The Shamy Chronicles
Part One: The Extinction of the Anti-Coitus Relationship
Disclaimer: I do not own The Big Bang Theory, otherwise many other things would be taking place in the storyline.
Chapter Two: The Hofstadter Consolation
Leonard Hofstadter slides his key into the lock and opens the door to his apartment. Well, his shared apartment; Sheldon always reminds him that it's his apartment as well.
Anyway, Leonard is surprised to find the lights off, the TV off and no Sheldon anywhere in sight. Leonard shrugs, thinking maybe he had hitched a ride with someone or taken the bus to the Comic Book Store—
Leonard stops in his tracks, both mentally and physically. Sheldon Cooper taking the bus?! That sounds almost as extraterrestrial as Sheldon himself does!
Leonard sighs and whips out his phone, dialing the number of their friend Raj. He hears the phone ring a few times, and Raj answers.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Raj, it's me; listen, have you seen Sheldon? I came home and the lights were off. The only reason he shuts the lights off is when he leaves, sleeps or watches a movie. The TV's off too, and he can't be sleeping as it's six in the prevening."
"Whoa, slow down dude. I don't have Sheldon. You're saying Sheldon is missing?"
"No, I'm saying he either hitched a ride with you somewhere or with Penny. I haven't checked Penny yet, but I'll call you back or text you, or something."
"Why aren't you trying Howard?" Raj asks, forgetting one key item against that argument:
"Because Howard only has that tiny scooter and Sheldon is terrified of being passenger on that thing." Leonard reminds him, and he heard Raj hum in recognition.
Howard Wolowitz was the last man in their group of friends. Sheldon once described him as The Funny One [in the group], but Howard was also forever trying to hit on and pick up girls; up until recently, he'd not had a steady relationship in many years. Now, he's as happy as can be with one of Penny's coworkers at the Cheesecake Factory; Bernadette.
"Have you tried to call Amy yet?" Raj suggests.
Leonard throws his head back, as one would do in remembrance of something important, and states that he hadn't thought of it.
"That's understandable. Sheldon's always the one without a girlfriend, and now I am…" Raj's voice trails off.
Leonard sighs; poor Raj was always reminding them how he doesn't have a girlfriend. "I'm very sad about that, Raj, but I really have to find Sheldon. I'll call you back in a few minutes whether I find him or not, okay?"
Raj agrees, so they both hang up their respective phones.
Leonard immediately calls Amy, and she answers after three rings.
"Hello, Amy Farrah Fowler speaking." Amy's voice sounds broken and she is gasping for breath, as though she had just gotten home from a crying marathon.
But Leonard has no time for sympathies, as Raj clearly understood; he only hoped Amy would, too. "Er, hi Amy, it's Leonard. Listen, um, have you seen Sheldon? I don't know where-"
Suddenly, Amy cuts him off, sounding furious. "Don't you dare talk to me about that self-centred jerk! He can be dying in a hole for all I care, which I don't at all!" And with that, she hangs up the phone.
Leonard is startled. Amy, mad at Sheldon? This was getting weird.
Weird or not, Sheldon was still missing. So Leonard opens his door just in time for him to see Sheldon closing the door to Penny's apartment. He turns to Leonard, and Leonard can see he has been crying.
"Oh, hello Leonard. I need to go count 23 hours and fifteen minutes. Apparently Amy is a sensitive woman."
End of Part One