A certain blonde tenant had to push past moving men a few days later just to get to her level, but gave up on going home after seeing that a dresser had been temporarily rested in front of her door. She walked into her neighbors apartment, without knocking of course, feeling right at home. "Hey guys.."She greeted, though it trailed off as she saw Sheldon on the couch, thermometer in his mouth, notebook in his lap and his board covered in symptoms and probable diagnosis's. "Oh hey Penny.."Leonard smiled, walking over from the kitchen, "Welcome home, how was your vacation?"

"Um…yeah…not even going to ask." She ruled, looking back to Leonard. "Oh it was greet! Though I didn't enjoy scalding rocks being dropped on my back…"She muttered, referring to her weekend at the Spa. "But anyways, whats with the moving crew?" "A new coworker of mine and Sheldon's is moving in upstairs…"His eyes trailed to Sheldon and then back to Penny, and after a long silence she sighed, "Ok, Ill buy it, whats the matter with Sheldon?"

"He thinks he's sick-"Leonard began to explain before being interrupted by the topic of the conversation. "Sick? Sick! Leonard, for all we know I could be dying from influenza!" He countered, letting the notebook fall onto the couch as he stood. "Sheldon-!" His roommate tried to explain but found himself talking to his back, followed by the slam of a bedroom door. "Well…"Penny sat down on the couch and picked up the apparent Sheldon-written medical journal. "Lets take a look, shall we?" She opened it, flipping through the pages, "Oh look here-" Leonard sat down next to her and she tilted the book for him to see, "Symptoms: abnormal perspiration to upper lip, palms and underarms.."She wrinkled her nose, "Increased blood flow to face resulting in reddening of the skin.." A smile began to creep over her face, "Momentary confusion, lack of secretion from the salivary glands…" She let the book fall, "Awwww!"

"What?"Leonard asked, confused as to why all of this cute in any way. "Don't you see what this means Leonard?" Penny stood, smiling. "Our little Shelly, has a crush! Ohhh fill me in! Whats her name?"She shook Leonard's shoulders but then stopped, her face full of worry, "Is it a she….right?"

"Um…I-I think so…"He said, "He did kinda freak out when he met Dr. Glassman…" "Is that the girl moving in upstairs?" She asks hopefully, and squeals when he nods a bit. "I have to meet her! We could get them together!"

"Penny I dunno if we should…you know Sheldon isn't good with…people..but Im sure it would help if you, ya' know, went in there and told him he does /not/ have the black plague…" She pouts a bit, "Fine fine…"


"Don't come in.."Sheldon answered at the knock at his door, "-Or come in anyway…"He sighed, keeping his eyes glued to his computer screen and Penny came in anyway. "Hey Sheldon…how are ya?" His neighbor seemed to have an immovable grin plastered on her face, like a girl who knew a big secret. "What do you want Penny? I don't like people in my room…." He complained, not looking up at her.

She went and sat on his bed, smiling bigger, "Well I just wanted to tell you I think I might know whats wrong with you…" A very "Sheldoneque" giggle escaped him, "Penny I could be terminally ill, if you could tell me a correct diagnosis I will /give/ you my Ph.D.." He smirked, making her narrow her eyes narrow. "Well fine maybe I wont tell you…" "No no! Do tell! I could use a good laugh."He turned in his chair to face her, smiling coyly. She sighed, "Ok listen, I think you might have a crush on that girl…you know, the one moving in upstairs." He laughed, "Penny, I don't see how I could be attracted to a woman, much less a coworker, I just met!". She got up, "Well it all adds up! Dry mouth, sweating, blushing-"

"You went in my journal!" He stood up also, in a offended stance, "I keep track of the state of my hemorrhoids in there!" "Ohhh…"Penny groaned in disgust, glad she must have skip dove that page. "What else have you looked at!" He was clearly defensive about all this, almost as much as that time she read those letters from his Me-maw, little bubbles on at the corners of his mouth and all. "I haven't looked at anything! I was just trying to help!" The fellow tenant tried to dig herself out of this hole, "Out out! Shoo shoo!" He ushered her out the door, slamming it angrily behind her. Penny found herself walking back to the living room, greeted by the site of Leonard, accompanied by the newly arrived Raja and Howard, peeking over the couch at her. "So…how did it go?"Leonard asked in a hopeful, singsong voice.

"Um…I think I made it worse…"


How could this be? She couldn't be right! Penny was….almost never right about this sort of thing!. Sheldon thought, pacing his room. Could it be possible that emotionless, socially awkward Sheldon Cooper finally had a crush? After 29 whole years? "No! I refuse to believe it!"" He said verbally, stomping his foot in a child-like manner. Though, from what he'd been told, the symptoms did add up… The only way to find the true answer to this problem? An experiment. "Alright…Ill go to her seminar..and see how that makes me feel!" He declared, pleased with himself, 'And I wager, I wont feel a thing!"

Though he for the life of him he couldn't figure out why he had the urge to wear a button up suit to a simple, everyday seminar.