Someone said they would like to see Penny's Point of View. I thought that was an amazing idea. So I wrote her side of the story. I already had a chapter ready to post but decided to post this one first.


I don't own TBBT or any of the characters. I only own Michelle!


Since the moment that Leonard left that Penny was really miserable. She had no idea of what to do and she briefly thought of going back to Nebraska. She knew how much of a jerk some of her ex-boyfriends could be but Leonard was always different from them. Sure he kissed that girl on that North Sea expedition but he was drunk. Most her old boyfriends would do that on purpose and wouldn't stop at kissing.

Besides none of them where Leonard. The person who gave her the snowflake when he and the guys came back from the North Pole even though they weren't dating. The one that said "I love you" way too soon and never made her say it until she was ready. The one who was always proposing and ended up letting her be the one to propose. The one who had a ring on his wallet ready to give it to her when she was finally ready. The one who danced with her on the prom do-over because they were alone. The one who would do anything for her no matter what. That guy was special and there was absolutely no way he was leaving her now.

No. He was just scared.

She thought about it for a long time. Everyone started to show up and try to make her feel better. They were all there in apartment 4A when there was a knock on the door. Howard went to open it.

"Leon—Oh! Hello. Uhm…"

"Who are you?" Bernadette asked

"Oh… Uhm… Leonard never said anything…" They all said 'no' with their heads.

"Ok then. I'm Michelle. I'm a… this is going to be a little weird. I'm Leonard's ex-wife"

There was only one thing heard for about 30 second. Everyone's mouth falling to the ground. Michelle's words ringing in everyone's ears. Leonard's ex-wife. Leonard's ex-wife. Leonard's ex-wife. Leonard's ex-wife.

"I-I'm so-sorry. Leonard's what now?" Bernadette started

"Ex-wife. Look I know this is weird but it's true. It happened a long time ago and we don't even talk now. We both did…things. I regret it but there's nothing I can do about it now…"

"What things?" Penny asked. She had never heard about Leonard being married to anyone but after everything she still believed that he didn't mention it because he didn't think it was important. After all she was married too while she was dating Leonard. Maybe that was his way of actually finding out that Las Vegas chapels are actually able to marry people.

"I prefer not to talk about that. It's sad and even though it's been a long time it still hurts to think about it." Michelle said

"How long were you two together?" Raj asked

"We were together since we were 17. We were together for 4 years and then we got married. We got a divorce 2 years after. So we were together for 6 years."

'6 years!' They all thought. That was a good reason for why Leonard sucked at relationships and actually keeping them. He was together with someone for so long and he was so young when they started dating that he had no idea how to be with anyone else.

"That's a long time. He and Penny aren't together for that long. They've together for like five years." Howard said "Look something happened and we don't…"

"…know where he is?" Howard nodded and Michelle continued "Well that's why I'm here. I know he left in a hurry because he called me. It had been so long since he called that I found it odd. You see when we were together I got pregnant"

'What?! Leonard's a dad?!' They all thought

"But around the fifth month we lost the kid." Michelle said trying to keep the tears from falling. She failed. Amy grabbed the tissue box and gave her a tissue. Michelle took the whole box from Amy and put it on the coffee table. She then continued to talk.

"Well… After that everything went downhill. Leonard was barely home and when he was we fought. None of us was actually able to go into Tyler's room and clean everything up. We sold the house with everything still inside."

"Who's Tyler?" Sheldon asked

"Our son. Leonard was devastated. When we finally got a divorce he moved out and came to LA. That's when you all met him. We didn't speak to each other until about 4 years after he left he called and told me he had a hot neighbor." She smiled looked at Penny and then resumed the conversation" We didn't speak for so long that when he called to say that to me I was surprised. He was happier than he was when we broke up. That's when I decided to move on. I was already married but I was waiting to find out if Leonard wanted me back. When I heard him say that I finally decided to get pregnant again. This…" Michelle grabbed her wallet and picked a photo "is my son, TJ. Tommy Junior. He's 9 and loves dinosaurs. And this is Gaby. She's 5 and loves ballet and the color pink." She smiled.

"She's really cute." Bernadette said.

"Yeah. She is. They both are." Michelle then turned to Penny. "Look right now Leonard is not only scared of being a dad but he is also scared of not being one. You know what I mean?"

"Yeah. I do. After this story he's not the only one." Penny said

"Don't worry. You two just have to be there for each other and everything will be ok. Leonard's older now and more mature. He'll react better to it. I think. But you'll both need support and to know the other is right there in case they need something is important. Don't forget. We were 22 years old when it happened. It's never easy but… I don't know we took it as a sign of the universe that our lives were doomed forever. We didn't exactly have good parents and we were both bullied at school. When we got together, at least I felt like I belonged somewhere. I had someone to talk to after a long day and actually cared."

"Yeah Leonard's like that. No matter what happens with him he's always there for me." Penny and Michelle both smiled at each other. They all started to talk about things Leonard did and they all learned something new that night.


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This is the longest chapter yet because I decided to show a little of who Michelle is and how her relationship with Leonard was like. Please tell me if you liked it and tell me where to improve!