A retelling of the first episode where Sheldon lives alone in apartment 4B and meets two young ladies who move in across the hall. Part 6, Sheldon has a day of scientific discussion. Everything belongs to Lorre and Prady.
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Within a month of meeting his new neighbours across the hall Sheldon had got into a new routine. Monday mornings he would go to Caltech to discuss Physics with his colleagues, he would have lunch with Leonard and Howard before returning to his apartment. Thursday nights he would have pizza across the hall with his neighbours and their boyfriends. Apart from that he would stay in his apartment and think about his Physics.
Monday lunchtime and Sheldon was with Leonard and Howard having lunch in the canteen.
"That was another interesting morning of scientific discussion. Dr. Winkle has got some good ideas, I just wish she wasn't so rude in the way she discusses things."
"That's our Leslie" said Leonard "she is quite a character. Did you know that we dated a couple of times before I met Penny."
"Tell me about your work Mr. Wolowitz, I have been talking Physics all morning, what's new in your world of engineering?"
"Thank you for being so considerate Dr. Cooper. I am working on an infrared camera for a NASA Venus spacecraft that is under construction to fly in 2 years time."
"Fascinating, so you hope to see through the clouds around that planet."
"That's right Dr. Cooper, not bad for a man without a Ph.D."
"How is Bernadette doing with her Ph.D?"
"I've not seen her since pizza last Thursday, she said she had a lot of work to do this weekend before she meets her Ph.D supervisor tomorrow."
"Thank you for joining me for lunch gentlemen. Could you please excuse me, Professor Gablehauser wants to see me before I go back home."
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15 minutes later.
"Good afternoon Professor Gablehauser, thank you for seeing me."
"How was your discussion this morning Dr. Cooper?"
"Very interesting, it is nice to be able to discuss my Physics research with people who understand what I am talking about."
"Indeed, thank you for emailing me your latest paper."
"Yes, this has just been submitted. This paper is authored by Cooper, Hofstadter, Kripke and Winkle. My first non-single author paper in six years..."
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Sheldon had just walked up stairs and was about to open the door of his apartment when Bernadette appeared from across the hall.
"Oh good, you are home Dr. Cooper, I need to talk to you. Would you like a cup of tea?"
"Is it about your thesis work, your boyfriend mentioned at lunchtime about your meeting tomorrow."
5 minutes later, over a cup of tea, Bernadette explained her problem.
"Penny is doing my Cheesecake Factory lunch shift today as I have my monthly meeting with my Ph.D supervisor tomorrow. She wants to see a completed thesis chapter and I want your advice."
"Let's have a look at this chapter then."
"It's about my research on one particular bacterium..."
1 hour later.
"What do you think of my suggested changes Bernadette?"
"It looks a lot better now."
"You had everything in there but you didn't emphasise enough in the conclusions. Let me know how things go with your supervisor tomorrow. If you will excuse me I will go back to my apartment now. Thank you for the tea."
"Thank you Dr. Cooper, see you on Thursday for pizza?"
"I shall see you at 7.00pm. Good day to you Bernadette."