"SHELDON!"
Leonard flinched on the couch and cast a look across to his roommate in the kitchen.
"What did you do now?" he asked suspiciously.
"Nothing." Sheldon mumbled, turning his back away from Leonard so his roommate wouldn't be able to see his eye twitch.
"Really? So Penny is bellowing your name from across the hall for no reason whatsoever?" Leonard asked.
"She is an inscrutable member of the female gender. Who knows what she does anything for?" Sheldon offered.
"Sheldon…?" Leonard prompted.
"Fine. I may have organised her closet. I say organised rather than reorganised because reorganised would suggest there was any kind of organisation to begin with." Sheldon replied.
"Oh god, not this again!" Leonard groaned. Just then the door burst open.
"He's in the kitchen." Leonard replied without hesitation. Penny stormed across the room.
"Hello Penny. May I say how lovely you're looking this morning?" Sheldon asked.
"Shut it science boy! What the hell have you done to my closet?" Penny fumed.
"He's organised it. He said he organised it rather than reorganised it because to say he reorganised it would suggest you'd organised it to begin with. His words not mine." Leonard stated from the couch.
"Was that quote really necessary?" Sheldon enquired.
"Yes. You brought this on yourself. Go junior rodeo on him Penny. But not too much blood spill. I just cleaned the kitchen this morning." Leonard replied.
"Cleaned it? With what? Contaminated tissues? I cleaned the kitchen because I can never trust you to do a thorough job." Sheldon hit back.
"Excuse me! Closet!" Penny interrupted.
"I placed an organisational paradigm upon your closet. My conclusion is that your life will be greatly enhanced as a result of my efforts. You're welcome." Sheldon replied.
"Welcome my ass, I can't find anything! Where are all my shoes?" asked Penny.
"I took them to a charity shop." Sheldon replied. Leonard shifted in his seat.
"Oh crap!" he mumbled as he saw Pennys face turn from red to black like thunder. He knew if there was one thing you didn't do, it was touch Pennys shoe collection.
"You…did…what?" Penny asked slowly.
"It is better to give than to receive Penny." Sheldon assured her.
"They weren't yours to give in the first place! How dare you come into MY apartment, go into MY closet, and give away MY shoes!" Penny fumed.
"I could hardly do it with mine. My shoes are sensible. Yours have no function other than to rob you of any available space in your closet. Now don't be alarmed. I have bought you a present." Sheldon replied reaching under the counter.
"Is it a new neighbour that isn't a complete jackass?" Penny spat.
"It's new shoes." Sheldon replied holding a box out in front of him. Penny glared at the box and lifted the lid off.
"You call those shoes?" she asked.
"They're suitable for all occasions. Notice the high backs on them, helping to protect your ankles in the event of a fall…"
"SHELDON!" Penny interrupted jumping up and down with her hands in the air. Sheldon took in her movement for a moment and waited for her to stop jumping.
"Problem?" he asked.
"Sheldon…they were MY shoes. You had no right to take them. You know what, two can play at that game." Said Penny. She disappeared down the hall towards the bedrooms.
"Well that was a little non specific. Am I supposed to follow her or remain here until she returns?" Sheldon asked. Leonard shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"I would suggest that you run for your life…but then that means she'll unleash her fury on me…so you keep your ass where it is!" Leonard replied.
"Thank you Leonard. You've given me a great idea. Bye." Sheldon headed across the apartment.
"Where are you going? Hey come back here! You're not leaving me to deal with this!" Leonard cried getting off the couch to be greeted with the door closing and the sound of footsteps going down the stairs.
"Oh to hell with it, I'm running too!" Leonard mumbled and was soon sprinting down the stairs towards the lobby himself. By lunch time Leonard had decided to venture back to the fourth floor.
"Hey Leonard!" Penny smiled from her door.
"ARGH!" Leonard cried startling back against the wall.
"Why so jumpy? I'm not angry anymore." Penny replied.
"You're not?" Leonard asked relaxing a little and walking towards her.
"Payback is a bitch. Sheldon came home about ten minutes ago. I reckon any moment now he should discover what I've done." Penny replied. Suddenly there was the blood curdling scream from the man with a 187 IQ inside the apartment of 4A.
"What did you do?" Leonard asked. The door flew open.
"Penny!" Sheldon called, looking distressed.
"Hi Sheldon. Something wrong?" Penny smirked.
"Where are they?" he asked softly.
"Where is what?" Penny asked, looking innocent.
"Penny, I know your intelligence is drastically below mine, but even you're not stupid enough not to know what I'm talking about. My posessions from my bedroom." Sheldon replied.
"Ignoring one of your frankly far too frequent insults…you mean your comic books? Your action figures? Your dvd boxsets of Star Trek?" Penny asked.
"Penny you didn't?" Leonard asked.
"You bet your ass I did! How does it feel to have someone take away YOUR posessions Sheldon?" Penny asked.
"No. No you didn't. You couldn't have. You…you have them in your apartment. You're playing a joke on me." Sheldon said softly.
"Revenge Sheldon. You gave away my shoes, I gave away your nerd gear." Penny replied. Sheldon shook his head in disbelief.
"What's wrong Sheldon? Wondering how I would dare to do something like that? I had the same thought about you this morning." Penny said after a moment. Sheldons eyes watered.
"I can't believe you would do this to me!" he whispered and spun round 180 degrees and headed back into the apartment and closed the door.
"Serves him right." Penny shrugged.
"Penny, I can't believe you would do that." Said Leonard.
"Oh come on Leonard, he gave away my shoes!" said Penny.
"Yes! Which you can buy more of! Some of those things Sheldon had are incredibly rare, he won't be able to get probably more than ten percent of what you've given away." Leonard replied.
"It'll still be ten percent more than what he should have. For god sake, he's a grown man, he shouldn't be reading comics and playing with toys!" Penny replied.
"I'm really disappointed in you Penny." Leonard.
"Oh come off it, we both know all I have to do is throw my top over my head and move towards the bedroom for that to change!" Penny scoffed.