BBT & A&A: The Pop Star Addition: Part 3

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"Thanks for buying the comics, Austin," Leonard said while they're climbing the stairs.

"Don't mention it," Austin told him.

"Oh, yes. Reprints of every 1st edition comic book in Marvel & DC history. You, my friend are thanked personally by me," Sheldon said.

"As I said before, don't mention it."

Leonard opened the door. They walked in & set the books on the table.

"Oh, man. I gotta call my tour bus driver & tell him to pick me up. Do you guys mind?"

"No, we'll just be in the kitchen area over here," Leonard said, motioning Sheldon to come with him.

Austin gets on his cell phone.

"Hey..."

"What do you think of this guy, Sheldon?" Leonard asks.

"He's a relatively good guy."

"Yeah, but to buy all of us comic books..."

"Hey, the man is paying for stuff that we want. We've got a good thing going, don't screw it up."

"I'm not. I'm just thinking whether or not he has an ulterior motive."

"Like what? To have us dump a body in a lake?"

"Obviously not, but I just feel that he feels we owe him a favor."

"Good point. Don't bring it up"

"But..." he was interrupted by Austin.

"Hey, guys, my driver says he can pick me up..."

"Great," Leonard interrupted.

"But not until morning. Can I spend the night?"

"Sure, Sheldon?"

"After what you did for me tonight, you can take my bed for the night if you want, my good sir."

"Thanks, but I'm good with the couch."

'You gotta make, make, make 'em do a double take...' Austin's phone rang.

"Oh, my girlfriend. Gotta take this." he answers his iPhone on FaceTime. "Hey, Ally. What's up?"

"What's up? I turn on the TV & it's 'Breaking news, Austin Moon's been sighted in Pasadena, California.'"

"Nice to see you too. Yeah, we stopped for the night & I went to a 7/11. Some girl recognized me & all hell broke loose."

"I'm just glad you're ok. Who's that behind you?" he looked behind him.

"Oh, it's just Leonard & Sheldon. 2 guys who own an apartment of the building I ran into. They're letting me stay here 'til my tour bus driver can get here in the morning."

"Ok. I guess that makes sense."

"Yeah. Listen, can we talk more tomorrow? It's getting pretty late where we both are."

"Yeah, sure. Talk to you tomorrow."

"Yeah. See you later," he turns his phone off. "Phew," he says, wiping his forehead.

"So, what was that awkward hang up about?" Leonard said.

"I don't know. I just got word of my international manager booking me on a Eurasian tour & I don't wanna tell Ally about it 'til I get home because I don't know how she'll react when I tell her."

"Yes, yes. Pointless jibber jabber. I'm going to start reading these in my room," Sheldon said, carrying the box to his room. "Oh, if you can't get to sleep so easily, we have an Xbox 360, a 3D Blu-Ray player that also upscales DVDs, cable, Star Trek movies & TV seasons on DVD, or Blu-Ray, & other movies at your disposal."

"Oh. Thanks," Austin said.

"As today's youth would say, no prob," Sheldon said & Austin looked at him with an awkward look on his face.

"Good night," Leonard said.

"Night," Austin said.

They went to their rooms, Austin took off his jacket, hat, sunglasses, & pants off (he had shorts on underneath), laid on the couch & put a blanket over himself, & everyone went to sleep.

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The next morning...

Doctor Who was on the TV. Sheldon was eating his cereal in the chair next to the couch, since Austin was on the couch. Austin woke up when he heard it. He looked up, after hearing Sheldon chew.

"Good morning," Sheldon said.

"Hi," Austin said, sitting up. He looked at the TV. "I've met him," he said with a smile.

"Matt Smith, or The Doctor? I know you've met Matt, but I also know you couldn't have met the Doctor. It's only a TV show"

"No. Both."

Sheldon snickered like he does.

"What?"

"You may have met Matt Smith, but I highly doubt you've met the Doctor," he laughed a little more.

"No, seriously. I have."

"All right. I'll play along. How?"

"Remember a few days before Christmas? There was all sorts of craziness happening. Daleks & Cybermen everywhere. One appeared on TV to tell us to surrender. It was madness."

"Hmm. I do vaguely remember something like that."

"And were you watching the ball drop on New Years' Eve?"

"Of course. We were at a costume party at the comic book store & Stewart had it on the TV. Of course 3 hours early for us, but still."

"Yeah. Well, the TARDIS materialized on the skyscraper then me & Green Day came out & performed a few songs, then the Doc came out & made the ball drop on time."

"Now that you mention it, I do remember something along those lines. I have an eidetic memory, so I should. It's weird, I'm having trouble remembering. It's like I remember, but I have difficulty remembering," he looked frustrated, as he tried to remember.

"Hey, guys," Leonard said as he walked in & got his coffee.

"Hello," they said, then Sheldon turned back to him. "What were we talking about?" he said, not remembering, or struggling to remember anymore.

"Oh, nothing," Austin said, thinking of how weird it was that Sheldon had to concentrate to remember what he could so easily.

"Ok, back to Doctor Who," he said, sitting in his spot. "Just so you know, this is my spot on this couch. I sat in the chair because I respected you enough, since you bought me vintage comic book reprints, not to be that bothersome on the subject."

"Right," Austin said, then his phone rang. He got up & answered it. "Hello?"

"Mr. Moon, I'm parked right outside the building, waiting for you, so we can get a move on," his bus driver said.

"All right, be down in a minute," he hung up. "Well, guys, I gotta go. Thanks for letting me crash here," he said, shaking their hands.

"No problem," Leonard said as Sheldon sanitized his hands after shaking Austin's hand.

"Yeah, well... Hey, here," he said, pulling out 4 tickets to his show later that night. Leonard took them in his hands.

"Wow, tickets & backstage passes to your show tonight. Thanks," Leonard said, looking at them.

"Yeah, bring a your girlfriends if you'd like. I gotta go," he said, leaving.

He walked down the 3 flights of stairs & got on his bus, then it drove off.


Meanwhile, in the apartment...

"That was cool of him giving us tickets," Leonard said.

"I suppose. Alas, I can't go."

"Wh...oh yeah. Laundry night."

"Yes & you know me. I can't let it go."

"Yes, but social protocol dictates that if someone who did something for you invites you to something, you go."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Well played. I'll just do it a few hours early. I won't feel completely whole, but at least I'll know I did it."

"Good. I'll just go tell Penny about tonight."

He went over to the door, but remembered that Penny isn't awake at this time of morning, so he went back to his apartment & watched TV with Sheldon.

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On to Part 4, if not already up...

Also, go to the end of it, to see why I added the thing with Penny, before commenting on it, judging me otherwise, or if you're curious...