Chapter 19
"Hey." Leonard said to his girlfriend approaching the bed with a bottle of water and some asprin.
"Hey." Penny said back with a small genuine smile. She knew things between things her and Leonard were going to be rough once he found out. Since last night at the tavern was their first time actually they got upset with each other.
Leonard sat next to her handing her the items and placed a hand on her knee. He watched Penny swallow the pills and drank the water. But her eyes were on him also. "So are you going to finally tell me what happened between you and Kurt? It would explain a lot why things happened. Or do you still want me to forget it ever happened and leave it be?" Leonard could feel anger build up again even though he was there for Penny once they arrived back to her parents place. He just told her parents they ran into Kurt and knew exactly what happened as hr felt he was left in the dark. All Wyatt told him it was a bad situation that only Penny could tell Leonard. But instead of pressing the situation he just stayed in the bathroom with Penny and held her hair. When she was ready Leonard helped her to bed. He just decided to try once more once Penny was more sobber.
Penny swallowed hard with a sigh as she closed her eyes, squeezing Leonard's hand. She lightly laid her head back against the headboard and finally looked at her boyfriend. If I tell you, you have to listen to me. Got it?" She asked looking at Leonard with a serious look. He told her okay not sure if he was actually prepared for this. " Good... As you know that Kurt was my ex boyfriend Kurt... He was home visiting family also which I had no clue he was just to clearify that..." She watched Leonard nod. "Okay well seeing him at the bar is the reason I drank more than usual. Plus moving over to my highschool friends, along with my ex high school boyfriends would make me not think about him being there. Plus us singing karaoke did help until he approached me with Rosie. You ending up getting punched, I would never except Kurt would do that yo anyone else. Even with Donny and Curtis helping you trying to get Kurt to back off..." Penny sat up some and placed her hand over Leonard's cheek feeling upset all over again. "But me yelling at you to drop the situation and it was none of business was wrong on my part... We just never really talked about why I broke up with my exes. Just because they are exes for a reason and they are my past. But Kurt was a complete asshole when were dating and still had not changed. Seeing him just made me relive what happened in our relationship. Him and a few other ex boyfriends is why I am so terrified of commenting to you."
Leonard lowered Penny's hand and leaned in and just hugged her as he saw tears form in her eyes. Leonard closed his eyes as Penny squeezed him tighter. He pulled back so he could see his girlfriend's face. "Penny you can tell me what happened. You can trust me, you know that."
Penny sucked in her bottom lip as she saw Leonard's eyes get big. She knew he was listening because of this and yet he looked completely adorable. "Kurt waited until I turned eighteen to ask me out, which he did. But we left for California as soon as I graduated high school. Things were great at first for the first year. He made great money at the gym and as I worked at the Cheese cake factory he did support my acting career. That was until I had my first acting job in this really low budget horror film. Kurt would come to set which I thought was awesome because the filming was crap...Well what I didn't know is that is when the cheating started. Many of the women where my co-stars and when I first caught him and was about to walk out on him is when he began to hurt me. First it was that Kurt would just grab my wrist and grip so hard it would leave bruises. He would apologize for the cheating and hurting me and he would be so sweet about it I would forgive him. But it kept happening, and the abuse got worse from pulling my hair to hitting me while having forceful sex... I was so nieve until my dad stepped in two years later...I moved out and lived with a co-worker and my friend Kim, until meet Mike and after hime David, both I thought were completely different but I was wrong... I was so stupid and nieve. Both relationships had put me in the hospital... Every time I feel in love, not only had my heart broken because of the cheating assholes but broken bones too... That is when I was thankful I took a chance and went to New York. Yes my acting career was failing in California but so was my life. Mom and Dad helped me so much to get away. Zack was a different story. He was just fun because of the long distance relationship. I never felt like it was serious with him just fun... Then there was you..." Penny tried her hardest not to choke up.
"What about me?" Leonard asked almost afraid to hear the answer yet felt angry on how could any man hurt this woman in front of him.
"I wanted to go with you so bad when you left New York. Or maybe I should have begged you to stay. For the first time of all people you made me happy and safe. When the opportunity to do this mini series I was not sure but reading your texts everyday how you missed me or wished we were out together having fun made the decision easier. Even I was completely scared to come back. Leonard I am still scared but not because of my exes. Last night I was just pissed he was there and mad at myself for letting him ruin me... Leonard, I am sorry if I am broken because I am scared to fall in love again..." Penny felt drained from the emotions, the hang over, and being sick from drinking so much more her body could handle.
Leonard pulled Penny close into his body and just held her. As much as he wanted to tell her he was already in love with her, once again was not a good time. He just told her it was okay to be broken because he was broken to. "All we can do is fix each other even we might still have cracks..." Penny just smiled with an eye roll and told him he was being cheesy but in his own sweet way. Leonard then just decided to lay with her until she felt better and both fell asleep late in the morning.
A little later Penny woke up and noticed Leonard was not by her side. She got up slowly and put her robe over her and went searching for her boyfriend. As she descended downstairs Penny just found her mom in the dining room folding laundry. "Hey sweetie, how are you feeling?" Susan asked with a concerned look as she continued folding.
"I guess somewhat better... Where's Leonard?" Penny asked as she sat down next to her mom and began to help her.
"Your dad took him out to run some errands. I think your dad wants some alone time with Leonard..." Susan raised an eyebrow at her daughter as Penny froze with a blank stare. This could not be good.