Chapter 2 – The Fight
Amy walked in and threw her bag by the door.
"Hey Bestie". She looked over at Penny and gave her a weak smile. She was still on the verge of tears, all the events of the day were swirling around in her head. She was this close to her breaking point.
"Did you order the pizza?" she asked Penny.
"I'm not your damn waitress anymore" Penny slurred. Penny had obviously hit the wine hard before she had got there.
"I know that, it's just that you said you would order when you came home from work. It was just a question." Geez…was Penny ever in a bad mood.
Penny walked over to the kitchen and filled her glass of wine back up to the top.
"Listen Amy, I have not had a good day.."
"Me neither! You wouldn't believe the day that I've had"
Before she could continue, Bernadette burst into the apartment. She was muttering about how everyone at work was a coddled pansy and couldn't handle hearing the truth.
"Wine me up NOW…" snapped Bernadette.
Penny grabbed a wine glass, filled it and handed it to Bernadette.
"Rough day for you too?"
"You wouldn't believe….and to top it off, Howie left the apartment a total disaster last night, and I know that it will ALL be waiting for me when I get home." Bernadette glanced around, "Where's the pizza?" Penny just rolled her eyes.
"I don't know why you married that guy…he's such a child" Penny said.
"Excuse me? Who are you calling a child? Your apartment is a disaster, and you never have any clean clothes, dishes or any toilet paper for that matter. Who is the child here? We have to constantly take care of you and pay for you. My husband may be a bit messy, but at least he's accomplished a lot in his life. Which is more than I can say for you."
"Whoah, Bernadette…no need to go for the jugular. Penny has many beautiful qualities, no need to be.."
"Shut up Amy. I don't need your help. Go back to drooling over Sheldon, stop drooling over me." Penny turned to face Bernadette. "You don't like coddling, then fine, face facts. You married the creepiest weirdo in this group who would sleep with anything that had a pulse."
"Well at least I'm not with someone who's so desperate for someone to love him, that he just lets you walk all over him and treat him like crap. Let's face it, if you weren't hot, would he have stuck around all this time?"
This struck a nerve with Penny. "He's with me because we love each other. People just stick around you cause they are afraid of you."
"You know, I used to think that you could have done so much better than Leonard, but now I realize that Leonard could do so much better than you. SOOO much better. You propose to him when you realize that you have nothing going for you in your life, just to give yourself some sort of security blanket. It's pathetic. Beauty doesn't last forever, one day Leonard will wake up and see the loser that is lying beside him"
Amy started feeling extremely panicked, everything was going wrong. Her two best friends were fighting, and her bestie was being so mean to her. She felt her heart racing. It didn't look like Penny or Bernadette were about to stop either….maybe she should say something to help.
"You guys are both just being defensive. You both have good mates. Both Leonard and Howard are both really sweet guys. I mean of course Sheldon and I are tops in terms of the Relationship Scale at 8.2, but I think we are all in good relationships."
"Really Amy? Do you really think you and Sheldon are in a good relationship?" Bernie glared at her.
"Yes I do. Just cause we are not sleeping together doesn't mean we aren't in a good relationship. We enjoy spending time together. He is intellectually stimulating. We have fun together. And, we love each other"
"He also cringes when you touch him. It took four years for him to even kiss you. You act more like friends than people that are in a romantic relationship. AND he is so off-putting, arrogant and acts like a petulant child most of the time." Bernadette spat out.
Penny stumbled over to Amy and gave her a look up and down. "Do you really blame him for not being physical?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Amy felt the blood rushing away from her face.
"I mean, no young red blooded male, doesn't want to have sex, at some level. Maybe he doesn't try anything, simply because you don't turn him on. It's not like you even try to look somewhat attractive for him, miss orthopedic shoes and frumpy cardigan." Penny said.
"Maybe that's the only way you can keep a man…with your sex appeal, but I have other qualities that Sheldon loves."
"Yeah well your other qualities can keep you warm at night. I'm just tired of hearing you whine about it." Penny sneered. "I know if he was my boyfriend, his only issue with sex would be wanting it three times in a row"
"Of course the slut of Nebraska has all the answers" Bernadette snapped. "Don't be so mean to Amy, maybe Sheldon is into that mousy look, it's non threatening."
"Oh save it Bernadette, I know you feel the same way as Penny. You pretty much said that nobody is interested in me expressing my sex appeal when your magazine shoot got cancelled." Amy muttered.
"Well, Amy maybe there is some truth to that. Maybe you should up your game in the looks department. The way I see it, is that you two could learn a thing or two from me. I'm hot, smart, successful, married and my husband is always panting for more."
"Yeah, but look at who your husband is…" Penny laughed. She turned towards Amy "Yeah Amy, to turn him on, do you come out of your bedroom in your Grandma nightgown? As much as I hate to admit, Sheldon is probably the physically best looking guy in our group. Do you think if he didn't have all his "Sheldon" issues he would be with you? He would probably be with someone hot AND smart like Alex. Because he's got all his issues, you are perfect for him cause you don't activate that part of his brain."
"God, Penny you are such a raging bitch sometimes.." Bernadette hissed.
Tears were filling up Amy's eyes. She couldn't believe what she was hearing from her so called friends. Is that how they really felt about her? Some ugly troll doll that Sheldon liked to hang with, but would never have interest in that way…..It was all too much. She had no work to go back to, her friends were treating her like crap, and now they were basically telling her that Sheldon could do a lot better than her, and that she had zero sex appeal. Her eyes were red with tears.
"I'm getting out of here…I don't need friends like this! Penny you are still the same bitchy bully you always were. Bernie, you need to get over yourself. I'm better off without you both!"
"Don't let the door hit you on your way out! Maybe Dr. Whackadoodle will make you some tea and not hug you" Penny laughed.
Amy ran out the door and ran smack into Sheldon, Leonard and Howard who were coming up the stairs. Sheldon saw Amy's red tear filled eyes. "Amy?"
"Leave me alone!" Amy ran down the stairs and out of the building.