Odd: different from what is usual or expected

"Are you sure this is her office?" Leonard asked as Howard skulked towards the door.

"Absolutely. I know every woman on this campus and I've never met or heard of this mysterious Amy Farrah Fowler."

"The name sounds hot. Like Amy Adams, Farrah Fawcett, and Francesca Fowler. Can't go wrong with that."

"Yeah," Howard nodded his head, "She's definitely hot. I can smell her perfume through the crack in the door."

"That's the hand sanitizer hanging on the wall, genius," Leonard chimed in and pointed to the white dispenser just beside Howard's head.

"Oh." Howard hung his head in embarrassment.

"All we have is a name, and that's not much to go on. Let's go to Kripke's office like we originally planned and see what we can find."

"Fine," Howard huffed, "But I still say she's wearing sexy perfume."


"Hey, Kripke," Leonard said as he popped his head through Kripke's office door.

Barry seemed less than enthused to see his fellow physicists and Howard dropping by his office unannounced. "Fewwas?"

"We just wanted to stop by," Leonard scanned the room for Amy Farrah Fowler, "And say hi." But she was as allusive as the unicorn.

"You all stopped by to say—hi?" Barry echoed. "That's gweat, I guess. Now I've got work to do."

Howard and Raj nudged Leonard. "Hey, we heard this silly rumor that you were dating someone here at the university, and we wouldn't want to spread anything that wasn't true. So are you?"

"Am I what?"

"Dating someone at the university?"

"Who wants to know?"

"Oh, no one," Leonard began to stutter as his friends nudged him harder to ask more about her. "It's just a general curiosity, ya know. No one in particular. Her name wouldn't happen to be Amy Farrah Fowler, would it?"

"If you must know, yes." Barry plopped his feet on his desk and began to review some notes he had jotted down earlier that day.

"I knew it!" Howard shouted and gave Raj a high five. "Is she hot?"

Barry eyed Howard from the corner of his reading glasses before leaning forward in his chair. "Is she hot?" Barry asked.

Howard nodded with wide eyes. They say curiosity killed the cat.

"You wanna know all the gwaphic details?" Barry continued.

Howard nodded.

"You wanna know about her body?"

Howard nodded.

"You wanna know about how hot our sex is?"

Both Howard and Raj nodded like bobble-heads on a car dashboard.

Barry leaned over the desk and grabbed Howard by his favorite black dickie. "Too bad." He grabbed the fabric tighter, causing Howard's air supply to diminish. "Now get out."

"Let's go guys," Leonard said and ushered his friends out the door. Howard held his neck and reveled in the feeling of air traveling freely in and out of his lungs.

Today, curiosity almost killed the engineer.


"I don't know. I searched the whole campus and found nothing. It's like the whole university is trying to keep her a secret," Howard said while the others ate around the table in Leonard's apartment.

"Who?" Penny asked.

"This new department head at the university. Supposedly she's Kripke's girlfriend."

"Gross. That creep got a girlfriend? I never thought there would be a woman desperate enough to date him."

"He actually seems pretty protective of her. Sounds like they might be serious," Leonard added.

"Yes," Sheldon chimed. "As serious as two blubbering sociopaths can be."

"Just because you don't like Kripke doesn't mean you need to degrade Amy Farrah Fowler. She's probably really nice." Leonard always hated to see someone's name slandered if said person didn't deserve it.

"Wait!" Penny interrupted. "Did you say Amy Farrah Fowler?"

"Yeah. You know her? Leonard asked.

"Yeah, actually. I met her through Bernadette about a year ago. She tags along for girls night sometimes."

"You never mentioned that."

"Well, we were never really that close so I didn't bother to bring it up."

"Well, there you go, Leonard. I was right," Sheldon said. "If she hangs out with the likes of Penny, she's bound to be no good." He looked at penny before speaking again, "No offense."

"Sheldon, you are judging this woman without knowing a thing about her. That's wrong," Leonard said and continued to eat.

It'd been quite some time since someone told Sheldon that he'd done something wrong. And it didn't sit well with him. He immediately stood from his spot on the couch to retrieve a beverage.

"Well, that sure shut him up," Penny said and winked at her boyfriend.

"It always does."

"To be totally honest, I never brought up Amy because she's a little odd," Penny whispered in Leonard's ear."

"Odd how?"

"I don't know how to explain it. She's just different from most people I meet."

"Like dangerous?"

"No, nothing like that. She's just, sort of, awkward and methodical. She really makes me feel uncomfortable sometimes."

"Oh," Leonard started to look concerned.

"It's nothing I can't handle. She's just a bit bizarre, always spouting off random facts and clinical definitions. Bernadette doesn't mind so much, but I guess that's just because she's known her longer." Penny watched Sheldon carry his water bottle back to his spot before inspecting his food, counting his napkins, and adjusting the proximity of the condiments from his plate. "Actually, she continued. Now that I think about it, Amy is just like—Sheldon."


"You wanna go to dinner?" Barry asked as he walked Amy to her car.

"I would rather not. Can we just go back to my place and watch a movie or something?" Amy sighed. It'd been a long day full of new demands, and she wanted nothing more than to relax in the comfort of her own home.

"Is evewything okay?"

"Yes and no." She started to unlock her car door.

"Okay. So what's up? I saw you earwier today and you seemed fine. What happened?"

"I just don't think I fit in here."

"At the univewsity-or with me?" Barry grew very concerned.

"At the university," She reassured him. "I just don't really know anyone, and everyone I've met has seemed to feel totally awkward around me. Am I really that awful?"

Barry could tell that she was stressed, and a stressed Amy was always hard on herself. "Wisten, you are gonna do gweat here. I pwomise you. You are gonna be the best depawtment head this univewsity has ever seen. You're smart, bwilliant even, and you can handle anything they thwow at you."

Amy smiled.

"You just need a bweak," he continued. "What about your fwiend, Bernadette? Huh?" He put his hand below her chin to get her to look at him. "Why don't you go out and have some fun? You haven't done that in ages."

"Well, what are you going to do all night?"

"Don't wowwy about me. We have pwenty of time to spend together before I weave on Friday."

"What time is your flight?"

"I'd have to check the ticket. But it's only for thwee days, and then I will be back here in your arms. That is, the day you decide that it's okay for us to start hugging." He winked at her to lift her spirits.

Through a forced smile she asked, "Why do they have to send you all the way to Ohio? There aren't any closer conventions?"

"Not ones that cover dark matter theowies."

"I'm going to miss you so much," Amy whispered.

"I'm gonna miss you too, but it will all be back to normal before you know it. Twust me."