The school year had started again, and on a Monday no less. After Advanced Calculus Sheldon made his way to the cafeteria where he hoped that his friends were sat.
Sheldon was a tall 17 year old in junior year, he was a unique teenager around normal people, instead of stylish clothes, his shirts were superhero prints. Sheldon grabbed a tray and got his food, pancakes.
After he had his food he grabbed the water bottle, and when he turned around to see if his friends were in the cafeteria he instead saw a girl falling down with her tray, she had bumped into Sheldon.
Sheldon stood still holding his tray harder than ever before, he felt lucky that he didn't drop it, even though he almost did.
The hazel haired girl sat up directly, behind her were her books scattered and her glasses were at Sheldon's feet. She couldn't really see where he things were.
The entire cafeteria laughed at her, but Sheldon wanted to be nice.
"I apologise" he said.
The girl touched the floor in search of her things. "No it's okay.. i'm clumsy".
"Oh okay.. do you need any help?". Sheldon asked.
"No it's okay i can find my things on my own" She lied in an obvious way, she didn't even find her glasses and she clearly wanted to get help, maybe the guy she was talking to was prince charming.
"Very well" Sheldon said and left the girl to go sit with his friends.
She was disappointed, and embarassed, but this wasn't something new. In ninth grade a guy faked a fart and blamed it on her, for the next few months everyone called her Fart-Face Fowler, she was however glad that they didn't use her first name Amy as a derogatory nickname.
In the que to get food, Bernadette and her friend Penny were standing. Penny as usual was with her boyfriend Derek while Bernadette was all alone. When Amy had fallen Bernadette saw it, and was the only one of the popular kids that didn't laugh.
"Come on it's funny when a nerd falls" Penny said to Bernadette trying to make her laugh at Amy as well.
After the tall guy that Bernie thought would help Amy left, Bernadette came to the rescue, and gave Amy her glasses.
"Oh thank you". Amy said to Bernadette.
"You're welcome.. let me help you pick up your things". Bernadette said.
After Amy was on her two feet again, completely stable, Penny came over to talk to her friend.
"Bernie can i talk to you?". She said, while trying to ignore eye contact with Amy.
Penny was the most popular girl in school, and basically every guy liked her, and every girl wanted to be her, but she was Bernadette's best friend. Bernadette was more of a nerd than the popular kids, and certainly the smartest, but she became really popular when she hooked up with Scott.
"I know what you're gonna say.." Bernadette said.
Penny rolled her eyes. "Why did you help that nerd?".
"Because i'm a nice person".
"Look, whenever you do something like that, it makes me look bad..".
Bernadette felt insulted. "Oh well i'm sorry, did i maybe lead you to believe that i care if you look bad?".
"Stop being so mean, i'm just saying that nerds aren't as cool as us.. let them crawl back into their own little dungeon with their own kind". Penny said.
"You can't say that.. you don't even know her". Bernadette replied.
"Well let's see, she is a nerd, she is weird, she probably wants my attention because she wants to be accepted and she wears dorky clothes".
"She may be a nerd, but she isn't weird!" Bernadette started to get angry.
Derek came over to support Penny, his girlfriend. "Is there a problem here?".
"No it's okay.." Penny said.
"I don't know what kind of horrible friend you are, but when you realise that you're wrong.. text me!" Bernadette said and returned to Amy.
"I'm sorry about that..".
"Hey guys check it out!" Howard said as he ran over to his friends in the cafeteria holding a sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who.
"Wow. A sonic screwdriver!" Sheldon said, looking at the sci-fi prop with love.
"Where'd you get it?" Leonard asked.
"I bought from a guy in the comic book store back alley.. if you're interested he sells Darth Vader dolls and Jabba The Hutt wearing Leia's golden bikini". Howard smiled.
"Whenever i see Jabba the Hutt it makes me feel bad about my own body" Raj said as if he were disappointed in his shape.
"Why?" Leonard asked.
"Because i'm fat". Raj replied.
Leonard rolled his eyes and left the conversation as he looked around the cafeteria, something catching his eye was Penny, the popular girls best friend Bernadette was not sitting with her, but with a new girl that Leonard has never seen.
"Hey look Howard. Your crush isn't sitting with Penny" Leonard said to Howard.
Howard got excited of course. "What where?" he said and looked everywhere in the cafeteria but couldn't see his crush.
"There!" He said. He glanced behind Howard. Bernadette was sitting in the bottom right corner. Howard looked in the direction that Leonard was looking.
"Oh my god. This might be my day". Howard felt sure.
"To do what?" Raj asked.
"I'm gonna ask her out on a date" Howard decided, his mind was already set, in his mind he had already imagined how their first hook up would be, something he had imagined many times before.
"You're gonna ask one of the popular girls to go on a date with you? What if she says no?". Leonard asked, he was sure that this was a horrible idea.
"She can't say no, i've got the charms to tame a snake" Howard said. He went over to the table where Bernadette was sitting. He staired at her for a few seconds before she realised he was there.
"Uhm.. can i help you?" She asked as she noticed Howard stairing at her.
Howard kept stairing at her, trying to say words, but nothing came out of his mouth. "Yes. Do you mind telling me where the restroom is?".
"Eh.. it's just outside the cafeteria.. can't miss it" Bernadette replied. She looked at Howard as he walked away from her table and out of the cafeteria. He looked like a goofball, but he was cute, and awkward.
"Every guy in school probably has a crush on you, right?" Amy asked.
Bernadette smiled, she was kind of proud that she was a cutie. "Probably. But that's cause i'm small and adorable".
"It's so cool to meet a popular kid that is smart".
"I realise now in hindsight that i don't really fit in with the cool kids. I'm the only one that has ever read a book in my group of friends". Bernadette said proudly.
"..How about you, any friends?". Bernadette asked Amy.
"Well... no" Amy replied.
"Aww i'm so sorry" Bernadette said to Amy, she really did feel sorry for Amy.
"I've spent the majority of my school life being alone, no friends. I don't even know how to gossip. This one time, i was invited to a boat party, when i got there, they had put a disco ball on a small wooden boat and empty beer cans and on the boat they had spray painted "Amy Farrah Loner".
Bernadette couldn't believe that. "Aww i'm so sorry".
Suddenly, Penny and Derek came to the table and sat down with their trays, completely ignoring Amy. Penny had dropped Amy's entire bottle with her elbow on the floor and didn't even realise it.
"Bernie. Sick Party. This Saturday. You In?". Penny said with a big grin on her face. Her blonde hair was in a pony tail, and Amy realised that Penny was in brilliant shape.
"What are you doing here?". Bernadette got angry again.
Penny was confused. "What do you mean?".
Bernadette waited for Penny to realise it herself, but that didn't happen. "Leave me alone!" Bernadette exclaimed in frustration.
"You told me to talk to you when i was ready to forgive you?". Penny said.
"That's not even what i said. Literally not even a little bit right!" Bernadette sarcastically replied.
"Well we're friends again, so now let's stop nerd-caring and let's partaay!" Penny said and put on that big grin again.
"No. I told you to text me when you were ready to admit that you're wrong!". Bernadette replied.
Leonard suddenly interrupted, he was suddenly sweating that he feared that it was running down his body like he was taking a shower. "Excuse me.."
Bernadette turned to Leonard, and noticed Sheldon and Raj standing behind him.
Amy now had the chance to look at the tall one with the geeky shirt. She recognized him.
"Why don't you beat it? This doesn't concern you!" Derek said with his manly voice.
"I'm sorry. I'm just wondering where Howard went?". Leonard asked Bernadette.
"Didn't you hear what i just said? Beat it or i'll kick your ass" Derek said.
"Stop being so mean to him!" Bernadette said, she was more frustrated than ever. "The cute guy that came over ten minutes ago? He went to the bathroom".
"Of course he did. He's a nerd, they're practically toilets!" Derek said and made Penny giggle.
"His lack of biology knowledge disturbs me" Sheldon whispered to Leonard.
"He's not intelligent like us" Leonard and Sheldon giggled.
Derek took offense and stood up, confronting Leonard. Leonard was scared because Derek was very much larger than him.
"I can kick you little boy!" Derek said.
Just to let you guys know, my username was previously 'surfingtimelawd' but this is a new one. And this is a complete rewrite of my previous fic The High School Manipulation wich i have deleted, but enjoy the first chapter :)