AN-Hello everyone! I know, I've been MIA for a while, but now I'm back with the wedding story from my most popular fic, The Laundry Night Hypothesis. I've never written anything like this before, so I hope it goes well. If not, I may give permission for someone else to have a go at it, but we'll see.

Here we go!

SPOV

There I was, in the position I never imagined I would be in. It was 6:43pm on the 4th of February, on the rooftop of our apartment building, and I was on my knee, holding the small box that contained the ring I was offering Penny. She looked beautiful in the green dress she had worn to dinner that night, even with the stunned expression on her face. Although I'd used to mock her and her slow ability to process information, I didn't anymore. She had every reason to be stunned, and I didn't want her making any hasty decisions. If she said yes, which I was all but certain she would, I wanted her to be sure.

She nodded, and I slid the ring onto her finger.

I got up, and it wasn't two seconds before she wrapped her arms around me so tightly I thought I might die of suffocation like I used to think when I was a child. She pulled back a fraction. "I believe the typical response to such a question is verbal," I jokingly whispered in her ear. I could practically hear her chuckle, though she made no sound. "Yes," she whispered back.

We stayed on the roof a little longer, until Penny decided she had to call her parents. For the life of me I couldn't figure out why she suddenly needed to call her parents, she rarely called them; usually about 5 months went by without a call, the most recent being a week ago. One of the many reasons I fell in love with Penny was because she, unlike me, was able to read expressions and body language like English. "Honey, I need to tell them we're engaged," she explained after seeing the confused expression on my face.

We walked into our apartment, and she immediately dashed to the telephone and dialled the number of her parents. Unsure of how to proceed, I decided I would leave Penny to tell her mother and father about our engagement, whilst I called my own mother. I remembered back to the day I told her I was going to propose to Penny.

"Shelly? Is something wrong, baby?"

"No mother, on the contrary. I just wanted to tell you that… I'm going to propose to Penny." My mother was silent for a moment. "Shelly, when you say 'propose', do you mean 'propose visiting your mother'?" I was confused. Surely a woman who had previously been married would understand what the word 'propose' meant. While I couldn't argue her point, I was sure she knew what I meant. "No, of course not," I could just imagine the warning look I would be receiving now, "not that there's any reason I shouldn't…what I meant was, I'm going to ask Penny to become my wife."

"Baby, she's not pregnant is she? Because you know how I feel about-" I was appalled that my mother would even suggest such a thing! "Mother, I'm appalled that you would even suggest such a thing! No, she's not pregnant, I'm going to ask her to marry me because I love her."

"Well honey, I know from experience that I can't stop you once you've made up your mind, but I want you to know that… I'm proud of you. I never thought I'd see the day when my little baby grew up and got married. Now, I expect the wedding to be at a church…" It was at that point I carefully set the phone down so I wouldn't have to listen to the hokum my mother so completely devoted her life to.

I decide not to call my mother, not then. Instead I walk back to the living room and stare at Penny. She has a smile on her face and appears to have a "glow" about her. She uses animated hand gestures as she talks, even though I have told her repeatedly that the person on the other end of the call cannot see them, therefore they have no use except to amuse others around, particularly those who cannot hear the conversation.

She says goodbye to her, I assume father, and begins to put down the phone, but she sees me and hands it out. I give her a puzzled look. "Sheldon, you need to call your family."

"No, I don't. My mother knew of what I intended to do and you didn't call the rest of your family. I see no reason to call them this instant, so I won't." Penny tries to suppress a laugh, succeeding only marginally, puts the phone down, steps forward and gives me a small kiss on the cheek. I remember how once, such a small action would've disgusted me, but Penny has changed me. I've grown used to affection, and though I usually do not instigate it, I am no longer non-acceptant of it. "Do Howard and Raj know?" she asks. It occurs to me that they don't. She needs no answer. She, for the second time that night, picks up the phone and dials the familiar numbers. I notice she calls Raj first and smile. It's what I would've done as well. "Hey Raj, it's Penny, listen, can you call Howard and tell him to come over?" There's a pause. 'He's getting a drink', Penny mouths to me. "Of course I'm asking you to come too… Okay Raj, I'll see you soon." Again, Penny puts the phone down, though at the rate she's going, I don't see the point. She comes back to hug me. I hug back, and, as I've been taught, don't let go. I remember back to when I was adamant Penny couldn't teach me anything… how wrong I was. We stand there, my chin resting on the top of her head, for a few minutes, rocking gently to no music, when her phone beeps, alerting her of a text. She groans but let's go of me and gets her phone from her bag, or purse as she keeps telling me. Apparently there is a difference. "It's from Wolowitz. He wants to bring Bernadette," she says.

"I see no reason as to why she wouldn't be able to come," I say, but she's already typing an answer. "Penny?"

"Yeah honey?"

"If Bernadette is to come, I request Amy does too." She picks up the phone, again, and dials Amy's number. "Hi Amy, listen, could you come over here now? Sheldon and I have something to tell you…Okay, see you soon."

AN- Well, there you go! Hope you all enjoyed it! Feel free to PM me with any suggestions for future chapters, and don't forget to vote on my poll. The question: "What should the gender(s) of Penny and Sheldon's child(ren) be?" Check my profile for the options. Also, just reminding everyone that I'm available for beta-ing if you want.

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-Maddy