Chapter 6
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Amy woke up and looked at her clock. 9 am. It was ok though, she had emailed work last night and told them that she was going to come in later today. She needed to start clearing out her lab to make space for some projects that were waiting for lab space.
She looked over at her nightstand, and grabbed her phone. There were five text messages, three from Sheldon and two from Bernadette.
Amy, I hope you are feeling better this morning. Please remember to go to the doctor to get your leg examined, and please apply the Polysporin to it so that it does not get infected. Sheldon.
She smiled and went down to the next text.
Amy, I realize that that last text was not the most thoughtful text to wake up to in light of last night. Please reverse the order of the texts in your mind, and read the next one as the first one and the first one as the last one. Sheldon.
She started laughing, and opened the next text.
Good morning my Amy. I hope that a good night sleep has restored your mind and body to a calm peaceful state. I miss you terribly already. Is it ok that I text you? Email? ILY Sheldon.
Oh Sheldon….he always can make me smile, albeit sometimes unintentionally, thought Amy. She loved it when he called her "My Amy". She also noticed that he had signed off with an I love you. Sheldon was so easy to love, she simply, unabatedly adored him. But was she trapping him? Forcing him into a physical relationship that he wasn't interested in? She looked over at her framed picture of Sheldon sitting on Santa's lap and sighed. She felt so confused.
Amy glanced at her phone and saw there were two texts from Bernadette. She wasn't sure if she wanted to read the texts. Penny and Bernadette had been so cruel to her. They had been vicious, and knew exactly what to say to cause maximum hurt. What kind of friends did that? Their words were burned into her brain, she knew that she would never be able to forget them.
Should she read the texts or just delete it? Well curiosity might kill this cat if she doesn't open it, she clicked on Bernadette name and the text messages opened.
Amy, I am so incredibly sorry for what I said to you last night. I don't feel right talking about this over text. Can I come by to see you today? Please let me know.
Amy, I didn't mean what I said to you. I'm so sorry, can we please talk? Please call me.
Hmm….Amy didn't know what to make of Bernadette's texts. Bernadette and her had been getting closer lately. Initially, she had just thought of her as Penny's little annoying friend. They had recently started getting closer when they went on their work conference together, doing activities with the guys, making the death star cake together, partying together in Vegas, planning and decorating their prom together. She had started to feel very close to the little blonde dynamo. That being said, this was not the first time that Bernadette had lashed out at her though. She had made fun of her relationship with Sheldon multiple times and this was the second time she mentioned that she was had no sex appeal.
Amy felt like Penny was slowly withdrawing from her. She had always considered Penny her bestie, but as Penny started questioning what she wanted to do with her life she seemed to be pulling away. She knew that Penny and Sheldon had always been close friends, but lately she felt that she was more just Sheldon's friend, and not hers.
She never did any activities what Amy wanted to do. She constantly mocked her wardrobe and interests. She never phoned her when Sheldon fled out of town to tell her what happened. When she did find out about Sheldon leaving at their apartment, Penny just played with her nails and looked unconcerned. While Sheldon was gone, Penny was always busy, and didn't seem to have time for her, even though she was going through the worst time in her life.
It spoke volumes to Amy that she got a text from Bernadette and not Penny.
Just then, Amy's cell phone buzzed. It was a text from Penny.
Ames, had too much to drink last night. We all said some stupid stuff, let's just forget last night happened. Shopping later? Oh yeah, Moonpie is freaking out about your break. What is that about? Call him before he gets to Level 5 crazy. He's already halfway there – he took my key!
Amy read the text message over and over again. She didn't even apologize! That was it…..Amy was angry. Level 5 Crazy Assed Angry.
Knock, Knock, Knock "Dr. Gablehauser?"
Knock, Knock, Knock "Dr. Gablehauser?"
Knock, Knock, Knock "Dr. Gablehauser?"
"Dr. Cooper please come in."
"Thank-you." Sheldon strode over to the chair in front of the desk and sat down. "You requested to see me?"
"Dr. Cooper, this is regarding your work on Dark Matter"
"Yes, what about it?"
"Well, you were hired at Caltech specifically for your work and research on string theory. I know that you are no longer interested in pursuing string theory and want to focus on dark matter. The problem is that we had a deal."
"Deal?"
"Yes, a deal. You were promoted and were to teach a class. I notice that you have not been teaching at all"
"It's not my fault that nobody signed up for my class. I would think the young minds of today would be clamouring to sign up for a course taught by the great Dr. Sheldon Cooper. But I guess there is no accounting for taste these days. I have held up my side of the bargain, by offering a class. I have also been making progress on my research in dark matter."
"Dr. Cooper, I am quite surprised at you. That you would give up so easily."
"Give up? Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper does not give up!" Sheldon looked at Gablehauser puzzled.
"String theory is the holy grail of theoretical physics. The greatest minds in the world are working on finding the grand unification theory. I thought you were one of those great minds that would be trailblazing the way. Instead you get frustrated and give up and move on?"
"String theory is hopelessly unprovable!" Sheldon was getting worked up. "Even if I did make a breakthrough, how could we prove it? It is almost impossible to test these theories."
"I guess we should tell all the scientists at CERN to go home then…. Dr. Cooper, let me put it to you this way. String theory is the buzz in the physics world, it's sexy, it's gets people interested in physics…rich people."
"How you fundraise is not my concern."
"Well it should be your concern. These funds pay your salary. I have money allotted for String Theory research, dark matter research funding is limited. Unless a brilliant physicist publishes something new and exciting in the field of dark matter in the next month, then I have no choice to request you to return to string theory research."
"A month!? This is ridiculous! You are trying to strong arm me into moving back into string theory. We had a deal which I fulfilled. You can't go back on your word."
"Our deal was that you teach a class, which has not been fulfilled. Dr. Cooper, try to look at this as an opportunity. You can get the world interested in Dark Matter with your findings which will spur interest and funding, or you can go back to working on the holy grail of physics – string theory. The choice is yours."
"Well it doesn't feel like I have a lot of choice now does it?" Sheldon huffed. He stood up and walked towards the door. "I will let you know what I decide." He rushed to the door and walked out.
Sheldon was sitting in his office, blowing in and out of a paper bag. "I need to keep calm, I need to keep calm" he muttered to himself. Everything was going wrong. He needed to fix his relationship with Amy. He needed to fix his problems with touching and intimacy. He needed to prove a new theory in dark matter in the next month! Good lord, how was he ever going to do that? It was almost impossible.
No, No! Nothing was impossible for him. If anyone could figure everything out it was him. He just needed to make a plan. He pulled together three white boards and started scrawling on them. His work on proton decay was coming along, but he was nowhere near a solid theorem and therefore could not publish until he had that. He needed time to think….the only way would be to sleep less…a lot less. That didn't seem to work last time, he had started hallucinating. Perhaps he could sleep for two hours every four hours? That way he would still get eight hours of sleep, albeit at weird times. He could sleep at the office some nights, to save time commuting and getting ready. Ok, so that was the plan for work.
He looked at his next board, he needed to fix his relationship with Amy so that she understood that he did desire her and move toward greater intimacy. How was he going to do that? He got so panicked every time he thought of greater intimacy. He needed to talk to someone about this…someone he trusted implicitly. Penny was out of the question. Leonard? He was his best friend, but he felt like everything he told him would go back to Penny. He needed someone who knew him and would call him out when needed. He snapped his fingers…he knew who he needed to talk to. Missy.
He started to write out what he needed to talk to Missy about on his whiteboard. Wait…people couldn't see this. Perhaps he should write everything backwards? To easy… Perhaps write backwards meld every second and third word together, and then switch the third, fifth and seventh letters in each word? Perfect. It looked like complete nonsense on the board. He wrote a list of things to talk to Missy about in his new code until the board was filled.
He needed supplies now. Food, water, change of clothes, toothbrush, blankets, pillow. It was time to talk to Alex. Sheldon rushed out of the office to go talk to her.
"Sheldon?" Leonard quietly knocked on Sheldon's office door. The office was empty. Leonard, Howard and Raj walked in.
The three of them looked up at Sheldon's white boards. One board was covered in equations, pictures and a weird sleeping schedule. The other two boards were filled with words that looked like complete gibberish.
"He's writing in code" Howard said.
"Oh good Lord…I think he's finally cracked." Leonard sighed.
A/N: I like the idea of Sheldon being close to his twin Missy. I found the twins I know in my life have always had a very close special bond. Next chapter will have more Penny and Bernadette. Thank-you for all your reviews!