I was kinda bored and a little anxious for today's tapping. I can't wait for May 10, but it means that this season will be over and I have to wait months before the next season. And what if that would be the last season. I'm not ready for that.
Anyway, here, have a quick one-shot. Have nothing to do with the previous chapter, just the same concept.
"And that is the origin of sandwich," Sheldon explained as he ate his sandwich.
"Are you done?" Howard asked.
"Yes," Sheldon replied.
"Great! Now you can shut up," Howard said.
The other guys snickered.
Sheldon glared at them. Sometimes he wished he could just have lunch with Amy all the time. Amy always appreciated his broad knowledge and knew how and when to give appropriate comments which ended up in enticing discussions. However, as they have agreed, Sheldon would have lunch with the guys. Amy did not want him to be bored with her which he thought did not make sense. He would never get tired of her. She sometimes joined them, but most of the time she preferred to have lunch at her lab or with her collogues to maintain her professional network.
The guys soon engrossed in conversation about the latest Avengers movie until they were interrupted by someone cleared their throat. They paused to look at a woman stood beside their table.
"Excuse me, Doctor Cooper. I'm sorry for interrupting. My name is Lauren Smith, I was at your talk last Tuesday. I think you were brilliant," the woman said. She had dark hair and cute freckles on her face, or so Raj thought.
"Of course, I was," Sheldon replied smugly causing the guys to roll their eyes.
"Would you possibly have any time for me to pick your brain? Maybe have a cup of coffee?" she asked.
"I don't drink coffee," Sheldon replied.
"But you do eat dinner, right?"
"I do."
"Great! How about tonight?" she asked enthusiastically.
"I suppose it would work," Sheldon replied casually.
"Won't you be eating dinner with Amy?" Leonard asked. "Amy is her fiancé," Leonard said to that woman, emphasizing the word fiancé more than necessary. He did not need any recurrence of the whole Ramona thing. "That Sheldon is going to marry."
"Amy told me that she's going to be home late to finish her work," Sheldon replied oblivious to the intention of Leonard's sentences.
"Then it settled. I'll bring it to your place. I have the address," she said cheerily before leaving them.
"Sheldon, we've talked about this. You can't let undergraduates cater you, especially not to your apartment after dark," Leonard said exasperatedly.
"Why not?" Sheldon asked. He thought there was nothing wrong with it. "If she's going to bring me food as a token of appreciation to my brilliant mind, who am I to argue?"
"In that case, you need to tell Amy" Howard said.
"Why should I?" Sheldon asked.
"Trust me, you should," Raj said.
Knock, knock, knock. "Amy."
Knock, knock, knock. "Amy."
Knock, knock, knock. "Amy."
Amy looked up from her computer to see Sheldon stood in front of her office. He still knocked despite the door was wide open. "Hi, Sheldon!
"Hello. I know you're busy but I came to give you this," Sheldon said as he handed her a tray of food. "I didn't see you at the cafeteria during lunch and I went there a little early and stayed there later than usual so I assume you haven't had lunch."
She smiled at him. "I didn't even realize it's past lunchtime. Thank you very much," she said as she took the tray from him.
"There is something I need to tell you. Well, the guys were all agreed that I have to even though I actually don't."
"Sheldon, what did you do?"
Sheldon annoyed at her instant accusation but decided to let it slide. "An undergraduate student came to me this afternoon and told me that she thought I'm brilliant, which I know I am. Also, she offered to bring me dinner to our apartment tonight."
"Sheldon!" Amy cried. She had heard from the other members of the gang how Sheldon used to 'exploit' undergraduate students who were amazed by him to do his chores and in the end made them think that they had a chance with him even though he was completely unaware of it.
"In my defense, I only allowed it because you were going to work late tonight so I thought why not let her bring me food so I don't have to cook," Sheldon said.
Amy knew that pointing to him that the undergraduate student might have another intention would mostly be pointless, so she tried another strategy. "So, you think it will be better if a woman comes to our apartment after dark while I'm not there? Don't you think people will talk?"
Sheldon suddenly realized. "Oh, you're right. See, if Leonard told me this from the beginning I wouldn't need to rush here," he said. "He really needs to work on his social skill."
Before Amy got the chance to reply, Sheldon added, "Eh, but if I didn't go here you probably will skip lunch and I can't let that happen."
I'm not sure what I wrote and I didn't have the time to reread it, but I hope you enjoyed it.
Thank you for reading. Be kind to one another.