Sheldon and Penny headed back to their apartment. She snuggled up to him in the back of the Uber and before long they were back at their place. Sheldon called their favorite pizza joint and by the time they got back to their place, their pizza delivery guy was there.
They paid the man at the entrance to the building and headed up. Once there, Sheldon got plates while Penny got their drinks. Over dinner, Sheldon looked to Penny, "So what are your concerns about attending their wedding?"
She took another bite of her pizza, just to give her a moment to think of an appropriate answer without sounding like a douche. She took a sip of her beer and shook her head, "I guess I overreacted. You know me Sheldon, I usually leap before I think. This is just one of those again. So I heard Leonard is asking you to be best man. Are you going to accept?"
He mimicked her delay tactics and took a bite of his pizza, "I most likely will accept. After all, he did accept being my best man and he was in the same boat as you are."
She let out a grunt, "Okay, okay, I get it. Leonard was the bigger man. I can't help it. Bernadette just waited and biding her time until he was free and she swooped in and took my place."
He shook his head. How can you even think that. She was with Raj. He was with Stephanie and Alex. It just so happened it didn't work out for either of them and they found one another. Just to let you know, I'm not taking the best man position unless Bernadette makes you a bridesmaid. That way you'll be in the wedding party and we can stay close if any problems arise."
She chuckled, "You mean if I make a scene, you can be close enough to diffuse it and keep me on my best behavior."
He grinned at her, "So you did get the idea, very good Penny. What do you think?"
She shrugged, "I like the part where we'll be close. Just, please stand up for me if they begin to dump on me."
He reached across the table and squeezed her hands, "You know I will. Nobody is going to talk trash about my wife and get away with it."
She smiled and whispered, Thank You, you're my hero." She finished her pizza and went to the sink to wash her dish.
In California, Leonard and Bernadette were finalizing their wedding plans. They decided on the week end before the Labor Day week end. That would give them a week long honeymoon before the entire student body returned to Cal Tech for the fall semester.
Leonard and Bernadette gave each other a week long "Hall Pass" the whole week before the wedding. They agreed afterwards they would be true to each other and only have sex with others when agreed by both of them.
They began to concentrate on the wedding. This gave them three weeks to get everything situated on the beach. They already got a large gazebo and all of the seating and sound stage.
Leonard contacted Kelsea Ballerina, "Hi Kelsea, this is Leonard."
She scoffed, "Leonard, who?"
He groaned out, "Leonard, Leonard Hofstadter, you know.... "
She giggled, "Yeah, I know, I was just pulling your leg. What can I do for you Leonard?"
"Aw, well. Bernadette and I are getting married. We are doing it at the house, on the beach. We were wondering if there was anyway you could come, as a guest and maybe..."
She chuckled, "Oh I see, just because we suck and fuck one another, you think you can just call and see if I'll be the entertainment, right?"
He cleared his throat, Aw, well..."
She laughed out loud, "Got you again Leonard, "I'd love to. Just to clarify, you want me to be the entertainment for the wedding, right?"
He let out a groan, "Well, you know, we are going to Hawaii for our honeymoon, you could be our third, you know to give Bernadette a rest. You know how viral I can be and I need a constant flow of sex."
She couldn't stop laughing, "In your dreams, Leonard. You know, with us not doing the end of year summer concert at Fox News, I could get Carrie and Kelly to be there a week before."
He groaned out, "Sorry Kelsea, but with all of the shit going on for the wedding, we can't do it then. How about after our return from the honeymoon?"
"Sorry, fall tour beginning, let's just put it on hold and play it by ear this year. Listen, I have to run, just took the call during a break in recording. Text me the exact days and I'll be there, bye."
He worked out every tiny detail and before they knew it, everyone was arriving for the whole week of rehearsal, bachelor and bachelorette parties.
The entire wedding party was housed in the main house. Leonard made arrangements for the families at a nearby hotel and promised the guest house to Kelsea. She surprised Leonard by getting Carrie Underwood for the entertainment too.
Sheldon and Penny arrived earlier than anyone else and Penny was in awe of their mansion, "Leonard, you sure got lucky getting this gorgeous place to live. I'm jealous, but happy for you." She patched things up with Bernadette and the two of them were joined at the hip from the time Penny arrived.
Leonard and Sheldon left his place in Santa Monica and went to Cal Tech so Sheldon could visit with his old colleagues. While this was going on, Bernie was making breakfast. They were both dressed in similar clothes. Wearing tight jeans and tiny cropped tops.