Leonard walked into the Star Bucks, to see Penny sitting next to the window, he walked over and sat down with her; noticing she already had coffees, presumably for the both of them.
"Hello Penny"
"Hi Leonard" Penny said, sliding his coffee forward on the table towards him.
"How are you today Penny, you look gorgeous as always" Leonard said, as he admired Penny's natural beauty.
She sat there in sweat pants and an old Taylor Swift concert shirt, with her hair thrown in a bun, light smudged mascara, and that was it. And she looked beautiful as always.
"Thank you"
There was a minor awkward silence between the two, both knowing where the conversation was leading too.
Leonard cleared his throat. "You wanted to talk to me about something?" His palms became sweaty, and Penny noticed him rubbing them on his cargo shorts viciously.
"Leonard, you don't have to worry, I was just thinking last night, if we are really suited for each other, don't get me wrong, I love spending time with you, and I really hope that this doesn't affect our studying together, because I am doing so much better with you helping me, and I feel really bad about this. Leonard, I am so sorry, its just I can't be in a relationship right now, I am not open to that kind of heartbreak and struggle, it just don't have time in my life right now".
"So you are worried about heartbreak, as you break it off with me, ironic right" Leonard mumbled under his breath.
"Could we still be friends, like best friends, bff's, two peas in a pod, because I really don't want to loose you as a friend. We could tell each other everything, have sleepovers, and dinner dates, and study sessions. I don't want you out of my life Leonard…"
"Yeah okay Penny" Leonard picked up his coffee, lent over and gave her a hug and walked out. On the way home from the shop, he stopped at the bottle shop and bought a ten back of spirits to drink away his sorrows with tonight whilst watching Babylon 5 while Sheldon was at his mothers for dinner because his meemaw was in town.
-=0o0=-
About 3 hours later, Leonard still sat on his couch, watching the title screen of Babylon 5 play over, and over and over again. It was almost 9pm and Leonard was 8 drinks deep into his 10 pack. He had ditched his glasses, and his shirt and sat in just a pair of cargo shorts. As he almost drifted off to sleep, he heard a knock on his door.
Leonard flung his head forwards.
"Come in if your ugly" he yelled, as he scrambled to his feet. "Well its not Sheldon…"
He opened the door to find Jennifer standing there in her pyjamas.
"Sup" Leonard said, as he let her in a returned to his phased out state on the couch.
"How'd it go with Penny?" Jennifer asked, as curious as she ever was.
"You were right, she's a breakerheart. Heartbreaker. I mean she sleeps with me, then fucking kicks me to the curbs. I am done with women. Maybe I'll just turn gay."
"Wait, you slept with her?" Jennifer asked.
"Almost" Leonard mumbled as his cheeks turned red.
"Oh yeah, she told me about that."
This just made Leonard even angrier, the fact that she couldn't even keep that to herself.
"Okay, so I am just going to go and die in a hole, I'll catch you later." Leonard said, standing up and walking towards his bedroom.
"Leonard…" Jennifer said, grabbing his hand.
"Yeah" he gulped.
"I am still here for you"
Tonight Leonard saw a side of Jennifer he had never seen before, she was so sweet, and caring. Leonard, who was have plowed from the alcohol, slid down the side of the wall until his backside connected with the floor in the hallway.
"Why?" he mumbled, placed his hands in his head. "I'm a nerd, I've seen all the star wars movies, have a like 10 full grow costumes, my roommate is a freak, I am ugly, and can't even hold it together to have sex. What the hell is wrong with me?"
"Well I think you are great" Jennifer said, "Hop up, get you to be Mr"
Leonard slowly crawled to his feet, Jennifer linked her arm with his, guiding him down their hallway towards his bedroom. Leonard sat down on his bed.
"I'm sorry" Leonard said, tucking his legs up towards his chest and laying his head down on his pillow.
"What for hunny" Jennifer mumbled, as she returned from the bathroom with a large glass of cold water, to drown out the alcohol in his system.
"Being rude to you"
"It's okay, I forgive you – try and get some sleep…" she pulled a blanket over the top of him, he was almost a sleep in about 30 seconds.
"Jenny, will you stay with me?" Leonard mumbled, just as she was about to close the door.
Jennifer didn't reply, just walked over the other side of Leonard's double bed. She pulled the sheet down and lay next to him.
"Leonard?" There was no reply. He had passed out already. 'You are really sweet, thanks for a great night…'
-=0o0=-
Leonard immediately sprung to his feet, and catapulted towards his bathroom with a splitting headache, and his dinner churning in his stomach. He launched himself towards the toilet, as his dinner came flowing out, along with a strong stench of acidy rum mixed with vodka. He returned to find Jennifer in the other side of his bed, and with absolutely no memory of the previous night, the worst immediately came to mind. She was clothed, so was he. That was a positive, in some respects. He lay back down next to her, with Jennifer still sleeping silently. He pulled out his phone and just browsed his social accounts. After about 10 minutes, Jennifer's eyes opened, to see Leonard on his phone, half asleep, but still scrolling through his feed.
"How's your head?"
"Its been better, a lot better." Leonard said, after noticing she had awoken.
"Do you want to know what happened last night?" she asked, knowing the normal protocol after waking up not remembering anything.
Leonard nodded.
"You came home, drunk. We sat and talked, then when I helped you go to bed, you asked me to stay with you, and I did."
"Thanks" he said, as he pulled off his t-shirt and walked towards the bathroom for a shower.
A/N You guys wanted the Leonard and Jennifer interaction, how will Penny react, and do you see a future for these two? Are you team Penny or team Jennifer?
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