What happens in Vegas…

The guys invite Penny to Vegas with them for a science convention…

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Penny's eyes fluttered as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She couldn't remember anything from the night before. The guys had been invited to a science convention in vegas to speak on behalf of the University. Sheldon had invited her as his guest since Amy was not able to make it. He told her that there was no use in wasting a ticket and hotel room. All the guys were there,along with Bernadette and Priya. Of course, it was a little weird being there with Leonard and his girlfriend, but Penny kept to herself most of the time and did a little sight seeing the first day.

At dinner the night before Leonard and Priya had announced that they were engaged. She was shocked but it didn't affect her as much as she thought. She was actually kind of happy for them. "This is what really moving on must feel like?" she thought. After dinner everyone decided to walk around together and take in the sights. Although she was feeling ok about the engagement she didn't want to spend the entire evening with the couple. She looked up at Sheldon as he observed the room. "Hey moonpie, wanna hang out here tonight. There are tons of people out there crawling with bacteria and STD's you wouldn't want to run into any of them would you?"

"How many times do I have to say it…don't call me moonpie!"

"Just answer the question Sheldon…"

"Not if you insist on going against my expessed wishes."

"Sheldon!"

"Fine, I think that is an acceptable solution. Are you happy?"

"Ecstatic" She said sarcastically and walked over to the group.

"He guys Sheldon and I are going to hang around here. I am getting tired so I think I am going to hit the sack early tonight."

"Alright, see ya in the morning for breakfast" Said Bernadette as the group walked towards the door.

"What do you suggest we do, since this was your idea?" Said Sheldon with a huff.

"Why don't we hit the bar for a while then head to the casino."

"Penny you know I don't dr..'

"You could order your virgin cuba libre and just sit with me."

"Fine but that sounds like an inexplicaple waste of time" he said under his breath as they started to walk towards the bar. The hotel was massive, with a casino and bar, and a theatre for nightly shows. As they sat at the bar Penny looked around at all the people. They were happy and having the time of their lives and where was she. An actress, who is actually a waitress, and has never had a paid acting job. She ordered her drinks and sipped quietly.

"Penny?"

"Yes?"

"I have noticed you seemed, as they say, not yourself today. What is it that has you down."

"Its' nothing sweety, it's just…well, Leonard AND Howard are getting married and I have gotten nowhere." She said with a sigh.

"Penny that's rediculous! We are all somewhere…it is utterly impossible to be no where…" and he was off. She didn't hear most of what he was saying and frankly didn't care, but he was right about one thing, she was somewhere. She was in vegas, and she wasn't going to let this opportunity go to waste just because she is too busy sulking. She turned to the waiter and whispered something in his ear. The last thing she remembers is taking shots with sheldon after the waiter had slipped him one too many not so virgin cuba libres. It was hilarious watching Sheldon's face as he took the shots. What a night.

She crawled out from under the covers and found her robe and robotically walked to the bathroom in the dark. She flipped on the light and shuffled to the toilet to pee. While sitting there she began to look around and notice something wasn't right. That was not her toothbrush on the sink, and where were all her makeup and hair supplies? "Oh my gosh" she thought, "This isn't my room! Oh God!" What random stranger had she ended up with last night? Where did she leave Sheldon. Oh no he was lost somewhere drunk off his ass in vegas!

She jumped up as she finished, washed her hands and quietly peeked out the door into the bedroom. This room was huge and certainly not the economy room Sheldon had booked for her. The windows were floor to ceiling with the most breathtaking view of the city. The bed was massive and there was a bottle of Champaign half empty on the night stand. The man in the bed was sprawled across one side with his arms hanging over the edge of the bed through the covers. She looked at his hand and noticed a flicker in the moonlight. OMG he is married! She is now the other women…how much worse cans her life get. She reached for the doorknob to sneak out and collect her clothes when she noticed that same flicker…

"Frak!" she said under her breath as she examined the ring on her hand. "I'm not the other women" she thought "I'm the wife!"