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Chapter 1: Breaking Down, Breaking Up

Sheldon rolls the dice- he gets a 7 by the way- and lands on Vetnor Avenue.

"Damn. I already own it. Your turn Leonard."

Leonard is ignoring Sheldon- like usual- and is on his phone.

"Do you know what they call a person not staring at their cell phone Leonard? Someone playing Monopoly!"

Leonard sighs. Puts phone next to him on couch.

"Alright Sheldon."

Rolls die- an 8- and lands on Atlantic Avenue.

Sheldon asks, "Did you know that if you pound on a Monopoly board hard enough you can cause a small earthquake in Atlantic City?"

"That's nice Shel-"

Sheldon pounds on Monopoly game board hard, his eyes intently watching Leonard's player until it falls off Atlantic Avenue and onto the floor.

"Sheldon!" Leonard exclaims.

"And thank you Charles Darrow!" Sheldon sits down in his spot and huffs. "Aren't you going to pick that up?"

"What- no Sheldon!"

"Well I'm not... I was experimenting. It worked if you wanted to know."

"That's great Sheldon." Leonard picks up his phone again and says, "I'm going to go see Penny now. Good night Sheldon."

"Good night Leonard."

Leonard walks across the hall to his and Penny's apartment and opens the door.

"I'm home early. Sheldon threw a fit about some ga-" Noises. Bed squeaking. Rustling now. Voices rapidly whispering. "Penny? Are you on the phone in there? What's going on?" Leonard walks into his and Penny's bedroom. He sees a figure moving on the ground, and he turns on the light.

Barry falls onto the floor, laying spread eagle; naked. He quickly covers himself with his wadded up clothes and stammers.

"Oh, uh hello Hofstadter. Beautiful night isn't it?" He runs out of the room, then Penny and Leonard hear the front door slam as he leaves the apartment.

Leonard stands there in the doorway, disbelief on his face. He rubs his head and turns to leave the apartment himself.

"Leonard I can explain. It was an accident. It just happened."

"An accident? What did you do? Trip and land in bed with him? I'm going to Sheldon's. I'll get my stuff tomorrow."

Tears swelled up in Penny's eyes. "I- I didn't mean for it to get that far Leonard. We can talk about this."

"There's nothing to talk about Penny. You both are grown adults who made a consensual decision- well I hope it was consensual."

"Oh yes, it was," Penny shakes her head. "But that's not the point."

"Oh yeah? Then enlighten me: what is the point Penny? What is the point of our relationship if neither of us have feelings for each other?" Leonard bites his lip. Penny looks up from crying.

"You what? Leonard, what do you mean?"

Leonard looks up at the ceiling. "That's not what I meant Penny. It just slipped. I-"

"Of course you meant it. You would not have said it just in the heat of the moment if you didn't feel it in some way."

Leonard sighs, " I don't want to talk about this Penny; what's done is done." Leonard turns again to leave the apartment and makes it to the living room when Penny runs up behind him and grabs his arm.

"Leonard, I- I love you! Don't you love me? What will it take for you to understand that?"

"Nothing Penny, absolutely nothing. You know why? Because this is it; we are done."

Penny runs up to Leonard, trying to consume his lips with her now contaminated mouth. Leonard, frustrated, pushes her away and says,

"It won't work this time. Not ever again. As appealing as you are, standing naked in front of me, make-up sex just won't cut it Penny."

"Umm... why not?" Penny was dumbstruck- as blondes usually are.

A/N: No offense to blondes, actually a few of my friends are blondes. :)

"Because, like you mentioned before, I don't feel love for you anymore. In fact... earlier, when I was in Sheldon's apartment I was texting someone. A girl I had met at the comic book store no less! Ha! Why are you not happy for me? Oh right, the reason I brought that up. Anyways I've been in touch with her for three weeks."

"You've been seeing another woman for three weeks while we were together?"

"Well- yeah. And by the way, she was technically, okay, she was standing outside of the comic book store waiting for a friend. And look, I have a picture of her."

Leonard opens his phone and starts to press buttons. A beep sounds and he pushes another button. he smiles and says,

"Aww... listen to this: Why haven't you texted me back soon? A minute without you is like a year without rain."

A/N: Okay, I know it, you know it, I halfway quoted one of Selena Gomez's songs on that last part. But, I'm not very mushy gushy- Don't Judge Me!

Leonard shows Penny his phone screen and she sees a beautiful, no gorgeous, no extremely hot, no words can do her justice. She was a brunette with caramel colored eyes and full red lipsticked lips. To Penny, her features seem imperfect, unlike her own, but to Leonard, they were flawless.

"She's ugly." Penny says.

"Are you saying I have bad taste?"

"Yes Leonard, that is what I'm saying."

"Well, I chose you first so speak for yourself."

On the final attempt to leave, Leonard quietly walks out of the apartment and into the hallway. He shuts the door and sits on a flight of stairs, leaning his head against a wall. He thinks about what he didn't tell Penny... the truth.

Leonard's phone beeps again and he looks down. The incoming text message is from Jamie, the brunette. It reads: Come over and let's celebrate our sixth month anniversary.

A/N: Wow, so many reviews! Sorry guys for taking such a long pause before finishing this chapter. Let me know in the reviews if you like longer chapters. I will be able to update more when school is over with. Oh, and I wanted to know: Did I do a good job of catching Sheldon's... personality from the little bit that you read?