Disclaimer: The Big Bang Theory characters do not belong to me.

Author's Note: Finally, some inspiration! The latest episode of Big Bang (with the campsite and the TOTAL SheldonPenny mischief with the tub and tattoo!) made me want to make a "Sheldon's ABC's", just like I made Shino's and BB's. For all my fellow SheldonPenny shippers, sorry I haven't posted much. I haven't had time recently. But, seeing as I'm home sick and on hold for talking to someone at the DMV, I have lots of time!

A is for Alone

A tall, slender man sat on his usual couch cushion, watching two burly men from a moving company transport boxes through the living room and what used to be Leonard's room. His eyes followed as a girl fluttered around them, instructing them where every box had to be set down and what important objects were in each container.

Leonard had just moved out, just out of nowhere breaking up with Penny and taking all his things to the east coast. Sheldon believed it had to do with a certain doctor moving out to New Jersey, but of course he never told the blonde that.

He offered her a place to stay, since he needed a roommate and she had been alone all these years.

"Sheldon?" She peered around the doorway from Leonard's old room at the tall man. Her hair seemed to have less bounce than usual, and her eyes were dull. There were red lines on her lower eye lids, suggesting that she had either been crying or hadn't gotten much sleep.

Blinking, Sheldon tilted his head. "Yes, Penny?"

A half-smile adorned her face. "Are you sure this isn't weird?"

Sheldon was shocked. "Absolutely not. I lived with my sister and mother for my childhood; I surely know how to live in the same quarters as a female." He stuck out his chest a little, attempting a joke. "But I'm the alpha male."

Penny stared for a moment, saying nothing as she turned and retreated into her new room.