Leonard sat at the airport waiting for Amy's delayed flight to arrive. After half an hour of waiting, Amy finally entered the arrivals area and when Leonard saw her, he gave her a large hug. 'Amy, you have no idea how happy I am to see you,' Leonard cried.

'Leonard, you're just lucky that I'm going to be sent out to AstraZeneca's Wilmington site in a three days to take part in an audit and that they let me go early so this had better be a pretty dire situation.' Amy sighed, throwing her luggage at him.

'It's good to see you too, how's London?'

'Sorry Leonard, I'm just cranky from the flight. It's great over there… As much as I miss you all, taking a job over there is just… it's just amazing, I love it,' Amy smiled.

'Well, I'm glad you're enjoying it.' Leonard smiled.

'Now, tell me what's going on?'

'Long story short: Penny faked a pregnancy to escape being fired and named Sheldon as the father and her fiancé. They went to her company retreat and had a massive fight ending in Sheldon going to Texas and Penny shutting herself away. Apparently her boss told her to take the week off because he thinks she's now going to be a single mother. I can't talk any sense into her and I called you because you are the only one who can,' Leonard sighed and Amy nodded.

'Sounds like a pretty shitty situation but… I'll see what I can do.'

'Thanks, you're a star Amy. Of course, you're welcome to have my bedroom, or you can stay in Sheldon's since its empty,' Leonard smiled and Amy thanked him.

'Well I don't want to chuck you out of your bed so I would stay in Sheldon's but then again we both know Sheldon would notice and you could violate some unknown clause of the roommate agreement,' Amy laughed, 'but thank you anyway. Now, let's go see what's going on with Penny.'

Amy smiled as she climbed the steps of the apartment block and it felt nice to remember that she used to do this all the time. When she arrived outside apartment 4A, she smiled… all her happy memories just came flowing back.

'I suppose I had best get over to Penny's then. I'll be back soon,' Amy smiled before walking across the hall. Meanwhile, Penny had been watching Titanic and was crying at the scene where Rose let's go of Jack.

'I'll never let go… I promise,' she whispered at the same times as Rose, tears running down her cheeks. She jumped when someone rapped on the door and paused the tv, wiping her eyes before opening the door. 'Amy?' she gasped in shock.

'I'm coming in,' Amy said, walking past her bestie.

'What are you doing here?' Penny asked, 'When did you come back? When did you get here? Are you back here for good or just visiting?'

'I'm just making a house call, staging an intervention if you will.' Amy said, sitting down on the couch as Penny took the seat beside her, 'Now are you gonna tell me why Leonard called me up telling me I needed to fly 8 hours across the Atlantic to talk some sense into you?'

Penny scoffed, 'You didn't need to do that at all Ames.'

'Well I'll be the judge of that, now tell me what's wrong?'

'Alright fine, what do you want me to tell you Amy? That I can't get off the couch or stop watching sad movies? I faked a pregnancy so I wouldn't get fired from my job and now that's turned to pot so I probably will get fired? My car has gone bust, I can't get an acting job, I unknowingly broke Sheldon's heart and he's gone home to Texas, I'm not allowed to go out with the guy I like, I had a major fight with one of my best friends so now I no longer have any friends er, I can't…'

'You know what I find interesting about that Penny? It's interesting to me that you have no friends; and do you want to know why that's interesting? Well, here's a friend standing directly in front of you, a friend who has flown 8 hours to be here and is trying to talk to you and you choose to talk about the fact that you don't have any friends.' Amy said and Penny sighed.

'Amy, no… I didn't mean…'

'No,' Amy cut her off, 'no…I think you just want to have a little pity party as opposed to confronting your problems. You don't want to feel better… I think Penny wants a little pity party.' Amy said poking Penny before standing up and shoving her so that she toppled flat on the soda.

'Shit Amy! What the fuck was that for?!' Penny cried as Amy clambered on top of her.

'You're a bitch Penny!'

'Amy, what are you doing?! Get off me!'

'You're a bitch and I'm life, is life bothering you Penny?' Amy asked, continuing to poke her, 'I'm life Penny, I'm your life.'

'Ow, Amy stop!'

'Fight back Penny! You'd better learn to fight for your life because nobody else is going to! I'm life and I'm going to bite you in the ass!' Amy cried, biting Penny's behind and she yelped in pain.

'Aghhh! Amy!'

'It's not me, It's your life. I'm trying to get you to fight for your shitty life. And you won't do it, you just won't do it!' Amy cried, grabbing Penny's hand and making it hit her face, 'stop hitting yourself Penny, stop hitting yourself! I'm your life Penny; I'm your shitty life and you have to take control and fight against it!'

'Amy STOP!' Penny cried, before smacking Amy. Amy stopped and looked at Penny, 'Amy, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry… I didn't mean to…'

'Nice hit…' Amy said before patting her friend's knee, 'I'm glad to see you've got some sort of spark still in you. I think perhaps it's now time that I told you about a girl, a girl called Amy. When I say Amy, I'm referring to myself as Amy.'

'Yeah, I know,' Penny whispered.

'You might look at me Penny and think wow, a girl like Amy… she must have breezed through high school and college but no,' Amy shook her head, 'it was not easy at all. I was called names like Amy four eyes, science geek, nerd… they called me a freak and they said really hurtful things to me. Do you think that I let it break me? Do you think I went home and cried to my mom saying "oh I don't have any friends, Amy doesn't have any friends". Do you think I just sat around watching sad movies and feeling sorry for myself? Well no… no I didn't. I pulled myself together, I continued to be myself, I studied really hard and I got into a really good university and now? I work for AstraZeneca and I get to travel the world. I get to dissect brains and give menthol cigarette's to monkeys! Do you know how cool that is… brains are just fascinating! I also managed to date a world expert in string theory for three years and where are those people that bullied me now? They're working in diners and other low paid jobs. You can do it Penny… you got yourself into this mess; it's now time to get out of it. You're your problem Penny, but you're also your solution and it's up to you to make everything right again. And I would start by making up with your friend.'

'Oh Amy, I don't know what to do,' Penny wept, throwing herself into Amy's arms. Amy pushed her away and looked into her eyes.

'You pick up that phone and you call your friend and you apologise,' she said forcefully. Penny nodded and took the phone that Amy handed to her.

'What if she doesn't want to talk to me?' she whispered and Amy shrugged.

'Then at least you can say you tried.'

Penny nodded and dialled Anna's number, putting it on loudspeaker, 'Hey… it's me.' She said quietly.

'Yeah I know… I've got caller ID.'

'Look, I um… are you still mad at me or can we talk?' Penny asked and there was a pause on the other end of the line.

'Do you even know why I'm mad?'

'I was a total bitch to you… I shouldn't have gone with Simon in his Bentley, I should have been nicer to Sheldon and you were right… about everything. I'm sorry… I'm so sorry!' Penny broke down into tears and her friend sighed.

'How about… we go out for coffee and a massage and we'll talk more then.'

'Ok…' Penny whispered, 'Just text me when and where.'

'Ok.' Anna then hung up and Penny sobbed on Amy.

'She still hates me… she just hung up!'

'Give her time my beautiful blonde bombshell… don't forget she did say that you two should go out for coffee and a massage.' Amy smiled as Penny's phone beeped with a message from Anna, 'See? She said she'd text you and she did. Remember Penny… you are you own solution. Don't think that your friend has forgiven you just yet though because you still have to prove it and you've really got to plan how you're going to apologise to Sheldon.' Amy stood up and looked around Penny's apartment, sighing, 'Bestie… you really have to clean this place up. For one, you're kitchen really needs replacing… its old and outdated,' Amy laughed. Penny frowned and walked into her kitchenette.

'Don't be silly Amy… this kitchen has served me well for the past seven years,' Penny said, feeling the countertops, 'Its fully functional and still 100% intact… see?' Penny slammed her hand down a couple of times and Amy tried to hold back a laugh when the cupboard door fell off its hinges. Penny looked at the cupboard door and blinked before turning to look at Amy, 'See… it's even got automatic cupboards... outdated my ass.' Penny locked eyes with Amy and they both giggled.

'It's nice to see a smile back on your face… don't worry Penny. Things will get better.'

Thanks so much for your reviews guys, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I was influenced by the movie Bridesmaids for Amy's pep speech to Penny, I thought it fitted well! Anyway, let me know what you think and enjoy the rest of your day! xx