"I really don't see why you need us to help you find this stupid address book!" Howard moaned, as he, Raj and Leonard entered Leonard and Penny's apartment. "Do you think I have nothing better to do on a Saturday than help you?!"

"Oh, because you have such a booming social life? We both know if you weren't here helping me you would be on your laptop playing World of Warcraft! " Leonard said as he threw his keys into the bowl.

"You are so wrong!" Howard exclaimed. Leonard and Raj turned around to look at him, "I was actually going to play Call of Duty on my xBox."

Leonard smiled and shook his head. "Right, okay we need to find this book before Penny gets home, so come on, get looking." He said as the guys headed in different directions to begin looking for the book.

Earlier on, Leonard had quickly realized after deciding to get Pennys parents to come and visit, that he didn't have a number to call them. He knew Penny would have the number in her phone, but he also knew it would be hard to look through it without her realizing he was up to something, considering she always had it on her. He remembered however, that she had a small address book that had various important phone numbers on it that she might need in case something happened and she lost the numbers on her mobile. The only trouble was that he had no idea where she had put it. He couldn't even remember seeing the thing since he had moved into the apartment.

"So what does this book look like?" Raj asked as rifled through the bookshelf.

"It's small, and pink." Leonard answered as he searched on, and under the coffee table.

After about ten minutes of looking, the three guys stood and looked around in confusion. "It could be anywhere Leonard! We are never going to find it!" Howard said looking a little fed up.

Leonard sighed as he looked around the apartment for inspiration. "The bedroom! It could be in the bedroom!" He exclaimed as he turned and walked towards the bedroom. When all three of them were in the room, Leonard turned to Howard and Raj. "Okay let's split this up. Raj, you look over that side of the room," He said as he pointed to the space directly in front of the door, which was 'Leonards side'. "Howard, you look at this side." Leonard pointed to the left side of the room which was 'Penny's side'. "And I will look in here." He said as he faced the wall which had a wardrobe and a chest of drawers.

Both men nodded and got to work looking around their allocated sides. "Wait a minute." Raj said, "Who is going to look in the bathroom?"

Leonard and Howard stopped what they were doing and frowned in Raj's direction. "Why would Penny keep her address book in the bathroom?" Howard asked.

"I don't know!" Raj said getting suddenly defensive, "Maybe in case someone tried to find it and she knew they would never look in the bathroom!"

"Raj it's not in the bathroom!" Leonard said.

"How will you know if you don't look?" Raj replied. Leonard huffed and was about to say something back to him when he spotted Howard about to go into Penny's bedside drawer.

"NO! Howard, get out of there!" Leonard shouted as he ran towards him and stopped him from going in the drawer.

Howard stood back, a little shocked. "But you told me to look at this side!"

"Yeah, but not in here." Leonard said as he stood in front of the drawer, looking a little flushed.

"Why not?" Howard asked with a smirk.

"Because…" Leonard struggled to come up with an answer. "It's not in here."

"Ohhhh what's in the drawer Leonard?" Raj said as he came around to their side of the room.

"I bet it's dirty stuff!" Howard said with a low growl. Leonards face became redder by the second.

"Do you have toys in there?" Raj added with a laugh.

"Does Penny like it kinky Leonard?" Howard continued.

"Okay can we please remember why we are here?!" Leonard said loudly as Howard and Raj laughed. "We have to find this book before Penny gets home!"

"Yeah we know! …I think we should check that drawer first!" Howard said, still grinning.

"Okay you two out of here." Leonard said as he ushered the giggling men out of his room.

"But I thought we were looking for the book!" Raj protested.

"No, I'll look in there, you two can stay out here and look." He said once they were back in the front room.

Raj and Howard continued to laugh at Leonard's expense as they once again began to search the apartment for Penny's book. Leonard sighed in relief that they were out of his room, and headed back in to continue his search.

A few minutes later, as Leonard was going through the chest of drawers, Howard and Raj appeared in the doorway. "I told you two to look out there!" Leonard said without turning his attention from the drawers."

"It's not out there Leonard, we may as well help you in here." Howard said.

Leonard huffed and glared at him over the top of his glasses. "Fine. You can look in the bathroom." Howard shuffled towards the en suite, grumbling as he walked. Raj continued to stand in the doorway, looking at Leonard, awaiting his orders. Leonard glanced around the room, looking for somewhere that he could tell him to look. "You check under the bed." He said. Raj groaned and began to walk towards the bed, in the same way as Howard had done. "NO WAIT!" Leonard said suddenly, and then thought in his head for a few seconds. Raj looked in confusion and Leonard eventually shook his head, "It doesn't matter. Carry on." He said as he waved for him to continue. Raj continued to frown in confusion at Leonard for a few seconds, before getting on his knees and looking under the bed.

"Oh, I found a box!" Raj said a few seconds later, as he pulled a shoe box out from under the bed.

"Give it here," Leonard quickly said as he held his hands out. Raj reluctantly handed over the box, as Howard re-entered the bedroom. Leonard sat the box on the bed and opened the lid as Howard and Raj stood at either side of him. The box was full to the brim with different kinds of memorabilia. Leonard smiled as he saw some pictures of Penny as a young girl, with various members of her family and friends. There were a few birthday cards and a couple of small teddy bears, one of which was holding a heart that had the words 'I Luv U' written on it.

"Ohh that is so cute!" Raj said as he took out the bear and held it up. "Who was this from?"

"No idea, I've never seen this before." Leonard said with a shrug.

"'To, Penny. Happy 14th Birthday, love from Darren.'" Howard said, reading out one of the cards.

"Aww that is adorable!" Raj said as he took the card from Howard. "Who's Darren?" He asked, looking at Leonard.

"I don't know. I'm going to guess it's one of her old boyfriends. Probably her first one if she was only 14." He said a little sadly. There was no reason to be sad really, he knew that Penny had had other boyfriends, and he couldn't fault her for keeping memories of what looked to be her first one, but even so, he couldn't quite help the slight twinge in his heart.

"Oh look!" Howard exclaimed, directing Leonard's attention back to the box. "I found it!" He said as he held up a small pink book. Suddenly all Leonard's thoughts of Penny and her first boyfriend were gone as he happily took the book from Howard.

"Great! Okay put all that stuff back where it was!" Leonard said as the guys put the bear and cards back into the shoebox, and they followed Leonard back out into the front room.

"So when are you going to call her parents?" Raj asked.

"Well Penny's play is in two weeks, so I should probably call them now." Leonard answered.

Howard and Raj nodded. "Yeah you probably should. Come on Raj, we should go and leave him to do this on his own, we have done our part."

"Okay, thanks guys. I really appreciate it, but your job isn't done yet, I will need you again." Leonard said as the two guys began to walk out of his apartment.

"We're not helping you again until you tell us what's in that drawer!" Howard shouted as Leonard shut the door behind them.

When the guys were gone, Leonard sat on the couch and flicked through the book. He quickly found the page that had, 'Mom and Dad – Home' written on it with a number written beneath it. He took a deep breath as he typed the number into his phone and stared at it for a few seconds before pressing the call button.

The conversation was fairly quick. He explained to Penny's father that she was going to be performing in a play in a few weeks and that he thought it might be a nice surprise for her if they came down to see it. Wyatt was extremely enthusiastic about the idea, and Leonard almost felt bad for taking all the credit for it, considering it was Rajs idea. Wyatt told him he would talk to Penny's mother about the idea and let him know as soon as possible what they were going to do, but Leonard got the feeling that it was pretty much already decided that they would come. He thanked Penny's father, gave him his number and told him he was looking forward to seeing him.

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief when the conversation was over, and noticed that his hands were a little shaky. He got up off the couch, putting the little address book in his pocket, and took a drink of water from the fridge. Just as Leonard began to calm down, the door opened and Penny walked in. "Hey." She said, sounding tired and fed up as she put her bag down and lay on the couch.

"Hey. How was work?" Leonard said as he sat down beside her on the couch.

"Ugh." Was all she could say.

"Oh that good huh?" He said with a smile.

Penny smiled and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "Right, I'm going to get out of this stinking uniform." She said as she got up and headed to the bedroom. Leonard smiled as he watched her walk, and then quickly remembered that the shoebox was still on the bed. Panic covered his face as he awaited Penny's reaction.

"Leonard!" Penny shouted from the bedroom. Leonard squirmed and headed into the bedroom.

"Yeah?" He said, trying to act as cool as possible.

Penny turned to him with a frown on her face, "What is this doing here?" She said, pointing to the box.

"Oh… Um… I found it under the bed." He answered. Penny continued to look at him in confusion. "I was looking for… um… my… comic book. And, uh… I came across that. I meant to put it back under the bed, but I forgot." Leonards heart beat furiously as he prayed that Penny believed his lie.

The frown disappeared from Pennys face as she looked down at the box. "I haven't seen this in ages..." She said quietly. Leonard smiled as he watched her slowly open the box and flick through the pictures in it. Leonard was relieved that Penny hadn't freaked out, she seemed to be too interested in what was in the box, to bother to question him further about why it was there.

"Can I see?" He asked as he held his hand out to take the pictures from her.

Penny looked up at him and smiled, "Sure you can, just don't laugh!" Leonard sat down on the bed and began to flick through the pictures, waiting patiently for her to tell him about the cards and the bear. He saw her, from the corner of his eye, take out one of the birthday cards and slowly read what was inside. She grinned and held a hand to her heart. "Aww. I can't believe I forgot about this."

Leonard looked away from the pictures and over at Penny. "What is it?" He said, pretending that he didn't already know.

Penny sat down beside him on the bed and held the card out in front of him so he could read it. "Darren was my first boyfriend. He was so sweet." Penny said slowly and quietly. Leonard looked intently at Penny as she reminisced. "We went out for about a year and a half, and then he moved away."

Leonard put a hand around her, and she rested her head on his shoulder. "Can I ask why you kept this stuff?" Penny looked up at him and frowned. "I don't mean that in a bad way... I just mean… Well why this stuff? Did you keep the cards and gifts that your other boyfriends got you too?" Leonard asked softly.

Penny huffed and shook her head against his chest and for a second Leonard wondered if she was going to start arguing with him, but she didn't. "No. Darren was the only other boyfriend I have ever had that hasn't cheated on me, or hurt me in some way. I packed this stuff up when I moved here from Nebraska, as a kind of a way to remind me that not all guys are jerks. I used to take it out and go through all this stuff after I was dumped or broke up with whatever guy I was seeing and it would make me feel a bit better." Penny looked up at Leonard and gave him a kiss. "Luckily I found another good guy." She said with a smile, "I haven't had to look at this in a long time." Penny kissed him again and got up. She put the stuff back into the box and slid it back under her bed. "Right, I'm going for a shower." She announced as she headed into the bathroom.

As soon as she was out of the room, Leonard pulled the box back out and put the pink address book back inside, then headed back into the front room to relax on the couch. Suddenly his phone buzzed, and he saw an unknown number on his screen. He almost didn't answer, like he usually would if he didn't know who was calling, until he remembered that Penny's father was due to call him. He quickly answered and headed out into the hall to talk to him.

Wyatt told him that Penny's mother was thrilled by the idea and that they would be there on the Thursday before the play, which was showing on the Saturday. Leonard once again thanked her father and excitedly headed back into the apartment. He was met with Penny, who was looking at him in confusion. "Where were you?"

"Oh just in the hall. You wanna do something today?" He said as he walked over and put his arm around her waist.

"Like what?" She said as she put her arms around his neck.

Leonard kissed her, "Whatever you want."