A/N: So I've had this like file of little fics inspired by sections of lyrics in some of my favorite songs. I actually wrote this last night after watching a few episodes of Grey's... McDreamy just met Rose and she is the Priya of Grey's (and also the Emily Waltham of Grey's) so this happened. Anyway I thought while I'm away I'd share some of these over here!

I'll let it pass, and hold my tongue

And you will think that I have moved on

(White Flag, Dido)

Penny was fine with making the effort to be nice to Priya - or as fine as she could be, considering that Priya was dating her ex-boyfriend and completely changing his life, but whatever. Hell, she even made an effort to ask Amy and Bernadette to be nice about her and not fling their poop at her, even though she'd really like to see that happen. Leonard obviously liked Priya and she was evidently no longer a part of his life in the way she had been before. She was even fine with Leonard talking to her about Priya, if he needed to. It was Leonard; he could be a little clueless when it came to relationships. But Penny was fine with it.

Well, not really, but she was making an effort to be fine with that too. She was the one who'd broken up with him; it was the least she could do. He deserved to be happy. Penny was trying, really trying.

But why did that mean she was the one who had to be unhappy? Was breaking up with Leonard because she couldn't tell him she loved him really sobad that she continually got hurt by the one person she had trusted not to hurt her?

"Penny, what the hell happened to your hand?" Bernadette asked, watching as Penny shoved her things into her locker.

"It's fine." Penny mumbled, yanking on the tie of her apron to try rescue it from the mess of her purse.

"But it's all bruised and-"

"I said it's fine!" Penny snapped. Tugging too abruptly on the apron tie, the force backfired, causing her to let go of it and bump her arm into the edge of her locker. "That is just great. I really wanted this nice big scratch on my arm today. Really compliments my hand."

"Penny." Bernadette said firmly, folding her arms. Penny glared at her but didn't say anything else, so she went over to Penny's locker. Hanging Penny's jacket up on the hook, she efficiently removed the apron which had tangled with a set of headphones and her wallet. Handing Penny her apron, she sat down on one of the benches. "I'm gonna ask you again. What happened?"

Frowning, Penny tied her apron around her waist. "I punched the steering wheel." She admitted, wishing she hadn't because even tying her apron was making the bruises hurt.

"Why?"

"Because! Because, Bernadette, I'm pissed off." Penny slammed her locker door shut. "I have been trying my best to be civil with Leonard and Priya. And then he has the audacity to ask me to move out? Because of Priya! Priya doesn't want me around! He gets a new girlfriend and I'm the bad guy for living next door."

Sighing, Bernadette bit her lip. "I'm so sorry Penny."

"Oh no, don't be sorry for me. I broke up with him. I broke up with him. Apparently this means he gets to crap all over my attempts to just move on with my life because everywhere I go, every single thing I do he is right there. Obviously what I did is so bad that he gets to do that to me, so no, don't sorry Penny me."

"Penny..."

"I want him to be happy. I do, I really do, I want him to be happy. I am glad he's happy. He deserves it. Out of everyone on this planet, I probably want him to be happy the most because I am the one who spent time with his mother and then comforted him, and I put up with Sheldon for him ,and started using Soy milk so he could also have breakfast in my apartment, and stayed up with him while he worked on a paper because he doesn't want to be a disappointment like he was to his parents so he wasn't alone. He gets to be happy."

"I know, Penny." Bernadette said sympathetically.

"Why do I not get the same courtesy? Does he not... has it never crossed his mind that this actually hurts? Asking me to move out and not be friends because of his new girlfriend - he doesn't think that hurts for me?" Penny's voice wavered slightly as she looked at Bernadette. "The worst part is, I actually told him we'd part friends. I walked away just so he'd think I was okay with it."

"I'm sure Leonard didn't mean to hurt you. He wouldn't do that on purpose Penny, you know he wouldn't."

"I want to shout at him. And I want to punch Priya, I hate her, I absolutely hate her. But also a tiny part of me likes her for making Leonard happy, which I hate her for. But I want to yell at him like I yelled at Kurt, and list all the things he's doing wrong like I did with Zack but that is just..." Sitting down beside Bernadette, Penny shook her head. "I can't do that to him."