Disclaimer: I don't own any these characters i'm just borrowing them.

A/N: Okay this idea came to me a while back whilst reading Lenny fan fics i noticed there where only a few where Leonard and Penny meet as children or school. There are even less with Leonard and Penny where they are sort of reversed, so i decided to write something that included both.

Penny turned after getting her lunch to look around the cafeteria trying to find her friends, smiling when she spotted them, then taking a deep breath before making her way over to them. This was the hard part walking across the school cafeteria was like crossing a minefield as she didn't know whether she would get something thrown at her or pushed or worse be tripped up. All of them had happened to her at some point or another since she started high school. All because she was a nerd and somehow that made her worthy of being attacked by the popular kids in the school luckily for her it was usually the girls not the guys. Although some of the guys had also picked on her but not as much as her guy friends had been picked on by them, and the girls where normally more verbally abusive than physically. The popular girls had made her life at school hell, always saying she wasn't really a girl it wasn't her fault she just happened to be quite slim. Of course it didn't help with the fact that she didn't wear make up like other girls did she had no reason too she had no interest in it and it wasn't like she had someone to impress. However over the summer she slowly started to get a more feminine shape plus her boobs had surprisingly decide to grow at a quicker rate given her some actual cleavage now. But that didn't make much difference as she still tended to wear baggy clothes so her better figure was still not noticeable to anyone else. As Penny walked over to her friends lost in her own thoughts she failed to notice the leg deliberately sticking out to trip her. So when her own legs came into contact down she went like many times before her lunch splaying all over the floor. Then having to listen to the applause and the laughter and then the choruses on nerd and geek, of course that wasn't the worst part her glasses had fell off and now she couldn't find them.

Leonard had been walking through the cafeteria, he could see a blonde girl walking towards him he recognised her as one of the group of nerds although he would never say that it was just mean to call them that. It was then he noticed one the football players stick his leg out and had watch as the poor girl not seeing it trip and fall dropping her lunch everywhere. She also lost her glasses feeling sorry for her Leonard made his way over to give her a hand, as he approached he could see she was tying to find her glasses.

Penny was getting frustrated and upset trying her best to hold back her tears as she knew that's what the bullies wanted to see from her and she wasn't going to give them the satisfaction. She continued to fumble looking for her glasses when she felt someone grab her hand scared of what might happened she tried to pull back but the grip was surprisingly strong. Her fear increased but then she felt the hand holder put something in her hand and let go, when she gripped what he put in her hand she realised to her surprise that they where her glasses. Putting on her glasses she looked up to see a guy with dark curly and the most amazing brown eyes looking down at her, she was so caught up in looking at him, she didn't see his outstretched hand. When she finally noticed his hand she took hold of it cautiously wondering if he was going to prank her so she would be more embarrassed . But surprisingly he didn't he pulled her to her feet with strength she didn't expect and now found herself face to face with him, he was only about her height and now looking at her what she thought was a sympathetic smile.

Penny could do not nothing but blush then smiling at him before quietly saying" Thank you".

Leonard noticed her blush, it was cute and he was surprised how absolutely beautiful she was even with her hair in a simple ponytail and wearing no make like the other girls do. Having no make up on showed how beautiful she naturally was in fact she was probably the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on. He was surprised no one had noticed it before, he had a excuse he only hung round with his brother and sister when in the cafeteria which meant also hanging out with the popular group. She was one of the brighter kids and they tended to keep to themselves and rarely tried to interact with the popular ones through fear of being picked on. But he now found himself wanting to get to know this blonde beauty before him , " Are you okay?".

She looked at him in wonder, not only had he helped her up he had asked if she was okay, Penny was again lost with what to say and only manged to squeak out her reply " Yes"

Leonard smiled at her "Good let me help you clean this up" and without waiting for her to answer he bent down and proceeded to collect her scattered lunch the best he could.

Penny just watched as her helper cleaned up what would of been her meal , then taking it over to the bin to throw it away then making his way back over to her. Smiling as he got to her "Do you want to get another lunch? i can come with you if you want or get it for you?".

Penny just shook her head "No it's okay my friends will probably give me some of there's".

Smiling back at her "Well okay if you're sure".

Nodding "I am , thank you for the offer though".

"You're welcome" turning to see if his brother and sister where there seeing his brother had turned up, he turned back to her "Well see ya" with walked away.

Penny stood there just watching him leave still a little shocked at what had just happened , in all the years she had been at school no boy had been that nice to her this was a new experience for her. She finally made it over to the table she normally sat at finding it already occupied by her friends, there was Amy a extremely intelligent girl who unfortunately had a habit of saying things how she saw them,. There was Sheldon another highly intelligent person who had a habit of being very condescending and arrogant but seem to struggle in social situations. Raj he was smart aswell not as Smart as Amy or Sheldon, he had a problem with talking to girls it took months before he would say anything to Amy or her. He had said something accidentally to her once just after they first met because he had mistaken her for a boy. Then there was Howard like Raj he was smart but not as smart as her other friends but he was also a bit creepy he would hit on any girl he came across, well except her or Amy.

Taking her seat at the end next to Amy " Hi guys what you been up to? Penny said cheerfully wanting to forget what just happened but the looks on thee faces showed it wasn't going to be easy.

"Bestie that was awful what he did to you ate you okay?"

"yeah i'm fine I didn't hurt myself just lost my lunch"

"Yeah we saw it's awful, you can share mine if you like?".

"Thank you, but don't worry about it" pausing before continuing " The strangest thing happened after i was tripped up".

"Really what was is it?".

"Well when i fell i lost my glasses as well as my lunch, i was trying to find them when some guy actually helped me by handing me my glasses then helping me up".

Amy was a little surprised " He did who was he ?"

" I don't know but he had dark curly hair was about my height and had the most amazing brown eyes" Penny said dreamily

Sheldon spoke up "She is referring to Leonard Hofstadter"

Howard looked at him" How do you know that?"

"Because from my position i was able to see the entire incident including one Leonard Hofstadter helping her up"

Penny turned to the group" Do any of you know anything about him?"

Raj whispered in Howard's ear " Raj says he is the captain of the wrestling team and is a champion in his weight division "

"He is also quite academic which is surprising given the kind of people he hangs out with"

"He is? what subjects is he good at ?" Penny was quite curious to find out more about this Leonard.

"Well he appears to ex cell in math and the sciences mostly physics which again is a surprise given his usual group of friends"

Penny just looked at Sheldon" Sheldon how do you know all this?"

"Isn't it quite obvious i'm in the same classes as he is ".

Penny was surprised about this Leonard, he was athletic and academic, but then she thought sadly that didn't mean he'd be interested in someone like her then she wondered why she would think that anyway.

The conversation among the group flowed among there usual topics mainly talking about sci fi shows and comic books with Sheldon adding in what he considered a fun fact.

Leonard made his way over to his usual table where his younger brother Michael sat along with Kurt, Doug, Mike, Eric, Dave, Zack and Cole who where all on the football team. His older sister who was a cheerleader soon joined them. Along with Leslie, Missy, Priya, Alicia, Alice, Stephanie, Alex and of course Bernadette all where cheerleaders as well but Bernadette was not much of a cheerleader, she was quite small and not very flexible but she was quite large chested and it did seem as though that worked in her favour amongst the guys watching the cheer routines.

The conversation amongst the group soon devolved into it usual topics of who was dating who or what party they going too. Leonard normally just thought about how he could improve his wrestling technique or about what he needed to learn in class . But today was different today he couldn't stop thinking of the pretty blonde girl with those amazing green eyes behind her cute glasses.

A/N: Thank you for reading , love it or hate it let me know what you think and also let me know if it's worth pursuing or if it has been done before.