Author's Note: Now that Sherlock is at his level, it's about time he apologized to Anderson for all those insults. Please review and leave suggestions for what should come next.


Anderson was sitting alone in his room when there came a knock at his door. He walked to the door bewilderedly, wondering who on earth would ever want to talk to him. After Sherlock branded him as an incompetent imbecile, Anderson had become something of a social outcast. Anderson opened the door to see... Sherlock.

"Hello?" Anderson said, looking as if he expected Sherlock to say "sorry, wrong house," and walk away any moment.

"May I come in?" Okay, so he did have the right house. But why on earth would Sherlock want to talk to Anderson? It was quite a puzzle.

"What brings you here? I thought you hated me."

"Yes, I've come to talk about you. No, don't worry. I'm not here to insult you or threaten you. I'm here to apologize." The great Sherlock Holmes, apologizing? What was going on?

"What for?"

"I'm sorry for being rude to you and insulting you and saying you didn't matter. I'm sorry I said you were stupid."

"Why?"

"Because now I know how it feels."

"What are you talking about?"

"You haven't heard yet?"

"Heard what?"

"I got hit by a car and had a severe concussion. I'm only average intelligence now." "Really?"

"Yes, now all those rude comments and insults about people's intelligence are coming back to bite me."

"And you took the time to apologize?"

"I'm a changed man, Anderson."

"I'm impressed, Sherlock."

•••

"Anderson?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"Putting up with me. I must have been awful to work with." "You were a little... difficult."

"Well, I promise if we ever get to working together again, I won't be like that."

"That's good." He smiled.

"What?"

"I was wondering if you would ever act like a genuine human being. It's too bad it took a car crash to make you change." Sherlock nodded and sighed in agreement. "Goodbye, Sherlock."

"Goodbye, Anderson." He walked out the door slowly, wondering what to make of his life.