It was the regular date night on a Thursday and as always it was held in the Cheesecake Factory. They had eaten well and discussed little nothings during their dinner. Even though Sheldon had already pulled out his phone again to check the latest news on twitter, Amy wasn't mad. It was one of these days where she was in complete awe of her boyfriend and she blamed it on PMS. She was used to love fits but this one had fallen together with a date night and for all Amy knew this could only turn out to end up in a disaster because she would drive him home and she had played through the scenario of him kissing her before getting out of the car more than once. Only that it was more likely to happen in the afterlife than somewhere here in the present.
"Oh by the way, did you hear about that new student that will arrive at CalTech tomorrow?"
Sheldon eyed her over the surface of his phone. "Oh, really?"
"Didn't you pay attention to the e-mails? She will go through all of the departments and then make a choice where she wants to work. Apparently she's some kind of genius."
"Ha!" Sheldon laughed out loud. "I'm really the only genius in CalTeach."
Amy pulled her eyebrows down. "Is that so"
He sent a cocky smile her way and nodded. And Amy just was left sighing.
"Apparently her name is Jody and she's only 28. Fresh meat at the university, that doesn't sound all too bad!" Leonard took a sip of his Gatorade while watching Raj and Howard play Wii tennis.
"As long as this fresh meat doesn't look like all the other female meat that is creeping around in these sad halls…" Howard swung the controller around so wildly that he almost pierced it into Raj's eye.
"Excuse me, your wife is working there."
"Except for my wife, of course!"
"And Amy..."
"Well…"
Leonard set his bottle back down. "Come on, Amy isn't all that bad."
"I'm not saying she is bad, I just think she could… make more out of herself…" Howard shrugged and sent another visual ball over the net.
"I think some earthy make-up and soft lipstick would do it for her" Raj nodded and gained two headshakes and four pulled down eyebrows from his friends. "I'm just saying ,that would fit very well with her skin and hair tone!"
"Yes, alright, Picasso. Could you concentrate on the game now cause I'm tired of winning just because you're too occupied with your make-up advices…"
Bernadette sat back in Penny's sofa. "I'm excited about the new student. I always love to make new friends. And maybe she'll stay in the microbiology department and I can teach her some things. It's getting boring after a while to always just do research, she'd be a welcome change for once."
"Hey, just like the new burgers on the menu of the Cheesecake Factory!"
Bernadette eyed Penny skeptically.
"No really, I'm telling you. It was all boring before but now these brand new Bacon Burgers have rocked my world!" Penny took a big sip of wine and proceeded to paint her toenails then. Bernadette shrugged and put on a 'Why Not' face, before she winced when she heard the guys scream from the other apartment.
"I hope they're not playing Halo, it gets Leonard all fired up…"
"By the way Leonard… I heard that the new student should be really pretty. Aren't you kind of worried?"
"About what?"
"Well, about her hitting on him…"
Penny let go a dry laugh. "Do you think a little 28 year old nerdy mouse could measure with me? And even if she'd flirt with Leonard, I have at least two good arguments that keep him!"
With a blank stare on her face she hooked her pointer into the collar of her tank top and pulled it down.
Bernadette cleared her throat, nodded and then grabbed her glass. She needed some wine herself now.
It was the beginning of summer and the morning was simply perfect. A mild breeze was gently strolling through the streets of Pasadena and made the temperature simply perfect. The birds chanted in the trees, everyone was in a happy and delighted mood and even though it was the last day before the weekend, no one was really angry to go outside and get to business.
Amy had taken Leonard and Sheldon to work and they had walked into CalTech together before their ways parted. "See you for dinner?"
"Punctually at thirteen hundred!" Sheldon agreed and nodded towards his girlfriend, before taking off to his office.
Amy shook her head and smiled and went on to the neurobiology department. She was surprised to see the President of the Universe that early here. He usually just came in about noon. "Good day!"
"Oh, Dr. Fowler!" The tall man smiled down at her and shook her hand cheerfully. "I suppose you have read the e-mail I sent to all of you?"
"Obviously" Amy answered and nodded.
"Well then, since you're the first one here, may I lay this precious piece of scientist into your saving hands? Dr. Fowler, this is Dr. Jody Miller!" The president stepped aside and exposed the sight of a young blonde woman with eyes the deepest and most intense shade of grey Amy had ever seen.
"Hello, I'm Jody" Her voice was sweet like syrup dripping off a pile of pancakes. She reached her hand out and grabbed Amy's firmly. "Nice to meet you!"
"If you manage to interest her in your field you might win a top colleague for your department!" The president smiled before slightly patting Jody's shoulder. "I'll leave you to Dr. Fowler now. Have a nice time!"
"Thank you" The young woman turned back to Amy. "So…"
The neurobiologist was still overwhelmed with her beauty. "Hello. I'm, uh, Dr. Fowler. But you may call me Amy!"
"That's a nice name" Jody smiled and it was the smile of an angel that had poured down in a million little golden drops right from heaven.
Amy nodded with a friendly gesture towards her lab. Jody went inside and turned around. She seemed overwhelmed. "Oh wow, that is so much bigger than the lab I was working at!"
"So you like it here?"
"It's magnificent!" Jody was still not down with swirling around and looking at every little piece her eyes could possibly focus on.
"Well, how about we get it going, then?" Amy smiled towards the student and handed her a lab coat.
Jody smiled and nodded.
"Have you seen the new student yet?" Leonard asked, as he set his tray down on the table.
"Nope, nothing in sight yet" Howard shook his head and so did Raj and Sheldon as Leonard eyed them questioning.
"Strange, she should be here already" Leonard sat down and started eating his chicken salad.
"Anyway, I've heard there's a new Green Lantern comic out by tomorrow and I bet Stuart already has it in stock so we should totally go there and see if he won't sell it today already!" Raj looked around and the other seemed to be overjoyed. Except for Sheldon, who was already fondling around with his phone again.
While the others made plans about going to the Comic Book Store, Sheldon started typing a text message to his girlfriend. It was already two minutes after their scheduled time, where was she?
Since he had only halfheartedly listened to the ongoing conversation between his friends, it took him a little longer to realize that they had gone quiet in the middle of their Green Lantern discussion. It confused his senses so he looked up.
Everyone was staring at the blonde-haired grey-eyed angel that had just entered the cafeteria of CalTech.
"Oh, there she is!" Sheldon chanted and waved towards Amy and Jody. "Amy, here!"
The neurobiologist smiled and grabbed Jody's arm to drag her to the table.
"I thought you wouldn't come so don't wonder about a maybe not so nice text on your phone!" Sheldon was seemingly the only one who hadn't noticed the beautiful woman next to Amy yet.
"Hello, I'm Jody" She introduced herself while looking into the three shocked yet pleasantly surprised faces at the table. "I'm the student…"
"I'm Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper" The lanky physicist didn't make a single effort to take the small manicured hand Jody stretched towards him. "And these are Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter and Howard Wolowitz…"
"With a master's degree in engineering, welome to CalTech!" Howard smiled like a little kid that had seen a christmas tree for the first time.
While Howard and Leonard shook Jody's hand, Raj spooned his dessert, which was pie with rum topping, into his mouth.
"Aren't you glad the cafeteria lady was a little loose with the rum bottle today…" Howard mumbled when Raj finally introduced himself to the new student.
"May I sit down?" Jody asked with a look at the chair next to Sheldon.
"Of course!" Howard, Raj and Leonard blurted in unison.
"Oh, but that's my chair" Amy weighed in politely, before shoving Jody away gently and sitting down next to her boyfriend.
"I'm so sorry!" She wandered over and sat down between Leonard and Howard who got seemingly uncomfortable and started fidgeting around on their chairs.
"So, how was your first day?" Raj asked with a flirty smile.
"Great so far! I've spent all day in Amy's lab and it's totally fascinating there. And much bigger than the little science department I worked at in Texas…"
This had suddenly caught Sheldon's attention. His eyes lit up when he heard his home state mentioned. "You are from Texas?"
"Born and raised"
"Remarkable! So was I!" His quirky smile made her chuckle. "And you are wasting your time in the neurobiology lab?"
"Excuse me" Amy grunted at her boyfriend. "It's not a waste of time, she actually did enjoy it!"
"That's true, it was very interesting and Amy's really nice! But I'd sure love to see different science fields, too!"
"Well, then you should come with me… only if you're into theoretical physics but honestly, who is not" His sniffy laugh made Leonard roll his eyes with a grin.
"Theoretical physics, yes, that sounds interesting!"
"Very well then. See you right after lunch! I'll make some preparations!" Sheldon got up and took his untouched tray away to then head back up to his office.