Sheldon/Penny Fic
I won't finish writing these today, and later on it is very possible that I will make this in to more then just a set of drabbles.
This was the last straw; she was going to swear off drinking for the rest of her natural life. Penny slid the silver DVD back into the slip cover and under her bed; where she could hopefully forget about it. Drinking and Penny just didn’t seem to mix; no matter how much or how little she seemed to drink she always woke up the next morning, with a hangover, lost memories, and a man.
Penny knew that she was gullible when drunk, hell she was pretty easy when she was sober too but honestly how drunk did she have to be to do something like this? Penny sighed as she stood up from the couch and stretched her tired limbs. She honestly had no idea how Sheldon had managed to talk her into a Klingon wedding Las Vegas style, but as apparent in the ‘wedding’ DVD she’d just found tucked away in her suitcase he had; and she had been more than willing to go through with it. Penny shook her head unable to keep the image of Sheldon slurring the klingon nuptials at the same time as he tried to correct her pronunciation of said vows. A giggle finally escaped her mouth as she remembered the outrageous costume of the ‘preacher’; it was like everything else that night ridiculous. Penny supposed she should have been more upset, Sheldon sure had been when they woke up together, but hey she wasn’t going to worry about it. It wasn’t as if a Klingon wedding was actually a valid one. Even in Las Vegas.
“Oh Dear God no,” Penny stared at the cheery pink positive sign willing it to turn into a blue negative. It had been a little over a month since her last period and she hadn’t thought much about it until Sheldon in his typical twerp fashion pointed out that her menstrual cycle had been notably less violent this month. She had been in the middle of deciding whether to respond verbally to him or just to bypass all the talk and get straight to the point with a swift kick between his legs when she realized that he was right. Her period had been less noticeable this month, in fact it hadn’t even come at all. One quick trip to the grocery store later and here she was in the restroom of Super Saver’s looking at the pink cross of hell. Penny threw the stick in the trash and kicked the can for good measure too. This just wasn’t fair! All those other times, with ALL those other guys and the one time her birth control had to fail was with…Sheldon. She could already hear his indignant, loud voice, calling for paternity tests, and complaining about her costing him the Noble Prize. Penny pinched the bridge of nose trying to will away the headache that was blooming in the back of her head; she wasn’t ready for this kind of shit. She didn’t want a kid right now, maybe later when she was married to a successful business man and living in a nice home in the suburbs with a once a week maid; Maybe then, but not now. Not when she was still so young, and unmarried, and poor. Penny glanced down at her deceivingly flat belly, where the spawn of Sheldon currently resided probably already plotting to take over the world, even in his fetal state. Getting rid of it just wasn’t a options for her, although she had gone with several girls back in Omaha to ‘take care of a problem’ she had always known that if it should happen to her she would keep it. Sheldon on the other hand…she didn’t know what his stance on unwanted pregnancies was but she could guess.
A thought suddenly occurred to her, she could avoid all the drama with Sheldon simply by not telling him he was the father. Although she knew with certainty that she had not slept with another man since their night in Vegas, he did not. He had even implied before that he thought she was promiscuous; who could call her out if she claimed the kid was just some guy form a drunken one night stand a while back ago. Penny picked up her purse finally ready to leave and allow other patrons to use the restroom once more. She needed to get home and think before she did anything else, she could tell that her whole world was about to shift and whether it was for bad or good, she just didn’t know.
“Leonard said you wanted to talk to me?” Penny paced nervously around the room picking up and setting down piles of clothes. Stephanie smiled from the doorway; Penny was not really cleaning up anything just moving it around.
“Stephanie, can you keep a secret?” Penny stopped pacing for a moment and just looked across the room at her. Stephanie shut the door, nervous now about the look Penny was giving her. ‘Please don’t let it be something to do with Leonard, please.’ She chanted silently to herself as she walked to Penny’s cluttered green couch and took a seat on some rumpled jeans.
“Yeah, I usually can.” Penny nodded but didn’t speak again for a few minutes. Stephanie was about to go crazy from worry when Penny suddenly sat down right next to her and started to cry.
“Oh Honey, is it a guy again?” Stephanie’s earlier worries vanished as the normally strong and happy girl nodded and continued to sob into a dingy looking bathrobe.
“What happened this time Penny, was it Kurt again?” Stephanie wrapped her arms around Penny’s shaking form trying her best to comfort the distraught girl. She really hoped that the root of this problem wasn’t Leonard now because of he had caused Penny this kind of distress she was going to have to kill him before breaking up with him.
“I’m pregnant.” Penny’s abrupt announcement fell like a brick, and sent Stephanie’s mind reeling with possibilities.
“Ok Penny, Honey, do you know whose baby it is?” Stephanie hesitantly asked praying to every God she had ever heard of that Penny would not say Leonard’s name.
Penny nodded miserably in Stephanie’s arms, “I can’t tell you unless you promise not to tell anyone though.”
Stephanie sighed, “You know Penny un-wed mothers don’t really face the kind of social stigma that they did once; I mean I’m not saying that it a good thing to go out and get pregnant I’m just saying that Me, Leonard, Rhaj, and even Howard, we’re all your friends and we’re not going to look down on you for having this baby. “
“Sheldon.”
Stephanie shrugged a shoulder, “Yeah I know I left him out but I don’t really consider him human so…” Stephanie trailed off as Penny’s sobs began anew. Stephanie shook her head bewildered, what had she said to set the girl off again, they had just gotten back to the point of verbal again when-Stephanie’s jaw dropped in realization. “You don’t mean that…”
Penny enthusiastic sob confirmed it. Stephanie pulled the girl even closer to her, stroking her head and rocking slightly back and forth. What could she say? Penny had just confided to her that Sheldon, the Dr. Cooper, with zero social skills, and even less interest in people had knocked her up. Stephanie tried to not ignore the immense sense of relief that bubbled up inside her stomach at this revelation. She shouldn’t be relived, well she should, but that was not the point; she understood now why Penny had asked her to keep the paternity a secret.
As Penny’s sobs resided once again, Stephanie carefully brushed the hair from her puffy red face, “Don’t you worry Penny, I won’t tell a soul. Not even Leonard.”
“Stephanie?” Penny quietly whispered.
“Yeah Pen?” Stephanie looked expectantly down at Penny.
“I’m really scared.”
Stephanie’s heart almost broke at how lost a lonely Penny sounded, mentally she took back everything negative that she had ever thought about the pretty young girl. There was no reason for her to be jealous anymore, and in truth she had always known that there was never anything to really fear from the girl. She would make it up though, even if she had never actually done anything to her Stephanie still felt bad for ever being suspicious of her. “I promise you Penny, everything will be ok.”
This was the last straw; she was going to swear off drinking for the rest of her natural life. Penny slid the silver DVD back into the slip cover and under her bed; where she could hopefully forget about it. Drinking and Penny just didn’t seem to mix; no matter how much or how little she seemed to drink she always woke up the next morning, with a hangover, lost memories, and a man.
Penny knew that she was gullible when drunk, hell she was pretty easy when she was sober too but honestly how drunk did she have to be to do something like this? Penny sighed as she stood up from the couch and stretched her tired limbs. She honestly had no idea how Sheldon had managed to talk her into a Klingon wedding Las Vegas style, but as apparent in the ‘wedding’ DVD she’d just found tucked away in her suitcase he had; and she had been more than willing to go through with it. Penny shook her head unable to keep the image of Sheldon slurring the klingon nuptials at the same time as he tried to correct her pronunciation of said vows. A giggle finally escaped her mouth as she remembered the outrageous costume of the ‘preacher’; it was like everything else that night ridiculous. Penny supposed she should have been more upset, Sheldon sure had been when they woke up together, but hey she wasn’t going to worry about it. It wasn’t as if a Klingon wedding was actually a valid one. Even in Las Vegas.
“Oh Dear God no,” Penny stared at the cheery pink positive sign willing it to turn into a blue negative. It had been a little over a month since her last period and she hadn’t thought much about it until Sheldon in his typical twerp fashion pointed out that her menstrual cycle had been notably less violent this month. She had been in the middle of deciding whether to respond verbally to him or just to bypass all the talk and get straight to the point with a swift kick between his legs when she realized that he was right. Her period had been less noticeable this month, in fact it hadn’t even come at all. One quick trip to the grocery store later and here she was in the restroom of Super Saver’s looking at the pink cross of hell. Penny threw the stick in the trash and kicked the can for good measure too. This just wasn’t fair! All those other times, with ALL those other guys and the one time her birth control had to fail was with…Sheldon. She could already hear his indignant, loud voice, calling for paternity tests, and complaining about her costing him the Noble Prize. Penny pinched the bridge of nose trying to will away the headache that was blooming in the back of her head; she wasn’t ready for this kind of shit. She didn’t want a kid right now, maybe later when she was married to a successful business man and living in a nice home in the suburbs with a once a week maid; Maybe then, but not now. Not when she was still so young, and unmarried, and poor. Penny glanced down at her deceivingly flat belly, where the spawn of Sheldon currently resided probably already plotting to take over the world, even in his fetal state. Getting rid of it just wasn’t a options for her, although she had gone with several girls back in Omaha to ‘take care of a problem’ she had always known that if it should happen to her she would keep it. Sheldon on the other hand…she didn’t know what his stance on unwanted pregnancies was but she could guess.
A thought suddenly occurred to her, she could avoid all the drama with Sheldon simply by not telling him he was the father. Although she knew with certainty that she had not slept with another man since their night in Vegas, he did not. He had even implied before that he thought she was promiscuous; who could call her out if she claimed the kid was just some guy form a drunken one night stand a while back ago. Penny picked up her purse finally ready to leave and allow other patrons to use the restroom once more. She needed to get home and think before she did anything else, she could tell that her whole world was about to shift and whether it was for bad or good, she just didn’t know.
“Leonard said you wanted to talk to me?” Penny paced nervously around the room picking up and setting down piles of clothes. Stephanie smiled from the doorway; Penny was not really cleaning up anything just moving it around.
“Stephanie, can you keep a secret?” Penny stopped pacing for a moment and just looked across the room at her. Stephanie shut the door, nervous now about the look Penny was giving her. ‘Please don’t let it be something to do with Leonard, please.’ She chanted silently to herself as she walked to Penny’s cluttered green couch and took a seat on some rumpled jeans.
“Yeah, I usually can.” Penny nodded but didn’t speak again for a few minutes. Stephanie was about to go crazy from worry when Penny suddenly sat down right next to her and started to cry.
“Oh Honey, is it a guy again?” Stephanie’s earlier worries vanished as the normally strong and happy girl nodded and continued to sob into a dingy looking bathrobe.
“What happened this time Penny, was it Kurt again?” Stephanie wrapped her arms around Penny’s shaking form trying her best to comfort the distraught girl. She really hoped that the root of this problem wasn’t Leonard now because of he had caused Penny this kind of distress she was going to have to kill him before breaking up with him.
“I’m pregnant.” Penny’s abrupt announcement fell like a brick, and sent Stephanie’s mind reeling with possibilities.
“Ok Penny, Honey, do you know whose baby it is?” Stephanie hesitantly asked praying to every God she had ever heard of that Penny would not say Leonard’s name.
Penny nodded miserably in Stephanie’s arms, “I can’t tell you unless you promise not to tell anyone though.”
Stephanie sighed, “You know Penny un-wed mothers don’t really face the kind of social stigma that they did once; I mean I’m not saying that it a good thing to go out and get pregnant I’m just saying that Me, Leonard, Rhaj, and even Howard, we’re all your friends and we’re not going to look down on you for having this baby. “
“Sheldon.”
Stephanie shrugged a shoulder, “Yeah I know I left him out but I don’t really consider him human so…” Stephanie trailed off as Penny’s sobs began anew. Stephanie shook her head bewildered, what had she said to set the girl off again, they had just gotten back to the point of verbal again when-Stephanie’s jaw dropped in realization. “You don’t mean that…”
Penny enthusiastic sob confirmed it. Stephanie pulled the girl even closer to her, stroking her head and rocking slightly back and forth. What could she say? Penny had just confided to her that Sheldon, the Dr. Cooper, with zero social skills, and even less interest in people had knocked her up. Stephanie tried to not ignore the immense sense of relief that bubbled up inside her stomach at this revelation. She shouldn’t be relived, well she should, but that was not the point; she understood now why Penny had asked her to keep the paternity a secret.
As Penny’s sobs resided once again, Stephanie carefully brushed the hair from her puffy red face, “Don’t you worry Penny, I won’t tell a soul. Not even Leonard.”
“Stephanie?” Penny quietly whispered.
“Yeah Pen?” Stephanie looked expectantly down at Penny.
“I’m really scared.”
Stephanie’s heart almost broke at how lost a lonely Penny sounded, mentally she took back everything negative that she had ever thought about the pretty young girl. There was no reason for her to be jealous anymore, and in truth she had always known that there was never anything to really fear from the girl. She would make it up though, even if she had never actually done anything to her Stephanie still felt bad for ever being suspicious of her. “I promise you Penny, everything will be ok.”