A/N I just noticed that in chapter five, when Anne solved out that equation, it was supposed to say I (heart) u. (You know, like the heart you write when you are texting.) Instead it says 'i3u' and that makes no sense… sorry! :/

Anyway,

Chapter nine/ten

Howard knocked on Raj's door and waited for a second before it opened. Raj smiled at the sight of his best friend and let him in.

"How did it go at the hospital?" Raj asked.

"Well… it was interesting. I chatted with Sheldon's cousin for a bit before we walked up to Sheldon's room..."

"That's nice," Raj grabbed a water bottle out of the refrigerator and offered it to Howard.

"Thanks, buddy. But, uhmm…" Howard to the water bottle and studied how the light shined through it.

"Yeah?" Raj opened his own bottle of water and started drinking it.

"When Anne and I walked into Sheldon's room he was… well he and Penny… they were kissing." Raj spit out his water and started choking. "DUDE…! What the hell!" he coughed out as Howard rushed over to him.

"That's what I said!" Howard made sure Raj was okay before he grabbed some paper towels and cleaned up the water from the floor.

"So, Penny was kissing Sheldon on purpose?" Raj confirmed, still in shock.

"I guess so," Howard shrugged. "I didn't stay very long after that. It was a little creepy, as you can imagine."

"Wow…" he sat down and looked out the window. "What is this world coming to?" he asked no one in particular. This made Howard laugh and he threw away the paper towels.

"Ready to go, now that you made me clean the floor?" Howard asked jokingly.

"I didn't make you do anything!" Raj exclaimed as he walked towards the door and his friend followed close behind.

"I didn't see that coming, I'll admit it," Anne told Sheldon. Penny had left to go to work at the Cheesecake Factory.

"Honestly, I didn't either," Sheldon replied. "I had considered the idea of Penny and I together earlier, but I came to the conclusion it would only happen in a parallel universe. I suppose we-" Sheldon was cut off by a nurse walking in the door. She was the one who had been checking up on him lately. Her name was Gina. "Again?" Sheldon asked her exasperatedly.

"Shelly, don't be rude!" Anne scolded him and pinched him. The nurse snickered.

"I see Mrs. Cooper has left," the nurse named Gina commented. She was referring to Penny, something everyone kept forgetting.

"Yes, she had to go to work," Sheldon replied after a moment.

"Are you just coming to check up on him?" Anne asked Gina, referring to her cousin.

"Actually, no. We need to give him a different type of medication now, it will help the burns." She started preparing a needle. "Oh, and I'm supposed to warn you, it might make you a little, uhh, loopy," she told them.

"Uh oh." Anne knew this wouldn't be good. Anything that made a normal person a little loopy made Sheldon a lot loopy. This could end badly.

Gina seemed content with the needle she was working with and walked over to Sheldon's side. She cleaned off a spot on his arm with an alcohol-soaked cotton ball. As she stuck it into his arm he wrinkled his nose. He hated needles when he was little. Anne could remember him lecturing her about the importance of shots, but how there should be a less painful method than needles.

"All done!" Gina said. "If you need anything, either of you, just press the little call button there," she pointed to a button on the wall. She must've said that because of the special medicine. Great, this is gonna be fantastic, Anne thought.

Gina left the room and Anne looked over at her cousin. "You've gotten much better at tolerating needles!" she tried to get a conversation going. She wanted to visit with the normal Sheldon for as long as possible.

"I grew up, Anne. And you did too, I'm assuming. You're not still scared to death of arachnids, are you?"

"Of course not!" she lied. "When you went off to college I didn't have my Moonpie to get rid of them for me. I had to fend for myself!" she said dramatically and they laughed. Anne used to act dramatically like that all the time and it would always make him laugh. She was relieved she still had it in her.

"What did you end up going tocollegefor, AnnaBananana?" Sheldon's words started slurring together and he wasn't making any sense. Wow, that medication takes affect real quick! Alright, here we go… Anne prepared herself for whatever he might say next.

"Anne, is the room spinning or is it just me?" Sheldon put a hand to his head and started swaying back and forth. Anne stood up and gently nudged him to lean back and lie down.

"Nope, it's just you Shelly. C'mon 'n lay down alright?" She pulled the covers up to his shoulders and tucked him in. "Cozy?"

"Mhmmm…" he replied.

"Try 'n go to sleep, okay?" she smiled and he closed his eyes. She started to walk away.

"Anne, wait." She turned around and his bright blue eyes were wide open again. "Stay with me?" he started to sit up.

"Alright, Moonpie. I'll stay." She tucked him back in and combed his hair with her fingers. "Nighty, night, Shelly," she whispered. She kissed him on the forehead and sat on the bed next to him until he fell asleep.

Leonard glanced at his watch as he entered the hospital. 8:14. He only had sixteen minutes before visiting hours were over, but he needed to talk to Sheldon. He needed to get everything clear in his head, and only Sheldon could help him do that.

The receptionist lead him back to Sheldon's room and he entered. Sheldon was asleep in the hospital bed, he had been tucked in neatly. He looked over and saw Anne had fallen asleep in a chair next to his bed. Her bright pink heels had been kicked off her feet and lay on the floor next to her purse and brown leather jacket.

He saw how much they looked alike. They both had pale, flawless, skin. Anne's hair was a little reddish, but it still resembled Sheldon's. And when their eyes were open, they were almost the same color, Anne's had little tints of green, though. Both were thin, but Anne was pretty short, unlike her sky scraper of a cousin. Anne was actually really pretty… stop it, Leonard. That's Sheldon's cousin. That's just weird…

Leonard walked over to Sheldon and whispered his name. He didn't respond, so Leonard poked him.

"Danger! Danger!" Sheldon exclaimed, and shot into an upright position. Anne blinked her eyes open and looked over at the two men.

"Jesus, Shelly! Do you have to shout like that?" she asked sleepily.

"Leonardwokemeup!" He was still talking funny, this time he noticed and started laughing. "didyaherethat?" he covered his mouth with his hand and laughed again.

"Oh, Lord…" Anne sat up.

"What's wrong with him?" Leonard asked. He was watching Sheldon carefully, he seemed amazed.

"The nurse drugged him. I was hoping it'd go away by the time he woke up." She yawned and pulled herself out of the chair.

"Hey Leonard! Guess what?" Sheldon asked his friend. For the moment being, his voice was normal. Sheldon fluffed his pillow dramatically.

"What is it, Sheldon?"

"I'M BATMAN!" Leonard rolled his eyes. He'd been in this position before when Howard drugged the brainiac. Anne walked over to Sheldon and patted him on the shoulder. She bent down so that she was at eye-level with him and said very carefully, "Sheldon, you are not Batman, you are Sheldon Cooper."

"Sheldon Cooper isn't as fun as Batman!" he complained.

"Yes he is," Anne insisted. "Right, Leonard? Moonpie's a lot of fun!" she turned to Leonard and mouthed the words 'help me!'

"Yeah!" Leonard told his best friend. "Sheldon is the funnest person around."

"Funnest isn't a word, Leonard. But I suppose I can be Sheldon…" Anne sighed. "Sheldon isn't too bad, Sheldon got Penny to ki—"

"SHELDON! NO!" Anne shouted at him. Leonard looked at the two of them and looked hopelessly confused.

"What?" Sheldon looked at Anne. "I was onlygonnasaythatPe—"

"NO, SHELLY!" Anne said again. She put her hands on her hips. "Bad boy! Bad, bad, Moonpie! You keep your goddamn trap shut, alright? Now go to bed this instant!" Anne's voice got a strong southern accent as she yelled at him. Sheldon cowered behind his blankets, "Yes, Meemaw. Sorry, Meemaw," he squeaked out and lied down. He shut his eyes tightly and Anne sighed. She felt a pang of guilt rise inside her and she tried to ignore it. That was the only way she knew how to get him to shut up. She grabbed her heels with one hand and her purse and jacket in the other. She waved for the speechless Leonard to follow her out into the hallway. When they got out of the room and the door was closed, Anne slipped her heels and her jacket on.

"When I was eleven I learned how to yell at him like that, so I sounded just like Meemaw when she got real mad." she told him. She ran her fingers through her hair and her bangs fell back over her forehead.

"What was he going to say?" Leonard asked.

"Oh, nothing…" she started walking down the hallway.

"Wait!" Leonard called and ran after her. "Where are you going?" She turned around and looked down at Leonard. She was about his height when she wasn't wearing the heels, but with them she felt slightly superior.

"Well, I figured I'd go say hi to Penny at the Cheesecake Factory. Maybe I'll get something to eat. Maybe I'll just go to the bar, I don't know yet." She turned back around and continued strutting down the hall. He started following her again and she turned around one more time.

"One more thing," she told him and leaned in closer to his face, "I suggest you come with me. You owe Penny one hell of an apology."

A/N How'd you like the drugged up Moonpie? ;) I had fun writing that part, I hope you liked it. I've been going around saying "I'm Batman" for about a week now cuz I re-watched that episode and I just had to put it in there.

Anyway, I hope you liked it, review if you like! Love you all!