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Sometimes we need a cliché plot (pfft.. who am I kidding? It's a lame excuse. I'm just not as good as the brilliant writers in this FANDOM! Love all the writers here!)

The writer does not own The Big Bang Theory.


Part I: Sometimes It's Physics

"Sheldon!"

A cheery feminine voice echoed along the hall way. Students, mostly undergraduates, were heading towards the cantina. The voice gained attention to the students, especially to a group of male undergraduates with one of them is the bearer of the said name. The bespectacled brunette lady was smiling sweetly as she walked swiftly towards them. Sheldon Cooper's friends cannot fathom how this intelligent woman got interested in their egocentric, annoying, impossible friend. She always greets with this kind of enthusiasm and yet it still amaze them the way she look at him with much adoration. True, the greet Sheldon Lee Cooper is a genius, but still…

The brunette lady, clad with long sleeves, cardigan, skirts, tights and orthopedic shoes, stopped in front of them, catching her breath while clutching bunch of books in her hands. She breathed deeply and greeted, "Hi! Sheldon, Hi! Guys!"

It is kind of broken recording to say this but the 'guys' were still amazed by this exchange.

Unfortunately, the lanky, pale Sheldon Cooper broke the sunny atmosphere, "How many times do I have to tell you, Ms. Amy Farrah Fowler, to address me as Mr. Cooper! I know you don't possess an eidetic memory like me, but everyday I always remind you of that!" Ah, mood killer, his friends thought.

Amy Farrah Fowler gave her an apologetic smile, "I'm very sorry, Mr. Cooper. I'm just so happy to see you.." The other boys whispered to one another. "I will exchange my whole bunch of comic book collection just to have a girl to say that to me," Howard Jade Wolowitz whispered.

Leonard Hofstadter, Sheldon's roommate, interrupted the exchange. "I'm sorry Amy, for his behavior. He is just cranky because I left the tooth paste cap open."

His roommate turned to him, "Yes, Leonard. It is violation of Roommate Agreement. You have now two strikes.." he warned.

"Is that so?" Amy clarified. "I'm sorry, that happened to you. Maybe Leonard just forgot it. You know, not everyone has eidetic memory," she reasoned. Really, this woman, they cannot comprehend how she understands him. "Anyway," she composed herself, "See you guys in Biology." She left the group and walked towards the gate.

Sheldon and his friends proceeded to cafeteria. As they settled their food on the table, Rajesh Ramayan Koothrapali, an Astrophysics undergraduate, spoke, "Sheldon, don't be too hard on Amy. She is a lady afterall."

Sheldon gave him a stern look, "I treat Ms. Fowler the way I treat everybody. Just because she asked me to express her romantic feelings and I consented her to do so, doesn't mean she will get a 'special treatment' from me."

Howard, an Engineering student butted in, "You realize how lucky you are? A girl- an intelligent, beautiful, interesting girl has feelings for you, all you have to do is ask her to be your girlfriend. And yet, here you are, shoving her away."

Sheldon, a soon-to-be Theoretical Physicist, turned his head towards him, "Yes, I admit she is intelligent and interesting woman, that is why I consented her to do what she is doing so I can still converse with her. So, don't tell me I'm 'shoving her away'. Her girly hormones is the only obstacle for her to be qualified as my "intellectual equal", but I concede. Someday she will realize that this is hogwash and will return to the path of pure intellect."

Leonard, an Experimental Physics undergrad, spoke, "Oh how I wish I will be there when she will realize how foolish she was to like you the first place!"

"Ms. Fowler is not a fool, you know that. I can't blame her, if she likes me. I am a delight." And with that they started eating their lunch.

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"So how's that warm greeting with the great Sheldon Cooper go?" Penny, a Theater Arts student, teased her brunette friend. They were preparing for their next class, Biology.

Amy, who dreamed to be a Neurobiologist, froze momentarily, her hazel eyes widened. "Y-you saw that?"

"Actually," Bernadette, a Microbiology student, corrected, "the WHOLE school probably saw it since everybody is walking towards the cafeteria to have lunch."

"Oh, no! This is embarrassing! Sheldon will definitely get mad at me. He doesn't want unnecessary attention."

"Don't worry, Amy," Lucy, an Information Technology student comforted, "It doesn't seem to be bothered. His eyes were on you."

"Yes," Amy intoned sarcastically. "Because he was busy scolding me." Her friends just patted her shoulder for comfort. Just like Sheldon's friends, her friends were also wondering how Amy got interested to a guy, to Sheldon Cooper, no less! They thought Amy is not interested in those things, as she is too focused on her studies. Well, miracles do happen. Even their friendship is considered a miracle. Penelope, in social standards, is gorgeous, sexy, beautiful woman. Bernadette, a cute, cheerful lady but there are times she is scary. Lucy, a quiet, socially awkward woman. And Amy, a self-proclaimed nerd and intelligent and like Lucy, a socially awkward person, too.

This madness of Amy Farrah Fowler started few months earlier. They are freshmen students. So, they have classes on basic subjects. It was after school, the girls were seated on the study table working in their assignment on Algebra. The quiet atmosphere was broken, when the table next to them were occupied by a group of male freshmen students.

"We are men of Science!" One of them barked, "I disappointed you used the term, 'brokenhearted', Leonard! Your heart won't turn into pieces just because Leslie dumped you!" The lanky man, if Bernadette was not mistaken, was the famous Sheldon Cooper. She knows him and his friends as they were classmates in Biology. 'Interesting conversation,' she thought.

"I was brokenhearted, not literally, but figuratively," Leonard, who was in verge of terms, managed to reply.

'Aww, you poor thing!' Penny thought. Amy was also listening. But she can't look at them, as she was seated behind them. It fascinates her how love can 'break' a person. She never experienced such, and maybe she'll never will. At least, she thought.

"Yeah, Sheldon, don't take this literally. Let's just comfort our friend. He needs that," Lucy perked her head as she heard his voice. 'This Indian man is sweet.'

"Just because you never love someone, other than your mother and Meemaw, doesn't mean you can't show sympathy for your friends." Howard added, and patted Leonard's shoulder, "Give it time, you will forget her," he consoled. Bernadette took a peek at him, 'What a good a friend.'

"Figuratively or literally, it is not right. It is not the heart that conveys emotion. Heart just pumps blood all throughout the body. If there is an organ that would be "broken" as you put it, but not literally, it will be the brain. Brain reacted to the external stimuli which in this case, Leslie dumping you, and the brain processed that releasing stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine. Your once love-induced brain was now deprived of bliss hormones, dopamine and oxytocin. So…"

Amy could not take it anymore. If you will talk about brain, there is no stopping her. She turned her body to them and blurted out, "Actually, what you call "heartbreak", when experienced too much, is considered as a disease in the heart. It is medically termed as "Takotsubo cardiomyopathy". This disease revolves around the weakening of the muscular portion of heart that's triggered emotional stress—like in this case, someone dumping you. So, in some cases, heart plays a role of being 'brokenhearted'. Did you know that disease is named after Japanese octopus traps which are similar in shape with left ventricular apex.."

She took a deep breath as she explained non – stop. She was frozen when the boys were looking at her. (Her friends, too were left speechless and open-mouthed.) Most of them were confused but one of them, Sheldon stared at her with such amazement. "That was fascinating!" That even surprised his friends more! He never adored a woman before, a stranger no less! "I thought I'll never see the day to encounter an interesting person like you." He complimented.

"Well," Amy managed to speak, "If you talk about the brain, I fairly know about it. I'm a Neurobiology student."

"Fascinating. You know it amazes me how the inner workings of the brain is so complicated."

"True. I'm sorry I interrupted you conversation. We are your classmates in Biology, anyway."

"Yes, you are Amy Farrah Fowler," Sheldon recognized, a matter – of – factly.

Amy was surprised. "Y-you know my name?"

"Of course. I have eidetic memory."

"That is even more fascinating!" Amy complimented. "Anyway, for formalities, I'm Amy Farrah Fowler." She extended her hand to him. Sheldon looked at her proffered hand. His friends were worried. Amy would probably be offended if Sheldon would not shake her hand because he is a germophobe!

But if they think miracles ceased the moment Sheldon talked to Amy, they are gravely mistaken.

Although Sheldon hesitated a bit, he bit his lower lip and shook Amy's hand. "Sheldon Lee Coper, Theoretical Physicist student."

"You know, sometimes thix thing is sometimes explained by Physics. You know the attraction between two bodies?" Amy flashed a grin, knowing it's kind of juvenile input.

Sheldon followed her drift, and offered a knowing grin too. "Ha-ha, Ms. Fowler."

"That was interesting exchange for Sheldon," his friends thought.

"That was interesting conversation for Amy," her friends thought.

And at that moment, they were almost inseparable.

Then one day, things changed between them.

"Sheldon Lee Cooper, I have feelings for you!"

That was Amy Farrah Fowler.


A/N: Forgive me I don't know how the system works in American Schools so I have them classmates on basic subjects (tee hee!)

Forgive me if I have inaccuracies regarding the scientific explanation of being "broken-hearted". I researched a bit. I graduated with degree in Science, but I just know the basics, not in the medical arena XD

And as you've noticed I described Amy's eyes as "hazel". I've searched for Mayim Bialik's profile off the net and I found she has brown eyes. I'm wondering who started the 'emerald eyes" of Amy. Not that I'm complaining. Though, I found it romantic when authors described Amy's eyes as emerald/jade and Sheldon's cerulean/blue. Awww~~~ 3

Thank you for reading!

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green-ninja05

October 2016