Penny shuts her own door and turns to the angel. "Seriously? You had to cockblock me with Leonard? What, are you jealous that I'll miss NBC's Monday night lineup?"

His brow creases. "I think," he says slowly, "that I don't believe in a universe so limited it has only enough room for one view of the cosmos." Never, never will he stop surprising her. "Yeah?" "Yes," he says. "Is it trivia time, or may I resume the episode?"

People will probably say that a Nebraskan Admiralty should hang below Presidency of the Earth. People, as far as Penny is concerned, can suck it.

Meemaw came through the front door Velociraptor-first. "Oh holy shit!" said Penny.

People will probably say that a Nebraskan Admiralty should hang below Presidency of the Earth. People, as far as Penny is concerned, can suck it.

"Oh God," she groans, around a mouthful of Phad Thai. "I need to get laid. Howard, not a word." The room freezes. Raj lets loose a squeak that has her wanting to apply WD-40 to his jaw. Leonard drops his spring roll. Sheldon swallows and says, "Are you masturbating regularly?" "Wow," Penny says. "I thought I could have this conversation, but it turns out I was completely wrong. Who wants to watch Star Wars?"

"Put that sense of adventure to good use."

But—I didn't want to sleep with Harrison Ford, I want to be him.

Meemaw came through the front door Velociraptor-first. | "Oh holy shit!" said Penny.

His eyes narrowed. "You're been spending too much time on the TV Tropes wiki, haven't you?" | "...Maybe," she said.

"Don't make me choose between the two of you, Leonard," she says. "You won't like the answer."

Six years later, they met again at a train station.

If someone asked her to explain the events leading up to their first night together, she wouldn't be able to string together a coherent story if she were offered a million dollars and the lead in the next Steven Spielberg film.

Pay attention, because I am only going to do this once.

And the days pass like receding waves, rolling over her, dragging her each hour a little farther from the shore.