Author's note: I had this idea of their friends having their schedule disrupted now that Sheldon and Amy are engaging into coitus, so I decided to write a short story about it. It was meant to be a one-shot, but I believe that it deserves 2 or 3 chapters. Let's see how it goes. I'm open to ideas!
This episode is all through the gang's point of view, but Shamy will appear soon, I promise.
I hope you enjoy this little story!
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"Vintage game night!"
"Yeah!"
"Without Sheldon. Again." Leonard sighed.
"Why are you saying that as a bad thing?" Howard asked, mocking him.
"Because he's our friend and I sort of miss him." Leonard shrugged, bringing the Chinese take-out bags to the coffee table. He sat on his spot in the armchair and started distributing the food. That was when he saw the tangerine chicken at the bottom of the bag.
"I can't believe I even ordered his food!"
"Well, he might eat it later."
"He's not coming back later. He's staying at Amy's for the weekend."
"Maybe Penny can eat it."
"I doubt it, she said she would eat out with Bernie and Emily."
"Well, so there's nothing left to do but share it."
After a moment of silence, they all agreed. "Yeah."
Bernadette opened the door of the Mexican restaurant, stepping inside, followed by her two friends. "Isn't this place nice?"
"Yeah, Amy suggested it some months ago, we came here together once, it was cool," Penny replied, not as excited as Bernie.
They chose a table by the corner and got seated, accepting the menus the waiter kindly handed them. While the girls checked the options of food, Emily took a look around the place. "I like it here, the dimmed light, the bohemian atmosphere, those weird dummies on the wall wearing sombreros. When does the karaoke session start?"
Penny put the menu down and looked around as well. "In an hour. It's time enough for us to eat."
"Why?"
"Because I already signed for us to sing in pairs! Bernie and I go first, then Bernie with Emily and later Emily and I."
"That's a lot of singing. Which songs did you choose?"
"Bernie and I will be singing Oops I did it again. You and Bernie will be singing What a wonderful world and you and I We are going to be friends."
"Ohh, I love that song, it's cute!" Emily exclaimed.
"Yeah, Amy and I sang that song together some time ago. It was cool." Penny said, staring at the stage with a longing look.
"Maybe we could move Girls' night to another day of the week. Friday seems not to be working anymore," Emily observed.
"Yeah, now that the Shamy established their weekend sleepovers at Amy's we won't be seeing her on Fridays anymore," Bernie said.
"I can't believe Sheldon gave up on his beloved vintage game night for Amy."
"I guess he has really changed for her. I think it's great," Emily pointed.
"Me too. Me too," Penny agreed, sadly.
"Focus, dude, you're going to get us all killed!"
"I'm trying, but Sheldon is the leader when we play GoldenEye 007, not me."
"But Sheldon's not here, so do something!" Howard hissed.
"Why are you in the same place as I! Get lost!" Raj yelled.
"I'm sorry, I got confused in the map, I'm not used to the screen divided into three!"
"You're the green dot, focus man!"
"Right, I forgot! Sheldon is always the green, I'm not used to being the green!"
"Oh, no! You're getting close to my hidden place, find someplace else!"
"I'm trying, I'm trying! Oh crap, he found me!"
"Don't run towards me! To the other side! To the other side! Oh, no, dude, he got us both killed. Run Howard, you're our only hope!"
"Damn, I ran out of bullets. Now I only have a knife left."
"Hide behind that wall."
"No! He'll find you easily! You have to find another place!"
"But where?"
"Try behind that table."
"But he'll see my legs! Oh, no, he's in the room."
"Wait for him and attack!"
"Are you crazy? He has to hide somewhere else!"
"What do I do?"
"Nevermind. He threw a grenade."
"Ouch!" They exclaimed together. "Enough. We need Sheldon."
After eating and having a few drinks, Penny and Bernie were called to the stage to perform their song together. Emily stayed at the table watching their goofy performance, as Penny pretended she was Britney and Bernie tried a diva-like performance. They were applauded in the end, and they returned to their table to wait for their next turn.
"You guys were great!" Emily said, taking another sip of her margarita.
"Thanks! Sometimes I miss performing."
"Yeah, like that time you performed that Spice Girls song at the beauty pageant."
"You've been to a beauty pageant?"
"Great, now Emily knows it too. How embarrassing!"
"Yeah, I'll show you the video later, I still have it in my iPad. Amy and I had good laughs when I found it."
"And I'll show you Penny's Serial Ape-ist low budget movie. And Amy's fanfiction about her and Sheldon!"
"Hey! Let's not start a fight! And it's not fair with Amy, she's not here to defend herself!"
"It's not my fault she'd rather have sex than be with her friends."
"Look, Bernie, it's our turn, let's go." Emily thanked for the timing, she was already seeing a fight in front of her. They walked to the stage to perform their next song, as Penny took her phone to text Amy.
We really miss you at Girls' night. It's not the same without you. And you should know I defended you from Bernie. And Emily knows about your fanfiction. xoxo.
She put her phone back in her pocket. She didn't expect Amy to answer anytime soon, she was probably busy with Sheldon. That was something Penny would have to get used to. She sipped her margarita as she watched Bernie singing with her high pitched voice.
"I see trees of green, red roses toooooo."
Emily sang along, clearly trying hard not to laugh while that was not a problem to Penny, who could laugh as she watched Bernie hurt everyone's ears. "That is even better than I thought!"
A few minutes later, when they returned to the table, Penny was in her fourth margarita.
"Woa, Penny, don't you think you should slow down on the Margaritas?"
"I'm fiiiine! Look, Amy, we're next, let's go!"
"It's EmiLY."
"That's what I said! Let's go!"
As they started singing the song, Penny made an emotional performance. At the end, she put her arm around Emily's shoulder and they both sang along.
"Tonight I'll dream while in my bed
When silly thoughts go through my head
About the bugs and alphabet
And when I wake tomorrow I'll bet
That you and I will walk together again
I can tell that we're going to be friends
I can tell that we're going to be frieeeeeends"
When the song ended, Emily held a very emotional Penny's arm, guiding her back to the table.
"Penny, oh my God, are you crying?"
"We became good friends, now she's abandoning me!" Penny sobbed.
"That's enough, we're leaving," Bernie said, as she already called the waiter to pay the check and Emily ordered a cab from her phone.
A/N: What was the Shamy doing that night?
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I don't own any of the songs mentioned in the story:
Oops, I did it again - Britney Spears
What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
We are going to be friends - The White Stripes
