TheDarkestShinobi: Well my professor and I had a long discussion on Oedipus complex and he agrees with me, somewhat. I will try and bring the conversation into the story using Beverly in the next chapter or most likely the one after that.
This does not change the base of my story though it will change some details and points.
Oh, and Medusa20. I didn't realize how the sentence could have been taken but I had meant it to be known that she kissed Leonard on the cheek.
At SpaceAnJL I watched more clips, and sort of felt they were overdoing it as well, however I can assure you I won't other than in mentioning it maybe once or twice more in reference to Oedipus. I hope you find that tolerable.
On one last note I do not usually reply to reviews in chapters but I felt a need to for these in case others had the same issues.
Thank you for the reviews and I hope this story is great too.
Chapter Start
Leonard took a few steps back in shock. Did he really do it?
Looking at the equations Leonard realized he had no idea what they meant, actually he reasoned, his knowledge on String Theory was minimal at best. Then he thought of the kid from before, the one who had torn Sheldon down saying String Theory was impossible to prove. Didn't Sheldon himself say that kid was right?
When Sheldon walked back out of his room Leonard turned away quickly not wanting give Sheldon any clues. He sent Penny a text to come back over. She had to see this. He always thought Sheldon was crazy, and he still does. Maybe all Geniuses were crazy. Either way this could be history.
You know, granted that whatever Sheldon was doing in the first place was right.
Sheldon had looked at his board annoyed and then fixed the equations and then erased his conclusion and looked back up at the top.
His original thesis on the existence of both open strings and closed strings had been disproven in his trip to the artic since the evidence supporting it had been fabricated. Since then he assumed that all the electrons and quarks existed as closed strings with the exception of when they came into contact with a D-Brane.
He had deduced the weight of the individual loops using Scandium. He smirked at the thought Sc. It was not his favorite element but he liked working with it. It was the 21st element and neither had a troublesome electronegativity factor or large molecular weight. It was a group 3B element and kept to the assumptions that followed.
He had found the actual weight. Not the weight on the Periodic table either. He had almost pleaded with the Chemistry department to let him use their equipment and when he was granted permission he had found the true weight. 44.96 was close, but not as specific as he needed. He had then subtracted the mass of the nucleus and even accounted for the possibility of ions and isotopes and preformed multiple tests.
Finding the weight of the individual strings was relatively simple.
Proving the 11th dimension wasn't. Even now he wasn't certain with that part of his work but he supposed he would be the closest than mankind would get to proving anything about this. His proof was simple to explain actually it was just incredibly difficult to think of it.
He lifted his hand and wrote down the new numbers. The electronegativity had to match. If it didn't than he was still wrong. That boy, he refused to mention his name as it still angered him, would have been right. More importantly it would mean that he, Dr. Sheldon Cooper, the Homo novus, was wrong.
He was never wrong.
He looked at the board in mild shock.
He had said it but didn't really believe it.
That number….
Was right….
SheldonxPenny
Penny entered the apartment silently, though she guessed, with the look Leonard was giving Sheldon she could infer that he had been staring into space for a long time and she could have been as noisy as she wanted and he wouldn't have moved. She looked towards him and he looked at her with a smile.
He did it
He mouthed the words and looked back at Sheldon with a look of disbelief. Penny raised an eyebrow and looked back towards Dr. whack-a-doodle. What did he do? Did he finally shut down after running out of batteries? Did he realize he was an alien? Did the mother ship come back for him?
Slowly, almost uncertainly, he raised his hand and started writing down numbers. She didn't know what any of it meant but she could guess it was big. Sheldon looked like he was deciding his own fate. Leonard had never been so quiet.
Neither have I.
She almost jumped herself when Sheldon twitched. What? She wanted to ask but knew better, Leonard would be the first to speak because he knew the science-y stuff. He would know to either comfort or congratulate.
Sheldon stepped back as if in a trance and turned back to the computer. He touched the keyboard and she watched the screen light up. She couldn't look away. Why was he acting so unsure right now? Where was his cocky usual self? And why the hell had Leonard invited her over to see this? Although she had to admit Sheldon was being very human right now. It was something she probably would have wanted to see anyway.
SheldonxPenny
If he didn't figure it out soon Leonard was going to burst and tell the crazy Physicist that he had just proved String Theory. Leonard snuck a glance at Penny and almost laughed at the look on her face. It was like she was seeing a new species of sorts. Leonard watched the laptop light up and smiled moving his hands in his pockets and standing up straighter. He knows now.
Sheldon's lip quivered.
Penny took a slow step forward.
Leonard knew he'd want to remember this moment forever. His best friend had just practically proved how the universe worked.
Shit.
He'll definitely be getting a noble prize this year.
SheldonxPenny
It was like an electrical wire.
His theory relied on that.
If the strings of electrons worked like that of electrical wires than he could use the weight and length to figure out how they repelled each other.
In other words
The electronegativity he had derived from his equations would have to match the value that had been measured before.
He knew the number he had just written down. Eidetic memory or not he had worked with the number enough times to know it by heart.
It was the electronegativity of Scandium.
He reached for his computer.
He had to be sure. He couldn't let himself get hopeful. He could very well be wrong. Again.
The laptop brightened as he touched it and he could do nothing but stare.
That same number was right there on his computer.
His thesis was true.
His formulas were correct.
His calculations were correct.
Dear Lord he had just proved string Theory.
TDS: How did I do?
Now a few more notes if you'll take the time to read.
I'm happy with this chapter. I'm beginning to understand the characters better and feel more comfortable with them and therefore am not reservedly writing but writing with my own style, a bit more detailed than the first chapters.
Secondly, I'm not sure how Sheldon is going to react after this so I'll be thinking about that for a little bit. Is it a cocky "I told you I'd do it" or a very reserved "what mistake did I miss" and then Leonard will be supportive, will the others? I'm not exactly sure yet.
Sheldon's semi silence will be broken eventually but I (regardless if I am ready to write Sheldon lingo) felt this should have been a silent moment.
On another note. I am not a theoretical physicist. I do not understand everything but I do have an understanding at about this level so I will not dig too much deeper than this, if I dig anymore at all. I will be explaining more from Sheldon to Penny I believe so things will seem simpler if you didn't understand this stuff
Now I've said my piece.
Thank you for reading.
I'll ask again. How did I do?
