Sorry for how long it's been. I got a bunch of new ideas for other stories and I couldn't focus on this until I got at least some of them out of my head, along with stuff outside of this distracting me.

Leonard didn't know what to do. He was looking at his wife Penny, except the woman in front of him wasn't his wife. She didn't even know who he was. And it hurt him way more than he had ever imagined that it could have. He wanted to talk to her, hear her voice, just b e with her just like in the digital. But she wasn't his wife. She had a million different experiences that make her different from his wife.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Penny asked him, glaring at him angrily. "Look, can you leave? You're holding up the line."

Leonard looked at her before looking at all the people waiting behind him. Slowly, unsure and confused due to meeting Penny, Leonard moved out of the way and allowed the woman behind him to go up to the register. Leonard, wanting to escape her, found himself walking towards the automatic doors. As he left he couldn't help but look back at Penny one more time, before running as fast as he could.

"Oh come on." Penny begged her husband. "Tell me new weird stuff about your dreams."

"Ok. It's legal to have multiple spouses." Leonard told her as he ate some chips from his plate.

"Seriously!" Penny said if shock.

"Of course not." Leonard said with a chuckle before becoming serious. "The claim to have that happened was repealed."

While it wasn't perfect, Leonard had to admit that he was more happy than ever before now that Penny was somewhat accepting of what was happening with them. She was genuinely interested in learning about the alternate world he lived in when he slept, and sometimes laughed a little at the small differences than.

"So what else is there? Are there any films or shows there that aren't here?" Penny asked him.

"Well somehow by a miracle I don't fully understand, Batman and Robin wasn't as bad as it was here. So we got Batman Unchained, which was an even worse film that the Batman and Robin of this world. It was so bad, I'm perfectly capable of watching Batman and Robin here and enjoy it." Leonard answered. "Thankfully however, it didn't affect the Dark Knight films which have actually been continued through the Nightwing films."

"I don't want to hear nerd stuff." Penny said to him. "Tell me something good and interesting."

"Umm, the Twilight books were never made, and thus neither were the films." Leonard answered. "How's that?"

"Ok, no offense but how can you believe that world might be real when Twilight doesn't exist there?" Penny asked. "All guys do is complain about those and you are no exception, so why would you think this world is fake when Twilight exists here?"

"That is a good argument." Leonard said with a smile. "I don't hate myself enough to create that nightmare even in my subconcious."

"So I was wondering something." Penny said as she got up from the sofa and went over to the fridge, opening it to pull out a bottle of lemonade. "What am I doing in this alternate world?"

"What?" Leonard asked hesitantly and in terror, instantly regretting his promise to be honest with her about his condition.

"Come on, don't pretend you haven't looked me up." Penny said to him, not noticing the worried look on Leonard's face. "I mean, why wouldn't you look me up? So come on, what am I up to?"

"Well you see, it's a little complicated."

"How could it be complicated? What, am I president or something?" Penny asked as she sat back down, before thinking about what she had just said and what Leonard had told her so far about the analog. "Oh God, am I president?"

"No, no that's not it." Leonard replied, scratching the back of his head awkwardly a she struggled to figure out a good way to explain this. He knew it would be better to lie, but he felt like he had to tell Penny the truth. He had told her he would after all. "Ok, I need you to stay open minded about this and know I have no control over what I learn in the analog."

"Leonard you're kind of freaking me out." Penny told him.

"I know. Ok, in my dreams you kind of make it as an actress." he told her, struggling to just tell her the occupation she has, or at least had, in the analog.

"I'm sensing a but..."

"But it's in more adult type of films. Specifically ones without a proper plot and involving you and other people being...naked." Leonard tried to explain as delicately as possible. He could feel his face go red in embarrassment and awkwardness as he said all this. Penny stared at him for a few minutes, her mouth opening and closing again as she clearly struggled to find the right words to say to him.

"Ok. Ok, let's just...I don't know let's just discuss this clamly." Penny muttered as she stood up and began to stressfully walk around, clearly talking more to herself than Leonard. She just paced around the room for a moment, before focusing on Leonard and taking a deep breath. "So in your dreams I am a porn star?"

"Yeah." Leonard said in embarrassment.

"You do realise that because it is your dreams, this makes me think you have some secret fantasy involving me doing stuff with other guys while you watch right?" Penny asked him, clearly hating this situation.

"Oh God no, that is not what I think!" Leonard protested. "That is not what I want you to think. I don't know why it's like that I really don't."

"Well, it's creepy." Penny told him. "You're going to have to give me time to...God I don't know how I'm supposed to act!"

"I Know this insane, but I wanted to be honest with you." Leonard told her.

"Well, am I still doing that kind of work?"

"No, I don't think so. I mean when I checked I couldn't-" Leonard began, before stopping himself.

"Wait, you checked?" Penny asked him as she sat back down next to him. "What do you mean you checked? Do you mean you watch it a lot?"

"No, that's not what I mean. I checked after I met you in my dreams." Leonard said, before immediately regretting it.

"Wait you've met me?" Penny asked, clearly finding the whole idea insane. "Are you involved in those kinds of movies or something?"

"Oh God no. This is not going how I wanted it to." Leonard said. "No, I ran into you a few days ago at a book store. And you were very disgusted when she realised I knew who you were, since that meant I watched...you know."

"This is just confusing me just like that film." Penny told him as she rubbed her temples.

"What, you mean Terminator? Mr Nobody? Predestination? Stop me when I get it right." Leonard replied jokingly, hoping to lighten the mood.

"Don't push me Hofstadter." Penny warned him. "So what did you do when you ran into dream me?"

"I ran away. I mean, I was pretty surprised to see you." Leonard explained, and to his surprise Penny smiled a little while suppressing laughter. "What's so funny about that?"

"It's just that you running away from me because you were scared of me is the only thing about your dreams world that is genuinely believable." Penny said.

"I wasn't scared." Leonard protested.

"Sure sweetie." Penny said with a smile, before it vanished and she became stressed again. "Oh God, what am I doing? This is insane."

"You're telling me. I was perfectly fine not knowing where you were in that world, then all of a sudden there you were." Leonard told her. "I mean, I don't know what I'm supposed to do."

"Well you have to ask me out." Penny told him, causing Leonard to look at her in surprise.

"What? I...What?" he asked incredulously. "Why would you want me to do that?"

"Because I would rather you have erotic dreams about me, instead of someone else." she told him. "Hey, I'm just being a loving wife and accepting this like you wanted."

"So, you want me to do that?" he asked, not sure how he felt about it.

"Like I said, I would rather have it be me. Plus," she told him with a smile forming, " if your dreams are at all realistic we both know it's going to take you about two years before dream me finally sleeps with you and another bunch of years before she finally gives in to your relentless begging."

"That is...probably true." Leonard replied, starting out insulted before quickly accepting the fact. "But are you sure you ok with this?"

"Yes. Just, don't tell me what fantasies you had." Penny said.

"It's not any kind of fantasy!" Leonard protested futilely.

"So, what do you need to say?" Leonard asked Rosie as he helped her get her bags into the taxi.

"Umm, thanks for having me?" Rosie replied, before reluctantly giving up. "Alright, you were right about Dennis."

"Thank you." Leonard said happily. "I still can't believe you beat him up."

"Well despite what you think, I don't need my big brother or anyone for that matter to protect me like I'm some damsel." Rosie told him. "I know you wanted to protect me from him, but I'm perfectly capable of finding out how much of a scum bag the bastard was by myself."

"Yes you are. Unfortunately that makes Sheldon right." Leonard said grimly, knowing how arrogant Sheldon as going to be for the next few days. "But are you ok? I mean, I know you cared about the guy."

"I won't lie and say I won't spend a few days crying my eyes out over him. But I'll get over it." Rosie reassured him. "Anyway, it's been good seeing you Leonard. Hopefully next time I'm round you've finally gotten yourself a girlfriend."

"Maybe." Leonard told her as he gave her a hg, and then watched her get into the taxi. The car drove away as Leonard watched, and once it was gone he decided to take a small walk. There was a comic book store nearby anyway, so he figured he could buy a few new comics. Thirty minutes later he was leaving the comic store with a bag in his hand and was so happy he didn't realise he was walking into someone when he turned at a corner. Luckily the other person did and narrowly avoiding him, causing Leonard to notice.

"Oh, sorry I wasn't paying attention. My fau-" Leonard started to apologise, stopping when he saw who he was talking to.

"Oh no, not you." Penny moaned as she looked at Leonard who she clearly remembered meeting a few days ago. "Are you following me or something?"

"No, no I'm not." Leonard said quickly. "I'm just getting comics from the store."

"Yeah well, stay away from me." she told him before walking away. Leonard just stood there and was about to walk in the opposite direction, before he did something that eh acknowledged would look a bit creepy and followed Penny.

"Hey wait." he said as he caught up with her.

"Alright, if you don't leave me alone I will scream." Penny warned Leonard, looking like she was going to punch him in the face.

"no please, just hear me out." Leonard told her quickly, not wanting to freak her out. "I just want to apologise how I acted back at the book store. I should have been better and I'm sorry if I upset you in anyway."

"Yeah right." Penny replied swiftly, before looking at him in confusion. "Hang on. You're not doing what other guys do."

"What do you mean?"

"Normally when I meet a guy who knows about what I used to do for a living, they either spend the whole time staring at my breasts or get embarrassed because they keep picturing me naked." Penny explained, still looking very confused. "You're not doing either."

"Well, like I said I'm sorry." Leonard told her again as he began to walk away. "I'll try to make up for any trouble I caused you by finding a new book store to go to."

"Wait." Penny said, making him stop. "I know I'm probably going to regret this, but if you want you can make it up to me by buying me a coffee?"

"Umm yeah sure." a confused Leonard responded, shocked by what was happening. "There's a cool place just down the road."

"Alright." Penny said awkwardly, and the two began to walk together down the street.

So tell me what you think and if there are spelling mistakes or sentences that don't make sense. Also, tell me if how both digital and analog Penny acted seemed realistic to you as I struggled a bit with that part, and I was a bit unhappy with it myself.

EDIT 01/03/2020: Since I'm unlikely to continue this and I've noticed that this could serve as a reasonable ending, though it wasn't the one I had planned, I've decided to end it here.