A/N: First I must say I am so sorry about the delay. I had hoped to have this finished before the weekend started and maybe up by Monday but as Murphy's Law would state I spilled a half of glass of water on my laptop. Thank goodness it dried over the weekend so I didn't have to reinvent the wheel which was already more than halfway completed. Thanks for your patience.
So no one got my little clue about Amy going to see Sheldon at work...well sorry folks hold on to your hats we have a bit of angst coming this way which will be resolved very quickly.
Thanks as always to Boys3allC for your help in polishing this up. I feel like this story is both of ours. Now for those of you that don't know her...go read her stuff it's awesome too.
Now here's my disclaimer...I don't own these characters well except for Hannah, she is all mine.
"Hey Amy. I am so glad you could join us. Come on in." Penny said.
She walked into the apartment to have her first girls' night ever.
Amy wasn't sure what to expect. She was so happy to have been invited to a girls' night that she just said yes without even she was nervous, almost as nervous as she had been on her first date with Sheldon. She wanted these girls to like her so badly. But as it had been with dating, her track record for making female friends was not the best. In fact Amy had never really had any close friends male or female. Amy wanted to make a good impression, she was worried about how she was dressed. Penny told her to dress comfortable so she had brought a change of clothing with her. Amy did not own anything she would deem especially comfortable so she had purchased a gray sweat suit. Then when she walked in she saw Bernadette was wearing a dress so she felt she could get away with her skirt and blouse.
"So girls, what shall we do tonight?" Penny asked sitting on the couch with her feet tucked up under her.
"Why don't we just stay in and get to know Amy." Bernadette suggested.
"Oh there isn't a lot to get to know." Amy said embarrassed there truly was not much to get to know about her, her life thus far had been spectacularly boring.
"Nonsense." Bernadette said. "Tell us about yourself, like where are you from for starters?"
"Well I grew up in Santa Barbara with my mom and dad. My father died when I was ten. Then it was just me and my mother until I graduated from high school at sixteen two years earlier than I should have." Not bragging just explaining why she was so young when she graduated.
"Wow! You must be like super smart like Sheldon, you know he graduated from high school early too." Penny said.
"Well yes, but not quite like Sheldon he graduated at eleven, by sixteen he already a Phd." Amy said the admiration clear in her voice, Penny and Bernadette exchanged glances. They really want to hear more about their relationship but that could wait until later.
"So what do you do for fun?" Bernadette asked.
"Well I like to quilt, I am hard core into quilting and I read medieval literature. Oh and I play the harp" She answered.
"Anything else?" Penny asked not at all interested in these things but wanting to find something in common with her.
"No not really." She says shaking her head but knowing she sounds kind of lame she continues." I am really into my work, my research is very important to me and takes up a lot of my time. What do you do Bernadette?" She hadn't really had the time to talk to Bernadette the night before.
"Well I work at the Cheesecake Factory with Penny. But during the day I am going to school to become a microbiologist." She answered.
"I thought about microbiology when I was picking my field but I just loved studying the brain." Amy commented
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"What are you researching right now?" Bernadette asked very curious it would be nice to have someone to talk shop to.
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"We are studying aging right now but it really isn't that much fun. What I am really interested in is addiction and its affects on the brains of primates. I will hopefully be getting a chance to start the research soon . In fact we will know by the end of the week."
"Oh now that sounds interesting." Bernadette said to her.
"Actually I agree." Penny said. "If you can find out what makes someone become addicted to something you may be able to prevent it in the first place." Penny was thinking about her brother who was going through yet another stint in rehab.
"Not exactly what we will be doing but very close." Amy said smiling pleased that she does not seem to be boring them with work talk.
"So Amy, we were thinking of watching a movie, do you have any preferences?" Penny asked her trying to change the subject to something she could understand.
"I love old French movies, I speak a little french so I find them fascinating. I also love a good romance story." She answered.
"I love romantic movies too! My favorite is The Notebook, Amy what is your favorite?" Penny asked.
"Oh I love An Affair to Remember." She answered.
"That's one of my favorites as well." Bernadette cooed. " Cary Grant is so dreamy, and the way they vow to met each other on the top of the Empire State Building."
"I have never seen it before is that where the whole meet me on top of the Empire State Building thing comes from?" Penny asked.
"I can't believe you have never seen it, it is one of the most romantic movies of all times." Bernadette told her
"Well now I have to see it, do you think Netflix has it?" Penny said looking it up. "Oh good they have it." She said.
"Great. I'll make the popcorn." Bernadette said.
"I'll get drinks. Amy, would you like a glass of wine or something else?" Penny asked.
"I'll have water." She answered. "I'm not much of a drinker." Like never at all Amy thought, a little nervous Penny might exude some of that peer pressure her mother had always warned her about.
"Sure no problem." Penny said pouring her a glass of water and bringing it to her.
The girls watched the movie and enjoyed it very much. Although at the end they are all in tears. It was getting late and Penny and Bernadette were drinking quite a bit.
"All right, time to open Bachelor Number Two." Penny said opening a second bottle of wine.
"Gee, I don't know if I should drink more. I have to drive home, and I've got enough trouble seeing over the dashboard as it is." Bernadette commented.
"That's okay. You can just sleep here." Penny said to her meaning she could just crash on her couch, but Amy gets excited.
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"Oh good a slumber party! We'll do makeovers, initiate phony phone calls, and have spirited pillow fights in our frilly nighties!" Amy was super excited, when she was younger she had always dreamed of being invited to one
"Oh, gosh, Amy. I don't know if I would call this an actual slumber party." Penny said to her trying to tamp down her expectations..
"Well, that's disappointing. I've always wanted to be invited to a slumber party." Amy said sadly. She was hoping she could stay too. She was really enjoying herself with these girls.
"Oh, you never were?" Bernadette asked her
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"Not even when you were a kid?" Penny asked.
"Well, there was the time I had my tonsils out, and I shared a room with a little Vietnamese girl. She didn't make it through the night, but up till then, it was kind of fun." Amy answered. She knew it didn't count but that was the closet she had ever come. "I never really had many friends growing up." Amy admits sadly and something about the pitiful look on her face almost breaks Penny's heart. If Ay wants a sleepover then they would have a sleepover.
"Okay. Well, I guess we're having a slumber party. Oh!" Penny exclaimed as something hit her in the face.
"Pillow fight!" Amy screamed.
The rest of the night the girls had a good time piling as much classic sleepover fun as they could into the night for Amy's sake. Much to Amy's surprise one of her favorite activities of the night was doing make overs. Amy had never put much stock in wearing makeup but the girls insisted. After they applied the make up to her face and held a mirror up to her she felt so glamorous. Amy wondered what Sheldon would think if he saw her with cat eyes and lip gloss, would he think she looked pretty like this.
Amy had a wonderful time, she really felt like she was making up for all the fun she ha missed as a child. About half way through the night, Penny, who was a bit tipsy decided to ask Amy some personal questions.
"So the other night, I heard you and Sheldon talking about past experiences and I know you overheard. Did you really have 128 orgasms?" Penny asked her impressed.
Bernadette spit out the wine she was drinking. "128! You go girl!" She said to her pumping her tiny fist.
"It's not what it sounds like." Amy started to explain. "We were doing a study at work and they needed test subjects. I needed to pay off my student loans and they were offering a good amount of money. They used electrodes to stimulate the pleasure centers of my brain. The whole experience was rather clinical and embarrassing."
"That actually sounds interesting." Penny said. "Are they still conducting the experiments?" Penny was thinking she could use some extra cash and that orgasms for dollars sounded like a great way to do it.
"No that study was 5 years ago." Amy answered.
"Oh well worth a shot." Penny said.
"So Sheldon told me that you were an actress, have you had any big parts?" Amy asked curiously.
"No not really. I did a production of Anne Frank over a bowling alley a couple of years ago. But I haven't had any big rolls. I have an audition next week for a role on a new sitcom."
"Can you do comedy?" Bernadette asked her.
"In my acting class we do a lot of improve and I have been practicing being funny. I usually get a few laughs from my fellow classmates."
"Well good luck." Amy said.
"Thank you, I think I could get this one. I have been practicing for two weeks. Leonard has been a big help. He has been running lines with me. I think he feels guilty for never helping me before and when that bitch upstairs moved in, he was all over helping her."
"Which bitch?" Bernadette asked.
"Alicia." Penny answered.
"Oh yeah I remember you telling me about her. Whatever happened to her?"
"Who's Alicia?" Amy asked. She wanted to be a part of gossip. She never had friends in high school and she was beginning to see the appeal of talking about other girls. Though usually she was the one the other girls were talking about.
"She was this girl who moved in above Sheldon and Leonard. She was an actress like me, well not exactly like me, she actually got parts. But we found out that she slept her way into them. Anyway the guys fawned all over her, well except for Sheldon." Penny said.
"What happened to her?" Amy was curious.
"Oh I heard she got some big part in a movie and she moved in with her producer boyfriend." Penny said.
"It sounds like the guys were being used." Amy commented.
"They totally were and she had the audacity to accuse me of the same thing."
"Well Penny from what you have told me…" Bernadette started.
"Okay, okay maybe when I first met them I was using them a bit but once I got to know them I found them to be very enjoyable. Alicia was just using them. Even Sheldon saw it and he doesn't usually notice anything." Penny stated thinking about how oblivious Sheldon had been to Ramona and her little manipulations.
"How would you know that?" Amy asked curiously.
"Oh well um,…" Penny wasn't sure where to start. She didn't think she should tell Amy about Sheldon's past.
"Sheldon has told me he dated in the past. It is not a secret if that is what you are worried about." Amy told her.
"Oh well then, did he tell you about Ramona?" She asked.
"I don't remember that name. He told me about a Heidi, Leslie and a Martha." Amy said.
"Oh those were the ones he slept with." Penny said.
"Sheldon slept with Leslie too?" Bernadette asked shocked.
"Yeah, he was the first of the guys." Penny commented.
"First?" Amy asked.
"Well yeah, Leslie is a bit of a slut. She has pretty much made her way through the science department at Caltech and she has slept with three of the four guys in our little group."
"Who else?" Bernadette asked.
"Leonard." Penny answered.
"So who did she sleep with first, Leonard or Howard?" Bernadette was curious.
"Leonard. It was about a month after I moved in to this apartment. Sheldon came over to me for advice when it happened. He didn't know what a tie on the doorknob meant." Penny laughed at the memory.
"What does it mean?" Amy asked.
"You don't know either? Geez you guys are really meant for each other." Penny said. "A tie on a doorknob is an old college trick. It means you don't want your roommate to come into the room."
"Oh. Well my first roommate was a bit of a nerd like me then I didn't have one after my first semester. I lived alone." Amy said.
"That's sad. Well anyway, Sheldon was totally clueless and had no idea how to act. That is how I found out about him and Leslie. He was not happy about her being there and he was sure she was using Leonard. He was right. Leslie stayed with Howard the longest." Penny said.
"I didn't know that." Bernadette said.
"So not to change the subject, but we were talking about a girl named Ramona." Amy wanted to get back to the original topic. She was not jealous but she was curious to hear more about his past and why he left this woman off his list.
"Oh yeah, Ramona was a graduate student who took a liking to Sheldon. Sheldon took quite a liking to her as well. He asked her to come over for dinner and they were discussing one of his papers and then they started working on another paper. Well she basically took over his life for the month they dated."
"Took over how exactly?" Amy asked curiously
"Well for starters she would not let him play Halo or paintball."
"Really and he allowed that?" Bernadette knew how seriously the guys took their paintball and Halo games.
"Yes and he seemed fine with it. She kept him focused. The guys asked me to talk to him and then she accused me of being in love with Sheldon."
"Like that would ever happen." Bernadette laughed.
"Why?" Amy asked. She was happy to hear that but wanted to know the reasoning.
"Well for one, I would kill him, I mean he is a nice guy but sometimes he annoys me so bad." Penny started. "And two we will only ever be just friends. Sheldon is like a brother to me. I know he is several years older but at times he seems so young and naïve. So I feel like it is my duty protect him."
"That's sweet." Amy said glad Sheldon has a friend like Penny in his life.
"Yes and please know I am not interested in him like that at all. I was extremely impressed with his intelligence the day I met him and his boards were very cool, but I don't understand half the stuff he says. Someday I may get it but I haven't in the four years I've known him."
"So he is too smart for you?" Bernadette asked.
"Uh, yeah! He's too smart for a lot of people, even Leonard and he is a genius too. I wonder how anyone gets him at all."
"He isn't that hard to understand." Amy said thinking he was probably the only person she had every met who understood her and wondering if he felt the same way about her.
"It doesn't surprise me that you understand him. I had a feeling you did." Penny said.
"Why is that?" Amy asked pleased and curious.
"Because he has asked you out four times this week." Penny pointed out holding out four fingers for extra empathize.
"He didn't do that with anyone else?" Amy inquired.
"Well with Ramona she sort of just showed up and then didn't really leave. He kind of just accepted it, and went with it, but I never got the feeling he wanted her there. Now with you… I probably should shut up now. I have a tendency to blab when I drink too much. Just know that Sheldon likes you like a lot. I have seen the way you light up when you talk about him or hear his name so I would say you like him too."
"Well I have never been gotten a third date with a guy until Sheldon let alone the fourth that we went on today. I do enjoy his company." Amy said not wanting to tell Penny how much. If the girl is an admitted blabber mouth she did not want her telling Sheldon later.
"Well he enjoys yours as well. Have you set another date?" Penny asked.
"Yes, he asked me to join you guys on Tuesday. I am not sure I will be able to make it just because of our end of study, but I am going to be going to his lab for lunch on Thursday."
"Oh wow, now I know that is a special date. Sheldon doesn't ask many people to see his research." Penny said.
"I didn't know." Amy blushed.
The girls settled in and watched another movie before they all fell asleep around two in the morning. Amy was so happy. She felt she had made two good friends that evening and could see herself hanging out with them again. She hoped she made a good impression on them.
Sunday morning, Amy woke up around ten o clock, much later then her usual wake up time. Penny and Bernadette were still sleeping and Amy didn't know what she should do. Not wanting to wake her new friends, and not knowing if it was rude to leave without saying goodbye, she decided to clean up the dishes from the evening before. Amy actually hated leaving dishes in the sink overnight but it was Penny's apartment so she didn't say anything. Penny wandered out about twenty minutes later.
"Geez now I know you and Sheldon are meant for each other. About a week after I moved in, Sheldon broke into this apartment and cleaned it up while I was sleeping. Now here you are doing my dishes while I am sleeping." Penny said.
"Oh I hope I didn't offend you." Amy said. "I just hate dirty dishes in a sink."
"No not at all. At least you didn't break in to do it. You were already here. Can I make you a cup of coffee or something?" She asked starting her coffee pot.
"Do you have tea? I am not much of a coffee drinker."
"I have a box of regular tea. I don't have a lot of variety like Sheldon." She answered.
"Oh plain is fine. Do you have honey?" Amy asked.
"I think so." She answered.
The girls had their breakfast and talked a little bit more. Before they knew it, it was noon and Amy's phone was ringing for the fourth time. It had been ringing every fifteen minutes since 11:00.
"Geez Amy whoever is trying to get in touch with you, is really persistent." Bernadette said.
"Is it Sheldon?" Penny asked.
"Nope my mother." Amy knew without even looking.
"Why is she calling? And why so often?" Penny was curious.
"She's nosy." Amy started. "I promised her yesterday I would call her this morning. I didn't know I would be spending the night so she probably thinks I am dead in a ditch or something."
"Maybe you should answer it." Bernadette told her.
"You may be right. This will just continue until I eventually answer or she drives the two hours to come check on me." Amy said. "I really need to get going anyway. I will shoot her a quick text telling her I will call when I get home. Listen I had a really great time and thank you for including me."
"Anytime." Penny said. "I had fun too. Hopefully we will see you Tuesday."
"Like I said I am not sure but if I can I will be there." Amy said. "Goodbye." She left the apartment and was about to walk down the stairs. She hadn't heard the door from 4A open right after she walked out of Penny's.
"Well hello there." Sheldon said to her his voice deep and low and Amy jumped.
"Oh hello Sheldon. You startled me." She said holding her hand to her chest feeling her heart thud wildly. She could not tell if it was from her scare or from seeing him standing in the doorway his eyes sweeping over her.
"What are you doing here this morning?" Sheldon asked her.
"Oh well the girls and I decided to have a sleepover after they got a little tipsy." She answered. "I was just on my way out."
"That is nice. Did the girls treat you alright? I would hate to have to lose two friends and possibly their significant others if they didn't." He said to her and she did not know if he was serious or not but she appreciated the sentiment.
"We had a great time. It was my first slumber party ever." Amy said excitedly. "Listen I really have to go, but how about we Skype later and I can tell you all about it?" It was the first time she initiated any contact with him.
"I look forward to it." He said and he leaned in close Amy's whole body tensed up in anticipation and gave her a soft kiss on the cheek, Amy blushed furiously.
"Okay I will talk to you later." She stuttered. She didn't know why she was so flushed all of a sudden like the temperature in the hallway had been cranked up to hades.. As she made her way down the stairs, she could still smell his lingering baby powder smell and feel his lips on her cheek.
Sheldon was proud of himself, he had heard the girls talking for the better part of two hours. Yet he had restrained himself and had not gone over to see them. Sheldon had wanted to see why they were all still there but figured eventually they would leave. So he just kept his ear out, lingering by his doorway. When he heard Penny's door open he peered out the peep hole and saw Amy leaving. So he quietly opened the door wanting to surprise her. The image of her jumping in surprise still made him chuckle inwardly. It seemed as if she had a good time with the girls and for that he was grateful. He could see her being in his life for a long time and he wanted his friends to get along with her. Sheldon wanted to hear Penny's point of view and went over to her apartment.
He did his signature knock and Penny answered right after he finished.
"What's up buttercup?" She said to him.
"I just wanted to come over and see how it went with Amy last night." He explained to her.
"Well we had fun. We decided to have a sleepover because Bernadette and I had a bit too much to drink. I suspect you know that already since you are here right after Amy left. Did you see her?" Penny asked.
"I did." He answered.
"So why are you here and not with her?"
"She had to go. She is going to call later and we will talk. I wanted to know what you thought."
"I liked her." Bernadette said. "She is very much like you."
"She is different than the other girls I have seen you with. She is the total opposite of Ramona."
"Well that is a good thing." Sheldon said. Ramona was still a sore spot with him. He liked Amy ten times more than he ever had Ramona
"That is very true. I do want to tell you that, for the sake of full disclosure, I made it clear to her that I wasn't interested in you."
"Why would you feel the need to do that?" Sheldon asks
"I didn't need a repeat of Ramona, and have Amy think I was secretly in love with you."
"Well I appreciate that." Then he paused while considering the implications. "Was she worried about it?"
"Amy never said anything to me about it but I think she was a little worried when she met me on Friday."
"If Amy never said anything to you about it then how do you know?"
"Her facial expression when I answered the door told the tale. I think she was momentarily worried that I was your girlfriend"
"Oh I had no idea." Sheldon said.
"Well rest assured, she knows you are my annoying little brother." Penny laughed.
"Penny I am six years older than you." Sheldon pointed out.
"Are you? I don't know sometimes you act like you are a lot younger than that."
"Sarcasm?"
"Obviously." Penny laughed.
"I'm getting better." He said. "So what do you think?...about Amy"
"Sheldon I really like her, in my humble opinion she is perfect for you. I hope this one works out because I think this girl could be the one." Penny said finally.
"I think so too."
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Amy got home about twenty minutes after sending the text to her mother. She figured she couldn't put it off anymore and called her.
"Amy please tell me you didn't spend the night at your new boyfriend's home." Her mother answered the phone saying.
"No mom I did not." Amy listened to her mothers unconvinced grunt and proceeded." I was at his neighbor Penny's home. She and the other girl Bernadette had a bit too much to drink so they decided to have a sleepover. Before you ask I drank water most of the night with some soda here and there. But Penny said I could stay too. I had a really good time. I think these girls could be really good friends."
"Oh that is wonderful. Now how was the zoo?"
"Geez mom." Her mother was anxious to get to the good part.
"Oh come on you know that is why I called."
"We had a good time." She answered.
"Did he make any moves?" Her mom asked worried.
"He tried to hold my hand." Amy answered.
"And…?"
"And what mom?"
"Amy Farrah Fowler don't be obtuse with me."
" I didn't hold it. I am not ready. He is being very respectful of my wishes."
"Amy, holding hands is not a big deal." Her mother sighed.
"I know but we have only known each other a week. I think we are moving very fast."
"Well you do what is best for you." Her mother sounded so disappointed she decided to throw her a bone.
"Thank you, I did give him a kiss on the cheek after the zoo. Then he returned the favor this morning."
"I thought you said you were at his neighbor's!" She yelled.
"I was! Sheldon just happened to come out of his apartment as I was leaving Penny's, I swear mom."
"So you will kiss him on the cheek but won't hold his hand?" her mother asked incredulously.
"I know, I just wasn't ready when he tried. I gave him the kiss because I appreciated the company at the zoo. We aren't even officially boyfriend and girlfriend. We are just seeing each other. For all I know he is seeing another woman."
"Why would you say that?"
Because he is too good to be true and I don't want to get my hopes up Amy thinks but says: "Well I have heard that some men see several women at once before they settle down."
"Would you be okay with that?"
"I don't know." Amy replied knowing she would not be. Just hearing about him and Ramona last night had been difficult .
"I don't think you would be." Her mom said. "I can hear it in your voice. This man is special to you even if it has only been a week. Don't rush things but don't let him lead you along either."
"Thanks mom."
"I mean it. Listen I'll let you go. When are you seeing him again?"
"Thursday for sure, possibly Tuesday depending on work. I am going to Skype him later today."
"Okay I will call you Saturday and you can let me know how it is going. You can call me if you need to talk."
"Thanks, I will." Amy said.
"Goodbye, I love you."
"I love you too mom." Amy said and hung up.
Amy spent the rest of the day cleaning up her apartment. A little after dinner she decided to call via Skype. Sheldon answered the call on the second ring, his face popping up on screen. They talked all about her evening with the girls, Sheldon had not seen the movie either and was not surprised Penny hadn't either. Amy told him that she thought one of them could possibly become her best friend very soon. Sheldon was extremely happy that she got along so well with the girls.
"So are you going to join us on Tuesday?" Sheldon asked hopefully as they were wrapping up their conversation.
"I am going to try. I will text you around 4:30 and let you know. I really should get going. I need to be in at 6:00 tomorrow."
"I will let you go. Good night, Dr. Fowler." He said to her smiling.
"Goodnight Dr. Cooper." She said.
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Unfortunately Tuesday did not work out for Amy. She and Hannah had so much work to do that they worked until 10:00 on both Monday and Tuesday but because of that diligence finished the project on time for Wednesday. It was looking very good for them to get the addiction study. Amy was able to take a half day on Thursday because she was in between studies. She would find out on Friday if she would start the addiction study that following Monday.
Amy made her way across town to meet Sheldon for lunch and see his research. She was really looking forward to it because Penny had told her he hardly ever invited people to see his work. She explained that he was very secretive and thought someone would steal his work. When she arrived, Sheldon showed her around the campus Amy was impressed with the research facilities at Caltech. Sheldon took her to his office to show her what he was working on. Admittedly it was the first time Amy could see why the others had a hard time understanding him. Sheldon was very pompous as he explained his work often times leading a statement with "as a biologist you would not understand this." She had studied a little bit of physics as part of her undergraduate work but hadn't been interested at all. Though she had to admit she was impressed with his work, even if it was physics. Penny had not been lying about the work he did on them.
"Shall we go to lunch. The guys are expecting us." Sheldon said to her after showing her his boards.
"Sure." She said and followed him out of the office.
When they arrived they saw the guys sitting at a table across the cafeteria.
"There they are." Sheldon said and walked over to the table.
"Hey guys, you remember Amy." Sheldon said to them.
"Hello." They all said to her.
"I brought Amy here to show her some of the work I'm doing." Sheldon said to the guys.
"It's very impressive, for theoretical work." Amy commented. She did find it impressive but again it was just physics.
"Do I detect a hint of condescension?" Sheldon asked her. He couldn't believe she was not blown away by his genius.
"I'm sorry, was I being too subtle? I meant compared to the real-world applications of neurobiology, theoretical physics is, what's the word I'm looking for? Hmm, cute." Amy answered him. Did he really think his work was the most important in the world? How could he possibly be that arrogant?
Leonard and Howard who had been observing the whole conversation couldn't believe she was ripping his work. "Oooh!" They said together.
"Are you suggesting the work of a neurobiologist like Babinski could ever rise to the significance of a physicist like Clarke-Maxwell or Dirac?" Sheldon asked her. He was outraged. He thought she was brilliant but to believe this would be ridiculous.
"I'm stating it outright. Babinski eats Dirac for breakfast and defecates Clarke-Maxwell." She replied matter-of-factly.
"You take that back." Sheldon was angry.
Amy was not budging. "Absolutely not. My colleagues and I are mapping the neurological substrates that subserve global information processing, which is required for all cognitive reasoning, including scientific inquiry, making my research ipso facto prior in the ordo cognoscendi. That means it's better than his research, and by extension, of course, yours." She said looking at the other guys who were watching in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, I'm-I'm still trying to work on the defecating Clark Maxwell, so…" Leonard said realizing she had been speaking to them.
Sheldon knew exactly what to say to get her to see his side of the argument and agree. "Excuse me, but a grand unified theory, in so far as it explains everything, will ipso facto explain neurobiology." He said plainly.
Amy was not impressed. He was right but… "Yes, but if I'm successful, I will be able to map and reproduce your thought processes in deriving a grand unified theory, and therefore, subsume your conclusions under my paradigm."
Did she really just refute that argument? Sheldon thought to himself. Well he was not going to let her win this one.
"That's the rankest psychologism, and was conclusively revealed as hogwash by Gottlieb Frege in the 1890s!" He concluded.
"We appear to have reached an impasse." Amy said sadly.
"I agree. I move our relationship terminate immediately." Sheldon stated. He could not continue in this relationship if she couldn't see his side of things. He would not concede.
"Seconded." Amy agreed. She couldn't believe this was how things were going to end with them. But there was no way she was conceding.
"There being no objections…" Sheldon said to the guys. They were all sitting with their mouths open. They had witnessed the Ramona break up but Sheldon had been right on that one. This one however was not going to go well.
"No, uh-uh." They couldn't tell him that she was the best thing that ever happened to him.
"The motion carries. Good day, Amy Farrah Fowler." Sheldon said to her. He thought he had found his intellectual equal but he had been mistaken.
"Good day, Sheldon Cooper." She was upset but she knew that this was for the best. He was not her intellectual equal. What was she going to tell her mother? She picked up her purse and left the cafeteria.
A/N: Okay are we ready for 25 cats and a visit from Mary? Well I hope so because this will work out better than the way it did in the show.
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