the years to be with other women, some of them had actually been kind of cute. If Romana Nowitski had not been so bat crap crazy he might have made a go for her back then. Yet no one had ever turned his head until Amy walked into his life. Sure they connected on an intellectual first but Leonard knew that Sheldon really found her to be beautiful. Speaking of the devil Sheldon walks into the room with a happy little saunter.
"Good morning everyone." He says sounding in a good mood, and why shouldn't he be Leonard thinks, he got to sleep with the woman he loves.
"Morning, get good sleep?" he says sarcastically.
"Oh exceedingly, you know I read somewhere that vigorous exercise before bed helps aid the sleep cycle." He says winking at Amy and she blushes.
"Sheldon!" She giggles swatting him on the arm.
"Amy, why are you not wearing pants?" he asks seriously walking into the kitchen and standing in front of her shocked.
"I did not have any, besides I thought you did not mind me wearing your pajama top."
"I don't mind at all, I just don't want Leonard getting an eyeful of your legs." Leonard looks away quickly, how could he have known that he had secretly checked her out.
"I am not checking your girlfriend out!"Leonard tells him and Sheldon just stares at him with his arms crossed.
"Oh really, I defy you not to be tempted by those stems she is walking around on." Amy ducks her head obviously pleased with this display of jealousy. Leonard wonders if she knows about the time he karate chopped him after the wedding, when he thought he was trying to steal her away. What would he do to him now if he thought he was trying to get with Amy? Leonard shudders at the thought he really does not want to find out.
"Fine,I will go get dressed just flip the pancakes for me in about a minute." She says brandishing the spatula at him, and he gently lowers her hand.
"No, you need to finish up here, I am just going to cover you up some more." He says removing his robe and pulling it over her body. "There now you may continue" he says tying the tie on the robe and smiling down at her and she looks up at him with a look of challenge on her face.
"Yes it will be much easier to cook now that I am wearing a flannel evening gown." Amy tells him rolling up the sleeves and indicating how the bottom of the robe drags at her feet. Sheldon just smiles down at her and steps in closer and takes both Amy and Leonard by surprise by bending down and kissing Amy, really kissing her on the lips. The sight takes Leonard aback, he has seen them kiss before but never like this. It is always odd to see them kiss, to Leonard, kind of like seeing a dog walking around on its hind legs. The first time he had seen them kiss their lips had barely touched and Amy had stood there like a mannequin. This time Amy melts into his body and Leonard has to look away.
"I think you look quite fetching in your flannel evening gown." He tells her before moving to sit back at the kitchen island while Amy turns her attention back to the stove. "Ain't she great." Sheldon whispers to Leonard as he sits down and he nods his head in agreement.
"She is perfect for you." The word perfect reverberates back in Leonard's mind, making him think of the fight with Penny last night. It strikes him then he was not as upset at what she was doing as what she had said about first love. Penny was his first love, sure he had been with other girls before her, but she was the first one he had been head over heels in love with. When he was with her he still felt giddy with excitement, that she was his. That she had admitted that she did not feel the same way had hurt. Leonard thinks he just needs to do something for Penny,that will make her feel that way about him again…
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