Penny slammed her hand on the door of 4A repeatedly, yelling Leonard's name, shopping bags around her feet, until he opened the door.

"Penny?" He raised a brow as he took in all the shopping bags and her slightly gazed over eyes as the distinct smell of alcohol hit him. "What the hell?"

"I went shopping!" She grinned.

"I can see that..."

He almost wanted to laugh; while she had on a regular pair of jeans and a black t-shirt, she had accessorized with things she had evidently bought on her shopping trip. In her hair was a lazily clipped in pink bow, which looked like it was meant for a child. She wore black frames around her eyes, with a tiny little bow on the right hand corner, with Hello Kitty written across the arms. On her handbag he spotted a set of Hello Kitty badges, and he quickly thought she'd regret that when she realized she'd got holes in her expensive handbag. At her feet were several Victoria's Secret shopping bags, as well as large bags from various other stores he could vaguely remember going with her to.

"What do you think?" She asked, putting one hand on her hip, and bringing the other up to hold the arm of her glasses. She looked over the frames at him, pouting.

"Umm," Leonard honestly didn't know what to say. Maybe, if she wasn't drunk and he didn't feel sorry for her drunken state, she would look pretty hot... no, she still did look pretty hot, it was those stupid Hello Kitty glasses. Why did she have to buy the glasses? "You look... why are you drunk at..." He checked his watch. "7pm?"

"Well," Penny leant herself against the doorframe. "I had a very naughty dream, which involved you." She pointed at him and giggled. "So when I woke up I had to have sex with myself, which isn't as great as with you, by the way." She gave him an accusing look. "And then I was sad, so I had some wine and I went shopping." She giggled again, aimlessly gesturing to her shopping bags.

Leonard really wasn't sure what to say, or if his mind was even thinking anymore. He just stared at her, not even blinking, as she continued to giggle.

"What's happening?" Priya appeared next to Leonard, a basket of laundry tucked under her arm.

"Whattup Priya," Penny gave her a nod.

"I- umm... she-" Leonard stuttered. "I... Penny... Penny is drunk."

"At seven in the evening? Isn't that a little early?"

"I'm allowed to drink whenever I want. I'm a grown-up. And I'm sad. I'm a grown-up and I drink when I'm sad." Penny pointed out.

"Okay... why are you drunk at seven in the evening?"

"Bec-a-ause," Penny rolled her eyes. "I-"

"Of the reasons she just told you!" Leonard butted in, praying Penny wouldn't repeat her story to Priya. "And she really should go back to her apartment and go to sleep."

"Bo-ring!" Penny moaned. "Come on, guys, lets go out on the town, lets paint the town red, lets-"

"I don't think that's such a good idea, Penny." Leonard said, his brain now running on adrenaline. "You need to go to sleep." Suddenly he realized offering his help wouldn't be the best idea in the world, considering Priya was right there and Penny's little story. "Umm... you have your key, right? You'll be okay?"

"Yeah, I have my key." Penny sighed, swaying on the spot as she stood up properly and started fishing around her bag for her key. She dug it out, her tongue poking out of her mouth in concentration. "Got it!" She grinned, bending down to pick up her bags. She managed to make it to her own apartment door, before walking straight into it. "Ow! What the hell!"

"I think I should help her," Priya said quietly to Leonard, putting down the laundry basket.

"Really?" Leonard was slightly taken aback by this. "Umm, okay, sure."

He watched with confusion as Priya walked over to open Penny's door, and went inside with her. Walking back into his own apartment, he slumped down on the couch, praying that Penny wouldn't tell Priya anything and that Priya wouldn't be too harsh on Penny - he knew she didn't approve of the frequency of Penny's drunken visits.

Across the hall, Priya managed to get Penny into her bedroom. Penny dropped her bags to the floor, yanked off her handbag and jacket, throwing them into the corner of the room. Priya stood awkwardly at the door, not quite sure what she was supposed to do now. Thankfully, Penny went into the bathroom, stating happily that she was going to get changed into her pajamas. Priya breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to go back to 4A when she heard heaving followed by the sound of Penny throwing up. She made her way cautiously to the kitchen; having never been in her apartment, and not being on the best of terms with Penny, she felt awkward. She headed to the fridge, taking out a bottle of water, taking a moment to look around the apartment. It was definitely smaller than 4A, it was messier, but it looked homey and comforting, she decided.

Priya returned to Penny's bedroom with the bottle of water, which Penny eagerly took as she stepped out of the bathroom in her pajamas, the top back-to-front. She gulped down half of it before getting into bed.

"Will you be okay by yourself now?" Priya asked, feeling slightly uncomfortable.

Penny burped. "Yeah."

"Okay. Good." Priya shifted her weight between her feet. "Bye, then."

Just as she began to turn around to leave, Penny sat up. "Priya?"

"Yes?" She turned back around.

"Please be nice to Leonard. He's just trying to look out for me. He's a great guy." Penny hiccoughed, flopping back against the headboard. "I know you hate me for what I did, and I'm sorry - no, I'm not sorry, it was really, really good -" Penny giggled to herself, biting her lip, her jumbled mind still able to remember Priya only knew about the first time she'd slept with Leonard behind her back. "But I'm sorry you're at the receiving end of all this crap. Like, sometimes I just wanna fling my poop at you, but it's just because I care about him and you are way better than me. You went to college and you actually have a proper job! And me, I'm still working at the stupid Cheesecake Factory, drinking cheap wine. Anyway... wait, what was I saying?"

Priya hated it, but she actually felt sympathy for Penny. She knew exactly what it was like to have your heart broken, and how it felt to still care about the person you chose to break up with. It was difficult, and it was scary at the same time. She had come to LA, she was away from all that now - it was much easier this way. Maybe it she returned to India, it would be more painful to still be around her ex. But Penny was still right there, seeing Leonard every day, with a new girlfriend. And as much as she hated Penny for what she had done, she almost understood why she had done it. Perhaps if she was still in India she would do the same thing. She wished she didn't think these things, and perhaps she wouldn't if she wasn't here, watching Penny drunkenly tell her these things. Though she had no idea what the whole poop flinging thing was about, she wasn't sure if she found it funny or offensive.

"Of course I will be nice to Leonard." Priya said nervously, still unsure of what to do in this situation.

"Good." Penny gave a half-hearted nod before yawning. She slid down under her comforter, shutting her eyes and curling into a ball.

Priya waited to see if Penny would say anything else, but when she didn't she decided to take that as her cue to leave.

"Priya?" Penny's voice came out muffled.

"Yes, Penny?"

"Your pant suits are really stupid. I don't appreciate them."

"Umm..."

"You can go now."

With a frown and a brow raised in confusion, Priya finally turned around and left Penny's apartment.

Penny's jaw dropped slightly and her body froze as she opened her apartment door, only to see Leonard standing his own door. She wanted to run back into her own apartment and slam the door, but her body refused to move. She could feel her face burning red, her eyes widening and her heart racing.

"Oh, hey," Leonard gave a small, embarrassed smile.

"I..." Penny managed to get out. She knew she'd have to talk to him at some point; he was bound to remember what she had told him. If she had only been drunk enough to not remember what she had said, or not so drunk so that she could filter what she said, then it would have been much easier. But she remembered telling him about her dream, and having sex with herself, and him being included in the story, and him was right there, right now. "Uh, I am really sorry."

"Umm, it's okay."

"I just... oh God this is so embarrassing!" Penny took a deep breath. "I'm sorry. I..."

"It's fine. It's kind of a compliment, actually, that I'm better than... you know..."

"Oh God," Penny shook her head. "Can we just... forget what happened? I know, it happened, and you can keep the compliment, but can we just... I already have all this shopping to return, and... let's just pretend I didn't say anything about that, okay?"

"Sure." Leonard nodded. At least he could keep the compliment. "Hey, you say you're returning shopping - are you returning those Hello Kitty glasses?"

Penny blinked, as a smile crept onto her face. "I suppose I could keep those." She bit her lip, her mood completely changed, as she looked at him properly. Maybe she was imagining it but she thought she saw a flicker in his eyes - and even if it was just her imagination and what she wanted to see, that was enough to make her keep the glasses.

A/N - So .Molly and zhalen565 mentioned badges and glasses a few weeks back, so that was the idea behind this chapter. Some of you may not like what I've done with Priya here, but she and Penny seem to be ok with each other in the end in the show, as ok as they can be, so it kind of made sense to do this. Let me know what you think! Glad you guys like the long chapters! I will try get the next part up by Monday, I actually have a day off tomorrow (thank you work shift Gods)! Happy weekend, don't get as drunk as Penny, and if you do, don't buy children's hair bows :)