A/N: Okay, so it's not a very long chapter but I'm trying to get back into my writing groove so I can finish this story. We don't have far to go. In the meantime I would just love to go over 1,000 reviews. Think of how much it would piss some people, better left unmentioned, off.

63

Penny and Dina went downstairs to where the holding cells were located. They found a very sour Leonard standing away from the others in the cell.

"So, you finally decided to apologize."

"I have nothing to apologize for, Leonard. You're the one who's been acting like a jerk."

"Well, I had plans for us and you screwed them all up for no good reason."

"Leonard, I want you to stop lashing out at my friends and at me. You made a mess of your life and it isn't our job to fix it."

"You're supposed to love me. You're supposed to be supportive. You're supposed to want to be with me."

"Except I don't love you. Not anymore. Especially not if you keep pulling the kind of crap you've been pulling. It has to stop."

"Then come with me."

"No, Leonard. I have a life here. I finally have a decent job and an opportunity to make something of myself. Penny Queen is finally going to move her life forward on her own."

"You'd have a pretty good life with me."

"No, I wouldn't, because it would be the life you want and I'm not even sure it would even be that anymore. You're going to be a high school teacher living with your mother. I don't want any part of that."

"It's only temporary. I'm a well-respected physicist."

"You were a well-respected physicist. You blew that. I need you to stop coming after me. We have no future together."

"I refuse to believe that and I will keep trying until you agree to come with me."

"I thought you had to be in New Jersey right away."

"I intend to speak to my mother and tell her that I need to stay here a little longer for you. So we can get married and be together forever."

"You aren't listening to what I'm saying at all are you?"

"I don't need to listen to you, Penny. I know what's in your heart. I know you love me. You told me."

"Yeah, it looks like nothing I say is going to help here. Goodbye Leonard. Please don't bother me or my friends again."

Penny left the holding area with Dina.

"I tried. He's not going to stop. Do whatever you need to do to keep him away from us, Dina."

A short time later, after they brought Missy back home and everyone was eating pizza and playing video games. Penny slipped across the hall to make a phone call.

"Hello, Beverly. This is Penny."

"Ah, my ex-future daughter-in-law."

"Yeah. Sorry about that."

"What can I do for you, Penny?"

"Something needs to happen with Leonard."

"I don't understand. I expect him here before Sunday."

"I just spoke to him a little while ago. He has no intention of leaving Pasadena without me."

"Well, my son believes he is in love."

"Your son is obsessed. He is making life here hell for me and for my friends. I think he needs help. Professional help."

"I'm not sure you're qualified to make that determination."

"Beverly, I ended our engagement when Leonard assumed that I would quit my well-paying job and walk away from the biggest professional opportunity I've ever had to go back to being a waitress in New Jersey. And since then he has tried to rent my apartment out from under me and physically assaulted my friends and me. At this very moment he is sitting in a jail cell because he refused to listen to a judge. This is going to get worse, not better."

"Beverly, I am taking legal measures to keep Leonard away from me and I'm walking away. Leonard has already alienated most of his friends. I want nothing to do with him ever again. And I'm starting to believe that ever getting involved with him was a huge mistake. I suggest you do something because I suspect having a son in jail will not reflect well on you and your reputation. Trust me, I know a little about that."

"I will take it under advisement."

"You do that. Goodbye Beverly. And good luck."