The View From The Other Side
By UncleCatwoman
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Author's Note: This is actually a fan fic on a fan fic. It's based on trbl's wonderful story "Sheldon's Girlfriend", which is the 4th story in her Shenny series and I'd strongly recommend reading all of them first. Vera, a minor character in her story, sang to me and I decided to give her her own story ... though with some familiar faces too.
The only thing I own of The Big Bang Theory are my DVDs and a rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock t-shirt. The characters are all from the genius of Bill Prady and company and Vera is from the talented trbl. I suppose the boyfriend and the dialogue is mine and I hope you enjoy them.
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Marty wasn't sure what to expect when the door opened but it certainly wasn't a hot blonde in a red, Flash-emblem t-shirt. Her face lit up when she saw them.
"Vera!" she enveloped her in a big hug. "You look great!"
"Thanks, Penny! So do you!"
"And," the blond turned and smiled at him, "who's your cute friend?"
"I'm … I'm Martin." He was surprised to hear himself stammering under her gaze. Vera wasn't. "Martin Blough."
"Martin's a first-year grad student," Vera told her proudly. "In physics."
That caught the blond's attention. She gave younger woman a quizzical look which Vera met with a grin. "No, I haven't told him."
Mrs. Cooper took him by both shoulders and stared solemnly into his face. Then noticed something on it.
"Blue eyes?" she looked back at Vera. "You're dating a tall physicist with blue eyes?" Vera shrugged and both women laughed.
"Now, Martin," she turned back to him, "seriously, you can get through this. You won't think so but you can." Vera nodded her agreement and Mrs. Cooper turned toward her. "But really, Vera, a physicist? Has he pissed you off that much?"
"Just the opposite," Vera told her, leaning into Marty and giving him a quick kiss. "We're …" Her voice trailed off but her loopy smile finished the statement for her.
"Oh, really?" Vera nodded and then both women noticed Marty's utterly confused look and burst into giggles.
"While I don't mind frivolity," a voice interrupted their giggles, "I would prefer if you'd keep it to a lower volume. The baby is sleeping."
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Marty looked up at the lanky, thin man coming down the stairs and froze.
Holy shit! That's –
"Breathe, honey," Vera whispered quietly to him.
"Vera! How wonderful to see you!"
"You, too, Dr. Cooper," she smiled at him. "How's fatherhood?"
"Everything I'd ever heard or read expounded on how disruptive it was to virtually every aspect of one's life. They all criminally understated it."
"Yes," she agreed, "but how's fatherhood?"
He gave her a wide smile. "Different, and far better, than I'd ever imagined."
"That's what I thought." She paused to give Marty time for one more calming breath. "Dr. Cooper? I'd like you to meet Martin Blough, my boyfriend. Marty, this is –"
"Dr. Sheldon Cooper," he stepped forward and extended his hand to the other man. "I … we … watched your Nobel acceptance speech."
"Of course you did." Dr. Cooper smiled pleasantly at him but didn't extend his own hand. "I'd expect nothing less from a physicist."
Vera took Marty's hand and pulled it back to his side. "He doesn't shake hands," she whispered quietly to him.
"Don't take it personally," Mrs. Cooper patted him on the shoulder.
"Vera," Dr. Cooper went on, as if he hadn't noticed the exchange, "you and Martin can set up in my study."
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... to be continued ...
