**I'm about to head back to school soon so my updates may be slower. That and I have the link for the picture a fan drew. Doodlebuggy drew this for me on my livejournal account. It was truly humbling.
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Chapter Thirteen
"Well, well, well. If it ain't the purtty Penny that Lee is all gaga for. He wouldn't stop talking about ya and well, " Patrick got up and swaggered over to Penny "I had ta come and see for myself what the fuss was all 'bout." Snorting, he gave Penny a once over before returning to his seat. "Looks like Lee needs some glasses cause he ain't seeing right"
Penny felt her temper rise to the surface. 'How dare he!' She moved to give him a piece of her mind but Missy beat her to it. Punching Patrick in the arm, Missy snorted at his wince.
"Even if you think you're tough Patrick, you're still stuck in Shelly's body. I could still take ya." Finishing off her beer, Missy extracted herself from the couch to stand by Penny. Leaning in close, Missy whispered into Penny's ear "He isn't smart enough to maintain control. He'll be out of here by " they heard a groan emanate from 'Patrick' "about now."
Shaking his head, Sheldon looked up or someone who…
"Girl! Damn you look all sorts of fine!"
Looked like him.
Sighing, Missy started cleaning up the mess that Patrick had left. 'Sheldon' bounced up to Penny and grasped her hands.
"I'm Fabio!" it was interesting to hear the gay lisp come out of the normally articulate Sheldon. Missy turned in their direction with an eyebrow raised.
"I thought you were going by Lucas now?" Fabio sighed dramatically before turning to face Missy.
"Well Miss-A, if you must know, I decided that 'The Fabulous Fabio' was a much better title for me" he turned beaming back to Penny "Isn't Penny? Oh I want you to make me a Penny Blossom! They were so pretty!"
Snorting, Missy turned back to her work. "Penny, that is the alter formally known as Michael. He's Sheldon's most…effeminate alter"
"Well that's because Shel can't handle what happened while he was in 'Deutschland' with that dreamy professor. He didn't come over to review Shel's lecture notes, that's for sure! Oops! I wasn't supposed to say that!" giggling, 'Fabio' looked down and noticed what his attire was. "Ugh! I hate when I come out right after Patrick. He makes Shel's body stink. And his choice in clothes is atrocious. I'm gonna see if Leonard has left some in the trunk for me!" 'Fabio' started stripping off the clothes Patrick had assembled.
Penny was staring until 'Fabio' started to pull off the boxers. Blushing, she turned around but not before 'Fabio' yelled out "Don't be shy Penny! Lee couldn't hide what ya'll did and damn he did me proud! I am so going back to that bar" Giggling again he flounced out of the room to find some new clothes.
"God this is exhausting. Now I know why Shelly hasn't called Mama in awhile. He's been dealing with shit again." Missy grabbed another beer before plopping back down on the couch.
"Did he really mean what he said about that professor?" was the only thing Penny could manage to say. It was streaming back and forth through her mind. Sheldon had been so young when he was in Germany and to have a professor …no. She didn't know all the facts. Maybe it was more innocent then what 'Fabio was alluding it to be.
"That he was molested or raped? Don't know. Only people that truly know are Michael or Lee." Missy responded as if this question was one that was a staple in her life. That this happened all the time.
"Lee? Why would he only know?"
"Cause Lee is the head alter. He is the one that keeps the others in line and maintains the farce of a perfect world that Shelly thinks he lives in"
"But I thought that Lee didn't want Sheldon to have multiple personalities?"
"Penny, he may be the only one that thinks that, but the other alters are planning on staying. Planning to be fighting for dominance over Shelly's body." Missy stretched and laid down fully on the couch. "Penny. This is how it always has been and how it will be. No one has been able to help Sheldon out with this. Trust me. Mama took him to so many different kind of doctors. Ones that you wonder how they got the certification to ones that made you feel smarter just by being in the room with them. None of them worked. You need to face facts that Sheldon will always be broken"
Penny felt indignation for Sheldon well up in her. 'His own sister doesn't believe in him!' Turning around to face Missy, Penny saw a look of resignation in her eyes. A look from someone that had tried their hardest but still failed. Failure that stuck to you and never let go. To have that failure constantly there mocking your attempt must be worse. Penny went to sit near Missy but Missy sat up straight. Sitting down next to her, Missy leaned her head on Penny's shoulder.
"Missy, I don't think I can give up this. I need to try at least" Penny murmured into Missy's hair.
"I knew you wouldn't"
