Summary:

Penny wants her friends to get to know Leonard better.

Erica decided to stay the night at Penny's couch because there was no way she was driving with two bottles of wine under her belt. Maybe she shouldn't be drinking so much anymore because it was getting harder and harder to bounce back after one of these nights.

"Hey babe," Brian was sitting at the kitchen table as she entered their apartment, and she felt and probably looked like crap but he still gave her a huge smile. "I was about to message you. I went to get us a couple of breakfast sandwiches." He pointed to the bag sitting in front of him.

"Oh god, yes! I love you!" Erica went to give Brian a kiss before pawing through the bag. Brian chuckled and waited for her to be done before grabbing his own sandwich and biting into it. Neither spoke, Erica was engrossed in her sandwich and Brian simply watched her as he ate.

"HMNGRH BENNY GRMHMMH." Erica suddenly tried to tell her boyfriend, still with a mouthful of a pretty great breakfast sandwich. She made a mental note to ask him to get food from this place again.

Brian laughed. "If you've got gossip to share then chew and swallow first." He smiled as she quickly chewed, she probably looked like a hungover hamster, a really cute hamster.

"I said, 'Penny is not dating Sheldon'." Erica said after her mouth was free of food.

"Wait, what?!" Brian wasn't expecting that. "...Does Sheldon know that?"

Erica gave him a confused look.

"No, I mean. You know how he's running that Fantasy Football game for us right? Well, he sort of started telling us about Dungeons and Dragons and me and the other guys are kinda interested you know?. But, well, Sheldon said he can't do Saturday nights because those are 'Laundry nights with Penny.' Which I assumed meant it was sort of their date night right?"

"Holy crap…yeah, let me tell you about last night."

In between bites of their sandwiches Erica told Brian the whole story, including the dumbfounded look that Penny had shown them once the shoe had dropped that she only ever talked about Sheldon.

"Well…shit."

"What?" Erica didn't like the look on his face.

"I thought they were dating so I invited Sheldon for the Football game in two weeks. You know we're going over to Toni's and Jonjon is manning the grill so we thought it was a good chance to talk about that Dungeons and Dragon game that we wanted Sheldon to teach us on how to run, after the game…and he said yes because Penny was also coming…so…"

"Well…shit." Erica needed to talk to Penny.

"Sheldon. Why did you accept Brian's invitation?" Penny pinched the bridge of her nose in annoyance, a headache already forming.

"Last week, during our weekly call to discuss the Fantasy Football League status, it was mentioned that the group was interested in learning more about DnD. Jon mentioned that they were holding a barbecue party to watch the Steelers game to which I was invited to, so we could discuss it in person. So, you see, it was actually Jon who invited me."

"And If I'm not going?" Penny put her hand on her hip.

"I suppose that Jon, Keith, Brian and the rest of your friends might be disappointed. Hmmm, I wonder if Brian would be able to pick me up."

"Okay, I was bluffing. I'll take you. But Leonard is coming with us." She narrowed her eyes and pointed a finger at him.

"Why would he do that?" Honest bewilderment on his face.

"Because he's my boyfriend." A challenge in her voice.

Sheldon sighed sadly. "I suppose that your stubbornness can be both a good and a bad trait. Alas, in this case we shall all be witness to the slow and painful death of your relationship with Leonard."

"Hey! You don't know that."

"Perhaps. But all of my calculations indicate that due to your lack of romantic feelings for him, his Oedipus complex as well as a general lack of confidence which will transform into possessiveness will make it so your relationship will crash and burn. Of course, this is not including the fact that in order to be intimate at all, you need to be intoxicated which is quickly leading you down the road of alcoholism."

"...You can be such an asshole." Penny fought back tears and stormed off.

"Hey dweeb, why did you invite Sheldon to the party?" Toni kicked the back of her brother's chair.

"Woah, stop that. I'll tell mom you're the one messing up her chairs." Jonjon didn't even turn to look back at her, he kept playing on his phone. "And he's dating Penny so he was going to come anyway. So what's the deal? Don't tell me they're already fighting. Sheldon can be an ass but-"

"They're not dating."

"Already broken up? Man, I'll make fun of him during our weekly call."

"Nah, Penny says they never dated."

"Wait, what?" He finally turned to look at her. "For real?"

"She swears by that. Oh! Apparently she's actually dating Sheldon's roommate."

"Wild…That's so wild!...Does Sheldon know?"

Toni didn't reply but gave him the look she had inherited from their mother and that she used whenever a dumb question was asked.

"C'mon, it's an honest question. He is always talking about Penny so I would have never guessed."

"Penny is bringing her actual boyfriend to the party so you have to uninvite Sheldon."

"Hell no, Sheldon is running our league and he's also coming over to help us set up a Dungeons and Dragons game."

"Jonjon." She used her serious voice.

"I'm serious. What kind of scumbag would I have to be to uninvite him?"

Toni chewed her lip, she knew he was right but she didn't want Penny to feel awkward. She had seen the look on her friend's face when she realized that she hadn't talked about her boyfriend in like…ever.

"Okay…but, make an effort to make her boyfriend feel welcome."

"As long as he's not an ass then it won't be an issue." He promised.

*Knock, knock, knock.*
"Penny."
*Knock, knock, knock.*
"Penny."
*Knock, knock, knock.*
"Penny."

"What?!" Penny wrenched the door open and glared up at Sheldon.

Sheldon avoided her eyes and nervously ran his hands on the front of his shirt. "I believe that I might have upset you. It was not my intention to do so."

"...That's not an apology." She wasn't going to make it easy for him.

"Really Penny?" He narrowed his eyes but still didn't meet her eyes.

"Really Sheldon." She REALLY wasn't going to make this easy for him.

Sheldon let out a frustrated breath, still avoiding her eyes. "While I'm sorry to have upset you, I am not sorry for telling the truth."

"Sheldon! You!..." She took a calming breath. "You still don't get it! You're supposed to be happy for us."

He finally looked at her straight in the eye. "Penny. While initially I was not confident in the strength of our friendship, in these past two and a half years you have become an integral part of my life and now I fear that your absence would cause me a great deal of inconvenience and distress. I am simply trying to avoid a scenario that will cause the group to break down."

"But you don't know that!" She insisted.

"Evidence points to one inevitable result." Before she could reply Sheldon raised his hands. "However, I will not express my opinion in this matter in the future and I will not tell you 'I told you so' if my prediction does happen."

"Always so self-sacrificial."

"Sarcasm?"

"What do you think?" They were not fully okay but they were going to get there.

"Jonjon!" Carly called out as he was drying off the sweat from his last set. While usually he really enjoyed that their group was part of the same gym, this time he already knew what she was going to ask.

"Barley, I know, I know. I shouldn't have invited Sheldon. But I really thought he was dating Penny!"

"What?" Carly's face was full of confusion. "Oh, yeah I don't care about that."

"Wait, really? My sister was acting like it was the end of the world."

"Yeah, I mean, we don't even know Penny's boyfriend right? He might be cool."

Jonjon nodded after a moment. "Yeah, yeah."

"See! No, I wanted to ask you if I could bring Katia to the party?

"Who?"

"Brunette, olive skin, Italian accent and you were drooling as she was doing yoga?"

"Shhhh hey man, not cool. I wasn't drooling." Jonjon kept his voice low and looked around making sure no one had heard Carly.

Carly laughed without a care. "Yeah right, but that's Katia."

"I mean, sure. The more the merrier…so…is she single?"

"Thank you Jonjon!" Carly walked away without answering his question.

"C'mon Barley! That's not cool." He told her back and she just waved her hand.

"Sheldon, please! This is the first time I'm meeting Penny's friends, I need to make a good impression. Don't embarrass me!"

Leonard was pacing their living room as Sheldon typed away at his laptop and ignored him.

"I still don't understand why you're going to the party at all. There's going to be alcohol, food not pre-approved by you, loud music and you know, socializing."

Sheldon simply kept typing away while occasionally looking at an open book on the side.

"I mean, you don't even know anyone there." Leonard returned to pacing and wringing his hands. "Buddy, please, these people don't know that we're nerds."

At that, Sheldon finally turned to face him, with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't look at me like that. These people are going to be talking Sports and, and, and, and, and Football and clubs! And who knows what else. They're not going to be interested in Halo or Comic books or Anime or even Star Trek!" Leonard pleaded with him. "I need them to like me, Sheldon."

"I see. And you feel my presence will somehow reflect negatively on you?"

"Yes!" Leonard was happy that Sheldon seemed to get it.

"And me not attending will make it so you feel more comfortable around this new group of people?"

"Yes! Thank you!"

"Leonard, I was personally invited to this event. I can't just-"

"I'm invoking clause 9.3 of the roommate agreement!"

Sheldon froze for a moment before nodding slowly. "Understood." He carefully and methodically put away the books and notebooks he had been working on. "If you excuse me, I need to make a call."

Leonard grinned and patted himself in the back. The 9.3 clause was one that he never thought he would actually use but he was glad that Sheldon had included it.

'As a best friend, you are entitled to one request per year. This request can't be denied.'

Of course this was Sheldon so there were pages upon pages on what type of requests were acceptable and which weren't.

Leonard could breathe easier now. This party was going to be a success.

Jonjon looked at the screen of his phone and frowned in confusion before picking up the call. "Sheldon?"

"Hello Jon, that is correct. This is Sheldon Cooper."

"Oh, what's up man?"

"I am calling you to inform you that unfortunately I will be unable to attend next week's party."

"Wait, for real?"

"Oh, this is very real."

Jonjon chuckled a little at Sheldon's serious tone of voice. "Nah man. I meant…why?"

Jonjon's smile disappeared little by little as Sheldon explained the reason. He put his phone on speaker before asking Sheldon to repeat what he had just said.

Sheldon's crackly voice was heard clearly. "I dislike repeating myself. As I said, my roommate has requested that I don't attend the party as he fears that my presence will impact his image negatively. Because of this I would like to schedule a separate meeting so we can further discuss your introduction to DnD."

"Sure man, listen, we'll work around your schedule, just let us know what time works for you."

"Excellent, have a pleasant evening."

Jonjon clicked to end the call and turned to look at the group of friends sitting around his couch. Clicking his tongue Jonjon told no one in particular. "Well…I think it's safe to say Penny's boyfriend is a dick."

Brian was frowning. "What did he mean by 'impact his image negatively'?"

Jonjon shrugged and shook his head but Keith spoke up. "Hey, you know how Sheldon is in the spectrum right? So maybe the roommate thinks that we'll make fun of him for being friends with Sheldon?"

"Nah…right?" Jonjon didn't like the implications of that.

Brian was quiet before standing up and poking his head out the door. "Babe! Could you come here for a moment?"

Erica and Toni made their way into the living room and the guys explained what had just happened and asked for their opinion.

Toni let out a frustrated breath and ran a hand through her hair. "Okay, initially I was all for Sheldon not coming but now I'm pissed off. But! I still think it's a stretch for your guys' theory."

"You did say that Kurt was being an ass at Penny's party right? Maybe Penny's boyfriend thinks that we're like that?" Keith was always the more level headed one.

"I mean…if that's true, can you blame him? Kurt acted like an ass after his breakup with Penny." Erica said, now having occupied her boyfriend's lap.

The boys nodded.

"Okay, so we should keep an open mind. This might be a big misunderstanding." Brian quickly added.

"And who knows, maybe Penny's boyfriend thinks that he's doing Sheldon a favor. He's afraid that we're going to bully him or something." Toni offered her own theory.

"That's all fine and dandy but that still leaves us with the heart of the matter. What do we do about Sheldon no longer coming? It don't sit right with me." Jonjon wanted to make sure the rest knew what he was thinking.

"How about this? You invite Sheldon to dinner so that you guys can talk about your geeky stuff, maybe bust out a board game or something and just in general spend a nice evening together." Toni took charge and started giving orders. "We girls don't need to be here so maybe we can go dancing or something and let you have the house to yourselves."

"I don't know…it doesn't feel right, but yeah, Sheldon is not dating Penny so…" Jonjon shrugged and reluctantly agreed.

Penny barreled into 4A, her shift had just ended and she needed to bring Sheldon to the mall ASAP. Said man was currently sitting on his spot and writing away on his laptop, while Leonard was drinking a glass of water at the kitchen island.

"C'mon, let's go Moonpie. Chop, chop. Time's a wastin' Let's go buy you a real pair of pants." Penny stayed by the door and clapped twice while pointing at the hallway.

"Penny? Why would you take me to buy pants?" Sheldon looked bewildered.

"For Sunday's party. C'mon, let's go." Another pair of claps.

"I don't appreciate your clapping, it makes me feel like some sort of show horse that is expected to perform. Besides, I am no longer attending the party." Sheldon returned to his laptop.

"What do you mean you're no longer going?" She was confused, he had been adamant before because Jonjon had invited him personally.

"Leonard asked-"

Leonard loudly cleared his throat and moved towards them finally. "Ahem, what Sheldon is saying is that I asked him to be honest about wanting to attend the party or not. There's no need to force Sheldon to go if he doesn't want to."

"Is that true?" Penny asked Sheldon but before he could answer, Leonard was pulling her towards the door.

"But I'll be happy to buy new pants for the party, let's go."

Before the door closed, Penny could swear that Sheldon's face was twitching like crazy.

Penny took a deep breath as she stared at the door to Jonjon and Toni's house.

They could do this, it was just a party and she wanted to show her friends that Leonard was a nice guy and that they were happy together.

Penny entered Toni's kitchen, leaned against the counter and let out a frustrated breath.

Almost from the start things had gone south.

They had arrived at the party and Leonard was a mess due to nerves. For some reason he had ditched his usual layers and decided to wear a jersey. Which would be fine as this was a Football party, except, it was a Hockey jersey…from a Canadian Team.

'Hamilton Tigers' His Jersey proudly displayed. The black and yellow colors that were meant to represent tiger stripes made him look like a bumblebee instead. Not to mention how awkward he was in it, adjusting it every five seconds.

And then he introduced himself to her friends…as if it were the first time he's meeting them.

"Uh, we met before, at Penny's Superbowl party." Brian looked confused.

"What are you doing?" Jonjon asked as Leonard tried to do some sort of complicated handshake.

"Nice to meet you." Carly very subtly covered her cleavage after Leonard stared for a moment too long.

Not a great first introduction as her boyfriend. She could see her friends share a look between them and it made her face burn.

Leonard adjusted the neck of his jersey again and smiled. Things were going surprisingly well.

Everyone else was wearing jerseys as well, even some of the girls. Though the girls' jerseys were modified to be more…fashionable. One of the girls was wearing a pink jersey with a lot of cleavage and Leonard had been careful to sneak peeks at her because he didn't know how the jersey stayed in place but he was certainly enjoying it.

One of Penny's friends was sitting on her boyfriend's lap and Leonard wished he could do the same with Penny, but his girlfriend was taller and heavier than him. Everyone around the table was smiling and joking around, Penny also came back from the kitchen with a new drink, so he tried to tell a joke.

"Why was the best footballer in the world asked to tidy up their room?" Leonard waited excitedly before revealing the punchline. "Because they were Messi!" He had googled that joke and it was the most upvoted one about Football.

Utter silence.

It's not like they were angry at him, but the group looked confused. Penny included. He was starting to sweat because he was sure that the joke would kill. He had visited like eight different websites just for that joke.

"Oh! You mean Lionel Messi?" The girl in the pink jersey asked. He needed to remember her name.

"Err yes?"

"Oh…but he plays soccer, not football." She said slowly, confused.

"Oh! Oh! I know of that guy. But I'm surprised you know him, Barley." Jon said.

"Diego loved soccer and I remember him mentioning that name before."

Soon the conversation moved but Leonard felt like his joke and he had been largely ignored. He took a drink of his glass to try and swallow the feeling of humiliation but his face was burning and he was sure that the back of his neck was covered in sweat.

He turned to look at Penny and was scared of seeing her cringing or look disappointed in him but she smiled at him before returning to talk to one of her friends and her smile felt like a reassurance that he hadn't messed up.

"Hey, Leonard right?" Keith? Yeah, Keith. Keith talked to him. "I see that you're a Hockey fan but what do you think about the Steelers? Do you think they really overlooked the Jaguars because they were anticipating a rematch with the Pats?"

Very few times in his life he had experienced panic like this. He didn't know that they would ask him about the game. The lab had gotten a new laser so the time he had initially planned to research this game had gone into playing with lasers and mirrors.

"Oh, mark my words, Juju Smith is going to get that ROY award." Brian jumped in.

"Suresuresuresure but did you see how they scored in this season? Roethlisberger found Brown easily! Antonio is going to be MVP, no question." Jon added.

Leonard looked from one man to the other, lost. He had no idea what they were talking about, shame, panic and self-loathing roiled in his belly. He nodded to whatever they were saying, hoping that it would prevent him from answering.

The men bantered with each other and despite everything, Leonard longed to be part of the group. He wanted to be able to make jokes about football, to be able to talk about the game…but he didn't know how.

"C'mon, let Leonard talk." Keith once again tried to draw him into the conversation.

For a moment he considered lying, to pretend to know what they were talking about, but he knew that they would catch him.

"I…actually don't like Football that much." Leonard muttered.

"Oh, so what sports do you like?" Keith probably thought he was being nice but to Leonard it felt like bullying, as if Keith was shining a spotlight on him.

"Oh you know, normal sports." Leonard said and even as he said it, he knew it was stupid. He couldn't raise his eyes from his drink, he was afraid that they would laugh at him, make fun of him or even worse, ignore him completely.

"Ha, ha! You're so funny sweetie." Penny interrupted their conversation. "Leonard is not a sports guy. He's a Physicist."

"Oh! Like Sheldon?" The girl that was talking with Penny asked and something inside him coiled around his heart. This was his chance to be normal, to be one of the guys and he was being compared to Sheldon.

Fuck that.

"No! I'm nothing like Sheldon! I'm smart but I don't go around rubbing it in other people's faces. I don't need people to call me Doctor every single time. I don't need to have my food made to microscopical detail and I can drive myself places without having a meltdown!"

HIs chest heaved with the effort of trying to stay calm but even in this state he didn't miss the looks shared between the friend group.

It wasn't until he started coughing that he realized the trouble breathing was not because of his anger but because of his asthma. Taking his inhaler and doing a couple of shots was another arrow to his ego, what normal guy needs an inhaler?

"Excuse us." Penny pulled him into the hallway and into a bedroom.

His face was flaming and he could hear his heartbeat beating loudly against his ears, he was hot and cold and he was pretty sure that he was sweating out of every pore in his body.

To her credit, Penny waited until he was breathing somewhat normally before laying onto him.

"What the hell was that?!" She was fuming and had her hands on her hips.

"I…I don't know. I'm sorry. I just heard them compare me to Sheldon and I didn't want them to think that I was anything like him. This was my chance to just be another guy but…I don't know, I felt like I was not good enough."

"Leonard…" Penny stopped talking and took a deep breath. "Sweetie, if you wanted to be able to talk about Football with my friends, why didn't you research or try to learn about it?"

"I didn't think that ALL conversation would be around the game. I thought they would be talking about something else and…well, Football is kinda boring." Leonard sat on the edge of the bed and shrugged.

Penny squinted at him. "So you wanted to fit in and be one of the guys but don't want to learn about the one thing this party was about?"

"I…it's not like that. Girls like you usually don't date guys like me okay? I'm doing my best here so you don't get tired of me and go back to one of the meatheads you usually date. I want to be here so people know you have a good boyfriend."

Penny breathed in sharply and closed her eyes. "Leonard…are you saying that you're only here because you were afraid that if you weren't that someone would have flirted with me and I would have gone with them?"

That was certainly something he had been afraid of. He finally got his shot with Penny and a part of him was scared that she would get bored and leave him when a muscular and handsome guy appeared in front of her.

He tried to find a way to voice his thoughts without putting his foot in his mouth but was coming up blank.

After a long moment Penny opened her eyes. "Well Leonard?"

"I just don't want to lose you."

Penny sighed. "We're not done talking about this. For now, we're going to go back to the party. My friends are regular people Leonard, not creatures you have to decipher, just tell them about your sci-fi shows or comics or something and you'll find a common interest, I'm sure. Tell them about those thingies and Dragons game that you love."

"But I don't want to talk to them about nerdy things." Even he cringed at the whine in his voice.

Without another word, Penny left.

"Yikes…" Carly said once Penny and her boyfriend disappeared down the hallway.

"Yikes indeed." Toni said and she downed her drink.

Jonjon rubbed at the back of his neck and then pulled on his earlobe, trying to think of a way to word his thoughts.

"Okay, what just happened?" Erica asked out loud. The game now forgotten.

"I don't know but…the reaction to being compared to Sheldon was weird right?" Jonjon finally said. That was the part that stuck out to him the most.

Everyone nodded.

"Look guys, I know that it was weird, but this is also his first time meeting us as Penny's boyfriend and not just her neighbor so let's cut him some slack." Dani was always the voice of reason.

"We've all done dumb shit when nervous, right?" Keith added.

Jonjon reluctantly nodded but Brian pushed against it. "Look, I'm all for second chances but we're here trying to talk to him and he's just stonewalling us. And I don't know about you guys but the way he was ogling Carly while Penny was right there by his side didn't exactly give me a good feeling about him."

Carly had ended up covering herself with a light sweater borrowed from Toni because Leonard couldn't stop looking at her chest.

"I kinda wish Sheldon had come instead." Toni joked.

"Katia is also going to be here any moment now." Carly piped up.

"Yeah, and Penny is not going to be much longer I bet. Look, just try to make sure the rest of the day goes smoothly. You guys, talk to him about your Dungeon game you've been talking about so much, I'm sure once he relaxes it'll all be okay." Dani took charge like always but no one fought her on what she said.

The doorbell rang. Carly looked at her phone and went to answer the door, a smile on her face.

Penny sat on the passenger seat and she looked intently out the window as Leonard drove them home.

"So…that went well I think." Leonard said and even without looking at him she knew he was giving her an awkward smile. "I like your friends."

Penny didn't reply and Leonard kept yapping away about how much fun he had at the party.

She had to close her eyes and try to tune him out because it seemed that they had attended two different parties.

After their conversation in Toni's guest bedroom, a new girl had arrived at the party. Katia, she was Carly's newest fling. It was just one more person, nothing special, except Leonard spent the rest of the night following Katia like a lost puppy.

"I think they liked me too." Leonard continued.

Jonjon tried to talk to Leonard about Dungeons and Dragons. Her boyfriend's self admitted favorite game, and what did her boyfriend said at Jonjon's simple question?

"Ah, no, I don't, I'm not into that nerdy stuff. It's kinda childish right?" He said while trying to smile confidently. Somehow missing the frown on Jonjon's face.

"Maybe we can do it again." Leonard kept talking.

"...yeah, maybe…" She finally said and pretended to fall asleep.

"I'm so sorry." Carly was holding hands with Katia as she apologized.

"It's okay, but maybe next time if he's going to be here it's best that I don't come, yeah?" Katia smiled weakly.

"No, no, don't worry. He's the boyfriend of our friends but I don't think he's going to be a regular here. Right?" Carly asked the group.

Grimacing, Dani had to agree. "Yeah…I think we had enough for a while." She rubbed at her face with both hands. "Okay, I'll talk to Penny." She paused before addressing everyone. "Are we the assholes? Please tell me we're somehow to blame for this shit."

"Sorry, but no." Toni served herself another drink. "Also, what was with that macho attitude, everything was childish?"

"Yeah, that was not cool." Jonjon had deflated after Leonard shot down the Dungeons and Dragons talk.

"I wasn't a fan of the Sheldon freakout either." Brian had Erica on his lap as she dozed off. "Honestly, what was that?"

"Oh yeah." Keith said with a mouth full of chips. "Sorry. But yeah, that was weird as hell."

Dani shook her head as if trying to clear it by the action alone. "Please tell me Sheldon is not like that. I've only seen him a couple of times."

Jonjon grabbed a handful of chips while replying. "Nah, Sheldon is direct. He doesn't do subtle or false. Because of that he can seem a bit of an ass until you realize he's the most direct person ever. Just tell him what you want or need and he'll do the same."

Brian nodded. "He rubbed me the wrong way at first, not gonna lie."

"Besides, he really is as smart as he claims. He's got two Doctorates." Keith added while trying to recover the bowl of chips from Jonjon.

"When are we meeting him anyway?" Brian asked, yawning.

"He said we can do Thursday night. I'll go pick him up and then drop him back at his apartment." Jonjon stretched after replying. "He doesn't drive."

"Okay, we'll go dancing or something." Carly said while searching for her keys.

"It's a plan." Dani confirmed. She wasn't looking forward to her conversation with Penny but knew that she couldn't just ignore it.

Penny sighed tiredly as she basically threw herself on the couch.

She didn't have the energy to deal with Leonard tonight, as he dropped her off at her door he was still smiling proudly but she didn't want to deal with him at the moment. Maybe that was wrong of her, but she just wanted to sleep.

It was obvious he wanted sex but that was the last thing on her mind at the moment. She pretended to have a headache and closed the door on his face.

Sheldon was watching TV when Leonard walked happily into the apartment.

"Hey Sheldon, buddy. Once again, thank you for not going. I think it went well."

"I wish I could say 'That's nice' but the reality is that I don't care."

"Thanks buddy."

"Sarcasm?"

Leonard didn't reply but gave him a thumbs up as he walked towards the bathroom.

End Notes:

I could never understand why Leonard was so ashamed of himself and the things he liked.