TBBT 4A Apartment.
"Oh, my god!"
Penny covered her face and cried, "There couldn't possibly be anything more embarrassing than this..."
In that low-budget horror movie, Penny, who had just moved to Los Angeles to chase her dreams in the entertainment industry, had bared her upper body on screen for the sake of art.
This was neither like when she was in elementary school, when a boy rejected her innocent confession and little Penny did a handstand in public, somehow thinking it was revenge against him.
Nor was it like after she grew up and dated countless boyfriends, to the point that among her social circle and everywhere she went, almost no one hadn't seen the "real" her. Finding someone who hadn't would require driving for a very long time.
This was a movie that could be released and widely distributed.
So even Penny, who had always been bold and carefree, felt utterly mortified.
Her only consolation had been that, like countless such Hollywood low-budget films, this one never had a chance to be released and had been left gathering dust in a warehouse.
But who could have imagined that, because of her classic shower scene, it would be uploaded online and immediately found by her new friends and Howard.
Emmm.
In her eyes, the sleazy, detestable Howard had instantly gone from an acquaintance she could nod to into someone who was no longer a friend.
Friends didn't do this kind of thing to friends!
"Give yourself some time, baby~"
Howard said with a wink.
Emmm.
Given enough time, he believed Penny would surely break through her limits and reach even greater heights.
"Shut up, Howard!"
Seeing Penny's ugly expression, Leonard hurriedly snapped.
"It's an art film."
Adam smoothed things over. "Perfectly normal, right, Leonard?"
"Of course."
Leonard nodded repeatedly.