Penny gets a new home

Still own nothing

It wasn't like this particular scene hadn't played out more than once in the last four or five years, especially during the Priya episode. Thankfully for Bernadette, she had what most of her past dates described as freakishly strong upper body strength, so propping up a more than slightly "sauced" Penny was really no problem. Aside from the odd crash into a wall up the staircase, Penny didn't look any worse for wear. When they got to the fourth floor, Bernadette made a quick right to apartment 4B just before she realized that she was headed to the wrong side of the building. During a not so coordinated turn around, one where Penny giggled and said "WHEEEEEE", Bernadette came to the door of 4A. Fortunately, Bernadette had gotten hold of Penny's keys and had them out and easily opened the door. To her utter amazement, Bernadette negotiated Penny across the living room and down the hall past the bathroom, past Sheldon's room and into Leonard's, now Penny's room.

Upon entering the room, Penny let go of Bernadette and quickly made her way over to the bed and fell face first onto the pillows. Penny turned to her side, eliciting a sigh of relief from Bernadette that she wasn't going to have to make sure Penny didn't suffocate into one of her pillows. Penny looked around and slurred. "Lkkks like Len..nrd's room…. But doesn't smell like his room…. Thesssse are not his pillows…."

Bernadette immediately showed a sad smile for her friend. "Okay Penny, let's see if we can make you a little more comfortable." Penny wasn't too hard to handle. Penny was like a big rag doll, she was tired and pretty much let Bernadette pull her top over her head. Taking the lead, Penny smiled and shimmied out of her tight jeans and sat on the edge of the bed in her panties and bra as Bernadette rummaged through Leonard's, now Penny's dresser for a pair of sleep shorts and a tank top for Penny to sleep in.

Penny giggled as Bernadette pulled out a combination that just didn't go together. "NOOooo", then suddenly approved of another combination, "Oh.. thassss cute… Lenrd likes that top… it's really sheer, which he likes, and really soft for me..."

Bernadette turned and saw Penny sitting there in her underwear swinging her feet sideways and looking around the room. "Okay Penny… we need to get you into your pajamas… you need to take off your bra…"

Penny put her hand to her mouth and laughed… "You're not Lenrd… only Lenrddd…" She then saw the look on Bernadette's face, so she started to fiddle with her bra as she reached behind her.

Bernadette noticed Penny was not having much luck. "Penny… that bra opens in the front".

Penny looked down and laughed. "Oh yeah…. Look at that…. It does". Penny then unclasped her bra and reached down and pulled it off and held her arms out wide with a big smile. "TA… DA…!" Penny then fell back onto the bed.

Bernadette sighed and looked at her half naked friend. Bernadette reached down and shook her gently. "Penny… Penny… sweetheart…" Penny did not budge so Bernadette walked to the other side of the bed and pulled down the covers. She then went back to the side of the bed where Penny was laying and managed to get the tank top on her friend with a little giggling from Penny.

Penny's eyes widened with her smile. "That's not my arm…" Penny then tried to pull Bernadette closer and reached for her waist. "Now you…"

Bernadette easily settled Penny's advancements as Penny fell back onto the bed. Bernadette then picked up the sleep shorts and looked at them and then back to Penny. "Who am I kidding? She doesn't need these." Bernadette put the sleep shorts back into the drawer and then rolled Penny over to the side of the bed with the turned down covers. Bernadette then pulled the covers up over her friend. Just to make sure Penny would be okay for the evening, Bernadette put the empty garbage can next to the bed, she then went into the bathroom and found some aspirin and then to the kitchen to get a bottle of water out of the refrigerator. Bernadette quickly went back into Penny's room and placed the water and the aspirin on the night stand before giving Penny a gentle kiss on the forehead.

Penny turned slightly and mumbled "MMMMmmm thanks sweetie".

Bernadette turned off the lights and went to leave the apartment. Unfortunately, as she turned into the living room, she found Sheldon standing beside Leonard's chair. "Good evening Sheldon". She then walked quickly past the tall theoretical physicist.

Sheldon turned. "Good Evening? Really Bernadette? Am I to assume you brought Penny back from your night of excessive imbibing and left her for the evening?"

Bernadette turned. "Yeah… sorry Sheldon… Your ROOMMATE looks to be a little under the weather. Take care now…"

Sheldon was aghast. "WAIT! You can't leave!... you have to stay and take care of her…. What happens if she gets sick and needs to throw up? You can't leave…."

Bernadette smiled. "Sorry Sheldon… this is what good roommates are supposed to do… think of all the times Leonard took care of her after she came back from a date and had to deal with her like this… And they weren't even a couple… have a good night… I'll check on you two tomorrow…" Bernadette then left the apartment, closing the door behind her.

Sheldon then turned to the hallway as he heard Penny call out. "Leonard?" Sheldon contemplated what to do as he heard a noise coming from Leonard's room and made his way toward the hallway.

Penny sat up suddenly putting a hand to her mouth and swallowing hard. She looked around panicky trying to recognize where she was. Realizing she was in Leonard's room and that she would need to run down the hall rather than practically fall out of her own bed to make it to the bathroom before she spewed the contents of her stomach, Penny jumped out of the bed. Unfortunately, she managed to step directly into the garbage can Bernadette had left for her. This caused Penny to trip and sent the can flying against the wall in a loud clatter. "Son of a BITCH!" …. Penny was now splayed across the floor as she was hit by another urge to heave. She suddenly clamored to her feet and grabbed for the door to run to the bathroom.

Upon hearing the noises and the not so polite exclamation, Sheldon stood by the door to the bathroom as he saw Penny pull open the door to Leonard's room and come running directly at him wearing nothing but a sheer white tank top and a pair if very high cut pink panties.

Penny now had both hands covering her mouth as she made her way urgently to the bathroom.

Sheldon did the only thing he could think of and stepped aside as he threw the door to the bathroom wide open. As Penny skidded around the door frame and quickly knelt before the toilet holding on tight as she ejected the contents of Ladies Night, Sheldon quietly closed the door as he heard Penny rather unceremoniously complete the task at hand.

Whether it was fortunate or not, Sheldon was not sure. He did, however think back to another Ladies Night outing where he had to mitigate a similar situation. He remembered back to a particular evening when he had accompanied Penny, Bernadette and Amy out to a club and then to dancing while being upset at Priya for undermining his Roommate agreement with Leonard. At the close of that night, he had to deal with Amy as she found herself in a very similar situation to the one Penny was presently in.

Sheldon waited and appropriate period of time after the telltale sounds from within the bathroom had subsided. Assuming that the worst had past for Penny, he gently opened the door to find Penny lying on her side next to the toilet in what appeared to be a sound sleep. She was partially curled up with her tank top ridden up to just below her breasts showing off her flat toned stomach. Her legs were slightly bent appearing to be longer than they were due to the high cut. As he did with Amy, Sheldon went over to the towel rack and neatly folded the towel that was not his and placed it under Penny's head. The last time he had to deal with this situation, Amy was far more appropriately attired. Uncomfortable with Penny's nearly naked form, Sheldon went to the closet behind the couch in the living room and retrieved one of the spare blankets. Upon reentering the bathroom, Sheldon placed the blanket over Penny. As Bernadette did before she left, Sheldon placed a bottle of water and a bottle of aspirin close by incase penny woke up during the night. Sheldon then let out a sigh before he left the room and returned to his bedroom. After getting under the covers, Sheldon tried to reconcile his thoughts and expectations about this experiment with the episode he just had to deal with.

At some point during the night, Penny woke with a pounding headache and the most awful taste in her mouth. She shivered a little as she moved noticing that she was lying on the bathroom floor. She sat up as best as she could and pulled whatever it was covering her tighter around her shoulders. With some difficulty, Penny focused on the bottles of water and painkiller that were close by. It didn't take much time or effort to throw some tablets into her mouth and gulp down most of the water. Her throat felt much better but the taste left in her mouth was still pretty terrible. With some effort, Penny stood at the sink and reached for the toothpaste. She proceeded to repeat a task that she was not too proud that she had needed to perform all too many times in the past. Penny squeezed some of the contents of the tube onto her right index finger and proceeded to rub it around her teeth hoping that the action would rid her mouth of what she assumed were the contents of her stomach. After a generous rinse and drinking more water, Penny slowly walked down the hall to the bedroom that she had stayed in so many times over the last six years or so. Only this time, the realization that she would be there alone was something she didn't want to think about. Penny found her way to the bed and curled up in the middle pulling the blanket she found herself wrapped in on the bathroom floor tighter around herself. For some reason, she felt more comfortable wrapped in this blanket than crawling under the covers. It wasn't long before Penny fell into a quiet sleep.


Across town at the University, Leonard tossed and turned. For some reason, he was brought out of an admittedly tumultuous sleep. Something was niggling at him. Sitting up, Leonard thought that it would be nice to have a hot cup of coffee. Thinking back to the swill that was emitted from the vending machine, he decided to go down to the nearby coffee shop for a nice latte and maybe a bear claw. Those were always favorites of Penny's. Leonard shook his head. He needed to put these thoughts out of his head, at least until Penny and Sheldon finished this new experiment. Stretching, Leonard unrolled his jacket and put it on, leaving the University and driving to the coffee shop. After getting his coffee and Danish, Leonard found a quiet seat in the corner where it was quiet. He had brought a copy of Physics Today with him just to occupy himself as he sat and drank his coffee… and so he didn't look so pathetic being out alone in a coffee shop.

Not long after Leonard sat down, Emily came into the coffee shop for a cup of coffee at the end of her shift at the Hospital. This was the same coffee shop that she had met with Amy and where she gave Raj his "shot". Emily looked around the nearly empty shop and noticed a slightly familiar form sitting off in the corner. She approached the friend of her boyfriend, noticing that He was uncharacteristically alone.