A/N Really nothing to say here. Leonard getting things ready, Penny still struggling with some things. BTW, I don't own the characters, Warner Brothers and the other author own them. I'm just borrowing them for a bit.

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Apt 314 9:00 AM Friday December 14th 2012.

Jeanie was early, as she didn't usually come down to Penny's apartment, until 9:30. But, she was ready early, and after yesterday, she was afraid that Penny may have started drinking again. She hoped if she had, and was hung over, she could get her ready for work in time. Jeanie knocked, and waited. After about 30 seconds, she knocked again. There was still no answer, so Jeanie pulled out her key, and opened the door. She entered the apartment, calling out, "Penny, are you here?"

As she came into the main part of the apartment, she saw Penny, with her head in her arms, on the kitchen table, a cup of coffee in front of her. Well, at least she's up, thought Jeanie as she walked up to her. "Penny," she said. When there was no reaction, she shook her, and said, "Penny!"

Penny raised her head, and looked confused, but didn't say anything. Jeanie could see her bloodshot eyes, and that she was hung over again. So she called out once more, and louder, "Penny!"

"Huh?"

"Penny, it's nine AM," said Jeanie sternly, "you need get your ass in the shower, and get ready for work. You don't have a lot of time, now go."

Penny shook her head, got up, and walked toward the bathroom. While she took her shower, Jeanie made up coffee and poured it into Penny's travel mug, packed Penny's bag and set out her keys. She also put a couple of aspirin out, with a glass of water. After that, Jeanie made up a cup of coffee for herself, then looked over her script, while she waited for Penny. Penny appeared at 9:25, and Jeanie pointed toward the aspirin the water, watching to make sure she took them. She then handed Penny her keys, the cup and bag, and walked toward the door. Penny didn't say anything, she just followed Jeanie. Penny locked her door, and within minutes they were walking toward work.

Penny could tell Jeanie was upset with her, as Jeanie hadn't said anything on the walk to work. As they turned down 57 street, Penny said meekly, "How mad are you with me?"

Jeanie kept walking, but turned her head toward Penny and said, "Very. I'm getting pretty tired of finding you hung over and having to get you moving. And, I'm really pissed today, because if I hadn't come down early, you would have never been ready. I've told you before, you won't find a solution to your problems, in the bottom of a wine bottle."

"I'm sorry."

"Yeah, well, quit being sorry, and stop getting drunk," said Jeanie, still sounding angry. "I told you to be professional with your work. Being hung over from drinking too much the night before a work, day after day, is not being professional. I don't want to talk about it anymore."

Penny didn't know what to say to that, so she just kept quiet, walking with Jeanie toward the studio.

Apt 314 7:45 AM Friday December 14th 2012.

Leonard had gotten up at 6:30, as they were coming for his things today, and he had a few final things to pack. He packed his luggage, and put it in his closet, so it would be out of the way. He had also put his messenger bag, with all his papers and his computer, in the closet. The bed and the other furniture in the bedroom, were going into storage, until Howard could sell them. He was leaving Sheldon the couch, the chair and the coffee and end tables, along with the desk. His books were packed in a half a dozen boxes, near the desk, and there were two more boxes, in the bedroom. All of his books were going to England, packed into the shipping containers.

North American Van Lines were supposed to be here at 8 AM. He had eaten and was making sure everything was where it was supposed to be. He had found a couple more books, in the last check of the bookshelves, and was packing those away, when he thought he heard someone knocking on his door. He went to the apartment door and opened it. There was no one there, but across the hall was a guy, with a shirt that had a North American Van Lines logo on it, along with a pile of boxes. Leonard said, "Excuse me, I believe you are supposed to be over here. My name is Leonard Hofstadter."

The guy looked at his paperwork, flipped a page, then looked at the first page again. "No, I have the right place. I'm supposed to drop off these boxes at apartment 4B, before loading up your stuff. The other guy is bringing our equipment."

"What are you talking about?" said Leonard.

"We're supposed to drop these off," he said, "before loading your stuff."

"I don't understand."

"We're packing up this apartment on Monday," he said, "so I'm dropping these off today."

"For who?"

"Let's see," said the guy flipping the paperwork, "damn, carbon copies, I can't make out who it belongs to, but there are supposed to be two agents, a…wow, that's a mouthful, Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz and a…what the hell, does everyone around here have three names…an Amy Farrah Fowler."

"Where's it going?"

"Well, you're awful nosy."

"Come on," said Leonard, "there's no one in there right now, I have a key for the place and I'll unlock it for you."

"Almost all of it is going into storage," said the guy, "and a little bit is going to New York."

Leonard felt a wrench in the pit of his stomach. So Penny is packing up her apartment too, probably leaving it, since she doesn't need to live here anymore. Leonard shook his head, I guess it's a good thing I'm leaving, I don't think I could handle someone else in the apartment. Leonard reach over and grabbed the key, "I'll open it for you, then I'll be across the hall when you're ready," said Leonard sadly, as he walked to 4B, to open the door.

Amy's car 7:50 AM Friday December 14th 2012.

Amy had just gotten onto the 134, going towards Pasadena, when her phone rang. She pushed the button on her steering wheel and said, "Hello?"

"Hi Amy."

"Bestie?" said Amy excitedly. "Is that you?"

"Yes it is," said Penny. "Can you do something for me today and this weekend?"

"What do you need?"

"I'm having my apartment packed up, and…"

"What? Why?"

Penny paused and then continued sadly, "You know why. Leonard is leaving, and I live in New York, so there's no reason for me to have an apartment there anymore. When I come out, I'll stay in a hotel."

"Yes, he's leaving," said Amy, "Leonard is leaving because you're not talking to him. And, you're dating that new guy. "

Penny paused, "Amy, I only got a couple of minutes until tonight, and I don't have time to argue about it. They are dropping some boxes off at the apartment this morning, can you get the emergency key from Sheldon and put them in the apartment and then pack up a few things over the weekend? "

Amy thought for a minute, "No, no, you can't leave here. You're my best friend, and if you leave, who's going to be my best friend."

"You have Sheldon, and Bernadette."

"No, that isn't good enough," said Amy. "I told you before you couldn't leave, and that still goes."

"Amy," said Penny, "I can't stay there for the same reason Leonard can't. There are too many memories. I've screwed everything up, and the only thing I can do is move out. Now, can you do those things for me, or do I need to find someone else?"

Amy hadn't thought about it that way, she continued thinking about it, until Penny said, "You there, Amy?"

"Yes, I'm still here," said Amy. "I hadn't thought of it that way. I can see why you might not want to come back to the building."

"So, can you get the boxes now, and over the weekend, pack up the stuff I need packed?" said Penny.

Although disappointed, Amy said softly, "I should be able to do that."

"Thank you," said Penny, "I'll send you a list of what I need shipped to New York. That's all you really need to worry about. The rest will be packed and put into storage, or tossed out, and you won't have to mess with either of those. I'm going to call Bernadette too, although she's probably mad at me."

"I'm not happy about this, Penny," said Amy, "but I'll do what I can for my bestie."

"I'm really sorry Amy," said Penny, "I've got to go, they are getting ready to do a run through. I'll send you the list and give you a call tonight. Thanks again, goodbye."

"Goodbye Penny," said Amy. They both disconnected.

Apt 4A 8:15 AM Friday December 14th 2012.

Amy got to the fourth floor landing and she could hear Sheldon, who sounded upset, not surprisingly, she thought.

"Leonard you need to have all this cleared out."

"Sheldon, it will be, by the time you get home tonight," said Leonard. "Hell, it will be gone by noon today. Isn't that right?" he asked, pointing to one of the workers, who nodded.

Amy walked in and looked around. The two workers were packing everything while Sheldon stood behind the kitchen island looking angry. She spoke up, "Sheldon, it will be gone soon, so why don't you just get ready and we can leave."

"But Amy, these…"

"Sheldon, don't worry about this, just go get ready."

"Wow, is this the kind of attitude I can expect when you move in?"

"Only if I get the kind of attitude I'm getting from you right now," said Amy. "Now go get ready."

Sheldon, in a huff, left for his bedroom. Amy turned to Leonard and said, "How are you doing, Leonard?"

Leonard shook his head, "I was getting by, until this morning." He paused, and looking at Amy, said, "Amy, did you know Penny was packing up her apartment?"

"I found out this morning, on my way over here," said Amy. "She called and told me they were supposed to drop off some boxes and she asked me to put the boxes in the apartment, but I didn't see any."

"You don't have to do it," said Leonard, "I let the guy in. Do you know if she's leaving the apartment?"

Amy looked sadly at Leonard, "Yes, she is. I'm sorry Leonard."

Leonard nodded, "It's…it's…I…it's OK."

"Leonard," said Amy, "she say's that…"

"No, Amy," said Leonard, shaking his head, "it really doesn't matter anymore, I'm leaving in four days, and there's really no reason for her to stay either. I'll…"

"OK, Amy," said Sheldon, "I'm ready, we can go now."

Amy turned to look at Leonard, he looked sad, but he simply waved his hand saying, "Go ahead, you don't want to hear him complaining about being late."

Amy nodded and left with Sheldon. Leonard looked around, he could hear the guys in his bedroom, taking his bed apart, so he started over to 4A, to lock it back up.

CalTech, 2:15 PM Friday December 14th 2012.

Leonard plan was to stop by various offices at CalTech, saying his goodbyes to people he had worked with, or became friendly with, over the last nine years. He had left the apartment as soon as the movers had finished. They had two crates going to England, and another, along with his furniture, going into storage. After arriving at the university, he had one last lunch at the cafeteria. His first stop was at Leslie's office. She was indifferent to his leaving, and made a couple of comments about "Blondie", before he left. Kripke was sarcastic about his leaving, but the rest of people, he stopped to see, made him feel that they were going to miss him. His last stop was going to be at Raj's office. While Raj might be over to eat, he may not be, so Leonard wanted to say goodbye. He knew he would see Sheldon and Amy over the next few days, and Howard and Bernadette would be taking him to the airport.

He arrived at the Raj's door, and hesitated. He hadn't been very close to Raj over the last year and half, ever since the night of the incident with Penny. To Leonard, it seemed to be a combination of things, his being with Penny, Raj not telling him about Priya, and Raj continued bragging about that night. Oh, when all four guys, or all seven of them, just the six of them recently, were together, it seemed to be fine. No, it was when just the two of them were alone, when it became awkward. Raj, too, didn't seem eager to get together with Leonard alone, as he had started coming over, only with Howard, or to talk to Sheldon. Very rarely did Raj asks for Leonard anymore. Knowing this could possibly turn awkward, Leonard paused before knocking on the door. Finally, he took a deep breath, knocked on the door, and when Raj said, "Come in," Leonard opened the door and walked in.

Studio 44, 4:45 PM Friday December 14th 2012.

Steve had told everyone they were done for the day, and Jeanie had walked Penny to her dressing room, to keep her from running into Brent by herself. Penny got her things, and then they both went down to Jeanie's dressing room. She packed up her stuff and they left. Jeanie was just as quiet on the way home, as she had been that morning. Penny thought that Jeanie was still mad at her. In reality, Jeanie realized being mad wasn't going to be helpful. At this point, Penny was more than likely to be defensive about it, if Jeanie was yelling at her. Jeanie was thinking that she should be more concerned, and less angry when talking to Penny. After getting back to their building, they each went to their apartment, dropped off their things and met in the lobby.

They had planned to go out for dinner, and they decided to have Indian food for dinner, They walked to the restaurant they had previously eaten at, and were led to a table, sat down, and started looking over the menu. The waitress asked if she could start them on drinks, and Penny, after a hard stare from Jeanie, ordered a tea.

After ordering, Jeanie said, "Look, I'm sorry I was so mad this morning."

"No, I get it," said Penny. "You're trying to help me, I screwed up, and you got mad, it's fine."

"No, it's not," said Jeanie. "Yelling and getting mad isn't going to help," "I should be more helpful, more understanding. I can see how hard this is for you, but you really have to work on it."

Penny didn't say anything, just nodded.

"But," said Jeanie, "I've got a few more questions for you, about that night and morning with Brent."

Penny cringed, but nodded for Jeanie to continue.

"You said you were nauseous, how long did that last?"

Penny thought for a few minutes, then said, "I'm not really sure. Every time I thought about what happened, I would get sick to my stomach, but I'm not sure that had anything to do with being hung over. So, really, I don't know if it was from the hangover, or just a reaction because what happened made me sick."

Jeanie was thinking, "So, what we know. You had two drinks that you know of. You were really hung over the next day; the hangover went on for most of the day, and for some things, into the next day; and you don't have any memory of what happened. Anything else?"

"Nothing that I can remember," said Penny. "There is the stuff he told me I did and said."

"Like I told you," said Jeanie, "treat everything Brent told you as a lie."

"Why the questions?"

"I got an answer back from one of my friends, who went through something similar," said Jeanie. "But some of the things you said, don't quite match up with her description, but it's pretty close, so I'm not sure. I sent a few others, messages, and I have to wait until I get them back."

"Are you still trying to figure out if he drugged me?" asked Penny.

"I think there is a possibility you were drugged," said Jeanie. "But, the symptoms aren't quite the same, so I can't positively tell you he did, yet."

"Who is it?"

Jeanie got a far-off look in her eyes, thinking about the question, before she said, "I'm sorry Penny, I really can't tell you. She's still struggling with it, and it can still affect her work. She wouldn't want it to come out, because it could make it hard for her to find work. Besides her shrink, I think I'm the only one who knows. Look at it this way, how would you like for me to tell others what happened to you?"

Penny thought for a few seconds, then shook her head, "No, you're right, I wouldn't want you to tell anybody else."

"Remember this, Penny," said Jeanie, "you are not a rag paper. You don't spread rumors or secrets about people in the business. That will cause you more trouble than anything else in this business. You should realize that, between the report of what happened on set, and that picture."

Penny nodded.

"Now," said Jeanie, "we are going to eat dinner, we are going back to my place, watch a couple of movies, drink tea or soda, make some popcorn and generally have a quiet night, tonight. Same thing over the weekend, except we'll go over our scripts. How's that sound?"

Penny had nothing else to say, except, "That sounds great."

Apt 4A 9:15 PM Saturday December 15th 2012.

There were five people sitting around the coffee table, only Raj wasn't present. The goodbye between Leonard and Raj had not gone well, they ended up arguing about what had happened that night, and about Raj not telling Leonard about Priya leaving. As a result, Raj decided it was better if he didn't come to have dinner tonight. Leonard felt bad about how his conversation with Raj had ended, but there was nothing to be done about it now.

They had finished dinner and cleaned up, and were now just talking, mostly about Leonard leaving in three days. He had given Sheldon several books, and he had given Howard some of his figurines, several games, and some books. He had some similar things for Raj, and asked Howard to give them to him. Looking at the various shelves, he was sad, because they were all pretty empty. Leonard had also given Amy and Bernadette several things of Penny, he no longer wanted.

A few minutes later, Bernadette and Amy had told Leonard that they would be packing up several things that Penny wanted shipped to her, tomorrow and Amy would be at the apartment on Monday, when the shippers came. As it approached ten PM, Howard and Bernadette said their goodbyes to everyone else, before leaving. Then Amy said goodbye to Sheldon, and Leonard, and she left. Sheldon walked off to his room, while Leonard prepared the couch to sleep on. He then went to the bathroom to do his usual nightly preparations, and then back out to the couch. After turning out the light, it only took him a few minutes to fall asleep.