Author's Note: So here is the first chapter to the Raj fic that continues off of The Starbuck Experience story.

Raj awoke the next morning, his head throbbing from drinking the day before, thinking of the red headed girl he had met. She was cute, he thought. He stumbled to the bathroom of the hotel, being sure not to wake Howard who slept soundly in the other twin sized bed. He reached into his jean pockets, making sure he hadn't left anything of importance in any of them, when his fingers grasped what felt like a small slip of paper. He pulled it out and written in elegant script was Amy 919-555-3162. Raj stared at the paper stunned, the events of the day before suddenly crashing down on him:

"You're crazy," Amy shook her head.

"No, I'm not. How can you say that the best Batman villain was the Penguin?" Raj argued adamantly. "It's obviously the Joker."

"You're only saying that because of The Dark Knight," Amy persisted.

"I'll bet you anything that if we asked everyone in this comic book store, they'd all agree with me," Raj insisted in his altered state.

"Fine," Amy smirked. "What are the wages?"

"If you win, I'll buy you the new Spiderman," Raj pointed to the comic she had been carrying around.

"And if you win?" Amy cocked an eyebrow.

Raj smirked in an attempt to seem suave, "Well, if I win, you give me your phone number." He extended his hand cockily to which she grasped it firmly, confidently replying, "Deal." And like that, the two set off to ask the other comic book store shoppers their opinions on such a trivial topic.

Howard watched with a bemused smile on his face as his best friend ran around the store with a girl he was sure would end up breaking his heart, but for the time being, Howard took pleasure in his drunken friends' charades.

"That would be six for Penguin and two for the Joker," Amy announced proudly, waving the tally list in Raj's face.

"I can't believe more people liked the Penguin," Raj looked exasperated.

Amy smirked, "You forget where you're at. You're in New York, at my nerdy comic book store, with my nerdy friends, and my nerdy regulars; they love me here. Frankly, I'm surprised you got two votes."

"That's cheating!" Raj shouted.

Amy smirked impishly, "Maybe a little. Come on, you've got a comic book to buy me."

"No way," Raj protested. "You cheated, no comic book," he crossed his arms.

Amy bit her lip, a small smile on her face, "I'll trade you?"

"Excuse me," Raj asked.

Amy pulled out a small slip of paper and a pen which she then proceeded to scribble something onto for a moment, then slyly slipped into Raj's hand, a devilish smile on her lips, "My number for the comic. Sound good?"

Raj stared at her dumbfounded for a moment, "I'm…I'm good for that."