The whole premise of TBBT is what happened to Sheldon, Leonard and their nerdy friends when Penny moved in across the hall. My "Life without Penny" series explores what happens to Sheldon, Leonard and company when Penny didn't move in, what happens to Penny?
This story starts 3 years after the opening of "Life without Penny." Everything belongs to Lorre, Prady and friends.
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Penny and Bernadette were getting ready for another lunchtime shift at "The Cheesecake Factory".
"Hello Penny, are you OK, you look terrible."
"I didn't get much sleep last night Bernie. My next door neighbour gave birth to twins last week, constant baby crying all night. Sometimes I wish I had gone for that more expensive apartment at Los Robles. Anyway, how are you Bernie?"
"I am making great progress with my thesis, my supervisor reckons I should be able to submit in the next six months. After I get my doctorate I want to get a well paying job in the pharmaceutical industry."
"I thought doctors worked in hospitals?"
"I won't be that kind of Doctor, I will be a Ph.D Doctor, like a college Professor."
"Well good luck to you Bernie, OK let's go serve food to people."
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Nine months later at "The Cheesecake Factory"
"Hi Bernie, how did it go today?"
"You can call me Dr. Rostenkowski, I passed."
"Congratulations, you are the highest qualified waitress in California."
"Not for much longer, I have a job interview with a pharmaceutical company next week. Hopefully I won't be serving food for much longer..."