Pasadena California, Apartment 4B

Penny checked her phone for what seemed like the five-hundredth time that night. He still hadn't texted her. Was he okay? She knew there was a major time difference between England and Pasadena, but what time was it over there? Morning? Afternoon? She wasn't sure. Amy and Bernadette had just left, and her apartment still smelled like acetone from painting Amy's nails and then promptly taking it off.

She laughed at the thought of how much Amy and Sheldon were alike. It was almost like Amy was the girl version of Sheldon. Or maybe it was the alcohol talking. Penny nodded, yeah, it was.

She logged onto Facebook, thinking maybe he had posted something on her wall, but to no avail. There was not one message request or post from Leonard Hofstadter. She sighed and closed her pink laptop in a huff. It wasn't that she was mad at him, she missed him a lot more than she missed him when he went to the North Pole. Like, a lot more. She laid her head against the back of her couch and ran her hands through her hair. She was so close to just going to a club and finding a guy to date while Leonard was gone. But where would that get her? Nowhere. She'd be a cheater, and that wouldn't be good for her or Leonard.

Penny gave up and laid down on her couch, her laptop pressed underneath her. She yawned and blinked. Maybe Amy was right. She had said that Penny was being too critical of Leonard. He wasn't going to leave her. She should've known that. She laughed at herself. God, she was stupid sometimes.

(A/N So, this is an REALLY short chapter. I'm thinking about making it where it's just at Anubis House and the places around it. It's getting hard to think of story lines with Penny. The chapters I made about her made her seem insecure, and obviously on the show she isn't. So, I think maybe the only times we'll hear of Penny and Bernadette and Amy are when Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard are texting and/or Skypeing with them. Sorry if people were expecting an Amy chapter or Bernadette chapter. There will never be one. Bye!)