Penny sat alone in her apartment, nervously playing with her Rubix cube while she awaited Brandon coming home from work. Her talk with the girls the night before had really brought home to her how badly she had to tell Brandon what had gone on, and she decided she had to get it over with. She had already put it off for too long, although that wasn't really her fault, she did have all the best intentions of telling him about Leonard before she ended up in the hospital. And like she had said to the girls, the past few weeks were spent grieving for her loss, barely thinking about anyone else.

She had hardly slept the night before as her mind went through everything her and the girls had discussed, and the one thing that kept on popping up in her head, other than what she was going to say to Brandon, was Leonard. Her head constantly went over the question they had asked her, about whether she had feelings for him or not, and she hated that she couldn't even read her own heart. They were so close, like best-friends, yet they were so much more than that. He was so important to her, and these past few weeks had really shown her just how much she needed him in her life, but that was what bothered her. The fact that they were so close, and that she almost depended on having him around, meant that she was terrified of losing him. So terrified, that it made her cautious about making any sort of leap with him, just in case something went wrong, and she lost him forever. She still didn't quite understand what her feelings for him meant, she didn't know if all she wanted from him was friendship, or something more, all she knew was that she didn't want to lose her best friend. She no longer trusted her feelings anymore, and so even when she thought hard about how she felt, she still had doubts. She no longer believed whatever her heart may tell her, because what she thought it had told her before, helped bring her to this mess. She had trusted her heart when she thought it told her she was in love with Brandon, and yet she wondered now if she ever did. She couldn't do to Leonard, what she had done to Brandon. She had to find some way of figuring out what she really felt for him, she just had no idea where to start.

Penny sat back in her sofa with her cube in hand, as her mind raced through all of those thoughts of Leonard, again. She sat in another world, lost in her thoughts, until she heard the lock on her door open, and Brandon walked in. Her heart sunk when she saw how happy he seemed as he greeted her with a smile and a kiss on the cheek.

"How has your day been, honey?" Brandon asked as he took his jacket off and put it in the bedroom.

"Good." She said with absolutely no emotion.

"You're still addicted to that cube huh?" He said with a slight chuckle as he walked back out of the bedroom and over to the fridge.

"Uh… yeah." She said blankly as she looked at the cube in her hand and put it on the coffee table. "Brandon, we need to talk."

Brandon took out a bottle of water and shut the fridge door behind him, "That doesn't sound good." He said quietly. He walked over to the sofa and sat down beside her, noticing a few tears in her eyes. Brandon took a deep breath, preparing himself for whatever she had to say. "Ok…" He said as he sat back in the sofa, "What's wrong?"

Penny blinked back her tears and took a breath. "There's something I have to tell you…" She said as he looked her in her eyes, waiting patiently to hear what she had to say. Penny took another shaky breath and Brandon reached out to touch her hand encouragingly. "This isn't going to be easy to hear… Just please remember I care about you, and I never, ever meant to hurt you."

"Penny, you are freaking me out." He said as he sat up straight and squeezed her hand. "Please just tell me."

"I… I…" Penny sighed as the words caught in her throat. She coughed to clear it and took another breath to calm her racing heart. "I slept with someone else."

Brandon immediately let go of Pennys hand and looked at her in shock. "What?" He said quietly. He had known something was going on with her, but he had never thought she had cheated on him. The most he had thought was that she was having doubts about the wedding and they would have to postpone it, but never this… He had never thought that she would cheat on him, he thought she loved him.

Penny stayed quiet, knowing that she didn't need to repeat herself, because she knew he had heard her loud and clear.

"When?" He asked a few moments later.

Brandon kept his eyes focused on hers and she hated it, because they showed her all the hurt he was feeling inside as they began to tear up. She had never really seen much emotion from him, and seeing him on the verge of tears was heart-breaking. "A couple of weeks after we got engaged." She said sadly.

Brandon exhaled loudly and hung his head, before getting up and walking around the apartment. He was quiet, so quiet that it scared her. She wanted to know what he was thinking, but she didn't want to speak. And then suddenly he stopped pacing and he looked over at her. "Oh my God." He said quietly. He bent over and put his arms on the back of the sofa and closed his eyes. "Was the baby mine Penny?"

Pennys stomach turned, not only at having to answer that question, but because of the blatant reminder of what she had lost. She looked down at her hands that were fidgeting nervously in front of her and closed her eyes as tears began to fill them, "I don't know." She croaked. Brandon exhaled and rested his head on the back of the sofa. "Brandon, I'm so sorry. I wanted to tell you earlier…" She said through sobs, "But then I lost it and… I just couldn't, I didn't want to hurt you anymore."

"And you don't think this is hurting me now?" He said. His words muffled into the sofa cushion.

"I know it is. I'm sorry." She said, not daring to look up at him.

"Are you?" He said turning his head to look at her. "Are you really?"

"What do you mean? Of course I am!" She said, finally looking up to him and seeing the tears run down his cheek.

"Really? Why?" He said as he stood up and began to pace the floor again. "Are you sorry because you want me to forgive you, so that we can try and continue with this relationship?" Anger began to fill his tone, but he was still speaking rather quietly. "Or are you just sorry that you didn't tell me, and you don't really care whether I stay with you or not?" Brandon said, still pacing the floor.

Penny just looked at him, unsure of what to say although she was sure her silence told him more than he needed to know.

"I guess that means you don't really care." He said as he sat on the chair beside the window. "Do you even love me Penny? Did you ever want to marry me?" He said sadly as his eyes filled with tears again.

Penny looked down at her hands, the pain in his voice becoming a little too much to bear. "I did. I don't know what happened, Brandon. I did want to marry you, I'm sure I did…" She sniffled as tears began to run down her cheeks. "I meant it when I said I care about you. I really do, you are a great guy, I just… I'm not in love with you. I'm sorry."

The room was silent, and all that could be heard was Pennys quiet sobs.

"Who was it?" He asked quietly, barely breaking the silence that had filled the room.

"Does it matter?" She asked quietly in return.

"Of course it matters!" He said, his voice becoming noticeably louder. "This man could have been the father to a baby that I thought was mine!" His face became red with anger. "Of course it fucking matters!" He banged his fist down onto the table and stood up, making Penny jump and turn around to face him. "Do I know him?"

Penny panicked. Brandon was becoming furious and although she knew she should tell him, she was terrified of what he might do. She had never seen him this angry before, and although she knew he wasn't the violent type, she really didn't want to take the chance that he may do something out of rage that would hurt Leonard.

"Who is it Penny?!" He yelled.

Her silence was having the worst effect on his anger, the longer she kept quiet the angrier he became, but still she didn't want to tell him. Brandon was a pretty big guy and Leonard would have no chance against him if he decided his revenge was best served with a swift punch to the face. "Brandon please, calm down." She said, in a desperate attempt to get him to stop yelling.

"How the hell am I supposed to be calm Penny?!" He yelled. He then stopped pacing the floor and rested his hands on the arm of the sofa. He looked over at Penny, who still hadn't moved from her spot, and she saw all the anger, mixed with distraught tears, in his eyes. He took a few deep breaths as he stood, bent over, with his hands on the armrest, before speaking again, with much less anger than before. "Who was it Penny?"

"This wasn't his fault." She said quietly. "It was mine, okay?"

Brandon closed his eyes, "Who was it?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"Promise me you won't hurt him." She croaked.

"Tell me Penny." He said with his eyes still closed.

"That wasn't a promise."

Brandon shot his eyes open and glared at her. "I won't hurt him. Tell me."

Penny wasn't sure if he was telling the truth, but she knew she couldn't hold him off much longer, or else he would just get angrier. She sighed and looked away from him, back down to her hands again. "Leonard." She said quietly, almost hoping he hadn't heard her.

"I knew it!" He yelled, pushing himself away from the sofa again. "I knew you were going to say him!" He said as he furiously pointed his finger at her. "Was it just the once? Or was this some sort of affair that was going on behind my back?!"

"It was just the once." Penny replied as her tears once again began to fall.

"And he knew that baby could have been his?" He shouted as his face became red with fury again.

Penny nodded her head and then looked up and saw that he was just about to leave the apartment. "Wait! Where are you going?" She shouted as she jumped up from the sofa and ran to stand in front of him, blocking his way.

"I'm going to speak to Leonard." He said, pushing past Penny and storming across the hall.