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Penny took a very deep breath and started walking towards the boys. She saw Leonard pause, and point to a different section of the restaurant, rather then their regular seats. Raj and Howard shared a look, but nodded as they switched seats. Fuming, Penny walked over to her coworker, Angie, who was the waitress for that section.

"Please, let me take that table." Penny whispered quickly, grabbing Angie's shoulder.

"What?"

"I know them, and haven't spoken to them for a while, and I need to sort things out." She saw Angie pause. "I'll let you take the tip. Please?"

Angie smiled, and gestured with her hand for Penny to continue. Penny said her thanks and quickly walked to the table.

"Boys." She greeted them with a warm smile, which was responded by uneasy looks from Raj and Howard, and an ice glare from Leonard.

"Penny, you don't work at this section. You work in that section" Leonard pointed with his finger, which penny grabbed and set back down on the table.

"Well, tonight I'm going to be your server." Her smile was strained now.

Leonard snuffed. "Well, what if I don't want you to be my server?"

"Okay that's it." Penny grabbed Leonard's arm and dragged him out of the booth. She led him to a corner of the restaurant. "I have had it up to here with your immaturity!" Her hand was above her head now, and she brought it down into a clenched fist. "I want to try, so hard, to be your friend again, Leonard. Sheldon does too. We miss you guys, and our relationship shouldn't ruin that chance."

Leonard was quiet for a moment, before he raised his head. "I still love you, you know that? Every moment, I'm still thinking about you. You're just another thing he's taken away from me." A pause, "No, he always had you. You were always his. Just like he's always had the chance to win a nobel prize, not me. He always got praise at work, not me." Another pause, "and now you. Now he has you." He refused to show weakness, but tears started to form against his eyes. Penny's eyes reached the floor, then back up to Leonard.

"Leonard..." She reached for his hand, which snapped behind him.

"No. As long as you're around, I can't be friends with Sheldon. I can't look him in the eyes. As long as I love you…" He trailed off. He rocked on his heels for a little, before turning sharply around, wiping his eyes with his sleeve. He ran out of the restaurant, Raj and Howard following sharply behind.

Penny was speechless. Her head fell into her hands.

She spent the rest of the day floating. The dirt on her rubbing deep into her skin.

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She entered her apartment that night, ready to talk to Sheldon about work. She found him in the corner, his knees to his chin, crying. Sheldon Cooper was crying.

She ran to his aid, placing her arm around him.

"Sweetie? What's wrong?" He sniffed

"It's Leonard. I heard him come home, and I tried to talk to him." He paused. "And he punched me in the face." He revealed his eye, which was black and swollen. Penny gasped. "He said as long as he loved you, he could never be friends with me again. As long as you were here." He looked up into her eyes. "I miss him penny. Lord, I miss him. All of them." He sobbed again.

Penny started crying too, feeling covered in grime and dirt.

She left him on the phone with his mother, and she hopped into the shower.

That's when she realized what she had to do.