Chapter 1:
Penny just arrived home noticing everything was dark. She frowned because Leonard was always hime before she was. She turned on the lights and saw their apartment was the same as it was this morning. Penny frowned as she put her things down and her keys in the bowl. She took out her phone and there were no missed calls or text messages. It was unlike Leonard not to say anything unless he was so caught up in his work. But she remembered him saying to her that he was going to get out early so he would have dinner ready when she got home. So she was really confused as she sat at her desk and tried to call Leonard.
She sat there and waited. His phone must have been dead because she got his voice mail. "This is Leonard Hofstadter, I can not answer the phone right now. Leave a message."
So she left a message, "Hey sweetie, I don't know what is going on. This unlike you to have your phone dead or turned off. Call me when you can. Love you."
She could not help but worry
Forty-five minutes earlier
Leonard was talking to his grad students about what to prepare for the following week and then dismissed them. He looked at his watch and smiled. Leonard packed up his things so he could go to the grocery store to buy some food to make a special dinner for Penny. It was their usually date night, but he wanted to do something different. It was their first week back from Italy and soemhow in a good way their relationship changed and they felt closer with each other. Another plus Amy and Sheldon were still on their honeymoon so no interruptions from them. Plus he wanted to be selfish and be completely alone with Penny so he told Howard and Raj if they came over for any reason he would disown them as friends.
Leonard smiled as he could not wait to see his wifes face as he surprised her tonight. He locked up his lab and went to his car.
Leonard was pulling out of the University onto the road. Next thing he knew he saw a car only inches a way and no time to react. He heard the big crunch and his world turn black.
Now
Penny called Raj and Howard and no answer from them either. She called Bernadette and she had no clue why Howard did not answer his phone either.
Penny was about to call Stewart when The Pasadena Police Department phone number flash across her screen. Her heart felt like it was going to drop as she answered with a shaky voice, "Hello?"
"Mrs Hofstadter?" A male officer asked
"Ummm this is her." She could feel tears form in her eyes.
"Yes this is officer John Daniels of the Pasadena Police Department, your husband Leonard Hofstadter was in an automobile accident." He could hear this mans wife cry.
Penny felt like she lost her breath. She would never thought this thing would never happen. "Oh my gosh..." Were the only words out of her mouth as she started to cry and felt sick to her stomach.