Chapter 2
Sheldon had thought a lot about where he wanted his career to go on his train trip. He knew that he wanted to begin Dark Matter research, but the university wanted him to stay in String Theory. He had conceded to continue working the majority of his time on string theory, but Gablehauser had given him permission to use 25% of his time on Dark Matter. That was with the allowance that if he made any interesting breakthroughs, that he could devote more of his time to that area.
It seemed like a reasonable compromise. He was sure that he would be able publish some fascinating papers in dark matter once he got to spend some focused time on it. He was Dr. Sheldon Cooper after all. His phone started buzzing in his pocket. He pulled it out and saw that it was a Facebook notification from Amy. He opened his laptop and quickly checked Facebook to see what Amy had posted.
It was an article stating "I'm Red-Blue Personality". Oh, this must be from that drivel personality typing seminar she attended yesterday. She wanted him to go with her, but he couldn't be bothered to waste his time with such nonsense. He was surprised that Amy still went, she seemed to think that the test was complete hokum also. Well enough of that, work awaits. Sheldon turned to his white board and started working on his latest derivation.
"Yo Cooper"
Barry Kripke was standing at his door with a big grin on his face.
"What is it Kripke? Did you get lost on the way to your office again? I know menial tasks must be difficult for simpletons like you."
Barry walked into his office and leaned against his desk. "Oh whatever Cooper, I came to talk to you, cause it seems like we will be working with each other for a bit longer. So the university wouldn't let its wonder boy go over to dark matter full time huh?"
"It's not a matter of letting me. It would be a crime to deny the world of my intellect in the field of string theory. I am just being altruistic and affording my knowledge to both areas of study. It's the kind of person I am." Sheldon smirked.
"Riiiight….I just hope that you'll be a little more focused this time around when we work together. Although, I think I better understand the reason for your distraction. That Amy of yours is quite something. Of course, I don't need to tell you that." Barry stated.
Sheldon frowned and turned back to his board. "You don't need to tell me anything Kripke." He continued writing equations on his whiteboard.
Barry sat down at Sheldon desk and spun around on the chair. He saw that Facebook was open on Sheldon's computer to Amy's profile page. She had just posted about the personality colour seminar they had taken yesterday. Barry quickly clicked on the photos link, and the page flooded with pictures of Amy, Sheldon and their friends.
"You know I was at that Personality Colour seminar yesterday, I saw your lady there." Barry said, while clicking through photos on Sheldon's computer.
"Really Barry? You attended that drivel also? I don't know why you and Amy waste your time on such nonsense." Sheldon said while writing on his board.
"Oh it was very informative." Barry replied as he continued clicking through photos. He came across a picture of Penny, Bernadette and Amy dressed up as Disney Princesses. God, the three of them looked sexy! It was beyond him how Hofstadter and Wolowitz hooked up with such hotties. And Cooper for that matter? That was a true mystery.
He looked closer at Amy dressed up as Snow White. She looked absolutely gorgeous, without her glasses, her makeup all done…ruby red lips. He couldn't stop staring at the photo.
"So Cooper, do you and Amy do any cosplay?" Kripke enquired while staring at the photo.
"Cosplay? Well I have quite a few costumes, Amy not so many. She did dress up as Nurse Chapel from Star Trek once. I would have preferred Uhura, but she is not familiar with the history of the show. Wait why?" Sheldon turned around from the board and saw that Kripke was on his computer.
"Excuse me! Nobody touches my stuff!" Sheldon huffed as he quickly closed the laptop. "Who said you could go on my computer?"
"Sorry…sorry! I was just surfing. Anyways it's cool to know that you and Amy are so kinky. Very hot." Kripke grinned.
"Kinky?" Sheldon looked puzzled. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh you know…Nurse Chapel? That's pretty hot."
"Oh that. Amy was simply conducting an experiment to try to systematically accelerate my feelings for her." Sheldon said, as he locked his laptop in his desk drawer.
"Why would she have to do that?" Kripke asked puzzled.
Sheldon stared at Kripke, annoyed to be having this conversation. "OK Kripke, I think you've wasted enough of my time today. The universe is full of questions, just waiting for Dr. Sheldon Cooper to answer them. Be off!"
"Fine..fine. I'll go. Just know that I'll be expecting better quality work from you this time around. No getting distracted by playing the Prince."
Kripke saw Sheldon's puzzled face as he walked out the door. He pulled out his phone and opened his Facebook app. He went to add friends, and searched for Amy Farrah Fowler. There…request sent. Almost instantly he got a notification: friend request accepted. Barry smiled. He was looking forward to seeing that Snow White picture again, and hopefully when he hunted through all her photos…Nurse Chapel.
Amy was sitting in her lab writing of the results of her latest experiment when her phone buzzed. She grabbed it thinking it would be Sheldon. She looked and it was a friend request from Facebook. She opened the app, and saw that Barry Kripke wanted to be friends with her. She pondered for a moment whether she should accept the friend request. Sheldon did seems to hate Barry quite a bit. Well, Sheldon seemed to hate quite a few people irrationally, she thought. He was quite nice to chat with at the seminar yesterday. She hit the accept friend button.
She turned back to the computer when her Facebook instant messenger popped up. It was Barry.
Barry: "Hey Red…How are you today?"
Amy: "Red! Hilarious…I still don't know how you knew that I would get red as my dominant personality colour."
Barry: "Well, you're boyfriend isn't the only genius around here."
Amy: "Are you talking about me being a genius then? ;-) "
Barry: "Touché Amy…Touché"
Barry: "So what are you working on?"
Amy: "Are you seriously interested?"
Barry: "Of course, why wouldn't I be?"
Amy: "Well I am mapping different emotion centres on the brain. Right now I am trying to stimulate the pleasure centre of a starfish"
Barry: "So you are trying to turn a starfish on? Pretty sexy work there Fowler."
Amy: "Biology is sexy. It's why I went into this field."
Barry grinned at his computer. Oh he didn't doubt that for a minute. That was one thing he learned for sure today, Amy Farrah Fowler was sexy. He was trying to picture her in that hot little Star Trek dress right now.
Amy: "So what are you working on?"
Barry: "Well I'm looking into light cone quantization right now, but am kind of hitting a dead end."
Amy: "You know, I have a few ideas regarding neural connectivity that might have some applications to string theory, if you are interested."
Barry: "Of course I'm interested. But don't you want to go over that with Cooper instead of me? You know how he gets."
Amy: "Well I tried, but he wasn't interested. He didn't seem to think biologists could contribute much."
Barry: "Well his loss. I would love to hear your idea. We could discuss it over coffee sometime?".
Amy: "Sounds good. Listen, I've got to run. I think my starfish is getting cranky."
Barry: "No problem. I'll set up coffee for next week sometime?"
Amy: "Sounds good. Take care."
Barry: "You too Red."
Barry smiled as he looked at his computer. This Amy Farrah Fowler sure was an interesting lady. He navigated back to her Facebook page. Her profile picture was of her sitting in her lab with her lab coat on and a big smile on her face. It must be very similar to how she must look at this very moment.
He could see why Sheldon started dating her. Smart as a whip…friendly…beautiful. The better question would be, why is she going out with that obnoxious idiot Cooper? Why was she running experiments to try to increase his affections for her? That was totally bizarre considering all the sex they were having. Who knows….that Cooper is one odd duck.
Well one thing was for sure, he was going to enjoy getting to know one Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler better next week.
A/N: I absolutely love writing Kripke! He's such a fun character. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Looks like Amy and Kripke are starting to get to know each other a bit better… But things are still good with Sheldon and Amy right? Or are they?