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The Penny Paradox	By : MariaTeresaQuintanar Category: 1 through F > The Big Bang Theory Views: 12794 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Chapter Three

            Leonard and Howard arrived back in time to see Penny ripping her arm away from a very terrified looking Sheldon and walk back to her apartment.
            “What happened? We’ve only been gone for forty-five minutes!” Leonard exclaimed. “What did you do, Sheldon?”
            “Nothing,” he whispered. “I…I…think I’m going to be…” And he ran for the bathroom.
            They looked over to Raj. His eyes were swollen and he said, “That last one was bad.” He took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. “What’s going on, Leonard? Tell me now or I’m out. I mean it.”
            “I don’t know all the answers,” he told him. “I’ll tell you what I know—if that means anything.” He took the breakfasts over to the kitchen and was taking them out of the bag, as he started with, “Penny had a dream…”
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            Penny got dressed as fast as she could, all the while staring at the booze on top of her refrigerator. Shoving her feet into the slippers, she went straight over to the fridge and opened the bottle thinking of downing all of vodka. No, she thought, she had promised not to, hadn’t she? Yeah, she had. One of the Sheldons had made her swear off booze.
            Life and you aren’t anymore of anything you want with it. Trust me, darlin’, I’ve seen what it can do. The booze is like unfulfilled dreams that way. All either of them leave is a bad taste and a headache the morning after. You’re better than that.
            Crying she tilted the bottle until it poured out into the sink. Each and every bottle went down the drain. It had been cheap booze. The crap just above the level of what a homeless person would have to drink. The drinking just made everything easier—well, until it didn’t.
            She finished with the last bottle and turned on the cold water, cupping her palms under the tap. Splashing it into her face made her feel nearly human again. Nearly. There was more, she thought, so much more. This was, after all, just the beginning.
            Pulling herself together, she went back over to the other apartment and let herself in just as Leonard was pounding on the bathroom door. Sighing heavily, she went over and pushed him out of the way.
            “Sheldon?” she called out, but had to clear her throat as her voice was so rough. “Please come out, sweetie. Breakfast is here. It’s time to eat.”
            The door opened slowly and Sheldon looking like death warmed over came out, walking stiffly.
            “Come eat breakfast,” she cooed, pulling him gently over to his spot on the sofa. “I’ll fix you a plate, you can complain about it and where it’s from all you like, and I’ll keep talking…”
            “Not if it’s all bad,” he said in a low voice. “I can’t take…”
            She caressed his face, telling him, “It’s not all bad. But I’m not going to lie and tell you it’s all good either. You need to take a step back if only for a moment. You need to do that for you and for me.” He looked at her intensely. “Because if you break, so will I.” After hearing this, he sat up in his spot a little straighter. The southern gentleman in him, for once, coming to the forefront.
            It was Raj who spoke first, asking, “So did you meet all the Sheldons out there?”
            “May be not all of them,” she answered, picking at her food. “A lot of them. I don’t know.” She shrugged. “I spoke to about twelve of them, but I saw about fifty.”
            “Holy Hannah,” Howard breathed.
            She took another bite of food, but it might as well have been unflavored oatmeal as she wasn’t able to taste a thing. Setting aside the food, she said, “And before you ask, they weren’t all alike either.” This caught Sheldon’s attention.
            “Like what?” Leonard asked. “How were they different?”
            “There was one that was an underwater welder,” she murmured. “He worked on an oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico. Cursed like a sailor, smoked like a chimney and drank like a fish.” She smiled softly, adding, “And he quoted Shelley to me.”
            Affronted Sheldon leapt to his feet and demanded, “Poetry, Penny?!”
            “I never mentioned which Shelley,” she told him, laughing girlishly. “He quoted from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Sheldon’s dramatic interpretation was a sight to behold.”
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            The wind was the first thing that she took note of. It was hard not to seeing as it was sending her long blond tresses straight into her eyes. The sting of salt water hit her nose at the same time she saw the deep, deep blue of the ocean going out as far as the eye could see. Turning around absently, she felt the metal of the oilrig before she saw it.
            “Whoa, there, little lady.” He caught her by the waist before she could take a step. “You need to keep more of an eye…” His eyes went wide. “Penny?”
            She looked up into his hard leathery face. He was too young to look that old, she thought, wondering just when this Sheldon had abandoned the sun block.
            “Hi, Sheldon,” she whispered.
            His grin grew broad and white. “Now is that any way to say hello to a friend?”
            He hugged her, welcoming her as if he had always done so just in that way—without fear, without thought, and mostly, without feelings. He may have known her and of her, but he felt nothing for her. And she got all that from this one hug.
            “I’ve been expecting you for awhile,” he told her, pulling back and looking into her eyes. “At least one of you come on out here every now and again. Can’t say I’ve much to add, but I don’t mind the female company—if you get my drift.”
            “I doubt a deaf person could have missed your drift,” she said, sounding pissed.
            That had him laughing. “That’s good. You got fire in you. Spunk. I like that.”
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            “Wait! You mean to say there are Sheldons out there that have had sex?” Howard asked. “They aren’t all asexual like Mr. Homo Novus here?”
            She shook her head no, saying, “And I’m sure that there’s other Howards out there that have had sex as well.”
            “Burn!” Raj crowed laughing along with Leonard.
            “I’ve had sex,” Howard said, looking uncomfortable.
            “Excellent,” Sheldon said tightly. “That makes you one to infinity to date.”
            This had Penny laughing and Howard blushing like mad even as he muttered, “Not funny, man. Way uncool.”
            “What I want to know is if you met other members of our click?” Leonard asked, sounding very curious.
            “Yeah,” she said, thinking it over. “You guys were around, but only really popped up every now and again.”
            “Were we ever married to each other?” Leonard asked, hope clear in his tones.
            Penny picked up the food and began to eat again. “I’d rather not say.”
            “Oh come on! How bad could it be?” Raj inquired.
            Penny went over to sit next to Sheldon, whispering frantically to him. After hearing her out, he looked over to his roommate and said, “I’m advising Penny against telling you anything about that or any other time period in which there was close contact between you. Do not ask, Leonard. I’ll banish you if you do.”
            “You’re making that up!” Leonard said, sounding alarmed. “The way you’re making it sound…” He looked over to Penny, who was now looking at him with haunted eyes. “Did you get hurt by me?” He looked to Sheldon. “I would never…”
            “Yes,” Sheldon said quietly. “You would never. Please try to remember that, Leonard.”

TBC...
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