Word Count: 1281
Summary: Continuation of S12E05.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Big Bang Theory or the characters.

The hustle and bustle of the city are heard on the otherwise quiet apartment. The lights are out so the only lights seen are the ones coming from the street, entering through the big window.

Two people are seen due to that small amount of light. They are holding each other, appearing to still be wearing the same outfit from that day instead of their attires for the night.

A few noises are heard from outside that apartment, and even though they weren't that loud, it was enough to wake both people.

Stirring, they look at each other and smile.

"Good morning." They both say at the same time, and both laugh. They share a kiss and get up, and as they do that, two more people enter their apartment.

"Why are you both wearing the same clothes from yesterday?" A tall man asks.

"We fell asleep on the couch." The blonde answers, with a still sleepy voice.

"Why?" Sheldon, the tall man, asks.

"We came home late from the planetarium," Leonard answers, and pours himself a cup of coffee, handing the pot to his wife, that does the same.

"Was it cool?" Amy asks, sitting down at the chairs by the kitchen island.

"Raj and Howard shared a moment, Bernadette put an image in my head that I can never take out but Leonard bought me a teddy bear so it ended up being fine," Penny says, smiling at the picture of her husband giving her a teddy bear with a cheesy quote, Love you from the stars and back. A teddy bear she will not put on a box under her closet.

"Them sharing a moment is a bad thing?" Amy asked, as she saw her own husband getting a box of cereal and pouring it into a bowl, looking at his best friend with a pissed off face – since he was making his own breakfast, what a scandal! – while said best friend was smiling a bit smugly.

"It's not a bad thing, but when you see your own husband weep about it, that becomes a bit... weird. Plus, it was just a weird moment to have while making a presentation in a planetarium." Penny explained, now looking at Sheldon and then at Leonard and wondering what the heck went wrong in her life to actually be a part of that moment.

"What about Bernadette? What image did she plant in your brain?" By now Sheldon was, once again, trying to blow up Leonard's head with his mind, but failing as always. Leonard was now laughing, but quietly not to interrupt the girl's conversation.

Penny closed her eyes for a second and quickly opened them, immediately regretting closing them in the first place. One thing is roleplaying with your husband, other is hearing one of your best friends saying she roleplayed with her husband.

It was just weird.

Eventually, the conversation came to an end, and so did breakfast, and now the apartment went back to the quietness of before.

Penny and Leonard arrived at the apartment building at the same time so they climbed up the stairs together.

Leonard started to laugh a little bit once he remembered the fact that Penny went up and down the stairs just to see whether it was three or four flights of stairs. She immediately understood why he was laughing and slapped his arm, smiling too.

Once they got to the apartment, Amy and Sheldon were there. Whiteboards near them, markers on their hands, but fighting about super asymmetry. Leonard closes the door before Penny gets to see it.

"What's wrong?"

"Sheldon and Amy are fighting over super asymmetry again," Leonard responds, sighing.

"In our apartment." Leonard shrugs. "What should we do now?" Same answer. "Do you know any other answer?" Her husband just smiles and shrugs his shoulders once more, making her roll her eyes.

They decided to just walk around town while waiting to be able to go back to their own apartment – why they were there still not understood by either of them.

"It's like they don't have their own apartment." Penny insists, taking a full spoon from her ice cream.

They were both seated on a bench, Leonard with his legs crossed and an ice tea on his hand, Penny with one leg under her knee and with an ice cream cone.

"Well, maybe Sheldon feels safer in that apartment," Leonard comments and takes a sip from his ice tea without noticing his wife's legs both on the ground and she's looking at him. "What?" He asks once he sees her.

"You might be right. What if, since he and Amy were fighting he's just going back to his comfort zone?" Leonard keeps staring at her. "My point is, what will happen once we leave that apartment. Or he and Amy leave the building and go to another place. What will happen when they fight again. Will he come to us again? I love the guy but I cannot live with him again." She quiets down a little bit for a second and then looks back at her husband. "How did you put up with him for so long?"

"Well, it was complicated but I had so many places to go to when he was annoying me, that it became more tolerable. Over the years it got better and better, especially when you and Amy appeared. Amy, especially her, was a blessing." He smiles, looking at his wife's confused look. "You made him realize that sometimes people that aren't the way we are can be friends, and Amy made sure that I could actually watch TV on their date night. Even if it was only for a couple of hours."

Penny smiles a bit and puts her hand on his knee, as to comfort him.

"Why did you stay?" She wondered out loud, quietly, almost scared.

Leonard turned completely to her and half-smiled. "As crazy as this may seem, living with Sheldon was the best thing I ever did. I met everyone, you know? No matter what I said when Sheldon went to Texas during Christmas, we probably wouldn't have even met if it wasn't for him. Sure, he is annoying but he is also one of the greatest people I ever met. We all ended up growing up because of each other, and right now we are totally not who we used to be. I don't know why I decided to stay, but I'm glad I did." He smiled and grabbed her hand. "Really glad."

She smiles and sniffles, trying to get her tears to herself. It wasn't that his speech was really emotional, but she was wondering what would've happened to her life if Leonard wasn't a part of it. She wouldn't know the difference since she wouldn't know what a life with that short man would be like – or who he was – but still, just thinking about it made her sad.

Penny was so close not to have met him.

Leonard notices her trying not to cry, and he was about to talk when his phone buzzed.

Amy: We're all waiting for you and Penny.

It was Friday night, so Stuart would stay with Halley and Michael so that Howard and Bernadette could have dinner "with grownups".

"We have to go. Dinner." Leonard tells Penny, showing her the text he received from Amy. Penny nods, and they both get up. "Hey." He makes her pay attention to him and raises her chin with his index finger. He hugs her, and her arms are immediately around him.

"I love you." He reassured.

"I love you, too." She said back, smiling through the tears.

The End

I know I've made Penny way too emotional in the last couple of chapters, but I miss that part of her on the show. They make Leonard super emotional and Penny the complete opposite. I know she was never sentimental, but not almost to the point of emotionless – although I did like her on this episode. There were sweet moments between Leonard and Penny – that hair kiss! – so overall I liked it. I did, however, not enjoy Sheldon and Amy's part, I actually fast forward parts of them. Sorry...

I only remember that they were fighting, so I incorporated that on the story.

Not sure if next week I'll be able to post, I have three tests :( I'll do my best!