Sheldon was so angry, he wanted to hit Leonard… he wanted to hurt him like he had hurt his Penny. Because of Leonard, Penny had hidden inside her apartment all day, skipped work and been in flood of tears.

'Penny, one thing I don't get is… well you're probably much stronger than Leonard, why didn't you… I quote… go all Nebraska on him?' Sheldon asked quietly, trying to further suppress his anger. Penny sighed and looked at him.

'If it was someone I didn't know, I would have but because it's Leonard… I've never seen him like that before and it scared me. It scared me to the point I just clammed up and before I knew it, he was on top of me. The only way I could think of to get him off me was to outright ask him was he going to rape me and it worked.'

'I'm going to kill him Penny, I truly am!' Sheldon's nostrils flared. Penny's use of the word rape just lit his very short fuse.

'No! I want to forget what happened with Leonard, Sheldon. He most likely won't remember and I want to keep it that way.' Penny whispered against Sheldon's chest, realising that he was no longer rocking her like he had before.

'Penny something has to be done about this! You can't expect me to stand by and watch that man get away with what he did to you! You're suffering because of it!'

'You must!' Penny pulled away from him and looked at him square in the eye, 'look into my eyes and promise me you won't do anything.' She took his chin in her small hand so that he had to look at her.

'I can't promise you anything Penny. I cannot make a promise if I cannot guarantee I can keep it to you.'

'Sheldon, I need you to do this for me.' She pleaded and Sheldon looked at her baffled at her decision.

'But why?'

Penny stood up angrily, why couldn't he respect her wishes without asking her questions about her reasoning behind it?! 'Because, I don't want to relive what happened ok?… don't you think I'm scared enough? If you confront Leonard then before we know it there could be arrests, trials, court dates and I'll have to relive the entire ordeal over and over again until there's a resolve! He didn't rape me anyway so nothing really happened that's worth you getting in a fight with him over!' she yelled, 'besides, you and Leonard in a physical fight? It would be painful to watch you guys… I mean you can't even throw a basketball through the hoop!' Penny stomped into her bedroom and Sheldon rolled his eyes. Penny always had to make a mountain out of a mole hill. He wasn't the best at reading emotions but he knew what this was… she was lashing out because she was frightened, humiliated and in total denial of the situation. He got up to follow her and raised a hand to knock on the door but Penny cut him off, 'don't knock on the door, and just come in if that's what you want to do.'

Sheldon was silent and he sat on the edge of her bed. 'Penny… I can't say that I know what you're feeling but I understand that you feel scared and…'

'Understand how I feel?' Penny said angrily, turning on Sheldon, 'You weren't the one under attack! You weren't the one who thought they were going to be raped, you don't know what this feels like!' Sheldon swallowed and nodded, making sure he remained calm and soothing, 'No, I don't know what that feels like, but I understand that you feel scared and you just want to curl up and make this go away but the fact of the matter is it isn't. And as for me being in a physical fight, I'm not as weak as you deem me out to be. I can throw a cracking punch if I want to… you should have seen the way I punched that piñata when I was 8, all the candy came out first time round.'

'Sheldon, I know what your saying is true but I want to forget it, I don't want anyone to know.'

'Penny, this isn't going to go away!'

'No, but maybe you will.' She growled.

'But it's affecting you!'

'I'll be fine tomorrow, please just forget it. Forget it or get out of my apartment and don't come back!'

'Don't you think you're overreacting?'

'No I don't. So what will it be, Sheldon?'

'Penny, you might not want to fight for your honour, but I will.' Sheldon growled before walking swiftly out of her apartment. Penny bit her lip, thinking about Sheldon's side of the argument. In a way he was right and his intentions were honourable and Sheldon had never said anything about contacting the police… just dealing with Leonard. Suddenly she heard a loud bang and she knew she had to get over there now… and fast!

Leonard sat on his bed, chewing his thumb as he worried about what was going to happen to him. Sheldon had been around Penny's for a while now and he vaguely remembered that there had been a struggle between himself and Penny last night when he was majorly drunk. Suddenly he heard the door slam open and a shrill voice pierce through the air.

'LEONARD!' Sheldon screamed. Leonard opened the door to his bedroom and frowned. He walked out into the main lounge and looked at Sheldon.

'What?'

Sheldon marched straight up to Leonard and shoved him up against the wall, just as Raj and Howard and Bernadette walked up the staircase.

'I know what you did to Penny!' Sheldon roared.

'Sheldon no!' Penny cried, running in. She had never seen Sheldon lose control, none of them had and they all exchanged confused and shocked looks.

'Penny what happened?' Howard asked and Penny ignored him.

'Sheldon violence isn't the answer, please just drop him!' she pleaded but Sheldon was too angry to listen.

'You bastard! It's bad enough you are sleeping with Priya and you impregnate her but to force yourself on Penny! How dare you! How dare you!' Sheldon raged, his blood boiling and the veins in his neck and temple throbbing.

'I didn't touch her!' Leonard cried. He had never seen Sheldon so angry and it was scary, 'I was drunk and depressed, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to do anything; I didn't mean to hurt her! Nothing happened!'

'Wait, my sister is pregnant!?'

'You scared the living daylights out of my girlfriend and you think that's NOTHING!' Sheldon ignored everything and everyone around him. His soul focus was Leonard, all the bottled up anger he had put away whilst listening to Penny were finally being unleashed and it was a lot for one man to take. Penny ran forward and pulled Sheldon away from Leonard.

'Sheldon, stop it!' she said firmly, turning him around so she was holding his head in his hands. She rested her forehead against his and just held him until his breathing calmed down, 'Please,' she added with a whisper. When she let him go, he turned to face Leonard.

'Leonard, I am terminating the roommate agreement. I want you out of this apartment. I don't care where you go… I want you to leave. Pack up your stuff and be out of here by tomorrow.' Sheldon said calmly.

'You can't just kick me out! Section 5 of the roommate agreement clearly states that if one of us wishes to leave the apartment, they must give one month's notice.'

'I won't deny that it does Leonard, but Section 7, subsection 4 paragraph 3 states that should one roommate partake in something criminal or related to criminal activities, immediate eviction can be put into place.'

'How will you cover the bills by yourself?' Leonard asked and Sheldon shook his head.

'That's none of your concern. I like to think I have been extremely forgiving up until now but you trying it on with Penny has been the final straw. I have nothing further to say to you.'

'Alright, I'll move… but seeing as I've already paid the rent until the end of the month I will stay until the end of the month. That will give me time to find a place and…' Leonard started to plead his case but trailed off when Sheldon opened his chequebook and wrote Leonard a cheque that would cover reimburse half of this month rent that he had paid.

'Take it and go.' Sheldon growled.

'Sheldon…'

'I own this apartment Leonard, its lease is in my name and I legally have the right to evict you! So get your stuff and go.' Sheldon said, feeling Penny's hand slip into his. Leonard was speechless, but he knew of one place that would take him in and that would be Priya.

'Fine! Good luck finding another roommate who will adhere to all your special needs like I do!' Leonard yelled before turning on his heel and starting to pack. As soon as he was gone, a tonne of questions were being thrown at Sheldon and Penny.

'Why don't we go over to my apartment so Leonard can pack and Sheldon can calm down.' Penny said softly and there was a murmur of agreement from everyone aside from Sheldon.

'No, there's things I still need to do.' Sheldon said, sitting down at his computer.

'Sheldon, bring your laptop to my place if you must use the computer,' Penny took the laptop from him and walked into her place with everyone following suit. Rolling his eyes, Sheldon snatched back his laptop from Penny. No one touched his gaming laptop except him!

'Since I am not allowed to engage in a physical fight with Leonard, I need to make his life a misery until I am fully satisfied that I have given him exactly what he deserves.' Sheldon said simply as he sat down, 'First, we start off by telling Priya what has happened.'

'Speaking of Priya, does someone want to fill me in?!' Raj asked.

'Raj… we know nothing for sure but apparently Priya is pregnant with Leonard's baby.' Penny sighed and Sheldon scoffed.

'My sister is pregnant!' Raj bellowed, 'Excuse me but I need to go and have a word with my sister!' Raj almost ran out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him.

'That should tie in nicely with the email I am about to send Priya.' Sheldon smirked.

'Sheldon, can I have a word.' Penny took his hand and pulled him into her bedroom before he could press SEND. 'Sheldon, I told you I didn't want anyone to know about this and in less than 5 minutes you've managed to fill Bernadette, Howard and Raj in as well as telling them about Priya being pregnant!'

'And?'

'Don't you see the problem?'

'No.' Sheldon shrugged and Penny screamed in frustration.

'You are infuriating Sheldon! I told you I wanted to keep this under wraps and you have announced it to all our friends! How do you think that makes me feel?'

'Oh…' Sheldon said quietly, a look of realisation crossing his face.

'Yes oh.'

'Penny, I was so angry that I had to do something. I even was surprised at myself when I threw Leonard against the wall and I am not one for being surprised easily. I did it because I care about you Penny.'

'If you cared about me, you would have respected my wishes and kept your gob shut!' Penny yelled, 'Now you've gone and screwed everything up! You've lost yourself a roommate so you won't be able to keep up with the bills and then you'll have to move and I won't see you anymore and…' Penny choked up and began to cry again. The past 15 minutes had been such a blur to her, 'You've screwed everything up Sheldon! Now everyone knows what Leonard did, they are going to talk and before you know it someone will report it to the cops! Thanks a lot!'

'Penny, when you care about someone, you only do what you think is best for them, even if they aren't fit to make that choice themselves!'

'Oh so now I'm not fit to make my own decisions!'

'I'm not saying that…'

'Tread very carefully Sheldon because you are walking on thin ice!' Penny warned, her eyes narrowing.

'Fine! You want to know why I wanted to hurt Leonard so bad? You want to know why for the first time in my life I have completely lost control of myself? It's because of you! Because of you Penny… you make me feel human, you make me feel real and if anything were to happen to you I couldn't live with myself. To find out that you had been attacked by my roommate, by someone who I used to value as my best friend… It brought out a rage in me I never thought I had!'

'As touching as that is Sheldon, it still doesn't explain why you told everyone!'

'Do you think I intended for the Wolowitz's and Koothrapali to arrive when I was shouting at Leonard?'

'Well no... but…'

'But nothing Penny! You are in complete denial about the facts here. Only you can make a complaint about Leonard to the police, sure people will talk but it was bound to get out sooner or later! And you wouldn't be fine tomorrow, you'd have a heavy burden on your chest because you would keep it to yourself. Would you have even told me if I hadn't found you?'

'Of course I would.' Penny said, with a little uncertainty.

'Penny, I did what I did because I have never cared for anyone more than I care for you. You are the arrow!'

'The arrow?'

'Yes. This morning Leonard referred to you as a trophy to be won, a target to be hit but I told him you were neither. You were the arrow because you pierce through the hearts of men, you're strong, independent, clever, beautiful, talented! You pinpoint what you want and you make sure you get there as swiftly as possible! You are the arrow and you've pierced this heart too.' Sheldon said his voice softening as he placed his hand over his heart, 'Let me ask you something Penny… if the situation had been reversed and I had been the one who had been attacked and felt like they had been close to being sexually assaulted, what would you have done?'

Penny dropped her gaze to the floor, knowing she was defeated. Sheldon made good points and he was right, as always.

'I would have done the same as you.' She whispered and Sheldon nodded before taking her in his arms and kissing the top of her head as he embraced her slim figure.

'I didn't set out to hurt you Penny. What I did, I did to protect you and I was soul set on punching the living daylights out of him but you came and you stopped me and it made me realise… I have an IQ of 187, I can use the power of the mind to come up with something far worse than a punch.'

'OK Sheldon, but don't send that email to Priya. She's pregnant… if she reads it and loses her baby because of it, she could blame you and I would feel responsible.' Penny relented.

'Fine… but I will make Leonard's life hell for the next few weeks, I promise you that. And I am going to start by signing him up to receive a tonne of junk mail that will go straight to his inbox.'

'Sheldon, I've just realised something.' Penny smiled pulling away to look up at Sheldon

'What?

'Well, first off… we've just had our first fight. Normally I'd suggest that we engage in makeup sex right now but…' she looked at him and sighed before continuing, 'and secondly, which is definitely more important. When you were yelling at Leonard, you called me your girlfriend.' She blushed, a light shade of pink crossing her cheeks and Sheldon felt a smile creep across his lips as he recalled the events.

'Yes, I believe I did.'

'So I guess this means we're in an exclusive relationship?'

'Yes, though I have to create a relationship agreement for you to sign. Once you sign it…'

'Sheldon I'm not signing a relationship agreement.' Penny cut him off.

'Darn.'

Thanks so much for your reviews in the previous chapter guys! I loved reading all your theories and was pleasantly surprised to see how close some of you came to guessing what was in this chapter! I don't think Sheldon's a very violent person by nature so his ass whooping on Leonard shan't be violent I'm afraid. I hope you enjoyed the chapter, let me know what you think :] xx