Okay, now Penny's point of view! So, there are probably a lot of mistakes in this story, I'm sorry but I really can't help that. I've read it over and over as many times as I could. Also! I stole some of the siblings names from other fanfiction stories, I really hope if that's alright, if it isn't then I'll change it right away. Again sorry in advance. I'm rather nervous about this chapter because I'm not very good at writing dialogue.

I do not own the Big Bang Theory.

I hope you like it!

Penny came to live in Texas when his dad's older brother got sick. So her father moved her entire family out to a tiny town in Texas and told them to call it home. Penny's mother wasn't happy, her brother wasn't happy, she wasn't happy, it only became clear to Penny recently that her father wasn't much happier.

But he was stubborn, so that meant that they were staying till Penny's mother; Jane would threaten to leave him. Penny decided that she'd just have to sit tight and wait for that moment to come. For now, she vowed to make her life as fun as she could.

"Alright Penny, you'll have to sit beside Sheldon." Mr. Archer points to the back of the room next to a boy with a dark blue hoodie and giant head phones sticking out. He was reading from what it looked like. Penny heard of Sheldon Cooper, he was some genius guy that left when he was in fifth grade to go to university or something like that. No one knew why he had returned, they just knew that he had. Josh said that he was still as freaky as he was before, he just wore less Super hero stuff, and took on the emo approach.

That was the problem with small towns, they were small minded too.

So she skips towards her seat in the back with the genius. Or used to be genius. She didn't think that people could just stop being smart, but maybe he did.

"Hey, I'm Penny."

Sheldon turned to look at her, she was a little shocked by the colour of his eyes. She hadn't ever seen them so blue before, than almost automatically, she turned to look at his mouth. His bottom lip looked so plump and pink. Then, just like the shameless hussy that she was, she continued to check out the rest of him. She didn't stop till she realized that he knew what she was doing, it's not like she was trying to hide it. She was too preoccupied with how good he looked.

The thing was, pretty people weren't unpopular, at least not in this town, or the town she lived in before. She couldn't understand why her friends hated Sheldon so much, because it seemed as though, he fit the criteria quite nicely.

"If you're done now," Sheldon muttered, bringing her out of her head. Penny blushed, and turned her head biting her lip in embarrassment.

They didn't look at each other for the rest of the class.

When Penny gets home, she already knows that there's a fight going on. She isn't sure if it's between her brother and her parents, or just between her parents. Recently, Tommy has been acting up, staying out late, getting drunk, coming home high. She doesn't know why, Tommy's smart. Really smart, he used to get A's in everything and now, he doesn't.

Now, he doesn't even show up to school.

Jane tells him that they're going to send him away, but Tommy only laughs, "Of course, sweep the problems under the rug. Everyone does it, why not you?" He says it all the time. He repeats, and repeats it.

So Penny's parents look at her now, she thinks it's too much pressure, she's not smart. She knows it, Tommy got all the good genes, he was planned, she was the outcome of an unlucky condom. She's pretty she knows, it's in her genetics, everyone in her family is pretty, but she isn't smart. That much she's taken acceptance over, she'll always only be an average student.

That's what bothers her so much, her entire life she will be average. She will be whatever everyone else is. She hates it, but she can't change it.

"Penny!" Tommy screams when she gets inside. She hadn't even shut the door yet, "Penny, tell momma, that I can't be their pretty perfect child anymore."

His eyes are bloodshot, she can see the red marks on his arm, junkie her brain hisses. But she's loyal.

"Jesus ma, give him a break yeah?" she rolls her eyes, sweeping her hair over her shoulder. She pointedly stares at his arms, willing his sleeves to go down by themselves. This happens from time to time, he's good at covering them up, but then he gets into a fight, and he rolls them up. She doesn't want to see it, she wants his sleeves down. At least then she can pretend.

"Penny...oh, my sweet girl. Why do you stand up for him?" Her mother is crying, tears are streaking down her face. She knows what her mother is thinking. What happened to my children?

It's not like Penny can answer her, because really, Penny doesn't know it either. She doesn't know what's wrong with Tommy, she doesn't know why he does this, why he insists on making their mother cry. But she's loyal.

"Look, mom, it's okay. Tommy, go upstairs alright, no point in making her cry." He does as he's asked, Penny wets a cloth and cleans her mother's face with it. "It's alright mom, he's just a boy. He's just acting out because Sally isn't talking to him."

She fibs, although, maybe they're just lies now. Maybe smart people can just stop being smart. Tommy sure is trying.

After her mother has relaxed Penny goes upstairs and changes into a pair of shorts that she's sure her mother wouldn't approve of. She would bellow how Jesus didn't attend for women to show so much skin.

Whatever, she didn't believe in god. She didn't know why she had to.

When she was younger, Tommy was the one that used to tuck her into bed. And sometimes, she still catches him coming to her room and pulling the blanket tighter around her, or closing the window, picking up something things that lay on the floor. It's times like these when she remembers that this is her brother, her protector. She closes her eyes and lets him take care of her. Because everyone needs to be needed. And she will always need her brother.

And that is where her loyalty lies.

"Hey Penny," Charlotte calls out to her, she just arrived at school. "We've got some exciting news!" Charlotte was the first friend that she made, it's out of that respect that Penny continues on to be her friend.

"Her Charlotte, did Clayton ask you out yet?" Penny asks, only because she knows that's what Charlotte wants to hear.

"Oh my god! Yes! We're going to Cole's party tomorrow."

She's about to respond when she sees Sheldon passing by. He forgo the over large sweatshirt, choosing to go with a dark shirt with some kind of logo on it, he has a light grey long sleeve underneath. His hair is a mess. He looks mad. She knows he looks mad, so she doesn't know why she goes up to him.

"Hey, Sheldon right?" she asks. He stops, his eyes are darting around trying to catch anything but her.

"Yes." he says, he hasn't got an accent like everyone else, it's cute. "Was there something that you needed my assistance with Penny?"

"No, no, I just wanted to say hi. You were so quiet yesterday."

"We were in class were we not? I was under the impression that class was for learning." He's got some bite in his words. Why is he being such an asshole? She was only being nice, besides, isn't it a good thing when a pretty blonde wants your attention? She narrows her eyes at him.

"Like Archer's got anything to teach you anyways, or you do just lack the social skills to be polite."

Her hands automatically go to her hips, and now she looks like she's scolding him. But she can't help it.

"My mannerisms and etiquette are not lacking. Your blatant refusal to take a hint though seems to a little short."

Her jaw hangs open, she's too angry to punch him in the face, or maybe it's because he's too pretty. She hasn't decided.

"You should close your mouth," he says with an eyebrow raised, "it gives off the wrong impression."

He walks away, and this time, Penny really is too angry to punch him in the face.

Sheldon Cooper floats my boat. He floats Penny's as well. Personally, I don't wanna punch him, he really is that pretty. Hope you enjoyed it! Please review! Criticism is welcomed with warm and open arms.