Summary: Doctor Sheldon Cooper was never viewed as a romantic boyfriend, some even believed he was asexual and thought of no one romantically. However, he wasn't always like that. Years ago, he had a very steady girlfriend, Blaze Darling. When Missy and Blaze visit, Sheldon and Blaze fall back into their old routines, much to everyone's surprise.
Leonard, Raj, Howard, and Penny were sitting in the living room, watching America's Next Top Model, when Sheldon, emerged from his room holding a document that was meant for Leonard, regarding their roommate agreement, and cradling a cell phone between his ear and shoulder. No one thougth anything of it until they heard him say something they didn't know was in his vocabulary.
"Sheldon, did you just say 'sweetheart'?" Leonard asked, shocked. Sheldon rolled his eyes and turned around. Sheldon continued to talk on the phone.
"Well, of course not." pause "I'm sure my roommate wouldn't mind." pause "You're never any trouble." pause "I'll talk to her." pause "Bye." pause "I'll see you soon." He turned back around to see everyone staring at him. "What?"
"Who was that, sweetie?" Penny asked, trying to contain her curiosity.
"That was my good friend, Blaze. She and my sister are coming to visit soon. Leonard, here is your notice. We have visitors for a week starting in tomorrow night."
"Why did you call her sweetheart?" Howard asked.
"We dated for five years." He said nonchalantly., going to where everyone else was staring at Raj until he moved from his spot.
"Whoa, five years?" Penny asked, "You had a girlfriend?" Howard asked, "How is this the first time we've heard about this?" Leonard asked, Raj just made a noise of confusion, all simultaneously.
"To answer your question Penny, yes, five years. Howard, yes, I've had a girlfriend. Leonard, I didn't tell you about this because I knew you would react like this. And Raj," Sheldon stopped and thought for a moment. "I'm not sure how to correctly answer your sound of confusion as it was not clear if that was a question or not. I distain your skepticism, why is hard to believe that I could have a girlfriend?"
Howard and Leonard looked at each other, unsure how to answer that question. Raj simply looked down. Penny however did have an answer. "It's not that sweetie but it's just surprising since you don't seem to like relationships with friends let alone a girlfriend. And, five years? You don't seem like the commitment type."
"Well, I was. My mother and her mother wanted us to get married but she wanted a career and I needed to focus on my own so we went our separate ways and stayed friends. Missy was particularly upset by our break up, she wanted Blaze to be her sister-in-law. She and Blaze were very close, they were Debs together."
Raj whispered in Howard's ear. "Raj wants to know what a 'deb' is." Howard said for his socially inept friend.
"Of course, Raj. India doesn't have Debs. Deb is short for Debutante. A Debutante is a young woman making her formal entrance into society. Missy loved it. Blaze loathed it though. She thought it was demeaning to women."
Everyone was quiet. "Well, if your incessant questions have ceased, I'm going to bed." Sheldon said. He left the room without another word.
"Well, this should be entertaining." Howard said.
"How?" Leonard asked.
"Two ex-debutantes in the same apartment, Sheldon related to one and dated the other. Cat fight!" Howard said. "It'll be like front row seats to America's Next Top Model." Howard stared out into the distance, fantasizing. Penny hit his shoulder.
"Well, I for one can't wait to meet her. If this girl got Sheldon to date and loosen up then she's amazing in my book. Plus, Debs have amazing sense of style. I could get tips from her."
"I don't think she's going to be interested in giving you a makeover, Penny. Once she meets me." Howard said.
"You know Sheldon's not going to let you with two yards of her, right? If they dated for that long, he's bound to be protective over her. You know how crazy he is about his comic books."
Little did they all know, Sheldon was more than just a little protective over Blaze.
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