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Sheldon sat nervously as Penny stuffed their carry-on luggage into the overhead bin. She let him have the window seat, so he could be in control of whether he looked out of the window or not. She sat down beside him and placed her hand on his thigh. He sighed as he looked out onto the runway. They were on their way to Texas for Thanksgiving instead of Christmas, because Sheldon couldn't deal with the plastic reindeer on the lawn, and his mother's Evangelical beliefs.
"It's okay Sweetie. We'll be in Houston in two and a half hours and then we can pick up the rental car and it will only be another hour of driving to your MeeMaw's." Penny said in a chipper tone. The only flight that was available had a two and a half hour lay over in Houston, and driving to his grandmothers would take less time. She didn't want to deal with sulky Sheldon for the entire flight.
"I know how long it will take to arrive at our destination, I just don't like to fly. I get anxious, and nauseated if I think about it too much." Sheldon said with his head pressed against the window. The coolness of the window against his hot forehead calmed him down a bit. Penny offered a sympathetic smile and a small squeeze.
"Are you worried about plane crashes and stuff like that?" Penny asked. She didn't want to push him too far; he was already way out of his comfort zone. She didn't want to spend the next three days trapped on a train with Sheldon, so she convinced him to fly.
"Penny, I am well aware of the statistics on plane crashes and I can assure you that flying is much safer than driving a car. The probability of us encountering a fatal crash is 1.87% or one in ninety-two million; we are more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle accident while leaving the parking lot of the car rental company." Sheldon concluded with a sigh.
He was beginning to feel light headed. Penny rubbed his arm and it helped a bit. She decided that she was going to stop talking about that kind of stuff. They sat in silence as they waited for the plane to take off.
Sheldon was taking deep breaths as the flight attendants went through the safety procedures. Penny held his hand, she would have offered him an Ativan, but she knew that he promised his mother that when he moved to California he wouldn't take drugs. The voice of the Captain boomed over the PA system.
"Flight attendants please prepare for take-off."
The plane began to pull out and move toward the runway. He felt better with Penny by his side, comforting him. He felt that rush in the pit of his stomach as the plane hurdled down the runway. He closed his eyes as his stomach jumped into his chest while the plane ascended. He hated this part, everything else was alright, but he hated this feeling. He held his breath until the feeling subsided.
The plane stabilized and Sheldon's anxiety went down a couple of notches. He looked at Penny who was smiling at him. She let go of his arm and pulled out her iPad from her purse which was stowed away under the seat in front of her.
"Yahtzee?" She asked as she started up the app. Sheldon nodded he was thankful to have a distraction. They played a couple games and lost track of time. Penny put her game away and told him she was going to have a nap. He decided that it was a good idea as well and settled into his seat. They both drifted off to sleep and soon their flight was over.
Sheldon felt his body being shaken. He was quickly being pulled out of the dream he was having about winning the Nobel Prize, but it was made of chocolate. He was shaken again, three times and he heard Penny say his name. His eyes snapped open when he felt her shake him again. He looked at her and his expression softened. She was imitating his knock. He smiled.
"Sheldon…" Penny said in a sing song voice. "We landed, time to go." She said with a smile. He awkwardly got out of his seat and they got off the plane. Soon, they would be at his MeeMaw's house. Sheldon liked it better than staying in the city with his mom. His MeeMaw lived on the mainland, approximately 30 miles outside of Galveston, where his mom lived. He found his grandmother's property to be more relaxing and he felt like he could be more like himself there.
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"Sheldon, stay in your lane. I feel like we're going to be hit by oncoming traffic!" Penny chastised. Sheldon had been driving for a couple of months, after obtaining his driver's license as per her Cohabitation Agreement. She was still getting used to being in the passenger seat. She hated not driving, but also enjoyed the idea of not having to.
"Good Lord, woman! Would you just let me drive? I have an IQ of 187 and I think I am quite capable of getting us to our destination safely." He retorted. Having her trying to drive while he was driving was making him uneasy. He just needed silence.
They were getting on each other's nerves, they had spent the last couple hours cramped on a plane and now they were getting irritated with each other in the confines of the car. Penny sighed and looked out the window. He was right. She was tired and was beginning to pick fights for no reason. Sheldon gritted his teeth and took in a deep breath. Most days he didn't mind her challenging him and voicing her opinion, but he was feeling hungry and tired and was getting irritated easily.
"I'm sorry." He said while looking at the road ahead of him. She turned her head and smiled at him.
"Me too." She sincerely replied. He smiled and looked over at her. They drove in silence for the next ten minutes. Sheldon slowed down and turned off onto a dirt road. He drove for about a mile and turned off onto his grandmother's driveway. His MeeMaw was waiting for them on the porch as they pulled up to the house. A huge grin invaded his face when he saw her. He put the car in park and got out. He walked over to the passenger side door and opened it for Penny. He assisted her out of the car and held her hand as they walked over to his MeeMaw.
She was a small woman, nothing at all like Sheldon. Her hair was a dark grey color that caused her blue eyes to sparkle against her slightly tanned skin. She walked up to Sheldon and wrapped her arms around his middle. He hugged her tightly back. Penny was awe stricken. She had never seen Sheldon display that kind of unabashed affection with anyone besides her. He pulled away and bent down to give her a small hiss on her forehead.
"MoonPie! It is so good to see you, darlin'. I've missed you so much!" His MeeMaw said as she patted his cheeks. Penny smiled when Sheldon's face lit up at his grandmother's term of endearment.
"It's good to see you too, MeeMaw." Sheldon said as he held her hand. She looked over at Penny, who was standing around a little awkwardly. She smiled and nudged Sheldon.
"She's pretty, MoonPie. Aren't you going to introduce me?" She said, she had a hand in raising Mary's children and she didn't raise them in a barn. Sheldon moved toward Penny and grabbed her hand. He smiled down at her. His MeeMaw was very astute, Penny was quite pretty.
"MeeMaw, this is Penelope, my girlfriend." Sheldon said adoringly. Penny extended her hand toward his grandmother. She grasped Penny's hand and pulled her into a tight hug. Sheldon grabbed their bags from the trunk and brought them into the house, leaving Penny and MeeMaw hugging in the gravel driveway.
"Penelope, it's so good to meet you! Shelly has told me lots about you." MeeMaw said as she pulled away from their hug. Penny blushed, she knew that they always wrote each other letters, she remembered reading them while 'looking' for his flash drive.
"It's just Penny, and it is wonderful to meet you Mrs…" Penny said slightly embarrassed as she realized she didn't know his grandmother's last name.
"Oh please, it's just MeeMaw, darlin'." MeeMaw said with a chuckle. She took Penny by the arm and led her into the house. Sheldon was sitting in the living room drinking lemonade and watching the Texas Longhorns game while he waited for the ladies to come into the house.
Penny looked him over and noticed how his whole demeanor changed. He was sitting with his feet propped up on the coffee table, his arm was draped over the back of the couch and he had sunk into the couch cushions. MeeMaw sat down in an armchair that faced the couch and motioned for her to sit down. She stared at Sheldon a moment longer and his eyes met hers. He gave her a puzzled look.
"What?" He defensively asked. She smiled and sat down beside him. She innocently patted his knee and sunk into the comfortable red couch.
"Nothing, Sweetie." She said. He placed his arm around her and pulled her in a little closer. Meemaw beamed at the couple canoodling on the couch. She was so proud of Sheldon.
"So, SweetPea, Shelly tells me that you're a student. He told me that he's real proud of you." MeeMaw said with adoration. Penny blushed. What else did he tell his grandmother?
"Oh, yeah. I'm working toward a Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in Marketing." Penny said with a small smile. She wouldn't be a doctor like MoonPie, but it felt good to know that he was proud of her.
Sheldon decided to take a shower and Penny chatted with MeeMaw while she started fixing dinner for the three of them. She brought out photo albums for Penny to look through while they talked about Sheldon the child prodigy.
The front door swung open and a tall, broad man walked in. He was wearing a Longhorns cap, a green plaid shirt and faded blue jeans. He looked around the room and his eyes settled on Penny. He made eyes at her and then turned his attention toward MeeMaw.
"Hey MeeMaw, where's Shelly at?" The man said. MeeMaw walked up to him and gave him a quick hug.
"He's freshenin' up, Georgie. Are you stayin' for dinner?" MeeMaw asked. He shook his head.
"I was just passin' through, me and the boys are goin' fishin' tonight. I just wanted to stop in and say hello." He looked at Penny again and extended his hand to her. Penny grasped his rough callused hand.
"I'm Shelly's brother, Georgie." He said as she let go of his hand. She smiled. Now that she knew he was his brother she could see some resemblance. It was the eyes, piercing blue just like his brother and grandmother.
"It's nice to meet you, I'm Penny, Sheldon's girlfriend." She said confidently. His brother chuckled.
"Well, I'll be. I thought that sonofabitch was lyin' his face off when he said that he got himself a girlfriend." He said as he clapped his hand against his thigh.
"Georgie, language!" MeeMaw snapped. He frowned at her and quickly apologized. He excused himself to go find Sheldon. Penny looked at MeeMaw and smiled. She felt at home here. There was a bang upstairs and Sheldon let out a little shriek.
"Get outta here, Georgie! Seriously!" He cried as a door upstairs slammed closed. His accent was thicker and more pronounced around his family.
Georgie ran down the stairs and quickly waved at the girls before running out the door, leaping into his truck and taking off down the driveway. Sheldon came downstairs rubbing at his chest with a frown on his face. He sat down at the kitchen table and his MeeMaw gave him a small squeeze.
"That man is thirty-six years old and he still insists on giving me a diddy nip." Sheldon complained to his grandmother. She rubbed his arm and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. The three of them ate dinner and then settled in the living room looking at more family pictures. The evening passed quickly and soon they were all saying goodnight and retiring for the evening. Sheldon also liked that his grandmother wasn't as religious as his mother, which meant that he could share a bed with Penny.
They laid together on the soft mattress in the dark. His hand found hers and he rubbed his thumb along the back of her hand. She looked over at him and he smiled at her. He brought up her hand and gave her a chaste kiss on the heel of her palm. She grinned as he pressed his lips against her skin. She loved it when he kissed her there, it wasn't often that he did it, but when he did she felt special. No one had ever purposefully kissed her there before.
"I love you, Penny." Sheldon said still holding her hand. She squeezed his fingers.
"I love you too, MoonPie." She cheekily replied.
"Penny.." He started. She rolled her eyes, she knew that only MeeMaw called him that. She thought it was adorable that his grandmother started calling her SweetPea.
"Thank you for coming with me. I can't even begin to tell you how much this means to me that you're here." He finished. She snuggled up to him and fell asleep on his chest. He gently played with her hair as he listened to the crickets chirping in the night.
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