Authors Note: Thank you for all the reviews, Penny and the Doc have their first talk. Leonard does a number on Sheldon. It is interesting when you list some of things Leonard has done to everyone on the show, He really is an asshole, and how the hell is Penny staying with him.
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Present Day
Doctor Wallace picked up Penny's file and headed toward her room.
Knocking before she entered
"Good Afternoon Penny"
"Afternoon Doc"
"So I hear we had a little bit of a confrontation this morning"
"Nothing that I could not handle"
"From what I hear you smacked down a troll to use Nurse Walker description"
"Leonard came here seeking to build a rift between me and Sheldon"
"Did he succeed?"
"No but some of the things did hurt"
"What do you mean?"
"Well Sheldon is uber smart and I am not, I know that at some stage he will get bored with me"
"Why do you believe that?"
"Well what can we talk about, he has his science, his work, his interests, what do I have, my job sucks, my career is not going anywhere and I cannot keep myself focused on anything more than a minute before I change and try something else"
"Well I do not believe that is true"
"Well I do Doc, and it scares me" Penny said sadly "I love Sheldon, I mean it, for the past seven years I may have been in and out of a relationship with Leonard, had one night stands when I got drunk, but I deep down knew that as long as Sheldon was there I was going to be ok"
"So if all else fails, there was Sheldon"
"Yes"
"So that does not sound like you loved him per say, but that he was your safety net"
"No I loved him"
"Let's be honest, I know you love Sheldon as a friend and always have, I believe that deep down Sheldon has always loved you more than a friend but was too scared to vocalise it. But Penny until you reached rock bottom, you never loved Sheldon"
"THAT IS NOT TRUE" Penny shouted
"I afraid it is, I have no doubt that you love Sheldon more than a friend now, but before I am sorry to say you did not at least in any meaningful way"
"No" Penny sobbed
"Please look at me for a moment, Penny to understand where you were and what brought you to this place, you did not even love yourself, let alone love Sheldon"
"But"
"This does not make you a bad person Penny"
"Yes it does"
"No it does not, Understand Penny, you did not know how to love Sheldon, to you love was only sex and the need to feel wanted" Doctor Wallace explained "It was not about building something that would last, you could not dare be that deep with someone"
"Well what about Leonard"
"From what your friends say your relationship was not meaningful, he proposed to you during sex and you proposed to him while drunk, with Leonard you were settling at best, you were never going to be happy"
"I could have been"
"You could have made yourself think you were but in the end, it was a one side relationship, as your friend Howard said, he was all about your tits and ass and you just wanted to feel special"
"Howard said that"
"Yes when he was not being an ass, he is a very smart man"
Penny laughed
"Doc, so what can I do now?"
"Penny there is no quick fix, we will get you ready to go home and I will continue to help you through counselling but do you know what the best fix is"
"No"
"If you wish to have something meaningful with Sheldon, then you will need to decide firstly do you think you will be able to stay for the long haul"
"Will you be able to love Sheldon at his worst and his best, I mean he is one very complex man, he will not be easy to love, but honestly the good ones aren't"
"I need to think about it, I do not want to hurt Sheldon"
"Penny do not forget, I believe you really do love him and he loves you. You need to figure out and understand how much because once you do, you will make it work"
"Thanks Doc"
"Ok I will leave you now, to let you think"
"Doc"
"Yes Penny"
"Thank you"
Doctor Wallace smiled as she left the room.
Over at Caltech earlier than day.
"Hello Sheldon"
"Leonard"
"So how are you doing?"
"I am fine, what do you want"
"Just letting you know that I went and saw Penny today"
"You did"
"Yes and I explained that you did not care for her and that this was just an experiment and the only reason you wanted you back was because you do not like change"
"I see"
"And she agreed with me"
"She did"
"Yes she said that she really was only using you so that she could get back on her feet, then she would move on to some really hot guy or come back to me if I was available"
"Face it, Sheldon what beautiful woman like Penny is going to love someone like you, you are smart enough, you have to realise this, how many times has it happened before "
Sheldon just stood there staring, thinking to himself "maybe he is right but Penny would not just use me would she"
"I will see ya around Sheldon"
Leonard smiled as he closed the door
Sheldon sat down in his chair and looked at this board, not thinking equations but his insecurities flooding his mind "Maybe he is right, maybe Penny will just get better and then find someone else"
Leonard chuckled to himself as he walked towards the front door of Physics block of the University, just before he disappeared out the door, Raj saw him, immediately he headed to Howards office.
"Howard"
"Hey buddy, what brings you here before lunch?"
"Leonard was just here"
"What did he want?"
"Not sure, but he seemed very happy with himself"
"Could be he was just visiting Ripke, which direction was he coming from"
"It looked like from Sheldon's office"
"Oh my God, Sheldon, I beat you the bastard has found out Penny is awake, he was probably trying to get in Sheldon's head"
"Dude who would want to get inside Sheldon's head"
"Raj, he was probably trying to destroy Sheldon and Penny before they have a chance"
"He wouldn't"
"The man once stole my date, he tried to destroy Sheldon's life work with our help, and called dibs on Penny, once tricked Penny on a date, dated your sister, slept with Sheldon's doctor friend do I need to say more"
"Nope, he is an asshole"
"Quick, we need to check on Sheldon, Bernie and myself have sworn that Sheldon and Penny will get together, will get married and have benevolent dictators as children, they deserve to be happy and I will not let Leonard spoil it"
"Ok let's go"
Raj and Howard made their way out of his office and headed in the direction of Sheldon's.
Meanwhile outside, Amy was crossing the parking lot when she spied Leonard
"Hello Leonard"
"Amy"
"May I ask what brings you to the university today?"
"Just visiting my old roommate, catching up on old times"
"I see"
"How are you Amy?"
"I am fine, the new addiction trial with the monkeys is proceeding well"
"That good"
"Amy you know we really miss you coming around our place"
"Leonard, please do not try and manipulate me"
"Amy"
"I may not have very good social skills but I realise now that before was only because you wanted to feel better about what you done to Penny, to avoid the guilt"
"I did nothing to Penny, she was the one who hurt herself, do not blame me"
"Yes but it was because of you, fair warning Dr Hofstadter, should you harm Penny or get in the way of her and Sheldon's relationship, I will not be merciful"
"He hurt you Amy"
"No Leonard, he was honest with me, he knew he did not really love me but loved someone else, it hurt yes, but I realise that what he did was in love not hate"
"Really Amy"
"Yes unlike you who only cares for what Leonard wants"
"I am on team Shenny now Leonard, you will not win, without them I would not have found the wonderful man I did, so be warned"
"Amy you know you are fuckin crazy, Penny did not care for you, all she wanted was to break you and Sheldon up"
"Leonard leave now before I do something I really want to do"
Leonard moved away and got into his car, as he drove off Amy dialled Bernadette's number on her phone
"Bernadette"
"Hi Amy"
"Leonard was just at the university"
"Do you know why?"
"No but he came from the physics building, I suspect that he may have been visiting Sheldon"
"Ok Ames, I will ring Howard and let him know, thanks"
"My Pleasure, he will not hurt them again"
