Greetings, fellow earthlings!
Some AU story that has been haunting my mind for a while. It's going to be a few chapters long so I'm pretty nervous about this. Also, might be OOC.
Sadly, I do not own The Big Bang Theory nor its characters otherwise I would not have to write this every time I post a story. I just wish I own them though.
Mary Cooper loved all her children equally. Although, if she could be honest, she would admit that she worried about her youngest son the most. He was the brightest of all her children. You could ask him anything about science and he would explain the answers thoroughly, which most likely causing the questioner to regret asking in the first place. It was not only science, he also knew about some random trivia—that he often shared without being asked—that Mary thought had no use at all in life. He also had an amazing memory, that boy could remember everything. He called it eidetic memory, Mary called it useful especially when she forgot her shopping list. Sheldon Lee Cooper was a genius.
However, when it came to social interactions, even the most common ones, he could be a clueless idiot. He could not understand the sarcastic jokes his siblings made and too often made other people mad and hurt with his blatant statements. Yes, he had friends, wonderful friends. People, whom Mary were grateful of for putting up with his son and who she prayed for every day, hoping that they would put up with him for another day.
But people grow up, including your children and their friends. That was why Mary was not surprise when Sheldon called one evening, informing her that Leonard and Penny had engaged, following the trail of Howard and Bernadette to be married. Mary was so happy upon hearing the news, the couple would no longer be living in sin. Still, she could hear annoyance in his son's voice, and maybe a little bit of panic. She knew Sheldon always despised changes, and Leonard and Penny tie the knot would cause a lot of changes in his life. No longer living together with Leonard—his roommate for years—would only be one of them. Mary understood, from firsthand experience, that sometimes when people grow up, they also grow apart. Leonard and Penny would still be there for Sheldon for now, but what would happen when they decided to have a family and move to a house. Sheldon could not tag along after them forever.
Sheldon was already in his mid-thirties and he showed no interest in his opposite sex so far. Come to think of it, Mary could not remember he showed any interest in people in general, which had nothing to do with the gender. His only interests were science, comics, trains, and some movies set in space or about superheroes (or maybe about some superheroes lived in space, she was not sure and she did not care actually). Mary believed that Sheldon needed someone. Someone who would love him and care for him just like she did. Someone who could see past his quirks and understand him, who would know how to communicate with him. Someone who would not leave him when they reach an impasse.
It took Mary ten minutes after the phone call with her youngest son and years and years of worrying for her to reach a conclusion, Sheldon Lee Cooper needed to get married and she would help him find the perfect woman.
Upon closing the front door of her house, Mary Cooper let herself jumped in joy in the emptiness of the house. She just got home from the weekly bible study in church. It was just another ordinary Wednesday night for her but apparently God had other plan.
She had been forming a plan to find the perfect woman for Sheldon Cooper for weeks without much success. She tried to find someone in her neighborhood, but all the young women of Sheldon's age were already married or thought him weird (well, the married ones also thought him weird). Talking through the parents was not easy as well since even the parents were not big fans of Sheldon. Mary did not blame them though, Sheldon Cooper was a piece of work for those who did not understand him.
She considered trying the internet dating app but technology was not her strong suit. Often times, she had to ask Sheldon just to change the setting on her cellphone.
What harder was that she was alone in this plan. She knew she could not talk about this with her other children since she knew they would probably blab and tease him. She tried to talk about this to her mother, a woman she knew Sheldon would listen to, but she refused her idea saying that Sheldon was a grown man who was fine on his own and there was no need to intervene in his life. She almost agreed to her mother and forgot the plan altogether until God answered her prayer, or so she thought.
One of the congregation member, a middle-aged woman who just moved last year to the neighborhood brought her daughter to the church that evening. Well, Mary guessed the girl was her daughter. She did not know the woman well; she did not talk much and always went straight home right after church without socialized with the other congregation. Mary took the chance to talk to her. She introduced herself and engaged in chit chat, the woman replied politely and then introduced Mary to the girl sitting next to her as her daughter. Mary thought the girl was pretty although she was quiet the whole evening and only talked when she said her name.
Mary tried to dig a little, wanting to know more about the girl. Apparently, she was on leave to visit her mother and she was single. Mary saw the girl's eyes rolled discreetly when the mother commented that it was unfortunate a girl her age had not married. The mother's eyes perked up upon hearing Mary's story that she, too, had a son around her daughter's age who had not married. One thing led to another and next thing she knew, Mary ended up with a dinner invitation from the mother this Sunday.
"As I have already told you, Mom, I don't want to go to Noah's wedding," Sheldon said adjusting his cellphone to his other ear as he exited his office.
"But why? He's your cousin and it would be the perfect time for the whole family to gather," his mother said through the phone.
"He tormented me a lot when we were a kid and I don't like him. I'm sure the feeling is mutual," he replied. Sheldon looked at his watch and realized he had to hurry if he did not want to be late. His mother's call at unscheduled time really threw his schedule away. He quickened his pace to his destination.
"Come on, Shelly! You were both kids. I'm sure many things have changed since then. Besides, don't you miss your mother and Meemaw? It's been so long since you last visited."
Sheldon sighed. He was almost sure his mother brought Meemaw just to persuade him. She knew he had a soft spot for Meemaw. "Fine. I can't promise you that I can go but I promise that I will consider it."
Sheldon could hear Mary squealed on the phone. She knew him too well she could hear from his voice and his tone that the possibility of Sheldon going was more likely. "Oh, I promise you won't regret it, Shelly."
Sheldon rolled his eyes upon hearing her mother's reaction but did not say anything. He, too, knew that he would book the flight as soon as they ended the call. He did miss his mother and Meemaw after all.
"Oh, and Shelly, there is someone I want you to meet here. I'm sure you'll like her. She's…"
"Mom, are you trying to set me up?" Sheldon interrupted her. He had been suspicious since her mother kept asking him weird questions and his opinion on some women he barely knew during his childhood and whether he had a certain type for a lady for the past few weeks. At first, he only dismissed her questions and replied shortly, although not always nicely, thinking her mother was being weird. But then, when he brought the topic to the gang one evening, Penny inquired why his mother was acted as if she was trying to set him up. They all soon burst out laughing and abandoned the topic, but Sheldon had a little suspicion that Penny might be right.
"I am not!" her mother replied too quickly but she knew the cat was out of the bag. "Fine. Maybe a little. I just met a young woman and I have a feeling that you'll like her. In fact, I just had dinner with her and her mother last night. She's beautiful and she's smart like you."
"I doubt that there is someone as smart as me. Mom, I really need to hang up. I have an appointment and I'm already late," Sheldon said as he stopped at his destination.
Just when Sheldon was about to knock the door in front of him while still listening to his mother on the phone, the door opened suddenly, presenting him with a pair of green eyes looking at him sharply.
"Bye, Mother. I love you," he said shortly not turning his gaze from those eyes and ended the call.
"You're late, Doctor Cooper," the owner of such green eyes said flatly then took a step aside allowing him to come in.
"Yes, I'm aware of that. No need to state the obvious, Doctor Fowler," he replied as he stepped into the room.
Seconds after, the door of the neurobiology department in Caltech closed quietly.
I will update a new chapter next week, so bear with me.
Thank you for reading.
May we all do kind things and say kind words.