Sheldon and Leonard climbed the steps of their apartment building. They were discussing their failed attempt at donating sperm in order to make a couple extra bucks. They failed because Sheldon was worried who ever used his sperm wouldn't love the resulting child as they should.
"Are you still mad about the sperm bank?" Sheldon asked.
"No," Leonard replied with a disappointed tone.
"You want to hear an interesting thing about stairs?" Sheldon asked.
"Not really."
"If the height of a single step is off by as little as two millimetres, most people will trip."
"I don't care." Leonard paused. "Two millimeters? That doesn't seem right."
"No, it's true. I did a series of experiments when I was twelve. My father broke his clavicle."
"Is that why they sent you to boarding school?"
"No, that was the result of my work with lasers."
As they stepped on to the landing of their floor they noticed the door across the landing from theirs was open. In that apartment stood a beautiful blonde unaware of their presence. Her long blonde hair cascaded across her shoulders. She wore a light blue tank top and short-short-short jeans that showed off her long tan legs and more than a hint of her heart shaped ass that was tan as well.
"New neighbor?" Leonard said under his breath to Sheldon.
"Evidently."
Leonard admired the view of this new neighbor. "Significant improvement over the old neighbor."
Sheldon nodded. "A two hundred pound transvestite with a skin condition? Yes she is."
The new neighbor heard the voices behind her and spun around. "Oh, hi!" she said in a bright, cheerful voice.
"Hi," Leonard said.
"Hi," Sheldon replied.
"Hi," Leonard nervously said again.
"Hi," Sheldon repeated.
"Hi?" the new neighbor said in a confused tone.
"We don't mean to interrupt, we live across the hall," Leonard finally said, pointing at his apartment.
"Oh, that's nice," Penny said in a tone that suggested Leonard and Sheldon were a couple.
Leonard realized what she was thinking. "Oh... uh... no... we don't live together... um... we live together but in separate, heterosexual bedrooms."
"Oh, okay. Well, guess I'm your new neighbor, Penny."
Leonard pointed at himself and Sheldon. "Leonard, Sheldon."
"Hi," Penny said in her sing song voice.
Leonard waved. "Hi."
Sheldon waved. "Hi."
Penny waved. "Hi."
Leonard waved again. "Hi." There was an awkward pause. "Well, uh, oh, welcome to the building."
"Thank you. Maybe we can have coffee sometime," Penny said politely.
"Oh, great," Leonard replied.
"Great," Penny said.
Sheldon chimed in. "Great."
"Great," Leonard said again. Another awkward pause. "Well, bye."
Penny waved. "Bye."
Sheldon waved back. "Bye."
Leonard waved. "Bye."
A few moments later in their apartment...
"Should we have invited her for lunch?" Leonard asked Sheldon.
Sheldon shook his head. "No. We're going to start Season Two of Battlestar Galactica."
"We already watched the Season Two DVDs."
"Not with commentary."
"I'm going to invite her over."
*****
Leonard knocked on Penny's door. "Hi. Again," he said.
"Hi," Penny said with the same cheerful voice.
Sheldon nodded. "Hi."
"Hi," Leonard said.
'Hi?" Penny said in a confused tone again.
Leonard waved his hand, knowing they were sounding like dorks. He held out a bag of take-out food. "Anyway, um. We brought home Indian food. And, um, I know that moving can be stressful, and I find that when I'm undergoing stress, that good food and company can have a comforting effect. Also, curry is a natural laxative, and I don't have to tell you that, uh, a clean colon is just one less thing to worry about."
Sheldon leaned into Leonard. "Leonard, I'm not an expert here but I believe in the context of a luncheon invitation, you might want to skip the reference to bowel movements."
"Oh, you're inviting me over to eat?" Penny asked.
Leonard nodded. "Uh, yes."
"Oh, that's so nice, I'd love to," she said cheerfully, thankful she was going to get a free meal. "So, what do you guys do for fun around here?" Penny asked as she followed them into their apartment.
"Well, today we tried masturbating for money," Sheldon said nonchalantly.
*****
After discussing Leonard and Sheldon's work, Leonard finally turned the focus to Penny. "That's probably enough about us. Tell us about you."
Penny thought for a moment. "Um, me, okay, I'm Sagittarius, which probably tells you way more than you need to know."
"Yes, it tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion that the Sun's apparent position relative to arbitrarily defined constellations and the time of your birth somehow effects your personality," Sheldon said with contempt.
Penny didn't understand. "Participate in the what?"
"I think what Sheldon's trying to say is that Sagittarius wouldn't have been our first guess," Leonard said, trying to cover for his friend's obnoxiousness.
Penny nodded. "Oh, yeah, a lot of people think I'm a water sign. Okay, let's see, what else? Oh, I'm a vegetarian, oh, except for fish, and the occasional steak. Oh, and I love cock! I love everything about it!"