Penny, Amy and Bernadette were all sitting in Penny's living room. All had a glass of wine and Penny had set up snacks for them to have.
"Okay, so we should probably have the party at a restaurant. Sheldon wont want all these people in his apartment and I simply don't have room, and Howard's mom will most likely have a fit." Penny said.
The girls were planning Howard's going away party. He was leaving for space next Sunday and they wanted to give him a party next Friday. Amy and Bernadette nod in agreement, all thinking on where they want to through the party.
"I know, I could ask my boss if we could have the party room at the restaurant, there isn't an event planned for next Friday." Penny suggested. "That could work." Bernadette says with a smile.
"I don't know. Sheldon might complain of having to eat their twice in one week and that he doesn't eat at the cheesecake factory on Fridays." Amy said with concern.
"I'm sorry, who is this party for?" Bernadette asked her.
Penny makes a face as she sipped her wine and Amy shrugged weekly.
"Howard, but I was just saying." "Well, I don't give a hoot what Sheldon wants, My husband is going to space and I will miss him dearly. I want him to have this without any problems." Bernadette stated her tone and look in her eyes telling Amy not to argue.
Amy just nods as she shared a look with Penny. Penny gave her a smile and wink.
"So do you have all the people that he would want to come?" Penny asked changing the subject. "Yes. The guys plus you two, the guys from the comic book store. Some of his co-workers. Not that many people, around 12 to 15." The short blonde women said.
Penny nods, making a note to herself to tell her boss how many people to expect.
Penny enter 4a without knocking like usual, later that night after the girls had gone home. Seeing both Sheldon and Raj playing some videogame and Leonard in the kitchen.
Leonard looked up from what he was doing and she gave him a bright smile.
"Hey guys." Penny greeted, getting a wave from Raj and Sheldon to look up at her.
"Hello Penny." He quickly said before turning his attention back to the game.
Penny skipped over to where Leonard was, wrapping her arms around him.
"Hey you!" She whispered into his ear then placed a kiss on his cheek.
Leonard turned to face her, giving her a smile. "Hi sunshine. What's up?" He greeted her sweetly.
Penny shrugged moving so she was in back of him, and wrapped her arms around his waist, putting her chin on his shoulder. Leonard smiled at this and turned his head over his shoulder to look down at her.
"You okay?" He asked her, she was awfully clingy and she was usually clingy when she was upset or drunk. And he was pretty sure she wasn't drunk.
"I'm fine baby. I just missed you." She says cutely.
"How was girls night?" He asked her, turning so he could face her and wrapped his arms around her waist, as hers went up to wrap around his neck. "It was good. We planned Howard's going away party. I think He is going to like it." She says.
"That's great. How's Bernadette handling everything?"
"Okay I guess. She doesn't really care for the whole thing, but she wants him to be happy and to achieve his dream." Penny spoke.
Leonard nodded. "You missed Raj crying over Howard going. Sometimes I wonder about those two." Leonard whispered to her, shaking his head at his friends actions. Penny giggled as she looked over at Raj.
"Why do I always miss the good things?" She playfully asked him. Leonard chuckled and placed a kiss on the tip of her nose.
Leonard grabbed her hand and lead her over to where Sheldon and Raj were, sitting himself down in his chair, before pulling her down so she fell in his lap. Penny squealed and giggled as she landed in her boyfriends lap.
Sheldon looked over and rolled his eyes at his roommate and neighbor, as Raj just watched his friends and how in love they seemed.
Penny snuggled into his hold, leaning in to kiss him quickly.
After a couple minutes of silence, expect for the occasional yell or comment from Sheldon or Raj, Penny turned to Leonard.
"Hey baby?" She asked, making him turn his attention away from the TV to her. "Hmm." He hummed but gave her a small smile.
"You know how tomorrow is the air of my first episode?" She asked. "Yes. What about it?" He replied.
"Well, Bernadette and Amy are going to watch it over at my place with me. Bernadette's dragging Howard, would you like, join us?" She asked, a little unsure of herself. She was nervous that she wasn't going to do a good job. She wanted Leonard their with her when she watched the episode.
Leonard had already thought about watching the show with her. He was so proud of her and just wanted to make her feel good about herself. "Of course I will, honey." he says with a smile.
Penny's face light up and she clapped her hands. "Yay! You're amazing." She said wrapping his in a tight hug. Leonard just laughed at her excitement.
The fallowing night Leonard entered his girlfriends apartment with two pizza's.
Not seeing Penny he put the pizza's down on the island, calling her name as he made his way to the kitchen.
"Bathroom." He heard her call back. Leonard nodded to himself.
Penny walked out a couple minutes later smiling at him.
"Hey baby! You're early." Penny says as she made her way to him, he had moved to the couch, so she sat down next to him. "Hey gorgeous. How was your day?" Leonard asked leaning forward to place a kiss on her cheek.
"It was good. Busy, but good. How was work?" Penny told him with a shrug.
"Work was okay. Sheldon made such a fuss today, pain in my ass. He stormed off because he wasn't allowed to do this experiment, the University doesn't have the grant money for it. I had to skip lunch to go look for him." Leonard said with the shake of his head as he thought about Sheldon.
Penny smirked to herself, as much as she loved Leonard, she still sometimes found it funny how weird Leonard's and Sheldon's relationship was. Leonard either couldn't stand him or would be by his side taking care of him.
"Its not funny!" Leonard protested when he saw the look on her face. Penny let out a chuckle as she shook her head. "Penny!" Leonard yelled frustrated.
"Im sorry! Im just picturing the whole thing. Its funny!" SHe said defending herself.
"Fine Ill leave." Leonard said now teasing her.
He stood up and went to walk away when Penny grabbed his hand and pouted up at him. "No! Im sorry, Im sorry. Please stay. Ill stop laughing."
Leonard made a thinking face, making Penny smack him on the arm. "Ow." Leonard said with a chuckle as he took a seat next her once again.
"Don't do that again. You got that mister?!" Penny says with a fake stern at him, trying to keep from smiling.
Leonard leaned over and kissed her softly. "Better?" He asked.
"I guess." She shrugged still keeping her acting face. Leonard knew what she wanted. He cupped her face in his hands and gave her a long kiss, filled with love.
"Okay now everything's better." She said making both of them laugh.
The girls plus Howard and Leonard all sat around Penny's living room watching Penny's first big break. Penny sat in Leonard's lap in her small arm chair, as Amy, Bernadette, and Howard sat on the couch.
Leonard held his girl close as he watched with a huge smile. He could tell Penny was nervous.
Penny didn't know how she felt watching herself for the first time on TV like this. She had a hard time believing she achieved her dream, she was sure that she would wake up and this whole thing would be a dream.
She knew Leonard was so proud of her and happy for her.
She was happy and couldn't believe she had everything she always wanted. A man who adored her, loyal friends, and now her dream job. Penny sighed and snuggled into Leonard.