Round 5: Drabble Submissions
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He stews over her brazenness for what feels like hours; he can feel his face twitching, and his hand shakes as it holds his half-eaten slice. How dare she waltz in here flouting her blatant pilfering of his belongings!
Finally, when he can no longer stand it, he sets down his slice and his plate on the coffee table and jumps to his feet, pointing accusingly as he shouts, "You're a thief!"
Penny's green eyes widen at him for a moment in her typical 'Sheldon is nuts' look, before she smirks. "Whaaat? Honey, what are you talking about?"
"You're a thief! Tell me Penny, are you a closet kleptomaniac or do you just have little regard for boundaries?"
Leonard, Howard and Raj all look to her quizzically as if she'll somehow explain his outburst. But she ignores them all, eyes still fixed on him as one finely-contoured brow lifts. "Uh, again? What are you talking about?"
"Those!" His second accusatory point is just as grandiose and dramatic, as is his tone. The eyes of the other three are then directed downward as Penny shifts slightly, glancing down at the socks she's wearing.
Then, she looks up at him and shrugs. "So?"
He raises his eyebrows. "So?! So those are mine! Penny, what are you doing with them?"
Another shrug before she goes back to her pizza. "Must've gotten mixed in with my stuff while we were doing laundry last night."
"Oh, really." Sheldon's in no mood for her mind games. No, a thorough questioning is needed here. So he clasps his hands behind his back and makes a slow approach toward her, pacing back and forth behind her chair. "Tell me, Penny - did you confuse them with your own Superman socks?"
"No..."
"Did you perhaps mistake the 'S' emblem to stand for 'Socks that Suddenly Belong to Penny?'"
At that, she laughs. "No..."
"Because let me tell you, you are no superhero, and thus should not be wearing those socks."
"Okay, yeah, if I could just point out?" she cops her usual attitude, smiling facetiously at him. "You're no superhero either, sweetie. So wouldn't that mean that you can't wear these socks either?"
"Objection," Leonard pipes up, raising a hand, then points to her. "The defendant is evading the question."
Sheldon nods. "Sustained."
Penny shoots Leonard a dirty look, hissing, "Whose side are you on, anyway?!" but Leonard just grins and takes another bite of his pizza, enjoying the show.
"Just answer the question, Penny."
"Ugh!" She stands, still holding her plate and half-eaten piece of pizza. Angrily, she grabs another out of the box and marches toward the door. "I swear to God this is the last time I come over for pizza night!" And then she's gone.
Sheldon blinks a few times, tilts his head with his hands still clasped behind his back as he looks at the closed door, pondering Penny's hasty retreat. Then, he turns to his friends. "I shall hereby take the defendant's exit as an admission of guilt. Are there any objections?"
They shake their heads, and he nods. "Then court is adjourned." He returns to his spot then with a small satisfied smile, still puzzling over Penny taking his socks but mostly enjoying his victory.
And his pizza.
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Thanks so much for sharing this, bb! <3
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